First Regular Session
               Seventieth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 15-0135.01 Jery Payne x2157     HOUSE BILL 15-1014
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Dore, 
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 (None),
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 Transportation & Energy
 
 
 
 Finance
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning setting a twenty-four-month registration
            interval for seasonal farm motor 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.)
       
            The bill sets a 24-month registration interval for seasonal farm
       motor vehicles if:
                 The vehicle is used primarily for agricultural production;
                 The land on which the motor vehicle is used is classified as
                 agricultural land for the purposes of levying and collecting
                 property tax; and
                 The vehicle is used no more than 6 months per year.
            The owner pays the same taxes and fees per year as a person who
       registers a vehicle annually.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 42-3-102, add (2.5)
       as follows:
            42-3-102.  Periodic registration - rules. (2.5) (a)  The
       department shall register seasonal farm motor vehicles at
       twenty-four-month intervals. A motor vehicle qualifies as a
       seasonal agricultural motor vehicle if:
            (I)  The motor vehicle is a truck or truck tractor that is
       used primarily for agricultural production on a farm or ranch
       owned or leased by the owner of the truck or truck tractor;
            (II)  The land on which the motor vehicle is used is
       classified as agricultural land under section 39-1-103, C.R.S.,
       for the purposes of levying and collecting property tax; and
            (III)  The motor vehicle is used no more than six months per
       year.
            (b)  The fees due on a seasonal farm motor vehicle that is
       registered at twenty-four-month intervals are the same per
       year as if the vehicle were registered annually under this
       article.
            (c)  The specific ownership tax due on a seasonal farm
       motor vehicle that is registered at a twenty-four-month
       interval is half the amount due if the vehicle were registered
       annually, but the owner shall pay two years' worth of specific
       ownership tax in advance when registering the vehicle.
            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 5, 2015, if adjournment sine die is on May 6,
       2015); 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 2016 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 registrations made on or after the effective
       date of this act.