First Regular Session
              Sixty-eighth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 11-0733.01 Jery Payne           SENATE BILL 11-099
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Brophy, 
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Sonnenberg, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 Transportation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning an exemption for certain vehicles from
            equipment rules that apply to commercial vehicles.
       
       
                           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://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            Currently, a motor vehicle is subject to commercial safety rules
       and to inspections for compliance with the rules if the vehicle or
       combination of vehicles is used in commerce and has a gross vehicle
       weight rating of at least 10,001 pounds.  The bill exempts pickup trucks,
       sport utility vehicles, and trailers with a gross combination rating of less
       than 26,001 pounds.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  42-4-235 (1) (a) (I), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
       amended, and the said 42-4-235 (1) is further amended BY THE
       ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING NEW PARAGRAPHS, to read:
            42-4-235.  Minimum standards for commercial vehicles -
       repeal.  (1)  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
            (a)  "Commercial vehicle" means:
            (I)  Any self-propelled or towed vehicle bearing an apportioned
       plate or having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating or gross
       combination rating of at least ten thousand one pounds or more, which
       if the vehicle is used in commerce on the public highways of this state
       or is designed to transport sixteen or more passengers, including the
       driver, unless: such
            (A)  The combination of vehicles is a sport utility vehicle
       or pickup truck and trailer with a gross combination rating of
       less than twenty-six thousand one pounds;
            (B)  The vehicle is a school bus regulated pursuant to under
       section 42-4-1904 or any vehicle that does not have has a gross vehicle
       weight rating of less than twenty-six thousand one or more pounds and
       that is owned or operated by a school district so long as such school
       district does not receive remuneration for the use of such vehicle, not
       including reimbursement for the use of such the vehicle;
            (d)  "Pickup truck" means a truck designed with an open-top
       rear cargo bed that is separate from the cab and typically
       marketed and sold to individuals for noncommercial use.
            (e)  "Sport utility vehicle" means a vehicle with a chassis
       that is similar to a truck designed for occasional off-road use
       and typically marketed and sold to individuals for
       noncommercial use.
            SECTION 2.  Effective date - applicability.  This act shall take
       effect July 1, 2011, and shall apply to acts committed on or after said
       date.
            SECTION 3.  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.