§ 42-3-206.5. Issuance of Plates in a Retired Style Authorized – Additional Fee – Rules

1. Subject to the requirements of this section, the department may issue license plates in the previously retired style that had white letters and numbers on a background of green mountains and a white sky for passenger cars or trucks not over sixteen thousand pounds empty weight.
2. The department may only issue plates in the previously retired style if the department determines that demand for the style, including willingness to pay an additional fee that fully defrays the costs of producing the license plates in the style, is sufficiently high to justify production of the license plates.
3. An applicant may apply for personalized license plates in the previously retired style if the department offers such plates for purchase. If the applicant complies with 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 plus twenty-five dollars. The twenty-five dollars paid on top of the additional fee required by section 42-3-211 (6) shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the twenty-five dollars to the disability support fund created in section 24-30-2205.5. 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 license plates in the previously retired style for the vehicle upon paying the fee imposed by section 42-3-211 (6)(a) and upon turning in such existing plates to the department as required by the department. A person who has obtained personalized license plates in the previously retired style under this subsection (3) shall pay the annual fee imposed by section 42-3-211 (6)(b) to renew such plates. The fees imposed by this subsection (3) are in addition to all other taxes and fees imposed for license plates in the previously retired style.
4. The amount of the taxes and fees for license plates in the previously retired style is the same as the amount of the taxes and fees specified for regular motor vehicle plates plus an additional annual fee set by the department in the lesser of the amount necessary to defray the actual costs of producing and issuing the plates plus twenty-five dollars or seventy-five dollars. The additional fee shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit it to the license plate cash fund created in section 42-3-301 (1)(b); except that twenty-five dollars of the fee shall be credited to the disability support fund created in section 24-30-2205.5.
5. All applications for license plates in the previously retired style must be made directly to the department.
6. The executive director of the department may prepare any special forms and promulgate any rules necessary to implement this section.

Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (SB 21-069), ch. 419, p. 2781, § 4, effective September 7.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 21-069, see section 1 of chapter 419, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.