C.R.S. § 29-4-505 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 5 / Section 29-4-505
29-4-505. Powers of authority
Status: in_force

29-4-505. Powers of authority. (1) A housing authority shall constitute a public body, corporate and politic, exercise public and essential governmental functions, and have all the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this part 5 (but not the power to levy and collect taxes or special assessments), including the following powers:

(a) To sue and be sued;

(b) To have a seal and to alter the same at pleasure;

(c) To have perpetual succession;

(d) To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers of the authority;

(e) To make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations not inconsistent with this part 5 to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority;

(f) To exercise any of the public powers granted to city housing authorities under part 2 of this article;

(g) To do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers given in this part 5 or the purposes hereof.
C.R.S. § 29-1-1503 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 15 / Section 29-1-1503
29-1-1503. Identifying barriers to entry for historically underutilized businesses in local
Status: in_force

29-1-1503. Identifying barriers to entry for historically underutilized businesses in local government procurement - pilot program. (1) No later than August 13, 2021, the department of local affairs shall establish a pilot program to help local governments identify perceptual and substantial barriers to entry for historically underutilized businesses in local government procurement. The department of local affairs shall ensure that the local governments that opt in to the pilot program are representative of the local governments that intersect the rural, urban, and suburban geographies of the state and are representative of the varying types of local governments. The pilot program must include at least five diverse local governments.

(2) The local governments participating in the pilot program shall:

(a) Identify program implementation needs, such as labor and technology;

(b) Determine the appropriate size contracts that would benefit from a program;

(c) Determine the appropriate type of contracts that would benefit from a program, such as, construction or service contracts, or short-term or long-term contracts;

(d) Establish a reasonable threshold for the amount of a local government's operating budget that should be allocated to the establishment and maintenance of a program;

(e) Understand the available program software and costs;

(f) Determine how we can standardize the data across local governments to being submitted to the state;

(g) Determine the required minimum participation goals or participation benchmarks of historically underutilized businesses to determine if the local government's program is fair;

(h) Determine which types of historically underutilized businesses, as specified in section 29-1-1502 (1)(b), appear to be more or less impacted;

(i) Create a sample program that all local governments may use and articulate the necessary steps to build a program; and

(j) Help articulate program goals and targets, such as determining why a program is important for the local government and what outcomes the local governments wish to see from program implementation.

(2) A pilot program participant may collaborate with the department of local affairs and the general assembly on future legislation requiring local governments to establish programs.

(3) (a) In January 2022, the department of local affairs shall report on the progress of the pilot project as part of the department's presentation to its committee of reference at a hearing held pursuant to section 2-7-203 (2)(a) of the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act".

(b) In January 2023, the department of local affairs shall include the findings of the pilot project as part of the department's presentation to its committee of reference at a hearing held pursuant to section 2-7-203 (2)(a) of the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act".
C.R.S. § 29-22-107 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 22 / Section 29-22-107
29-22-107. Legislative finding - hazardous substance listing required
Status: in_force

29-22-107. Legislative finding - hazardous substance listing required. (1) The general assembly finds, determines, and declares:

(a) That the protection of the public from the dangers of hazardous substance incidents occurring on private property, other than residential or agricultural property, is a matter of statewide concern;

(b) That, without the provisions of this section, such protection is inadequate; and

(c) That the provisions of this section are enacted in the exercise of the police powers of this state for the purpose of protecting the peace, health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state.

(2) (a) Upon the request of the designated emergency response authority, the department of public health and environment, or the local fire department, any person who, in accordance with the following table, possesses the specified quantity, or a quantity in excess of that specified, of any hazard type of hazardous substance on private property shall provide the designated emergency response authority and the waste management division of the department of public health and environment and, when requested, the local fire department with a listing of the maximum quantity of each such hazard type reasonably anticipated to be present on the property at any time:

Hazard type Quantity

Class A or B explosive Any quantity

Class C explosive 50 pounds

Etiological agent Any quantity

Water reactive flammable solid 5 pounds

Pyrophoric material 5 pounds

Organic/inorganic peroxide 50 pounds

Poison A or poison B 100 pounds or 15 gallons

Flammable liquid other than a pyrophoric liquid 700 pounds or 120 gallons

Compressed flammable gas other than 3,000 cubic feet or more

liquefied petroleum gases at one atmosphere at

seventy degrees Fahrenheit

Liquefied petroleum gases Any installation exceeding

18,000 gallon water capacity

Oxidizer 200 pounds or 120 gallons

Combustible liquid

Class I 120 gallons

Class II 240 gallons

Class III 500 gallons

Corrosive material 200 pounds or 120 gallons

(unless a lesser amount is specified

in 49 Code of Federal Regulations

Part 172.101)

Irritating material 200 pounds or 120 gallons

(b) With respect to the terms listed as hazard types in the table in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2):

(I) "Pyrophoric material" means any material which ignites spontaneously in dry or moist air at or below one hundred thirty degrees Fahrenheit.

(II) The remaining terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in 49 Code of Federal Regulations Subchapter C as in effect on July 1, 1983.

(c) (I) Any person requested to list pursuant to this subsection (2) shall update such list annually unless the designated response authority, the department of public health and environment, or the local fire department requests an updated list prior to the annual update.

(II) Except as to those authorities designated in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), all information required to be provided under this subsection (2) shall be deemed privileged and shall not be released to any person or organization without the express written consent of the person providing the information.

(III) The person who, without the express written consent required in subsection (2)(c)(II) of this section, releases information required to be provided by this subsection (2) commits a petty offense and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-503.

(d) The requirements of this subsection (2) do not apply to:

(I) Motor fuel products in quantities less than forty-two thousand gallons in underground storage or less than six hundred twenty gallons in one tank or less than one thousand three hundred forty gallons in combination in above ground storage;

(II) Hazardous substances in typical consumer-sized packaging or when being stored or used by a farmer or rancher at a facility used in active agricultural production;

(III) Any person who has specific arrangements with a designated emergency response authority for responding to hazardous substance incidents;

(IV) Hazardous materials in transportation which are subject to the provisions of parts 1, 2, and 3 of article 20 of title 42, C.R.S.;

(V) The armed forces of the United States or the state militia;

(VI) Explosives in forms prescribed by the official United States pharmacopoeia;

(VII) The sale, possession, or use of fireworks;

(VIII) The possession, transportation, and use of small arms ammunition;

(IX) The possession, storage, and transportation of not more than fifty pounds of black powder and two thousand small arms primers for hand-loading of small arms ammunition for personal use unless otherwise regulated by the local jurisdiction;

(X) The transportation and use of explosives or blasting agents by the United States bureau of mines, the federal bureau of investigation, the United States secret service, the United States department of the treasury, or a police or fire department acting in its official capacity;

(XI) Special industrial explosive devices which in the aggregate contain less than fifty pounds of explosives.

(3) On or after October 1, 1983, any person failing to comply with the provisions of subsection (2) of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars per day for each day during which said violation occurs. Such penalty shall be determined and collected by a court of competent jurisdiction upon an action instituted by the district attorney. Civil penalties collected shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the general fund.
C.R.S. § 29-5-211 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 29-5-211
29-5-211. Strikes prohibited
Status: in_force

29-5-211. Strikes prohibited. A firefighter or employee organization shall not strike. Nothing in this section limits or impairs the right of any firefighter to lawfully express or communicate a complaint or opinion on any matter related to compensation, hours, or terms and conditions of employment.
C.R.S. § 29-20-302 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 20 / Part 3 / Section 29-20-302
29-20-302. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-20-302. Definitions. As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Adequate" means a water supply that will be sufficient for build-out of the proposed development in terms of quality, quantity, dependability, and availability to provide a supply of water for the type of development proposed, and may include reasonable conservation measures and water demand management measures to account for hydrologic variability.

(2) "Water supply entity" means a municipality, county, special district, water conservancy district, water conservation district, water authority, or other public or private water supply company that supplies, distributes, or otherwise provides water at retail.
C.R.S. § 29-35-203 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 35 / Part 2 / Section 29-35-203
29-35-203. Department of local affairs collaboration - goals - transit-oriented community a
Status: in_force

29-35-203. Department of local affairs collaboration - goals - transit-oriented community authority. (1) As determined to be appropriate by the executive director of the department, the department shall collaborate with the department of transportation and the Colorado energy office in fulfilling the requirements and goals of this part 2.

(2) The goals of this part 2 are to:

(a) Increase opportunities to construct housing near transit in order to provide benefits including regulated affordable housing, accessible housing, regional equity through a balance of jobs and housing, improved and expanded transit service, and multimodal access to daily needs within mixed-use pedestrian-oriented neighborhoods; and

(b) Increase opportunities for housing production by providing appropriate zoning capacity buffers.

(3) Nothing in this part 2 prevents a transit-oriented community, or other relevant entity, from:

(a) Enforcing infrastructure standards in local law that result in the denial or conditioning of permits or approvals for specific housing projects in a transit center, including but not limited to utilities, transportation, or public works codes or standards;

(b) Adopting generally applicable requirements for the payment of impact fees or other similar development charges, in accordance with section 29-20-104.5, or the mitigation of impacts in accordance with part 2 of article 20 of this title 29;

(c) Approving a development application at a lower net housing density than the maximum allowed net housing density;

(d) Allowing a high amount of zoning capacity in one transit area, while allowing a very low amount of or no zoning capacity in another transit area;

(e) Implementing discretionary approval processes for subdivisions, rezonings, variances, or other processes in transit centers outside of project-specific zoning standards;

(f) Creating an optional discretionary review process that may approve greater density or other more permissive standards than the objective standards subject to administrative approval in a transit center;

(g) Creating a discretionary review process in transit centers that is available at the applicant's option and is subject to criteria consistent with the purposes of this part 2 as established in subsection (2) of this section, including processes such as planned unit developments;

(h) Not publicly disclosing any confidential information related to water supplies or facilities;

(i) Allowing commercial uses, business uses, or mixed-use development on a parcel in a designated transit center; and

(j) Denying or conditioning development projects or building permit approvals for a failure to meet the requirements of a traffic study that is conducted using objective standards.
C.R.S. § 29-1-206.5 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 2 / Section 29-1-206.5
29-1-206.5. Emergency services - agreements - immunity from liability - definitions
Status: in_force

29-1-206.5. Emergency services - agreements - immunity from liability - definitions. (1) Any county, municipality, or designated special district in this state may enter into an agreement with a county, municipality, or special district from a state bordering this state to provide emergency services. The agreement must meet the requirements of section 29-1-203.

(2) If the governor declares an emergency and activates the "Emergency Management Assistance Compact", part 29 of article 60 of title 24, C.R.S., any provision of an agreement authorized under this section that conflicts with a provision of the compact or a procedural plan or program created in accordance with the compact is void and unenforceable.

(3) (a) Any person from another state who is performing a function in this state under an agreement to provide emergency services authorized in this section has the same immunity from liability as a person from the county, municipality, or designated special district of this state performing the same function.

(b) Any person from this state who is performing a function in another state under an agreement to provide emergency services authorized in this section has the same immunity from liability in the other state that he or she would have when performing the same function in this state.

(4) As used in this section, "designated special district" means a fire protection district, fire protection authority, ambulance district, or health service district.
C.R.S. § 29-22-108 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 22 / Section 29-22-108
29-22-108. Criminal penalties
Status: in_force

29-22-108. Criminal penalties. (1) Any person who intentionally causes or substantially contributes to the occurrence of a hazardous substance incident in violation of the provision of this article commits a class 4 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S.

(2) Any person who willfully, recklessly, or with criminal negligence as defined in section 18-1-501, C.R.S., causes or substantially contributes to the occurrence of a hazardous substance incident in violation of the provisions of this article commits a class 5 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 29-11.7-104 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 11.7 / Section 29-11.7-104
29-11.7-104. Regulation - carrying - posting
Status: in_force

29-11.7-104. Regulation - carrying - posting. A local government may enact an ordinance, regulation, or other law that prohibits the open carrying of a firearm in a building or specific area within the local government's jurisdiction. If a local government enacts an ordinance, regulation, or other law that prohibits the open carrying of a firearm in a building or specific area, the local government shall post signs at the public entrances to the building or specific area informing persons that the open carrying of firearms is prohibited in the building or specific area.
C.R.S. § 29-8-132 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 8 / Section 29-8-132
29-8-132. Maintenance, construction, and title to converted facilities
Status: in_force

29-8-132. Maintenance, construction, and title to converted facilities. The public utility has the duty to maintain, repair, and replace all underground facilities installed under this article. There shall be no competitive bidding as to the construction of the converted facilities since existing facilities are owned, maintained, and operated by the public utility and the continuity of service of the utility is essential, both of which make construction work by third persons impracticable. Therefore, the public utility concerned shall be responsible for the accomplishment of all construction work and may contract out such of the construction work as it deems desirable. Title to the converted facilities shall be at all times solely and exclusively in the public utility involved, as the public is only purchasing the intangible benefits which come from converted facilities, that is, the removal of the overhead facilities and replacement by underground facilities.
C.R.S. § 29-11.9-103 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 11.9 / Section 29-11.9-103
29-11.9-103. Required acts of pawnbrokers
Status: in_force

29-11.9-103. Required acts of pawnbrokers. (1) A pawnbroker shall record the following information in a register, as described in section 18-16-105: The name, address, and date of birth of the customer and the driver's license number or other identification number from any other form of identification that is allowed for the sale of valuable articles pursuant to section 18-16-103 or for the sale of secondhand property pursuant to section 18-13-114; the date, time, and place of the contract for purchase or purchase transaction; an accurate and detailed account and description of each item of tangible personal property, including but not limited to any trademark, identification number, serial number, model number, brand name, or other identifying marks on such property; and, for a store credit, gift card, or merchandise card, the identification number, name of the retailer, and the value of credit or card. The pawnbroker shall also obtain a written declaration of the customer's ownership, which shall state that the tangible personal property is totally owned by the customer, or shall have attached to the declaration a power of sale from the partial owner to the customer, how long the customer has owned the property, whether the customer or someone else found the property, and, if the property was found, the details of the finding.

(2) The customer shall sign the electronic record and the declaration of ownership and shall receive a copy of the contract for purchase or a receipt of the purchase transaction.

(3) The electronic record, as well as a copy of the contract for purchase or a receipt of the purchase transaction, shall be made accessible to any local law enforcement agency for inspection at any reasonable time.

(4) The pawnbroker shall keep each electronic record for at least three years after the date of the last transaction entered in the register.

(5) A pawnbroker shall hold all contracted goods within his or her jurisdiction for a period of ten days following the maturity date of the contract for purchase, during which time the goods shall be held separate and apart from any other tangible personal property and shall not be changed in form or altered in any way.

(6) A pawnbroker shall hold all property purchased by him or her through a purchase transaction for thirty days following the date of purchase, during which time such property shall be held separate and apart from any other tangible personal property and shall not be changed in form or altered in any way.

