§ 42-20-110. Immobilization of Unsafe Vehicles
Any enforcement official shall have the power to immobilize, impound, or otherwise direct the disposition of motor vehicles transporting hazardous materials when the enforcement official deems that the motor vehicle or the operation thereof is unsafe and when such immobilization, impoundment, or disposition is appropriate under or required by rules and regulations promulgated by the […]
§ 42-20-401. Legislative Declaration
It is hereby determined and declared that nuclear materials create a potential risk to the public health, safety, and welfare of the people of the state of Colorado. As an origination point of nuclear waste and a corridor state through which nuclear materials pass, the state has a duty to protect its citizens and environment […]
§ 42-20-111. Additional Penalties
[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] Any person, corporation, partnership, or other entity which intentionally or knowingly authorizes, solicits, requests, commands, conspires in, or aids and abets in the violation of any of the provisions of part 1, 2, or 3 of this article commits a […]
§ 42-20-112. Reimbursement of Local Governments
A public entity, political subdivision of the state, or other unit of local government is hereby given the right to claim reimbursement for the costs resulting from action taken to remove, contain, or otherwise mitigate the effects of a hazardous materials abandonment or a hazardous materials spill. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed […]
§ 42-20-113. Hazardous Materials Spill – Abandonment of Vehicle Containing Hazardous Material – Penalty – Definition
No person shall abandon any vehicle containing any hazardous material excluding that which is considered fuel and is contained within the vehicle’s fuel tank or shall intentionally spill hazardous materials upon a street, highway, right-of-way, or any other public property or upon any private property without the express consent of the owner or person in […]
§ 42-20-201. Hazardous Materials Transportation Permit Required
Except as otherwise provided in this part 2, no transportation of hazardous materials by motor vehicle which requires placarding under 49 CFR 172 or 173 shall take place in, to, from, or through this state until the department of transportation issues a permit, in accordance with the provisions of this part 2, authorizing the applicant […]
§ 42-20-202. Transportation Permit – Application Fee – Rules
Except as otherwise provided in this section, each person desiring to transport hazardous materials which require placarding under 49 CFR 172 or 173 in, to, from, or through this state shall submit a permit application for an annual permit to the department of transportation before beginning such transportation. Permit applications must be in a form […]
§ 42-20-101. Short Title
Parts 1, 2, and 3 of this article shall be known and may be cited as the “Hazardous Materials Transportation Act of 1987”. Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2516, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 43-6-101 as it existed prior to 1994.
§ 42-20-102. Legislative Declaration
The general assembly finds that the permitting and routing of motor vehicles transporting hazardous materials is a matter of statewide concern and is affected with a public interest and that the provisions of parts 1, 2, and 3 of this article are enacted in the exercise of the police powers of this state for the […]
§ 42-20-103. Definitions
As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: “Chief” means the chief of the Colorado state patrol. “Enforcement official” means, and is limited to, a peace officer who is an officer of the Colorado state patrol as described in sections 16-2.5-101 and 16-2.5-114, C.R.S., a port of entry officer, as defined in section […]