Second Regular Session
              Sixty-fifth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 06-0175.02 Jery Payne           SENATE BILL 06-010
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Isgar, 
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Ragsdale,  Larson, McFadyen, and Pommer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 Transportation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the appearance of a commercial vehicle's owner
            in a court hearing concerning a permit or
            documentation violation.
       
       
                           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.  Declares the
       owner of a commercial vehicle to be a party in interest to a court hearing
       if the owner authorized the vehicle to be operated without the required
       credentials.  Clarifies that the owner's appearance in court concerning the
       matter does not constitute practicing law.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  Part 17 of article 4 of title 42, Colorado Revised
       Statutes, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to
       read:
            42-4-1719.  Permit and document violations - parties.  (1)  If
       the owner of a commercial vehicle authorizes such vehicle to be
       operated without complying with applicable permit or
       documentation requirements of this title, the owner shall be a
       party in interest concerning such violations.  As a party in
       interest in a court hearing concerning such violations, the
       owner may appear before the court without the operator and,
       when doing so, shall not be deemed to be practicing law in
       violation of article 5 of title 12, C.R.S.
            (2)  An appearance by the owner of a commercial vehicle
       who is a party in interest under this section shall satisfy a
       promise to appear in court pursuant to section 42-4-1707.
            SECTION 2.  Effective date - applicability.  This act shall take
       effect July 1, 2006, and shall apply to offenses committed on or after said
       date.
            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.