(7) (a) Every pawnbroker shall provide the local law enforcement agency, on a weekly basis, with two records, on a form to be provided or approved by the local law enforcement agency, of all tangible personal property accepted during the preceding week and one copy of the customer's declaration of ownership. The form shall contain the same information required to be recorded in the pawnbroker's register or other tangible or electronic record pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. The local law enforcement agency shall designate the day of the week on which the records and declarations shall be submitted.

(b) A local law enforcement agency is not required to use the information submitted pursuant to subsection (7)(a) of this section to provide a benefit to the general public. The state and local governments may enact no further fees, charges, or taxes related to the use of the information provided to local law enforcement.
C.R.S. § 29-4-731 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 7 / Section 29-4-731
29-4-731. Agreement of this state
Status: in_force

29-4-731. Agreement of this state. This state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any notes or bonds issued under this part 7 that this state will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the said holders thereof or in any way impair the rights and remedies of such holders until such notes and bonds, together with the interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of such holders are fully met and discharged. The authority is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of this state in any agreement with the holders of such notes or bonds.
C.R.S. § 29-8-141 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 8 / Section 29-8-141
29-8-141. Early hearings
Status: in_force

29-8-141. Early hearings. All cases in which there may arise a question of validity of the organization of a district or a question of the validity of any proceeding under this article shall be advanced as a matter of immediate public interest and concern and heard at the earliest practicable moment. The courts shall be open at all times for the purpose of this article.
C.R.S. § 29-4-107 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 29-4-107
29-4-107. Management of housing projects
Status: in_force

29-4-107. Management of housing projects. (1) The city, at the city's sole and absolute discretion, may:

(a) Contract with a nonprofit entity or private entity to manage, maintain, and operate any housing project constructed, acquired, owned, or leased by the city; or

(b) Deliver possession of any housing projects constructed, acquired, owned, or leased by the city to the authority within the boundaries of which the city is included, but the title to all property comprising such housing projects shall remain in the city. The authority shall operate and maintain all housing projects of the city that the city has delivered possession of in accordance with this subsection (1)(b) and shall fix, levy, and collect such rents, fees, or other charges for the use and occupancy of such housing projects as such authority determines; but if there are any agreements of the city with an obligee, the authority shall fix, levy, collect, and revise such rents, fees, and other charges in accordance with such agreements and subject thereto. All rents, fees, and other charges received by the authority from any such housing project shall not be commingled with any money of the authority and shall be deposited in a special account in any depository authorized in section 24-75-603.

(2) After the payment of the cost of operation and maintenance of a housing project that the city delivers possession of to the authority pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of this section, the net receipts of such project shall be paid by the authority to the city at monthly or longer intervals as the city may determine or at such intervals as shall be provided for in any agreement by the city with an obligee.
C.R.S. § 29-25-110 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 25 / Section 29-25-110
29-25-110. Approval of actions by local government or members of combination
Status: in_force

29-25-110. Approval of actions by local government or members of combination. No district created under the provisions of this article shall levy a marketing and promotion tax or provide services unless the local government or each member of the combination has approved an operating plan for the district. The operating plan shall specifically identify the services to be provided by the district, any marketing and promotion tax to be imposed by the district, and such additional information as required. The district shall file an operating plan and its proposed budget for the next fiscal year with the clerk of the local government or each member of the combination 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 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 local government or the members of the combination may require the district to supplement the district's operating plan or budget where necessary. The local government or each member of the combination shall approve or disapprove the operating plan within thirty days after receipt of such operating plan and all requested documentation relating thereto, but not later than December 5 of the year in which such documents are filed. Thereafter, the services and financial arrangements of the district shall conform so far as practicable to the operating plan. The operating plan may, from time to time, be amended by the district with the approval of the local government or each member of the combination in substantially the same manner as the process for formulating the operating plan for each year. Any material departure from the operating plan, as originally approved or amended from time to time, may be enjoined by an order of the local government filed with the board.
C.R.S. § 29-30-101 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 30 / Section 29-30-101
29-30-101. Regulation of cigarettes, tobacco products, and nicotine products
Status: in_force

29-30-101. Regulation of cigarettes, tobacco products, and nicotine products. The city council of a statutory or home rule city or the town council of a statutory town may adopt an ordinance to regulate the possession or purchasing of cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products, as defined in section 18-13-121 (5), by a minor or to regulate the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products to minors.
C.R.S. § 29-23-106 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 23 / Section 29-23-106
29-23-106. Board of directors - membership
Status: in_force

29-23-106. Board of directors - membership. (1) The authority shall be governed by a board of directors which shall consist of seven members. Three members shall be appointed by the Pueblo county board of county commissioners, three members shall be appointed by the city council of the city of Pueblo, and one shall be jointly appointed by the Pueblo county board of county commissioners and the Pueblo city council. The members shall serve for terms of four years; except that the members first appointed shall serve terms as follows:

(a) Of the members appointed by the Pueblo county board of county commissioners, one shall serve a term of one year, one shall serve a term of two years, and one shall serve a term of three years.

(b) Of the members first appointed by the city council of the city of Pueblo, one shall serve a term of one year, one shall serve a term of two years, and one shall serve a term of three years.

(c) The member first appointed jointly shall serve a term of four years.

(2) A member may be reappointed upon expiration of a term. The governing body making the original appointment shall fill any vacancy by appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(3) The board may establish a citizens' commission whose members reflect the economic, racial, social, ethnic, and governmental diversity of Pueblo county and one or more technical committees. Any commission or committee established by the board shall serve solely in an advisory capacity to the board.

(4) The board may appoint such additional nonvoting members to the board as it deems necessary. Additional members shall not be included in determining whether a quorum is present.
C.R.S. § 29-7-103 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 7 / Section 29-7-103
29-7-103. Operation - admission fees
Status: in_force

29-7-103. Operation - admission fees. Any city, town, village, county, or school district may operate such a system independently or may cooperate in its conduct in any manner which is mutually agreed upon or may delegate the operation of the system to a recreation board created by any or all of them and appropriate money voted for this purpose to such board, and it may make charges and require the payment of fees for the admission to and use and enjoyment of such recreation facilities and playgrounds.
C.R.S. § 29-1-115 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 1 / Section 29-1-115
29-1-115. Violation is malfeasance - removal
Status: in_force

29-1-115. Violation is malfeasance - removal. Any member of the governing body of any local government or any officer, employee, or agent of any spending agency who knowingly or willfully fails to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by this part 1 or who knowingly and willfully violates any of its provisions is guilty of malfeasance in office, and, upon conviction thereof, the court shall enter judgment that such officer so convicted shall be removed from office. Any elector of the local government may file an affidavit regarding suspected malfeasance with the district attorney, who shall investigate the allegations and prosecute the violation if sufficient cause is found. It is the duty of the court rendering any such judgment to cause immediate notice of such removal to be given to the proper officer of the local government so that the vacancy thus caused may be filled.
C.R.S. § 29-4-1110 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 11 / Section 29-4-1110
29-4-1110. Agreement of the state not to limit or alter rights of obligees
Status: in_force

29-4-1110. Agreement of the state not to limit or alter rights of obligees. The state pledges and agrees with the holders of any bonds issued under this part 11 and with those parties who enter into contracts with the authority that the state will not impair the rights vested in the authority or the rights or obligations of any person with which the authority contracts to fulfill the terms of any agreements made pursuant to this part 11. The state further agrees that it will not impair the rights or remedies of the holders of any bonds of the authority until the bonds have been paid or until adequate provision for payment has been made. The authority may include this provision and undertaking for the state in the bonds.
C.R.S. § 29-5.5-102 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 5.5 / Section 29-5.5-102
29-5.5-102. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

29-5.5-102. Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that the public policy of this state is to encourage, wherever and whenever possible at both the state and local level, the hiring of veterans of the United States armed services. This policy has been expressed through the adoption of article XII, section 15 of the Colorado constitution and is a matter of statewide concern.
C.R.S. § 29-3-106 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 3 / Section 29-3-106
29-3-106. Form and terms of bonds - exemption from Colorado income tax
Status: in_force

29-3-106. Form and terms of bonds - exemption from Colorado income tax. (1) The bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the county commissioners or by ordinance of the municipality; shall be subject to such maximum net effective interest rate; and shall be in such denominations, bear such date, mature at such time not exceeding forty years from their respective dates, bear such interest at a rate, be in such form, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable at such place within or without the state, and be subject to such terms of redemption as the authorizing resolution or supplemental resolution of the county commissioners or the ordinance or supplemental resolution of the municipality may provide.

(2) The bonds may be sold in one or more series at par, or below or above par, at public or private sale, in such manner and for such price as the county or municipality, in its discretion, shall determine; but the county or municipality shall not sell such bonds at a price such that the net effective interest rate of the issue of bonds exceeds the maximum net effective interest rate authorized. As an incidental expense of the project, the county or municipality, in its discretion, may employ financial and legal consultants in regard to the financing of the project.

(3) The county or municipality may exchange all or a part of its bonds for all or an equivalent part of the project for which the bonds are issued, the exchange to be preceded by determination of the fair value of the project or part of the project exchanged for the bonds. Such determination shall be by ordinance of the municipality or by resolution of the governing body of the county and shall be conclusive.

(4) The bonds shall be fully negotiable under the terms of article 8 of title 4, C.R.S.

(5) Interest on bonds issued on or after July 1, 1979, pursuant to this article shall be exempt from Colorado income tax.
C.R.S. § 29-25-104 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 25 / Section 29-25-104
29-25-104. Authority of governing body
Status: in_force

29-25-104. Authority of governing body. The governing body of each local government is hereby vested with jurisdiction to create and establish one or more districts pursuant to the provisions of this article, and such districts shall have all the powers provided in this article that are authorized by the ordinance, resolution, or contract creating the district, or any amendment thereto.
C.R.S. § 29-35-103 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 35 / Part 1 / Section 29-35-103
29-35-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-35-103. Definitions. As used in this article 35, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Accessible unit" means a housing unit that:

(a) Satisfies the requirements of the federal "Fair Housing Act", 42 U.S.C. sec. 3601 et seq., as amended;

(b) Incorporates universal design; or

(c) Is a type A dwelling unit, as defined in section 9-5-101 (10); a type A multistory dwelling unit, as defined in section 9-5-101 (11); a type B dwelling unit, as defined in section 9-5-101 (12); or a type B multistory dwelling unit, as defined in section 9-5-101 (13).

(2) (a) "Administrative approval process" means a process in which:

(I) A development proposal for a specified project is approved, approved with conditions, or denied by local government administrative staff based solely on its compliance with objective standards set forth in local laws; and

(II) Does not require, and cannot be elevated to require, a public hearing, a recommendation, or a decision by an elected or appointed public body or a hearing officer.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(a) of this section, an "administrative approval process" may require an appointed historic preservation commission to make a decision, or to make a recommendation to local government administrative staff, regarding a development application involving a property that the local government has designated as a historic property, provided that:

(I) The state historic preservation office within history Colorado has designated the local government as a certified local government; and

(II) The appointed historic preservation commission's decision or recommendation is based on standards either set forth in local law or established by the secretary of the interior of the United States.

(3) "Applicable transit plan" means a plan of a transit agency whose service territory is within a metropolitan planning organization, including a system optimization plan or a transit master plan that:

(a) Has been approved by the governing body of a transit agency on or after January 1, 2019, and on or before January 1, 2024;

(b) Identifies the planned frequency and span of service for transit service or specific transit routes; and

(c) Identifies specific transit routes for short-term implementation according to that plan, or implementation before January 1, 2030.

(4) "Bus rapid transit service" means a transit service:

(a) That is identified as bus rapid transit by a transit agency, in a metropolitan planning organization's fiscally constrained long range transportation plan or in an applicable transit plan; and

(b) That typically includes any number of the following:

(I) Service that is scheduled to run every fifteen minutes or less during the highest frequency service hours;

(II) Dedicated lanes or busways;

(III) Traffic signal priority;

(IV) Off-board fare collection;

(V) Elevated platforms; or

(VI) Enhanced stations.

(5) "Commuter bus rapid transit service" means a bus rapid transit service that operates for a majority of its route on a freeway with access that is limited to grade-separated interchanges.

(6) "Commuter rail" means a passenger rail transit service between and within metropolitan and suburban areas.

(7) "County" means a county including a home rule county, but excluding a city and county.

(8) "Department" means the department of local affairs.

(9) "Displacement" means:

(a) The involuntary relocation of residents, particularly low-income residents, or locally-owned community-serving businesses and institutions due to:

(I) Increased real estate prices, rents, property rehabilitation, redevelopment, demolition, or other economic factors;

(II) Physical conditions resulting from neglect and underinvestment that render a residence uninhabitable; or

(III) Physical displacement wherein existing housing units and commercial spaces are lost due to property rehabilitation, redevelopment, or demolition;

(b) Indirect displacement resulting from changes in neighborhood population, if, when low-income households move out of housing units, those same housing units do not remain affordable to other low-income households in the neighborhood, or demographic changes that reflect the relocation of existing residents following widespread relocation of their community and community-serving entities.

(10) "Light rail" means a passenger rail transit service that uses electrically powered rail-borne cars.

(11) "Local government" means a municipality, county, or tribal nation with jurisdiction in Colorado.

(12) "Local law" means any code, law, ordinance, policy, regulation, or rule enacted by a local government that governs the development and use of land, including but not limited to land use codes, zoning codes, and subdivision codes.

(13) "Metropolitan planning organization" means a metropolitan planning organization under the "Federal Transit Act of 1998", 49 U.S.C. sec. 5301 et seq., as amended.

(14) "Municipality" means a home rule or statutory city or town, territorial charter city or town, or city and county.

(15) "Objective standard" means a standard that:

(a) Is a defined benchmark or criterion that allows for determinations of compliance to be consistently decided regardless of the decision maker; and

(b) Does not require a subjective determination concerning a development proposal, including but not limited to whether the application for the development proposal is:

(I) Consistent with master plans or other development plans;

(II) Compatible with the land use or development of the area surrounding the area described in the application; or

(III) Consistent with public welfare, community character, or neighborhood character.

(16) "Regulated affordable housing" means affordable housing that:

(a) Has received loans, grants, equity, bonds, or tax credits from any source to support the creation, preservation, or rehabilitation of affordable housing that, as a condition of funding, encumbers the property with a restricted use covenant or similar recorded agreement to ensure affordability, or has been income-restricted under a local inclusionary zoning ordinance or other regulation or program;

(b) Restricts or limits maximum rental or sale price for households of a given size at a given area median income, as established annually by the United States department of housing and urban development; and

(c) Ensures occupancy by low- to moderate-income households for a specified period detailed in a restrictive use covenant or similar recorded agreement.

