C.R.S. § 31-15-1101 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 11 / Section 31-15-1101
31-15-1101. Mobile home parks - definition
Status: in_force

31-15-1101. Mobile home parks - definition. (1) The governing body of any municipality has the power to adopt, administer, and enforce ordinances and resolutions to provide for the safe and equitable operation of mobile home parks throughout the municipality. These ordinances and resolutions may be enacted within the scope of the "Mobile Home Park Act", part 2 of article 12 of title 38, and further as the municipality deems necessary to protect home owners' equity in the safe use and enjoyment of the mobile homes and mobile home lots, including but not limited to the imposition of penalties or adoption of a local registration system.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, an ordinance or resolution enacted by a municipality's governing body is only enforceable within the municipality.

(3) One or more contiguous counties and any municipality or town within each county may enter into intergovernmental agreements to extend the applicability of any ordinance or resolution adopted under this section to and throughout any participating county, municipality, or town.

(4) For purposes of this part 11, "home owner", "landlord", "mobile home", "mobile home lot", and "mobile home park" have the same meaning as they are defined in section 38-12-201.5.
C.R.S. § 31-11-112 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 11 / Section 31-11-112
31-11-112. Petitions - not election materials - no bilingual requirement
Status: in_force

31-11-112. Petitions - not election materials - no bilingual requirement. The general assembly hereby determines that initiative and referendum petitions are not election materials or information covered by the federal "Voting Rights Act of 1965", and are therefore not required to be printed in any language other than English in order to be circulated in any municipality in Colorado.
C.R.S. § 31-21-102 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 21 / Part 1 / Section 31-21-102
31-21-102. Funding bonds - determination of indebtedness
Status: in_force

31-21-102. Funding bonds - determination of indebtedness. The governing body of any municipality may issue negotiable coupon bonds, to be denominated funding bonds, for the purpose of funding any of the legal floating indebtedness of such municipality existing at any time. The specific indebtedness to be funded and the amount of such funding bonds to be issued under the provisions of this part 1 shall first be determined by such governing body and a certificate of such determination shall be made and entered in the records of the municipality prior to the issuance of said funding bonds. Nothing in this part 1 shall be construed to repeal or amend any law limiting the indebtedness of municipalities.
C.R.S. § 31-12-108.5 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 1 / Section 31-12-108.5
31-12-108.5. Annexation impact report - requirements
Status: in_force

31-12-108.5. Annexation impact report - requirements. (1) The municipality shall prepare an impact report concerning the proposed annexation at least twenty-five days before the date of the hearing established pursuant to section 31-12-108 and shall file one copy with the board of county commissioners governing the area proposed to be annexed within five days thereafter. Such report shall not be required for annexations of ten acres or less in total area or when the municipality and the board of county commissioners governing the area proposed to be annexed agree that the report may be waived. Such report shall include, as a minimum:

(a) A map or maps of the municipality and adjacent territory to show the following information:

(I) The present and proposed boundaries of the municipality in the vicinity of the proposed annexation;

(II) The present streets, major trunk water mains, sewer interceptors and outfalls, other utility lines and ditches, and the proposed extension of such streets and utility lines in the vicinity of the proposed annexation; and

(III) The existing and proposed land use pattern in the areas to be annexed;

(b) A copy of any draft or final preannexation agreement, if available;

(c) A statement setting forth the plans of the municipality for extending to or otherwise providing for, within the area to be annexed, municipal services performed by or on behalf of the municipality at the time of annexation;

(d) A statement setting forth the method under which the municipality plans to finance the extension of the municipal services into the area to be annexed;

(e) A statement identifying existing districts within the area to be annexed; and

(f) A statement on the effect of annexation upon local-public school district systems, including the estimated number of students generated and the capital construction required to educate such students.
C.R.S. § 31-16-110 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 16 / Part 1 / Section 31-16-110
31-16-110. County officers may serve process
Status: in_force

31-16-110. County officers may serve process. Any sheriff of any county or city and county of this state may serve, within such sheriff's county, any process issued from any court or may make any arrest within such sheriff's county, authorized by law to be made by any municipal officers; but the only process or warrant for the arrest of any person charged with a violation of a municipal ordinance which shall be valid and executed outside the municipality where said violation occurred is that for the violation of an ordinance of any municipality in this state which is a criminal or quasi-criminal offense. For the purposes of this section, traffic offenses shall not be considered to be criminal or quasi-criminal offenses unless penalty points may be assessed under section 42-2-127 (5)(a) to (5)(r), (5)(w), and (5)(x), C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1532 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1532
31-10-1532. Tampering with notices or supplies
Status: in_force

31-10-1532. Tampering with notices or supplies. Any person who, prior to a municipal election, willfully defaces, removes, or destroys any notice of election posted in accordance with the provisions of this article 10, or who, during an election, willfully defaces, removes, or destroys any card of instruction or sample ballot posted for the instruction of voters, or who, during an election, willfully removes or destroys any of the supplies or conveniences furnished to enable a voter to prepare the voter's ballot commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 31-12-410 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 4 / Section 31-12-410
31-12-410. Suits - special tax
Status: in_force

31-12-410. Suits - special tax. If any actions, suits, or proceedings are pending against any one of the cities or towns at the time of the consolidation, the consolidated city or town shall be substituted as plaintiff or defendant in such action, suit, or proceeding. The same shall thenceforth proceed as if the claim, right, debt, or demand upon which said action, suit, or proceeding was founded had originally existed in favor of or against such consolidated town or city. In like manner, any person who, at the date of consolidation, has any claim, demand, or right of action against any one or more of the cities or towns so consolidating may bring any action, suit, or proceeding necessary for the collection or enforcement thereof after such consolidation against the consolidated city or town in the same manner as though the claim, demand, or right of action had originally existed against such consolidated city or town. In no case shall any tax be levied upon or liability incurred by any property or persons on account of such actions, suits, proceedings, debts, liabilities, or rights of action, except those persons and property which would have been liable for the same in case no consolidation had taken place. The governing body of the consolidated city or town has the power to levy a special tax upon persons and property within the former limits of the city or town against which such action, suit, proceeding, claim, demand, or right of action existed for the payment, liquidation, or settlement thereof or of any judgment founded thereon. The terms of consolidation may make other provisions for the payment of such demands, liabilities, and judgments.
C.R.S. § 31-23-102 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 1 / Section 31-23-102
31-23-102. Application to other cities or towns
Status: in_force

31-23-102. Application to other cities or towns. The provisions of this part 1 are applicable to lands within the boundaries of cities and towns organized on or after March 31, 1885, to the extent that any owners of lands therein desire to make any change in the plat of any such city or town from the plat as originally made.
C.R.S. § 31-30-202 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 2 / Section 31-30-202
31-30-202. Commissioners appointed - terms - vacancies - expenses allowed
Status: in_force

31-30-202. Commissioners appointed - terms - vacancies - expenses allowed. Immediately upon the adoption of the merit system under civil service regulations, the governing body shall appoint three persons as civil service commissioners who shall be known and designated as the board of civil service commissioners or board of public safety to serve for six years, four years, and two years, respectively, from the date of their appointment and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Every alternate year the governing body shall appoint one person, as the successor of the commissioner whose term shall expire, to serve for the term of six years from the date of the appointment and until a successor is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy may be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the governing body. At no time shall more than two commissioners be members of the same political party. Said commissioners shall serve without compensation but shall be paid their necessary expenses actually incurred in the discharge of their official duties.
C.R.S. § 31-11-103 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 11 / Section 31-11-103
31-11-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

31-11-103. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Ballot title" means the language that is printed on the ballot that is comprised of the submission clause and the title.

(2) "Final determination of petition sufficiency" means the date following passage of the period of time within which a protest must be filed pursuant to section 31-11-110 or the date on which any protest filed pursuant to section 31-11-110 results in a finding of sufficiency, whichever is later.

(3) "Petition section" means the stapled or otherwise bound package of documents described in section 31-11-106.

(4) "Submission clause" means the language that is attached to the title to form a question that can be answered by "yes" or "no".

(5) "Title" means a brief statement that fairly and accurately represents the true intent and meaning of the proposed initiative, referendum, or referred measure.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-201 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 2 / Section 31-31.5-201
31-31.5-201. Membership
Status: in_force

31-31.5-201. Membership. Except as otherwise provided in this article 31.5 or article 31 of this title 31, a member whose employer is affiliated with a component of the statewide retirement plan shall participate in the statewide retirement plan on the first day of employment if the employer withholds member contributions on behalf of the member and the applicable forms are completed and submitted to the association.
C.R.S. § 31-15-712 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 7 / Section 31-15-712
31-15-712. Public improvements by contract - cities
Status: in_force

31-15-712. Public improvements by contract - cities. All work done by the city in the construction of works of public improvement of five thousand dollars or more shall be done by contract to the lowest responsible bidder on open bids after ample advertisement. It shall be unlawful for any person to divide a works of public improvement construction into two or more separate projects for the sole purpose of evading or attempting to evade the requirement that works of public improvement construction costing five thousand dollars or more be submitted to open bidding, unless the total cost of any such project would be less if divided into two or more projects than if submitted to open bidding as one project. If no bids are received or if, in the opinion of the city council, all bids received are too high, the city may enter into negotiations concerning the contract. No negotiated price shall exceed the lowest responsible bid previously received. The city is not required to advertise for and receive bids for such technical, professional, or incidental assistance as it may deem wise to employ in guarding the interest of the city against the neglect of contractors in the performance of such work.
C.R.S. § 31-31-707 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 7 / Section 31-31-707
31-31-707. Multiple plan employers
Status: in_force

31-31-707. Multiple plan employers. An employer with multiple plans may exercise its options of affiliation and withdrawal pursuant to this article on an individual plan basis.
C.R.S. § 31-23-222 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-222
31-23-222. Report of appraisers - action by the governing body
Status: reserved

31-23-222. Report of appraisers - action by the governing body. (1) The board of appraisers, within ninety days after the time fixed for the filing of claims, shall file its tentative report with the clerk setting forth its findings as to the amounts of compensation to be paid the respective owners of the lands included within the lines of such reservations as located on the approved plat. Thereupon the clerk shall publish once a week for two consecutive weeks in at least two newspapers of general circulation in the municipality the fact of the filing of the report of the appraisers and specify a period of thirty days after the date of the first such publication within which objections to the report may be filed with the clerk. If objections are filed within said period, the clerk shall cause the board of appraisers to hold a meeting at which said objections shall be transmitted to the board, and the board may modify its report. The report in its original form or, if modified, in its modified form shall be transmitted to the governing body by the clerk.

(2) Before passing on the report, the governing body may return it to the board of appraisers for reconsideration, and the board, upon further consideration, may transmit its former or modified report to the governing body. The governing body may approve or disapprove the report. If the report is approved by the governing body, it shall provide for the payment of the amounts of compensation set forth in the report within ninety days after the filing of the report with the governing body. In the case of those property owners who file claims, payment shall be made through the clerk who shall notify the claimants at the addresses given upon the claims filed with him. Payments to all other persons shall be made through the clerk of the district court of the county in which the reserved location is situated by the payment to said clerk of the amounts awarded to such persons. Notice of distribution to such persons shall be given and made as may be provided by a rule or order of said court. Payments made to the clerk or clerk of the district court within said ninety days shall be deemed compliance with the above requirement for payment within ninety days.

(3) If the governing body disapproves the report or fails to provide for such payment within ninety days, such disapproval or failure shall be deemed a dismissal of the proceedings, a cancellation of the plat, and an abandonment of the reservations of the street locations as shown on the plat, with the same liability of the municipality for expenses as provided in the case of abandonment by resolution. Thereafter the clerk shall transmit to the county clerk and recorder an attested statement of such abandonment.
C.R.S. § 31-25-805 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 8 / Section 31-25-805
31-25-805. Board - membership - term of office
Status: in_force

31-25-805. Board - membership - term of office. (1) The affairs of the authority shall be under the direct supervision and control of a board consisting of not less than five nor more than eleven members appointed by the governing body; except that for any twenty-year extension period pursuant to section 31-25-807 (3)(a)(V), the affairs of the authority shall be under the direct supervision and control of a board consisting of not less than nine and no more than thirteen members, with two members appointed by the entities identified in subsection (2)(a)(II) of this section and all remaining members appointed by the governing body. A majority of the members appointed shall reside or own property in the authority district.

(2) The board shall be constituted as follows:

(a) (I) At least one member shall be a member of the governing body, appointed to serve at the pleasure of the governing body; and

(II) For any twenty-year extension period pursuant to section 31-25-807 (3)(a)(V), one member shall be a member of the board of county commissioners of the county in which the authority district is located, appointed to serve at the pleasure of the board of county commissioners. If the authority district is located in more than one county, the appointment is by an agreement of all the counties in which the authority district is located. If the appointing county is a city and county, the requirement for a county-appointed board member pursuant to this subsection (2)(a)(II) does not apply. In addition, one member shall be a member of the of the school district board of education of the school district in which the authority district is located, appointed to serve at the pleasure of the school district board of education. If a county or school district does not appoint a member of the board, then the county or school district appointment remains vacant until the applicable appointing authority makes the appointment pursuant to this subsection (2)(a)(II).

(b) Two members shall be appointed for terms expiring June 30 of the year following the date of the ordinance adopted by the governing body establishing the authority.

(c) Two members shall be appointed for terms expiring June 30 of the second year following the date of the ordinance adopted by the governing body establishing the authority.

(d) Two members, if the board consists of seven or more members, shall be appointed for terms expiring June 30 of the third year following the date of the ordinance adopted by the governing body establishing the authority.

(e) All other members shall be appointed for terms expiring June 30 of the fourth year following the date of the ordinance adopted by the governing body establishing the authority.

(3) A member shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and qualified. After the terms of the initial members of the board have expired, the terms of all members (except any member who is a member of the governing body) shall expire four years from the expiration date of the terms of their predecessors. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term. In any municipality in which the charter provides that the appointive authority is the mayor, the mayor shall make appointments to the board.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-304 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 3 / Section 31-31.5-304
31-31.5-304. Money purchase component contributions
Status: in_force

31-31.5-304. Money purchase component contributions. (1) For members who elected the money purchase only option upon reentry into a predecessor plan, the contribution rate for employers and members is equal to the contribution rates established in the predecessor plan.

(2) Contributions, including separate retirement account balances from the predecessor statewide defined benefit plan established under part 4 of article 31 of this title 31, transfers from the predecessor statewide hybrid plan money purchase accounts, surplus contributions allocated from the defined benefit component contributions pursuant to section 31-31.5-301 (3), the portion of the minimum contributions of hybrid component allocated to the money purchase component pursuant to section 31-31.5-303 (3), increased local mandatory contributions pursuant to section 31-31.5-307, and increased local voluntary contributions pursuant to section 31-31.5-308 must be deposited in the money purchase component.

(3) The board may provide through rules for rollovers or transfer of funds from other plans to be deposited in the money purchase component subject to requirements and limits established by the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended.
C.R.S. § 31-25-510 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-510
31-25-510. Improvements may be constructed under other laws
Status: in_force

31-25-510. Improvements may be constructed under other laws. Nothing in this part 5 shall prejudice or affect the right to construct local improvements by virtue of any other law of this state. No other act or law shall prejudice the right to construct local improvements under this part 5. If constructed in pursuance of this part 5, the same shall be made to appear in the original petition and in the ordinance authorizing the improvements.
C.R.S. § 31-2-104 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 31-2-104
31-2-104. Organization of new city or town
Status: in_force

31-2-104. Organization of new city or town. (1) After the filing of the record in the proper offices by the clerk of the court, the commissioners mentioned in section 31-2-102, in the case of a city, by resolution, shall divide the city into wards in accordance with the provisions of section 31-4-104, and the commissioners may, in the case of a town, similarly divide such town into wards. Each ward shall contain at least one precinct, and no precinct or part thereof shall be located within more than one ward. Precinct boundaries shall be the same as those established pursuant to section 31-2-102. Said resolution shall be filed with the clerk of the district court; but the first governing body shall have authority by ordinance to change the boundaries and number of wards prior to the next regular election.

(2) The commissioners by their chairman, at least four weeks before the date of the first election of officers, shall give preliminary notice thereof by publication in newspapers selected in the manner prescribed by the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965". Such notice shall contain the following information:

(a) The time when the election will be held and the precinct boundaries and location of the polling place for each precinct;

(b) A description of the boundaries of the wards, if there are wards;

(c) The officers then to be elected;

(d) The fact that candidates for office may be nominated and their names placed on the ballot in accordance with the petition requirements set out in the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965";

(e) The last date on which nomination petitions may be filed;

(f) The last date registration and changes of address may be made with the county clerk and recorder; and

(g) The qualifications for persons to vote in the election.

(3) Registration and changes of address may be made in the office of the county clerk and recorder. The county clerk and recorder has authority in his or her sole discretion, from time to time, to conduct registration within the proposed corporate limits. Each nomination petition must be filed with the clerk of the district court. Nominating petitions shall be made and filed and vacancies in nomination shall be filled in accordance with the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965".

(4) At least twenty days before the election, the commissioners by their chair shall give notice of the election in the manner prescribed by the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965".

(5) At such election the registered electors of such city or town residing within the limits of such city or town shall choose officers therefor, to hold their offices until the first regular election. The commissioners shall act as judges and clerks of the election; but the chairman may appoint such additional judges and clerks as he deems necessary for the proper conduct of the election. The election shall be conducted by the commissioners in the manner prescribed by the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965", insofar as applicable.

(6) Candidates for election and elected officers shall bear the same qualifications for office as required of candidates and officers of a city or town as the case may be.

