Second Regular Session Sixty-fourth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO INTRODUCED LLS NO. 04-0094.01 Julie Hoerner HOUSE BILL 04-1034 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Welker, Berry, Borodkin, Larson, Pommer, Sinclair, Spence, and Stafford SENATE SPONSORSHIP Takis, Isgar, and May R. House Committees Senate Committees Transportation & Energy A BILL FOR AN ACT Concerning electronic renewal of a driver's license. Bill Summary (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted.) Transportation Legislation Review Committee. Allows a driver to renew his or her driver's license via the internet when the driver is at least 21 years of age but under 66 years of age and the driver has paid a fee and any outstanding fines or penalties. Allows the department of revenue to promulgate rules to implement internet renewals. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. 42-2-118 (1) (a) (I), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended, and the said 42-2-118 is further amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION, to read: 42-2-118. Renewal of license in person, by mail, or by electronic means - donations to organ and tissue donation awareness fund - repeal. (1) (a) (I) Every license issued under section 42-2-114 shall be renewable prior to its expiration, upon application in person, or by mail as provided in subsection (1.3) of this section, or by electronic means as provided in subsection (1.5) of this section, payment of the required fee, passing of an eye test, passing of such other examinations as the applicant's physical limitations or driver's record indicates to be desirable, and payment of any penalty assessment, fine, cost, or forfeiture as prescribed by subsection (3) of this section. (1.5) (a) The department may, in its discretion, allow renewal of a driver's license issued under section 42-2-114 by electronic means to drivers at least twenty-one years of age or older and under sixty-six years of age. (b) The department shall not allow any third-party charges that may be assessed to complete the electronic transaction to reduce the amount of revenue that would otherwise be required to be distributed to the highway users tax fund. (c) Every applicant for renewal of a driver's license by electronic means shall submit the following to the department: (I) Payment of the required fee; and (II) Payment of any penalty assessment, fine, cost, or forfeiture as prescribed by subsection (3) of this section. (d) The department shall not allow the renewal of a driver's license by electronic means until a statewide internet portal or other electronic service delivery mechanism through which citizens have electronic access to state agency information, products, and services through the world-wide web has been created pursuant to section 24-37.5-105 (3) (b), C.R.S., and the department promulgates rules necessary for the implementation of this subsection (1.5), including rules, in compliance with standards established pursuant to article 37.5 of title 24, C.R.S., to minimize to the greatest extent possible opportunities for identity theft and the risks of a driver's license being obtained fraudulently or issued to the improper person. SECTION 2. Effective date - applicability. (1) This act shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly that is allowed for submitting a referendum petition pursuant to article V, section 1 (3) of the state constitution (August 4, 2004, if adjournment sine die is on May 5, 2004); except that, if a referendum petition is filed against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part, if approved by the people, shall take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by proclamation of the governor. (2) The provisions of this act shall apply to drivers' licenses renewed on or after the applicable effective date of this act.