(17) "Universal design" means any dwelling unit designed and constructed to be safe and accessible for any individual regardless of age or abilities.

(18) "Urban bus rapid transit service" means a bus rapid transit service that operates on a surface street for the majority of its route.

(19) "Visitable unit" means a dwelling unit that a person with a disability can enter, move around the primary entrance floor of, and use the bathroom in.
C.R.S. § 29-27-102 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 27 / Part 1 / Section 29-27-102
29-27-102. Definitions
Status: repealed

29-27-102. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Repealed.

(1.5) "Broadband internet service" has the same meaning as set forth in section 40-15-102 (3.5).

(2) "Cable television service" means the one-way transmission to subscribers of video programming or other programming service, as well as subscriber interaction, if any, that is required for the selection or use of the video programming or other programming service.

(3) "Local government" means any city, county, city and county, special district, or other political subdivision of this state.

(3.5) "Middle mile infrastructure" has the same meaning as set forth in 47 U.S.C. sec. 1741 (a)(9).

(4) "Private provider" means a private entity that provides cable television service, telecommunications service, broadband internet service, or middle mile infrastructure.

(5) Repealed.

(6) "Telecommunications service" has the same meaning as set forth in section 40-15-102 (29), C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 29-4-403 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 4 / Section 29-4-403
29-4-403. Veterans of world war II defined
Status: repealed

29-4-403. Veterans of world war II defined. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 29-5-209 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 29-5-209
29-5-209. Collective bargaining agreement
Status: in_force

29-5-209. Collective bargaining agreement. (1) A collective bargaining agreement entered into pursuant to this part 2 is for a term of at least one year and no more than three years, beginning January 1 and ending December 31, unless a different beginning date is agreed to by the parties, recommended by the advisory fact-finder and accepted by the parties, or set as a result of a special election.

(2) If a party requests collective bargaining by sending notice to the other party, collective bargaining is required to take place no later than July 15 of the last year of the existing collective bargaining agreement or, in the case of a newly certified or recognized exclusive representative, by July 15 of the year in which bargaining will take place. If no party requests bargaining under this section by July 15 of the last year of an existing collective bargaining agreement, the agreement will continue for the next calendar year unless the parties agree to negotiate and reach a voluntary agreement on all terms of a new contract.

(3) The public employer and the exclusive representative shall begin collective bargaining for the purpose of creating a new collective bargaining agreement no later than August 25 after notice to begin collective bargaining is given pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.

(4) A collective bargaining agreement may contain provisions requiring all members of the bargaining unit, as a condition of employment, to pay necessary fees and expenses germane to collective bargaining and enforcement of a collective bargaining agreement that are incurred by the exclusive representative.
C.R.S. § 29-27-101 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 27 / Part 1 / Section 29-27-101
29-27-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

29-27-101. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to ensure that cable television service, telecommunications service, broadband internet service, and middle mile infrastructure are each provided within a consistent, comprehensive, and nondiscriminatory federal, state, and local government framework.

(2) The general assembly further finds and declares that:

(a) There is a need for statewide uniformity in the regulation of all public and private entities that provide cable television service, telecommunications service, broadband internet service, and middle mile infrastructure.

(b) Municipal ordinances, rules, and other regulations governing the provision of cable television service, telecommunications service, broadband internet service, and middle mile infrastructure by a local government impact persons living outside the municipality.

(c) Regulating the provision of cable television service, telecommunications service, broadband internet service, and middle mile infrastructure by a local government is a matter of statewide concern.
C.R.S. § 29-2-209 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 29-2-209
29-2-209. Uniform collection procedures for home rule jurisdictions
Status: in_force

29-2-209. Uniform collection procedures for home rule jurisdictions. [Editor's note: This section is effective July 1, 2025.] (1) Each home rule jurisdiction shall follow, and conform its ordinances where necessary to, the statute of limitations applicable to the enforcement of state sales or use tax collections, the statute of limitations applicable to refunds of state sales or use taxes, the amount of penalties and interest payable on delinquent remittances of state sales or use taxes, and the posting of bonds pursuant to section 39-21-105.

(2) A home rule city, town, and city and county that collects its own sales and use tax and does not use the electronic sales and use tax simplification system created in section 39-26-802.7 shall not collect sales and use tax from a retailer that does not have physical presence in the state unless the retailer elects to collect and remit sales and use tax or enters into a voluntary collection agreement with a home rule city, town, or city and county.
C.R.S. § 29-11-201 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 11 / Part 2 / Section 29-11-201
29-11-201. Legislative declaration
Status: reserved

29-11-201. Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby finds and declares that obtaining access to appropriate community-based organizations and governmental agencies providing for human services is a critical first step for many individuals and families of Colorado to receiving the help and assistance they need. In 2000, in recognition of the need to promote effective access to human services, the federal communications commission reserved the three-digit telephone number of 2-1-1 for access to community health and human services information. The public utilities commission approved the use of a 2-1-1 number for Colorado in October of 2002. The public utilities commission assigned the 2-1-1 dial code to the Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative. The 2-1-1 human services referral service is dedicated to providing individuals and families with referral information to obtain nonemergency services such as food assistance, shelter, job assistance, and low-cost health care, for those in need. Due to the importance of the human services referral system and the need to assure that this system is enabled in all areas of the state of Colorado, the general assembly hereby finds and declares that the 2-1-1 human services referral service providers should receive protection of immunity that is similar to the protection afforded to the 9-1-1 emergency service.
C.R.S. § 29-22-110 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 22 / Section 29-22-110
29-22-110. Colorado state patrol to provide information
Status: in_force

29-22-110. Colorado state patrol to provide information. The Colorado state patrol shall compile and maintain information on the emergency response capabilities of public and private agencies throughout the state to enable the state patrol to answer any inquiry concerning the nearest agencies or entities available to contribute equipment and personnel to aid in the emergency response to any hazardous substance incident. The state patrol shall also compile and maintain information regarding which local, state, or federal agencies or entities should be notified of any hazardous substance incident. The state patrol shall establish, maintain, and publicize a telephone service to make such information available to the public twenty-four hours each day and shall notify each emergency response authority designated in or pursuant to section 29-22-102 as responsible for the emergency response to a hazardous substance incident of such service. With respect to the powers and duties specified in this section, the state patrol shall have no rule-making authority and shall avail itself of all available private resources. The state patrol shall coordinate its activities pursuant to this section with the department of public health and environment and the department of local affairs.
C.R.S. § 29-8-138 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 8 / Section 29-8-138
29-8-138. No limitation on public utilities commission jurisdiction or franchises
Status: in_force

29-8-138. No limitation on public utilities commission jurisdiction or franchises. Nothing contained in this article shall vest any jurisdiction over any public utility in the governing bodies. The public utilities commission shall retain all jurisdiction conferred on it by law. Nothing contained in this article shall be interpreted in such a way as to be in conflict with franchises granted to any public utility, and in the event of any conflict, such franchises shall control over the requirements of this article.
C.R.S. § 29-27-303 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 27 / Part 3 / Section 29-27-303
29-27-303. Enforcement and appeal
Status: in_force

29-27-303. Enforcement and appeal. (1) Before an individual subscriber or a private provider that competes with a local government in the geographic boundaries of the local government may file an action in district court for violation of this article, that person shall file a written complaint with the local government. The failure by the local government to issue a final decision regarding the complaint within forty-five days shall be treated as an adverse decision for purposes of appeal.

(2) An appeal of an adverse decision from the local government may be taken to the district court for a de novo proceeding.
C.R.S. § 29-33-103 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 33 / Section 29-33-103
29-33-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-33-103. Definitions. As used in this article 33, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "County" means only:

(a) A city and county; and

(b) A county with a population of less than seven thousand five hundred people pursuant to the official figures of the most recent United States decennial census.

(2) "Division" means the division of labor standards and statistics within the department of labor and employment.

(3) (a) "Employee organization" means an organization independent of the employer in which public employees may participate and that exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of acting on behalf of and for the benefit of the public employees concerning public employee grievances, labor disputes, wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. "Employee organization" includes any agents or representatives of the employee organization designated by the employee organization.

(b) "Employee organization" does not include an organization, including a committee, advisory council, or other similar group, that includes public employees but is created by a public employee's employer.

(4) "Governing body" means the elected or appointed representative body of a public employer.

(5) (a) "Public employee" means an individual employed by a public employer; except those employees employed in the personnel system of the state established in section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, or employees employed by an employer, as defined in section 8-3-104 (12).

(b) "Public employee" includes two types of employees, as follows:

(I) "Confidential public employee" means a public employee who:

(A) Develops or presents the positions of the employer with respect to employer-employee relations, contributes significantly to the employer's decision-making in connection with such positions, or accesses confidential information, including the employer's non-public planning or strategy information, in connection with the development, presentation, or decision-making of the employer's positions with respect to employer-employee relations; or

(B) Provides legal advice to the employer as the employer's attorney related to this article 33 or other labor relations matters.

(II) "Managerial public employee" means an executive-level public employee with significant decision-making authority, including the authority to develop employer policies or programs or administer an agency or other subdivision of the employer. "Managerial employee" does not include a non-policymaking employee, even if the employee oversees, manages, or directs other employees; except that a firefighter who is a "supervisor", as defined in section 29-5-203 (15), is a "managerial employee" for purposes of this article 33.

(6) "Public employer" means:

(a) A county or a municipality;

(b) A district, business improvement district, special district created pursuant to title 32, authority, or other political subdivision of the state, a county, or a municipality;

(c) The Colorado school for the deaf and the blind, established in article 80 of title 22;

(d) A state institution of higher education, as defined in section 23-18-102 (10)(a), and a local district college operating pursuant to article 71 of title 23;

(e) The office of state public defender created in section 21-1-101;

(f) The university of Colorado hospital authority created in section 23-21-503;

(g) The Denver health and hospital authority created in section 25-29-103;

(h) The joint budget committee staff, the legislative council staff, the office of legislative legal services, the staff of the office of the chief clerk of the house of representatives, and the senate services staff;

(i) The majority and minority caucus staff of the house of representatives and the senate;

(j) A board of cooperative services established pursuant to the "Boards of Cooperative Services Act of 1965", article 5 of title 22;

(k) Any school district as defined in section 22-7-1003 (20);

(l) A district charter school pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of title 22; or

(m) An institute charter school which means a charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of title 22.

(7) "Unfair labor practice" means a violation of the rights or obligations described in this article 33. Nothing in this article 33 shall be construed to mean the right or obligation to recognize or to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement.
C.R.S. § 29-4-303 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 3 / Section 29-4-303
29-4-303. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-4-303. Definitions. As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Area" means that portion of a municipality for which a plan of rehabilitation is adopted by the city council of a municipality as set out in this part 3.

(2) "Authority" means the agency created by ordinance of the city council of a municipality to carry out the development plan adopted for the area.

(3) "City attorney" means the official designated by the general laws of Colorado or by the charter of a municipality to be responsible for the handling of its legal affairs.

(4) "City auditor" means the official of a municipality who has charge of auditing the financial affairs of a municipality.

(5) "City council" means the city council of a city or the board of trustees of an incorporated town or the legislative body of a municipality, by whatever name said legislative body is designated by statute or by city charter.

(6) "City treasurer" means the official who is the custodian of the funds of a municipality.

(7) "Development plan" means the plan adopted by the city council of a municipality for the development of an area.

(8) "Mortgage" means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, or other instrument in writing by which any property, the proceeds thereof, or the income therefrom is made security for the repayment of any advance or loan of money as set out in this part 3.

(9) "Municipality" means any incorporated town or city of the state of Colorado whether organized under general laws or under special charter.

(10) "Planning commission" means the board or commission of the municipality whose duty it is under the statutes, charter, or ordinances to make plans for the growth and development of the municipality or to advise the executive officers of the municipality in the matter of planning.

(11) "Public grounds" of an area means those portions of the area set aside, as provided in this part 3, for streets, alleys, parks, playgrounds, and other public uses.

(12) "Reconstruction agency" means any corporation, copartnership, or person contracting to carry out in whole or in part the rebuilding under a development plan for an area.
C.R.S. § 29-27-202 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 27 / Part 2 / Section 29-27-202
29-27-202. Exemption for unserved areas
Status: repealed

29-27-202. Exemption for unserved areas. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 29-15-108 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 15 / Section 29-15-108
29-15-108. No impairment of contract
Status: repealed

29-15-108. No impairment of contract. As long as any tax anticipation notes are outstanding, this article and the provisions of law authorizing the levy of taxes shall not be repealed or amended in such a manner as would materially impair the contractual rights and remedies of the holders of the tax anticipation notes.
C.R.S. § 29-7.5-105 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 7.5 / Section 29-7.5-105
29-7.5-105. Limitations on liability
Status: in_force

29-7.5-105. Limitations on liability. If a transmission right-of-way has been accepted by the park board as park, trail, or open space, then neither the owners or operators of the high voltage line, transmission right-of-way, or land subject to the transmission right-of-way, nor the governmental or quasi-governmental entity exercising jurisdiction over the park board, nor any of their employees, officers, agents, or board or council members shall have any liability for any injury to person or property or for the death of any person caused by an act or omission of such person or party on the dedicated lands.
C.R.S. § 29-6-102 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 6 / Section 29-6-102
29-6-102. Bond issue
Status: in_force

29-6-102. Bond issue. For the purpose of providing for the acquisition of necessary ground therefor and purchasing, erecting, constructing, or reconstructing such building and for the necessary equipment therefor, the county, city and county, city, or town may issue bonds to be known as liberty memorial bonds, to be issued and sold as provided by law; and the county, city and county, city, or town shall provide for portions of such bonds to become due at different, definite periods, but none in less than five nor more than fifty years from the date of issue.
C.R.S. § 29-7.5-104 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 7.5 / Section 29-7.5-104
29-7.5-104. Use as park, trail, or open space
Status: in_force

29-7.5-104. Use as park, trail, or open space. In any urban area, the owners of any transmission right-of-way and the fee owner of any land subject to any transmission right-of-way may offer to dedicate or grant use of the transmission right-of-way to the park board for a public park, a public trail, or a public open space. This article shall not apply to any dedication or grant of use of a transmission right-of-way unless both the owner of the transmission right-of-way and the fee owner of the land involved consent to the dedication or grant of use. The park board may accept or reject this offered dedication or use of the transmission right-of-way based on the reasonable needs of the public, applicable rules and regulations governing the park board, and other criteria normally applied by the park board in accepting or rejecting dedications of land. In accepting or rejecting such offer, the park board shall consider, among other factors, methods for enhancing the safety of the transmission right-of-way involved through design of the park, trail, or open space improvements. The park board shall also consider and protect the interests and property rights of adjacent landowners, particularly those adjacent to the termination points of trails, who are not participating in the dedication or grant of use of the transmission right-of-way. If needed, the park board shall provide an access or egress from the point of termination to a public street or highway. For purposes of this article, the right of eminent domain shall not be exercised to obtain ingress or egress. Nothing in this article shall prevent negotiations for a dedication or grant of use of a transmission right-of-way in incorporated areas from occurring during the subdivision approval process; except that such dedication or grant of use shall not be finalized until the final subdivision plat is approved.
C.R.S. § 29-22.5-105 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 22.5 / Section 29-22.5-105
29-22.5-105. Reporting controlled burns - short title - definitions
Status: in_force

29-22.5-105. Reporting controlled burns - short title - definitions. (1) The short title of this section is the "Darcy's Last Call Act".