(7) All costs and expenses connected with such incorporation proceedings, including all election expenses and fees for necessary legal expenses, shall be paid by the governing body of the newly incorporated city or town within one year from the date of incorporation.
C.R.S. § 31-31-703 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 7 / Section 31-31-703
31-31-703. Money purchase plan benefit trust fund - creation - management
Status: repealed

31-31-703. Money purchase plan benefit trust fund - creation - management. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-23-313 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 3 / Section 31-23-313
31-23-313. Planned unit developments - ordinances
Status: in_force

31-23-313. Planned unit developments - ordinances. Any municipality may authorize planned unit developments, as defined in section 24-67-103, C.R.S., by enacting an ordinance in accordance with the provisions of article 67 of title 24, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 31-10-801 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 8 / Section 31-10-801
31-10-801. Use of electronic system
Status: in_force

31-10-801. Use of electronic system. An electronic voting system may be used in any municipal election if the governing body authorizes its use. The adoption and use of an electronic voting system for municipal elections shall be in accordance with the provisions for the adoption and use of such system for general and primary elections insofar as such provisions are applicable to municipal elections.
C.R.S. § 31-12-301 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 3 / Section 31-12-301
31-12-301. Annexation to charter city
Status: in_force

31-12-301. Annexation to charter city. When any city or town is contiguous to any city existing under any special charter of this state or the territory of Colorado, which charter was issued prior to July 3, 1877, and in such special charter it is provided that when any such city or town, in pursuance of any law of this state, is dissolved or becomes annexed to the city existing under a special charter and the area included within such city or town existing under general laws becomes part of the city existing under a special charter, the city or town may be annexed to and become part of the city existing under a special charter in the manner set forth in this part 3.
C.R.S. § 31-35-306 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 3 / Section 31-35-306
31-35-306. Other laws not affected
Status: in_force

31-35-306. Other laws not affected. Nothing in this part 3 shall abridge or otherwise affect the right to make public improvements by virtue of any other laws of this state.
C.R.S. § 31-4-407 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 4 / Section 31-4-407
31-4-407. Penalty for receiving illegal compensation
Status: in_force

31-4-407. Penalty for receiving illegal compensation. Any mayor or member of the governing body of any city or town who takes or receives payment for any services rendered by him contrary to the provisions of section 31-4-406 commits a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. Said fines, when collected, shall be paid into the general fund of said city or town.
C.R.S. § 31-35-511 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 5 / Section 31-35-511
31-35-511. Implementing powers
Status: in_force

31-35-511. Implementing powers. The board, in connection with the facilities or joint system of the municipality under the board's jurisdiction and any project pertaining thereto, may from time to time condemn, otherwise acquire, improve, equip, operate, maintain, and dispose of property within or without or both within and without the municipality.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1301 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 13 / Section 31-10-1301
31-10-1301. Who may contest - causes
Status: in_force

31-10-1301. Who may contest - causes. (1) The election of any person declared duly elected to any municipal office may be contested by any registered elector of such municipality:

(a) When the contestee is not eligible for the office to which he has been declared elected;

(b) When illegal votes have been received or legal votes rejected at the polls in sufficient numbers to change the results;

(c) For any error or mistake on the part of any of the judges of election or the clerk and his assistant in counting or declaring the result of the election if the error or mistake would be sufficient to change the result;

(d) For malconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of the judges of election in any precinct or any clerk or his assistant if the malconduct, fraud, or corruption would be sufficient to change the result;

(e) For any other cause which shows that another was the legally elected person.
C.R.S. § 31-12-414 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 4 / Section 31-12-414
31-12-414. School districts - annexation of area to another school district - applicability
Status: in_force

31-12-414. School districts - annexation of area to another school district - applicability. (1) When any consolidation under this part 4 will result in the detachment of an area from any school district and the attachment of such area to another district, the provisions of section 31-12-304 shall apply with respect to the approval of the board of directors of the school district to which such area will be attached and with respect to the compensation required to be paid by the school district which acquires school facilities located within the detached area.

(2) The provisions of this section shall apply to any consolidation proceedings which have not been completed prior to May 22, 1971.
C.R.S. § 31-10-812 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 8 / Section 31-10-812
31-10-812. Election laws apply - separate absentee ballots permitted
Status: in_force

31-10-812. Election laws apply - separate absentee ballots permitted. All of the provisions of this article not inconsistent with the provisions of this part 8 shall apply to all elections held in precincts where an electronic voting system is used. Nothing in this part 8 shall prohibit the use of a separate paper ballot by absentee voters or for charter amendments where such is required.
C.R.S. § 31-35-303 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 3 / Section 31-35-303
31-35-303. Necessity declared by ordinance
Status: in_force

31-35-303. Necessity declared by ordinance. When, in the opinion of the governing body, it is necessary to make any public improvement, including the establishment, extending, widening, grading, or improving of any street or alley, or the establishment, construction, extending, enlarging, or completing of any sewer, sidewalk, bridge, or viaduct, or removing any irrigating ditch, it is lawful for said body to declare by ordinance the necessity for such improvement.
C.R.S. § 31-10-805 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 8 / Section 31-10-805
31-10-805. Instructions to vote
Status: in_force

31-10-805. Instructions to vote. In case any voter, after commencing to vote, asks for further instructions concerning the manner of voting, a judge shall give such instructions to him; but no judge or other election officer or person assisting such voter shall request, suggest, or seek to persuade or induce any such voter to vote for any particular ticket, or for any particular candidate, or for or against any particular amendment, question, or proposition. After receiving such instructions, such voter shall vote as in the case of an unassisted voter.
C.R.S. § 31-4-304 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 3 / Section 31-4-304
31-4-304. Appointment of officers - compensation
Status: in_force

31-4-304. Appointment of officers - compensation. The board of trustees shall appoint a clerk, treasurer, and town attorney, or shall provide by ordinance for the election of such officers, and may appoint such other officers, including a town administrator, as it deems necessary for the good government of the corporation, and it shall prescribe by ordinance their duties when the same are not defined by law and the compensation or fees they are entitled to receive for their services. The board of trustees may require officers to take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101. The election of officers shall be at the regular election, and no appointment of any officer shall continue beyond thirty days after compliance with section 31-4-401 by the members of the succeeding board of trustees.
C.R.S. § 31-23-226 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-226
31-23-226. Applicability
Status: in_force

31-23-226. Applicability. This part 2 applies to municipalities, including home rule cities and towns, insofar as constitutionally permissible and except as limits are placed upon its application within the boundaries of home rule cities and towns by the charter or ordinance adopted pursuant thereto of said cities or towns.
C.R.S. § 31-2-403 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 4 / Section 31-2-403
31-2-403. Secretary to keep alphabetical list
Status: in_force

31-2-403. Secretary to keep alphabetical list. The secretary of state shall ascertain the names of all the municipalities within this state and shall arrange such names in alphabetical order for convenient reference. Such list of names shall be kept filed in his office and shall be changed when a change of name is effected under the provisions of this part 4.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1538 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1538
31-10-1538. Article to be liberally construed
Status: in_force

31-10-1538. Article to be liberally construed. This article shall be liberally construed so that all legally registered electors may be permitted to vote and so that fraud and corruption in municipal elections may be prevented.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1003 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 10 / Section 31-10-1003
31-10-1003. Self-affirmation on return envelope
Status: in_force

31-10-1003. Self-affirmation on return envelope. (1) The return envelope shall have printed on its face a self-affirmation substantially in the following form:

"State of .... Municipality of ...., County of ....

I, ...., affirm and say that I am a qualified and registered elector in the municipality of .... and state of Colorado; that my residence and post-office address is ....; and that I herein enclose my ballot in accordance with the provisions of the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965". I realize that if any false statements are contained herein that I shall be subject to prosecution for criminal action.

............................................................

Signature of voter"

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 91, p. 641, § 88, effective May 1, 1991.)
C.R.S. § 31-16-103 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 16 / Part 1 / Section 31-16-103
31-16-103. Majority must vote for appropriations - proving ordinances
Status: in_force

31-16-103. Majority must vote for appropriations - proving ordinances. Ordinances, resolutions, and orders for the appropriation of money shall require for their passage or adoption the concurrence of a majority of the governing body of any city or town. Unless otherwise specifically provided by statute or ordinance, all other actions of the governing body upon which a vote is taken shall require for adoption the concurrence of a majority of those present if a quorum exists. All ordinances may be proven by the seal of the city or town, and, when printed in book or pamphlet form and purporting to be printed and published by authority of the city or town, the same shall be received in evidence in all courts and places without further proof.
C.R.S. § 31-10-606 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 6 / Section 31-10-606
31-10-606. Preparing to vote
Status: in_force

31-10-606. Preparing to vote. (1) Any registered elector desiring to vote shall write his name and address on a form available at the polling place and shall give the form to one of the judges of election, who shall thereupon announce the same clearly and audibly. If said elector is unable to write, he may request assistance from one of the judges of election, and such judge must sign the form and witness the elector's mark. The form to be available shall be in substance: "I, ...., who reside at ...., am a registered elector of this precinct and desire to vote at this .... election. Date .....". If the name is found on the registration book or the registration list by the election judge having charge thereof, he shall likewise repeat the name, and said elector shall be allowed to enter the immediate voting area. If the name is not found on the registration book or the registration list by the election judge, such election judge, if practicable and not unduly disruptive to the election process, shall attempt to contact the county clerk and recorder's office, by telephone or otherwise, to request oral verification of the elector's registration in that precinct; and, if such oral verification is received by such election judge from the county clerk and recorder's office, such election judge shall record such verification on a form to be provided by the clerk and shall likewise repeat the elector's name, and said elector shall be allowed to enter the immediate voting area. After it is determined that the elector is duly registered, the election official in charge of the pollbook shall write upon the pollbook the name of such elector and, in precincts using paper ballots, the number of the ballot given to such elector.

(2) Besides the election officials, not more than four voters in excess of the number of voting booths or voting machines shall be allowed within the immediate voting area at one time.

(3) The completed signature forms shall be returned with other election materials to the clerk. If no challenges have been made, the forms may be destroyed after forty-five days.

(4) If the judges are using the registration book and the registered elector's signature does not appear on his or her registration record, said elector shall show documentation of his or her registration and sign his or her registration record before being allowed to vote. If said elector is unable to write, he or she may request assistance from one of the judges of election, and such judge shall sign the registration record and witness said elector's mark.

(5) In precincts using paper ballots, an election judge shall give the registered elector one, and only one, ballot, which shall be removed from the package of ballots by tearing the same along the perforated line between the stub and duplicate stub. Before delivering such ballot to said elector, the judge of election having charge of the ballots shall endorse his initials on the duplicate stub, and said judge shall enter the date and the number of said ballot on the registration book or registration list opposite the name of said elector.
C.R.S. § 31-25-705 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 7 / Section 31-25-705
31-25-705. Fees and costs
Status: in_force

31-25-705. Fees and costs. The docket fees, court costs, and other fees and costs charged and collected for the proceeding provided for by this part 7 shall be the same as the fees and costs that are provided for by law in actions concerning title to real property. Any municipality has the right to pay all costs, attorney's fees, and expenses of such proceeding under this part 7 from any funds available.
C.R.S. § 31-23-217 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-217
31-23-217. Acceptance and improvement of streets
Status: in_force

31-23-217. Acceptance and improvement of streets. (1) The municipality shall not accept, lay out, open, improve, grade, pave, curb, or light any street or lay or authorize water mains or sewers or connections to be laid in any street within any portion of a territory for which the commission has adopted a major street plan unless such street:

(a) Has been accepted or opened as or otherwise has received the legal status of a public street prior to the adoption of such plan; or

(b) Corresponds with a street shown on the official master plan or with a street on a subdivision plat approved by the planning commission or with a street on a street plat made by and adopted by the commission. However, the governing body may accept any street not shown on or not corresponding with a street on the official master plan or on any approved subdivision plat or an approved street plat if the ordinance or other measure accepting such street is first submitted to the commission for its approval and, if approved by the commission, is enacted or passed by not less than a majority of the entire membership of the governing body or, if disapproved by the commission, is enacted or passed by not less than two-thirds of the entire membership of the governing body.

(2) A street approved by the commission upon submission by the governing body or a street accepted by a two-thirds vote after disapproval by the commission shall have the status of an approved street as though it had been originally shown on the official master plan or on a subdivision plat approved by the commission or had been originally platted by the commission.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1101 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 11 / Section 31-25-1101
31-25-1101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

31-25-1101. Legislative declaration. This part 11 is intended to provide a summary method for the collection of delinquent assessments and shall be liberally construed in favor of the taxing authority and the grantee in any deed issued pursuant to its provisions. No collateral attack whatsoever shall be permitted by any court or tribunal upon the title thus acquired, whether said title is acquired by the taxing authority itself or by any other purchaser. All taxing authorities within the state of Colorado authorized to levy any special tax or assessment are hereby specifically authorized to take advantage of the provisions of this part 11 and to take, hold, and convey title to the property sold. Conveyances shall be authorized by order of the governing body of the taxing authority, without any other further formality or proceeding.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-306 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 3 / Section 31-31.5-306
31-31.5-306. Picked-up contributions
Status: in_force

31-31.5-306. Picked-up contributions. Each employer shall pick up the mandatory employee contributions required under this part 3, to the extent allowed by the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, and the contributions picked up shall be treated as employer contributions pursuant to section 414 (h)(2) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, in determining their income tax treatment. The employer shall pay these employee contributions directly to the association, instead of paying such amounts to the members. Such contributions shall be paid from the same funds that are used in paying salaries to the members. Such contributions, although designated as employee contributions, shall be paid by the employer in lieu of contributions by the members. Members may not elect to choose to receive such contributions directly instead of having them paid by the employer to the plan. Employee contributions so picked up shall be treated for all purposes of this article 31.5, other than federal tax, in the same manner as employee contributions made before the date picked up.
C.R.S. § 31-12-407 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 4 / Section 31-12-407
31-12-407. Licenses
Status: in_force

31-12-407. Licenses. All licenses or other privileges issued or granted by any of the consolidated towns or cities prior to consolidation shall remain in full force and effect until the expiration of the same according to the terms thereof.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1210 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 12 / Section 31-25-1210
31-25-1210. Meetings
Status: in_force

31-25-1210. Meetings. Upon notice to each member of the board, the board shall hold meetings, which shall be held in a place to be designated by the board as often as the needs of the district require. The meetings of the board shall be subject to the provisions of part 4 of article 6 of title 24, C.R.S. The board shall act by resolution or motion.
C.R.S. § 31-10-102.5 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 1 / Section 31-10-102.5
31-10-102.5. Acts and elections conducted pursuant to provisions which refer to qualified ele
Status: in_force

31-10-102.5. Acts and elections conducted pursuant to provisions which refer to qualified electors. Any elections, and any acts relating thereto, carried out under this article, which were conducted prior to July 1, 1987, pursuant to provisions which refer to a qualified elector rather than registered elector and which were valid when conducted, shall be deemed and held to be legal and valid in all respects.
C.R.S. § 31-4-504.5 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 5 / Section 31-4-504.5
31-4-504.5. Incumbent not recalled - reimbursement
Status: in_force

31-4-504.5. Incumbent not recalled - reimbursement. (1) If at any recall election the incumbent whose recall is sought is not recalled, or in the event of a protest, the hearing officer determines that the petitions are not sufficient based upon the conduct on the part of petition circulators, the municipality may repay the incumbent for any money actually expended as expenses of such election when such expenses are authorized by this section.

(2) (a) Authorized expenses shall include, but are not limited to, moneys spent in challenging the sufficiency of the recall petition and in presenting to the voters the official position of the incumbent, to include campaign literature and advertising and the maintaining of a campaign headquarters.

(b) Unauthorized expenses shall include, but are not limited to, moneys spent on challenges and court actions not pertaining to the sufficiency of the recall petition; personal expenses for meals, lodging, and mileage for the incumbent; costs of maintaining a campaign staff; reimbursement for expenses incurred by a campaign committee which has solicited contributions; reimbursement of any kind for employees in the incumbent's office; and all expenses incurred prior to the filing of the recall petition.

(3) The incumbent shall file a complete and detailed request for reimbursement with the governing body of the municipality holding the recall election or protest hearing, which shall then review the reimbursement request for appropriateness under subsection (2) of this section, and, in the event the municipality has determined by ordinance to repay such expenses, such municipality shall repay such expenses within forty-five days of receipt of the request.

(4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 91, p. 754, § 22, effective April 4, 1991.)
C.R.S. § 31-31-812 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 8 / Section 31-31-812
31-31-812. Military leave of absence
Status: in_force

31-31-812. Military leave of absence. (1) Authorized leave of absence shall include leave for military service as allowed by the board. The board shall adopt rules regarding authorized leave of absence for military service, including, but not limited to:

(a) Limits on the length of the term of the leave of absence;

(b) Assessment of costs for coverage during the leave of absence; and

(c) Any other matter that the board deems necessary for coverage under the statewide death and disability plan.

(2) The benefits payable to the member, the surviving spouse of the member, and the dependent children of the member pursuant to this part 8 shall be reduced by an amount that is the actuarial equivalent of any military benefit received as a result of the death or disability of a member while on authorized leave for military service whether the benefits are paid on a periodic basis or in a lump sum.
C.R.S. § 31-25-522 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-522
31-25-522. Assessment of lien - filing with county clerk and recorder - corrections
Status: in_force

31-25-522. Assessment of lien - filing with county clerk and recorder - corrections. (1) All assessments made in pursuance of this part 5, together with all interest thereon and penalties for default in payment thereof and all costs in collecting the same, shall constitute, from the date of the final publication of the assessing ordinance, a perpetual lien in the several amounts assessed against each lot or tract of land and shall have priority over all other liens except general tax liens. As to any subdivisions of any land assessed in pursuance of this part 5, the assessment lien may be apportioned by the governing body in such manner, if any, as may be provided in the assessing ordinance.

