Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Colorado
- Session
- 2026A
- Chamber
- upper
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Transportation & Motor Vehicles
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-03-31 00:00:00
Source-supplied abstracts
The act makes changes to the use of automated vehicle identification systems (AVIS), including:Modifying the public notice requirements that the state, a county, a city and county, a municipality, or an agency responsible for placing a new AVIS must provide before utilizing the new AVIS;Making the registered owner of a motor vehicle responsible for all civil penalties associated with violations committed with the vehicle unless the vehicle was sold, leased, or stolen;Creating a procedure through which the registered owner of a motor vehicle may prove that the vehicle was sold, leased, or stolen at the time when a violation was detected by an AVIS and, thereby, under certain circumstances, relieving the registered owner from having to pay the civil penalty associated with the notice of violation;Requiring that, if a variable speed limit is in effect or a speed limit is otherwise temporarily lowered due to hazardous weather or other traffic conditions, the state, a county, a city and county, or a municipality may issue only a notice of violation and civil penalty for a speeding violation that exceeds the regular maximum posted speed limit for that location;Changing the penalty structure for different levels of speeding violations detected by an AVIS;Establishing that the compensation the state, a county, a city and county, or a municipality pays to a manufacturer or vendor of an AVIS must, in addition to other conditions, be a flat monthly fee or a flat hourly rate and not include any incentives, bonuses, or escalators related to the number of citations issued or the amount of revenue generated; andBeginning January 1, 2035, increasing the civil penalties associated with notices of violations issued for violations captured by an AVIS.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors
- M. Ball (primary), sponsor
- B. Pelton (primary), sponsor
- C. Barron (primary), sponsor
- J. Willford (primary), sponsor
- J. Bridges, cosponsor
- J. Coleman, cosponsor
- L. Cutter, cosponsor
- N. Hinrichsen, cosponsor
- M. Duran, cosponsor