Section 42-7-301.5 - Proof of financial responsibility(1) Any person who presents an altered or counterfeit letter or altered or counterfeit insurance identification card from an insurer or agent for the purpose of proving financial responsibility for purposes of this article 7 shall be in violation of section 18-5-104, and the minimum fine shall be one thousand dollars.(2) Any person who alters or creates a counterfeit letter or insurance identification card for another violates section 18-5-104 and shall be punished by a minimum fine of one thousand dollars.(3) It shall be an affirmative defense that the person did not know or could not have known that the presented document was altered or counterfeit.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 762, eff. 3/1/2022.L. 97: Entire section added, p. 1446, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2001: (4) amended, p. 525, § 14, effective May 22. L. 2003: (4) amended, p. 2649, § 10, effective July 1. L. 2004: (1) and (2) amended, p. 794, § 5, effective 1/1/2005. L. 2006: (4) repealed, p. 1010, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2021: (1) and (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3322, p. 3322, § 762, effective 3/1/2022.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).