(2) As used in this section:

(a) (I) "Controlled burn" means, for purposes of this section only and as intentionally started on private property that is not classified as agricultural land, as that term is defined in section 39-1-102 (1.6)(a), the following types of burning:

(A) A burn used as a technique in farming or livestock production or for other purposes to clear the land of existing native vegetation or crop residue or to kill weeds and weed seeds;

(B) A controlled ditch burn as set forth in section 24-33.5-1202 (3.4); except that "controlled burn" does not mean a burn involving an irrigation ditch;

(C) Noncommercial burning of trash; and

(D) Open burning of slash piles, as "open burning" and "slash" are defined in section 30-15-401 (1)(n.5)(V).

(II) "Controlled burn" does not mean open burning lawfully conducted in the course of agricultural operations as set forth in section 18-13-109 (2)(b)(I).

(b) "Fire department" means the duly authorized fire protection organization of a town, city, county, or city and county, a fire protection district, or a metropolitan district or county improvement district that provides fire protection. "Fire department" also includes volunteer fire departments organized under section 24-33.5-1208.5.

(3) Before any person conducts a controlled burn, the person must provide notice of the controlled burn in accordance with local rules and regulations or, where no local rules and regulations exist, to the local dispatch center, the county sheriff, and where applicable to the fire department providing services to the area where the private property is located. In the notice required by this subsection (3), the person conducting the controlled burn must provide the date, time, and location where the controlled burn will be conducted, and contact information for the person responsible for the controlled burn. The fire department may determine that fire department personnel must be on standby at the time of the controlled burn for it to be conducted.

(4) Nothing in this section exempts a person from complying with any other applicable local, state, or federal laws.
C.R.S. § 29-4-229 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 29-4-229
29-4-229. Low rentals
Status: in_force

29-4-229. Low rentals. It is the purpose and intent of this part 2 to authorize and impose a duty on the authority to provide safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations at such rentals that persons of low income can afford to live in such dwelling accommodations. To this end, the authority from time to time shall reduce its rents and other charges for such dwelling accommodations to the extent that it deems such action expedient; but the authority shall not reduce its rents or other charges if such action is in violation of any contract between the authority and an obligee or would result in an insufficiency of revenues from the project to meet the costs of the operation and maintenance thereof, to meet all obligations of the authority as same mature, and to create reasonable reserves for such contingencies as the authority determines.
C.R.S. § 29-23-110 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 23 / Section 29-23-110
29-23-110. Bonds
Status: in_force

29-23-110. Bonds. (1) The authority may, from time to time, issue bonds for any of its corporate purposes. The bonds shall be issued pursuant to resolution of the board and shall be payable solely out of all or a specified portion of the revenues of the authority as designated by the board.

(2) Bonds of the authority, as provided in the resolution of the authority under which the bonds are authorized or as provided in a trust indenture between the authority and any commercial or trust company having full trust powers, may:

(a) Be executed and delivered by the authority in the form, in denominations, upon the terms and maturities, and at the times established by the board;

(b) Be subject to optional or mandatory redemption prior to maturity with or without a premium;

(c) Be in fully registered form or bearer form registrable as to principal or interest or both;

(d) Bear such conversion privileges and be payable in such installments and at such times not exceeding forty years from the date of issuance as established by the board;

(e) Be payable at such place or places whether within or without the state as established by the board;

(f) Bear interest at such rate or rates per annum, which may be fixed or vary according to index, procedure, or formula or as determined by the authority or its agents without regard to any interest rate limitation appearing in any other law of the state;

(g) Be subject to purchase at the option of the holder or the board;

(h) Be evidenced in the manner established by the board, and executed by the officers of the authority, including the use of one or more facsimile signatures so long as at least one manual signature appears on the bonds, which may be either of an officer of the authority or of an agent authenticating the same;

(i) Be in the form of coupon bonds which have attached interest coupons bearing a manual of a facsimile signature of an officer of the authority; and

(j) Contain any other provisions not inconsistent with this article.

(3) The bonds may be sold at public or private sale at the price or prices, in the manner, and at the times as determined by the board, and the board may pay all fees, expenses, and commissions which it deems necessary or advantageous in connection with the sale of the bonds. The power to fix the date of sale of the bonds, to receive bids or proposals, to award and sell bonds, to fix interest rates, and to take all other action necessary to sell and deliver the bonds may be delegated to an officer or agent of the authority. Any outstanding bonds may be refunded by the authority pursuant to article 56 of title 11, C.R.S. All bonds and any interest coupons applicable thereto are declared to be negotiable instruments.

(4) The resolution or trust indenture authorizing the issuance of the bonds may pledge all or a portion of the property or revenues of the authority, may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of holders of any of the bonds as the authority deems appropriate, may set forth the rights and remedies of the holders of any of the bonds, and may contain provisions which the authority deems appropriate for the security of the holders of the bonds, including but not limited to provisions for letters of credit, insurance, standby credit agreements, or other forms of credit ensuring timely payment of the bonds, including the redemption price or the purchase price.

(5) Any pledge of revenues or property made by the authority or by any person or governmental unit with which the authority contracts shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. The revenues or property so pledged shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery or further act, and the lien of such pledge shall be valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the pledging party, regardless of whether the party has notice of such lien. The instrument by which the pledge is created need not be recorded or filed.

(6) Neither the members of the board, employees of the authority, nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds or subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.

(7) The authority may purchase its bonds out of any available funds and may hold, pledge, cancel, or resell such bonds subject to and in accordance with agreements with the holders thereof.
C.R.S. § 29-1-401 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 4 / Section 29-1-401
29-1-401. Associations formed - purpose
Status: in_force

29-1-401. Associations formed - purpose. Two or more of the political subdivisions of the state may, in their discretion and in addition to powers granted before April 22, 1957, form and maintain associations for the purposes of promoting through investigation, discussion, and cooperative effort interests and welfare of the several political subdivisions of the state of Colorado and to promote a closer relation between the several political subdivisions of the state.
C.R.S. § 29-11.7-103 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 11.7 / Section 29-11.7-103
29-11.7-103. Local regulations governing firearms permitted
Status: in_force

29-11.7-103. Local regulations governing firearms permitted. (1) Unless otherwise expressly prohibited pursuant to state law, a local government may enact an ordinance, regulation, or other law governing or prohibiting the sale, purchase, transfer, or possession of a firearm, ammunition, or firearm component or accessory that a person may lawfully sell, purchase, transfer, or possess under state or federal law. The local ordinance, regulation, or other law may not impose a requirement on the sale, purchase, transfer, or possession of a firearm, ammunition, or firearm component or accessory that is less restrictive than state law, and any less restrictive ordinance, regulation, or other law enacted by a local government before the effective date of this section, as amended in 2021, is void and unenforceable. A local ordinance, regulation, or other law governing the sale, purchase, transfer, or possession of a firearm, ammunition, or firearm component or accessory may only impose a criminal penalty for a violation upon a person who knew or reasonably should have known that the person's conduct was prohibited.

(2) Nothing in this section requires the Colorado bureau of investigation to consider anything other than state or federal law in its background approval process and determinations.

(3) Nothing in this section authorizes a local government to restrict the manufacture or sale of items pursuant to a United States military or law enforcement procurement contract.
C.R.S. § 29-33-104 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 33 / Section 29-33-104
29-33-104. Protections for public workers
Status: in_force

29-33-104. Protections for public workers. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a public employee has the right to:

(a) Discuss or express the public employee's views regarding public employee representation, workplace issues, or the rights granted to the public employee in this article 33;

(b) (I) Engage in protected, concerted activity for the purpose of mutual aid or protection;

(II) For purposes of this subsection (1)(b), "protected, concerted activity for the purpose of mutual aid and protection" includes the protected rights of employees set forth in 29 U.S.C. sec. 157; except that "protected, concerted activity for the purpose of mutual aid and protection" does not include the right or obligation to recognize or negotiate a collective bargaining agreement. "Protected, concerted activity for the purpose of mutual aid and protection" also does not include the activities of a confidential public employee or a managerial public employee, as defined in section 29-33-103 (5)(b).

(c) Fully participate in the political process while off duty and not in uniform, including:

(I) Speaking with members of the public employer's governing body on terms and conditions of employment and any matter of public concern; and

(II) Engaging in other political activities in the same manner as other citizens of Colorado, without discrimination, intimidation, or retaliation; and

(d) Organize, form, join, or assist an employee organization or refrain from organizing, forming, joining, or assisting an employee organization.

(2) (a) A public employer described in section 29-33-103 (6) may limit the rights of an employee described in this article 33 to the extent necessary to maintain the nonpartisan role of the employer's nonpartisan legislative, judicial, or election-related staff.

(b) Activity by a public employee or group of public employees that results in material disruption of a public employee's duties, a public employer's operations, or the delivery of public services is not protected activity; except that an employer's or other individual's disagreement with the content or viewpoint expressed through an employee's activity or a strike by employees does not constitute material disruption.

(3) A public employer shall not:

(a) Discriminate against, coerce, intimidate, interfere with, or impose reprisals against, or threaten to discriminate against, coerce, intimidate, interfere with, or impose reprisals against, any public employee for engaging in any of the rights described in this article 33;

(b) Dominate or interfere in the administration of an employee organization; or

(c) Discharge or discriminate against a public employee because the public employee has filed an affidavit, petition, or complaint or given any information or testimony pursuant to this article 33, or because the public employee has formed, joined, assisted, or chosen to be represented by an employee organization.
C.R.S. § 29-23-109 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 23 / Section 29-23-109
29-23-109. Annual report
Status: in_force

29-23-109. Annual report. The authority shall, in addition to any other required audit or reporting requirements, present an annual written program and financial report to the Pueblo county board of county commissioners and the city council of the city of Pueblo no later than ninety days after the close of the authority's fiscal year.
C.R.S. § 29-4-727 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 7 / Section 29-4-727
29-4-727. Property taxation - exemption of bonds from taxation
Status: in_force

29-4-727. Property taxation - exemption of bonds from taxation. (1) In any instance where a proposed housing facility or project, whether owned by the authority or by another sponsor, would qualify for a property tax exemption under the laws of Colorado, the board may require that, as a condition for a loan or other assistance under this part 7, any such property shall be subject to an agreement between the taxing authorities and the authority or the sponsor for payments in lieu of taxes; except that, in the case of a housing facility, such payments shall not exceed ten percent of the rentals of such housing facility.

(2) Any bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this part 7, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation by the state or any political subdivision or other instrumentality of the state.

(3) Except where an agreement for payments in lieu of taxes has been entered into as provided in subsection (1) of this section, where property of the authority would qualify for a property tax exemption under the laws of this state and unless property of the sponsor would qualify for a property tax exemption under the laws of this state, the authority shall annually pay, solely from the revenues from the project and not from any other source, to this state and to the city, town, school district, and any other political subdivision or public body authorized to levy taxes in the jurisdiction in which the project is located, a sum equal to the amount of tax which the taxing entity would annually receive if title to the property were held directly by the sponsor, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding. In addition to the requirements of section 29-4-710.5, the authority, before entering into a financing agreement for a project pursuant to this part 7, shall make a prior determination of the sufficiency of revenues for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section or this subsection (3), and each financing agreement shall provide for revenues sufficient to meet the payments required by this subsection (3).

(4) If and to the extent the proceedings under which the notes or bonds issued to finance the project so provide, the authority may agree to cooperate with the sponsor of a project in connection with any administrative or judicial proceedings for determining the validity or amount of any such payments and may agree to appoint or designate and reserve the right in and for such sponsor to take all action which the authority may lawfully take in respect of such payments and all matters relating thereto, but such sponsor shall bear and pay all costs and expenses of the authority thereby incurred at the request of such sponsor or by reason of any such action taken by such sponsor in behalf of the authority.

(5) Any sponsor which has made payments in lieu of taxes in accordance with subsection (1) of this section or paid the amounts required by subsection (3) of this section to be paid by the authority shall not be required to pay taxes on such property to the state or to any county, city, town, school district, or other political subdivision, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding. In the event title to the project is held directly by a private person or corporation, the financing agreement shall require such private person or corporation to pay the taxes which such taxing entity or entities are entitled to receive from such private person or corporation with respect to the project.
C.R.S. § 29-23-104 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 23 / Section 29-23-104
29-23-104. Authority - creation
Status: in_force

29-23-104. Authority - creation. There is hereby created the Pueblo depot activity development authority which shall be a body corporate and politic and a political subdivision of the state. The authority shall not be an agency of state government. The authority shall have perpetual existence and succession.
C.R.S. § 29-4-1114 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 11 / Section 29-4-1114
29-4-1114. This part 11 not a limitation of powers
Status: in_force

29-4-1114. This part 11 not a limitation of powers. Nothing in this part 11 constitutes a restriction or limitation upon any other powers that the authority might otherwise have under any other law of the state, and this part 11 is cumulative to any such powers. This part 11 does and is construed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for acting in any manner authorized thereby and is supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws.
C.R.S. § 29-5-401 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 5 / Part 4 / Section 29-5-401
29-5-401. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

29-5-401. Legislative declaration. (1) House Bill 07-1008, enacted in 2007, established a rebuttable presumption in the state workers' compensation system that certain types of cancer, when contracted by firefighters, are occupational diseases caused by employment as a firefighter.

(2) Nine years of experience has shown that the rebuttable presumption established by House Bill 07-1008 has produced no demonstrable benefit to firefighters but has led to significantly greater costs to employers of firefighters.

(3) The purpose of this part 4 is to provide supplemental income and reimbursement for out-of-pocket costs not otherwise paid for by insurance coverage to firefighters who contract covered cancers and to reduce the cost of workers' compensation insurance for employers of firefighters. This part 4 is not a replacement for workers' compensation coverage or any other kind of medical insurance.

