Colorado § 42-1-238 - Comprehensive contingency plan - rules - repeal.
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§ 42-1-238. Comprehensive contingency plan - rules - repeal.
(1) (a) The department of revenue shall develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive contingency plan to ensure continuity of operations and the protection of critical services in the event of a disruption in vehicle licensing operations.
(b) (I) The department shall implement the contingency plan required in subsection (1)(a) of this section on or before December 31, 2027.
(II) This subsection (1)(b) is repealed, effective July 1, 2029.
(2) To comply with this section, the contingency plan must:
(a) Identify the functions that are critical to vehicle licensing operations and the resources required to support them;
(b) Establish procedures for backup, recovery, and reconstitution of systems and services;
(c) Designate roles and responsibilities during contingency operations;
(d) Identify alternate processing sites during contingency operations;
(e) Be tested and updated annually or upon changes to critical functions and the systems that provide and support critical functions;
(f) Be annually reviewed and, when helpful, enhanced; and
(g) Be established through consultation with, consideration of, recommendations by, and unanimous acceptance from stakeholders that include:
(I) An association of county clerks in Colorado that has existed and has been active for at least ten years; and
(II) The governor's office of information technology created in section 24-37.5-103.
(3) The governor's office of information technology shall provide the appropriate network and equipment support to the department.
(4) The department shall adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this section.
Source: L. 2026: Entire section added, (HB 26-1053), ch. 347, p. 2108, § 2, effective August 12.
PART 3
GREEN TRUCK GRANT PROGRAM
42-1-301 to 42-1-305. (Repealed)
Source: L. 2012: Entire part repealed, (HB 12-1315), ch. 224, p. 984, § 55, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This part 3 was added in 2009 and was not amended prior to its repeal in 2012. For the text of this part 3 prior to 2012, consult the 2011 Colorado Revised Statutes and the Colorado statutory research explanatory note beginning on page vii in the front of this volume.
PART 4
LICENSE PLATE AUCTIONS
42-1-401 to 42-1-407. (Repealed)
Source: L. 2016: Entire part repealed, (HB 16-1362), ch. 319, p. 1296, § 2, effective August 10.
Editor's note: This part 4 was added in 2011. For amendments to this part 4 prior to its repeal in 2016, consult the 2015 Colorado Revised Statutes and the Colorado statutory research explanatory note beginning on page vii in the front of this volume. This part 4 was relocated to part 22 of article 30 of title 24. Former C.R.S. section numbers are shown in editor's notes following those sections that were relocated.
DRIVER'S LICENSES
ARTICLE 2
Driver's Licenses
PART 1
DRIVER'S LICENSES
42-2-101. Licenses for drivers required - penalty - definition.
42-2-102. Persons exempt from license.
42-2-103. Motorcycles - autocycles - low-power scooters - driver's license required.
42-2-104. Licenses issued - denied.
42-2-105. Special restrictions on certain drivers.
42-2-105.5. Restrictions on minor drivers under eighteen years of age - penalties - legislative declaration.
42-2-106. Instruction permits and temporary licenses - penalty.
42-2-107. Application for license or instruction permit - anatomical gifts - donations to Emily Keyes - John W. Buckner organ and tissue donation awareness fund - legislative declaration - rules - annual report.
42-2-108. Application of minors - rules.
42-2-109. Release from liability.
42-2-110. Revocation upon death of signer for minor.
42-2-111. Examination of applicants and drivers - when required.
42-2-112. Medical advice - use by department - provider immunity - rules.
42-2-113. License examiners appointed.
42-2-114. License issued - voluntary disability identifier symbol - fees - rules - report - definitions.
42-2-114.5. Fees for driver's licenses, identification cards, and related services - crediting to DRIVES account - fee setting procedures - rules.
42-2-115. License, permit, or identification card to be exhibited on demand - penalty.
42-2-116. Restricted license.
42-2-117. Duplicate permits and minor licenses - replacement licenses.
42-2-118. Renewal of license in person, by mail, or electronically - donations to Emily Keyes - John W. Buckner organ and tissue donation awareness fund - rules - definitions.
42-2-118.1. Driver restoration and payment incentive program.
42-2-119. Notices - change of address or name.
42-2-120. Methods of service.
42-2-121. Records to be kept by department - admission of records in court.
42-2-121.5. Emergency contact information - website form - license application - driver's license database.
42-2-122. Department may cancel license - limited license for physical or mental limitations - rules.
42-2-123. Suspending privileges of nonresidents and reporting convictions.
42-2-124. When court to report convictions.
42-2-125. Mandatory revocation of license and permit.
42-2-126. Revocation of license based on administrative determination.
42-2-126.1. Probationary licenses for persons convicted of alcohol-related driving offenses - ignition interlock devices - fees - interlock fund created - violations of probationary license - repeal. (Repealed)
42-2-126.3. Tampering with an ignition interlock device. (Repealed)
42-2-126.5. Revocation of license based on administrative actions taken under tribal law - repeal.
42-2-127. Authority to suspend license - to deny license - type of conviction - points.
