(1) There is hereby established the breast cancer awareness special license plate. The department shall issue breast cancer special license plates to applicants for passenger cars, trucks, or motorcycles that do not exceed sixteen thousand pounds empty weight.
The department shall work with interested parties to design the breast cancer awareness special license plate. The design for the special license plate shall conform with standards established by the department.
(a) A person may apply for a breast cancer awareness special license plate if the person pays the taxes and fees required under this section.
The amount of the taxes and fees for special license plates issued under this section isthe same as the amount of the taxes and fees specified for regular motor vehicle license plates; except that the department shall collect a one-time fee of twenty-five dollars for issuing or replacing each such special license plate. The department shall transmit the additional one-time fee to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the highway users tax fund for allocation and expenditure as specified in section 43-4-201, C.R.S.
In addition to the taxes and fees specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection (3), aperson applying for a new or replacement breast cancer awareness special license plate shall pay a surcharge of twenty-five dollars. A person applying on or before June 30, 2012, to renew a breast cancer awareness special license plate shall have the option to pay the twenty-five dollar surcharge but shall not be required to pay the surcharge in order to renew the special plate. On or after July 1, 2012, a person applying to renew a breast cancer awareness special license plate shall pay the twenty-five dollar surcharge required by this paragraph (c). The department shall transmit the surcharge to the state treasurer, who shall credit the surcharge to the breast and cervical cancer prevention and treatment fund created in section 25.5-5-308 (8)(a), C.R.S.
Any renewal of a special license plate issued under this section shall be handled inthe same manner as other license plates under the provisions of section 42-3-113 or, for personalized plates, under the provisions of section 42-3-211.
An applicant may apply for personalized breast cancer awareness special plates. Ifthe applicant complies with the requirements of section 42-3-211, the department may issue such plates upon payment of the additional fee required by section 42-3-211 (6) for personalized license plates. If the applicant has existing personalized license plates for a motor vehicle, the applicant may transfer the combination of letters or numbers to a new set of breast cancer awareness special license plates for the vehicle upon paying the fee imposed by section 42-3-211 (6) and upon turning in such existing plates to the department. A person who has obtained personalized license plates under this subsection (5) shall pay the annual fee imposed by section 42-3-211 (6) to renew such plates. The fees imposed by this subsection (5) shall be in addition to all other taxes and fees imposed for breast cancer awareness special license plates.
and (7) Repealed.
Source: L. 2005: Entire section added, p. 724, § 1, effective August 8. L. 2006: (3)(b), (4), and (5) amended, p. 1511, § 70, effective June 1. L. 2008: (7) added, p. 229, § 2, effective August 5. L. 2009: (3)(c) added and (6) and (7) repealed, (HB 09-1164), ch. 215, pp. 972, 973, §§ 2, 3, effective May 2. L. 2014: (3)(c) amended, (HB 14-1045), ch. 137, p. 471, § 3, effective July 1.
Editor's note: Amendments to § 42-3-116.8 by House Bill 05-1247 were harmonized with House Bill 05-1107 and relocated to § 42-3-217.5.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 09-1164, see section 1 of chapter 215, Session Laws of Colorado 2009.