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CO Code § 39-28.8-401 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 39 - Taxation|Article 28.8 - Taxes on Marijuana and Marijuana Products|Part 4 - Submission of Ballot Questions Regarding Retail Marijuana Sales and Excise Tax|§ 39-28.8-401. Submission of Ballot Questions Regarding Imposition of Retail Marijuana Sales and Excise Tax

  The secretary of state shall submit a ballot question to a vote of the registered electors of the state of Colorado at the statewide election to be held in November 2013, for their approval or rejection. For purposes of title 1, C.R.S., the ballot question is a proposition. Each elector voting at said November election shall cast a vote as provided by law either “Yes/For” or “No/Against” on the proposition: “Shall state taxes be increased by $70,000,000 annually in the first full fiscal year and by such amounts as are raised annually thereafter by imposing an excise tax of 15% when unprocessed retail marijuana is first sold or transferred by a retail marijuana cultivation facility with the first $40,000,000 of tax revenues being used for public school capital construction as required by the state constitution, and by imposing an additional sales tax of 10% on the sale of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products with the tax revenues being used to fund the enforcement of regulations on the retail marijuana industry and other costs related to the implementation of the use and regulation of retail marijuana as approved by the voters, with the rate of either or both taxes being allowed to be decreased or increased without further voter approval so long as the rate of either tax does not exceed 15%, and with the resulting tax revenue being allowed to be collected and spent notwithstanding any limitations provided by law?”    The votes cast for the adoption or rejection of the question submitted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be canvassed and the result determined in the manner provided by law for the canvassing of votes for representatives in congress.     History. Source: L. 2013: Entire article added,(HB 13-1318), ch. 330, p. 1874, § 1, effective May 28.    Editor's note:   The ballot question specified in subsection (1) was referred to the registered electors on November 5, 2013, and was approved with the following vote count:   FOR: :u720 902,181   AGAINST: :u720 479,992
CO Code § 39-28.8-502 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 39 - Taxation|Article 28.8 - Taxes on Marijuana and Marijuana Products|Part 5 - Marijuana Tax Cash Fund|§ 39-28.8-502. Marijuana Tax Cash Fund - Budget Requests

  Beginning with the budget request required to be submitted to the joint budget committee by November 1, 2014, and for the budget request required to be submitted each November thereafter, the governor shall include the governor's requested expenditures of moneys in the fund and the purposes of such expenditures for the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the moneys were received by the state.    Beginning with the budget request required to be submitted to the joint budget committee by November 1, 2014, and for each budget request required to be submitted each November thereafter, the executive director of the department of revenue shall include in its budget request for the direct and indirect costs associated with implementing this article 28.8 and article 10 of title 44 the amount that the department requests from the money in the marijuana cash fund created in section 44-10-801, and the amount that the department requests from the marijuana tax cash fund.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire part added, (SB 14-215), ch. 352, p. 1603, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2018: (2) amended, (HB 18-1023), ch. 55, p. 592, § 28, effective October 1. L. 2019: (2) amended, (SB 19-224), ch. 315, p. 2944, § 36, effective January 1, 2020.
CO Code § 39-28.8-601 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 39 - Taxation|Article 28.8 - Taxes on Marijuana and Marijuana Products|Part 6 - Ballot Issue Related to Proposition Aarefunds - Permitted Uses|§ 39-28.8-601. To 39-28.8-607.(repealed)

 Editor's note:    This part 6 was added in 2015 and was not amended prior to its repeal in 2017. For the text of this part 6 prior to 2017, consult the 2016 Colorado Revised Statutes.    Section 39-28.8-607 provided for the repeal of this part 6, effective July 1, 2017. (SeeL. 2015, p. 1073.)
CO Code § 40-2-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 2 - Public Utilities Commission - Renewable Energy Standard|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 40-2-102. Oath - Qualifications

