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§ 24-77-105. Emergency Taxes – Declaration of Emergency – Limitation

Emergency taxes may be imposed by the state pursuant to the requirements set forth in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section without prior approval of the registered electors of the state; except that no state property tax shall be imposed as an emergency tax. Any emergency tax may be imposed by the state […]

§ 24-77-106.5. Annual Financial Report – Certification of Excess State Revenues

For each fiscal year, the controller shall prepare a financial report for the state for purposes of ascertaining compliance with the provisions of this article. Any financial report prepared pursuant to this section shall include, but shall not be limited to, state fiscal year spending, reserves, revenues, revenues that the state is authorized to retain […]

§ 24-77-107. Construction

Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to apply to or impose, by implication or otherwise, any limitation, restriction, or prohibition upon or expansion of any local government fiscal policies. Source: L. 93: Entire article added, p. 1504, § 1, effective June 6.

§ 24-77-108. Creation of a New Fee-Based Enterprise

In order to provide transparency and oversight to government mandated fees the People of the State of Colorado find and declare that: After January 1, 2021, any state enterprise qualified or created, as defined under Colo. Const. Art. X, section 20(2)(d) with projected or actual revenue from fees and surcharges of over $100,000,000 total in […]

§ 24-77-103.7. Over-Refunds of State Revenues – Definitions

For purposes of this section, “over-refund” means a refund of state revenues that occurs when, through one or more mechanisms utilized pursuant to law to refund state revenues in excess of the limitation on state fiscal year spending for any given fiscal year, the amount of state revenues actually refunded during any given fiscal year […]

§ 24-77-103.8. Unrefunded State Revenues

Any amount of state revenues in excess of the limitation on state fiscal year spending for the 1996-97 fiscal year that voters statewide did not authorize the state to retain and spend and that are required to be refunded pursuant to section 20 (7)(d) of article X of the state constitution, but that are not […]