First Regular Session

Sixty-first General Assembly

LLS NO. 97­0764.01D GWF HOUSE BILL 97­1343

STATE OF COLORADO

BY REPRESENTATIVE Tool;

also SENATOR Ament.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

A BILL FOR AN ACT

CONCERNING AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF THE FEE RETAINED WHEN COLLECTING VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES.

Bill Summary

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not necessarily reflect any amendments which may be subsequently adopted.)

Increases the fee that county clerk and recorders and the manager of revenue in the city and county of Denver retain for expenses incurred acting as agents of the department of revenue in collecting vehicle registration fees from $1 to $5. Provides that the agent fee, when collected by the department of revenue, shall also be increased to the same amount.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1.  42­1­210, Colorado Revised Statutes, 1993 Repl. Vol., as amended, is amended to read:

42­1­210.  County clerk and recorders and manager of revenue as agents.  The county clerk and recorder in each county in the state of Colorado, and in the city and county of Denver the manager of revenue, is hereby designated as the authorized agent of the department for the administration of the provisions of articles 3 and 6 of this title relating to registrations of motor vehicles in such county; and for the enforcement of the provisions of section 42­6­139 relating to the registering and titling of motor vehicles in such county; and for the enforcement of the provisions of section 38­29­120, C.R.S., relating to the titling of manufactured homes; but any such authorized agent in a county has the power to appoint and employ such motor vehicle registration and license clerks as are actually necessary in the issuance of motor vehicle licenses and shall retain for the purpose of defraying such expenses, including mailing, a sum equal to one dollar FIVE DOLLARS per paid motor vehicle registration and registration requiring a metallic plate, plates, or validation tab or sticker as provided in section 42­3­113. This fee of one dollar FIVE DOLLARS shall apply to every registration of a motor vehicle which THAT is designed primarily to be operated or drawn on any highway of this state, except such vehicles as are specifically exempted from payment of any registration fee by the provisions of article 3 of this title, and shall be in addition to the annual registration fee prescribed by law for such vehicle. Such fee of one dollar FIVE DOLLARS, when collected by the department, shall be credited to the same fund as registration fees collected by the department. The county clerk and recorders and the manager of revenue in the city and county of Denver so designated as the authorized agents of the department, as provided in this section, shall serve as such authorized agents under the provisions of this part 2 without additional remuneration or fees, except as otherwise provided in articles 1 to 6 of this title.

SECTION 2.  Effective date.  This act shall take effect September 1, 1997.

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.