Date: 04/02/2015

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB15-090

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & ENERGY

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment A). The motion p
Refer Senate Bill 15-090, as amended, to the Commi		Pass Without Objection
PASS



10:39 AM -- SB 15-090

Representative Tyler, prime sponsor, came to the table to present Senate Bill 15-090. The reengrossed bill requires that temporary motor vehicle registration plates and certificates meet the same statutory requirements regarding attachment, visibility, and readability as permanent plates, except that a temporary plate is only required to be affixed to the rear of the vehicle. The bill takes effect January 1, 2016, if the Department of Revenue (DOR) receives enough gifts, grants, or donations to cover the materials, start-up costs, and computer programming necessary to implement the legislation. If that condition is met, the new temporary tags will be issued effective July 1, 2016.

The DOR is also required to create an electronic issuance system for temporary plates and to promulgate rules for dealers printing temporary certificates. County clerk and recorder offices are no longer required to issue dealer blocks to dealers; rather, the blocks may be issued directly to the dealers from Colorado Correctional Industries (CCi) in the Department of Corrections (DOC). As a result, county clerk and recorder offices will no longer collect half of the $12.50 fee for each block of 25 temporary plates, and the fee is reduced to $6.25.

Representative Tyler showed the committee an example of the new temporary plate.

10:46 AM -- Dave Hall, representing Colorado State Patrol, spoke in favor of the bill. He said that the current temporary plate and its placement within a vehicle makes it difficult for state troopers to read them, that there is no requirement for consistent placement on a vehicle and troopers cannot run temporary plates, which is a concern for officer safety. He said that requiring the plate to be mounted in a consistent place would be beneficial for police officers.

10:49 AM -- Andy Karsian, representing the Colorado Department of Transportation, spoke in favor of the bill. He thanked the bill sponsors for bringing it forward and said that the bill had gone through a number of stakeholder groups, including one formed by CDOT. He discussed how the CDOT stakeholder group had determined the format and material that would be used for the temporary license plate.

10:51 AM -- David Kristick, representing the E-470 Public Highway Authority, spoke in favor of the bill. Mr. Kristick said that stakeholder involvement had been collaborative in the drafting of the bill and design of the new temporary license plate. He noted that the new design was crucial for toll collections on E-470 and would help the authority a great deal in collecting tolls. He responded to a question on the collection of tolls on E-470 from drivers with temporary plates.

10:54 AM -- Peg Ackerman, representing the County Sheriffs of Colorado, spoke in favor of the bill. Ms. Ackerman said the sheriffs were in very strong support of the bill and that it is something they have wanted for a long time. She detailed the information that will be displayed on the new temporary license plate.

10:56 AM -- Melissa Kuipers, representing the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association, spoke in favor of the bill. Ms. Kuipers said that stakeholder discussion of updated temporary license plates had been going on for a number of years, and described how the new temporary plates will be produced or used by automobile dealerships.

10:59 AM

Representative Tyler distributed Amendment L.005 (Attachment A) and explained that it cleans up some language in the bill.

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BILL:SB15-090
TIME: 10:59:22 AM
MOVED:Tyler
MOTION:Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:Mitsch Bush
VOTE
Becker J.
Buck
Carver
Coram
Esgar
Kraft-Tharp
Melton
Moreno
Neville P.
Nordberg
Winter
Mitsch Bush
Tyler
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


10:59 AM

Representative Tyler made his closing comments on the bill.
BILL:SB15-090
TIME: 11:00:21 AM
MOVED:Tyler
MOTION:Refer Senate Bill 15-090, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0.
SECONDED:Esgar
VOTE
Becker J.
Yes
Buck
Yes
Carver
Yes
Coram
Yes
Esgar
Yes
Kraft-Tharp
Yes
Melton
Yes
Moreno
Yes
Neville P.
Yes
Nordberg
Yes
Winter
Yes
Mitsch Bush
Yes
Tyler
Yes
Final YES: 13 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

11:02 AM

The committee adjourned.