Colorado Code
Part 2 - Permit System for Hazardous Materials
§ 42-20-204. Permit Violations - Penalties

(1) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Any person who transports hazardous materials without a permit in violation of any of the provisions of section 42-20-201 commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be assessed a penalty of two hundred fifty dollars in accordance with the procedure set forth in section 42-20-105 (2). Any person who intentionally transports hazardous materials without a permit in violation of any of the provisions of section 42-20-201 commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501. For the purposes of this subsection (1), if any person who previously has acknowledged guilt or has been convicted of a misdemeanor pursuant to this subsection (1) subsequently transports hazardous materials without a permit in violation of any of the provisions of section 42-20-201, a permissive inference is created that such subsequent transportation without a permit was intentional.


(3) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Any person who knowingly violates any of the terms and conditions of an annual or single trip hazardous materials transportation permit commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.



Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2524, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2002: (1) and (3) amended, p. 1565, § 384, effective October 1. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 583, § 5, effective January 1, 2004. L. 2004: (2) amended, p. 1212, § 103, effective August 4. L. 2021: (1) and (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3325, § 774, effective March 1, 2022.


Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending subsections (1) and (3), see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.

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