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      SENATE BILL 10-144
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Scheffel, Cadman, Gibbs, Harvey, Kester, King K.,
      Kopp, Lundberg, Schultheis, Schwartz, White, Whitehead, Williams;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Rice, Looper, Massey, McFadyen, Priola.
      
      
      Concerning the registration of equipment mounted on a motor
           vehicle.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  42-1-102, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY
      THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION to read:
      
           42-1-102.  Definitions.  As used in articles 1 to 4 of this title, unless
      the context otherwise requires:
      
           (72.2)  "Power takeoff equipment" means equipment that is
      attached to a motor vehicle and is powered by the motor that
      powers the locomotion of the motor vehicle.
      
           SECTION 2.  42-3-106 (2) (e) and (3), Colorado Revised Statutes,
      are amended to read:
      
           42-3-106.  Tax imposed - classification - taxable value.  (2)  For
      the purpose of imposing graduated annual specific ownership taxes, the
      personal property specified in section 6 of article X of the state constitution
      is classified as follows:
      
           (e)  Every item of mobile machinery and self-propelled construction
      equipment, except power takeoff equipment, that is required to be
      registered under this article shall be is Class F personal property;
      
           (3) (a)  It is unlawful for any An owner of a vehicle to shall not
      permanently attach to such the vehicle mounted equipment as defined in
      section 42-1-102 (60), unless:
      
           (I)  Within twenty days after such attachment, The owner applies for
      registration of such the mounted equipment to the authorized agent in the
      county where the equipment is required to be registered within twenty
      days after the equipment is mounted to the vehicle; or
      
           (II)  The mounted equipment is power takeoff equipment.
      
           (b)  Such The application shall be on forms prescribed by the
      department and shall describe the equipment to be mounted, including serial
      number, make, model, year of manufacture, weight, and cost.
      
           SECTION 3.  Specified effective date - applicability.  This act
      shall take effect July 1, 2010, and shall apply to registrations made on or
      after said date.
      
           SECTION 4.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Brandon C. Shaffer                Terrance D. Carroll
      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