Colorado § 42-20-103 - Definitions.
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§ 42-20-103. Definitions.
As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Chief" means the chief of the Colorado state patrol.
(2) "Enforcement official" means, and is limited to, a peace officer who is an officer of the Colorado state patrol as described in sections 16-2.5-101 and 16-2.5-114, C.R.S., a port of entry officer, as defined in section 42-8-102 (3), a peace officer who is an investigating official of the transportation section of the public utilities commission as described in sections 16-2.5-101 and 16-2.5-143, C.R.S., or any other peace officer as described in section 16-2.5-101, C.R.S.
(3) "Hazardous materials" means those materials listed in tables 1 and 2 of 49 CFR 172.504, excluding highway route controlled quantities of radioactive materials as defined in 49 CFR 173.403 (l), excluding ores, the products from mining, milling, smelting, and similar processing of ores, and the wastes and tailing therefrom, and excluding special fireworks as defined in 49 CFR 173.88 (d) when the aggregate amount of flash powder does not exceed fifty pounds.
(4) "Motor vehicle" means any device which is capable of moving from place to place upon public roads. The term includes, but is not limited to, any motorized vehicle or any such vehicle with a trailer or semitrailer attached thereto.
(5) "Patrol" means the Colorado state patrol within the department of public safety.
(6) "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a government or governmental subdivision or agency, a partnership, an association, or any other legal entity; except that separate divisions of the same corporation may, at their request, be treated as separate persons for the purposes of part 2 of this article.
(7) "Public road" means every way publicly maintained and opened to the use of the public for the purposes of vehicular travel, including, but not limited to, streets, bridges, toll roads, tunnels, and state and federal highways.
Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2516, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 1626, § 52, effective August 6. L. 2012: (2) amended, (HB 12-1019), ch. 135, p. 472, § 21, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 43-6-103 as it existed prior to 1994.
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