(4) This part 4 does not eliminate or curtail the obligation of an employer of firefighters to participate in the state workers' compensation system, nor does it eliminate or curtail the right of a firefighter to pursue benefits under the state workers' compensation system. Rather, it provides a practical alternative for firefighters to pursue in dealing with the costs and burdens of covered cancers without being forced to rely on recovering compensation under the rebuttable presumption created by House Bill 07-1008.
C.R.S. § 29-4-201 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 29-4-201
29-4-201. Short title
Status: in_force

29-4-201. Short title. This part 2 shall be known and may be cited as the "Housing Authorities Law".
C.R.S. § 29-1-304.7 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 3 / Section 29-1-304.7
29-1-304.7. Programs delegated by the general assembly - termination or reduction - requirem
Status: in_force

29-1-304.7. Programs delegated by the general assembly - termination or reduction - requirements. (1) Any local government which, pursuant to section 20 (9) of article X of the state constitution, intends to reduce or terminate its subsidy to any program delegated to such local government by the general assembly for administration shall provide written notice of such intention to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairman of the joint budget committee of the general assembly, and the head of any state department or agency affected.

(2) The notice required by this section shall contain information sufficient to identify the program and shall state whether the local government intends to reduce or terminate its subsidy to the program. If a reduction is intended, the notice shall also specify the amount of such reduction.

(3) The notice may specify an effective date for such reduction or termination; except that in no event shall the reduction or termination take effect prior to ninety days after receipt of the notice by all of the parties named in subsection (1) of this section.

(4) Any reduction or termination for which notice is given pursuant to this section shall take place over a three-year period in three equal annual amounts.

(5) The director of the division of local government of the department of local affairs is authorized and empowered, after consultation with the affected departments or agencies, if any, to promulgate, adopt, amend, and repeal such rules and regulations, as may be necessary for the implementation and administration of this section.
C.R.S. § 29-8-124 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 8 / Section 29-8-124
29-8-124. Sale of property for nonpayment
Status: in_force

29-8-124. Sale of property for nonpayment. The county treasurer shall receive payment of all installment payments of assessments appearing upon the assessment roll, with interest. In case of default in the payment of any installment of principal or interest when due, the county treasurer shall advertise and sell any property concerning which such default is suffered for the payment of the whole of the unpaid assessment thereon. Said advertisements and sales shall be made at the same times, in the same manner, under all the same conditions and penalties, and with the same effect as provided by general law for sales of real estate in default of payment of general taxes.
C.R.S. § 29-4-509 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 5 / Section 29-4-509
29-4-509. Conformity with building laws
Status: in_force

29-4-509. Conformity with building laws. All projects of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary, and building laws, ordinances, and regulations applicable to the locality in which the project is situated.
C.R.S. § 29-32-105 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 32 / Section 29-32-105
29-32-105. Affordable housing commitments - local governments - tribal governments - three-
Status: in_force

29-32-105. Affordable housing commitments - local governments - tribal governments - three-year commitment cycle - expedited development approval process - eligibility for assistance from the fund. (1) (a) Not later than November 1, 2023, the governing body of each local government, other than local housing authorities, or tribal government desiring to receive funding under this article or desiring to make affordable housing projects within its territorial boundaries eligible for funding under this article shall make and file with the division a commitment specifying how, by December 31, 2026, the combined number of newly constructed affordable housing units and existing units converted to affordable housing, within its territorial boundaries shall be increased by three percent each year over the baseline number of affordable housing units within its territorial boundaries, determined as provided in subsection (1)(c) of this section.

(b) In the case of a county, the requirements of this subsection (1) only apply to the unincorporated areas of the county, except as set forth in subsection (3)(d)(II) of this section.

(c) The baseline number of affordable housing units within the territorial boundaries of a local government or tribal government, as referenced in this subsection (1), shall be determined by the local government or tribal government by reference to:

(I) The 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-year estimates published by the United States Census Bureau. The baseline number shall reset for 2027, based on the 2020-2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, expected to be published in the spring of 2026 and every third year thereafter with the publication of the corresponding American Community Survey 5-year estimates; or

(II) The most recently available Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategies estimates published by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; or

(III) A web-based system created, maintained, and updated by the division with the estimates specified in subsection (1)(c)(I) of this section, or if the division finds that the estimates specified in said subsection (1)(c)(I) would be impractical or deleterious to the efficacious implementation of this section, an alternative source of estimates that the division finds to be appropriate.

(d) By November 1, 2026 and by November 1st of each subsequent year in which the baseline resets, the governing body of each local government, other than local housing authorities, or tribal government desiring to receive funding under this article or desiring to make affordable housing projects within its territorial boundaries eligible for funding under this article shall make and file with the division a commitment specifying how, by December 31 of the third year thereafter, the combined number of newly constructed affordable housing units and existing units converted to affordable housing, within its territorial boundaries shall be increased by three percent each year over the baseline number of affordable housing units within its territorial boundaries determined as provided in subsection (1)(c) of this section.

(e) In drafting and enacting commitments under this subsection (1) local governments and tribal governments should prioritize high-density housing, mixed-income housing, and projects consistent with the goal of environmental sustainability, when appropriate, and should prioritize affordable housing in communities in which low concentrations of affordable housing exist.

(2) (a) In order to receive financial assistance under this article, or for affordable housing projects within a tribal government, municipality, a city and county, or the unincorporated area of a county to be eligible for funding, the tribal government or local government, other than a local affordable housing authority, must establish processes to enable it to provide a final decision on any application for a special permit, variance, or other development permit, excluding subdivisions, of a development project for which fifty percent or more of the residential units in the development constitute affordable housing not more than ninety calendar days after submission of a complete application, referred to herein as a "fast-track approval process."

(b) A local government's or tribal government's fast-track approval process may include an option to extend the review period for an additional ninety days at the request of a developer, for compliance with state law or court order, or for a review period required by another local government, tribal government, or agency, within the local government or tribal government or outside, for any component of the application requiring that government's or agency's approval.

(c) A local government's or tribal government's fast-track approval process may include extensions to allow for the submission of additional information or revisions to an application in response to requests from the local government or tribal government. Such extensions shall not exceed the amount of time from the request to the submission of the applicant's response plus thirty days. Applicants shall provide such additional information or responses promptly and shall, whenever practicable, provide a response within five business days.

(d) Nothing in this subsection (2) shall be interpreted as requiring an affordable housing developer to utilize a fast-track approval process.

(3) (a) Beginning in 2027, to be eligible under this article for direct funding, or for affordable housing projects within a local government's or tribal government's territorial boundaries to be eligible for funding, local governments, other than local housing authorities, or tribal governments must satisfy both the requirements of subsection (1) of this section to commit to and achieve annual increases in the number of affordable housing units within their territorial boundaries, and the requirements of subsection (2) of this section to implement a system to expedite the development approval process for affordable housing projects.

(b) (I) If a local government or tribal government makes and files with the division the commitment required by subsection (1) of this section by November 1, 2023, it shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of subsection (1) of this section through December 31, 2026.

(II) If a local government or tribal government makes and files with the division the commitment required by subsection (1) of this section by November 1, 2026, or by November 1st of a subsequent year in which the baseline resets, and it met its commitment to increase affordable housing made under subsection (1) of this section for the previous three-year cycle, it shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of subsection (1) of this section through the end of the current three-year cycle.

(III) If a local government, other than a local housing authority, or tribal government fails to make and file with the division the commitment required by subsection (1) of this section by November 1, 2023, or by November 1st of a subsequent year in which the baseline resets, it shall be ineligible to receive financial assistance from the division or administrator during the following calendar year.

(IV) If a local government or tribal government fails to meet its commitment to increase affordable housing made and filed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section for any three-year cycle, it shall be ineligible to receive financial assistance from the division or administrator during the first calendar year of the next three-year cycle.

(V) An ineligible local government or tribal government may apply for a subsequent year with a new commitment under subsection (1) of this section for the balance of the then-current three-year cycle.

(VI) A developer, whether for-profit or nonprofit, or a local government or tribal government developing an affordable housing project within the territorial boundaries of a local government or tribal government that fails to meet the requirements of subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall be ineligible to receive financial assistance from the division or administrator. Notwithstanding this restriction, a project within the territorial boundaries of an eligible municipality shall be eligible for funding even if the county in which the project is located is ineligible.

(VII) Ineligible local governments and tribal governments and developers of projects in ineligible local government and tribal government jurisdictions shall not be required to pay back to the division or the administrator money paid to them under this article prior to ineligibility.

(d) (I) The division shall be responsible for determining compliance with this section. For the purpose of calculating whether a local government or tribal government has met the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, a new residential housing unit is to be counted at the time it is permitted rather than the time it is constructed. An existing housing unit newly qualifying as affordable housing is to be counted at the time it is permitted and fully funded rather than at the time the conversion is completed. For the purpose of calculating whether a local government or tribal government has met the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, in addition to affordable housing growth achieved through the programs in this article, any new deed restricted affordable housing, newly constructed or converted to affordable, within a local government's or tribal government's territorial boundaries shall be counted toward the local government's or tribal government's growth requirement. For the purpose of calculating whether a local government or tribal government has met the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, all units funded through the programs created in section 29-32-104 (1)(b), (1)(c)(I), (1)(c)(II), and (1)(c)(III) are counted towards the local government's or tribal government's growth requirement.

(II) Regional collaboration and partnership is encouraged. Local governments and tribal governments may enter into written agreements with other local governments and tribal governments that allow each jurisdiction to receive partial credit towards the local government's or tribal government's growth requirement for the purpose of calculating whether a local government or tribal government has met the requirements of subsection (1) of this section. The sum of the total units credited to the local governments and tribal governments shall not exceed the total number of units produced through the collaboration.
C.R.S. § 29-1-1704 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 17 / Section 29-1-1704
29-1-1704. Voter approval of property limit waiver
Status: in_force

29-1-1704. Voter approval of property limit waiver. (1) (a) A local governmental entity's governing body may submit to the local governmental entity's electors the question of whether the local governmental entity may waive the local governmental entity property tax limit established in section 29-1-1702 in connection with a single property tax year, a specified number of property tax years, or all future property tax years. If the majority of the local governmental entity's voters voting thereon approve such a request, the local governmental entity is not subject to the local governmental entity property tax limit established in section 29-1-1702 for the period of property tax years for which voters approved waiving the property tax limit.

(b) For a measure that is placed on the ballot after November 5, 2024, that would allow a local governmental entity to waive the property tax limit established in section 29-1-1702 in connection with a single property tax year, a specified number of property tax years, or all future property tax years, the ballot title must begin "Shall the (name of the local government) waive the 5.25% property tax limit for" and then must specify whether the local governmental entity is seeking to waive the property tax limit for a single property tax year, a specified number of property tax years, or all future property tax years.

(2) (a) The voters of the state, rather than the voters of any individual school district, may waive the school district property tax revenue limit established in section 29-1-1702.5 in connection with a single property tax year, a specified number of property tax years, or all future property tax years. If the majority of the voters of the state voting thereon approve such a request, all school districts are not subject to the school district property tax revenue limit established in section 29-1-1702.5 for the period of property tax years for which voters approved waiving the property tax revenue limit. The voters of an individual school district may not elect to waive the school district property tax revenue limit established in section 29-1-1702.5 for that individual school district.

(b) For a measure that is placed on the ballot after November 5, 2024, that would allow all school districts to waive the school district property tax revenue limit established in section 29-1-1702.5 in connection with a single property tax year, a specified number of property tax years, or all future property tax years, the ballot title must begin "Shall all of the school districts in the state waive the 6% property tax limit for" and then must specify whether the property tax limit would be waived for all school districts for a single property tax year, a specified number of property tax years, or all future property tax years.
C.R.S. § 29-1-206 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 2 / Section 29-1-206
29-1-206. Law enforcement agreements
Status: repealed

29-1-206. Law enforcement agreements. (1) Any county in this state that shares a common border with a county in another state, and any municipality located in such a bordering county of this state, may enter into an agreement with the bordering county of the other state or with a municipality located in the bordering county of the other state to provide for reciprocal law enforcement between the entities. The agreement shall meet the requirements of section 29-1-203 and shall include, but shall not be limited to, an additional requirement that any person who is assigned to law enforcement duty in this state pursuant to such intergovernmental agreement and section 29-5-104 (2) shall be certified as a peace officer in the other state and shall apply to the peace officers standards and training board created pursuant to section 24-31-302, C.R.S., for recognition prior to an assignment in Colorado.

(2) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 29-3-119 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 3 / Section 29-3-119
29-3-119. No county or municipal operation
Status: in_force

29-3-119. No county or municipal operation. (1) When all principal of, interest on, and any prior redemption premium due in connection with the bonds issued for a project leased to a user have been paid in full and in the event the option to purchase or option to renew the lease, if any, contained in the lease has not been exercised as to all of the property contained in the project, the lease shall terminate and the county or municipality shall sell such remaining property or devote the same to county or municipal purposes other than manufacturing, commercial, or industrial.

(2) Any such sale which is not made pursuant to the exercise of an option to purchase by the user of a project shall be conducted in the same manner as is then provided by law governing the issuer's sale of surplus property.
C.R.S. § 29-35-302 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 35 / Part 3 / Section 29-35-302
29-35-302. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-35-302. Definitions. As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Adaptive reuse" means the conversion of an existing structure from the use for which it was constructed to a new use by maintaining elements of the structure and adapting such elements to a new use.

(2) "Applicable transit plan" means a plan of a transit agency whose service territory is within a metropolitan planning organization, including a system optimization plan or a transit master plan that:

(a) Has been approved by the governing body of a transit agency on or after January 1, 2019, and on or before January 1, 2024;

(b) Identifies the planned frequency and span of service for transit service or specific transit routes; and

(c) Identifies specific transit routes for short-term implementation according to that plan, or implementation before January 1, 2027.

(3) "Applicable transit service area" means an area designated by the map created in section 29-35-306.

(4) "Bus rapid transit service" means a transit service that:

(a) Is identified as bus rapid transit by a transit agency, in a metropolitan planning organization's fiscally constrained long range transportation plan or in an applicable transit plan; and

(b) Includes any number of the following:

(I) Service that is scheduled to run every fifteen minutes or less for four hours or more on weekdays, excluding seasonal service;

(II) Dedicated lanes or busways;

(III) Traffic signal priority;

(IV) Off-board fare collection;

(V) Elevated platforms; or

(VI) Enhanced stations.

(5) "Community-based organization" means a Colorado-based nonprofit entity that:

(a) Has a mission to improve the environmental, economic, social, cultural, or quality of life conditions of a common community of interest;

(b) Is accessible for residents of all ages, incomes, languages, and abilities; or

(c) Addresses the needs of disproportionately impacted and marginalized communities in the region and centers voices of marginalized communities in transportation planning, both in their community and around the region.

(6) "Commuter bus rapid transit service" means a bus rapid transit service that operates for a majority of its route on a freeway with access that is limited to grade-separated interchanges.

(7) "County" means a county, including a home rule county but excluding a city and county.

(8) "Land use approval" means any final action of a local government that has the effect of authorizing the use or development of a particular parcel of real property.

