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A judge on Wednesday ruled that Adams County has the authority to “enact, collect and enforce” a 3 percent tax on recreational marijuana sales, dealing a blow to three cities that .
District Judge F. Michael Goodbee ruled that the legislature had “not chosen to exempt the sale of retail marijuana from any county sales tax,” countering a claim by Aurora, Commerce City and Northglenn that Adams County lacks the authority to levy a tax on just a single product.
The cities said allowing the county to impose its own tax on recreational pot sales would put stores in those cities “at a competitive disadvantage” because they would be required to collect not just local tax but county tax.