(2) The clerk shall file copies of the assessing ordinance after its final adoption by the governing body with the county clerk and recorder of the county wherein each lot or tract of land assessed is located for recording on the land records of such lots or tracts of land, as provided in article 30, 35, or 36 of title 38, C.R.S. In addition, the clerk shall also file copies of such assessing ordinance after its adoption by the governing body with the county treasurer and the county assessor. The county assessor is authorized to create separate schedules for each lot or tract of land assessed within the municipality pursuant to the ordinance.

(3) No delays, mistakes, errors, or irregularities in any act or proceeding authorized or required by this part 5 shall prejudice or invalidate any final assessment; but the same may be remedied by subsequent filings, amending acts, or proceedings, as the case may require. When so remedied, the same shall take effect as of the date of the original filing, act, or proceeding.

(4) To provide for unanticipated increases in the costs of improvements, the amount of any assessment imposed before the completion of the related improvements may be increased to a total amount not in excess of the special benefit conferred upon the affected property if, not more than ninety days following the completion of such improvements, the governing body gives notice of its intent to consider the amendment of such assessment, stating the time and place that a public hearing shall be held thereon, and holds such public hearing, in the same manner as provided for hearings held pursuant to sections 31-25-520 and 31-25-521. At the conclusion of such public hearing, the governing body may determine whether to amend one or more assessments within a district. Any such amendment shall take effect as of the date of the original assessment.

(5) If, as the result of any subdivision, resubdivision, vacation of right-of-way, or other action taken subsequent to the adoption of the assessment ordinance, any new lot or parcel is created within a district, the governing body may, without a public hearing and with the consent of the owner of the new lot or parcel, modify the assessment ordinance to reapportion all or any part of the total amount assessed in the district to such new lot or parcel.
C.R.S. § 31-25-508 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-508
31-25-508. Storm drainage sewers - districts
Status: in_force

31-25-508. Storm drainage sewers - districts. The governing body may order the construction of district sewers for storm drainage in districts to be known as storm sewer districts, the same to be prescribed by ordinance. Such sewers may include the necessary manholes, inlets, and appurtenances and shall be so constructed as to connect with some other sufficient public sewer or some natural drainage. Such districts may be divided into subdistricts to be especially named or numbered in said ordinance.
C.R.S. § 31-25-208 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 2 / Section 31-25-208
31-25-208. Meetings - quorum
Status: in_force

31-25-208. Meetings - quorum. The commission shall hold a regular meeting on the first Tuesday of each month and may by rule provide for special meetings and service of notice thereof. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. No action of the commission shall be binding unless authorized by a majority of the members at a regular or duly called special meeting.
C.R.S. § 31-21-101 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 21 / Part 1 / Section 31-21-101
31-21-101. Definitions
Status: in_force

31-21-101. Definitions. As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Floating indebtedness" means all obligations of the municipality to pay money, of whatever kind or character, except indebtedness evidenced by outstanding negotiable interest-bearing bonds of the municipality.
C.R.S. § 31-25-405 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 4 / Section 31-25-405
31-25-405. Notice and hearing
Status: in_force

31-25-405. Notice and hearing. (1) The resolution of intention shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation published within the county or municipality as the case may be. It shall be published three times: Once less than seventy-five days but more than sixty days prior to the date of the hearing; once less than forty-five days but more than thirty days prior to the date of the hearing; and once less than fifteen days but more than ten days prior to the date of the hearing. In a municipality where no such newspaper is published, the resolution shall instead be so published in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the municipality is located.

(2) Copies of the resolution shall be prepared for posting and for this purpose shall be headed "Notice of Intention to Establish a Pedestrian Mall", the heading to be in letters at least one-half inch in height. Such copies shall be posted not less than sixty days prior to the hearing, and good faith efforts shall be made to maintain the posted copies in existence to the hearing date. These copies of the resolution shall be posted approximately three hundred feet apart, located as follows:

(a) On or near all municipal streets or portions thereof proposed to be established as a pedestrian mall;

(b) On all intersecting streets;

(c) On all streets that are proposed to be left open and which lie within the mall area if, in fact, the area is to be circumscribed by streets to be closed.

(3) (a) A copy of the resolution shall be mailed by registered mail with return receipt requested, not less than sixty days prior to the hearing date, to each person owning of record all or any part of a fee interest or holding an encumbrance of record against any of such lands abutting the proposed mall and, if the mall closes, to all property owners of record and those who hold encumbrances of record within the area so circumscribed. The copies shall be sent to the last-known addresses of such owners and encumbrancers.

(b) The governing body may determine that such resolution shall also be mailed to such other persons as it deems should be notified in accordance with the procedures in this section.

(4) The governing body, not less than sixty days prior to the date of the hearing, shall cause to be filed in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the said properties are located a statement including the names of the parties to whom such notices have been sent and a general description of the property which the notice concerns so that any party receiving or acquiring an interest in such property between the date of the sending of the notice and the date of the hearing shall be put on notice as to the nature of the proceeding and that his claim or protest, if any, shall be filed with the governing body in accordance with the provisions of this part 4. A copy of the resolution shall be attached to the recorded document.

(5) At or before the hearing, any interested person may, severally or with others, file with the clerk a document in writing either supporting, opposing, objecting to, or protesting the establishment of the proposed pedestrian mall. The same may be withdrawn at any time by written notice of such withdrawal signed by the persons who signed the original document, or any person who signed the original document may have his name stricken from such document. Such notice of withdrawal shall be filed with the clerk within the time set forth in this subsection (5) with the same effect as if said written document had never been filed.

(6) (a) At the hearing the governing body shall receive the written objections and written protests to the establishment of the proposed pedestrian mall. The governing body shall also receive oral presentations from abutting property owners and the public at large in favor of or opposing, objecting to, or protesting the establishment of the proposed pedestrian mall. The hearing may be continued from time to time by order entered on the minutes.

(b) If the owners of lands abutting the proposed pedestrian mall representing a majority of the frontage on the proposed pedestrian mall have made written objection or written protest to the establishment of the proposed pedestrian mall, the governing body shall so find. In the event of such finding, the governing body may terminate the proceedings for such establishment or continue the proceedings in order to put the question of the establishment of the proposed pedestrian mall to a vote of the registered electors of the municipality. If such question is put to a vote of the registered electors of the municipality and a majority of those voting thereon vote in favor of establishing such proposed pedestrian mall, the governing body may go forward to establish the proposed pedestrian mall in accordance with the provisions of this part 4, but all costs and expenses of establishing the pedestrian mall shall be paid by the municipality, and no special assessment shall be levied against the owners of lands abutting the pedestrian mall unless levied against all real property within the municipality. If the majority of those voting thereon vote against establishing such proposed pedestrian mall, the governing body shall terminate the proceedings. In the event proceedings are terminated, no proceeding shall again be commenced for the establishment of the same or substantially the same pedestrian mall until the expiration of one year from the date of termination.

(7) In the event a majority written protest or written objection is not filed, the judgment of the governing body, if it establishes the proposed pedestrian mall, shall be final and conclusive. In the event a majority written protest or written objection is filed, the judgment of the governing body, if it establishes the proposed pedestrian mall, shall be final and conclusive only if an election is held and if the result thereof complies with the provisions of subsection (6) of this section.

(8) If it is determined to establish the pedestrian mall, a resolution to that effect shall be adopted by the governing body. If the governing body at that time or at a later time determines that the pedestrian mall shall not be established, no claim for damages or compensation shall be allowed to any extent whatsoever.
C.R.S. § 31-12-311 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 3 / Section 31-12-311
31-12-311. Validity not questioned after ninety days
Status: in_force

31-12-311. Validity not questioned after ninety days. The validity of any proceeding to dissolve and annex any city or town by virtue of this part 3 shall not be questioned in any action or proceeding commenced more than ninety days after such dissolution and annexation is effected.
C.R.S. § 31-25-701 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 7 / Section 31-25-701
31-25-701. Definitions
Status: in_force

31-25-701. Definitions. As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Burial space" means a lot or portion thereof in any cemetery designed and intended for the interment of a human body but not used for such purpose.

(2) "Cemetery" means any cemetery owned, managed, or controlled by any municipality in this state.

(3) "Owner" means any person owning or possessing the privilege, license, or right of interment in any burial space.
C.R.S. § 31-31-801 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 8 / Section 31-31-801
31-31-801. Definitions
Status: in_force

31-31-801. Definitions. As used in this part 8, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Assigned duties" means those specific tasks or jobs designated by the employer for a particular position within a job classification. The term does not include the duties of a member's rank or grade that the member is not actually required to regularly perform in the position which the member occupies.

(2) "Dependent child" means an unmarried child under the age of twenty-three and includes, if the board so determines, any child, regardless of age or marital status, who is so mentally or physically incapacitated that the child cannot provide for the child's own care. The term also includes a child who is conceived but unborn at the date of the member's death or the date of disability, whichever applies. Any applicable increase in benefits will occur upon birth.

(3) "Occupational disability" means a disability resulting in an incapacity to perform assigned duties and expected, with reasonable medical probability, to exist for at least one year.

(3.2) "Permanent occupational disability" means an occupational disability caused by a condition that is permanent or degenerative, and for which there is no prognosis for improvement or recovery through surgical treatment, counseling, medication, therapy, or other means.

(3.4) "Temporary occupational disability" means an occupational disability for which there is a prognosis for improvement or recovery through surgical treatment, counseling, medication, therapy, or other means.

(4) "Total disability" means inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that may be expected to result in death or that has lasted or may be expected to last for a period of not less than twelve months.
C.R.S. § 31-23-101 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 1 / Section 31-23-101
31-23-101. Plats of cities and towns organized prior to 1885
Status: in_force

31-23-101. Plats of cities and towns organized prior to 1885. In all cases in which a city or town was organized prior to March 31, 1885, in which lands embraced within the boundaries thereof have been conveyed or known by lots, blocks, streets, highways, parks, squares, or other divisions of land or in which any such lots, blocks, streets, highways, parks, squares, or other divisions of land have been known as such by reference to some previous plat or map, whether prepared or submitted in accordance with law or not, the owners of such lands, in order to determine the location and boundaries thereof, may cause a plat of the same to be filed in accordance with the provisions of this part 1.
C.R.S. § 31-12-201 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 2 / Section 31-12-201
31-12-201. Including adjacent area upon reorganization
Status: in_force

31-12-201. Including adjacent area upon reorganization. (1) When a city or town incorporated prior to July 3, 1877, proceeds to abandon its prior organization and to reorganize under the provisions of part 3 of article 2 of this title, it may include within the boundaries of such reorganized municipality all or any part of contiguous area if:

(a) The contiguous area has been laid off or platted in accordance with the provisions of this title;

(b) The owner of such area has not constituted the same as an addition to such city or town;

(c) The area is not situate within another municipality.

(2) In such cases, the boundaries of all of such city or town, including such contiguous territory, shall be set forth in the petition described in part 3 of article 2 of this title, and all registered electors residing within those boundaries shall be entitled to vote at the election to be conducted under the provisions of said part 3 of article 2.
C.R.S. § 31-2-309 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 3 / Section 31-2-309
31-2-309. Ordinances remain effective
Status: repealed

31-2-309. Ordinances remain effective. When any city or town incorporated prior to July 3, 1877, reorganizes under this title, the bylaws and ordinances adopted and in force in such city or town previous to such reorganization shall remain in full force and effect for all purposes until the same are changed, amended, or repealed by the governing body elected under the new organization.
C.R.S. § 31-2-305 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 3 / Section 31-2-305
31-2-305. Election of officers - terms
Status: in_force

31-2-305. Election of officers - terms. If a majority of the votes cast at such election are for organization under this title, the governing body shall immediately call a special election for the election of officers for such reorganized city or town. Such election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965". After the election and qualification of such officers, the former organization of such city or town shall be considered as abandoned, and such city or town shall be considered as organized under the provisions of this title. The officers so elected shall hold their offices only until the next regular election in such city or town.
C.R.S. § 31-1-206 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 1 / Part 2 / Section 31-1-206
31-1-206. Change in classification - cities - notice - effect on officeholders - terms of
Status: in_force

31-1-206. Change in classification - cities - notice - effect on officeholders - terms of office - election dates. (1) The governor and the secretary of state, within six months after the returns of any United States census have been filed in the office of the secretary of state, or within thirty days after the returns of the enumeration of the inhabitants of any city taken under and by virtue of any city ordinance or resolution adopted by the city council have been filed in the office of the secretary of state, shall ascertain whether such city has a population of two thousand or less. If it appears that a city is entitled to change its classification to that of a town, the governor shall cause a statement thereof to be prepared by the secretary of state, which statement shall be published in some newspaper published at the state capital and also in some newspaper, if there is one, printed in the city involved.

(2) A copy of such statement shall be transmitted by the secretary of state to the mayor of said city and to the next general assembly; and every such city, at any subsequent city regular election held not sooner than ninety days after the date of the statement's receipt by the mayor, may proceed to organize according to the new classification available to it by the election of officers properly belonging thereto. No change of classification, nor the organization of the city into a town in accordance with this section and section 31-1-207, shall cause the removal from office of any member of the governing body of such city whose term of office has not expired; all such members shall continue to be members of the governing body of the newly classified town for their respective terms of office.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 31-4-301 (2) and (5), if four-year overlapping terms for the mayor and council members or any other elective officer were established prior to the reorganization election, such terms shall continue after reorganization for the mayor and trustees and any other elective town office until changed pursuant to section 31-4-301 (5).

(4) In conformity with the provisions of section 31-1-101 (10), the regular election date for cities reorganizing into towns shall remain, after reorganization as a town, the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November in each odd-numbered year unless a majority of the registered electors of the town voting on the question have voted to hold the regular election of the town on a different date pursuant to section 31-10-109 (1), in which case the regular election date of the city shall mean, for any particular municipality, the date on which the regular election of officers takes place as determined by the registered electors of the municipality.
C.R.S. § 31-30-1110 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 11 / Section 31-30-1110
31-30-1110. Property tax - other tax revenue
Status: in_force

31-30-1110. Property tax - other tax revenue. (1) The governing body of a municipality with a population of less than one hundred thousand, the board of directors of each fire protection district, the board of county commissioners, or the board of a county improvement district may levy and set apart a tax for each year of not more than one mill on the taxable property in the municipality, county, or district. The governing body or board shall contribute the proceeds of this tax, if any, to the municipality's, county's, or district's fund. The total tax levied under this section and section 31-30.5-403 (1), if any, for a fire department that has both paid and volunteer firefighters must not exceed one mill on the taxable property in the municipality, county, or district. Any new tax or an increase in the mill levy under this section shall comply with the voter approval requirements under section 20 of article X of the state constitution.

(2) The governing body of a municipality with a population of less than one hundred thousand, the board of directors of a fire protection district, the board of county commissioners, or the board of a county improvement district may contribute the proceeds of any other tax that the municipality, county, or district is authorized to collect to the municipality's, county's, or district's fund.
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-501 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 5 / Section 31-30.5-501
31-30.5-501. Old hire pension fund - investments
Status: in_force

31-30.5-501. Old hire pension fund - investments. It is lawful for the board of trustees of the old hire firefighters' pension fund and the board of trustees of the old hire police officers' pension fund in any municipality or district in this state to invest such respective pension funds, or any part thereof, in the name of the treasurer of such municipality or in the name of a custodian or custodians appointed by the board, as provided for in this section, in interest-bearing obligations of the United States, in interest-bearing bonds of the state of Colorado, or in general obligation bonds of cities, whether organized under general law or article XX of the state constitution, or in any depository enumerated in section 24-75-603, C.R.S., and secured as provided in articles 10.5 and 47 of title 11, C.R.S. The board of trustees, by written resolution, may appoint one or more persons to act as custodians, in addition to the treasurer, to deposit or cause to be deposited all or part of such funds in any state or national bank or any state or federally chartered savings and loan association in Colorado. Such persons shall give surety bonds in such amounts and form and for such purposes as the board requires. All such securities and evidences of investment shall be deposited with the treasurer of such municipality.
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-703 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 7 / Section 31-30.5-703
31-30.5-703. Firefighters' old hire pension plans - municipalities and districts under one hu
Status: in_force

31-30.5-703. Firefighters' old hire pension plans - municipalities and districts under one hundred thousand in population. (1) (a) Any old hire member of a paid fire department in a municipality, fire protection district, or county improvement district, having less than one hundred thousand in population who becomes mentally or physically disabled while on active duty during regular assigned hours of duty from any cause not self-inflicted nor due to the habitual use of intoxicants or drugs to an extent whereby the member is unable to perform the member's duties shall be retired by the board. Any old hire member of said fire department who has completed five or more years as a member of said department but who is unable to perform the member's duties by reason of heart disease or any disease of the lungs or respiratory tract shall submit competent evidence substantiating the member's claim that the member has contracted said disease while on duty as a result of strain or the inhalation of noxious fumes, poison, or gases and shall be retired by the board.

(b) In cases where a special position or assignment can or may be assigned to such old hire member, the member may be assigned to such special position or assignment. Any such retirement shall be for the period of the disability and no longer and shall be governed by the provisions of paragraphs (c) to (e) of this subsection (1).

(c) Effective July 1, 1969, said old hire member shall be paid a monthly pension equal to one-half the amount of the member's monthly salary as of the date of the member's retirement plus, if the governing body of the municipality, the board of directors of the fire protection district, or the board of the county improvement district authorizes such additional benefits, one-half of any increase in salary and longevity or additional pay based on length of service granted during the period of the member's retirement to the rank occupied by the member in said department. Said pension shall continue to be paid as long as the member is in retirement.

