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<br />DlVI510N OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Oepanmem N Natural Resource< <br />1313 Sherman $i., Noom 215 <br />Denver, Color.rdo 80203 <br />Phone. 13031866-3567 <br />FAX: 1303) 83~ 8106 <br />September 15, 1995 <br />III iiiiillllllii III ~ OF COLORADO <br />999 <br />~~~ <br />DEPARTMENT' OI <br />NATURAI <br />RESOURCE` <br />RE: GOVERNMENTAL SDBDIVISION PAYMENT <br />OF APPLICATION AND ANNDAL FEES <br />Dear County Commissioners: <br />Roy Romer <br />Guec~m,. <br />dame. 5. lrkhhcad <br />E uemin~ D~~eclnr <br />hhchael tl. lung <br />D~~~,;o~ Dveau~ <br />Colorado Counties, Incorporated asked the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to provide <br />an informal opinion as to whether the Office and Board were correct in requiring <br />subdivisions of state government to pay application and annual fees. Enclosed is <br />the informal opinion from the AGO. <br />In summary, the informal opinion states that subdivisions of state government <br />(counties:) are not exempt from paying application or annual fees. The only fee <br />exemption for which a subdivision of state government qualifies is the Special <br />Operation 111 permit application fee of $625. <br />Effective, July 1, 1995, all existing sand and gravel operations fall under the new <br />Construction Materials statute, SB 156. The statute requires the Office to issue <br />a reason to believe letter for non-payment of annual fees. Also, the Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board, at its August 1995 Meeting, instructed the Office to proceed with <br />germit revocation and/or performance warranty forfeiture against any construction <br />material operator that is 60 days past due in paying an annual fee. <br />According to the AGO's opinion, subdivisions of state government are required to pay <br />annual fsses. Also, your operation(s) falls under the provisions of SB 156. <br />Therefore, you have been issued a reason to believe letter or letters for the <br />October 1995 Board Meeting for your permitted operation(s) with past due annual <br />fee (s) . <br />Please review the enclosed Reason to Believe Letter(s). If we have issued a Reason <br />to Believe Letter for a site and you believe the annual fees are current, please let <br />us know a.s soon as possible. we would like to resolve the matter prior to the <br />October Beard Meeting. <br />We encourage you to pay your past due annual fees by October 13, 1995. If payment <br />is made b't that date, we will withdraw the pending Board action. <br />Sincerely, <br />v-~ ` <br />H. Bruce t[un>phries <br />Minerals Program Supervisor' <br />cc: Michael Long <br />M:bulCri,,:m-n.ldih <br />