Colo. Rev. Stat. § 44-3-904
Violations - penalties.
Effective Mar 1, 2022L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 18-1025), ch. 152, p. 1061, § 2, effective October 1. L. 2021: (1)(a) and (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3327, § 784, effective March 1, 2022.
(1)
- (a) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section, any person violating any of the provisions of this article 3 or article 4 or 5 of this title 44 or any of the rules authorized and adopted pursuant to such articles commits a civil infraction.
- (b) The penalties provided in this section shall not be affected by the penalties provided in any other section of this article 3 or article 4 or 5 of this title 44 but shall be construed to be in addition to any other penalties.
- (2) Any person violating any of the provisions of section 44-3-901 (1)(a), (1)(g), (1)(h), (1)(j), (1)(l), (1)(m), (6)(a)(I), or (6)(b) or section 44-3-903 commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.
- (3) A person violating the provisions of section 44-3-901 (1)(b) commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.
- (4) Any person violating any of the provisions of section 44-3-901 (1)(c) or (1)(d) commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501. For the second conviction and for all subsequent convictions of violating the provisions of section 44-3-901 (1)(c) or (1)(d), the court shall impose at least the minimum fine and shall have no discretion to suspend any fine so imposed; except that the court may provide for the payment of such fine as provided in subsection (5) of this section.
- (5) At the discretion of the court, the fines provided for violations of section 44-3-901 (1)(c) and (1)(d) may be ordered to be paid by public work only at a reasonable hourly rate to be established by the court, who shall designate the time within which the public work is to be completed.
- (6) Any person who knowingly violates the provisions of section 44-3-901 (1)(b), (1)(e), or (1)(l) or any person who knowingly induces, aids, or encourages a person under the age of eighteen years to violate the provisions of section 44-3-901 (1)(b), (1)(c), or (1)(d) may be proceeded against pursuant to section 18-6-701 for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 18-1025), ch. 152, p. 1061, § 2, effective October 1. L. 2021: (1)(a) and (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3327, § 784, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-47-903 as it existed prior to 2018.