(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, a person is "disabled" if the person has been determined to be totally and permanently disabled by the social security administration, the division of workers' compensation, or pursuant to rule or regulation of the division.
(2) (a) A disabled resident may obtain from a regional office or the central office of the division, or at such other locations as may be determined by the division, a Columbine annual pass. The pass shall be valid from the date the pass is purchased through the last day of the month of purchase in the following year. A columbine annual pass shall entitle the disabled resident to enter state park and recreation areas during the period that the pass is valid and when such areas are open.
(b) The commission, by rule, shall provide the manner by which a columbine annual pass shall be displayed by the person to whom it was issued when the person enters a state park or state recreation area.
(2.5) Any resident of the state who is a first responder with a permanent occupational disability as defined in section 33-4-104.5 (2) may obtain, free of charge, a columbine annual pass from the regional or the central office of the division, or such other location as may be determined by the division.
(3) The continued use of the columbine annual pass shall be subject to the holder's observance of rules and regulations concerning the state park or state recreation area.
Source: L. 98: Entire section added, p. 1226, § 3, effective June 1. L. 2008: (2) amended, p. 381, § 3, effective August 5. L. 2012: (2)(b) amended, (HB 12-1317), ch. 248, p. 1223, § 50, effective June 4. L. 2018: (2)(b) amended, (SB 18-143), ch. 207, p. 1337, § 16, effective August 8. L. 2019: (2.5) added, (HB 19-1080), ch. 222, p. 2251, § 2, effective August 2.
Cross references: For the short title ("Hunting, Fishing, and Parks for Future Generations Act") and the legislative declaration in SB 18-143, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 207, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.