Colorado § 8-20.5-102 - Registration - fees.
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§ 8-20.5-102. Registration - fees.
(1) Each owner or operator of an underground or aboveground storage tank shall register such tank with the director of the division of oil and public safety within thirty days after the first day on which the tank is actually used to contain a regulated substance or, in the case of an aboveground storage tank, on or before July 1, 1993, or, thereafter, within thirty days after the first day on which the tank is actually used to contain a regulated substance. Each owner or operator shall renew such registration annually on or before the calendar day and month of initial registration for each year in which the storage tank is in use. An underground storage tank is considered to be in use at all times, except when the tank has been either removed from the ground or permanently closed in accordance with the rules promulgated pursuant to section 8-20.5-202 (1.5) that relate to the closure of such tanks.
(2) To register or renew registration of an underground or aboveground storage tank, the owner or operator of the tank shall submit to the director of the division of oil and public safety a completed registration or renewal form and payment of the fee established in subsection (3) of this section. The director of the division of oil and public safety shall provide registration and renewal forms.
(3) The registration and renewal fee shall be thirty-five dollars for each tank for each year. The fees collected pursuant to this subsection (3) shall be credited to the petroleum storage tank fund created in section 8-20.5-103.
(4) The director of the division of oil and public safety shall collect delinquent registration and renewal fees and assess a penalty of up to twice the amount of such fees and reasonable costs associated with the collection of such fees.
Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 392, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2001: (1), (2), and (4) amended, p. 1125, § 42, effective June 5. L. 2007: (4) amended, p. 386, § 2, effective April 3; (1) amended, p. 981, § 3, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 8-20-506 as it existed prior to 1995.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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