(d) All applicants for disability pensions shall be examined by one or more physicians selected by the board and may be examined by one or more physicians selected by the applicant. All expenses of examination by the physician chosen by the board shall be paid by the board out of the old hire pension fund.

(e) The board shall establish such rules as it deems proper for the purpose of reexamination of all old hire members who are retired for disability to determine from time to time the fitness of such members to return to active duty in said department. No such member who has reached the age of fifty years, either before or after the member's retirement, shall be reexamined. No such member who has completed twenty years of active duty before the date of such retirement shall be reexamined. No member on the retired list shall be examined sooner than one year after date of retirement and not more often than once a year thereafter. In the event it is found by said board that any member on the retired list has recovered from the disability that caused the member's retirement, such member, if the member is under fifty years of age and has served less than twenty years of active duty, shall be removed from the retired list and ordered to report to the chief officer of said fire department within thirty days for assignment to active duty. During said period of thirty days, such member may file a written protest in which the member shall state any objection to the member's removal from the retired list. The decision of said board shall be suspended pending a hearing on said protest, at which hearing such member shall have the right to appear and to be represented by counsel. During the period that any member is retired for disability by said board, such member, if under the age of fifty years and having served less than twenty years of active duty, shall be carried on a special roll of the fire department and listed as inactive.

(f) (I) Except as provided in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (f), if an old hire member of the fire department becomes mentally or physically disabled while not on active duty during regularly assigned hours of duty and from any cause not self-inflicted or due to the habitual use of intoxicants or drugs to an extent whereby the member is unable to perform the member's regular fire department duties, the member shall be paid by the board, starting twelve months from such disability and for the remaining period of such disability, a monthly benefit equal to five percent of the amount set forth in paragraph (c) of this subsection (1), multiplied by the number of years the member has been in active service with said fire department; but any such benefit under this subsection (1) shall not exceed one-half of the member's monthly salary as of the date of the member's disability. The provisions covering examinations, and reexamination as set forth in paragraph (e) of this subsection (1), shall be applicable to all cases arising under this paragraph (f).

(II) Any person who became an old hire member of a fire department prior to July 1, 1971, shall be entitled to the benefits set forth in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (f) as of the date of the onset of such disability and shall not be subject to the twelve-month delay provision.

(2) If any old hire member of a fire department in a municipality, fire protection district, or county improvement district having a population of less than one hundred thousand dies from any cause, whether on duty or not or while on the retired list, leaving a surviving spouse or dependent parent, such surviving spouse or dependent parent shall be awarded a monthly annuity equal to one-third of the monthly salary of a first-grade firefighter at the time of the member's death or retirement so long as the surviving spouse or dependent parent remains unmarried. No dissolution of a subsequent marriage shall have the effect of reinstating said surviving spouse on the pension roll or authorizing the granting of a pension. No pension shall be paid to the dependent parent of a deceased old hire member who leaves a surviving spouse or dependent children.

(3) In addition to the annuity set forth in subsection (2) of this section, the board shall also order the payment to such surviving spouse or the legally appointed guardian of each dependent child of such deceased old hire member of said fire department of a monthly annuity of thirty dollars for each child, to continue until such child reaches the age of eighteen years. If such surviving spouse dies or there is no surviving spouse, as limited and described in subsection (2) of this section, but there are surviving children under eighteen years of age, the board shall order a monthly payment equal to the full payment to which a firefighter's surviving spouse is entitled under subsection (2) of this section to be divided equally among the children or a monthly payment of thirty dollars for each child, whichever total amount is greater, to the guardian for said children. In no event shall such surviving children of a deceased or retired firefighter receive an amount in excess of one-half of the current salary paid to a firefighter, first grade, of said department. No annuity shall be paid to the dependent parent of a deceased member who leaves a child or children under eighteen years of age.

(4) When any active or retired old hire member dies, the board shall appropriate from the old hire pension fund the sum of one hundred dollars, as a death benefit, to be paid to the surviving spouse or family of the deceased, but, if there is no surviving spouse or family, said sum shall be paid to such other person as the board of said fund designates.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-407 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 4 / Section 31-31.5-407
31-31.5-407. Minimum benefit
Status: in_force

31-31.5-407. Minimum benefit. (1) If the total amount of pension benefits paid under the lifetime benefit component as provided in this article 31.5 at the time of death is less than the amount of the members' contributions to the lifetime benefit component, the difference shall be paid to:

(a) The member's estate, if no pension payment was made pursuant to an option under section 31-31.5-406; or

(b) The survivor's estate, if pension payments were made pursuant to an option under section 31-31.5-406.
C.R.S. § 31-21-405 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 21 / Part 4 / Section 31-21-405
31-21-405. Assessment and collection
Status: in_force

31-21-405. Assessment and collection. Said taxes shall be certified, levied, assessed, and collected in the same manner and shall be subject to the same penalties as general taxes.
C.R.S. § 31-25-622 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 6 / Section 31-25-622
31-25-622. Notice of election
Status: repealed

31-25-622. Notice of election. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-4-305 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 3 / Section 31-4-305
31-4-305. Clerk - duties
Status: in_force

31-4-305. Clerk - duties. The clerk shall attend all meetings of the board of trustees and make a true and accurate record of all the proceedings, rules, and ordinances made and passed by the board of trustees. Records of the town shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times and under reasonable regulations established by the town as provided by article 72 of title 24, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-204 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 2 / Section 31-30.5-204
31-30.5-204. Powers and duties of the board
Status: in_force

31-30.5-204. Powers and duties of the board. (1) The board shall:

(a) Promulgate all necessary rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, for managing and discharging its duties and for its own government and procedure in so doing and for the preservation and protection of the fund.

(b) Hear and decide all applications for relief, pensions, annuities, retirement, or other benefits under the provisions of this article. Action on such applications shall be final and conclusive; except that, when, in the opinion of the board, justice demands that said action should be reconsidered, the same may be reversed by said board.

(c) Keep and preserve a record of actions taken by the board and of all other matters properly before said board.

(d) Make an annual report to the governing body of the employer of the condition of the fund in August of each year.

(2) The board has power to compel witnesses to attend and testify before it upon all matters connected with the provisions of this article in the same manner as is or may be provided by law. The president of said board or any member thereof may administer oaths to such witnesses.

(3) The board has the power to draw on the fund for the payment of expenses attributable to the administration of the fund, the payment of benefits, and for the purpose of investing all or any part of the fund as permitted by part 5 of this article.

(4) The board may designate one or more financial institutions as custodian of the fund. Such persons shall give surety bonds in such amounts and form and for such purposes as the board requires. All moneys paid or transmitted to the custodian shall be credited to appropriate accounts in the fund and the custodian shall maintain a current inventory of all investments of the fund.

(5) In municipalities that prescribe the composition of the board for the police officers' old hire pension fund by ordinance or charter, the board shall have such additional powers and duties as may be provided by the charter and ordinances of such municipalities.
C.R.S. § 31-31-810 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 8 / Section 31-31-810
31-31-810. Employer liability - statewide standard health history form
Status: in_force

31-31-810. Employer liability - statewide standard health history form. (1) (a) The employer of a member shall be liable for the total payment of benefits awarded under this part 8 if the board determines that:

(I) The member's occupational or total disability existed at the commencement of employment by the employer, or the occupational or total disability is the proximate consequence or result of a medical condition that existed at the commencement of employment by the employer, and such employment commenced on or after September 1, 1989;

(II) The employment was not ordered by a court; and

(III) The employer failed to require the member to complete and file the health form required by subsection (1)(c) of this section.

(b) The board shall enforce a claim for repayment against the employer by either increasing the contribution of the employer under part 3 of article 31.5 of this title 31 or by the commencement and prosecution of a civil action. The choice of remedies shall be in the sole discretion of the board.

(c) (I) Every newly hired member shall complete a health history on the statewide standard health history form, described in subsection (1)(c)(III) of this section.

(II) Every employer shall require completion of the statewide standard health history form by the newly hired member within thirty days of the first date of employment. The completed form shall be filed with the fire and police pension association within sixty days from commencement of employment if filed by the employer after completion.

(III) The board shall adopt, pursuant to the authority granted it by section 31-31-202 (1)(j), a statewide standard health history form. The board may revise the form from time to time and may adopt an electronic format for completing and filing the form.

(IV) Any member who fraudulently conceals any material fact concerning health history when completing the form may be disqualified from receiving an award of disability benefits under this section if the board determines that the condition concealed by the member proximately caused the total or occupational disability.

(V) Any member shall be ineligible for disability benefits with respect to an occupational or total disability that is the proximate consequence or result of a pre-existing and permanent medical condition.

(2) (a) The employer of a deceased member shall be liable for the total payment of benefits awarded under this part 8 if the board determines that:

(I) The member was occupationally or totally disabled at the time of the commencement of employment by the employer, or had a medical condition at the time of the commencement of employment by the employer, and such employment commenced on or after September 1, 1989;

(II) Such preexisting disability or medical condition was the proximate cause of the death of the member;

(III) The employment was not ordered by a court; and

(IV) The employer failed to require the member to complete and file the health form required by subsection (1)(c) of this section.

(b) The board shall enforce a claim for repayment against the employer either by increasing the contribution of the employer under part 3 of article 31.5 of this title 31 or by the commencement and prosecution of a civil action. The choice of remedies shall be in the sole discretion of the board.

(c) (I) The surviving spouse and dependent children of a member, whose employer filed the statewide standard health history form pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section, may be disqualified from receiving an award of survivor benefits under this section if the deceased member fraudulently concealed any material fact concerning the member's health history when completing the form, and the board determines that the condition concealed by the member proximately caused the death of the member.

(II) The surviving spouse and dependent children of any member shall be ineligible for an award of survivor benefits in the event the member's death is the proximate consequence or result of a pre-existing and permanent medical condition.
C.R.S. § 31-2-301 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 3 / Section 31-2-301
31-2-301. Procedure
Status: in_force

31-2-301. Procedure. Any city or town incorporated prior to July 3, 1877, which has not previously reorganized pursuant to this part 3 may abandon its organization and organize itself under the provisions of this title, with the same territorial limits, by pursuing the course prescribed in this part 3.
C.R.S. § 31-30-107 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 1 / Section 31-30-107
31-30-107. Disclosure of knowing misrepresentation by a peace officer required - disclosure
Status: in_force

31-30-107. Disclosure of knowing misrepresentation by a peace officer required - disclosure waivers - reports - definitions. (1) Subject to the limitations of this section, a municipal police department or town marshal's office that employs, employed, or deputized on or after January 1, 2010, a peace officer who applies for employment with another Colorado law enforcement agency shall disclose to the hiring agency information, if available, indicating whether the peace officer's employment history included any instances in which the peace officer had a sustained violation for making a knowing misrepresentation:

(a) In any testimony or affidavit relating to the arrest or prosecution of a person or to a civil case pertaining to the peace officer or to the peace officer's employment history; or

(b) During the course of any internal investigation by a law enforcement agency, which investigation is related to the peace officer's alleged criminal conduct; official misconduct, as described in section 18-8-404 or 18-8-405, C.R.S.; or use of excessive force, regardless of whether the alleged criminal conduct, official misconduct, or use of excessive force occurred while the peace officer was on duty, off duty, or acting pursuant to a service contract to which the peace officer's employing agency is a party.

(2) The disclosure described in subsection (1) of this section is required only upon the presentation of a written waiver to a municipal police department or town marshal's office, which waiver explicitly authorizes the municipal police department or town marshal's office to disclose the information described in said subsection (1), has been signed by the applicant peace officer, and identifies the Colorado law enforcement agency that is considering the applicant peace officer for employment. A municipal police department or town marshal's office that receives such a waiver shall provide the disclosure to the Colorado law enforcement agency that is considering the applicant peace officer for employment not more than seven days after such receipt.

(3) A municipal police department or town marshal's office is not required to provide the disclosure described in subsection (1) of this section if the police department or town marshal's office is prohibited from providing such disclosure pursuant to a binding nondisclosure agreement to which the police department or town marshal's office is a party, which agreement was executed before August 5, 2015.

(4) (a) A municipal police department or town marshal's office shall notify the local district attorney whenever the municipal police department or town marshal's office learns that any peace officer of the municipal police department or town marshal's office has made a knowing misrepresentation:

(I) In any testimony or affidavit relating to the arrest or prosecution of a person or to a civil case pertaining to the peace officer or to the peace officer's employment history; or

(II) During the course of any internal investigation by a law enforcement agency, which investigation is related to the peace officer's alleged criminal conduct; official misconduct, as described in section 18-8-404 or 18-8-405, C.R.S.; or use of excessive force, regardless of whether the alleged criminal conduct, official misconduct, or use of excessive force occurred while the peace officer was on duty, off duty, or acting pursuant to a service contract to which the peace officer's employing agency is a party.

(b) A municipal police department or town marshal's office shall provide the notice described in paragraph (a) of this subsection (4) not more than seven days after the municipal police department or town marshal's office learns that a peace officer of the municipal police department or town marshal's office has made a knowing misrepresentation, as described in said paragraph (a).

(5) A municipal police department or town marshal's office is not liable for complying with the provisions of this section.

(6) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise, "state or local law enforcement agency" means:

(a) The Colorado state patrol created pursuant to section 24-33.5-201, C.R.S.;

(b) The Colorado bureau of investigation created pursuant to section 24-33.5-401, C.R.S.;

(c) A county sheriff's office;

(d) A municipal police department;

(e) The division of parks and wildlife within the department of natural resources created pursuant to section 24-1-124, C.R.S.; or

(f) A town marshal's office.
C.R.S. § 31-25-614 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 6 / Section 31-25-614
31-25-614. Levies to cover deficiencies
Status: in_force

31-25-614. Levies to cover deficiencies. The board, in certifying annual levies, shall take into account the maturing indebtedness for the current and ensuing year as provided in its contracts, maturing bonds, and interest on bonds, and deficiencies and defaults of prior years, and shall make ample provision for the payment thereof. In case the moneys produced from such levies, together with other revenues of the district, are not sufficient to punctually pay the annual installments on its contracts or bonds and interest thereon and to pay defaults and deficiencies, the board, from year to year, shall make such additional levies of taxes as may be necessary for such purposes, and, notwithstanding any limitations, such taxes shall be made and continue to be levied until the indebtedness of the district is fully paid.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-411 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 4 / Section 31-31.5-411
31-31.5-411. Refunds of member contributions
Status: in_force

31-31.5-411. Refunds of member contributions. (1) (a) Any member covered by the statewide retirement plan who terminates service may elect to have the member's accumulated contributions to one or more lifetime benefit components of the plan refunded together with five percent of the member's total accumulated contributions as interest in a lump sum and thereafter shall have no right to lifetime benefits provided by the plan.

(b) If the member who terminates service and receives a refund of member contributions subsequently returns to service as an active member with an employer that covers its members under the statewide retirement plan, the member's prior service credit shall be restored when the member returns the member's refunded contributions to the lifetime benefit components, with interest accrued from the date of refund to the date of return, according to the terms and conditions established by the board. If the member fails to return the contributions and interest, the member shall be treated as a new member, and the member's prior service shall not be recognized in determining pension eligibility or pension benefits. The restoration of a member's service credit pursuant to this subsection (1)(b) shall not entitle the member to reinstatement of any previously forfeited balance in the member's money purchase component account or the separate retirement account.

(2) (a) If a member dies after termination of service, is not eligible for a vested, normal, or early retirement, and has not yet received a refund or began receiving benefit payments, the association shall refund the member's lifetime benefit component contributions to the member's designated beneficiary, surviving spouse, or dependent children. Where there is no designated beneficiary, surviving spouse, or dependent children, the refund shall be made to the deceased member's estate.

(b) If a member who has not terminated service dies, and there is no spouse or dependents eligible for survivor benefits under part 8 of article 31 of this title 31, the deceased member's lifetime benefit component contributions may be refunded to:

(I) The member's designated beneficiary if the member is not eligible for vested, early, or normal retirement. The designated beneficiary may in the alternative elect a lifetime benefit pursuant to section 31-31.5-406.

(II) If there is no designated beneficiary, the member's estate.

(3) The designated beneficiary of a member eligible for vested, early, or normal retirement shall receive the benefit described in section 31-31.5-406 (2) and no refund of contributions shall be made.

(4) Upon payment of a refund of member contributions, no lifetime benefit components benefits shall be payable.

(5) Refunds of contributions to the lifetime benefit components shall not be made to any members of employers who have failed to remit all contributions required under the provisions of the statewide retirement plan.

(6) A member or the member's designated beneficiary, surviving spouse or partner in a civil union, or dependent children who is entitled to receive a refund of the member's defined benefit contributions may elect to have the refund credited to the member account in the money purchase component. Upon the refund being credited, the member or the member's designated beneficiary, surviving spouse or partner in a civil union, or dependent children are treated as having taken a refund from the defined benefit component for all purposes.
C.R.S. § 31-21-208 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 21 / Part 2 / Section 31-21-208
31-21-208. Ordinance not to be altered
Status: repealed

31-21-208. Ordinance not to be altered. Any ordinance authorizing an issue of refunding bonds under the provisions of this part 2 and providing for the levy of taxes for the payment of the interest upon and the principal of such refunding bonds shall not be altered or repealed until the indebtedness thereby authorized has been fully paid.
C.R.S. § 31-2-306 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 3 / Section 31-2-306
31-2-306. No similar proposal for one year
Status: in_force

31-2-306. No similar proposal for one year. If a majority of the votes cast at such election are against organization under this title, no petition for another vote upon such question shall be accepted less than one year after such vote.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-202 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 2 / Section 31-31.5-202
31-31.5-202. Reentering and affiliating employers
Status: in_force

31-31.5-202. Reentering and affiliating employers. (1) Members of employers who reenter or affiliate pursuant to part 7 or part 11 of article 31 of this title 31 shall participate in the statewide retirement plan beginning on the employer's effective date pursuant to rules adopted by the board.

