Second Regular Session
              Sixty-ninth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 14-0471.01 Jery Payne x2157     SENATE BILL 14-056
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Rivera,  Grantham, Scheffel
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Coram and Scott, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 Finance
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning a potential waiver of the fees required for
            issuance of special armed forces license plates for
            motor vehicles to military veterans.
       
       
                           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, applicants for the following special license plates pay
       a one-time fee of $50 in addition to the normal fees for regular license
       plates:
                 Veteran of the United States armed forces;
                 United States Marine Corps;
                 Veteran of the Korean war;
                 Veteran of the Vietnam war;
                 United States Army;
                 United States Navy;
                 Bronze star;
                 United States Coast Guard;
                 United States Air Force;
                 United States Army special forces;
                 Veteran of the Afghanistan war;
                 Veteran of the Iraq war;
                 Veteran of operation desert shield or desert storm;
                 Distinguished flying cross; and
                 Navy SEAL.
            The bill exempts veterans from paying this fee for one set of these
       special plates.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 42-3-213, add (1) (b)
       (II) (I) as follows:
            42-3-213.  Special plates - military veterans - rules - retirement.
       (1) (b) (II)  Notwithstanding subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (b):
            (I)  If the person requesting the plate is a veteran of the
       United States military, the department shall not charge the
       one-time issuance fee imposed by subparagraph (I) of this
       paragraph (b) for one set per applicant of the following license
       plates issued under this section: Veteran of the United States
       armed forces issued under subsection (4) of this section; United
       States Marine Corps issued under subsection (8) of this section;
       veteran of the Korean war issued under subsection (9) of this
       section; veteran of the Vietnam war issued under subsection (11)
       of this section; United States Army issued under subsection (12)
       of this section; United States Navy issued under subsection (13)
       of this section; bronze star issued under subsection (14) of this
       section; United States Coast Guard issued under subsection (16)
       of this section; United States Air Force issued under subsection
       (17) of this section; United States Army special forces issued
       under subsection (18) of this section; veteran of the Afghanistan
       war issued under subsection (21) of this section; veteran of the
       Iraq war issued under subsection (22) of this section; veteran of
       operation desert shield or desert storm issued under subsection
       (24) of this section; distinguished flying cross issued under
       subsection (25) of this section; and Navy SEAL issued under
       subsection (26) of this section.
            SECTION 2.  Act subject to petition - effective date -
       applicability. (1)  This act takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following
       the expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the
       general assembly (August 6, 2014, if adjournment sine die is on May 7,
       2014); except that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1
       (3) of article V of the state constitution against this act or an item, section,
       or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part
       will not take effect unless approved by the people at the general election
       to be held in November 2014 and, in such case, will take effect on the
       date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.
            (2)  This act applies to applications made on or after the applicable
       effective date of this act.