(9) "Loading space" means an off-street space or berth that:

(a) Is on the same site with a building or contiguous to a group of buildings;

(b) Is designated for the temporary parking of either:

(I) A commercial vehicle while materials are loaded in or unloaded from the vehicle; or

(II) A vehicle while passengers board or disembark from the vehicle; and

(c) Abuts upon a street, alley, or other means of access.

(10) "Local government" means a municipality that is within a metropolitan planning organization or a county that has unincorporated areas within a metropolitan planning organization.

(11) "Local law" means any code, law, ordinance, policy, regulation, or rule enacted by a local government that governs the development and use of land, including land use codes, zoning codes, and subdivision codes.

(12) "Maximum parking requirement" means a requirement established in local law that limits the number of parking spaces that may be made available in connection with a real property.

(13) "Metropolitan planning organization" means a metropolitan planning organization under the "Federal Transit Act of 1998", 49 U.S.C. sec. 5301 et seq., as amended.

(14) "Minimum parking requirement" means a requirement established in local law that a number of parking spaces be made available in connection with a real property.

(15) "Municipality" means a home rule or statutory city or town, territorial charter city or town, or city and county.

(16) "Parking space" means an off-street space designated for motor vehicle parking. A parking space does not include a loading space.

(17) "Regulated affordable housing" means affordable housing that:

(a) Has received loans, grants, equity, bonds, or tax credits from any source to support the creation, preservation, or rehabilitation of affordable housing that, as a condition of funding, encumbers the property with a restricted use covenant or similar recorded agreement to ensure affordability, or has been income-restricted under a local inclusionary zoning ordinance or other regulation or program;

(b) Restricts or limits maximum rental or sale price for households of a given size at a given area median income, as established annually by the United States department of housing and urban development; and

(c) Ensures occupancy by low- to moderate-income households for a specified period detailed in a restrictive use covenant or similar recorded agreement.
C.R.S. § 29-1-104 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 1 / Section 29-1-104
29-1-104. By whom budget prepared
Status: in_force

29-1-104. By whom budget prepared. The governing body of each local government shall designate or appoint a person to prepare the budget and submit the same to the governing body.
C.R.S. § 29-5-202 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 29-5-202
29-5-202. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

29-5-202. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:

(a) The people of Colorado have a fundamental interest in the development of harmonious and cooperative relationships between public employers and firefighters, particularly related to safety issues;

(b) The state has an obligation to protect the public safety by assuring, at all times, the orderly and uninterrupted operation of fire protection agencies;

(c) In order to continually maintain public safety, firefighters must be denied the right to strike;

(d) The denial by some public employers of the right of firefighters to organize and bargain collectively or meet and confer leads to various forms of strife and unrest, which obstruct public safety, and when the right to strike is denied, collective bargaining with the possibility to meet and confer are the appropriate counterbalance to prevent the obstructions to public safety;

(e) Unresolved disputes between firefighters and their public employers harm the public, the governmental agencies, and the employees involved;

(f) Experience has proven that legal protection of the right of firefighters to organize safeguards public safety by removing certain recognized sources of strife and unrest and encouraging practices fundamental to the amicable resolution of disputes over compensation, hours, and terms and conditions of employment and by creating equality of bargaining power between public employers and the firefighters that they employ;

(g) The Colorado wildfires of 2012 demonstrate the potential for loss of life and property damage associated with natural disasters. Responding to natural disasters requires a coordinated response by, and the significant contribution of staffing and resources from, fire departments all around the state. The departments are required to work closely with one another during these times, which demonstrates the statewide nature of fire protection and natural disaster response. Most departments have automatic mutual aid agreements with adjacent departments that blur jurisdictional lines even further. The ability to coordinate and cooperate is critical to effective fire protection and disaster response in the state.

(h) It is the policy of this state to eliminate the causes of certain substantial obstructions to public safety and to mitigate and eliminate these obstructions when they occur by:

(I) Protecting the exercise by firefighters of full freedom of association, self-organization, and other mutual aid or protection without fear of intimidation or retaliation;

(II) Encouraging and promoting the practice and procedure of collective bargaining;

(III) Protecting the right of firefighters to designate representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of collective bargaining, and protecting their right to participate in the political process while off duty and not in uniform, like any other citizen of this state; and

(IV) If approved by a vote of the citizens of a jurisdiction, obligating public employers and employee organizations of firefighters to enter into collective bargaining with the willingness to resolve disputes relating to compensation, hours, and the terms and conditions of employment and to reduce to writing any agreements reached through negotiations; and

(i) Collective bargaining for firefighters is a matter of statewide concern that affects the public safety and general welfare, as the Colorado supreme court held in City of Aurora v. Aurora Firefighters' Protective Association, 193 Colo. 437, 566 P.2d 1356 (1977). The citizens of Colorado have the right to expect a consistently high level of public safety throughout the state, which will allow the economy of Colorado to grow and prosper.

(2) It is also the policy of this state to obligate public employers to meet and confer with their firefighters, upon request, to discuss safety, equipment, and noncompensatory matters.
C.R.S. § 29-22.5-104 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 22.5 / Section 29-22.5-104
29-22.5-104. County wildfire preparedness plan
Status: in_force

29-22.5-104. County wildfire preparedness plan. (1) The sheriff of each county may develop and update as necessary a wildfire preparedness plan for the unincorporated area of the county in cooperation with any fire district or department with jurisdiction over such unincorporated area. Any such plan shall:

(a) Identify all participants in the plan and their wildland fire roles and responsibilities, including their jurisdictional boundaries, their fiscal and operational authority and responsibilities, a general description of their wildland fire response capabilities, and incident command structure;

(b) Describe available emergency response resources and mutual aid and other agreements related to the plan;

(c) Describe the procedures for cooperation and coordination between or among federal, state, county, and local emergency response authorities; and

(d) Specify reimbursement and billing procedures.

(2) It is recognized that many of the elements described in subsection (1) of this section may already exist in community wildfire protection plans, other county fire plans, county all-hazards preparedness plans, or annual operating plans, and these elements could be integrated, in cooperation among the sheriff, the fire chiefs, and the board of county commissioners of the county, into a county wildland fire plan.

(3) The plan developed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be agreed to by all participants in the plan to the extent practicable.

(4) The authorization to develop a wildfire preparedness plan pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall not be construed to require the sheriff to provide and maintain the capability for the response. The sheriff may provide and maintain response capability as described in the plan directly or through mutual aid or other agreements.

(5) At the request of the sheriff, the division may assist in the development or updating of the county wildfire preparedness plan pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.

(6) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the provisions of section 30-15-401.7, C.R.S., or the community wildfire protection plan developed pursuant to such section.
C.R.S. § 29-1-1705 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 17 / Section 29-1-1705
29-1-1705. Prior obligations not impaired - voter-approval of mill increases - disaster eme
Status: in_force

29-1-1705. Prior obligations not impaired - voter-approval of mill increases - disaster emergency spending - definitions. (1) Nothing in this part 17 impairs:

(a) The obligations of any bonds or other forms of indebtedness that are outstanding as of November 5, 2024, or the refunding thereof, issued by a local government or otherwise invalidates any such bond or the obligations or refunding thereof; or

(b) The existing voted authorization of a local government approved by a majority of the local government's voters voting thereon in accordance with section 20 of article X of the state constitution as of November 5, 2024. As established in section 29-1-1701 (3)(h), the imposition of a levy to provide for the payment of the following is not included in the calculation of the property tax limit:

(I) Bonds that are outstanding as of November 5, 2024, and the interest thereon, or for the payment of any other contractual obligation outstanding as of November 5, 2024, that has been approved by a majority of the local government's voters voting thereon; and

(II) Bonds or other contractual obligations issued in accordance with the existing voted authorization of a local government approved by a majority of the local government's voters voting thereon in accordance with section 20 of article X of the state constitution as of November 5, 2024.

(2) (a) Nothing in this part 17 prevents a local governmental entity from submitting to the local governmental entity's electors the question of whether to increase the total number of mills levied by the local governmental entity and, upon receiving the approval of a majority of the local governmental entity's voters voting thereon for such a request, increasing the total number of mills levied by the local governmental entity accordingly. As established in section 29-1-1701 (3)(i), property tax revenue attributable to a local governmental entity increasing the total number of mills it levies upon receiving the approval of the majority of the local governmental entity's voters voting thereon for such an increase in an election occurring on or after November 5, 2024, is not included in the calculation of the local governmental entity's property tax limit. A local governmental entity may also submit to the local government entity's electors the question of whether to increase the total number of mills levied by the local governmental entity in such a way that the mills increase to match the local governmental entity's property tax limit established pursuant to section 29-1-1702 and, upon receiving the approval of a majority of the local governmental entity's voters voting thereon for such a request, increasing the total number of mills levied by the local governmental entity accordingly.

(b) Nothing in this part 17 prevents a school district from submitting to the school district's electors the question of whether to increase the total number of mills levied by the school district and, upon receiving the approval of a majority of the school district's voters voting thereon for such a request, increasing the total number of mills levied by the school district accordingly. As established in section 29-1-1701 (2.5)(a)(VIII), property tax revenue attributable to a school district increasing the total number of total program funding mills it levies upon receiving the approval of the majority of the school district's voters voting thereon for such an increase in an election occurring on or after November 5, 2024, is not included in the calculation of the school district's property tax limit. As established in section 29-1-1701 (2.5)(a)(IX), property tax revenue attributable to mills that the school district levies that it does not levy in connection with total program funding is not included in the calculation of the school district's property tax limit. A school district may also submit to the school district's electors the question of whether to increase the total number of mills levied by the school district in connection with total program funding in such a way that the mills increase to match the school district's property tax limit established pursuant to section 29-1-1702.5 and, upon receiving the approval of a majority of the school district's voters voting thereon for such a request, to increase the total number of mills levied by the school district accordingly.

(3) (a) Notwithstanding this part 17, an amount of qualified property tax revenue or qualified local share property tax revenue, as applicable, equal to any amount of disaster emergency spending by a local government in a property tax year is exempt from the calculation of the property tax limit that applies to that local government for the same property tax year.

(b) As used in this subsection (3), unless the context otherwise requires:

(I) "Declared disaster" has the same meaning as section 24-32-134 (1)(b).

(II) "Disaster emergency spending" means the amount of actual expenditures by a local government in a property tax year as the direct result of a declared disaster.
C.R.S. § 29-4-730 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 7 / Section 29-4-730
29-4-730. Powers of the authority - investments
Status: in_force

29-4-730. Powers of the authority - investments. (1) The authority has the power:

(a) To invest any funds held in reserve, sinking funds, capital reserve funds, or any funds not required for immediate disbursement in property or in securities in which the state treasurer may legally invest funds subject to his control; and to sell from time to time such securities thus purchased and held; and to deposit any securities in any trust bank within or without the state. Any funds deposited in a banking institution or in any depository authorized in section 24-75-603, C.R.S., shall be secured in such manner and subject to such terms and conditions as the board may determine, with or without payment of any interest on such deposit, including, without limitation, time deposits evidenced by certificates of deposit. Any commercial bank incorporated under the laws of this state which may act as depository of any funds of the authority may issue indemnifying bonds or may pledge such securities as may be required by the board.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), to contract with the holders of any of its notes or bonds as to the custody, collection, securing, investment, and payment of any moneys of the authority and of any moneys held in trust or otherwise for the payment of notes or bonds and to carry out such contract. Moneys held in trust or otherwise for the payment of notes or bonds or in any way to secure notes or bonds and deposits of such moneys may be secured in the same manner as moneys of the authority, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such security for such deposits.

(c) To authorize a corporate trustee which holds funds of the authority pursuant to a bond or note resolution or a trust indenture between such trustee and the authority to invest or reinvest such funds in any investments, other than those specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), if the board determines by resolution, including but not limited to a bond or note resolution, that, as of the date of such resolution:

(I) Such investments meet the standard for investments established in section 15-1-304, C.R.S.;

(II) The income on such investments is at least comparable to income then available on the investments permitted in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1); and

(III) Such investments assist the authority in carrying out its public purposes as described in this part 7.
C.R.S. § 29-1-207 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 2 / Section 29-1-207
29-1-207. Notification to military installations by local governments of land use changes
Status: repealed

29-1-207. Notification to military installations by local governments of land use changes - legislative declaration - definitions. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 29-2-215 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 29-2-215
29-2-215. Information sharing
Status: in_force

29-2-215. Information sharing. [Editor's note: This section is effective July 1, 2025.] (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 39-21-113, the executive director shall furnish the liaison of each statutory local government, special district, and requesting home rule jurisdiction with a monthly listing of all returns filed by the retailers in their jurisdiction. The liaison of each statutory local government, special district, and requesting home rule jurisdiction shall notify the executive director of any retailers omitted from the listing as soon as practicable, but in no event more than one hundred eighty days after receiving the monthly listing. Failure of the liaison to notify the executive director of any omitted retailers, within the period, precludes the statutory local government, special district, or requesting home rule jurisdiction from making any further claims based upon such omissions. Neither the executive director nor any statutory local government, special district, or requesting home rule jurisdiction shall be held liable for any omissions that have not been called to the executive director's attention within the period.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 39-21-113, the executive director shall report monthly to each statutory local government, special district, and requesting home rule jurisdiction for which the department collects sales or use tax information identifying licensed vendors within the boundaries of the statutory local government, special district, or requesting home rule jurisdiction, including the licensing information required by section 39-26-802.9 (3), and, where the statutory local government, special district, or requesting home rule jurisdiction has executed a memorandum of understanding with the department providing for control of confidential data, the status of each vendor's account including the amount of sales or use tax collected and paid by each vendor. The executive director may, in the executive director's discretion, provide additional information to a statutory local government, special district, or requesting home rule jurisdiction concerning collection and administration of its sales or use tax if such a memorandum has been executed.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 39-21-113, the executive director may, in the executive director's discretion, exchange information with the proper official of any home rule jurisdiction that imposes a sales or use tax relative to gross sales reported, changes in gross sales resulting from audits, and other information concerning licensed vendors making retail sales within the home rule jurisdiction, including the licensing information required by section 39-26-802.9 (3).

(4) Except in accordance with a judicial order or as otherwise provided by law, an official, employee, or attorney of a statutory local government, special district, or home rule jurisdiction receiving sales or use tax information from the department pursuant to this part 2 shall not divulge or make known to any person who is not an official, employee, or attorney of the statutory local government, special district, or requesting home rule jurisdiction any information that identifies or permits the identification of the amount of sales or use taxes collected or paid by any individual licensed vendor. An official, employee, or attorney charged with the custody of the sales or use tax information shall not be required to produce any such information in any action or proceeding in any court except in an action or proceeding under the provisions of this article to which the statutory local government, special district, or requesting home rule jurisdiction having custody of the information is a party, in which event the court may require the production of, and may admit in evidence, so much of the sales or use tax information as is pertinent to the action or proceeding. Any official, employee, or attorney who willfully violates any of the provisions of this subsection (2) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, and shall be dismissed from office.
C.R.S. § 29-2-103.7 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 29-2-103.7
29-2-103.7. Special taxes for water rights
Status: in_force

29-2-103.7. Special taxes for water rights. (1) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective until July 1, 2025.] On and after July 1, 2003, in addition to any sales tax imposed pursuant to section 29-2-103, counties are authorized to levy a county sales tax, use tax, or any combination of such taxes of up to one percent for the purposes of purchasing, adjudicating changes of, leasing, using, banking, and selling water rights that have been adjudicated for use within such county or in a municipality or county that is subject to an intergovernmental agreement concerning such tax pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.

