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Federal Mineral Lease and State Severance Tax
Direct Distribution

2009 Direct Distribution Payments	New - 2009 Biennial Report to General Assembly
Overview	Forms
Data and Methodology	2009 Legislative Changes
Factor Weights for 2009	2009 Direct Distribution Guidelines Direct Distribution FAQ

 

Counties and Municipalities	School Districts	Reporting Parties (Energy/ Mineral Employers)
What kind of information can be found on this page? Program Contact How the funds are distributed Guidelines Colorado Employee Residence Reports (CERR) MOUs for Alternative Subcounty Distributions Past distributions	What kind of information can be found on this page? Program Contact How the funds are distributed Past distributions	What kind of information can be found on this page? Program Contact Electronic Filing of the Colorado Employee Residence Report (CERR)

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Overview - New for 2009

The Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) distributes revenue derived from energy and mineral extraction statewide. These revenues come from State Severance Tax receipts and Federal Mineral Lease non-bonus payments.

Senate Bill 08-218 and House Bill 08-1083, which passed in the 2008 state legislative session, made significant changes to the method and process for the distribution of State Severance Tax and Federal Mineral Lease receipts to local governments. The first payments under this new annual distribution method were made in the last week of August 2009.

There are no longer funds distributed based solely on the Colorado Employee Residence Reports (CERR). Additional factors - new well and mine permits, mineral production, population and HUTF road miles - were used to determine the distribution of these revenues to local governments.

PDF | Flowchart of Federal Mineral Lease Distributions
PDF | Flowchart of Severance Tax Distributions

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Forms

PDF | W-9 form

PDF | DOC Automatic Deposit Form (or EFT)

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Factor Weights for 2009

Pursuant to C.R.S. 39-29-110(1)(c) and 34-63-102(5.4)(c), the DOLA Executive Director, in consultation with the Energy and Mineral Impact Assistance Advisory Committee, set the discretionary factor weights for the the August 2009 direct distribution of State Severance Tax and Federal Mineral Lease Proceeds as follows.

Severance Tax County Pool
Factor	Weight for August 2009 Direct Distribution
Colorado Employee Residence Reports	50%*
Mining and Mineral Permits	25%*
Mineral Production	25%*
Subcounty Pool
Factor	Weight for August 2009 Direct Distribution
Population	34%
Colorado Employee Residence Reports	33%
Road Miles	33%

* These weights are set in C.R.S. 39-29-110(1)(c) and were not discretionary for 2009.

 

Federal Mineral Lease Proceeds County Pool
Factor	Weight for August 2009 Direct Distribution
Colorado Employee Residence Reports	35%
Federal Mineral Lease Revenue Generated	65%
Subcounty Pool
Factor	Weight for August 2009 Direct Distribution
Population	34%
Colorado Employee Residence Reports	33%
Road Miles	33%