Colorado Code § 29-2-103

Countywide sales or use tax - multiple-county municipality excepted
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(1) 
Each county in this state is authorized to levy a county sales tax, use tax, or both in accordance
with the provisions of this article. No proposal for a county sales tax, use tax, or both shall
become effective until approved by a majority of the registered electors of the county voting on
such proposal pursuant to section 29-2-104. Such a proposal for a sales tax, use tax, or both,
upon approval by a majority of the registered electors voting thereon, shall be effective
throughout the incorporated and unincorporated portions of the county except when less than
countywide application is authorized pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.
(2) A county may levy a sales tax, use tax, or both, in whole or in part, in less than the
entire county when the following conditions are met:
(a) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2008, p. 990, § 4, effective August 5, 2008.)
(b) The area to be excluded from the tax levy is comprised solely of a portion of a
municipality whose boundaries are located in more than one county; and
(c) All other counties in which a portion of the municipality described in paragraph (b)
of this subsection (2) is located have agreed to provide fair compensation to the county for any
services extended to such municipality as a result of revenues derived from the county tax levy
from which the municipality is excluded.
(3) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective until July 1, 2025.] The
approval provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the restrictions on contents of sales or use
tax proposals set forth in section 29-2-105, and the collection procedures of section 29-2-106
shall apply to county sales or use taxes or both levied pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.
(3) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective July 1, 2025.] The
approval provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the restrictions on contents of sales or use
tax proposals set forth in section 29-2-105, and the collection, administration, enforcement, and
distribution procedures of part 2 of this article 2 apply to county sales or use taxes or both levied
pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.

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