Colorado Code § 42-3-247

Special plates - emergency medical services (EMS)
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(1) Beginning the
earlier of January 1, 2015, or when the department is able to issue the plates, the department
shall issue special license plates to qualified applicants in accordance with this section for
motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, or noncommercial or recreational motor vehicles that do not
exceed sixteen thousand pounds empty weight.
(2) (a) There is hereby established the EMS license plate. The department may stop
issuing the EMS license plate if three thousand license plates are not issued by July 1, 2019. A
person who was issued an EMS license plate on or before July 1, 2019, may continue to use the
license plate after July 1, 2019, regardless of whether the department stops issuing the special
license plate.
(b) The emergency medical services association of Colorado may design the special
license plate, but the plate must conform with standards established by the department.
(3) (a) A person may apply for an EMS license plate if the person pays the taxes and fees
required under this section and provides to the department or an authorized agent a certificate
issued by the emergency medical services association of Colorado, or its successor organization,
confirming that the applicant has donated ten dollars to the emergency medical services
association of Colorado.
(b) The emergency medical services association of Colorado, or its successor
organization, shall file with the department an annual statement verifying that it is a nonprofit
organization unless the department stops issuing the license plate.
(4) The amount of the taxes and fees for special license plates under this section are the
same as the amount of the taxes and fees for regular motor vehicle license plates; except that the
department shall collect a one-time fee of twenty-five dollars for issuance or replacement of the
license plate. The department shall transmit the additional one-time fee to the state treasurer,
who shall credit the fee to the highway users tax fund created in section 43-4-201, C.R.S.
(5) An applicant may apply for personalized EMS license plates. Upon payment of the
additional fee required by section 42-3-211 (6)(a) for personalized license plates, the department
may issue the plates if the applicant complies with section 42-3-211. If an 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 EMS license plates for the vehicle upon paying the fee
required by section 42-3-211 (6)(a) and upon turning in the existing plates to the department. A
person who has obtained personalized EMS license plates under this subsection (5) shall pay the
annual fee imposed by section 42-3-211 (6)(b) for renewal of the personalized plates. The fees
under this subsection (5) are in addition to all other applicable taxes and fees.

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