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Just the Facts: Taxes and Fees Imposed on Coloradans


Single-Use Plastic Bag Fees (HB21-1162)

  • Fees: $0.10 per bag

  • Taxes: None

  • Revenue/Expenditure to General Fund:

    • FY 2024: $51,838

    • FY 2025: $103,675

Retail Delivery Fees (SB21-260, SB23-143)

  • Fees: $0.29 per delivered item

  • Taxes: None

  • Revenue/Expenditure to General Fund:

    • FY 2022: Up to $204,755

    • FY 2023: Up to $1,340,926

    • FY 2024: Up to $1,472,838

Telephone Fees (SB24-139)

  • Fees: Up to $0.50 per month per eligible phone user

  • Taxes: None

  • Revenue/Expenditure to General Fund:

    • FY 2024: $122,670

    • FY 2025: At least $696,000

Tire Fees (SB24-123)

  • Fees:

    • Up to $4 per used tire

    • Waste tire enterprise fee: Up to $2.50 per new tire

    • Waste tire administration fee: $0.50–$1.25 per tire

  • Taxes: None

  • Revenue/Expenditure to General Fund:

    • FY 2024: $60,208

    • FY 2025: Up to $22.1 million

Oil and Gas Production Fees (SB24-230)

  • Fees:

    • Maximum oil production fee: Up to $40 per barrel

    • Clean Transit Enterprise: $0.04 per barrel

    • Colorado Parks and Wildlife: $0.01 per barrel

    • Additional fees scale with oil spot price

  • Taxes: None

Legislative History: Fee Increases (2018–2023)

2023 Fee Increases:

  • SB23-267: Chatfield State Park Water Quality Fee

    • Added a $2.00 water quality fee to visitors holding an annual or lifetime park pass

  • SB23-240: CDPHE Dairy Plant Fees

    • Increased License and Production fees on dairy producers

      • License Fee: $90-$480

      • Production Fee: 1¢ per 100 lbs of products

  • SB23-280: Hazardous Material Mitigation

    • Imposed new Fuel Impacts Reduction Fee: $0.6125 per gallon of petroleum

  • SB23-059: State Parks & Wildlife Area Local Access Funding

    • Added a daily vehicle pass fee of $2.00

  • HB23-1265: Born to Be Wild Special License Plate

    • Added a $50 specialty license plate fee

  • SB23-025: In God We Trust Special License Plate

    • Added a $50 specialty license plate fee

  • SB23-145: Stegosaurus State Fossil License Plate

    • Added a $50 specialty license plate fee

  • SB23-285: Energy & Carbon Management Regulation in Colorado

    • Added new fees in DNR:

      • Shallow Geothermal Permit Fee

      • Deep Geothermal Permit Fee

      • Intrastate Underground Natural Gas Storage Regulatory & Permitting Fee

  • SB23-069: Requirements to Operate a Motorboat

    • Added a $15 registration fee for motorboats

  • SB23-212: United States Navy Seabees License Plate

    • Added a $50 specialty license plate fee

  • HB23-1257: Mobile Home Park Water Quality

    • Added a $24 annual fee for the Mobile Home Park Water Quality Fund (50% charged to mobile home owners and 50% to park owners)

2022 Fee Increases:

  • SB22-107: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb License Plate

    • Added a $50 specialty license plate fee

  • HB22-1154: Colorado Rotary License Plates

    • Added a $50 specialty license plate fee

  • HB22-1241: Casa Special License Plate

    • Added a $50 specialty license plate fee

  • HB22-1103: Delta Sigma Theta Special License Plate

    • Added a $50 specialty license plate fee

  • HB22-1014: Epilepsy Awareness Special License Plate

    • Added a $50 specialty license plate fee

  • SB22-217: Programs that Benefit Persons with Disabilities

    • Added a $25 specialty license plate fee for revived retired license plate designs

  • HB22-1287: Protections for Mobile Home Park Residents

    • Increased the Mobile Home Park Oversight Program fee: $24 per year per mobile home

