2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 40 - Utilities
Article 2. Public Utilities Commission - Renewable Energy Standard
Section 40-2-110.5. Annual fees - public utilities commission motor carrier fund - created.
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2011, (HB 11-1198), ch. 127, p. 419, § 15, effective
August 10, 2011.)
(a) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2003, p. 2380, § 2, effective August 6, 2003.)
(b) to (e) (Deleted by amendment, L. 93, p. 2059, § 9, effective July 1, 1993.) (2.5) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2005, p. 31, § 1, effective August 8, 2005.) (3) Repealed.
(4) and (5) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2011, (HB 11-1198), ch. 127, p. 419, § 15, effective August 10, 2011.)
(6) The public utilities commission motor carrier fund is hereby created in the state treasurer's office. The moneys in the fund shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly for the purposes specified in section 40-2-110 (2)(a)(I). Any unexpended balance remaining in said fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the fund.
(6.5) and (7) Repealed.
Notwithstanding the amount specified for any fee in section 40-10.1-111, the commission 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), C.R.S., 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 commission 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), C.R.S.
(a) For the 2013-14 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, if the amount of uncommitted reserves in the motor carrier fund at the conclusion of any given fiscal year exceeds ten percent of the fund's expenditures during that fiscal year, the amount of the excess that is attributable to revenues received from any motor carrier, motor private carrier, broker, freight forwarder, leasing company, or any other person required to register with the United States department of transportation under the unified carrier registration system as authorized by federal law and as provided for in section 40-10.5-102 shall be transferred to the motor carrier safety fund created in section 42-4-235 (6), C.R.S.
(b) The distribution required by paragraph (a) of this subsection (9) is in lieu of, and shall supersede, any provision to the contrary in section 24-75-402, C.R.S.
Source: L. 82: Entire section added, p. 585, § 2, effective July 1. L. 83: (1) and (2) amended and (2.5) added, p. 1548, § 1, effective June 1; (2.5) amended, p. 2056, § 38, effective October 14. L. 84: (2) amended, p. 1034, § 1, effective April 2; (1) and (2) amended, p. 1051, § 4, effective April 12. L. 85: (1) amended, p. 1308, § 4, effective May 29; (7) amended, p. 1295, § 2, effective July 1. L. 88: (3) and (6) amended and (7) repealed, pp. 1351, 1352, §§ 2, 3, effective July 1; (3) repealed, p. 1351, § 2, effective July 1, 1989. L. 93: (2) and (4) amended, p. 2059, § 9, effective July 1. L. 95: (1) amended, p. 1211, § 27, effective May 31. L. 98: (8) added, p. 1348, § 86, effective June 1. L. 2003: (6.5) added, p. 458, § 20, effective March 5; (1) and (2)(a) amended, p. 2380, § 2, effective August 6. L. 2005: (1) and (2.5) amended, p. 31, § 1, effective August 8. L. 2006: (6.5) repealed and (9) added, pp. 1102, 1094, §§ 24, 4, effective August 7. L. 2008: (1) amended, p. 1792, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2009: (1) and (4) amended, (SB 09-292), ch. 369, p. 1981, § 119, effective August 5. L. 2011: (1), (4), (5), and (8) amended, (HB 11-1198), ch. 127, p. 419, § 15, effective August 10. L. 2014: (9)(a) amended, (HB 141081), ch. 8, p. 90, § 1, effective February 27.
Editor's note: Amendments to subsection (2) by Senate Bill 84-85 and House Bill 841252 were harmonized.
