Colorado § 40-1.1-106 - Safety and insurance regulation.

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§ 40-1.1-106. Safety and insurance regulation.

(1) The provisions of parts 2, 3, and 5 of article 4 of title 42, C.R.S., shall be applicable to motor vehicles used in people service transportation or volunteer transportation.

(2) Before a motor vehicle designed to transport more than sixteen passengers and used in people service transportation or volunteer transportation is operated or permitted to operate on any public highway of this state, the owner of such vehicle shall file with the department of revenue a certificate, in a form as approved by said department, evidencing a motor vehicle liability insurance policy issued by an insurance carrier or insurer authorized to do business in the state of Colorado or a surety bond issued by a company authorized to do a surety business in the state of Colorado with a minimum sum of fifty thousand dollars for damages to property of others, a minimum sum of one hundred thousand dollars for damages for or on account of bodily injury or death of one person as a result of any one accident, and, subject to such limit as to one person, a minimum sum of three hundred thousand dollars for or on account of bodily injury to or death of all persons as a result of any one accident.

(3) Any state agency which provides public funds to a people service agency may establish insurance and safety requirements which are in addition to and consistent with any other applicable insurance and safety requirements and which shall apply to people service transportation or volunteer transportation which it funds.

Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1908, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 2570, § 92, effective January 1, 1995.

ARTICLE 2

Public Utilities Commission - Renewable Energy Standard

PART 1

GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

40-2-101. Creation - appointment - term - rules - subject to termination - repeal of part.

40-2-102. Oath - qualifications.

40-2-103. Director - duties.

40-2-104. Assistants and employees - utilization of independent experts.

40-2-104.5. Financial disclosures by intervenors.

40-2-105. Office - sessions - seal - supplies.

40-2-106. Reports and decisions of the commission.

40-2-106.5. Transparency about electric and gas investor-owned utility regulatory filings - commission informational meetings - annual reports - summary of public comments in commission decisions.

40-2-107. Compensation and expenses of employees.

40-2-108. Rules - legislative declaration - equity impacts proceedings - equity analyst - equity task force - creation.

40-2-109. Report to executive director of the department of revenue.

40-2-109.3. Study on modernizing commission structure - report - repeal.

40-2-109.5. Incentives for distributed generation - definition.

40-2-110. Appropriation and fees.

40-2-110.5. Annual fees - public utilities commission motor carrier fund - created.

40-2-111. Report of utilities to department of revenue.

40-2-112. Computation of fees.

40-2-113. Collection of fees - limitation - filing fees.

40-2-114. Disposition of fees collected - telecommunications utility fund - public utilities commission fixed utility fund - appropriation.

40-2-115. Cooperation with other states and with the United States - natural gas pipeline safety and repair - customer-owned service line maintenance and repairs notice of responsibility - rules - definitions.

40-2-116. Motor carriers - motor vehicle carriers exempt from regulation as public utilities - safety regulations. (Repealed)

40-2-117. Legislative declaration - commission to conduct review of rate structures. (Repealed)

40-2-118. Comprehensive energy report. (Repealed)

40-2-119. Exemption of rail carrier transportation.

40-2-120. Rail transportation policy.

40-2-121. Transportation of natural gas report - legislative declaration. (Repealed)

40-2-122. Natural gas - deregulation of supply - voluntary separation of service offerings - consumer protection - legislative declaration - definition - rules.

40-2-123. Energy technologies - consideration by commission - incentives - demonstration projects - commission may require specific customer-facing programs - legislative declaration - definitions.

40-2-124. Renewable energy standards - qualifying retail and wholesale utilities - definitions - net metering - exception - legislative declaration - rules.

40-2-125. Eminent domain restrictions.

40-2-125.5. Carbon dioxide emission reductions - goal to eliminate by 2050 - legislative declaration - interim targets - submission and approval of plans - definitions - cost recovery - reports - rules.

40-2-126. Transmission facilities - biennial review - energy resource zones - plans - approval - cost recovery - powerline trail consideration - rules - definitions.

40-2-127. Community energy funds - community solar gardens - definitions - rules - legislative declaration - applicability - repeal.

40-2-127.2. Inclusive community solar development - definitions - subscription requirements - program capacity - energy bill credits - administration - rules - reports - applicability.

40-2-127.5. Community energy funds - community geothermal gardens - rules - legislative declaration - definitions - repeal.

40-2-128. Solar photovoltaic installations - supervision - qualifications of electrical contractors - definitions.

40-2-129. New resource acquisitions - factors in determination - local employment - "best value" employment metrics - rules - report.

40-2-130. Distributed resources - energy storage systems - definitions - legislative declaration - rules.

40-2-130.5. Dispatchable distributed generation - energy storage - definitions - program capacity - program administration - rules.

40-2-131. State of 911 report.

40-2-132. Distribution system planning - definition - rules.

40-2-132.5. Distribution system planning - grant program - cash fund - requirements - study - staffing - labor - cost recovery - virtual power plant program - undergrounding of power lines - report - rules - legislative declaration - definitions - repeal.

40-2-132.7. Energy planning proceedings - investigation to streamline - report - repeal.

40-2-133. Workforce transition planning filing - definition.

40-2-134. Wholesale electric cooperatives - electric resource planning - definition - rules.

40-2-135. Retail distributed generation - customers' rights - working group - accelerated interconnection - rules - penalties.

40-2-136. Energy storage systems - terms and conditions for installation, interconnection, and use by cooperatives - legislative declaration - definitions.

40-2-137. Investor-owned utility electric resource planning - retirement of electric generating facility - commission to consider securitization as means of financing.

40-2-138. Projects for the production of clean hydrogen - proceeding - hydrogen hub projects - rules - reports - definitions.

40-2-139. Investor-owned utility electric resource planning - maximum discount rate authorized.

40-2-140. Portable-scale solar generation devices - requirements - exemptions - definitions.

40-2-141. Requirements for electric generating units subject to a federal order - reporting - cost recovery - applicability - definitions.

40-2-142. Requirements for commission review of portfolio consisting of supply-side resources - applicability - definition.

40-2-143. Geothermal energy development - small-scale geothermal projects - large-scale geothermal projects - commission duties - labor requirements - rules - definitions.

40-2-144. Joint resource procurement study - report - definition - repeal.

40-2-145. Investor-owned utilities - minimum quality-of-service metrics - rules.

PART 2

ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS

40-2-201. Legislative declaration.

40-2-202. Definitions.

40-2-203. Procurement mechanisms - determination by commission - rules.

PART 1

GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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