2022 Colorado Code
Title 44 - Revenue - Regulation of Activities
Article 3 - Alcohol Beverages
Part 5 - License Fees and Excise Taxes
§ 44-3-501. State Fees - Rules - One-Time Fee Waiver - Repeal

1. The applicant shall pay the following license and permit fees to the department annually in advance:
   1. For each resident and nonresident manufacturer's license, the fee shall be:
      1. For each brewery, three hundred dollars;
      2. For each winery, three hundred dollars;
      3. For each distillery or rectifier:
         1. On or after August 10, 2016, and before August 10, 2017, six hundred seventy-five dollars; and
         2. On or after August 10, 2017, three hundred dollars;

      4. For each limited winery, seventy dollars;

   2. For each importer's license, three hundred dollars;
   3. For each wholesaler's liquor license:
      1. On or after August 10, 2016, and before August 10, 2017, eight hundred dollars; and
      2. On or after August 10, 2017, five hundred fifty dollars;

   4. For each wholesaler's beer license, five hundred fifty dollars;
   5. For each retail liquor store license, one hundred dollars;
   6. For each liquor-licensed drugstore license, one hundred dollars;
   7. For each beer and wine license, seventy-five dollars;
   8. For each hotel and restaurant license, seventy-five dollars;
   9. For each resort-complex-related facility permit, seventy-five dollars per related facility, as defined in section 44-3-413 (2)(e);
   10. For each related facility permit, seventy-five dollars per related facility, as defined in section 44-3-413 (3)(f);
   11. For each tavern license, seventy-five dollars;
   12. For each optional premises license, seventy-five dollars;
   13. For each retail gaming tavern license, seventy-five dollars;
   14. For each brew pub, distillery pub, or vintner's restaurant license, three hundred twenty-five dollars;
   15. For each club license, seventy-five dollars;
   16. For each arts license, seventy-five dollars;
   17. For each racetrack license, seventy-five dollars;
   18. For each public transportation system license, seventy-five dollars for each dining, club, or parlor car; plane; bus; or other vehicle in which such liquor is sold. No additional license fee shall be required by any municipality, city and county, or county for the sale of such liquor in dining, club, or parlor cars; planes; buses; or other conveyances.
   19. For each bed and breakfast permit, fifty dollars;
   20. For each art gallery permit, fifty dollars;
   21. For each wine packaging permit, two hundred dollars;
   22. For each lodging and entertainment license, seventy-five dollars;
   23. For each manager's permit, one hundred dollars.

2. Notwithstanding the amount specified for any fee in subsection (1) of this section, the executive director 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) 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, 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).
3. 1. The state licensing authority shall establish fees for processing the following types of applications, notices, or reports required to be submitted to the state licensing authority:
      1. Applications for new liquor licenses pursuant to section 44-3-304 and rules adopted pursuant to that section;
      2. Applications to change location pursuant to section 44-3-301 (9) and rules adopted pursuant to that section;
      3. Applications for transfer of ownership pursuant to section 44-3-303 (1)(c) and rules adopted pursuant to that section;
      4. Applications for modification of licensed premises pursuant to section 44-3-301 and rules adopted pursuant to that section;
      5. Applications for alternating use of premises pursuant to section 44-3-402 (3), 44-3-403 (2)(a), or 44-3-417 (1)(b) and rules adopted pursuant to those sections;
      6. Applications for branch warehouse permits pursuant to section 44-3-407 and rules adopted pursuant to that section;
      7. Applications for approval of a contract to sell alcohol beverages pursuant to section 44-3-413 (4)(c);
      8. Applications for warehouse storage permits pursuant to section 44-3-202 and rules adopted pursuant to that section;
      9. Applications for duplicate licenses;
      10. Applications for wine shipment permits pursuant to section 44-3-104;
      11. Sole source registrations or new product registrations pursuant to section 44-3-901 (4)(b);
      12. Hotel and restaurant optional premises registrations;
      13. Expired license renewal and reissuance applications pursuant to section 44-3-302;
      14. Notice of change of name or trade name pursuant to section 44-3-301 and rules adopted pursuant to that section;
      15. Applications for wine packing permits pursuant to section 44-3-425;
      16. Applications for transfer of ownership, change of location, and license merger and conversion pursuant to section 44-3-410 (1)(b);
      17. Applications for manager's permits pursuant to section 44-3-427;
      18. Applications for the renewal of a license or permit issued in accordance with this article 3; and
      19. Applications for a permit for or attachment to a communal outdoor dining area or for modification of a licensed premises to include a communal outdoor dining area.