(2) Members covered by subsection (1) of this section may elect a trustee-to-trustee transfer in order to transfer assets from the predecessor money purchase plan to the member's individual account established pursuant to part 5 of this article 31.5.

(3) An active member who is required to transfer money purchase assets to the statewide retirement plan may also elect to convert the vested proceeds from the predecessor money purchase plan into service credit towards the accrual of benefits under the lifetime benefit components as may be allowed pursuant to the board's rules.
C.R.S. § 31-2-222 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 31-2-222
31-2-222. Ballot
Status: in_force

31-2-222. Ballot. Proposals to adopt, amend, or repeal home rule charters, including the formation of a new charter commission, shall appear upon the official ballot by ballot title only and, if more than one, shall be numbered consecutively in such order as the governing body may provide and shall be printed on the official ballot in that order, together with their respective numbers prefixed in boldface type. Each ballot title shall appear once on the official ballot and shall be separated from the other ballot titles next to it by heavy black lines and shall be followed by the words "yes" and "no" as follows:

(HERE SHALL APPEAR THE

BALLOT TITLE IN FULL)

YES

NO
C.R.S. § 31-35-110 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 1 / Section 31-35-110
31-35-110. Annual statement of estimate
Status: in_force

31-35-110. Annual statement of estimate. The board of trustees shall render each year, before the making by the governing body of its annual appropriations, a statement to the governing body of the estimated amount, to be raised by taxation, required by such board for the proper maintenance and care of said waterworks during the next succeeding fiscal year, which amount shall be included in the levy fixed by the governing body upon the property in that part or district of the city or town supplied by said waterworks.
C.R.S. § 31-10-702 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 7 / Section 31-10-702
31-10-702. Judges to inspect machines
Status: in_force

31-10-702. Judges to inspect machines. The judges of election of each precinct using voting machines shall meet at the polling place therein at least three-quarters of an hour before the time set for the opening of the polls at each election. Before the polls are open for an election, each judge shall carefully examine each machine used in the precinct and see that no vote has been cast and that every counter, except the protective counter, registers zero.
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-306 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 3 / Section 31-30.5-306
31-30.5-306. Actuarial studies
Status: in_force

31-30.5-306. Actuarial studies. (1) An actuarial study of each old hire police officers' and firefighters' pension fund administered by the association shall be conducted not later than July 1, 2014, and an updated actuarial study shall be conducted by the association every two years thereafter until the plan is terminated.

(2) (a) The association shall designate actuaries or firms of actuaries to supervise, conduct, or review actuarial studies required by this section.

(b) The fire and police pension association's board of directors shall specify the actuarial assumptions to be used in each such actuarial study.

(3) Costs of all such actuarial studies are an expense of the old hire plan and the fire and police pension association is authorized to pay for such costs as provided in section 31-31-302 (3).

(4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2014.)
C.R.S. § 31-31-404 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 4 / Section 31-31-404
31-31-404. Return or transfer of contributions - vested retirement - repeal
Status: repealed

31-31-404. Return or transfer of contributions - vested retirement - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-10-102 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 1 / Section 31-10-102
31-10-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

31-10-102. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Clerk" means the clerk of the municipality who is the custodian of the official records of the municipality or any person delegated by the clerk to exercise any of his powers, duties, or functions.

(2) "Election official" means any clerk, election commission, judge of election, or municipal governing body engaged in the performance of election duties as required by this article.

(3) "Electronic voting system" means any ballot card electronic voting system meeting the requirements set forth in section 1-5-615, C.R.S.

(3.5) "Permanent absentee voter" means an eligible elector who applies to receive a ballot by mail for every polling place election and whose name is placed on the list pursuant to section 31-10-1002.

(4) "Pollbook" means the list of voters to whom ballots are delivered or who are permitted to enter a voting machine booth for the purpose of casting their votes at a municipal election. Names shall be entered in the pollbook in the order in which the ballots are delivered at the polls or in the order in which voters are permitted to enter a voting machine booth for the purpose of casting their votes.

(5) "Population" means population as determined by the latest federal census.

(6) "Registration book" means all of the registration records for each general election precinct arranged alphabetically according to surnames and bound together in book form.

(7) "Registration list" means the list of registered electors of each municipal election precinct prepared by the county clerk and recorder from the county registration books in accordance with section 31-10-205.

(8) "Registration record" means the record on which is entered the official registration and identification of an individual elector and a list of the elections at which he has voted since the date of registration.

(8.5) "Residence" means the principal or primary home or place of abode of a person as set forth in section 31-10-201 (3).

(9) "Voter" means a registered elector who has presented himself at a polling place to vote in any regular or special election.

(10) "Voting machine" means any device fulfilling the requirements for voting machines set forth in part 4 of article 7 of title 1, C.R.S., regarding its use, construction, procurement, and trial.

(11) "Watcher" means a registered elector of the municipality whose name has been submitted to the clerk and then certified by the clerk to the appropriate election judges to serve at the polling place with the right to remain inside the polling place from at least fifteen minutes prior to the opening of the polls until after the completion of the count of votes cast at the election and the certification of the count by the judges. Each watcher has the right to maintain a list of voters as the names are announced by the judges and to witness each step in the conduct of the election.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1307 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 13 / Section 31-10-1307
31-10-1307. Judgment
Status: in_force

31-10-1307. Judgment. The court shall pronounce judgment whether the contestee or any other person was duly elected. The person so declared elected is entitled to the office upon qualification. If the judgment is against the contestee and he has received his certificate, the judgment annuls it. If the court finds that no person was duly elected, the judgment shall be that the election be set aside and that a vacancy exists.
C.R.S. § 31-12-123 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 1 / Section 31-12-123
31-12-123. Applicability to city and county of Denver
Status: in_force

31-12-123. Applicability to city and county of Denver. Notwithstanding any provisions of this article to the contrary, this article shall not apply to the city and county of Denver.
C.R.S. § 31-12-503 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 5 / Section 31-12-503
31-12-503. Future levies - prepayment
Status: in_force

31-12-503. Future levies - prepayment. When the governing body of such municipality levies a tax upon the property within such municipality for the purpose of paying such indebtedness or any part thereof or interest thereon, such governing body may levy a tax at the same rate and for the same purpose on the land so disconnected. The county treasurer shall pay over to such municipality all moneys collected by the treasurer on account of such tax, to be applied only to the payment of such indebtedness. In case the owner of any land so disconnected pays off and discharges a portion of such indebtedness equal in amount to the same proportion of the indebtedness which the valuation for assessment of the land bears to the entire valuation for assessment of all the property subject to taxation for the payment of such indebtedness, calculated according to the last assessment previous to such payment, said land is exempted from further taxation to pay such indebtedness. Upon such payment being made, the canceled bonds or other evidences of payment of such portion of said indebtedness must be deposited with the treasurer of such municipality, and a certificate shall be given by the treasurer stating that such payment has been made.
C.R.S. § 31-4-405 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 4 / Section 31-4-405
31-4-405. Emoluments not to be increased
Status: in_force

31-4-405. Emoluments not to be increased. The emoluments of any member of the governing body, including the mayor, trustees, and councilmen, shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he has been elected or appointed except in the case of abolition of an office, in which case the emoluments of the office shall cease at the time of such abolishment. Any member of the governing body, including the mayor, trustees, and councilmen, who has resigned or vacated an office prior to the end of his elective or appointive term shall not be eligible to reelection or reappointment to the same during such term if during such term the emoluments have been increased.
C.R.S. § 31-4-112 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 31-4-112
31-4-112. Marshal or chief of police - duties
Status: in_force

31-4-112. Marshal or chief of police - duties. The marshal or chief of police shall execute and return, by himself or herself or by any member of the police force, all writs and processes directed to him or her by the municipal judge in any case arising under a city ordinance. In criminal cases, quasi-criminal cases, or cases in violation of city ordinances, he or she may serve the same in any part of the county in which such city is situate. The marshal, chief of police, or any member of the police force shall suppress all riots, disturbances, and breaches of the peace, shall apprehend all disorderly persons in the city, and shall pursue and arrest any person fleeing from justice in any part of the state. He or she shall apprehend any person in the act of committing any offense against the laws of the state or ordinances of the city and, forthwith and without any warrant, bring such person before a municipal judge, county judge, or other competent authority for examination and trial pursuant to law. He or she has, in the discharge of his or her proper duties, powers and responsibilities similar to those that sheriffs have in like cases. The marshal or chief of police may employ certified peace officers to enforce all laws of the state of Colorado notwithstanding section 16-2.5-201.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1206 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 12 / Section 31-10-1206
31-10-1206. Fees of municipal judge
Status: in_force

31-10-1206. Fees of municipal judge. Each municipal judge appointed to assist the clerk in opening the returns of any municipal election and making abstracts of the votes cast thereat, as required in this article, shall receive for such services the sum of ten dollars for each day in which he is actually engaged therein, to be paid by the municipality in which such service is rendered.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1108 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 11 / Section 31-25-1108
31-25-1108. Procedure in court
Status: in_force

31-25-1108. Procedure in court. At the time specified in the notice, the court shall proceed to hear and determine all issues raised. If there are no objections, the petitioner shall only be required to establish that the assessment has been made, certified, and extended and that the payment of the same, or any portion thereof, is in default.
C.R.S. § 31-2-106 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 31-2-106
31-2-106. Legal incorporation - validation - dedication of public property
Status: in_force

31-2-106. Legal incorporation - validation - dedication of public property. (1) Any city or town which is formed, organized, or incorporated and which exercises the rights and powers of a city or town and has in office a governing body exercising its duties is deemed legally incorporated. The legality of such formation or organization shall not be legally denied or questioned after six months from the date thereof; it is deemed a legally incorporated city or town; and its formation, organization, or incorporation shall not thereafter be questioned.

(2) All cities and towns organized pursuant to the general laws of this state prior to July 1, 1975, are hereby validated, and the proceedings adopted therein, and obligations incurred by such cities and towns are hereby validated and confirmed.

(3) All streets, parks, and other places designated or described as for public use on the map or plat of any city or town are public property, and the fee title thereto is vested in such city or town.
C.R.S. § 31-20-101.7 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 31-20-101.7
31-20-101.7. Property tax incentive programs for areas of specific local concern - definition
Status: in_force

31-20-101.7. Property tax incentive programs for areas of specific local concern - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) (I) "Area of specific local concern" means a use of real property in a municipality that is determined by the governing body of the municipality to be diminishing or unavailable based on verifiable data and which use the governing body of the municipality finds and declares necessary for the preservation of the health, safety, or welfare of the residents of the municipality, including as to matters of equity, access to housing, and access to education.

(II) "Area of specific local concern" does not include a use of real property in a municipality that harms or may reasonably be expected to harm a disproportionately impacted community as defined in section 24-4-109 (2)(b)(II).

(III) "Area of specific local concern" does not include a use of real property in a municipality that prevents or may reasonably be expected to prevent meeting the minimum greenhouse gas emission reduction goals and deadlines established in section 25-7-102 (2)(g).

(b) "Governing body" has the same meaning as set forth in section 31-1-101 (4).

(c) "Incentive program" means a property tax credit or rebate program intended and designed to directly incentivize improvement in an area of specific local concern as specified in an ordinance adopted by a governing body of a municipality.

(d) "Municipal property tax credit or rebate" means a partial or full credit or refund of municipal property taxes owed or paid by a program participant in accordance with a municipal property tax levy.

(e) "Municipality" has the same meaning as set forth in section 31-1-101 (6).

(f) "Program participant" means an owner of real property in the municipality that has applied and meets the criteria set forth by ordinance adopted by the governing body of a municipality to participate in an incentive program and that in fact participates in the incentive program.

(2) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipality may offer an incentive, in the form of a municipal property tax credit or rebate, to a property owner that is a program participant in an incentive program established in accordance with this section.

(3) (a) An incentive program must be established by ordinance adopted by a governing body of a municipality at a hearing that is open to the public and that includes an opportunity for public testimony. The municipality must notify the clerk and recorder of each county that includes all or any portion of the municipality and that may be impacted by the incentive program of the hearing at least thirty days in advance. The notice must describe the specific area of local concern, including the use of real property, addressed by the incentive program and the proposed municipal property tax credit or rebate. Each county must have an opportunity to submit written comments and provide testimony at the hearing.

(b) An ordinance adopted by a governing body of a municipality must include:

(I) The governing body's findings and determinations regarding the diminishment or unavailability of a use of real property in the municipality that gives rise to an area of specific local concern that is the basis for the incentive program; and

(II) Specific criteria for the qualification of program participants.

(4) The opportunity to be a program participant must be equally available to all owners of the same class of real property located in the municipality whose use of their property is an area of specific local concern.

(5) (a) The governing body of a municipality shall, on an annual basis, evaluate each incentive program established pursuant to this section to determine its effectiveness in improving each area of specific local concern identified in the ordinance creating the incentive program.

(b) The governing body of a municipality shall, on an annual basis, publicize the results of the evaluation of each incentive program established pursuant to this section at a hearing that is open to the public and that includes an opportunity for public testimony.

(c) The governing body of a municipality may renew an incentive program for not more than one year if the governing body of the municipality determines that the incentive program has been and is likely to continue to be effective in addressing each area of specific local concern identified in the ordinance creating the incentive program.
C.R.S. § 31-20-407 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 20 / Part 4 / Section 31-20-407
31-20-407. Neglect in keeping register or paying - penalty
Status: in_force

31-20-407. Neglect in keeping register or paying - penalty. Any city or town treasurer, or city or town treasurer's deputy, who fails or neglects to keep such registry or who fails or neglects to register any warrant or certificate of indebtedness of such city or town as is entitled to registry or neglects or refuses to pay such warrants or certificates in order of payments, there being then money in the treasury applicable to the payment thereof or from which the same ought to be paid, commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 31-35-710 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 7 / Section 31-35-710
31-35-710. Duty to maintain system
Status: in_force

31-35-710. Duty to maintain system. Nothing in this part 7 shall impose upon any such city or town the duty of maintaining sewers or a sewerage system not owned by it or required for the use of its inhabitants. Such city or town shall maintain, during the life of the ordinance provided for in section 31-35-701, its own sewerage system for the adequate use and benefit of property owners in unincorporated territory without the boundaries thereof whose property has been made subject to such ordinance.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1211 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 12 / Section 31-25-1211
31-25-1211. Approval of actions by municipality
Status: in_force

31-25-1211. Approval of actions by municipality. No district created under the provisions of this part 12 shall issue bonds, levy taxes, fees, or assessments or provide improvements or services unless the municipality has approved an operating plan and budget for the district. The operating plan or budget shall specifically identify the services or improvements to be provided by the district, the taxes, fees, or assessments to be imposed by the district, the estimated principal amount of bonds to be issued by the district, and such additional information as the municipality may require. The district shall file an operating plan and its proposed budget for the next fiscal year with the clerk of the municipality no later than September 30 of each year. All of the business records of the district shall be considered public records, as defined in section 24-72-202 (6), C.R.S., and shall promptly be made available to the municipality upon request. For the purposes of this section, the business records of the district shall not include the business records of the owners of property in the district. The municipality may require the district to supplement the district's operating plan or budget where necessary. The municipality shall approve or disapprove the operating plan and budget within thirty days after receipt of such operating plan and budget and all requested documentation relating thereto, but not later than December 5 of the year in which such documents are filed. Thereafter, the services, improvements, and financial arrangements of the district shall conform so far as practicable to the operating plan and the budget. The operating plan and the budget may, from time to time, be amended by the district with the approval of the municipality in substantially the same manner as the process for formulating the operating plan and budget for each year. Any material departure from the operating plan and the budget, as originally approved or amended from time to time, may be enjoined by an order of the municipality filed with the board.
C.R.S. § 31-10-902 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 9 / Section 31-10-902
31-10-902. Ballots
Status: in_force

31-10-902. Ballots. (1) The clerk of each municipality using paper ballots shall provide printed ballots for every municipal election. The official ballots shall be printed and in the possession of the clerk at least ten days before the election. In addition, sample ballots shall be printed and in the possession of the clerk ten days before the election and shall be subject to public inspection. The sample ballots shall be printed in the form of the official ballots but upon paper of a different color from the official ballots. Sample ballots shall be delivered to the judges of election and posted with the cards of instruction provided in section 31-10-906.

(2) Every ballot shall contain the names of all duly nominated candidates for offices to be voted for at that election, except those who have died or withdrawn, and the ballot shall contain no other names. The names of the candidates for each office shall be printed upon the ballot without political party designation and without any title or degree designating the business or profession of the candidate. The names shall be arranged by lot as prescribed by the municipal clerk under the designation of the office.

(3) (a) The ballots shall be printed to give each voter a clear opportunity to designate his choice of candidates by a cross mark (X) in the square at the right of the name. On the ballot may be printed such words as will aid the voter, such as "vote for not more than one".

(b) At the end of the list of candidates for each different office shall be as many blank spaces as there are persons to be elected to such office in which the voter may write the name of any eligible person not printed on the ballot for whom he desires to vote as a candidate for such office; but no cross mark (X) shall be required at the right of the name so written in.

(c) When the approval of any question is submitted at a municipal election, such question shall be printed upon the ballot after the lists of candidates for all offices. The ballots shall be printed to give each voter a clear opportunity to designate his answer by a cross mark (X) in the appropriate square at the right of the question.

(4) (a) The extreme top part of each ballot shall be divided by two perforated lines into two spaces, each of which shall be not less than an inch in width, the top portion being known as the stub and the next portion as the duplicate stub. Upon each of said stubs nothing shall be printed except the number of the ballot, and the same number shall be printed upon both stubs. Stubs and duplicate stubs of ballots shall both be numbered consecutively. The requirements of this subsection (4)(a) do not apply to ballots used in mail ballot elections.

