(1) A motor carrier shall pay the commission the following fees in amounts prescribed in this section or, if not prescribed in this section, as set administratively by the commission with approval of the executive director of the department of regulatory agencies:
Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), the filing fee foran application for a temporary authority, certificate, or permit under part 2 of this article or for an extension, amendment, transfer, or lease of a temporary authority, certificate, or permit is thirty-five dollars, and the fee for issuance of a temporary authority, certificate, or permit under part 2 of this article is five dollars.
The commission shall administratively set the annual filing fee for a permit to operate under part 7 of this article 10.1 to provide large-market taxicab service.
(I) The filing fee for a permit to operate under part 4 or part 8 of this article 10.1 isone hundred fifty dollars.
(II) Repealed.
The commission shall administratively set the annual filing fee for a permit to operate under part 5 of this article; except that the fee may not exceed three hundred twenty-five dollars.
The filing fee for a temporary permit to operate as a mover pursuant to section 4010.1-502 (5)(a) is one hundred fifty dollars.
The commission shall administratively set the annual fee for each motor vehicle amotor carrier owns, controls, operates, or manages.
Except for a mover holding a permit issued under part 5 of this article and a motorcarrier that has paid a fee pursuant to article 10.5 of this title, a motor carrier shall not operate any motor vehicle in intrastate commerce unless the annual fees required by paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of this section have been paid. Such fees apply on a calendar year basis and are creditable only to the specific vehicles for which the fees have been paid.
Administratively set fees must be based on the appropriation made for the purposesspecified in section 40-2-110 (2)(a)(I), subject to the approval of the executive director of the department of regulatory agencies, such that the revenue generated from all motor carrier fees approximates the direct and indirect costs of the commission in the supervision and regulation of motor carriers.
The commission shall transmit all fees collected under this section to the state treasurer, who shall credit them to the public utilities commission motor carrier fund created in section 40-2-110.5.
Source: L. 2011: Entire article added, (HB 11-1198), ch. 127, p. 402, § 1, effective
August 10. L. 2012: (1)(c) amended, (HB 12-1327), ch. 217, p. 931, § 1, effective May 24. L. 2018: IP(1) and (1)(b) amended, (HB 18-1320), ch. 363, p. 2166, § 8, effective August 8. L. 2019: (1)(c)(I) amended, (SB 19-236), ch. 359, p. 3333, § 28, effective May 30.
Editor's note: (1) Section 6 of chapter 217, Session Laws of Colorado 2012, provides that the act amending subsection (1)(c) applies to towing carriers that applied for permits on, before, or after May 24, 2012.
(2) Subsection (1)(c)(II)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (1)(c)(II), effective July 1, 2014. (See L. 2012, p. 931.)