   2. The amounts of such fees, when added to the other fees transferred to the liquor enforcement division and state licensing authority cash fund pursuant to sections 44-4-105, 44-3-502 (1), and 44-5-104 shall reflect the direct and indirect costs of the liquor enforcement division and the state licensing authority in the administration and enforcement of this article 3 and articles 4 and 5 of this title 44.
   3. The state licensing authority may charge corporate applicants and limited liability companies licensed under this article 3 and article 4 of this title 44 a fee for the cost of each fingerprint analysis and background investigation undertaken to qualify new officers, directors, stockholders, members, or managers pursuant to the requirements of section 44-3-307 (1); however, the state licensing authority shall not collect such a fee if the applicant has already undergone a background investigation by and paid a fee to a local licensing authority.
   4. At least annually, the amounts of the fees shall be reviewed and, if necessary, adjusted to reflect the direct and indirect costs of the liquor enforcement division and the state licensing authority.

4. Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, the state licensing authority shall establish a basic fee which shall be paid at the time of service of any subpoena upon the state licensing authority or upon any employee of the division, plus a fee for meals and a fee for mileage at the rate prescribed for state officers and employees in section 24-9-104 for each mile actually and necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the place named in the subpoena. If the person named in the subpoena is required to attend the place named in the subpoena for more than one day, there shall be paid, in advance, a sum to be established by the state licensing authority for each day of attendance to cover the expenses of the person named in the subpoena.
5. The subpoena fee established pursuant to subsection (4) of this section shall not be applicable to any state or local governmental agency.
6. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the following fees imposed pursuant to this section are waived for twelve months following December 7, 2020:
      1. License fees imposed pursuant to subsections (1)(a)(IV), (1)(g), (1)(h), (1)(i), (1)(j), (1)(k), (1)(l), (1)(m), (1)(n), (1)(o), (1)(p), (1)(q), and (1)(v) of this section and pursuant to section 44-4-105;
      2. Application fees imposed pursuant to subsections (3)(a)(I), (3)(a)(XII), and (3)(a)(XIII) of this section and pursuant to regulation 47-302 (F), 1 CCR 203-2; and
      3. All fees associated with the renewal of a license.

   2. The waiver of fees specified in subsection (6)(a) of this section applies to the following license types:
      1. A limited winery license under section 44-3-403;
      2. A beer and wine license under section 44-3-411;
      3. A hotel and restaurant license under section 44-3-413;
      4. A tavern license under section 44-3-414;
      5. An optional premises license under section 44-3-415;
      6. A retail gaming tavern license under section 44-3-416;
      7. A brew pub license under section 44-3-417;
      8. A club license under section 44-3-418;
      9. An arts license under section 44-3-419;
      10. A racetrack license under section 44-3-420;
      11. A vintner's restaurant license under section 44-3-422;
      12. A distillery pub license under section 44-3-426;
      13. A lodging and entertainment license under section 44-3-428;
      14. A fermented malt beverage license under section 44-4-107 (1)(b); and
      15. A fermented malt beverage license under section 44-4-107 (1)(c).

   3. The general assembly shall appropriate an amount not to exceed one million eight hundred seventy-eight thousand dollars from the general fund to the liquor enforcement division and state licensing authority cash fund for use by the department to offset the reduction in fee revenues used by the department for the direct and indirect costs of the liquor enforcement division and the state licensing authority in the administration and enforcement of articles 3 to 5 of this title 44.
   4. This subsection (6) is repealed, effective December 31, 2022.

Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 18-1025), ch. 152, p. 1033, § 2, effective October 1. L. 2019: (3)(a)(V) amended, (SB 19-011), ch. 1, p. 14, § 23, effective January 31; IP(1) and (2) amended, (SB 19-241), ch. 390, p. 3479, § 63, effective August 2. L. 2020: (3)(a)(XVII) amended and (3)(a)(XVIII) added, (SB 20-086), ch. 67, p. 270, § 2, effective September 14. L. 2020 1st Ex. Sess.: (6) added, (SB 20B-001), ch. 2, p. 16, § 7, effective December 7. L. 2021: (3)(a)(XVII) and (3)(a)(XVIII) amended and (3)(a)(XIX) added, (HB 21-1027), ch. 290, p. 1716, § 4, effective June 22.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-47-501 as it existed prior to 2018.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 20B-001, see section 1 of chapter 2, Session Laws of Colorado 2020, First Extraordinary Session.