 Each commissioner, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take the constitutional oath of office. No person in the employ of or holding any official relation to any corporation or person, which said corporation or person is subject in whole or in part to regulation by the commission, and no person owning stocks or bonds of any such corporation or who is in any manner pecuniarily interested therein shall be appointed to or hold the office of commissioner or be appointed or employed by the commission; but if any such person becomes the owner of such stocks or bonds or becomes pecuniarily interested in such corporation otherwise than voluntarily, he shall divest himself of such ownership or interest within six months; failing to do so, his office or employment shall become vacant.   History. Source: L. 13: P. 466, § 5. C.L. § 2916. CSA: C. 137, § 6. CRS 53: § 115-2-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-2-2. L. 69: P. 928, § 3. History. Source: L. 13: P. 466, § 5. C.L. § 2916. CSA: C. 137, § 6. CRS 53: § 115-2-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-2-2. L. 69: P. 928, § 3.    Cross references:   For the oath of office, see § 8 of article XII of the Colorado Constitution.
CO Code § 40-2-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 2 - Public Utilities Commission - Renewable Energy Standard|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 40-2-103. Director - Duties

  The executive director of the department of regulatory agencies, pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, and with the approval of the commission, shall appoint a director of the commission. The director shall manage the operations of the agency in order to carry out the public utilities law, to carry out and implement policies, procedures, and decisions made by the commission, and to meet the requirements of the commission concerning any matters within the authority of an agency transferred by a type 1 transfer, as defined in section 24-1-105, C.R.S., and which requirements are under the jurisdiction of the commission. The director has all the powers and responsibilities of the division director for this purpose, including the power to issue all necessary process, writs, warrants, and notices. The director has the requisite power to serve warrants and other process in any county or city and county of this state and to delegate such actions to duly authorized employees or agents of the agency as appropriate.    Repealed.     History. Source: L. 13: P. 466, § 6. C.L. § 2917. CSA: C. 137, § 7. CRS 53: § 115-2-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-2-3. L. 69: P. 928, § 4. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 1524, § 2, effective April 12. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 2057, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1027), ch. 83, p. 267, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2017: (2) repealed, (SB 17-044), ch. 4, p. 7, § 5, effective August 9. History. Source: L. 13: P. 466, § 6. C.L. § 2917. CSA: C. 137, § 7. CRS 53: § 115-2-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-2-3. L. 69: P. 928, § 4. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 1524, § 2, effective April 12. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 2057, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1027), ch. 83, p. 267, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2017: (2) repealed, (SB 17-044), ch. 4, p. 7, § 5, effective August 9.
CO Code § 40-2-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 2 - Public Utilities Commission - Renewable Energy Standard|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 40-2-104. Assistants and Employees - Utilization of Independent Experts

  The director of the commission may appoint such experts, engineers, statisticians, accountants, investigative personnel, clerks, and other employees as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this title or to perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred by law upon the commission.    (Deleted by amendment,L. 93, p. 2058, § 6, effective July 1, 1993.)    The director of the commission shall hire and designate employees of the commission as administrative law judges who shall have the power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, receive evidence, and conduct hearings, investigations, and other proceedings on behalf of the commission.      Of the money that the commission receives from the public utilities commission fixed utility fund pursuant to section 40-2-114 (1)(b)(II), up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars per year may be allocated to personal services contracts with outside consultants and experts that meet criteria specified by the commission.    The amount allocated for outside consultants and experts pursuant to subsection (4)(a) of this section shall be adjusted annually in accordance with changes in the United States department of labor's bureau of labor statistics consumer price index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood for all items and all urban consumers, or its successor index.         History. Source: L. 13: P. 466, § 7. C.L. § 2918. CSA: C. 137, § 8. CRS 53: § 115-2-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-2-4. L. 69: P. 928, § 5. L. 89: (1) and (3) amended, p. 1524, § 3, effective April 12. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 2058, § 6, effective July 1. L. 2021: (4) added,(SB 21-272), ch. 220, p. 1156, § 1, effective June 10. History. Source: L. 13: P. 466, § 7. C.L. § 2918. CSA: C. 137, § 8. CRS 53: § 115-2-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-2-4. L. 69: P. 928, § 5. L. 89: (1) and (3) amended, p. 1524, § 3, effective April 12. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 2058, § 6, effective July 1. L. 2021: (4) added,(SB 21-272), ch. 220, p. 1156, § 1, effective June 10.    Editor's note:   Section 14 of chapter 220 (SB 21-272), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to conduct occurring on or after June 10, 2021.   ANNOTATION   Formal complaint not required to initiate investigation. The public utilities commission has broad investigatory powers authorizing it to conduct an investigation without the formality of a written complaint. Eddie's Leaf Spring v. PUC, 218 P.3d 326 (Colo. 2009).
CO Code § 40-2-104.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 2 - Public Utilities Commission - Renewable Energy Standard|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 40-2-104.5. Financial Disclosures by Intervenors

