Colorado Code § 31-15-904

Third-party food delivery service fee restrictions - definitions
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(1) As
used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Declared public health disaster emergency" means the declared public health
disaster emergency to address the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, as declared by the governor by
executive order.
(b) "Retail food establishment" means a retail food establishment, as defined in section
25-4-1602 (14), that pays an annual license fee as required by section 25-4-1607 (1)(a),
(1.5)(a)(I), or (1.5)(b)(I). "Retail food establishment" does not include grocery stores or
convenience stores.
(c) "Third-party food delivery service" means any person, company, website, mobile
application, or other internet service that offers or arranges for the sale and the same-day
delivery or same-day pickup of prepared food or beverages from a retail food establishment.
(2) During a declared public health disaster emergency, the governing body of each
municipality may adopt, administer, and enforce ordinances and resolutions that:
(a) Limit the amount of the fee that a third-party food delivery service may charge to a
retail food establishment, excluding fees related to credit card processing, within the
municipality where indoor dining is prohibited and until indoor dining is again permitted in the
municipality at a capacity of at least fifty percent or below at the discretion of the municipality;
(b) Restrict the ability of a third-party food delivery service to reduce the compensation
rate paid to a delivery service driver or withhold gratuities or tips to a retail food establishment,
its staff, or any delivery service driver to offset revenue reductions resulting from any ordinance
or resolution enacted pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section;
(c) Require a third-party food delivery service to disclose to a consumer using the third-
party food delivery service to make a purchase from a retail food establishment any commission,
fee, or other monetary payment charged by the third-party food delivery service to the retail food
establishment for a purchase from the retail food establishment; and
(d) Restrict a third-party food delivery service's ability to perform a service for a retail
food establishment without the retail food establishment's consent.
(3) A governing body of a municipality that adopts an ordinance or resolution pursuant
to subsection (2) of this section is immune from liability for all claims for injury resulting from
any economic damage that a party may incur due to the ordinance or resolution except to the
extent that the ordinance or resolution is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to constitute a
taking of private property in violation of the United States or state constitution.

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