HOUSE
                       3rd Reading Unamended
       March 29, 2012          HOUSE
       Amended 2nd Reading
                      March 28, 2012Second Regular Session
              Sixty-eighth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                REENGROSSED
                       This Version Includes All Amendments
                       Adopted in the House of Introduction
 LLS NO. 12-0034.01 Jason Gelender x4330 HOUSE BILL 12-1014
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Baumgardner, 
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Neville, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning modification of the fee for late registration of
            a vehicle, and, in connection therewith, making an
            appropriation.
       
       
                           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.)
       
            Effective July 1, 2012, the bill changes the fee for late registration
       of a vehicle from a fee of $25 per month to a flat fee of $20 and repeals
       an exemption from the late fee for a vehicle that has expired temporary
       registration number plates, tags, or certificates. The bill also repeals
       authorization for the department of revenue or a county clerk and recorder
       acting as an authorized agent of the department to waive or reduce the
       late fee for an idled commercial or farm vehicle.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 42-3-112, amend (1);
       and repeal (1.5) (a) (III)       as follows:
            42-3-112.  Failure to pay tax - penalty - rules. (1)  If a vehicle
       subject to taxation under this article is not registered when required by
       law, the vehicle owner shall pay a late fee of twenty-five twenty dollars.
       for each month or portion of a month following the expiration of the
       registration period, or, if applicable, the expiration of the grace period
       described in section 42-3-114 for which the vehicle is unregistered;
       except that the amount of the late fee shall not exceed one hundred
       dollars. The late fee shall be due when the vehicle is registered.
            (1.5) (a)  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this
       section, the executive director of the department shall promulgate rules
       in accordance with article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., that establish
       circumstances in addition to the circumstances described in subsection (3)
       of this section in which a vehicle owner shall be exempted from paying
       the late fee described in said subsection (1). The rules shall apply
       uniformly throughout the state and shall include, but shall not be limited
       to, exemptions for:
            (III)  Temporary registration number plates, tags, or certificates
       that have expired;
                       
            SECTION 2. Appropriation. (1)  In addition to any other
       appropriation, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the
       Colorado state titling and registration account of the highway users tax
       fund created in section 42-1-211 (2), Colorado Revised Statutes, not
       otherwise appropriated, to the department of revenue, for the fiscal year
       beginning July 1, 2012, the sum of $7,400, or so much thereof as may be
       necessary, for the purchase of computer center services.
            (2)  In addition to any other appropriation, there is hereby
       appropriated to the governor - lieutenant governor - state planning and
       budgeting, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, the sum of $7,400,
       or so much thereof as may be necessary, for allocation to the office of
       information technology, for the provision of computer center services for
       the department of revenue related to the implementation of this act. Said
       sum is from reappropriated funds received from the department of
       revenue out of the appropriation made in subsection (1) of this section.
            SECTION 3.  Effective date - applicability. This act takes effect
       July 1, 2012, and applies to late fees accrued 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.