(b) All ballots shall be uniform and of sufficient length and width to allow for the names of candidates and the proposed questions to be printed in clear, plain type with a space of at least one-half inch between the different columns on said ballot. On the back of each ballot shall be printed the endorsement "Official ballot for....", and after the word "for" shall follow the designation of the precinct, ward, and municipality for which the ballot is prepared, the date of the election, and a facsimile of the signature of the clerk who has caused the ballot to be printed. The ballot shall contain no caption or other endorsement or number. Each clerk shall use precisely the same quality and tint of paper, the same kind of type, and the same quality and tint of plain black ink for all ballots furnished by him at one election. When candidates are to be voted for only by the registered electors of a particular ward, the names of such candidates shall not be printed on any other ballots than those provided for use in such ward. The ballots shall be of such form that when folded the whole endorsement is visible and the contents of the ballot are not exposed.
C.R.S. § 31-25-110 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 1 / Section 31-25-110
31-25-110. Property of an authority exempt from taxes and from levy and sale by virtue of a
Status: in_force

31-25-110. Property of an authority exempt from taxes and from levy and sale by virtue of an execution. (1) All property of an authority, including but not limited to all funds owned or held by it for any of the purposes of this part 1, shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no such execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall a judgment against the authority be a charge or lien upon such property; except that the foregoing provisions of this subsection (1) shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose or otherwise enforce any mortgage, deed of trust, trust agreement, indenture, or other encumbrance of the authority or the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by the authority pursuant to this part 1 on its rents, income, proceeds, revenues, loans, grants, contributions, and other funds and assets derived or arising from any project of the authority or from any of its operations or activities under this part 1.

(2) All property of an authority acquired or held by it for any of the purposes of this part 1, including but not limited to all funds of an authority acquired or held by it for any of said purposes, are declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes, and such property and the authority shall be exempt from all taxes of the state of Colorado or any other public body thereof; except that such tax exemption shall terminate when the authority sells, leases, or otherwise disposes of the particular property to a purchaser, lessee, or other alienee which is not a public body entitled to tax exemption with respect to such property.
C.R.S. § 31-4-102 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 31-4-102
31-4-102. Mayor - qualifications and duties
Status: repealed

31-4-102. Mayor - qualifications and duties. (1) The mayor shall be elected at the regular election in the city. He or she shall be a registered elector who has resided within the limits of the city for a period of at least twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the date of the election; except that, in the case of annexation, any person who has resided within the annexed territory for the time prescribed in this subsection (1) shall be deemed to have met the residence requirements for the city to which the territory was annexed. The mayor shall hold the office for the term for which he or she has been elected or qualified. The mayor shall keep an office at some convenient place in the city, to be provided by the city council, and shall sign all documents which by statute or ordinance may require his or her signature.

(2) The mayor of the city shall be its chief executive officer and conservator of the peace, and it is his special duty to cause the ordinances and the regulations of the city to be faithfully and constantly obeyed. He shall supervise the conduct of all the officers of the city, examine the grounds of all reasonable complaints made against any of them, and cause any violations or neglect of duty to be promptly corrected or reported to the proper tribunal for punishment and correction. The mayor has and shall exercise, within the city limits, the powers conferred upon the sheriffs of counties to suppress disorders and keep the peace. He shall also perform such other duties compatible with the nature of his office as the city council may from time to time require.

(3) The mayor shall be the presiding officer of the city council and shall have the same voting powers as any member of said council. The mayor shall be considered a member of the governing body and the city council. However, a city may provide by ordinance that the mayor shall not be entitled to vote on any matter before the council, except in the case of a tie vote. If such an ordinance is adopted, it shall also provide that any ordinance adopted and all resolutions authorizing the expenditure of money or the entering into of a contract shall be subject to disapproval by the mayor as provided in section 31-16-104. Such an ordinance may provide or may be amended to provide that the mayor shall not be counted for purposes of determining a quorum or the requisite majority on any matter to be voted on by the council. Any such ordinance may be adopted, amended, or repealed only within the sixty days preceding the election of any mayor, to take effect upon such mayor's assumption of office.
C.R.S. § 31-23-306 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 3 / Section 31-23-306
31-23-306. Zoning commission
Status: in_force

31-23-306. Zoning commission. In order to avail itself of the powers conferred by this part 3, the governing body shall appoint a commission, known as the zoning commission, to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. Such commission shall make a preliminary report and hold public hearings thereon before submitting its final report. The governing body shall not hold its public hearings or take action until it has received the final report of such commission. Where a municipal planning commission already exists, it shall be appointed as the zoning commission.
C.R.S. § 31-10-406 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 4 / Section 31-10-406
31-10-406. Removal of judges
Status: in_force

31-10-406. Removal of judges. Any judge of election who has neglected his duty, or has committed, encouraged, or connived at any fraud in connection therewith, or has violated any of the election laws, or has knowingly permitted others to do so, or has been convicted of any felony, or has violated his oath, or has committed any act which interferes or tends to interfere with a fair and honest election shall be summarily removed by the clerk.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1520 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1520
31-10-1520. Voting in the wrong precinct
Status: in_force

31-10-1520. Voting in the wrong precinct. Any person who, at any municipal election, fraudulently votes or offers to vote in any precinct in which he or she does not reside commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 31-16-107 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 16 / Part 1 / Section 31-16-107
31-16-107. Reading - adoption of code
Status: in_force

31-16-107. Reading - adoption of code. Whenever the reading of an ordinance or of a code which is to be adopted by reference is required by statute, any such requirement shall be deemed to be satisfied if the title of the proposed ordinance is read and the entire text of the proposed ordinance or of any code which is to be adopted by reference is submitted in writing to the governing body before adoption.
C.R.S. § 31-23-220 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-220
31-23-220. Reservation for future acquisition
Status: reserved

31-23-220. Reservation for future acquisition. (1) (a) Any commission is empowered, from time to time, after it has adopted a major street plan of the territory within its subdivision jurisdiction or of any major section or district thereof, to make or cause to be made surveys for the exact location of the lines of a street in any portion of such territory and to make a plat of the area or district thus surveyed showing the land which it recommends be reserved for future acquisition for public streets. The commission, before adopting any such plat, shall hold a public hearing thereon, notice of the time and place of which, with a general description of the district or area covered by the plat, shall be given not less than ten days previous to the time fixed therefor by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality if the district or area is within the municipality or of general circulation in the county if the district or area is outside the municipality. After such a hearing the commission may transmit the plat, as originally made or modified, as may be determined by the commission, to the governing body together with the commission's estimate of the time within which the lands shown on the plat as street locations should be acquired by the municipality.

(b) The governing body, by resolution, may approve and adopt or reject such plat or may modify it with the approval of the planning commission or, in the event of the commission's disapproval, the governing body, by a favorable vote of not less than two-thirds of its entire membership, may modify such plat and adopt the modified plat. In the resolution of adoption of a plat, the governing body shall fix the period of time for which the street locations shown upon the plat shall be reserved for future taking or acquisition for public use. Upon such adoption the clerk shall transmit one attested copy of the plat to the county clerk and recorder of each county in which the platted land is located and retain one copy for the purpose of public examination and hearings of claims for compensation.

(2) (a) Such approval and adoption of a plat shall not, however, be deemed the opening or establishment of any street, nor the taking of any land for street purposes, nor for public use, nor as a public improvement but solely as a reservation of the street location shown therein for the period specified in the resolution for future taking or acquisition for public use. The commission at any time may negotiate for and secure from the owners of any such lands releases of claims for damages or compensation for such reservations or agreements indemnifying the municipality from such claims by others, which releases or agreements shall be binding upon the owners executing the same and their successors in title.

(b) At any time after the filing of a plat with the county clerk and recorder and during the period specified for the reservation, the commission and the owner of any land containing a reserved street location may agree upon modification of the location of the lines of the proposed street. Such agreement shall include a release by said owner of any claim for compensation or damages by reason of such modification. Thereupon the commission may make a plat corresponding to the said modification and transmit the same to the governing body. If such modified plat is approved by the governing body, the clerk shall transmit an attested copy thereof to the county clerk and recorder and the modified plat shall take the place of the original plat. At any time the governing body, by resolution, may abandon any reservation and shall certify any such abandonment to the county clerk and recorder.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1303 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 13 / Section 31-25-1303
31-25-1303. Definitions
Status: in_force

31-25-1303. Definitions. As used in this part 13, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Agency" means any home rule or statutory city, town, territorial charter city, city and county, or any other political subdivision that a municipality may create pursuant to state law that is a budgetary unit exercising construction contracting authority or discretion.

(2) "Contract" means any agreement for designing, building, altering, repairing, improving, demolishing, operating, maintaining, or financing a public project.

(3) "Cost-reimbursement contract" means a contract under which a participating entity is reimbursed for costs that are allowable and allocable in accordance with the contract terms and provisions of this part 13.

(4) "Integrated project delivery" or "IPD" means a project delivery method in which there is a contractual agreement between an agency and a single participating entity for the design, construction, alteration, operation, repair, improvement, demolition, maintenance, or financing, or any combination of these services, for a public project.

(5) "IPD contract" means a contract using an integrated project delivery method.

(6) "Participating entity" means a partnership, corporation, joint venture, unincorporated association, or other legal entity that provides appropriately licensed planning, architectural, engineering, development, construction, operating, or maintenance services as needed in connection with an IPD contract.

(7) "Public project" means any lands, buildings, structures, works, machinery, equipment, or facilities suitable for and intended for use as public property for public purposes or suitable for and intended for use in the promotion of the public health, public welfare, or public education, to the extent the boundaries of an agency and a school district are coterminous, or for the conservation of natural resources, including the planning of any such lands, buildings, improvements, structures, works, machinery, equipment, or facilities. "Public project" shall also include existing lands, buildings, improvements, structures, works, and facilities, as well as improvements, renovations, or additions to any such lands, buildings, improvements, structures, works, or facilities and any operation or maintenance programs for the operation and upkeep of such projects.

(8) "Public purposes" includes, but is not limited to, the supplying of public water services and facilities, public sewer services and facilities, and lands, buildings, improvements, equipment, and facilities for public education, to the extent the boundaries of the agency and the school district are coterminous.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-101 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 1 / Section 31-31.5-101
31-31.5-101. Establishment of the statewide retirement plan - definitions
Status: in_force

31-31.5-101. Establishment of the statewide retirement plan - definitions. (1) The statewide retirement plan is hereby established to provide defined benefit and money purchase retirement benefits to members of employers affiliated with the plan. Initial employers affiliated with the plan include those departments that participated in the statewide defined benefit plan established pursuant to part 4 of article 31 of this title 31, the statewide hybrid plan established pursuant to part 11 of article 31 of this title 31, and the social security supplemental plan established pursuant to part 7 of article 31 of this title 31 as such plans existed before their merger into the statewide retirement plan pursuant to House Bill 22-1034, enacted in 2022.

(2) The board is the trustee of the statewide retirement plan, and has those fiduciary duties to the plan and the members of the plan as expressly provided by law.

(3) The board, as a fiduciary, may delegate one or more of its responsibilities under this article 31.5 but shall maintain its responsibility for oversight of the delegation.

(4) (a) The statewide retirement plan is intended to comply with the qualification requirements specified in section 401 (a) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended and applicable to governmental plans, as defined in section 414 (d) of said code.

(b) The board may adopt any provision for the plan that is necessary or in the board's judgment prudent to comply with state or federal law.

(5) As used in this article 31.5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Actuarially sound" means a police officers' or firefighters' pension fund determined by the board to be receiving or scheduled to receive employer and member contributions in each fiscal year equal to the annual contributions actuarially determined to be necessary to pay the annual current service cost of pension benefits attributable to active employees and to pay the annual contribution necessary to amortize any unfunded accrued liability over a period not to exceed forty years. The actuarial cost method to be utilized shall be the entry age-normal cost method. The date from which unfunded liabilities shall be amortized shall be determined pursuant to part 3 of article 30.5 of this title 31.

(b) "Association" means the fire and police pension association created in section 31-31-201 (1).

(c) "Board" means the board of directors established as the governing body of the fire and police pension association as provided in section 31-31-201 (2).

(d) "Employer" means any municipality in this state offering police or fire protection service employing one or more members and any special district, fire authority, or county improvement district in this state offering fire protection service employing one or more members.

(e) "Lifetime benefit components" means the defined benefit component, the social security component, and the hybrid component, as described in this article 31.5, collectively.

(f) "Member" means an active employee who is a full-time salaried employee of a municipality, fire protection district, fire authority, or county improvement district normally serving at least one thousand six hundred hours in any calendar year and whose duties are directly involved with the provision of police or fire protection, as certified by the member's employer. The term does not include clerical or other personnel whose services are auxiliary to police protection, or any volunteer firefighter, as such term is defined in section 31-30-1102 (9). For the purpose of participation in the defined benefit component of the statewide retirement plan pursuant to this article 31.5, or the statewide money purchase plan pursuant to part 5 of article 31 of this title 31, but not for the purpose of participation in the statewide death and disability plan pursuant to part 8 of article 31 of this title 31, the term may include clerical or other personnel employed by a fire protection district, fire authority, or county improvement district, whose services are auxiliary to fire protection. For the purpose of eligibility for disability or survivor benefits, "member" includes any employee on an authorized leave of absence.

(g) "Money purchase plan" or "money purchase pension plan" means a retirement plan under which:

(I) The employer has a fixed obligation to make an annual contribution to the plan;

(II) An individual account for each member is provided; and

(III) The member's benefits are based solely on the amount contributed to the member's account and any income, expenses, gains, and losses allocated to the member's account.

(h) "Predecessor plans" means the statewide defined benefit plan formerly governed by part 4 of article 31 of this title 31, the statewide hybrid plan formerly governed by part 11 of article 31 of this title 31, and the social security supplemental plan formerly governed by part 7 of article 31 of this title 31.

(i) "Retired member" means any member who is retired, disabled, or eligible for a benefit as provided in section 31-31.5-401.
C.R.S. § 31-10-603 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 6 / Section 31-10-603
31-10-603. Employee entitled to vote
Status: in_force

31-10-603. Employee entitled to vote. (1) Any registered elector entitled to vote at any municipal election held within this state is entitled to absent himself from any service or employment in which he is then engaged or employed on the day of such election for a period of two hours between the time of opening and time of closing the polls. Any such absence shall not be sufficient reason for the discharge of any such person from such service or employment. Such elector, because of so absenting himself, shall not be liable to any penalty, nor shall any deduction be made from his usual salary or wages on account of such absence. Registered electors who are employed and paid by the hour shall receive their regular hourly wage for the period of such absence, not to exceed two hours. Application shall be made for such leave of absence prior to the day of election. The employer may specify the hours during which such employee may absent himself, but such hours shall be at the beginning or ending of the work shift if the employee so requests.

(2) This section shall not apply to any person whose hours of employment on the day of the election are such that there are three or more hours between the time of opening and the time of closing of the polls during which he is not employed on the job.
C.R.S. § 31-30-1301 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 13 / Section 31-30-1301
31-30-1301. Short title
Status: in_force

31-30-1301. Short title. This part 13 shall be known and may be cited as the "Volunteer Health Insurance Act".
C.R.S. § 31-4-106 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 31-4-106
31-4-106. Councilman - residence - vacancies
Status: in_force

31-4-106. Councilman - residence - vacancies. Each councilman shall have resided in the ward in which he is a candidate for a period of at least twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the date of the election and shall be a registered elector therein; except that, in case the boundaries of the ward are changed pursuant to section 31-2-104 or 31-4-104 or as a result of annexation, any person who has resided within territory added to the ward for the time prescribed in this section shall be deemed to have met the residence requirements for the ward to which the territory was added. If any councilman, during the term of his office, removes from or becomes a nonresident of the ward in which he was elected, he shall be deemed thereby to vacate his office, effective upon the adoption by the city council of a resolution declaring such vacancy to exist. If any vacancy occurs in the office of councilman because of death, resignation, or removal or for any other reason, the same shall be filled by appointment by a majority vote of the city council or by election as provided in section 31-4-108 (2)(b). A successor to the person so appointed or elected shall be elected at the next regular election.
C.R.S. § 31-35-610 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 6 / Section 31-35-610
31-35-610. Discount for cash payment
Status: in_force

31-35-610. Discount for cash payment. Payments may be made to the municipal treasurer at any time within thirty days of the final publication of the assessing ordinance, and an allowance of five percent shall be allowed on all payments made during such period, but not thereafter. At the expiration of the thirty-day period, the municipal treasurer shall return the local assessment roll to the clerk, therein showing all payments made thereon with the date of each payment.
C.R.S. § 31-23-221 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-221
31-23-221. Compensation for reservations
Status: reserved

31-23-221. Compensation for reservations. (1) In the resolution of adoption of a plat, the governing body shall appoint a board of three appraisers and shall fix the time and place of meetings for hearings by said board upon the amounts of compensation to be paid for such reservations. Thereupon the clerk shall publish in at least two newspapers of general circulation in the municipality once a week for four consecutive weeks a notice which shall contain a general description of the land thus reserved as shown on the plat, the provisions of the resolution of the governing body, including the period of time for which such reservations are made, the time within which claims for compensation may be filed, which shall be not less than three nor more than six months from the date of notice, and the time and place of hearings by the board of appraisers. The first hearing shall not be set earlier than thirty days after the date of the first of such publications. Such notice shall also be posted in at least three public places in the neighborhood of or along the line of the location of the reservation.