(1) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective July 1, 2025.] On and after July 1, 2003, in addition to any sales tax imposed pursuant to section 29-2-103, counties are authorized to levy a county sales tax, use tax, or any combination of such taxes of up to one percent for the purposes of purchasing, adjudicating changes of, leasing, using, banking, and selling water rights that have been adjudicated for use within such county or in a municipality or county that is subject to an intergovernmental agreement concerning such tax pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. The sales or use tax allowed under this subsection (1) shall be collected, administered, and enforced by the department of revenue as specified in part 2 of this article 2.

(2) (a) A county may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with any municipality or other county or may enter into a contractual agreement with any private entity to facilitate the achievement of the purposes enumerated in subsection (1) of this section.

(b) Any county that uses tax revenues imposed pursuant to this section shall establish standards for the use of such revenues.

(3) (a) No sales tax, use tax, or combination of such taxes shall be levied pursuant to subsection (1) of this section until a ballot proposal for the levying of such taxes has been referred to and approved by the registered electors of the county in accordance with this article.

(b) The proposal for a tax pursuant to this section may be submitted only on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each year and shall be conducted by the county clerk and recorder in accordance with the "Uniform Election Code of 1992", articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S.

(4) This section shall not be construed to expand the use tax base of any county in this state, as such base is described in section 29-2-109 (1).

(5) All revenues collected from such county taxes shall be credited to a special fund in the county treasury known as the county water fund. The county water fund shall be used only for the purposes enumerated in subsection (1) of this section.
C.R.S. § 29-11.8-110 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 11.8 / Section 29-11.8-110
29-11.8-110. License fees
Status: in_force

29-11.8-110. License fees. (1) The following license fees shall be paid to the local licensing authority annually in advance:

(a) For the issuance of a new escort bureau license, an amount to be set by the local licensing authority, but in no event to exceed five thousand dollars;

(b) For each renewal of an escort bureau license, an amount to be set by the local licensing authority, but in no event to exceed five thousand dollars;

(c) For the issuance of a new escort or escort bureau runner license, an amount to be set by the local licensing authority, but in no event to exceed five hundred dollars;

(d) For each renewal of an escort or escort bureau runner license, an amount to be set by the local licensing authority, but in no event to exceed two hundred fifty dollars.
C.R.S. § 29-2-202 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 29-2-202
29-2-202. Applicability
Status: in_force

29-2-202. Applicability. [Editor's note: This section is effective July 1, 2025.] (1) Except as provided in sections 29-2-209 and 29-2-211, this part 2 applies to:

(a) Sales or use tax imposed by statutory local governments, special districts, or requesting home rule jurisdictions that are collected, administered, enforced, and distributed by the department; and

(b) (I) The county lodging tax imposed pursuant to section 30-11-107.5;

(II) The marketing and promotion tax imposed pursuant to section 29-25-112 (1)(a);

(III) The visitor benefit tax imposed pursuant to section 43-4-605 (1)(i.5);

(IV) The prepaid wireless 911 charge imposed pursuant to section 29-11-102.5;

(V) The prepaid wireless TRS charge imposed pursuant to section 29-11-102.7; and

(VI) The prepaid wireless 988 charge imposed pursuant to section 27-64-103 (4)(b).

(2) Except where specifically provided, and except for a home rule jurisdiction's participation in resolving disputes as described in section 29-2-208 (2) and (3), nothing in this part 2 applies to, affects, or limits the powers of home rule jurisdictions to impose, administer, or enforce their local sales or use tax.
C.R.S. § 29-8-136 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 8 / Section 29-8-136
29-8-136. Payment of public utility
Status: in_force

29-8-136. Payment of public utility. Upon completion of the conversion contemplated by this article, the public utility shall present the governing body with its verified bill for conversion costs, as computed under section 29-8-131, but based upon the actual cost of constructing the underground facility rather than the estimated cost of the facility. In no event shall the bill for conversion cost presented by the public utility exceed the amount of estimated conversion costs by the public utility. In the event the conversion costs are less than the estimated conversion costs, each owner within the improvement district shall receive the benefit, prorated in such form and at such time as the governing body determines. The bill of the public utility shall be paid within thirty days by the governing body from the improvement district funds or such other source as is properly designated by the governing body. In determining the actual cost of constructing the underground facility, the public utility shall use its standard accounting procedures, such as the uniform system of accounts as defined by the federal communications commission and as is in use at the time of the conversion by the public utility involved, as described in section 29-8-131.
C.R.S. § 29-5-204 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 29-5-204
29-5-204. Rights of firefighters
Status: in_force

29-5-204. Rights of firefighters. (1) Firefighters have the right to:

(a) Organize, form, join, or assist an employee organization or to refrain from doing so;

(b) Negotiate collectively or address grievances through representatives of their own choosing;

(c) Engage in other concerted activity for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, if and to the extent that the activity is not prohibited by this part 2 or any other law of Colorado;

(d) Be represented by an exclusive representative without discrimination, intimidation, or retaliation; and

(e) Fully participate in the political process of their public employers while off duty and not in uniform, including speaking with members of the public employer's governing body and engaging in other legitimate political activities in the same manner as other citizens of Colorado without discrimination, intimidation, or retaliation.

(2) Nothing in this part 2 limits the right of a supervisor to be a member of an employee organization.

(3) Nothing in this part 2 applies to volunteer firefighters.
C.R.S. § 29-11.9-101 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 11.9 / Section 29-11.9-101
29-11.9-101. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-11.9-101. Definitions. As used in this article 11.9, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Contract for purchase" means a contract entered into between a pawnbroker and a customer pursuant to which money is advanced to the customer by the pawnbroker on the delivery of tangible personal property by the customer on the condition that the customer, for a fixed price and within a fixed period of time, to be no less than thirty days, has the option to cancel said contract.

(2) "Fixed price" means the amount agreed upon to cancel a contract for purchase during the option period. Said fixed price shall not exceed one-fifth of the original purchase price for each month, plus the original purchase price.

(3) "Fixed time" means that period of time, to be no less than thirty days, as set forth in a contract for purchase, for an option to cancel said contract.

(4) "Local law enforcement agency" means any marshal's office, police department, or sheriff's office with jurisdiction in the locality in which the customer enters into a contract for purchase or a purchase transaction.

(5) "Local licensing authority" means the governing body of a municipality or city and county in any incorporated area of the state and the board of county commissioners of a county in any unincorporated area of the state.

(6) "Option" means the fixed time and the fixed price agreed upon by the customer and the pawnbroker in which a contract for purchase may be but does not have to be rescinded by the customer.

(7) "Pawnbroker" means a person who, in the course of his or her business, is regularly engaged in the business of making contracts for purchase or a person who, in the course of his or her business, is both regularly engaged in the business of making purchase transactions and also regularly or occasionally makes contracts for purchase.

(8) "Purchase transaction" means the purchase by a pawnbroker in the course of his or her business of tangible personal property for resale, other than newly manufactured tangible personal property that has not previously been sold at retail, when the purchase does not constitute a contract for purchase.

(9) "Tangible personal property" means all personal property other than choses in action, securities, or printed evidences of indebtedness, which property is deposited with or otherwise actually delivered into the possession of a pawnbroker in the course of his or her business in connection with a contract for purchase or purchase transaction.
C.R.S. § 29-12.5-102 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 12.5 / Section 29-12.5-102
29-12.5-102. Contract for analysis and recommendations
Status: in_force

29-12.5-102. Contract for analysis and recommendations. (1) The board of any political subdivision may contract with an architect, professional engineer, or other person experienced in the design and implementation of utility cost-savings measures or energy saving measures for an analysis and recommendations pertaining to such measures that would significantly increase:

(a) Utility cost savings and operation and maintenance cost savings in buildings or other facilities owned or rented by the political subdivision; or

(b) Vehicle fleet operational and fuel cost savings in the political subdivision's fleet vehicles.

(2) Such analysis and recommendations shall include the following, as applicable:

(a) Estimates of the amounts by which utility cost savings and operation and maintenance cost savings would increase and estimates of all costs of such utility cost-savings measures or energy saving measures including, but not limited to, itemized costs of design, engineering, equipment, materials, installation, maintenance, repairs, and debt service; or

(b) Estimates of the amounts by which vehicle fleet operational and fuel cost savings would increase and estimates of all costs of such vehicle fleet operational and fuel cost-savings measures.
C.R.S. § 29-14-103 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 14 / Section 29-14-103
29-14-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-14-103. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Bond" means any bond, debenture, or other obligation authorized to be issued by a public body pursuant to any provision of law of the state.

(2) "Bond anticipation note" means any note, interim debenture, or other security evidencing an obligation and issued pursuant to this article.

(3) "Governing body" means a city council, board of trustees, commission, board of county commissioners, board of directors, or other legislative body of a public body in which the legislative powers of such public body are vested.

(4) "Indebtedness" means any bond issued by a public body pursuant to any law of this state which constitutes a debt for the purposes of section 6 of article XI of the state constitution, and the issuance of which must be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of such public body pursuant to said section.

(5) "Legislative act" means an ordinance adopted by a governing body of a municipality or a resolution adopted by a governing body of any other public body.

(6) "Public body" means any county; any municipality as defined by section 31-1-101 (6), C.R.S.; any school district; any special district as defined in section 32-1-103 (20), C.R.S.; and any water conservancy district, city housing authority, county housing authority, urban renewal agency, downtown development authority, or community redevelopment agency, any corporate authority, any corporate commission, or any other political subdivision of this state constituting a body corporate.
C.R.S. § 29-4-735 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 7 / Section 29-4-735
29-4-735. Colorado strategic seed fund council - creation
Status: in_force

29-4-735. Colorado strategic seed fund council - creation. (1) There is hereby created the Colorado strategic seed fund council. Said council shall be composed of nine members, as follows: Four venture capitalists, one management consultant, and two institutional investors, all of whom shall be appointed by the governor, and one member appointed by the president of the senate and one member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. The members of the council shall be confirmed by the senate and shall serve for terms of four years; except that, of the members first appointed, three shall be appointed for terms of two years, three shall be appointed for terms of three years, and three shall be appointed for terms of four years.

(2) At the request of the board, the Colorado strategic seed fund council shall provide advice to the authority from time to time as to the criteria to be used in making loans, and the council shall make recommendations to the board with respect to the board's determinations regarding such loans from the Colorado strategic seed fund to operating seed funds. Said council shall receive reports from the authority regarding the operations and investments of the operating seed funds and shall make an annual report on the operating seed funds to the health and human services committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committees.
C.R.S. § 29-3-118 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 3 / Section 29-3-118
29-3-118. No payment by county or municipality
Status: in_force

29-3-118. No payment by county or municipality. (1) No county or municipality has the power to pay out of its general fund or otherwise contribute any part of the costs of acquiring a project and, unless specifically acquired for uses of the character described in this article or unless the land is determined by the governing body to be no longer necessary for other county or municipal purposes, shall not have the power to use land already owned by the county or municipality, or in which the county or municipality has an equity, for the construction thereon of a project or any part thereof.

(2) The entire cost of acquiring any project must be paid out of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds, but this provision shall not be construed to prevent a municipality from accepting donations of property to be used as a part of any project or money to be used for defraying any part of the cost of any project.
C.R.S. § 29-4-108 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 29-4-108
29-4-108. Moneys of city
Status: in_force

29-4-108. Moneys of city. All proceeds received from the sale of the bonds, all moneys received from the federal government, and all revenues received by any city from any housing project shall be paid to the financial officer of the city designated for such purposes, who shall not commingle any such money received with any other moneys but shall deposit same in a separate account in the name of the city in any depository authorized in section 24-75-603, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 29-6-103 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 6 / Section 29-6-103
29-6-103. Gifts and bequests authorized
Status: in_force

29-6-103. Gifts and bequests authorized. Gifts and bequests to the county, city and county, city, or town for any of the purposes provided in this article are authorized. The same shall be used and applied as provided in this article and as especially stipulated by the donor.
C.R.S. § 29-14-101 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 14 / Section 29-14-101
29-14-101. Short title
Status: in_force

29-14-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Bond Anticipation Note Act".
C.R.S. § 29-14-106 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 14 / Section 29-14-106
29-14-106. Limitations on issuance
Status: in_force

29-14-106. Limitations on issuance. (1) If the bond anticipation notes are being issued in anticipation of bonds which constitute an indebtedness, such bond anticipation notes shall not be issued:

(a) Unless the bonds have been authorized at an election as required by section 6 of article XI of the state constitution;

(b) In a principal amount in excess of the amount of bonds authorized to be issued at such election;

(c) At a maximum net effective interest rate higher than the maximum net effective interest rate at which such bonds may be issued;

(d) Unless the proceeds of such bond anticipation notes are to be used for the same purpose for which the bonds may be issued; and

(e) Unless the principal amount of the bond anticipation note together with the outstanding principal amount of other indebtedness of the public body is within the applicable limitation on the issuance of such indebtedness by the public body, if any.

(2) When bond anticipation notes are issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds which constitute an indebtedness and which have been authorized at an election, a principal amount of the bonds so authorized equal to the original principal amount of the bond anticipation notes issued shall be issued solely for the purpose of retiring such bond anticipation notes. If such bond anticipation notes are retired from other legally available revenues of the public bonds, said bonds in such principal amount shall not be issued unless reauthorized at an election held in accordance with the state constitution and other laws of this state.
C.R.S. § 29-4-119 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 29-4-119
29-4-119. Limitations on remedies of obligee
Status: in_force

29-4-119. Limitations on remedies of obligee. No interest of the city in any housing project shall be subject to sale by the foreclosure of a mortgage thereon either through judicial proceedings or the exercise of a power of sale contained in such mortgage except in the case of mortgages not provided for in section 29-4-115. No judgment against a city shall be a charge upon the real or personal property of the city. The provisions of this section shall not apply to nor limit the rights of obligees to foreclose any of the mortgages of the city provided for in section 29-4-115, or to enforce any pledges or rights conferred by any contract, trust indenture, mortgage, lease, or other agreement of the city relating to a housing project by any appropriate suit, action, or proceeding.
C.R.S. § 29-25-118 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 25 / Section 29-25-118
29-25-118. Method not exclusive
Status: in_force

29-25-118. Method not exclusive. Nothing in this article shall repeal or affect any other law or any part thereof, it being intended that this article shall provide a separate method of accomplishing its objectives and not an exclusive one.
C.R.S. § 29-25-117 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 25 / Section 29-25-117
29-25-117. Department of transportation and local jurisdiction unimpaired
Status: in_force

29-25-117. Department of transportation and local jurisdiction unimpaired. Nothing in this article shall affect or impair the control and jurisdiction that the department of transportation has over streets and highways that are part of the state highway system or that a county, city and county, or municipality has over all property within its boundaries. All powers granted by this article shall be subject to such control and jurisdiction.
C.R.S. § 29-1-1002 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 10 / Section 29-1-1002
29-1-1002. Mobile telecommunications services - taxation by local governments - remedies -
Status: in_force

29-1-1002. Mobile telecommunications services - taxation by local governments - remedies - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Act" means the federal "Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act", 4 U.S.C. secs. 116 to 126, as amended.

