(1) (a) A resident of this state, as defined in section 33-10-102, may obtain from the division an aspen leaf annual pass, which pass is valid from the date the pass is purchased through the last day of the month of purchase in the following year. The commission shall determine the age of eligibility for the aspen leaf pass.
(b) (I) A resident of this state, as defined in section 33-10-102, may obtain from the division an aspen leaf lifetime pass, which is valid from the date the pass is purchased through the lifetime of the pass holder. The age of eligibility for the aspen leaf lifetime pass is the same as that for the aspen leaf annual pass pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (1). Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the fee for the aspen leaf lifetime pass is as set by rule of the commission; except that the fee shall not exceed five times the cost of the aspen leaf annual pass.
(II) (A) The aspen leaf lifetime pass shall not be sold on or after March 1, 2014.
(B) Prior to that date but during the second regular session of the sixty-ninth general assembly, the department shall prepare and deliver a report to the senate agriculture and natural resources committee and the house of representatives agriculture, livestock, and natural resources committee, or their successor committees, evaluating the aspen leaf lifetime pass. The report shall include, at a minimum, the number of aspen leaf lifetime passes sold and the financial impacts of the aspen leaf lifetime pass.
Except as provided by rule of the commission, for the purpose of this section, theholder of an aspen leaf annual pass or aspen leaf lifetime pass shall own in whole or in part any vehicle used to enter a park area, the vehicle shall have a current valid registration issued by the department of revenue, and the pass holder shall be present in the vehicle. An aspen leaf pass or aspen leaf lifetime pass entitles the holder to enter state park and recreation areas during the period that the pass is valid and when such areas are open.
Each aspen leaf annual pass or aspen leaf lifetime pass shall be displayed by theperson to whom it was issued, in the manner prescribed by the commission by rule, when the person enters a state park or state recreation area.
The continued use of the aspen leaf annual pass and the aspen leaf lifetime pass shallbe subject to the holder's observance of rules concerning the state park or the state recreation area. For a violation of any of such rules, the division has the power to suspend the pass for six months; for a second violation, for one year; and, for a third violation, indefinitely. Any person aggrieved by an action of the division taken pursuant to this subsection (4) may appeal such action in accordance with the procedures provided in article 4 of title 24, C.R.S.
Source: L. 84: Entire article added, p. 893, § 2, effective January 1, 1985. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 381, § 2, effective April 12. L. 98: (1) and (2) amended, p. 1225, § 2, effective June 1. L. 2003: (1) amended, p. 1530, § 5, effective May 1. L. 2008: (1) amended, p. 380, § 2, effective August 5. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (SB 10-071), ch. 235, p. 1029, § 2, effective August 11. L. 2012: (1)(a), (1)(b)(I), (2), and (3) amended, (HB 12-1317), ch. 248, p. 1222, § 49, effective June 4. L. 2018: (3) amended, (SB 18-143), ch. 207, p. 1337, § 15, effective August 8.
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.