https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1163_01.pdf
Yearly $8.50 - $25 fee per pet in addition to any other licensing or registration fees. There is a fine up to $100 per incidence for noncompliance or partial compliance
To take effect July 1, 2024
Definitions include
"PET ANIMAL" MEANS A DOG, CAT, RABBIT, GUINEA PIG, HAMSTER, MOUSE, RAT, GERBIL, FERRET, BIRD, FISH, REPTILE, AMPHIBIAN, INVERTEBRATE, OR ANY OTHER SPECIES OF WILD OR DOMESTIC OR HYBRID ANIMAL SIX MONTHS OF AGE OR OLDER, THAT IS SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR RETAINED FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING KEPT AS A HOUSEHOLD PET. "PET ANIMAL" DOES NOT INCLUDE LIVESTOCK, AS DEFINED IN SUBSECTION (9) OF THIS SECTION.
Oh. Technically it isn't a "tax" because that would be inconsistent with Colorado Supreme Court rulings. It is a "fee" because it is "..,imposed for the specific purpose of [defraying] the costs of providing the services that benefit fee payers as specified in this article 82..."
The "services" are "...developing, implementing, maintaining, and administering the pet animal registration system, connecting pet animals with their owners and designated caregivers when and after emergencies occur, and protecting pet animals by supporting animal shelters that are caretakers of last resort..."
Hm, that kind of makes a little sense for some kinds of pets - isn't that part of what dog and cat licenses do, though?
I have trouble seeing the sense of it for fish, invertebrates, gerbils, and any species of wild animal.
Yearly $8.50 - $25 fee per pet in addition to any other licensing or registration fees. There is a fine up to $100 per incidence for noncompliance or partial compliance
To take effect July 1, 2024
Definitions include
"PET ANIMAL" MEANS A DOG, CAT, RABBIT, GUINEA PIG, HAMSTER, MOUSE, RAT, GERBIL, FERRET, BIRD, FISH, REPTILE, AMPHIBIAN, INVERTEBRATE, OR ANY OTHER SPECIES OF WILD OR DOMESTIC OR HYBRID ANIMAL SIX MONTHS OF AGE OR OLDER, THAT IS SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR RETAINED FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING KEPT AS A HOUSEHOLD PET. "PET ANIMAL" DOES NOT INCLUDE LIVESTOCK, AS DEFINED IN SUBSECTION (9) OF THIS SECTION.
Oh. Technically it isn't a "tax" because that would be inconsistent with Colorado Supreme Court rulings. It is a "fee" because it is "..,imposed for the specific purpose of [defraying] the costs of providing the services that benefit fee payers as specified in this article 82..."
The "services" are "...developing, implementing, maintaining, and administering the pet animal registration system, connecting pet animals with their owners and designated caregivers when and after emergencies occur, and protecting pet animals by supporting animal shelters that are caretakers of last resort..."
Hm, that kind of makes a little sense for some kinds of pets - isn't that part of what dog and cat licenses do, though?
I have trouble seeing the sense of it for fish, invertebrates, gerbils, and any species of wild animal.
