NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 6/5/2013.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 13-120
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Harvey, Baumgardner, Cadman, King, Lundberg,
      Marble, Crowder, Guzman, Heath, Johnston, Kerr, Lambert, Newell,
      Roberts, Scheffel, Tochtrop, Todd, Morse;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Garcia, Duran, Ginal, Lebsock, Mitsch Bush,
      Pabon, Priola, Rosenthal, Ryden, Salazar, Schafer, Young.
      
      
      Concerning the creation of a Navy SEAL license plate, and, in
           connection therewith, making an appropriation.
      
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 42-3-213, add (1) (a)
      (XXV) and (26) as follows:
      
           42-3-213.  Special plates - military veterans - rules - retirement.
      (1) (a)  The department shall issue one or more sets of special license plates
      to the following persons who own a truck that does not exceed sixteen
      thousand pounds empty weight, a passenger car, a motorcycle, or a
      noncommercial or recreational vehicle:
      
           (XXV)  An honorably discharged, retired, reserve, or active
      member of the Navy SEALs.
      
           (26)  Honorably discharged, retired veteran, or active member
      of the Navy SEALs. (a)  The department shall design the Navy SEAL
      license plate to indicate that an owner of a motor vehicle to
      which the plate is attached is a veteran, a reserve member, or an
      active member of the United States Navy SEALs.
      
           (b)  A natural person who has received an honorable
      discharge, is retired, or is an active or reserve member of the
      United States Navy SEALs may use a United States Navy SEALs
      license plate. To qualify for the license plate, an applicant must
      submit a DD214 form issued by the United States government and
      a certification from the UDT/SEAL association, inc., the Rocky
      Mountain chapter of the UDT/SEAL association, inc., or a
      successor organization, that the applicant has an honorable
      discharge from, is retired from, or is currently an active or
      reserve member of the Navy SEALs.
      
           SECTION 2.  Appropriation. (1)  In addition to any other
      appropriation, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the license
      plate cash fund created in section 42-3-301 (1) (b), Colorado Revised
      Statutes, not otherwise appropriated, to the department of revenue, for the
      fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, the sum of $355, or so much thereof as
      may be necessary, to be allocated to the division of motor vehicles for the
      purchase of special license plates related to this act.
      
           (2)  In addition to any other appropriation, there is hereby
      appropriated, out of any moneys in the Colorado state titling and
      registration account in the highway users tax fund created in section
      42-1-211 (2), Colorado Revised Statutes, not otherwise appropriated, to the
      department of revenue, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, the sum
      of $2,960, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be allocated to the
      information technology division for the purchase of computer center
      services related to this act.
      
           (3)  In addition to any other appropriation, there is hereby
      appropriated to the governor - lieutenant governor - state planning and
      budgeting, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, the sum of $2,960, or
      so much thereof as may be necessary, for allocation to the office of
      information technology, for the provision of computer center services for
      the department of revenue related to the implementation of this act. Said
      sum is from reappropriated funds received from the department of revenue
      out of the appropriation made in subsection (2) of this section.
      
           SECTION 3.  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 7, 2013, if adjournment sine die is on May 8,
      2013); 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 2014 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 license plate applications issued on or after
      January 1, 2014.
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      John P. Morse                         Mark Ferrandino
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Cindi L. Markwell                      Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO