Section 44-20-128 - Penalty(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any person who willfully violates this part 1 or who willfully commits any offense in this part 1 declared to be unlawful commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.(2)(a) Any person who willfully violates section 44-20-124 (2) by acting as a manufacturer, distributor, or manufacturer representative without proper authorization commits a petty offense.(b) Any person who willfully violates section 44-20-124 (2) by acting as a motor vehicle dealer, wholesaler, used motor vehicle dealer, buyer agent, wholesale motor vehicle auction dealer, business disposer, or motor vehicle salesperson without proper authorization commits a petty offense.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 787, eff. 3/1/2022.Amended by 2019 Ch. 309, § 10, eff. 8/2/2019.Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-6-121 and amended by 2018 Ch. 7, § 2, eff. 10/1/2018.Amended by 2017 Ch. 366, § 1, eff. 8/9/2017.L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 18 -030), ch. 84, p. 84, § 2, effective October 1. L. 2019: (2)(b) amended, (SB 19-249), ch. 2806, p. 2806, § 10, effective August 2. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3328, p. 3328, § 787, effective 3/1/2022.(1) This section is similar to former § 12-6-121 as it existed prior to 2018.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).