2022 Colorado Code
Title 44 - Revenue - Regulation of Activities
Article 3 - Alcohol Beverages
Part 5 - License Fees and Excise Taxes
§ 44-3-505. Local License Fees

1. The applicant shall pay the following license fees to the treasurer of the municipality, city and county, or county where the licensed premises is located annually in advance:
   1. 1. For each retail liquor store license for premises located within any municipality or city and county, one hundred fifty dollars;
      2. For each retail liquor store license for premises located outside the municipal limits of any municipality or city and county, two hundred fifty dollars;

   2. 1. For each liquor-licensed drugstore license for premises located within any municipality or city and county, one hundred fifty dollars;
      2. For each liquor-licensed drugstore license for premises located outside the municipal limits of any municipality or city and county, two hundred fifty dollars;

   3. 1. For each beer and wine license for premises located within any municipality or city and county, except as provided in subsection (1)(c)(III) of this section, three hundred twenty-five dollars;
      2. For each beer and wine license for premises located outside the municipal limits of any municipality or city and county, except as provided in subsection (1)(c)(III) of this section, four hundred twenty-five dollars;
      3. For each beer and wine license issued to a resort hotel, three hundred seventy-five dollars;

   4. For each hotel and restaurant license, five hundred dollars;
   5. For each tavern license, five hundred dollars;
   6. For each optional premises license, five hundred dollars;
   7. For each retail gaming tavern license, five hundred dollars;
   8. For each application for approval of a contract to sell alcohol beverages pursuant to section 44-3-413 (4)(c), three hundred twenty-five dollars;
   9. For each brew pub, distillery pub, or vintner's restaurant license, five hundred dollars;
   10. For each club license, two hundred seventy-five dollars;
   11. For each arts license, two hundred seventy-five dollars;
   12. For each racetrack license, five hundred dollars;
   13. For each bed and breakfast permit, twenty-five dollars;
   14. For each resort-complex-related facility permit, one hundred dollars per related facility, as defined in section 44-3-413 (2)(e);
   15. For each art gallery permit, twenty-five dollars;
   16. For each lodging and entertainment license, five hundred dollars;
   17. For each related facility permit, one hundred dollars per related facility, as defined in section 44-3-413 (3)(f).

2. No rebate shall be paid by any municipality, city and county, or county of any alcohol beverage license fee paid for any such license issued by it except upon affirmative action by the respective local licensing authority rebating a proportionate amount of such license fee.
3. Eighty-five percent of the local license fees provided for in this article 3 and article 4 of this title 44 must be paid to the department, which shall transmit said fees to the state treasurer to be credited to the old age pension fund.
4. 1. Each application for a license provided for in this article 3 and article 4 of this title 44 filed with a local licensing authority must be accompanied by an application fee in an amount determined by the local licensing authority to cover actual and necessary expenses, subject to the following limitations:
      1. For a new license, not to exceed the following:
         1. On or before July 1, 2008, six hundred twenty-five dollars;
         2. After July 1, 2008, and before July 2, 2009, seven hundred fifty dollars;
         3. After July 1, 2009, and before July 2, 2010, eight hundred seventy-five dollars;
         4. After July 2, 2010, one thousand dollars;

      2. For a transfer of location or ownership, not to exceed the following for each:
         1. On or before July 1, 2008, six hundred twenty-five dollars;
         2. After July 1, 2008, seven hundred fifty dollars;

      3. For a renewal of license, not to exceed the following; except that an expired license renewal fee shall not exceed five hundred dollars:
         1. On or before July 1, 2008, seventy-five dollars;
         2. After July 1, 2008, one hundred dollars;

      4. For a new license or renewal application for an art gallery permit, not to exceed one hundred dollars;
      5. For a transfer of ownership, change of location, and license merger and conversion pursuant to section 44-3-410 (1)(b), not to exceed one thousand dollars.

   2. No fees or charges of any kind, except as provided in this article 3 or article 4 of this title 44, may be charged by the local licensing authority to the license holder or applicant for the purposes of granting or renewing a license or transferring ownership or location of a license.

5. The local licensing authority may charge corporate applicants and limited liability companies up to one hundred dollars 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, no local licensing authority shall collect such a fee if the applicant has already undergone a background investigation by and paid a fee to the state licensing authority.
6. The local licensing authority may charge a fee to approve the attachment to a communal outdoor dining area or for modification of a licensed premises to include a communal outdoor dining area. The local licensing authority shall set the fee in an amount to cover the direct and indirect costs of administering the approval.

Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 18-1025), ch. 152, p. 1042, § 2, effective October 1. L. 2021: (6) added, (HB 21-1027), ch. 290, p. 1716, § 5, effective June 22.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-47-505 as it existed prior to 2018.