§ 37-90-116 — Fees

Colorado § 37-90-116

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 37: Water and
• Art.: Underground Water

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(1) The state engineer or the commission shall collect the
following fees:

(a) (I) Repealed.

(II) Effective July 1, 2006, with an application for the use of groundwater, one
hundred dollars, which sum shall not be refunded.

(b) Repealed.

(c) (I) Repealed.

(II) Effective July 1, 2006, for issuing a permit to modify or replace an existing
well, one hundred dollars.

(d) For making a copy of a document filed in his office, fifty cents per page or
fraction thereof;

(e) For certifying copies of documents, records, or maps, two dollars for each
certification;

(f) The actual expenses of publication, if any is required, which sums shall be
promptly billed to the applicant and paid prior to the approval of any permit or other
application, unless the commission requires the applicant to pay these expenses
directly to the newspaper, and the applicant provides a proof of such payment to
the commission. All fees for publication expenses collected by the state engineer
or by the commission shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit
them to the water resources cash fund created in section 37-80-111.7 (1).

(g) With an objection to an application for the use of groundwater, ten
dollars, which sum shall not be refunded;

(h) (I) Repealed.

(II) Effective July 1, 2006, with an application for any change in a well permit,
whether conditional or final, submitted pursuant to section 37-90-111 (1)(g), one
hundred dollars, which sum shall not be refunded.

(i) (I) Repealed.

(II) Effective July 1, 2006, with a request to extend the expiration date on a
well permit, other than a well permit issued pursuant to section 37-90-105, sixty
dollars.

(2) Departments and agencies of the state of Colorado that own and operate
wells on state land are exempt from the payment of fees for applications for the
use of groundwater or for a permit to construct a well.

(3) Notwithstanding the amount specified for any fee in subsection (1) of this
section, the commission by rule or as otherwise provided by law may reduce the
amount of one or more of the fees if necessary pursuant to section 24-75-402 (3),
C.R.S., to reduce the uncommitted reserves of the fund to which all or any portion of
one or more of the fees is credited. After the uncommitted reserves of the fund are
sufficiently reduced, the commission by rule or as otherwise provided by law may
increase the amount of one or more of the fees as provided in section 24-75-402
(4), C.R.S.

Legislative History

Source: L. 65: R&RE, p. 1256, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 148-18-15. L. 69: p. 1199, � 1. L. 71: p. 1316, � 12. L. 85: IP(1) and (1)(f) amended and (1)(b) repealed, pp. 1177, 1178, �� 8, 14, effective May 31. L. 87: (1)(a), (1)(c), and (1)(h) amended, p. 1301, � 5, effective July 2. L. 98: (3) added, p. 1344, � 73, effective June 1; (1)(f) amended and (1)(i) added, p. 1222, � 12, effective August 5. L. 2003: (1)(a), (1)(c), (1)(h), and (1)(i) amended, p. 45, � 5, effective (see editor's note); (1)(a)(I)(A), (1)(a)(II), (1)(c)(I)(A), (1)(c)(II), (1)(h)(I)(A), and (1)(h)(II) amended, p. 1684, � 16, effective May 14. L. 2012: (1)(f) amended, (SB 12-009), ch. 197, p. 791, � 3, effective July 1. L. 2017: (2) amended, (SB 17-026), ch. 47, p. 147, � 15, effective August 9.