2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic
Drivers' Licenses
Article 2 - Drivers' Licenses
Part 1 - Drivers' Licenses
§ 42-2-114.5. Licensing services cash fund - fee setting procedures - rules

(1) The licensing services cash fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The general assembly shall appropriate moneys in the fund to the department for the cost of implementing this article.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the following fees must be paid for the following functions:

(a) The fee for a driving record under section 42-1-206 (2) is nine dollars;

(b) The fee for a certified driving record under section 42-1-206 (2) is ten dollars;

(c) The application fee for an instruction permit under section 42-2-107 is fourteen dollars;

(d) The fee for a driver's license or minor driver's license under section 42-2-114 (2) (a) or (4) (a), respectively, is:

(I) Twenty-six dollars beginning July 1, 2016, but before July 1, 2017;

(II) Twenty-seven dollars beginning July 1, 2017, but before July 1, 2018; and

(III) Twenty-eight dollars beginning July 1, 2018;

(e) The fee for retaking either the examination of knowledge or the demonstration of ability under section 42-2-114 (2) (e) is set by the department not to exceed fifteen dollars;

(f) The fee for a duplicate permit or minor driver's license under section 42-2-117 (1) is twelve dollars for the first duplicate and fourteen dollars for a subsequent duplicate;

(g) The fee for a driver's license extension under section 42-2-118 (1) (b) (I) is six dollars and fifty cents;

(h) The fee for the return of a license under section 42-2-127.7 (4) (d) (II) is five dollars;

(i) The fee for a replacement license under section 42-2-133 (2) is five dollars;

(j) The fee for issuing or renewing an identification card under section 42-2-306 (1) (a) is ten dollars and fifty cents;

(k) The fee for reissuance of an identification card that has been cancelled or denied under section 42-2-306 (1) (b) is twenty dollars;

(l) The fee for issuing a commercial driver's license under section 42-2-406 (1) and (2) is thirty-five dollars;

(m) The fee for administering driving tests under section 42-2-406 (3) is one hundred dollars;

(n) The fee for licensing testing units under section 42-2-406 (4) is three thousand ninety-four dollars for the initial license and one thousand fifty-two dollars for each subsequent annual license renewal;

(o) The fee for licensing driving testers under section 42-2-406 (3) is one hundred forty-eight dollars for the initial license and one hundred forty dollars for each subsequent annual license renewal; and

(p) The fee for issuing an identification document under part 5 of this article.

(3) (a) Except as set forth in paragraph (b) of this subsection (3), beginning July 1, 2015, the department may raise or lower the fees listed in subsection (2) of this section, but the department shall not increase the fee by more than twenty percent before July 1, 2016, or by more than five percent per year on or after July 1, 2016.

(b) The department shall not raise or lower the fees listed in paragraphs (a), (b), (f), (g), (n), and (o) of subsection (2) of this section before July 1, 2017, and the fee listed in paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of this section before July 1, 2019.

(4) A rule promulgated under this section that increases fees shall not take effect until thirty days after the department has issued a report to the joint budget committee. The report must:

(a) List the fees being changed and the amounts of the changes; and

(b) Provide an explanation of the reasons for the changes and an analysis of why the changes are needed.