Code of Colorado Regulations
600 - Department of Transportation
601 - Transportation Commission and Office of Transportation Safety
2 CCR 601-21 - LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE FUND (LEAF)
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 5, March 10, 2024
Statement of Basis and Purpose and Statutory Authority
Section 43-4-403 C.R.S. (2011) provides the Department of Transportation with the authority to promulgate rules regarding the Law Enforcement Assistance Fund.
These Rules became effective on March 2, 1983 with the enactment of § 43-4-401 et. seq. C.R.S. creating the Law Enforcement Assistance Fund ("LEAF"). The rules have not been amended since inception. While at present the department of transportation does not receive any of the collected funds, the Department is amending the rules in order to update them to conform to changes in statute and to eliminate any unnecessary language, in the event the program receives funding in the future.
The purpose of the LEAF is to:
1. Increase and improve the enforcement of the laws pertaining to Impaired Driving offenses;
2. Increase public awareness of the problems and impacts created by impaired Driving and the consequences resulting from arrest and conviction of Impaired Driving - offenses; and
3. Coordinate the efforts of a municipality, county or city and county within its own jurisdiction and with other jurisdictions in establishing and administering a qualified program.
Entire rule eff. 04/14/2012.
