Second Regular Session
Seventy-fourth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REVISED
This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
on Second Reading in the Second House
LLS NO. 24-1092.01 Jery Payne x2157
HOUSE BILL 24-1369
House Committees Senate Committees
Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Finance
Finance Appropriations
Appropriations
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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ONCERNING THE CREATION OF A COLORADO AGRICULTURE LICENSE101
PLATE, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, MAKING AN102
APPROPRIATION.103
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov
.)
The bill creates the Colorado agriculture license plate. In addition
to the normal fees for a license plate, a person must pay 2 additional
one-time fees, one in the amount of $25 and one in the amount of $50, for
the issuance of the plate. The $25 fee is credited to the Colorado DRIVES
vehicle services account. Of the $50 fee, $25 is credited to the highway
SENATE
Amended 2nd Reading
May 7, 2024
HOUSE
3rd Reading Unamended
May 1, 2024
HOUSE
Amended 2nd Reading
April 30, 2024
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Holtorf and Martinez, Bird, Catlin, Daugherty, Duran, English, Joseph, Lieder, Lindsay,
Lukens, Mauro, McCormick, McLachlan, Valdez, Velasco, Young
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Pelton B. and Marchman,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. users tax fund, and the remainder is credited to the agriculture
management fund and designated for supporting or expanding marketing
programs designed to help consumers, restaurants, and retailers identify
and purchase Colorado agricultural products.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 42-3-270 as2
follows:3
42-3-270. Special plates - Colorado agriculture. (1) O
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ANUARY 1, 2025, OR WHEN THE DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO ISSUE THE5
PLATES, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES TO6
QUALIFIED APPLICANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION FOR7
MOTORCYCLES, PASSENGER CARS, TRUCKS, OR NONCOMMERCIAL OR8
RECREATIONAL MOTOR VEHICLES THAT DO NOT EXCEED SIXTEEN9
THOUSAND POUNDS EMPTY WEIGHT .10
(2) (a) T
HERE IS ESTABLISHED THE COLORADO AGRICULTURE11
LICENSE PLATE.12
(b) T
HE DEPARTMENT SHALL USE A DESIGN :13
(I) T
HAT INCLUDES A TAGLINE TO READ "FEEDING THE WORLD";14
AND15
(II) S
UBMITTED BY OR DEVELOPED WITH THE LOGAN COUNTY16
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ATTLEWOMEN, BUT THE DESIGN MUST CONFORM TO DEPARTMENT17
STANDARDS AND BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT .18
(3) A
PERSON MAY APPLY FOR A COLORADO AGRICULTURE LICENSE19
PLATE IF THE PERSON PAYS THE TAXES AND FEES REQUIRED UNDER THIS20
SECTION.21
(4) T
HE AMOUNT OF THE TAXES AND FEES FOR SPECIAL LICENSE22
PLATES UNDER THIS SECTION IS THE SAME AS THE AMOUNT OF THE TAXES23
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THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT THE FEE SPECIFIED IN SECTION 42-3-3122
AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE -TIME FEE OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR3
ISSUANCE OR REPLACEMENT OF THE LICENSE PLATE . THE DEPARTMENT4
SHALL TRANSMIT THE ADDITIONAL ONE -TIME FEE TO THE STATE5
TREASURER, WHO SHALL CREDIT THE FEE TO THE HIGHWAY USERS TAX6
FUND CREATED IN SECTION 43-4-201.7
(5) A
N APPLICANT MAY APPLY FOR PERSONALIZED COLORADO8
AGRICULTURE LICENSE PLATES. UPON PAYMENT OF THE ADDITIONAL FEE9
REQUIRED BY SECTION 42-3-211 (6)(a) FOR PERSONALIZED LICENSE10
PLATES, THE DEPARTMENT MAY ISSUE THE PLATES IF THE APPLICANT11
COMPLIES WITH SECTION 42-3-211. IF AN APPLICANT HAS EXISTING12
PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATES FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE , THE APPLICANT13
MAY TRANSFER THE COMBINATION OF LETTERS OR NUMBERS TO A NEW SET14
OF COLORADO AGRICULTURE LICENSE PLATES FOR THE VEHICLE UPON15
PAYING THE FEE REQUIRED BY SECTION 42-3-211 (6)(a) AND UPON16
TURNING IN THE EXISTING PLATES TO THE DEPARTMENT . A PERSON WHO17
HAS OBTAINED PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATES UNDER THIS SUBSECTION18
(5)
MUST PAY THE ANNUAL FEE IMPOSED BY SECTION 42-3-211 (6)(b) TO19
RENEW THE PERSONALIZED PLATES. THE FEES UNDER THIS SUBSECTION (5)20
ARE IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER APPLICABLE TAXES AND FEES .21
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 42-3-312 as22
follows:23
42-3-312. Special license plate surcharge. In addition to any24
other fee imposed by this article 3, an applicant for a special license plate25
created by rule in accordance with section 42-3-207, as the section existed26
when the plate was created, personalized plates issued under section27
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42-3-214, sections 42-3-217 to 42-3-218, sections 42-3-221 to 42-3-234,2
sections 42-3-237 to 42-3-258, sections 42-3-260 to 42-3-265, 42-3-267,3
42-3-268, and section 42-3-269 AND SECTIONS 42-3-267 TO 42-3-2704
shall pay an issuance fee of twenty-five dollars; except that the fee is not5
imposed on special license plates exempted from additional fees for the6
issuance of a military special license plate by section 42-3-213 (1)(b)(II).7
The department shall transfer the money from the fee to the state8
treasurer, who shall credit it to the Colorado DRIVES vehicle services9
account created in section 42-1-211 (2).10
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SECTION 3. Appropriation. (1) For the 2024-25 state fiscal12
year, $15,775 is appropriated to the department of revenue. This13
appropriation is from the Colorado DRIVES vehicle services account in14
the highway users tax fund created in section 42-1-211 (2), C.R.S. To15
implement this act, the department may use this appropriation as follows:16
(a) $1,225 for use by the executive director's office for personal17
services related to administration and support; 18
(b) $1,782 for payments to OIT;19
(c) $864 for use by the division of motor vehicles for personal20
services related to vehicle services; and21
(d) $11,904 for DRIVES maintenance and support. 22
(2) For the 2024-25 state fiscal year, $17,431 is appropriated to the23
department of revenue for use by the division of motor vehicles. This24
appropriation is from the license plate cash fund created in section25
42-3-301 (1)(b), C.R.S. To implement this act, the division may use this26
appropriation for license plate ordering.27
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takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the2
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except3
that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V4
of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this5
act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take6
effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in7
November 2024 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the8
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.9
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