Second Regular Session
Seventy-fourth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 24-0446.01 Yelana Love x2295
SENATE BILL 24-019
Senate Committees House Committees
Finance
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING REMUNERATION -EXEMPT IDENTIFYING PLACARDS .101
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
.)
Current law exempts an individual with a remuneration-exempt
identifying placard from paying at a parking device. The bill defines
"parking device" as a single- or multi-space meter, kiosk, pay station,
pay-by-space, pay-by-plate, pay-by-card, or other payment system or
methodology for the parking of vehicles.
The bill also:
! Clarifies that a remuneration-exempt parking placard does
not count toward the limits on the number of disability
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Smallwood, Kolker
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Vigil,
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. identifying placards and license plates the department of
revenue (department) may issue to an individual;
! Increases the number of remuneration-exempt placards that
the department may issue to an individual from one placard
to 2 placards; and
! Specifies that an individual with a placard is exempt from
paying at a parking device within a parking lot.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 42-3-204, amend2
(3)(b)(I)(B); and add (1)(g.5) as follows:3
42-3-204. Reserved parking for persons with disabilities -4
applicability - definitions - rules. (1) Definitions. As used in this5
section:6
(g.5) "P
ARKING DEVICE" MEANS A SINGLE- OR MULTI-SPACE7
METER, KIOSK, PAY STATION , PAY-BY-SPACE, PAY-BY-PLATE,8
PAY-BY-CARD, OR OTHER PAYMENT SYSTEM OR METHODOLOGY FOR THE9
PARKING OF VEHICLES.10
(3) Types of plates or placards. (b) Number of placards and11
license plates allowed. (I) (B) The department may issue one
TWO12
remuneration-exempt identifying placard PLACARDS to an eligible13
individual. A
REMUNERATION-EXEMPT IDENTIFYING PLACARD DOES NOT14
COUNT TOWARD THE LIMITS ON PLACARDS AND PLATES SPECIFIED IN15
SUBSECTION (3)(b)(I)(A) OF THIS SECTION.16
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 42-4-1212, amend17
(1) as follows:18
42-4-1212. Pay parking access for persons with disabilities.19
(1) A person who owns, operates, or manages a parking space,20
INCLUDING A PARKING SPACE WITHIN A PARKING LOT , that requires21
remuneration
PAID THROUGH A PARKING DEVICE shall not tow, boot, or22
SB24-019-2- otherwise take adverse action against an individual or motor vehicle1
parking in the space for failure to pay the remuneration if the motor2
vehicle bears a remuneration-exempt identifying placard issued pursuant3
to section 42-3-204.4
SECTION 3. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act5
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the6
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except7
that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V8
of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this9
act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take10
effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in11
November 2024 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the12
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.13
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