2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › WATER RIGHTS AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-80-101 — 37-93-101) › UNDERGROUND WATER (§§ 37-90-101 — 37-91-113) › Article 90 - UNDERGROUND WATER (§§ 37-90-101 — 37-90-143) › Section 37-90-116 - Fees

(1)
The state engineer or the commission shall collect the following fees:
(a)
(I)
Repealed.
(II)
Effective July 1, 2006, with an application for the use of groundwater, one hundred dollars, which sum shall not be refunded.
(b)
Repealed.
(c)
(I)
Repealed.
(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Repealed.
(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Repealed.
(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.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 47,§ 15, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 65: R&RE, p. 1256, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-18-15. L. 69: p. 1199, § 1. L. 71: p. 1316, § 12. L. 85: IP(1) and (1)(f) amended and (1)(b) repealed, pp. 1177, 1178, §§ 8, 14, effective May 31. L. 87: (1)(a), (1)(c), and (1)(h) amended, p. 1301, § 5, effective July 2. L. 98: (3) added, p. 1344, § 73, effective June 1; (1)(f) amended and (1)(i) added, p. 1222, § 12, effective August 5. L. 2003: (1)(a), (1)(c), (1)(h), and (1)(i) amended, p. 45, § 5, effective (see editor's note); (1)(a)(I)(A), (1)(a)(II), (1)(c)(I)(A), (1)(c)(II), (1)(h)(I)(A), and (1)(h)(II) amended, p. 1684, § 16, effective May 14. L. 2012: (1)(f) amended, (SB 12-009), ch. 197, p. 791, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2017: (2) amended, (SB 17-026), ch. 47, p. 147, § 15, effective August 9.
(1) Section 10 of chapter 7, Session Laws of Colorado 2003, provides for an effective date of March 1, 2003; however, the Governor did not sign the act until March 5, 2003.
(2) Subsection (1)(a)(I)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (1)(a)(I), subsection (1)(c)(I)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (1)(c)(I), subsection (1)(h)(I)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (1)(h)(I), and subsection (1)(i)(I)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (1)(i)(I), effective July 1, 2006. (See L. 2003, p. 45.)
For the legislative declaration contained in the 2003 act amending subsections (1)(a), (1)(c), (1)(h), and (1)(i), see section 1 of chapter 7, Session Laws of Colorado 2003.