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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) The state engineer or the commission shall collect the following fees:
(a)(I) Repealed by Laws 2003, Ch. 7, § 5, eff. July 1, 2006.
(II) Effective July 1, 2006, with an application for the use of groundwater, one hundred dollars, which sum shall not be refunded.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1985, H.B.1322, § 14.
(c)(I) Repealed by Laws 2003, Ch. 7, § 5, eff. July 1, 2006.
(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(h)(I) Repealed by Laws 2003, Ch. 7, § 5, eff. July 1, 2006.
(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(i)(I) Repealed by Laws 2003, Ch. 7, § 5, eff. July 1, 2006.
(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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 37. Water and Irrigation § 37-90-116. Fees - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-37-water-and-irrigation/co-rev-st-sect-37-90-116/
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