Department of transportation - special fuels - impact - report.

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(1) On or before January 1, 2017, the department of transportation, the department of revenue, the division of oil and public safety in the department of labor and employment, and the Colorado energy office shall jointly prepare and submit a report to the transportation legislation review committee created in section 43-2-145 (1), C.R.S. The report must include:

  1. An evaluation of the effectiveness of any statutory provision included in House Bill13-1110, enacted in 2013;

  2. An analysis of the impact of alternative fuels for propelling a motor vehicle on thepublic roads and highways of this state and on the amount of excise taxes collected related to those vehicles;

  3. A recommendation on whether the tax levied pursuant to this part 1 should be collected when the special fuel is supplied to the user at a residential home, including compressed natural gas that is exempt from taxation under section 39-27-102.5 (9), and if so, any recommendations for how to collect this tax; and

  4. Recommendations for a tax system that fairly and equitably taxes all fuels and methods for propelling motor vehicles on the public roads and highways of this state and that helps pay for the construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of those public roads and highways.

(2) Section 24-1-136 (11), C.R.S., does not apply to the report required by subsection (1) of this section.

Source: L. 2013: Entire section added, (HB 13-1110), ch. 225, p. 1063, § 11, effective August 15.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in the 2013 act adding this section, see section 1 of chapter 225, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.


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