  • SB22-118: Encourage Geothermal Energy Use

    • Geothermal Well Permit: $480

  • SB22-190: United States Space Force Special License Plate

    • Added a $50 specialty license plate fee

2021 Fee Increases:

  • HB21-1208: Natural Disaster Mitigation Enterprise

    • Added a $2.00 property and hazard fee for all property insurance policy sales

  • SB21-249: Keep Colorado Wild Annual Pass

    • Added a $40 Keep Colorado Wild Pass fee for vehicle registration

  • SB21-260: Sustainability of the Transportation System

    • Added the Electric Motor Vehicle Registration Fee: $70

    • Added Short-term Rental of an Electric Vehicle Fee: $2.00

    • Retail Delivery Fee: 27¢ per delivery

  • HB21-1162: Management of Plastic Products

    • Added a 10¢ fee for plastic bags at retail stores

  • HB21-1145: Support Pollinator Special License Plate

    • Added a $50 specialty license plate fee

  • HB21-1128: Hospice & Palliative Care License Plate

    • Added a $50 specialty license plate fee

  • HB21-1323: Special Olympics License Plate

    • Added a $50 specialty license plate fee

  • HB21-1073: Support Foster Families License Plate

    • Added a $50 specialty license plate fee

  • HB21-1219: Nurses Special License Plate

    • Added a $50 specialty license plate fee

  • HB21-1141: Electric Vehicle License Plate

    • Added a $50 specialty license plate fee

  • SB21-076: Fund Electronic Third-Party Vehicle Transactions

    • Created a new fee for third-party titling and registration services

  • HB21-1027: Continue Alcohol Beverage Takeout & Delivery

    • Added a new Takeout & Delivery Permit Fee of $11

  • SB21-253: Women Veterans with Disabilities License Plate

    • Added a $50 specialty license plate fee

  • HB21-1214: Record Sealing Collateral Consequences Reduction

    • Increased the fee to seal multiple records: $224

  • HB21-1286: Energy Performance for Buildings

    • Added a $100 fee for building owners with property over 50,000 sq. ft.

  • HB21-1237: Competitive Pharmacy Benefits Manager Marketplace

    • Added a fee charged to pharmacy benefits managers on a per-prescription basis (amount determined by department)

  • SB23-057: Private Lenders of Student Loans Acts & Practices

    • Added a $4,500 fee for registering a private student loan servicer (costs transferred to borrowers)

  • HB21-1266: Environmental Justice Disproportionate Impacted Community

    • Added new Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fee and a new Processing Fee (amounts not available, generating $4.3 million annually)

  • HB21-1301: Cannabis Outdoor Cultivation Measures

    • Increased license fees for employees

      • Conditional Employee License: $100

      • Contingency Plan Review: $1,200

  • HB21-1232: Standardized Health Benefit Plan Colorado Option

    • Added a percentage fee on all premiums: 3.5% of 2021 premiums

  • HB21-1105: Low Income Utility Payment Assistance Contributions

    • Added an Energy Assistance Benefits Fee: 75¢ per month or $9 annually for electric and gas customers

  • HB21-1108: Gender Identity Expression Anti-Discrimination

    • Added a filing fee for gender expression civil cases: $224

2020 Fee Increases:

  • HB20-1293: Emergency Telephone Service Charges

    • Increased 911 service surcharge for phone users with a 911 surcharge fee at $1.20/month

  • HB20-1427: Cigarette, Tobacco, and Nicotine Products Tax

    • Increased Tobacco Product Tax rate: $2.64 per pack

    • Decreased the vendor allowance to cover the cost of tax collections: 1.6% for tobacco distributors and 0.4% for cigarette distributors

  • SB20-126: Allow Home Child Care in HOA Community

    • Created a home child care licensure fee: $39

2019 Fee Increases:

  • HB19-1300: Vehicle Identification Number Inspection Fee

    • Increased the fee from $20 to $50

  • HB19-1309: Mobile Home Park Act Oversight

    • Created a $24 Mobile Home Park Registration fee that can be adjusted to inflation in following years

  • HB19-1242: Board of Pharmacy Regulate Pharmacy Technicians

    • Pharmacy Technician Certification Fee: $57

    • Provisional Certification Fee: $57

    • Fingerprint and Background Check Fee: $39.50

  • HB19-1215: Child Support Commission Recommendations

    • Increased the annual fee for child support payments to $35

  • SB19-065: Peer Assistance Emergency Medical Service Provider

    • Instituted an EMS certification fee of $2.55, adjusted annually

  • SB19-205: Honor Service of Women Veterans

    • Specialty Plate Fee: $50

    • License Plate Cash Fund Fee: $5.92

    • Highway Users Tax Fund Fee: $25

    • Licensing Services Cash Fund Fee: $25

2018 Key Measures:

  • SB18-143: Parks and Wildlife Measures to Increase Revenue

    • Average big game license fee increase of 52.28% across licenses and park passes

  • HB18-1255: Childhood Cancer Awareness Special License Plate

    • Added a $50 license plate fee for a childhood cancer awareness plate

  • HB18-1006: Infant Newborn Screening

    • Increased the Disease Screening fee from $92 to $111

    • Created the Hearing Loss Screening fee of $4

  • HB18-1246: Modernization of the Nursery Act

    • Increased the annual fee for registering a new nursery stock business to $90

  • SB18-162: Substitute Placement Agency Licensure

    • Created the Agency License Fee of $100 per facility

    • Created requirements for Provider Background Check Fee at $39.50

  • HB18-1008: Mussel-free Colorado Act

    • Added a $25 Aquatic Animal Nuisance stamp for residents and $50 for non-residents

  • HB18-1017: Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact

    • Increased the Psychologist licensure fee to $82

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