Colorado Code
Part 2 - Fuel Products
§ 8-20-206.5. Environmental Response Surcharge - Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Natural Gas Inspection Fund - Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Cash Fund - Definitions

(1.5) Notwithstanding the amount specified for any fee or surcharge in subsection (1) of this section, the executive director by rule or as otherwise provided by law may reduce the amount of one or more of the fees or surcharges 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 or surcharges is credited. After the uncommitted reserves of the fund are sufficiently reduced, the executive director by rule or as otherwise provided by law may increase the amount of one or more of the fees or surcharges as provided in section 24-75-402 (4), C.R.S.

Source: L. 89: Entire section added, p. 405, § 4, effective July 1. L. 92: (1)(b) and (5) amended, p. 1820, § 2, effective June 3. L. 95: (1)(b) amended, p. 419, § 4, effective July 1. L. 96: (1)(b) amended and (1)(c) added, p. 709, § 1, effective May 15. L. 97: (5) repealed, p. 138, § 2, effective March 28. L. 98: (1.5) added, p. 1324, § 22, effective June 1. L. 2000: (1)(b)(III) and (1)(c) amended, p. 1384, § 3, effective May 30. L. 2003: (1)(a) amended and (1)(d) and (1)(e) added, p. 1822, § 6, effective May 21; (1)(a), IP(1)(b), (1)(c), and (4) amended, p. 2664, § 1, effective June 5. L. 2005: (1)(b), (1)(c), and IP(1)(e)(I) amended, p. 1328, § 5, effective July 1; (4)(b) amended, p. 1345, § 7, effective August 8. L. 2010: (1)(a), (1)(c), and (2) amended, (HB 10-1185), ch. 82, p. 275, § 1, effective August 11. L. 2013: (1)(a), (1)(d), (1)(e), (3), and (4)(b) amended and (4)(c) added, (HB 13-1110), ch. 225, p. 1056, § 4, effective January 1, 2014. L. 2016: (1)(c) amended, (HB 16-1044), ch. 1, p. 1, § 1, effective August 10. L. 2020: (6) and (7) added, (SB 20-218), ch. 141, p. 612, § 1, effective June 29. L. 2021: (6)(a)(II) amended, (SB 21-260), ch. 250, p. 1366, § 2, effective June 17.
Editor's note: Amendments to subsection (1)(a) by House Bill 03-1099 and Senate Bill 03-324 were harmonized.
Cross references: (1) For the petroleum storage tank fund, see § 8-20.5-103.
(2) For the legislative declaration contained in the 2003 act amending subsection (1)(a) and enacting subsections (1)(d) and (1)(e), see section 1 of chapter 279, Session Laws of Colorado 2003. For the legislative declaration in the 2013 act amending subsections (1)(a), (1)(d), (1)(e), (3), and (4)(b) and adding subsection (4)(c), see section 1 of chapter 225, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.
(3) For the legislative declaration in SB 21-260, see section 1 of chapter 250, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.