Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1.5-209 – Drinking water fee - drinking water cash fund - repeal.

(1) Effective July 1, 2007, the division may assess an annual fee upon public water systems, and all such fees shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
1. (a) Category 01 Community surface water systems
  Subcategory 1 Population from 25 - 250$ 75
  Subcategory 2 Population from 251 - 500$ 100
  Subcategory 3 Population from 501 - 1,000$ 310
  Subcategory 4 Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 465
  Subcategory 5 Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 865
  Subcategory 6 Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 1,850
  Subcategory 7 Population from 30,001 - 100,000$ 4,940
  Subcategory 8 Population from 100,001 - 200,000$ 9,270
  Subcategory 9 Population from 200,001 - 500,000$ 15,450
  Subcategory 10 Population greater than 500,000$ 21,630
2. (b) Category 02 Community groundwater systems
  Subcategory 1 Population from 25 - 250$ 75
  Subcategory 2 Population from 251 - 500$ 100
  Subcategory 3 Population from 501 - 1,000$ 220
  Subcategory 4 Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 310
  Subcategory 5 Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 680
  Subcategory 6 Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 1,545
  Subcategory 7 Population greater than 30,001$ 4,450
3. (c) Category 03 Community-purchased surface water or groundwater systems
  Subcategory 1 Population from 25 - 250$ 75
  Subcategory 2 Population from 251 - 500$ 100
  Subcategory 3 Population from 501 - 1,000$ 155
  Subcategory 4 Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 250
  Subcategory 5 Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 490
  Subcategory 6 Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 865
  Subcategory 7 Population greater than 30,001$ 2,470
4. (d) Category 04 Nontransient, noncommunity surface water systems
  Subcategory 1 Population from 25 - 250$ 75
  Subcategory 2 Population from 251 - 500$ 100
  Subcategory 3 Population from 501 - 1,000$ 280
  Subcategory 4 Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 400
  Subcategory 5 Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 620
  Subcategory 6 Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 1,670
  Subcategory 7 Population greater than 30,001$ 4,450
5. (e) Category 05 Nontransient, noncommunity groundwater systems
  Subcategory 1 Population from 25 - 250$ 75
  Subcategory 2 Population from 251 - 500$ 100
  Subcategory 3 Population from 501 - 1,000$ 155
  Subcategory 4 Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 245
  Subcategory 5 Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 495
  Subcategory 6 Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 1,360
  Subcategory 7 Population greater than 30,001$ 3,650
6. (f) Category 06 Nontransient, noncommunity-purchased surface water or groundwater systems
  Subcategory 1 Population from 25 - 250$ 75
  Subcategory 2 Population from 251 - 500$ 100
  Subcategory 3 Population from 501 - 1,000$ 125
  Subcategory 4 Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 185
  Subcategory 5 Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 325
  Subcategory 6 Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 805
  Subcategory 7 Population greater than 30,001$ 1,980
7. (g) Category 07 Transient, noncommunity surface water systems
  Subcategory 1 Population from 25 - 250$ 75
  Subcategory 2 Population from 251 - 500$ 100
  Subcategory 3 Population from 501 - 1,000$ 245
  Subcategory 4 Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 310
  Subcategory 5 Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 555
  Subcategory 6 Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 620
  Subcategory 7 Population greater than 30,001$ 3,960
8. (h) Category 08 Transient, noncommunity groundwater systems
  Subcategory 1 Population from 25 - 250$ 75
  Subcategory 2 Population from 251 - 500$ 100
  Subcategory 3 Population from 501 - 1,000$ 125
  Subcategory 4 Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 185
  Subcategory 5 Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 495
  Subcategory 6 Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 535
  Subcategory 7 Population greater than 30,001$ 2,970
9. (i) Category 09 Transient, noncommunity-purchased surface water or groundwater systems
  Subcategory 1 Population from 25 - 250$ 75
  Subcategory 2 Population from 251 - 500$ 100
  Subcategory 3 Population from 501 - 1,000$ 110
  Subcategory 4 Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 125
  Subcategory 5 Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 310
  Subcategory 6 Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 435
  Subcategory 7 Population greater than 30,001$1,490
Facility Categories and Subcategories for
Drinking Water FeesAnnual Fees
(2)
1. (a) The drinking water cash fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The general assembly shall annually appropriate money in the cash fund to the department for allocation to the division of administration to operate the drinking water program established in this part 2. The general assembly shall review expenditures of the money to assure that the money is used only for such purposes. All interest earned on the investment or deposit of money in the cash fund and all unappropriated or unencumbered money in the cash fund remain in the cash fund and do not revert to the general fund or any other fund at the end of any fiscal year or any other time.
2. (b) All fees collected pursuant to this section before July 1, 2026, or before the date the rules adopted under section 25-8-210 (1)(a)(I) become effective shall be credited to the drinking water cash fund.
3. (c) On and after July 1, 2026, all fees collected pursuant to rules adopted under section 25-8-210 (1)(a)(I) shall be credited to the drinking water cash fund.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2)(b) of this section and this subsection (3) are repealed, effective July 1, 2026.

Source: L. 2003: Entire section added with relocations, p. 1502, § 2, effective May 1. L. 2007: Entire section RC&RE, p. 1455, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2023: (2) amended and (3) added, (SB 23-274), ch. 216, p. 1109, § 2, effective May 17.

Editor's note: Prior to the recreation of this section in 2007, subsection (4) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2005. (See L. 2003, p. 1502.)