Paper Bag Fee

The Colorado Supreme Court upheld Aspen’s 20-cent charge on <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Aspen.pdf">paper bags</a></strong> Monday, finding it a fee, not a tax, with “a reasonable relationship to Aspen’s cost” of waste management.

DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court upheld Aspen’s 20-cent charge on paper bags Monday, finding it a fee, not a tax, with “a reasonable relationship to Aspen’s cost” of waste management.

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