Colorado § 44-10-803 Fees

Colorado Statutes

§ 44-10-803 — Fees

Colorado § 44-10-803

Title 44Revenue -

Art.Regulated Marijuana

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 44-10-803 (2026).

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(1)The state licensing authority may charge and collect fees pursuant to this article 10. For a person licensed to cultivate or sell medical marijuana or to manufacture medical marijuana products on or before December 10, 2012, the application fee for a retail marijuana business is five hundred dollars. The state licensing authority shall transfer two hundred fifty dollars of the fee to the marijuana cash fund and submit two hundred fifty dollars to the local jurisdiction in which the license is proposed to be issued.

(2)(a) Except as provided in subsection (1) of this section, the state licensing authority shall not set the initial application fee for a retail marijuana business to exceed five thousand dollars. The state licensing authority shall set the application fee for a

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(1) The state licensing authority may charge and collect
fees pursuant to this article 10. For a person licensed to cultivate or sell medical
marijuana or to manufacture medical marijuana products on or before December 10,
2012, the application fee for a retail marijuana business is five hundred dollars. The
state licensing authority shall transfer two hundred fifty dollars of the fee to the
marijuana cash fund and submit two hundred fifty dollars to the local jurisdiction in
which the license is proposed to be issued.

(2) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1) of this section, the state licensing
authority shall not set the initial application fee for a retail marijuana business to
exceed five thousand dollars. The state licensing authority shall set the application
fee for a retail marijuana business to offset the direct and indirect costs of
regulating retail marijuana businesses. The state licensing authority shall transfer
half of the fee to the marijuana cash fund and remit half of the fee to the local
jurisdiction where the license is proposed to be issued. If the state licensing
authority changes the application fee amount, the state licensing authority shall
confer with the local jurisdictions and the fee must be split evenly between the
marijuana cash fund and the local jurisdiction where a license is proposed to be
issued.

(b) The state licensing authority may annually adjust for inflation or deflation
the limit, established in subsection (2)(a) of this section, on the application fee for a
retail marijuana business. The state licensing authority may round the adjusted
amount upward or downward to the nearest dollar. Inflation or deflation is
measured by the annual percentage change in the United States department of
labor's bureau of labor statistics consumer price index, or a successor index, for
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood for all items paid by urban consumers.

(3) A local jurisdiction in which a license under this article 10 may be
permitted may adopt and impose operating fees in an amount determined by the
local jurisdiction on marijuana businesses and establishments located within the
local jurisdiction.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 19-224), ch. 315, p. 2928, � 5, effective January 1, 2020. L. 2024: (2) amended, (SB 24-076), ch. 410, p. 2835, � 12, effective August 7.