Section 42-3-266 - Special plates - one hundred fiftieth anniversary(1) Beginning on or after August 1, 2023, and before August 1, 2027, 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. A person who has been issued a license plate under this section may continue to use the plate after August 1, 2027.(2)(a) There is hereby established the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of statehood license plate.(b) The department shall hold a competition to design a special license plate to commemorate the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of Colorado becoming a state. The department shall close the competition by February 1, 2023, and choose a design by March 1, 2023.(c) A person may apply for a one hundred fiftieth anniversary of statehood license plate if the person pays the taxes and fees required under this section.(3) The amount of the taxes and fees for special license plates under this section is the same as the amount of the taxes and fees for regular motor vehicle license plates.(4) A qualified applicant may apply to the department for personalized one hundred fiftieth anniversary of statehood 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 qualified applicant complies with section 42-3-211. If a qualified 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 one hundred fiftieth anniversary of statehood 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 license plates under this subsection (4) must pay the annual fee imposed by section 42-3-211(6)(b) for renewal of the personalized plates. The fees under this subsection (4) are in addition to all other applicable taxes and fees.Added by 2022 Ch. 475,§6, eff. 1/1/2023. 2022 Ch. 475, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).