  An intervenor in any matter before the commission shall disclose any of the following relationships that exist or, within the immediately preceding twenty-four months, existed between the intervenor and the regulated utility in the matter:   Any corporate affiliation with the regulated utility;    The receipt of any funding from the regulated utility; or    Any other financial relationship between the intervenor and the regulated utility.       The commission shall publish on its website all disclosures made pursuant to this section.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added,(SB 21-272), ch. 220, p. 1156, § 2, effective June 10.    Editor's note:   Section 14 of chapter 220 (SB 21-272), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act adding this section applies to conduct occurring on or after June 10, 2021.
CO Code § 40-2-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 2 - Public Utilities Commission - Renewable Energy Standard|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 40-2-105. Office - Sessions - Seal - Supplies

  The office of the commission shall be in the city and county of Denver. The office shall be open every day, legal holidays, Saturdays, and Sundays excepted. Hearings under this title may be held in such places within this state as shall be determined by the commission. It is the duty of the office of state planning and budgeting to provide suitable quarters for the commission and its employees.    The commission shall have a seal bearing the following inscription: “The public utilities commission of the state of Colorado”. The seal shall be affixed to all writs and authentications of copies of records and to such other instruments as the commission shall direct. All courts shall take judicial notice of said seal.    Necessary expenses of the commission shall be paid from appropriations made by the general assembly to the commission.     History. Source: L. 13: P. 467, § 8. C.L. § 2919. CSA: C. 137, § 9. CRS 53: § 115-2-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-2-5. L. 69: P. 929, § 6. L. 75: (1) amended, p. 821, § 18, effective July 18. L. 89: (1) amended, p. 1525, § 4, effective April 12. History. Source: L. 13: P. 467, § 8. C.L. § 2919. CSA: C. 137, § 9. CRS 53: § 115-2-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-2-5. L. 69: P. 929, § 6. L. 75: (1) amended, p. 821, § 18, effective July 18. L. 89: (1) amended, p. 1525, § 4, effective April 12.    Cross references:   For legal holidays, see article 11 of title 24; for payment of expenses, see § 40-2-107 .
CO Code § 40-2-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 2 - Public Utilities Commission - Renewable Energy Standard|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 40-2-106. Reports and Decisions of the Commission

 Whenever an investigation is made, a hearing is held, or a decision is entered by the commission, it is the duty of the commission to make a report or decision in writing in respect thereto which shall state its findings of fact and conclusions thereon, together with its decision or requirement in the premises. All such reports and decisions shall be entered of record and a copy thereof shall be furnished to all parties to the proceedings and to such other persons as the commission may deem advisable.   History. Source: L. 13: P. 467, § 9. C.L. § 2920. CSA: C. 137, § 10. L. 45: P. 525, § 1. CRS 53: § 115-2-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-2-6. L. 69: P. 929, § 7. History. Source: L. 13: P. 467, § 9. C.L. § 2920. CSA: C. 137, § 10. L. 45: P. 525, § 1. CRS 53: § 115-2-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-2-6. L. 69: P. 929, § 7.    ANNOTATION   Commission is primarily fact-finding body and has few, if any, of the attributes of an appellate court: It is required by law to make findings of fact upon which any necessary judicial review of its actions can be predicated. W. Colo. Power Co. v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 159 Colo. 262 , 411 P.2d 785, appeal dismissed, 385 U.S. 22, 87 S. Ct. 230, 17 L. Ed. 2d 21, reh'g denied, 385 U.S. 984, 87 S. Ct. 500, 17 L. Ed. 2d 445 (1966).
CO Code § 40-2-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 2 - Public Utilities Commission - Renewable Energy Standard|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 40-2-107. Compensation and Expenses of Employees

  All employees of the commission shall receive such compensation as may be fixed pursuant to law.    Repealed.    All expenses incurred by the commission pursuant to the provisions of this title, including the actual and necessary traveling expenses and other expenses and disbursements of the commissioners, their officers, and employees shall be paid by the controller from the funds appropriated for the use of the commission upon vouchers of the commission therefor.     History. Source: L. 13: P. 468, § 10. C.L. § 2921. CSA: C. 137, § 11. CRS 53: § 115-2-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-2-7. L. 69: P. 930, § 8. L. 89: (3) amended, p. 1525, § 5, effective April 12. L. 93: (2) repealed, p. 2058, § 7, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 13: P. 468, § 10. C.L. § 2921. CSA: C. 137, § 11. CRS 53: § 115-2-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-2-7. L. 69: P. 930, § 8. L. 89: (3) amended, p. 1525, § 5, effective April 12. L. 93: (2) repealed, p. 2058, § 7, effective July 1.    Cross references:   For appropriations, see part 1 of article 75 of title 24.
CO Code § 40-2-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 2 - Public Utilities Commission - Renewable Energy Standard|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 40-2-109. Report to Executive Director of the Department of Revenue

  Repealed.      On March 1 of each year, the public utilities commission shall furnish the executive director of the department of revenue with a list of those public utilities subject to its jurisdiction, supervision, and regulation on January 1 of each year. The provisions of this subsection (2) shall not apply to:   Motor carriers subject to the passenger-mile tax imposed by sections 42-3-304 and 42-3-306, so long as the cost of regulation of such motor carriers is defrayed from the proceeds of such passenger-mile tax; and    Rail fixed guideway systems that are regulated by the public utilities commission pursuant to part 1 of article 18 of this title.       The director of the public utilities commission shall provide written notice to the revisor of statutes once the federal grant moneys made available under the “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act”, 49 U.S.C. sec. 5329, have been awarded to the state. This subsection (2) takes effect upon the receipt by the revisor of statutes of such written notice.         History. Source: L. 55: P. 695, § 1. CRS 53: § 115-2-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-2-10. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 1597, § 14, effective January 1, 1990. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2570, § 93, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 1184, § 37, effective August 8. L. 2011: Entire section amended,(HB 11-1198), ch. 127, p. 419, § 14, effective August 10. L. 2013: Entire section amended,(HB 13-1103), ch. 96, p. 309, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2018: (2)(a)(I) amended,(HB 18-1375), ch. 274, p. 1723, § 85, effective May 29. History. Source: L. 55: P. 695, § 1. CRS 53: § 115-2-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-2-10. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 1597, § 14, effective January 1, 1990. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2570, § 93, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 1184, § 37, effective August 8. L. 2011: Entire section amended,(HB 11-1198), ch. 127, p. 419, § 14, effective August 10. L. 2013: Entire section amended,(HB 13-1103), ch. 96, p. 309, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2018: (2)(a)(I) amended,(HB 18-1375), ch. 274, p. 1723, § 85, effective May 29.    Editor's note:    The revisor of statutes received the notice referred to in subsection (1)(b) resulting in the repeal of subsection (1), effective May 1, 2017. (SeeL. 2013, p. 309.)    The revisor of statutes received the notice referred to in subsection (2)(b) resulting in subsection (2) becoming effective May 1, 2017.
CO Code § 40-2-109.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 2 - Public Utilities Commission - Renewable Energy Standard|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 40-2-109.5. Incentives for Distributed Generation - Definition

  The commission shall develop a policy to establish incentives for consumers who produce distributed generation, including, but not limited to, small wind turbines, thermal biomass, electric biomass, and solar thermal energy. The commission shall consider whether a credit program similar to the renewable energy standard set forth in section 40-2-124 would work for consumers who produce distributed generation. The commission shall present the policy and findings regarding a credit program to the house of representatives transportation and energy committee and the senate agriculture, natural resources, and energy committee, or their successor committees.    As used in this section, “distributed generation” means a system by which a consumer generates heat or electricity using renewable energy resources for his or her own needs and may also send surplus electrical power back into the power grid.    Effective January 1, 2012, all photovoltaic installations funded wholly or partially through financial incentives under this section shall be subject to the requirements set forth in section 40-2-128.     History. Source: L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 1761, § 7, effective June 1. L. 2010: (3) added, (HB 10-1001), ch. 37, p. 154, § 7, effective August 11.
CO Code § 40-2-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 2 - Public Utilities Commission - Renewable Energy Standard|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 40-2-110. Appropriation and Fees

  At each regular session, the general assembly shall determine the amounts to be expended by the public utilities commission for its administrative expenses in supervising and regulating the public utilities which are under its jurisdiction, a list of which the commission is required by section 40-2-109 to furnish to the department of revenue, and shall appropriate to the public utilities commission from the public utilities commission fixed utility fund, established in section 40-2-114, the full amount so determined, and such amount shall be defrayed out of the fees to be paid by such public utilities, as provided in section 40-2-112.        At each regular session, the general assembly shall determine the amounts to be expended by the public utilities commission for its administrative expenses in the supervision and regulation of motor carriers as provided by law and shall appropriate such amounts from the public utilities commission motor carrier fund established in section 40-2-110.5 as are necessary to be expended by the commission to accomplish said purposes. (a) (I)At each regular session, the general assembly shall determine the amounts to be expended by the public utilities commission for its administrative expenses in the supervision and regulation of motor carriers as provided by law and shall appropriate such amounts from the public utilities commission motor carrier fund established in section 40-2-110.5 as are necessary to be expended by the commission to accomplish said purposes.    Repealed.       Repealed.        History. Source: L. 55: P. 695, § 1. CRS 53: § 115-2-11. L. 57: P. 599, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-2-11. L. 69: P. 930, § 10. L. 82: (2) amended, p. 584, § 1, effective July 1. L. 85: (2)(a)(II) and (2)(b)(II) amended, p. 1295, § 1, effective July 1. L. 88: (2)(a)(I) amended and (2)(a)(II) and (2)(b) repealed, pp. 1351, 1352, §§ 1, 3, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 55: P. 695, § 1. CRS 53: § 115-2-11. L. 57: P. 599, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-2-11. L. 69: P. 930, § 10. L. 82: (2) amended, p. 584, § 1, effective July 1. L. 85: (2)(a)(II) and (2)(b)(II) amended, p. 1295, § 1, effective July 1. L. 88: (2)(a)(I) amended and (2)(a)(II) and (2)(b) repealed, pp. 1351, 1352, §§ 1, 3, effective July 1.
CO Code § 40-2-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 2 - Public Utilities Commission - Renewable Energy Standard|Part 1 - General and Administrative Provisions|§ 40-2-111. Report of Utilities to Department of Revenue

 Each public utility required to pay such fees shall, on or before May 15 of each year, file a return with the department of revenue on such forms as shall be prescribed by the executive director of the department of revenue and the public utilities commission setting forth the gross operating revenues of such public utility from intrastate utility business only transacted in the state of Colorado during the preceding calendar year. Such return shall be executed and verified by two of the executive officers of the utility making the return and shall contain or be verified by a written declaration that it is made under the penalties of perjury in the second degree, and any officer who knowingly and willfully makes and signs a false return is guilty of perjury in the second degree.   History. Source: L. 55: P. 166, § 1. CRS 53: § 115-2-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-2-12. L. 69: P. 964, § 75. L. 72: P. 565, § 39. History. Source: L. 55: P. 166, § 1. CRS 53: § 115-2-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 115-2-12. L. 69: P. 964, § 75. L. 72: P. 565, § 39.    Cross references:   For perjury in the second degree, see § 18-8-503 .