COLORADO 911 SURCHARGE 
FEES AS OF: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
E9-1-1 AUTHORITY FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE
(MOSTLY BY COUNTY) $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
ADAMS 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
ARAPAHOE 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43
ARCHULETA 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
ASPEN / PITKIN 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
AURORA - CITY OF 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
BACA 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
BENT / KIOWA 0.35 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
BOULDER 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
CHAFFEE 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 1.00 1.00 1.00
CHEYENNE 0.70 0.00 0.00 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
CLEAR CREEK 0.00 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 1.25 1.25 1.25
CROWLEY 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
CUSTER 0.70 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 1.25 1.25
DELTA 0.30 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.30 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60
DENVER 0.47 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.49 0.43 0.40 0.66 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
DOLORES (HAS NO AUTHORITY BOARD) 0.70 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
DOUGLAS 0.55 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.55 0.55 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
EAGLE 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25
ELBERT 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
EL PASO / TELLER 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
FREMONT 0.70 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
GARFIELD 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
GILPIN 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
GRAND 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.50 1.50
GRAND JUNCTION 0.70 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.70 1.00 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
GUNNISON/HINSDALE 0.28 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
HUERFANO 0.00 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.43 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
JACKSON 0.70 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
JEFFERSON 0.60 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.70 0.70 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.52
KIT CARSON 0.45 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.60 0.60 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
LAKE 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.45 0.45 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.70 0.70 0.70
LA PLATA 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 1.25 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
LARIMER 0.70 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45
LAS ANIMAS 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25
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COLORADO 911 SURCHARGE 
FEES AS OF: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
E9-1-1 AUTHORITY FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE
(MOSTLY BY COUNTY) $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
LINCOLN 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
LOGAN 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
MOFFAT 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
MONTEZUMA 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70
MONTROSE 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
MORGAN 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
OTERO 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
OURAY 0.70 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
PARK 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 1.25
PHILLIPS 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.40 0.40 0.70 0.70 0.70 1.25 1.25 1.25
PROWERS 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
PUEBLO - CITY 0.70 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.50 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.70
PUEBLO - COUNTY 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60
RIO BLANCO EAST 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
RIO BLANCO WEST 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
ROUTT 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 1.25 1.25 1.25
SAN JUAN 0.70 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.50 0.50 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
SAN LUIS VALLEY 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
SAN MIGUEL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
SEDGWICK 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
SUMMIT 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 1.25 1.25 1.25
THORNTON - CITY OF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
WASHINGTON / YUMA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.70 0.70 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25
WELD 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.70
AVERAGES 0.52 0.54 0.54 0.57 0.59 0.63 0.66 0.68 0.71 0.75 0.78 0.79
 
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COLORADO 911 SURCHARGE 
FEES AS OF: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
E9-1-1 AUTHORITY FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE FEE
(MOSTLY BY COUNTY) $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
0.50
0.55
0.60
0.65
0.70
0.75
0.80
0.85
Colorado Average 9-1-1 Surcharge
AVERAGES
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Colorado 9-1-1 Resource Center 
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Serving the Public Safety Answering Points of the State of Colorado 
 
March 23, 2010 
 
 
Purpose: The purpose of this document is to provide information requested by the 
Federal Communications Commission (the FCC) as required by the NET 911 Act of 
2008.  The purpose of that request, per the letter, is to fulfill the Commission’s 
obligations under section 6(f)(2) of the NET 911 Act. 
 
Preparation: This report was prepared by the Colorado 9-1-1 Resource Center at 
the request of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission and the Governor’s Office.  
Contact information for the Colorado 9-1-1 Resource Center is found in the 
letterhead of this document. 
 
Response: 
 
1. A statement as to whether or not your State, or any political subdivision, 
Indian tribe, village or regional corporation therein as defined by Section 6(f)(1) of 
the NET 911 Act, has established a funding mechanism designated for or imposed 
for the purposes of 911 or E911 support or implementation (including a citation to 
the legal authority for such mechanism). 
 
Yes.  Colorado has an established funding mechanism pursuant to C.R.S. 29-11 
Part I which authorizes local governing bodies to impose a charge to support 911 
services.  Specifically the following statutory language allows for such charge: 
 
C.R.S. 29-11-102 (1) (a) – In addition to any other posers for the protection of the 
public health, a governing body may incur any equipment, installation, and other 
directly related costs for the continued operation of an emergency telephone 
service as further described in section 29-11-2104, and may pay such costs by 
imposing an emergency telephone charge for such service in those portions of the 
governing body’s jurisdiction for which emergency telephone service will be 
provided.   
 
C.R.S. 29-11-102 (2) (a) – The governing body is hereby authorized, by ordinance 
in the case of cities and by resolution in the case of counties or special districts, to 
impose such charge in an amount not to exceed seventy cents per month per 
exchange access facility, per wireless communications access, and per 
interconnected voice-over-internet-protocol service in those portions of the 
governing body’s jurisdiction for which emergency telephone service will be 
provided. 
 
2. The amount of the fees or charges imposed for the implementation and 
support of 911 and E911 services, and the total amount collected pursuant to the 
assessed fees or charges, for the annual period ending December 31, 2009.  A 
statement describing how the funds collected are made available to the localities, 
and whether your state has established written criteria regarding the allowable 
uses of the collected funds, including the legal citation to such criteria. 
 
