(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, this article does not apply to construction, reconstruction, operation, or maintenance by an authorized person of overhead electrical or communication circuits or conductors and their supporting structures, or to electrical generating, transmission, or distribution systems, or to communication systems, or to the collection of trash and refuse using equipment designed for that purpose, or to highway vehicles or agricultural equipment, including aerial applicators licensed pursuant to section 35-10-106, C.R.S., which in normal use may incidentally pass within the ten-foot clearance limitation, or to governmental entities responding to any emergency situation.
(2) (a) Highway vehicles shall not be operated within four and one-half feet of a high voltage overhead line unless the person or business entity operating the highway vehicle has complied with sections 9-2.5-102 and 9-2.5-103.
(b) This subsection (2) shall not apply to highway vehicles operated by the Colorado department of transportation responding to emergency situations.
Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 443, § 1, effective July 1. L. 88: Entire section amended, p. 398, § 2, effective April 6. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 1413, § 3, effective April 29.