(2) The board of appraisers shall fix the amounts of compensation to be paid, respectively, to the owners of lands reserved for the period of time as shown on the plat and in the resolution adopted by the governing body. When the clerk receives, within the period fixed for the same, any claim for such compensation, he shall transmit it to the board of appraisers. At the time and place fixed for such hearings, the board of appraisers shall hear and consider all claims presented to it in writing or in person, including all evidence which may be presented by the claimants or other persons. The board of appraisers has the right on its own initiative to investigate and ascertain data or evidence relevant to the question of such compensation. In case of the abandonment of a reservation prior to the time fixed for payment of compensation, the municipality shall be liable to the owner of the land included within the abandoned reservation for the expenses, if any, incurred by such owner by reason of such reservation.
C.R.S. § 31-4-221 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 31-4-221
31-4-221. Effective date of change
Status: repealed

31-4-221. Effective date of change. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-30-1130 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 11 / Section 31-30-1130
31-30-1130. Fire department dissolution
Status: in_force

31-30-1130. Fire department dissolution. (1) If a fire department dissolves and the services of volunteer firefighters or the fire department are discontinued:

(a) The benefits paid under this part 11 to volunteer firefighters or their surviving spouses, dependent parents, children, and other beneficiaries at the time of the dissolution shall continue;

(b) Assets of the fund shall be transferred with other assets of the fire department and shall be administered by the board of trustees of the successor pension fund;

(c) In no event shall the rate of compensation be altered either after commencement of proceedings for dissolution has occurred or after its completion;

(d) A volunteer firefighter who has accrued ten or more years of active service at the time of the dissolution shall be granted an annuity after the firefighter is fifty years of age. The annuity shall be prorated in accordance with the number of years of service and the amount of annuity being paid for age and service pensions by the board at the time of the dissolution.
C.R.S. § 31-25-814 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 8 / Section 31-25-814
31-25-814. Remedies of bondholders
Status: in_force

31-25-814. Remedies of bondholders. (1) Subject to any contractual limitations binding upon the holders of any issue of bonds or trustee therefor, including but not limited to the restriction of the exercise of any remedy to a specified proportion or percentage of such holders, any holder of bonds or trustee therefor has the right and power, for the equal benefit and protection of all holders of bonds similarly situated:

(a) By an action in the nature of mandamus or other suit, action, or proceeding at law or in equity to enforce his rights against the municipality and to require and compel the governing body to perform its duties and obligations under this part 8 and its covenants and agreements with the bondholders;

(b) By action or suit in equity to require the governing body to account as if they were the trustees of an express trust;

(c) By action or suit in equity to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the bondholders;

(d) To bring suit upon the bonds.

(2) No right or remedy conferred by this part 8 upon any holder of bonds or any trustee therefor is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, but each such right or remedy is cumulative and in addition to every other right or remedy and may be exercised without exhausting and without regard to any other remedy conferred by this part 8 or by any other law.
C.R.S. § 31-25-904 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 9 / Section 31-25-904
31-25-904. Board - membership - term of office
Status: in_force

31-25-904. Board - membership - term of office. (1) The affairs of the authority shall be under the direct supervision and control of a board, which is referred to in this part 9 as the "board", consisting of five members appointed by the governing body.

(2) The board shall be constituted as follows:

(a) At least one member shall be a member of the governing body, appointed to serve at the pleasure of the governing body.

(b) Two members shall be appointed for terms expiring June 30 of the year following the date of the ordinance adopted by the governing body establishing the authority.

(c) Two members shall be appointed for terms expiring June 30 of the second year following the date of the ordinance adopted by the governing body establishing the authority.

(3) A member shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and qualified. After the terms of the initial members of the board have expired, the terms of all members, except any member who is a member of the governing body, shall expire four years from the expiration date of the terms of their predecessors. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term. In any municipality in which the charter provides that the appointive authority is the mayor, the mayor shall make appointments to the board.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1515 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1515
31-10-1515. Violation of duty
Status: in_force

31-10-1515. Violation of duty. Any municipal official election official or other person upon whom any duty is imposed by this article 10 who violates, neglects, or omits to perform such duty or is guilty of corrupt conduct in the discharge of the same, or any notary public or other officer authorized by law to administer oaths who administers an oath knowing it to be false or who knowingly makes a false certificate in regard to an election matter, commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 31-25-816 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 8 / Section 31-25-816
31-25-816. Funding - budget
Status: in_force

31-25-816. Funding - budget. (1) The authority shall adopt a budget for each fiscal year, shall maintain accounts, and shall cause an annual audit to be made pertaining to the fiscal affairs of the authority. Administrative review of the proposed budget shall be in accordance with the policies of each municipality, prior to submission of the proposed budget to the governing body for approval.

(2) The operations of the authority shall be principally financed from the following sources and such other sources as may be approved by the governing body:

(a) Donations to the authority for the performance of its functions;

(b) Proceeds of an ad valorem tax, not exceeding five mills on the valuation for assessment of property in the downtown development area designated by the governing body;

(c) Moneys borrowed and to be repaid from other funds received under the authority of this part 8.
C.R.S. § 31-35-605 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 6 / Section 31-35-605
31-35-605. Appropriation from general fund
Status: in_force

31-35-605. Appropriation from general fund. The governing body may make adequate appropriations from the general fund to defray such costs until such time as the taxes are received, and when received, the general fund shall be reimbursed to the amount of any such appropriation.
C.R.S. § 31-21-207 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 21 / Part 2 / Section 31-21-207
31-21-207. Tax for payment of refunding bonds
Status: in_force

31-21-207. Tax for payment of refunding bonds. The interest accruing on such refunding bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this part 2 prior to the time when the proceeds of tax levies are available therefor shall be paid out of the general revenues or any other revenues of the municipality available therefor. For the purpose of reimbursing such general revenues or other revenues and for the payment of subsequently accruing interest, the governing body issuing such refunding bonds shall certify and the board of county commissioners of the county in which the city or town is located shall levy, annually, a sufficient tax upon all the taxable property in the municipality fully to discharge such interest. For the ultimate payment or redemption of such refunding bonds, there shall be certified and levied annually such a tax upon all the taxable property in such municipality as will create a fund sufficient to pay or redeem and discharge such refunding bonds at or prior to their respective maturities. In the event the bonds to be redeemed and the interest thereon accruing would have been paid from taxes levied upon only part of the taxable property in the municipality, the taxes levied for payment or redemption of the refunding bonds and the interest accruing thereon shall be levied in the same manner and upon only the same taxable property as would have been levied for payment of the bonds to be refunded if no refunding of said bonds had been made and accomplished. As collected, all taxes levied for payment of interest on and for the payment or redemption of the principal of such bonds shall be kept by the treasurer of the municipality in a special fund to be used only in the payment of the interest upon and for the payment or redemption of the principal of such bonds. Such tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner as other municipal taxes are levied and collected. The ordinance authorizing the issuance of said bonds shall set forth the years in which such taxes shall be levied for the creation of said fund.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1305 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 13 / Section 31-25-1305
31-25-1305. Integrated project delivery contracting process - prequalification of participat
Status: in_force

31-25-1305. Integrated project delivery contracting process - prequalification of participating entities - apprentice training. (1) An agency may prequalify participating entities for an IPD contract by public notice of its request for qualifications prior to the date set forth in the notice. A request for qualifications may contain the following elements and such additional information as may be requested by the agency:

(a) A general description of the proposed public project;

(b) Relevant budget considerations;

(c) Requirements of the participating entity, including:

(I) If the participating entity is a partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, or other association, a listing of all of the partners, general partners, members, joint venturers, or association members known at the time of submission of qualifications;

(II) Evidence that the participating entity, or the constituent entities or members thereof, has completed or has demonstrated the experience, competency, capability, and capacity, financial and otherwise, to complete projects of similar size, scope, or complexity;

(III) Evidence that the proposed personnel of the participating entity have sufficient experience and training to completely manage and complete the proposed public project; and

(IV) Evidence of all applicable licenses, registrations, and credentials required to provide the proposed services for the public project, including but not limited to information on any revocation or suspension of any such license, registration, or credential.

(d) The criteria for prequalification.

(2) From the participating entities responding to the request for qualifications, the agency shall prepare and announce a short list of participating entities that it determines to be most qualified to receive a request for proposal.

(3) Where an apprentice program as defined in section 8-15.7-101 (4) or certified by the office of apprenticeship in the employment and training administration in the United States department of labor exists in a county in which all or any portion of the municipality is located, or a comparable program for the training of apprentices is available in such county:

(a) Each participating entity shall demonstrate to the agency that it has access to either the certified program or a comparable alternative; and

(b) Each participating entity shall demonstrate that each of its subcontractors, at any tier, selected to perform work under a contract with a value of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or more has access to either the certified program or a comparable alternative.
C.R.S. § 31-31-1002 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 10 / Section 31-31-1002
31-31-1002. Volunteer firefighter pension plans study
Status: repealed

31-31-1002. Volunteer firefighter pension plans study. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-23-209 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-209
31-23-209. Legal status of official plan
Status: in_force

31-23-209. Legal status of official plan. When the commission has adopted the master plan of the municipality or of one or more major sections or districts thereof, no street, square, park or other public way, ground or open space, public building or structure, or publicly or privately owned public utility shall be constructed or authorized in the municipality or in such planned section and district until the location, character, and extent thereof has been submitted for approval by the commission. In case of disapproval, the commission shall communicate its reasons to the municipality's governing body, which has the power to overrule such disapproval by a recorded vote of not less than two-thirds of its entire membership. If the public way, ground space, building, structure, or utility is one the authorization or financing of which does not, under the law or charter provisions governing the same, fall within the province of the municipal governing body, the submission to the commission shall be by the governmental body having jurisdiction, and the planning commission's disapproval may be overruled by said governmental body by a vote of not less than two-thirds of its membership. The failure of the commission to act within sixty days from and after the date of official submission to it shall be deemed approval.
C.R.S. § 31-30-1126 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 11 / Section 31-30-1126
31-30-1126. Survivor benefit
Status: in_force

31-30-1126. Survivor benefit. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, upon the death of a retired fire department member or a volunteer firefighter who, regardless of age, has served the requisite number of years for retirement under section 31-30-1122 and who leaves a surviving spouse, the board may pay an annuity of not more than fifty percent of the current pension payment for a retired fire department member if the fund is actuarially sound. If the volunteer firefighter had less than twenty years of active service, the annuity to the surviving spouse shall be prorated based upon the number of years of service.

(2) This annuity to the surviving spouse shall cease if the surviving spouse remarries. Dissolution of a subsequent marriage does not reinstate the annuity. A surviving spouse shall not receive both an annuity under section 31-30-1127 and an annuity under this section.

(3) The benefits under this section do not apply if the optional survivor benefits under section 31-30-1128 are provided.

(4) The benefits under this section may be increased in the same manner as postretirement benefit increases as provided in section 31-30-1122 (3), subject to the state contribution limit set forth in section 31-30-1112 (2).
C.R.S. § 31-10-904 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 9 / Section 31-10-904
31-10-904. Printing and distribution of ballots
Status: in_force

31-10-904. Printing and distribution of ballots. In municipalities using paper ballots, the clerk shall cause to be printed and distributed to the election judges in the respective precincts a sufficient number of ballots. The ballots shall be sent in one or more sealed packages for each precinct with marks on the outside of each clearly stating the precinct and polling place for which it is intended, together with the number of ballots enclosed. Such packages shall be delivered to one of the judges of election of such precinct between the close of business on the Friday preceding election day or during any earlier day in which a judges' school of instruction is held, and 8 p.m. on the Monday before election day. A receipt for the ballots thus delivered shall be given by the election judge who receives them. The receipt shall be filed with the clerk, who shall also keep a record of the time when and the manner in which each of said packages was sent and delivered. The election judge receiving such package shall produce the same, with the seal unbroken, in the proper polling place at the opening of the polls on election day and, in the presence of all election judges for the precinct, shall open the package.
C.R.S. § 31-3-106 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 31-3-106
31-3-106. County clerk and recorder to publish - posting
Status: in_force

31-3-106. County clerk and recorder to publish - posting. When the incorporation of any city or town has been discontinued in accordance with the provisions of this part 1, the county clerk and recorder of each county in which the city or town, or any part thereof, was situate shall publish notice of such discontinuance of incorporation once each week for at least four weeks in some newspaper published within the county, or, if no newspaper is published within the county, said county clerk and recorder shall post notice thereof in three public places within the county for a period of not less than thirty calendar days. Said county clerk and recorder shall also certify the fact of discontinuance of incorporation to the secretary of state.
C.R.S. § 31-12-405 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 4 / Section 31-12-405
31-12-405. Consolidation complete
Status: in_force

31-12-405. Consolidation complete. The members of the governing body elected at such election, on the second Monday after the election, shall meet and organize the governing body of the consolidated city or town and shall file two certified copies of the notice of the consolidation with a legal description accompanied by a map of the area concerned by the consolidated city or town with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such action has taken place, and from that time the consolidation shall be deemed complete. The county clerk and recorder shall file the second certified copy of such notice with the division of local government in the department of local affairs, as provided by section 24-32-109, C.R.S. The consolidated city or town shall thenceforth exist with the same powers and duties and subject to the same regulations as other cities or towns. The cities or towns so consolidated shall then be merged in the consolidated corporation, and the terms of office of all of the officers of the cities and towns so consolidated shall cease.
C.R.S. § 31-12-402 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 4 / Section 31-12-402
31-12-402. Election - notice - ballot
Status: in_force

31-12-402. Election - notice - ballot. (1) In case the ordinance of approval is passed by the governing body less than one hundred twenty days and more than thirty days prior to the regular election in such city or town, the submission to the electors shall be at such regular election; otherwise, the governing body, in the ordinance of approval, shall order a special election, to be held not less than thirty days nor more than forty days after that date for the purpose of determining the question of such consolidation. Such election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965".

(2) The mayor or, in case there is no mayor, the presiding officer of the governing body shall cause notice of the election to be given, which notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965".

(3) The form of the ballots or voting machine tabs at such election shall be: "For Consolidation" and "Against Consolidation". If a majority of the votes cast at such election in each of the cities or towns proposed to be consolidated are for consolidation, the proposition shall be carried. If a majority of the votes cast at such election in any of the cities or towns proposed to be consolidated are against consolidation, the proposition shall be defeated, and such question shall not be submitted again for one year.

(4) If any one or more of the cities or towns proposed to be consolidated was a city, the consolidated corporation shall be a city.
C.R.S. § 31-31-813 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 8 / Section 31-31-813
31-31-813. Statewide death and disability trust fund - created
Status: in_force

31-31-813. Statewide death and disability trust fund - created. (1) There is hereby created a disability and death benefits trust fund into which contributions for death and disability benefits, including state contributions made pursuant to section 31-31-811, shall be deposited. The benefits provided by this part 8, together with the expenses of administering said part, shall be paid from the fund.

(2) The assets of the disability and death benefits trust fund shall be invested in the fire and police members' benefit investment fund.
C.R.S. § 31-23-208 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-208
31-23-208. Procedure of commission
Status: in_force

31-23-208. Procedure of commission. The commission may adopt the plan as a whole by a single resolution or may by successive resolutions adopt successive parts of the plan (said parts corresponding with major geographical sections or divisions of the municipality or with functional subdivisions of the subject matter of the plan) and may adopt any amendment or extension thereof or addition thereto. Before the adoption of the plan or any such part, amendment, extension, or addition, the commission shall hold at least one public hearing thereon, notice of the time and place of which shall be given by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality and in the official newspaper of the county affected. The adoption of the plan, any part, amendment, extension, or addition shall be by resolution of the commission carried by the affirmative votes of not less than two-thirds of the entire membership of the commission. The resolution shall refer expressly to the maps and descriptive and other matter intended by the commission to form the whole or part of the plan, and the action taken shall be recorded on the map and plan and descriptive matter by the identifying signature of the chairman or secretary of the commission. An attested copy of the plan or part thereof shall be certified to each governmental body of the territory affected and, after the approval by each body, shall be filed with the county clerk and recorder of each county wherein the territory is located.
C.R.S. § 31-30-1108 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 11 / Section 31-30-1108
31-30-1108. Board powers and duties
Status: in_force

31-30-1108. Board powers and duties. (1) A board created by this part 11 to control a fund:

(a) Shall adopt necessary rules that are not inconsistent with this part 11 for the management and discharge of its duties, for its own government and procedure, and for the preservation and protection of the fund;

(b) Shall hear and decide each application for benefits under this part 11 in accordance with section 24-4-105, C.R.S. Action on an application is final and conclusive; except that, if in the opinion of a board, justice demands reconsideration of the action, the board may reverse the action.

