NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 6/4/2014.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 14-041
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Herpin, Balmer, Baumgardner, Cadman, Crowder,
      Grantham, Guzman, Heath, Kerr, King, Lambert, Lundberg, Marble,
      Rivera, Scheffel, Todd, Zenzinger, Carroll;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Gardner and Swalm, Fields, Gerou, Ginal,
      Labuda, Landgraf, Lebsock, McNulty, Melton, Pabon, Peniston, Priola,
      Rosenthal, Ryden, Salazar, Scott, Wilson, Wright.
      
      
      Concerning the creation of a USS Colorado license plate for
           motor vehicles, and, in connection therewith, making an
           appropriation.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 42-3-213, amend (1)
      (a) (XXV) and (1) (a) (XXVI); and add (1) (a) (XXVII) and (28) as
      follows:
      
           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:
      
           (XXV)  An honorably discharged, retired, reserve, or active member
      of the Navy SEALs; or
      
           (XXVI)  A natural person who supports the civil air patrol; or
      
           (XXVII)  A natural person who supports the USS Colorado
      (SSN 788).
      
           (28)  USS Colorado. (a)  The department of military affairs
      may design the USS Colorado (SSN 788) license plate if the design
      conforms with standards established by the department. The
      plate must indicate that an owner of a motor vehicle to which the
      plate is attached supports the USS Colorado submarine.
      
           (b)  A natural person who supports the USS Colorado
      (SSN 788) may use USS Colorado license plate.
      
           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, 2014, the sum of $4,120, or so much thereof as may be
      necessary, to be allocated for the purchase of computer programming
      services related to the implementation of this act.
      
           (2)  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 (1) (b), Colorado Revised Statutes, not otherwise
      appropriated, to the department of revenue, for the fiscal year beginning
      July 1, 2014, the sum of $1,658, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
      for allocation to the division of motor vehicles for the purchase of special
      license plates related to the implementation of this act.
      
           (3)  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, 2014, the sum of $4,120, 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.  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 submitted on or after January 1,
      2015.
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Morgan Carroll                        Mark Ferrandino
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Cindi L. Markwell                      Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO