CO Code § 39-7-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 39 - Taxation|Article 7 - Valuation of Oil and Gas Leaseholds and Lands|§ 39-7-102. Valuation for Assessment

  Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, on the basis of the information contained in such statement, the assessor shall value such oil and gas leaseholds and lands for assessment, as real property, at an amount equal to eighty-seven and one-half percent of:   The selling price of the oil or gas sold from each wellhead during the preceding calendar year, after excluding the selling price of all oil or gas delivered to the United States government or any agency thereof, the state of Colorado or any agency thereof, or any political subdivision of the state as royalty during the preceding calendar year;    The selling price of oil or gas sold in the same field area for oil or gas transported from the premises which is not sold during the preceding calendar year, after excluding the selling price of all oil or gas delivered to the United States government or any agency thereof, the state of Colorado or any agency thereof, or any political subdivision of the state as royalty during the preceding calendar year.       In order to promote the initiation or continuation of secondary recovery, tertiary recovery, or recycling projects which conserve and avoid waste of oil and gas, the assessor shall value oil and gas leaseholds and lands employing such projects for assessment as provided in subsection (1) of this section but at an amount equal to seventy-five percent of:   The selling price of the oil or gas sold therefrom during the preceding calendar year, after excluding the selling price of all oil or gas delivered to the United States government or any agency thereof, the state of Colorado or any agency thereof, or any political subdivision of the state as royalty during the preceding calendar year;    The selling price of oil or gas sold in the same field area for oil or gas transported from the premises which is not sold during the preceding calendar year, after excluding the selling price of all oil or gas delivered to the United States government or any agency thereof, the state of Colorado or any agency thereof, or any political subdivision of the state as royalty during the preceding calendar year.        History. Source: L. 64: R&RE, p. 711, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 137-7-2. L. 69: P. 1120, § 2. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 1852, § 2, effective January 1, 1978. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1857, § 2, effective January 1, 1982. L. 2014: (1)(a) amended,(HB 14-1371), ch. 400, p. 2013, § 2, effective August 6. History. Source: L. 64: R&RE, p. 711, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 137-7-2. L. 69: P. 1120, § 2. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 1852, § 2, effective January 1, 1978. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1857, § 2, effective January 1, 1982. L. 2014: (1)(a) amended,(HB 14-1371), ch. 400, p. 2013, § 2, effective August 6.    ANNOTATION   The valuation formula specified by this section is intended to gauge the value of oil in the ground and is not a tax on the amount of oil actually produced. Petron Dev. Co. v. Washington County Bd. of Equaliz., 91 P.3d 408 (Colo. App. 2003).