(c) Shall keep and preserve a record of the action and all other matters properly before the board;

(d) May make agreements with the fire and police pension association to administer the plan and manage the funds of the plan for investment in accordance with section 31-31-705;

(e) May consolidate its fund with the fund of another municipality or district and shall administer the consolidated funds as a single fund if in the opinion of the board the total moneys allocated to a fund by a municipality or district are inadequate to sustain a proper fund for retirement or for the other purposes of the fund under this part 11. The boards of these single funds may consolidate the funds under conditions and terms provided in an agreement consistent with this part 11.
C.R.S. § 31-10-911 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 9 / Section 31-10-911
31-10-911. Counting mail ballots
Status: in_force

31-10-911. Counting mail ballots. The election officials at the mail ballot counting center may receive and prepare mail ballots delivered and turned over to them by the clerk for counting. Counting of the mail ballots may begin fifteen days prior to the election and continue until counting is completed. The election official in charge of the mail ballot counting center shall take all precautions necessary to ensure the secrecy of the counting procedures, and the election officials or watchers shall not release any information concerning the count until after 7 p.m. on election day.
C.R.S. § 31-12-310 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 3 / Section 31-12-310
31-12-310. Rights become property of city enlarged - utilities not curtailed
Status: in_force

31-12-310. Rights become property of city enlarged - utilities not curtailed. When in pursuance of this part 3 any city or town is annexed to any city existing under a special charter, all rights, causes of action, records, uncollected revenues, and other property of the city or town so annexed shall accrue to and become the property of the annexing city. At least a proportionate share of the moneys of the annexing city available for water service, lights, and other public improvements shall be expended each year within the area formerly included within the city or town so annexed, based upon the valuation for assessment thereof. The water and light service of any city or town so annexed shall not be curtailed after such annexation.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1508 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1508
31-10-1508. Tampering with nomination papers
Status: in_force

31-10-1508. Tampering with nomination papers. Any person who, being in possession of nomination papers entitled to be filed under this article 10, wrongfully or willfully destroys, defaces, mutilates, suppresses, neglects, or fails to cause the same to be filed by the proper time in the clerk's office or who files any such paper knowing the same, or any part thereof, to be falsely made commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 31-35-302 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 3 / Section 31-35-302
31-35-302. Petition - plans - contract
Status: in_force

31-35-302. Petition - plans - contract. (1) For the purpose of carrying the provisions of this section and section 31-35-301 into effect, the owners of four blocks or more situated in any city or town in this state owning its own municipal water plant which has not been supplied with water mains shall present a petition to the governing body, offering therein to construct such water mains and pipes in the streets and alleys of said city or town in such manner and at such places and of such sizes as the said governing body may require and at a cost to said city or town as low as the same could be constructed by said city or town.

(2) Upon receipt of such petition, the governing body shall prepare plans and specifications for the supplying of said territory with water mains and pipes, and the petitioners, upon the inspection of said plans and specifications, shall state their willingness to construct the same at a certain price to be paid for out of the revenues derived from water running through said pipes in said district, the same to be charged at no higher rate than the remainder of said city or town is paying. If such proposition is satisfactory to the governing body, it has the right to enter into a contract with said petitioners upon behalf of said city or town for the construction of such water mains and pipes according to said plans and specifications and for the price agreed upon, not more than that specified, and within a time to be set by said governing body.

(3) Upon the completion of said works by said petitioners, the city or town shall inspect and, if satisfactory, accept the same and issue certificates of indebtedness therefor stating therein how the same is to be paid out of the proceeds from such water rentals collected from the territory in which said extensions are made, unless otherwise sooner arranged for by said city or town, and proceed to operate and maintain the same and collect the revenues therefrom and to apply the same to the payment of the indebtedness created for the construction of said pipes without interest until the same is paid for or until said city or town makes payment therefor in some other manner. Said rentals shall be paid upon said certificates from time to time when the amount of one hundred dollars is received from said rentals for that purpose, and said rentals shall be set apart and kept as a separate fund and used for the purposes provided in this subsection (3) only until the entire indebtedness is paid.
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-401 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 4 / Section 31-30.5-401
31-30.5-401. Sources of revenue for fund
Status: in_force

31-30.5-401. Sources of revenue for fund. (1) Except for state-assisted old hire police officers' and firefighters' pension plans and those affiliated with the fire and police pension association pursuant to section 31-31-701, each old hire pension fund may consist of:

(a) All moneys that may be given to such board or fund by any person for the use and purpose for which such fund is created. Such board may take, by gift, grant, devise, or bequest, any money, personal property, or real estate, or interest therein, as trustees for the uses and purposes for which the fund is created;

(b) All moneys, fees, rewards, or emoluments of every nature and description that may be paid or given to said fund;

(c) All moneys derived from employer and member contributions, as provided for in sections 31-30.5-402 and 31-30.5-403.
C.R.S. § 31-30-206 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 2 / Section 31-30-206
31-30-206. Positions retained
Status: in_force

31-30-206. Positions retained. All persons holding regular positions in the classified civil service, as defined by this part 2, at the time of the adoption of the civil service provision, as provided in this part 2, shall retain their respective positions without examination or further appointment. In all other respects said persons shall be subject to the provisions and rules of this part 2.
C.R.S. § 31-15-903 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 9 / Section 31-15-903
31-15-903. Legislative declaration - municipalities - new business facilities - expanded or
Status: in_force

31-15-903. Legislative declaration - municipalities - new business facilities - expanded or existing business facilities - incentives - limitations - authority to exceed revenue-raising limitation. (1) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state are dependent upon the attraction of new private enterprise as well as the retention and expansion of existing private enterprise; that incentives are often necessary in order to attract private enterprise; and that providing such incentives stimulates economic development in the state and results in the creation and maintenance of new jobs.

(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any municipality may negotiate for an incentive payment or credit with any taxpayer who establishes a business facility, as defined in section 39-30-105.1 (6)(b), in the municipality. In no instance may any negotiation result in an annual incentive payment or credit that is greater than the amount of taxes levied by the municipality upon the taxable personal property located at or within the business facility and used in connection with the operation of the business facility for the current property tax year. The term of any agreement made prior to August 6, 2014, pursuant to the provisions of this subsection (1) may not exceed ten years, including the term of any original agreement being renewed. The term of any agreement made on or after August 6, 2014, pursuant to this subsection (1) may not exceed thirty-five years, which does not include the term of any prior agreement.

(1.5) (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipality may negotiate an incentive payment or credit for a taxpayer that has an existing business facility located in the municipality if, based on verifiable documentation, the municipality is satisfied that there is a substantial risk that the taxpayer will relocate the facility out of state.

(b) The documentation required pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (1.5) must include information that the taxpayer could reasonably and efficiently relocate the facility out of state and that at least one other state is being considered for the relocation. In order to be eligible for a payment or credit under this subsection (1.5), a taxpayer must identify the specific reasons why the taxpayer is considering leaving the state.

(c) A municipality shall not give an annual incentive payment or credit under this subsection (1.5) that is greater than the amount of the taxes levied by the municipality upon the taxable personal property located at or within the existing business facility and used in connection with the operation of the existing business facility for the current property tax year. The term of an agreement made prior to August 6, 2014, pursuant to this subsection (1.5) shall not exceed ten years, and this limit includes any renewals of the original agreement. The term of an agreement made on or after August 6, 2014, pursuant to this subsection (1.5) shall not exceed thirty-five years, and this limit does not include the term of any prior agreement. A municipality shall not give an annual incentive payment or credit under this subsection (1.5), unless the governing body of the municipality approves the payment or credit at a public hearing.

(2) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any municipality may negotiate for an incentive payment or credit with any taxpayer who expands a facility, as defined in section 39-30-105.1 (6)(e), the expansion of which authorizes a taxpayer to claim a credit described in section 39-30-105.1, and that is located in the municipality. In no instance may any negotiation result in an annual incentive payment or credit that is greater than the amount of the taxes levied by the municipality upon the taxable personal property directly attributable to the expansion, located at or within the expanded facility, and used in connection with the operation of the expanded facility for the current property tax year. The term of any agreement made prior to August 6, 2014, pursuant to the provisions of this subsection (2) may not exceed ten years, including the term of any original agreement being renewed. The term of any agreement made on or after August 6, 2014, pursuant to this subsection (2) may not exceed thirty-five years, which does not include the term of any prior agreement.

(3) (Deleted by amendment, L. 94, p. 2834, § 4, effective January 1, 1995.)

(4) Any municipality that negotiates any agreement pursuant to the provisions of this section shall inform any county in which a new business facility would be located, or an existing or expanded business facility is located, whichever is applicable, of such negotiations.

(5) Any municipality may adjust the amount of its tax levy authorized pursuant to the provisions of section 29-1-301, C.R.S., or pursuant to a municipal home rule charter, whichever is applicable, by an additional amount which does not exceed the total amount of annual incentive payments or credits made by such municipality in accordance with any agreements negotiated pursuant to the provisions of this section or section 39-30-107.5, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 31-31-102 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 1 / Section 31-31-102
31-31-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

31-31-102. Definitions. As used in this article 31, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Actuarially sound" means a police officers' or firefighters' pension fund determined by the board to be receiving or scheduled to receive employer and member contributions in each fiscal year equal to the annual contributions actuarially determined to be necessary to pay the annual current service cost of pension benefits attributable to active employees and to pay the annual contribution necessary to amortize any unfunded accrued liability over a period not to exceed forty years. The actuarial cost method to be utilized shall be the entry age-normal cost method. The date from which unfunded liabilities shall be amortized shall be determined pursuant to part 3 of article 30.5 of this title.

(2) "Board" means the board of directors established as the governing body of the fire and police pension association as provided in section 31-31-201 (2).

(3) "Employer" means any municipality in this state offering police or fire protection service employing one or more members and any special district, fire authority, or county improvement district in this state offering fire protection service employing one or more members.

(4) "Member" means an active employee who is a full-time salaried employee of a municipality, fire protection district, fire authority, or county improvement district normally serving at least one thousand six hundred hours in any calendar year and whose duties are directly involved with the provision of police or fire protection, as certified by the member's employer. For purposes of the statewide money purchase plan, "member" also includes an active employee who works less than sixteen hundred hours per year but otherwise qualifies as a member and whose employer elects to treat all such other similar employees as members. The term does not include clerical or other personnel whose services are auxiliary to police protection, or any volunteer firefighter, as such term is defined in section 31-30-1102 (9). For the purpose of participation in the defined benefit component of the statewide retirement plan pursuant to article 31.5 of this title 31 or the statewide money purchase plan pursuant to part 5 of this article 31, but not for the purpose of participation in the statewide death and disability plan pursuant to part 8 of this article 31, the term may include clerical or other personnel employed by a fire protection district, fire authority, or county improvement district, whose services are auxiliary to fire protection. For the purpose of eligibility for disability or survivor benefits, "member" includes any employee on an authorized leave of absence.

(5) "Money purchase plan" or "money purchase pension plan" means a retirement plan under which:

(a) The employer has a fixed obligation to make an annual contribution to the plan;

(b) The plan provides for an individual account for each member; and

(c) The member's benefits are based solely on the amount contributed to the member's account and any income, expenses, gains, and losses allocated to the member's account.

(6) "Retired member" means any member who is retired, disabled, or eligible for a benefit as provided in section 31-31.5-401.
C.R.S. § 31-10-404 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 4 / Section 31-10-404
31-10-404. Acceptances
Status: in_force

31-10-404. Acceptances. With each certificate of appointment transmitted by the clerk to the judges of election, there shall be enclosed a form for acceptance of the appointment. Each person appointed as an election judge shall file his acceptance in the office of the clerk within seven days after the mailing by the clerk of the certificate of appointment and the acceptance form. Failure of any person appointed as a judge of election to file an acceptance within said seven days shall result in a vacancy. Such vacancy shall be filled in the same way the original appointment was made.
C.R.S. § 31-35-513 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 5 / Section 31-35-513
31-35-513. Financial powers of municipality
Status: in_force

31-35-513. Financial powers of municipality. (1) The municipality, acting by and through the board, also has the following powers:

(a) To borrow money and to issue municipal securities evidencing any loan to or amount due by the municipality, to provide for and secure the payment of any municipal securities and the rights of the holders thereof, and to purchase, hold, and dispose of municipal securities; and

(b) To fund or refund any loan or obligation of the municipality and to issue funding or refunding securities to evidence such loan or obligation without any election.
C.R.S. § 31-35-602 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 6 / Section 31-35-602
31-35-602. Resolution adopted
Status: in_force

31-35-602. Resolution adopted. The plans or specifications shall be filed in the clerk's or engineer's office, and a resolution shall be adopted by the governing body ordering or prescribing in general terms the contemplated sewerage connections, giving location of the premises and the name of the owner, and authorizing the clerk to advertise for bids. The advertisement for bids shall be the same as is now provided for in other cases in which municipalities receive bids. The governing body shall let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who furnishes satisfactory security, but it has the right to reject all bids.
C.R.S. § 31-10-708 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 7 / Section 31-10-708
31-10-708. Close of polls and count of votes
Status: in_force

31-10-708. Close of polls and count of votes. As soon as the polls are closed, the judges of election shall immediately lock and seal each voting machine against further voting, and it shall so remain for a period of thirty days unless otherwise ordered by the court. Immediately after each machine is locked and sealed, the judges of election shall open the counting compartments thereof and proceed to count the votes thereon. After the total vote for each candidate and upon each question or proposition has been ascertained, the judges of election shall make out a certificate of votes cast, in numerical figures only, and return the same to the clerk as provided in section 31-10-614.
C.R.S. § 31-12-115 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 1 / Section 31-12-115
31-12-115. Zoning of land while annexation is under way - zoning of newly annexed land - su
Status: in_force

31-12-115. Zoning of land while annexation is under way - zoning of newly annexed land - subdivision of land while annexation is under way - regulatory impairments affecting newly annexed land used for agricultural purposes - notice - definitions. (1) An annexing municipality may institute the procedure outlined in state statutes or municipal charter to make land subject to zoning at any time after a petition for annexation or a petition for an annexation election has been found to be valid in accordance with the provisions of section 31-12-107. The proposed zoning ordinance shall not be passed on final reading prior to the date when the annexation ordinance is passed on final reading. If the zoning process is commenced prior to the effective date of the annexation ordinance, the legal protest area for zoning shall be determined solely on geographic location, irrespective of whether the land in such legal protest area is within or without or partly within and partly without the annexing municipality.

(2) If the municipality has a zoning ordinance, any area annexed on or after January 1, 1966, shall be brought under such zoning ordinance and map within ninety days after the effective date of the annexation ordinance, irrespective of any legal review which may be instituted pursuant to section 31-12-116.

(3) During such ninety-day period or such portion thereof required to comply with subsection (2) of this section, the annexing municipality may refuse to issue any building or occupancy permit for any portion or all of the newly annexed area.

(4) Any provision in a zoning ordinance automatically applying a uniform zoning classification to all land which may be annexed in the future is void and of no effect as to any annexation completed on or after January 1, 1966.

(5) Any annexing municipality may institute the procedure outlined in its subdivision regulations to subdivide land in the area proposed to be annexed at any time after a petition for annexation or a petition for an annexation election has been found to be valid in accordance with the provisions of section 31-12-107. The ordinance accepting the proposed subdivision shall not be passed on final reading prior to the date when the annexation is passed on final reading.

(6) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever a municipality annexes an area that contains any portion of a public transportation right-of-way, a customary or regular use of which involves the movement of any agricultural vehicles and equipment, for the period during which land use within the annexed area is devoted to agricultural use and regardless of whether the annexed area has been zoned for agricultural uses, the municipality shall not adopt or enforce any ordinance or regulation affecting the right-of-way, whether arising in connection with zoning, rezoning, the regulation of traffic, or otherwise, so as to restrict such customary or regular use of the right-of-way that is in existence as of the time of the annexation. Nothing in this subsection (6) shall be construed as in any way restricting the municipality from adopting or enforcing traffic regulations that are either consistent with the customary or regular use of the right-of-way or are necessary for the safety of vehicular and pedestrian traffic using the right-of-way.

(b) In addition to any other applicable notice requirements provided by law, not less than thirty days prior to final adoption of an ordinance or regulation affecting the right-of-way in an annexed area that is devoted to agricultural use and regardless of whether the annexed area has been zoned for agricultural uses, the municipality shall send notice of the proposed ordinance or regulation to the following persons by means of the following methods:

(I) To any person who owns property in the annexed area that is contiguous to the right-of-way, by certified mail; and

(II) To such persons as appear on a list maintained by the municipality of interested persons who are to receive such notice by first-class mail. The name of any such person shall remain on the list until such time as the person requests removal of the person's name from the list.

(c) For purposes of this subsection (6), "agricultural vehicles and equipment" means any vehicle or equipment that is designed, adapted, or used for agricultural purposes.
C.R.S. § 31-4-219 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 31-4-219
31-4-219. Official bonds - waiver
Status: in_force

31-4-219. Official bonds - waiver. The city manager, the city clerk, and such other officers and employees as the city council may require so to do shall give bonds in such amounts and with such sureties as may be approved by the city council. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the city. The city council may waive the requirement of such bonds.
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-305 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 3 / Section 31-30.5-305
31-30.5-305. No change in employer obligation
Status: in_force

31-30.5-305. No change in employer obligation. It is the intention of the general assembly that the minimum funding standards established by this part 3 shall not enlarge nor diminish the obligation of municipalities and fire protection districts to their employees for pension benefits provided pursuant to this article.
C.R.S. § 31-2-202 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 31-2-202
31-2-202. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

31-2-202. Legislative declaration. The general assembly declares that the policies and procedures contained in this part 2 are enacted to implement section 9 of article XX of the state constitution, adopted at the 1970 general election, by providing statutory procedures to facilitate adoption and amendment of municipal home rule charters, and, to this end, this part 2 shall be liberally construed. The provisions of this part 2 shall supersede the requirements of article XX of the state constitution, as they relate to procedures for the initial adoption of home rule charters and for the amendment of existing home rule charters, as provided in section 9 (3) of article XX of the state constitution.
C.R.S. § 31-15-711.5 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 7 / Section 31-15-711.5
31-15-711.5. Municipal jails - sanitary standards
Status: in_force

31-15-711.5. Municipal jails - sanitary standards. Any municipality that chooses to establish and operate a jail, as authorized in section 31-15-401 (1)(j), that begins operations on or after August 30, 1999, may establish sanitary standards for such jail relating to space requirements, furnishing requirements, required special use areas or special management housing, and environmental condition requirements, including but not limited to standards pertaining to light, ventilation, temperature, and noise level. If a municipality does not adopt standards pursuant to this section, the jail operated by or under contract with the municipality shall be subject to the standards adopted by the department of public health and environment pursuant to section 25-1.5-101 (1)(i), C.R.S. In establishing such standards, the municipality is strongly encouraged to consult with national associations that specialize in policies relating to correctional institutions.