NOTE:  This bill has been prepared for the signature of the appropriate legislative
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or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
      history, or the Session Laws.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 07-027
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Tupa, Isgar, Kester, Morse, Penry, Schultheis, Shaffer,
      Spence, Taylor, Tochtrop, Ward, and Wiens;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Witwer, Balmer, Buescher, Butcher, Curry,
      Frangas, Gardner B., Gibbs, Hicks, Kerr J., Labuda, Lambert, Liston,
      Looper, Lundberg, Marostica, Massey, McFadyen, McNulty, Merrifield,
      Mitchell V., Roberts, Romanoff, Soper, Stafford, Stephens, and Todd.
      
      
      Concerning the issuance of a United States Coast Guard special
           license plate, and making an appropriation therefor.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  42-3-213 (1) (a), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
      amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBPARAGRAPH to read:
      
           42-3-213.  Special plates - military veterans - rules - retirement. 
      (1) (a)  The department shall issue one or more sets of special license plates
      to the following persons who own a truck that does not exceed sixteen
      thousand pounds empty weight, a passenger car, a motorcycle, or a
      noncommercial or recreational vehicle:
      
           (XV)  An honorably discharged, retired, reserve, auxiliary,
      or active member of the United States Coast Guard.
      
           SECTION 2.  42-3-213, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY
      THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION to read:
      
           42-3-213.  Special plates - military veterans - rules - retirement. 
      (16)  Honorably discharged, retired veteran, auxiliary, or active
      member of the United States Coast Guard.  (a)  The United States
      Coast Guard special license plate shall indicate that an owner of
      a motor vehicle to which such plate is attached is a veteran, a
      reserve member, an auxiliary member, or an active member of the
      United States Coast Guard.
      
           (b)  On or after January 1, 2008, a natural person who has
      received an honorable discharge, is retired, or is an active,
      auxiliary, or reserve member of the United States Coast Guard
      shall be authorized to use a United States Coast Guard special
      license plate.
      
           (c)  When applying for such a license plate, an applicant
      shall submit a DD214 form issued by the United States government
      or other evidence sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant
      has an honorable discharge or proof that the applicant is
      currently an active, auxiliary, or reserve member of the United
      States Coast Guard.
      
           SECTION 3.  Appropriation.  In addition to any other
      appropriation, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the license
      plate cash fund created in section 42-3-301, Colorado Revised Statutes, not
      otherwise appropriated, to the department of revenue, for allocation to the
      division of motor vehicles, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, the
      sum of eight hundred four dollars ($804), or so much thereof as may be
      necessary, for the implementation of this act.
      
           SECTION  4.  Effective date.  This act shall take effect at 12:01
      a.m. on the day following the expiration of the ninety-day period after final
      adjournment of the general assembly that is allowed for submitting a
      referendum petition pursuant to article V, section 1 (3) of the state
      constitution, (August 8, 2007, if adjournment sine die is on May 9, 2007);
      except that, if a referendum petition is filed against this act or an item,
      section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or
      part, if approved by the people, shall take effect on the date of the official
      declaration of the vote thereon by proclamation of the governor.
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Joan Fitz-Gerald                       Andrew Romanoff
      PRESIDENT OF                      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                          OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Karen Goldman                           Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                  CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                          OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    Bill Ritter, Jr.
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO