NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 3/27/2014.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 14-055
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Steadman, Hodge, Jahn, Todd;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Coram, Peniston, Schafer.
      
      
      Concerning more precise specification of the class of vehicles
           subject to the daily vehicle rental fee.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 43-4-804, amend (1)
      (b) (I) as follows:
      
           43-4-804.  Highway safety projects - surcharges and fees -
      crediting of moneys to highway users tax fund - definition. (1)  On and
      after July 1, 2009, the following surcharges, fees, and fines shall be
      collected and credited to the highway users tax fund created in section
      43-4-201 (1) (a) and allocated to the state highway fund, counties, and
      municipalities as specified in section 43-4-205 (6.3):
      
           (b) (I) (A)  Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (III) of
      this paragraph (b), a daily vehicle rental fee which shall be is imposed on
      the rental of any vehicle rented in the state all short-term vehicle
      rentals at the rate of two dollars per day; Any person who owns vehicles
      that are based in Colorado for rental purposes or who owns vehicles that
      are based in a state other than Colorado for rental purposes but rents such
      vehicles from a business location in Colorado and whose primary business
      is the rental of such vehicles for periods of less than forty-five days,
      including renewals, to another person shall collect the daily vehicle rental
      fee from the renter of each vehicle rented except that a subsequent
      renewal of a short-term vehicle rental is exempt from the fee to
      the extent that the renewal extends the total rental period
      beyond thirty days. The rental invoice shall list the daily vehicle rental
      fee separately as a Colorado road safety program fee.
      
           (B)  As used in this section, "short-term vehicle rental"
      means the rental of any motor vehicle, as defined in section
      42-1-102 (58), C.R.S., with a gross vehicle weight rating of
      twenty-six thousand pounds or less that is rented within
      Colorado for a period of not more than thirty days.
      
           SECTION 2.  Effective date. This act takes effect July 1, 2014.
      
           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.
      
      
      
      
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      Morgan Carroll                        Mark Ferrandino
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
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      Cindi L. Markwell                      Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
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                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO