(A) Vehicle owner liability. No owner of a motor vehicle required to be registered in this state shall operate the vehicle or permit it to be operated on the public highways of the town when the owner has failed to have a complying policy or certificate of self-insurance in full force and effect as required by C.R.S. §§ 10-4-705 and 10-4-716.
(B) Operator liability. No person shall operate a motor vehicle on the public highways of the town without a complying policy or certificate of self-insurance in full force and effect as required by C.R.S. §§ 10-4-705 and 10-4-716.
(C) Proof of insurance. When an accident occurs, or when requested to do so following any lawful traffic contact or during any traffic investigation by a peace officer, no owner or operator of a motor vehicle shall fail to present to the requesting officer immediate evidence of a complying policy or certificate of self-insurance in full force and effect as required by C.R.S. §§ 10-4-705 and 10-4-716.
(D) Traffic offense committed. Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (A), (B) or (C) of this section commits a traffic offense.
(E) Prima facie evidence. Testimony of the failure of any owner or operator of a motor vehicle to present immediate evidence of a complying policy or certificate of self-insurance in full force and effect as required by C.R.S. §§ 10-4-705 and 10-4-716 when requested to do so by a peace officer, shall constitute prima facie evidence, at a trial concerning a violation charged under subsection (A) or (B) of this section, that such owner or operator of a motor vehicle violated subsection (A) or (B) of this section.
(F) Rebuttable defense. No person charged with violating subsection (A), (B) or (C) of this section shall be convicted if such person produces in court a bona fide complying policy or certificate of self-insurance which was in full force and effect, as required by C.R.S. §§ 10-4-705 and 10-4-716, at the time of the alleged violation.
(Ord. 8(1997) § 1)