(1) As soon as practical but in no event later than thirty days after receipt of a written request from a taxpayer or authorized person, the treasurer of a public entity shall provide, as to taxes of the public entity which are specifically identified in the request, either copies of returns and filings by the taxpayer which are in the possession or custody of the public entity or a summary statement of tax payments made by the taxpayer to the public entity. A request made under the provisions of this section shall be limited to the current year and the previous three years. A request made by an authorized person shall be limited to the extent set forth in the written authorization of the authorized person.
A request made pursuant to this section may be either in the form of a request forcopies of tax returns and filings or in the form of a request for a summary statement but may not contain both types of requests. If the specified form of the request cannot be readily complied with by the treasurer, the treasurer shall so notify the requesting party and may comply with the request by furnishing the information in the alternative form.
(a) A fee of ten dollars shall be collected for each specifically identified tax included in such summary statement issued by a public entity. A fee of one dollar and twenty-five cents shall be collected for each page of tax returns and filings of a taxpayer copied and delivered by a public entity.
(b) Notwithstanding the amount of any fee specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (3), if the public entity collecting the fee is a state agency, the executive director of the state agency 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 executive director of the state agency 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.
(4) This section shall not apply to general taxes for real property as governed by articles 1 to 14 of title 39, C.R.S.
Source: L. 90: Entire article added, p. 1643, § 1, effective January 1, 1991. L. 98: (3) amended, p. 1346, § 80, effective June 1.