Amount of Surcharge: 
   
-    BOARD    - 
Vicki Pickett 
Chairman 
Brian Shepherd 
Vice Chairman 
P. B. Schechter 
Treasurer 
Linda McKelvey 
Secretary 
Randy Lesher 
Member 
 
-    STAFF    - 
Daryl Branson, ENP 
Executive Director 
 
   
Colorado 9-1-1 Resource Center 
(866) 332-3082 ? fax: 970-744-2254 ? director@co9-1-1resourcecenter.org 
Serving the Public Safety Answering Points of the State of Colorado 
C.R.S. 29-11-102 authorizes by ordinance or resolution as applicable, cities, counties, or 
special districts to impose a surcharge of up to 70˘ per month on each of these services in 
those portions of the governing bodies jurisdiction in which emergency services are 
provided.  If a governing body believes an amount greater than 70˘ is necessary, they are 
required to obtain approval from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. A document 
detailing the surcharges currently imposed by each local 9-1-1 governing body is attached. 
 
Amount Collected for Period Ending 12-31-2009: 
 
The estimated total of surcharge funds collected by all local 9-1-1 Authorities is 
$45,000,000.  This estimate is derived from revenues reported by 9-1-1 Authorities for 
2008 in their annual budgets as submitted to the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, 
Division of Local Government. 
 
Fund Availability and Use Criteria: 
 
Funds are collected by the telephone service provider, as outlined in C.R.S. 29-11-102 (7) 
and C.R.S. remitted directly to the appropriate local governing authority.  Criteria for the 
expenditure of funds are defined in C.R.S. 29-11-104 (2a) (I) (A)-(E). 
 
3. A statement identifying any entity in your State that has the authority to approve the 
expenditure of funds collected for 911 or E911 purposes, and a description of any 
oversight procedures established to determine that collected funds have been made 
available or used for the purposes designated by the mechanism, or otherwise used 
to implement or support 911 or E911. 
 
Authority to Approve Expenditure: 
 
Local governing bodies retain the authority to approve the expenditures of 911 surcharge 
revenue as defined in C.R.S. 29-11-104 (2) (a) – (c). 
 
Oversight Procedures: 
 
a. C.R.S. 29-11-104 (5) – states that, “Each governing body shall include as a 
part of the audit required by part 6 of article 1 of this title an audit on the use 
of the funds collected from the charges imposed pursuant to this article for 
compliance with paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section.” 
 
b. All 9-1-1 Authorities are required to submit annual budgets to the Colorado 
Department of Local Affairs, Division of Local Government. 
 
c. The budgets of all 9-1-1 governing bodies are public record and may be 
requested and reviewed by interested parties. 
 
4. A statement whether all the funds collected for 911 or E911 purposes have been 
made available or used for the purposes designated by the funding mechanism, or 
otherwise used for the implementation or support of 911 or E911. 
 
Local governing bodies retain the authority to approve the expenditures of 911 surcharge 
revenue as defined in C.R.S. 29-11-104 (2) (a) – (c).  The Governor’s office is not aware of 
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any funds that are being used for other than the purposes set forth within, and that have 
been used or set aside for other than the purposes set forth within. 
 
5. A statement identifying what amount of funds collected for 911 or E911 purposes 
were made available or used for any purposes otherwise unrelated to 911 or E911 
implementation or support, including a statement identifying the unrelated purposes 
for which the funds collected for 911 or E911 purposes were made available or used. 
 
See response to #4 above. 
 
6. Any other comments you may wish to provide regarding the applicable funding 
mechanism for 911 and E911. 
 
a. The cost of providing emergency telephone service is not perfectly scalable in that a 
per-line charge provides better funding for PSAPs in highly populated areas where 
the surcharge is assessed against a greater concentration of telephone lines.  PSAPs 
in these areas receive a larger remittance from surcharges and also benefit from 
economies of scale in terms of equipment, facilities, personnel and training.  PSAPs 
serving lower density areas tend to have higher surcharges to pay for the same basic 
services. 
 
b. In certain situations, surcharge revenues have decreased due to individuals “cutting 
the cord” on their wireline connection and only using a wireless connection.  This, 
coupled with the increased load of wireless calls by wireless users whose surcharge is 
tied to another jurisdiction, causes emergency expenses to remain or increase while 
revenues decrease. 
 
c. While some prepaid cell phone service providers are remitting 9-1-1 surcharges, 
others are not.  To clarify the applicability of current statute and to provide a 
dedicated mechanism for remittance of prepaid 9-1-1 surcharges, legislation is 
currently being considered by the Colorado General Assembly that would establish a 
point-of-sale collection point for 9-1-1 surcharges from the purchase of prepaid cell 
phone minutes. It is anticipated that the number of pre-paid wireless use of 911 will 
increase over the coming years causing further erosion of surcharge revenue without 
an associated reduction in 911 call load unless the current situation is rectified. 
 
d. While VoIP providers are currently required by statute in Colorado to impose a 
surcharge and remit collected surcharge revenue to the local governing authority, it 
is difficult if not impossible to know which VoIP providers are currently providing 
service in Colorado.  This make it very difficult to know to what degree VoIP service 
providers are complying with state statute and remitting surcharge funds.