§ 2-415 — Store fee collection duties
Denver Revised Municipal Code (Supp. No. 147, Update 3: codified through Ordinance No. 0852-26, enacted July 13, 2026) · Denver Revised Municipal Code § 2-415
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Sec. 2-415. - Store fee collection duties.
(a) A store shall collect from each customer a disposable bag fee in the amount of ten cents ($0.10) for each disposable bag provided to the customer by the store. (b) A store shall be liable and responsible for payment to the city the amount of ten cents ($0.10) for each disposable bag that it provides to a customer, less four cents ($0.04), which the store may retain. (c) The four cents ($.04) that the store may retain may only be used to: (1) Provide educational information about the disposable bag fee to customers; (2) Develop and display informational signage to inform consumers about the fee, encourage the use of reusable carryout bags, or promote recycling of disposable bags; (3) Train staff in the implementation and administration of the fee; (4) Improve or alter infrastructure to allow for the implementation, collection, administration of the fee; (5) Provide free reusable carryout bags to customers; and (6) Improve infrastructure to increase disposable plastic bag recycling. (d) The retained portion of the disposable bag fee is not revenue for the purposes of calculating sales tax.
(Ord. No. 1545-22, § 1, 12-19-22)