Amendments for SB24-161
Senate Journal, March 7
After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that SB24-161 be amended
as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable
recommendation and with a recommendation that it be placed on the Consent Calendar.
Amend printed bill, page 3, line 16, strike "and (1.4)(x);" and substitute,
"(1.4)(x), and (1.6)(b);"
Page 4, after line 17, insert:
"(1.6) (b) (I) For a fee or surcharge described in articles 1 to 6 of this
title 33, the commission may, by rule, adjust the fee or surcharge by an amount
up to the total amount reflected by the annual percentage change in the United
States department of labor's bureau of labor statistics consumer price index for
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood for all items and all urban consumers, or its
applicable predecessor or successor index. The adjustment is not effective until
the commission notifies the joint budget committee of the adjustment.
(II) (A) FOR A FEE FOR RESIDENT AND NONRESIDENT LICENSES
DESCRIBED IN SECTION (1.4) OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSION MAY, BY RULE,
ADJUST THE FEE BY AN AMOUNT UP TO THE TOTAL AMOUNT REFLECTED BY THE
ANNUAL PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS CONSUMER PRINCE INDEX FOR
DENVER-AURORA-LAKEWOOD FOR ALL ITEMS AND ALL URBAN CONSUMERS, OR
ITS SUCCESSOR INDEX.
(B) IF THE COMMISSION ADJUSTS A FEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SUBSECTION (1.6)(b)(II)(A) OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSION SHALL BASE THE
ADJUSTMENT ON THE PRICES FOR FEES AS THOSE PRICES WERE ESTABLISHED BY
SENATE BILL 18-143, AS ENACTED IN 2018, AND DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (1.4)
OF THIS SECTION.
(C) THE FEE ADJUSTMENT DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBSECTION (1.6)(b)(II)
IS NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL THE COMMISSION NOTIFIES THE JOINT BUDGET
COMMITTEE OF THE ADJUSTMENT.".
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