Mike,
It's not illegal to have one painted in the scheme. The problem is the wording "to color or cause to be colored". For it to apply, an officer would have to witness the car being painted. Sounds ridiculous, but there have been several rulings on cases in the state that back up that interpretation. It's very similiar to the "attaching tag not assigned" misdemeanor argument from a few years back. If you didn't see the person swapping plates, you could no longer charge it.
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Mike
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