42-2-127.1. Driving improvement course - points waiver - rules - definitions - notice to revisor of statutes - repeal.
42-2-127.3. Authority to suspend license - controlled substance violations. (Repealed)
42-2-127.4. Authority to suspend license - forgery of a penalty assessment notice issued to minor under the age of eighteen years. (Repealed)
42-2-127.5. Authority to suspend license - violation of child support order.
42-2-127.6. Authority to suspend license - providing alcohol to an underage person. (Repealed)
42-2-127.7. Authority to suspend driver's license - uninsured motorists - legislative declaration.
42-2-127.9. Authority to suspend driver's license - leaving the scene of a crash.
42-2-128. Vehicular homicide - criminally negligent homicide while operating a motor vehicle - revocation of license.
42-2-129. Mandatory surrender of license or permit for driving under the influence or with excessive alcoholic content.
42-2-130. Mandatory surrender of license or permit for drug convictions. (Repealed)
42-2-131. Revocation of license or permit for failing to comply with a court order relating to nondriving alcohol convictions. (Repealed)
42-2-131.5. Revocation of license or permit for convictions involving defacing property. (Repealed)
42-2-132. Period of suspension or revocation.
42-2-132.5. Mandatory and voluntary restricted licenses following alcohol convictions - rules.
42-2-133. Surrender and return of license.
42-2-134. Foreign license invalid during suspension.
42-2-135. Right to appeal.
42-2-136. Unlawful possession or use of license.
42-2-137. False affidavit - penalty.
42-2-138. Driving under restraint - penalty - definitions.
42-2-139. Permitting unauthorized minor to drive.
42-2-140. Permitting unauthorized person to drive.
42-2-141. Renting or loaning a motor vehicle to another.
42-2-142. Violation - penalty.
42-2-143. Legislative declaration.
42-2-144. Reporting by certified level II alcohol and drug education and treatment program providers - notice of administrative remedies against a driver's license - rules.
42-2-145. Electronic identification documents - rules - applicability - definitions.
PART 2
HABITUAL OFFENDERS
42-2-201. Legislative declaration concerning habitual offenders of motor vehicle laws.
42-2-202. Habitual offenders - frequency and type of violations.
42-2-203. Authority to revoke license of habitual offender.
42-2-204. Appeals.
42-2-205. Prohibition.
42-2-206. Driving after revocation prohibited.
42-2-207. No existing law modified.
42-2-208. Computation of number of convictions.
PART 3
IDENTIFICATION CARDS
42-2-301. Definitions.
42-2-302. Department may or shall issue - limitations - rules.
42-2-303. Contents of identification card - disability identifier symbol - rules - definition.
42-2-304. Validity of identification card - rules.
42-2-304.5. Cancellation or denial of identification card - failure to register vehicles in Colorado. (Repealed)
42-2-305. Lost, stolen, or destroyed cards.
42-2-306. Fees - disposition.
42-2-307. Change of address - penalty.
42-2-308. No liability on public entity.
42-2-309. Unlawful acts.
42-2-310. Violation.
42-2-311. County jail identification processing unit - report - repeal. (Repealed)
42-2-312. County jail identification processing unit fund. (Repealed)
42-2-313. Department consult with counties on county jail identification processing unit.
PART 4
COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES
42-2-401. Short title.
42-2-402. Definitions.
42-2-403. Department authority - rules - federal requirements.
42-2-404. Commercial driver's license - limitations - unlawful direction to operate a commercial motor vehicle - applicability - rules.
42-2-405. Driver's license disciplinary actions - grounds for denial - suspension - revocation - disqualification.
42-2-405.5. Violations of out-of-service order.
42-2-406. Fees - rules.
42-2-407. Licensing of testing units and driving testers - hearings - regulations.
42-2-408. Unlawful acts - penalty.
42-2-409. Unlawful possession or use of a commercial driver's license.
PART 5
COLORADO ROAD AND COMMUNITY SAFETY ACT
42-2-501. Short title.
42-2-502. Legislative declaration.
42-2-503. Definitions.
42-2-504. Applicability.
42-2-505. Identification documents - individuals not lawfully present - rules.
42-2-506. Identification documents - individuals temporarily lawfully present.
42-2-507. Taxpayer identification number - confidentiality.
42-2-508. Fees - operations - rule.
42-2-509. Renewal - duplicate - replacement - rules.
42-2-510. Peace officers - arrest authority.
42-2-511. Driving test - third-party option - definition.
PART 6
COMMERCIAL DRIVING SCHOOLS
42-2-601. Definitions.
42-2-602. Equipment of vehicles.
42-2-602.5. Criminal history of commercial driving instructors - rules - definition - repeal.
42-2-603. Rules.
42-2-604. Violations - penalty.
PART 1
DRIVER'S LICENSES
Cross references: For the short title of this part 1 ("Uniform Safety Code of 1935"), see § 42-4-101.
Law reviews: For article, "There Must Be Fifty Ways to Lose Your (Driver's) License", see 22 Colo. Law. 2385 (1993).
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