(b) "Customer" means customer as defined in section 124 (2) of the act.

(c) "Home service provider" means home service provider as defined in section 124 (5) of the act.

(d) "Local government" means any statutory or home rule city and county, county, city, or town, and any political subdivision of the state, including, without limitation, any authority, special district, or school district.

(e) "Mobile telecommunications service" means mobile telecommunications service as defined in section 124 (7) of the act.

(f) "Place of primary use" means the place of primary use as defined in section 124 (8) of the act.

(g) "Taxing jurisdiction" means taxing jurisdiction as defined in section 124 (12) of the act.

(2) (a) On and after August 1, 2002, any local government that imposes a sales tax pursuant to section 39-26-104 (1)(c), C.R.S., on a mobile telecommunications service shall impose such tax in accordance with the provisions of the act.

(b) Pursuant to section 117 (b) of the act, mobile telecommunications service taxable by a local government on or after August 1, 2002, may be subject to any sales tax or other charge imposed by said local government on the service only if the customer's place of primary use is within the geographical boundaries of the local government.

(3) (a) If a customer believes that a tax, charge, or fee assessed by a local government in the customer's bill for a mobile telecommunications service is erroneous, or that an assignment of place of primary use or taxing jurisdiction on said bill is incorrect, the customer shall notify the home service provider in writing within two years after the date the bill was issued. The notification from the customer shall include the street address for the customer's place of primary use, the account name and number for which the customer seeks a correction, a description of the alleged error, and any other information that the home service provider may require.

(b) No later than sixty days after receipt of notice from a customer pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (3), the home service provider shall review the information submitted by the customer and any other relevant information and documentation to determine whether an error was made. If the home service provider determines that an error was made, the home service provider shall refund or credit to the customer any tax, fee, or charge erroneously collected from the customer for a period not to exceed two years. If the home service provider determines that no error was made, the home service provider shall provide a written explanation of its determination to the customer.

(c) Any customer that believes a tax, charge, or fee assessed by a local government in the customer's bill for mobile telecommunications services is erroneous, or that an assignment of place of primary use or taxing jurisdiction on said bill is incorrect may file a claim in the appropriate district court only after complying with the provisions of this subsection (3).
C.R.S. § 29-23-103 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 23 / Section 29-23-103
29-23-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-23-103. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Authority" means the Pueblo depot activity development authority created by this article.

(2) "Board" means the board of directors of the Pueblo depot activity development authority.

(3) "Bond" means any bond, note, interim certificate, contract, or other evidence of indebtedness of the authority authorized by this article.

(4) "Revenues" means any fees, rates, charges, assessments, grants, contributions, or other income and revenues received by the authority.
C.R.S. § 29-32-105.5 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 32 / Section 29-32-105.5
29-32-105.5. Alternative eligibility for programs - rural resort community - petition - legis
Status: in_force

29-32-105.5. Alternative eligibility for programs - rural resort community - petition - legislative declaration - definition. (1) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:

(I) The lack of affordable housing is an issue throughout the state, and voters throughout the state voted in favor of proposition 123 at the statewide general election in 2022 to address this issue;

(II) The state income tax revenue that is the dedicated source of funding for the affordable housing programs created in this article should be available to all eligible communities in the state; and

(III) Coloradans should be able to live where they work and not have to spend more than thirty percent of their income on housing costs, especially in rural and rural resort communities where housing needs are unique.

(b) Therefore, it is the general assembly's intent that the petition process established in this section helps to ensure that eligible rural resort communities are able to receive funding for affordable housing projects that meet the demonstrated housing needs of their communities.

(2) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "petition" means a petition submitted by a rural resort community to the division in accordance with subsection (3) of this section.

(3) Notwithstanding the requirements set forth in section 29-32-104 (1), a rural resort community may, based on the average needs identified in a housing needs assessment, petition the division to use different percentages of area median income than those percentages specified for eligibility for a given funding cycle for:

(a) The land banking program;

(b) The affordable housing equity program; and

(c) Debt financing programs that are part of the concessionary debt program specified in section 29-32-104 (1)(c)(I) and (1)(c)(III).

(4) The division shall post notice that a petition has been filed on the division's website and shall establish a procedure for receiving public comments on a petition, including comments through the division's website. The division shall consider the public comments when considering the petition.

(5) The division may approve the petition to use different percentages of area median income, but only if:

(a) The submitted housing needs assessment:

(I) Is published by the state or is a local housing needs assessment that utilizes data from the state demographer or other publicly accessible sources, which in either case may be supported by other relevant and verifiable community data;

(II) Has been completed within the past three years of the petition date; and

(III) Is accompanied by a narrative description of why other funding sources cannot be utilized, are not sufficient, or are not accessible to meet the housing needs described within the petition; and

(b) The division determines that the current eligibility standards would cause implementation of this article in a manner inconsistent with demonstrated housing and workforce needs within the jurisdiction, taking into consideration regional workforce commuting trends.

(6) If the division grants the petition, the division shall establish the percentages of area median income based on the average needs identified in a housing needs assessment. A rural resort community may apply for more than one program in a petition.

(7) The approval of a rural resort community's petition does not affect the administrator's obligation in selecting investments that prioritize high-density housing, mixed-income housing, and projects consistent with the goal of environmental sustainability. A project must still meet the rural resort community's demonstrated housing needs.
C.R.S. § 29-1-1202 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 12 / Section 29-1-1202
29-1-1202. Local limits on time or frequency of religious meetings - definitions
Status: in_force

29-1-1202. Local limits on time or frequency of religious meetings - definitions. On or after August 2, 2000, a local government shall be prohibited from enacting or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, regulation, or other restriction that specifically limits when or how frequently individuals in the state may meet upon private residential property to pray, worship, or otherwise study or discuss issues related to religious beliefs. For the purposes of this part 12, the term "local government" shall mean any county, city and county, city, or town, including any county, city and county, city, or town that has adopted a home rule charter.
C.R.S. § 29-20-204 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 20 / Part 2 / Section 29-20-204
29-20-204. Remedy for enforcement against a private property owner
Status: in_force

29-20-204. Remedy for enforcement against a private property owner. (1) (a) Within thirty days after the date of a decision or action of a local government imposing a condition in granting a land-use approval, the owner of such property may notify the local government in writing of an alleged violation of section 29-20-203.

(b) Upon the filing of such written notice, the local government shall inform each member of the governing body in writing that the notice has been filed. The local government shall respond to such notice within thirty days after the date of such notice by informing the property owner whether such application or enforcement will proceed as proposed, will be modified, or will be discontinued. The filing of such notice shall be a condition precedent to the owner's right to proceed under subsection (2) of this section.

(2) (a) Within sixty days after the date the local government is required to respond under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section, the property owner may file a petition in the district court for the judicial district in which the subject property is located seeking relief from the enforcement or application of the local law, regulation, policy, or requirement on the basis of an alleged violation of section 29-20-203. Failure to file such a petition within said sixty-day period shall bar relief under this section.

(b) (I) Within thirty days after service on the local government of a petition pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), the local government shall assemble and file with the clerk of the district court all documents in its possession concerning the enforcement or application of the local law, regulation, policy, or requirement, including the record of any hearing or proceeding concerning such enforcement or application. If there are no contested factual issues and if the court determines that the facts as reflected by the documents and record filed are sufficient to determine the case, the court shall proceed to determine the case in the most expeditious manner and shall issue appropriate procedural orders to facilitate such determination.

(II) If there are contested issues of fact, or if the court determines that additional evidence is necessary to determine the case, the court may order the parties to provide such additional facts and information as the court may deem appropriate. The court shall order a hearing as soon as its docket permits to resolve such issues of fact or hear such additional evidence.

(c) When it has been established that a required dedication of real property or payment of money as described in section 29-20-203 (1) has been or will be imposed, the burden shall be upon the local government to establish, based upon substantial evidence appearing in the record, that such dedication or payment is roughly proportional to the impact of the proposed use of the subject property.

(d) In determining whether the property owner should be granted relief from the local government's enforcement or application of the local law, regulation, policy, or requirement, the court shall include the following considerations:

(I) Whether such enforcement or application has been accomplished pursuant to a duly adopted law, regulation, policy, or requirement;

(II) Whether such enforcement or application advances a legitimate local government interest;

(III) Whether any required dedication of real property or payment of money as described in section 29-20-203 (1) required by such enforcement or application is roughly proportional to the impact of the proposed use of the subject property;

(IV) Whether there are adequate legislative standards and criteria to ensure that the local law, regulation, policy, or requirement is rationally and consistently applied.

(e) (I) If the court determines that local government enforcement or application of the local law, regulation, policy, or requirement to a specific parcel does not comply with section 29-20-203, the court shall grant appropriate relief to the property owner under the facts presented. Such relief may include, but shall not be limited to, ordering the local government to modify any required dedication of real property or payment of money as described in section 29-20-203 (1) to make it roughly proportional to the impact of the proposed use of the subject property in a manner consistent with the court's order.

(II) If the court determines that such enforcement or application is not based on a duly adopted law, regulation, policy, or requirement or that there are not adequate standards and criteria to ensure that such enforcement or application is rational and consistent, the court shall invalidate the enforcement or application of the law, regulation, policy, or requirement as applied to the subject property.

(f) In any proceeding under this subsection (2), the court may in its discretion award the prevailing party its costs and reasonable attorney fees.

(3) Nothing in this section shall affect:

(a) The ability to bring an action under any state statute relating to eminent domain or the exercise of eminent domain powers by the state or any local governmental entity in furtherance of section 15 of article II of the state constitution, nor shall these provisions limit any claim for compensation or other relief under any other provision of law prohibiting the taking or damaging of private property for public or private use.

(b) The right of an owner of private property to file an action for judicial review under rule 106 (a)(4) of the Colorado rules of civil procedure; except that, if a claim under this section is not included in such rule 106 (a)(4) action, it may be brought, if at all, only by amendment to the complaint in the rule 106 (a)(4) action. If the local government has answered the rule 106 (a)(4) complaint, the court may not deny amendment of the complaint to add a claim under this section unless the time requirements of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section have not been met.

(4) An owner may proceed with development without prejudice to that owner's right to pursue the remedy provided by this section.
C.R.S. § 29-27-103 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 27 / Part 1 / Section 29-27-103
29-27-103. Provision of cable television, telecommunications, and broadband internet servic
Status: repealed

29-27-103. Provision of cable television, telecommunications, and broadband internet services or middle mile infrastructure.

(1) Repealed.

(2) A local government may provide cable television service, telecommunications service, broadband internet service, or middle mile infrastructure, subject to the requirements of this article 27. For purposes of this article 27, a local government provides cable television service, telecommunications service, broadband internet service, or middle mile infrastructure if the local government provides the cable television service, telecommunications service, broadband internet service, or middle mile infrastructure:

(a) Directly;

(b) Indirectly by means that include but are not limited to the following:

(I) Through an authority or instrumentality acting on behalf of the local government or for the benefit of the local government by itself;

(II) Through a partnership or joint venture; or

(III) Through a sale and leaseback arrangement;

(c) By contract, including a contract whereby the local government leases, sells capacity in, or grants other similar rights to a private provider to use local governmental facilities designed or constructed to provide cable television service, telecommunications service, broadband internet service, or middle mile infrastructure for internal local government purposes in connection with a private provider's offering of cable television service, telecommunications service, broadband internet service, or middle mile infrastructure; or

(d) Through the sale or purchase of resale or wholesale cable television service, telecommunications service, broadband internet service, or middle mile infrastructure for the purpose of providing cable television service, telecommunications service, broadband internet service, or middle mile infrastructure.

(3) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 29-27-403 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 27 / Part 4 / Section 29-27-403
29-27-403. Permit - approval - deadline - exception
Status: in_force

29-27-403. Permit - approval - deadline - exception. (1) A local government may take up to:

(a) Ninety days to process a complete application for:

(I) Location or collocation of a small cell facility or a small cell network; or

(II) Replacement or modification of a small cell facility or facilities or small cell network.

(b) Ninety days to process a complete application that involves a collocation of a tower, building, structure, or replacement structure other than a small cell facility or small cell network; or

(c) One hundred fifty days to process a complete application that involves a new structure or a new wireless service facility, other than a small cell facility or small cell network and other than a collocation.

(2) The time it takes for an applicant to respond to the first request for additional information will not count toward the applicable deadline set forth in subsection (1) of this section only if the local government notifies the applicant within thirty days after the initial filing that the application is incomplete. All other requests for additional information count toward such deadlines.

(3) An applicant and a local government entity may mutually agree that an application may be processed in a longer period than set forth in subsection (1) of this section.
C.R.S. § 29-1-902 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 9 / Section 29-1-902
29-1-902. Local government-financed entity - records - public inspection
Status: in_force

29-1-902. Local government-financed entity - records - public inspection. (1) A local government-financed entity shall make the following information available for public inspection and copying during regular business hours:

(a) A list of the members of the entity;

(b) The annual operating budget of the entity that is government financed;

(c) The compensation paid to officers and employees of and to any other person performing services for the entity, including expense allowances and benefits;

(d) The name of any person lobbying, as defined in section 24-6-301 (3.5), C.R.S., on behalf of the entity and the total amount expended by the entity for lobbying over the previous twelve months;

(e) The most recent disclosure statement filed by the entity or by any person lobbying on behalf of the entity pursuant to section 24-6-302, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 29-4-723 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 7 / Section 29-4-723
29-4-723. Bonds eligible for investment
Status: in_force

29-4-723. Bonds eligible for investment. Bonds issued under the provisions of this part 7 are hereby made securities in which all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Public entities, as defined in section 24-75-601 (1), C.R.S., may invest public funds in such bonds only if said bonds satisfy the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds, notes, or obligations of the state is authorized by law.
C.R.S. § 29-8-139 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 8 / Section 29-8-139
29-8-139. Nonseverability
Status: in_force

29-8-139. Nonseverability. If any provision of this article is held invalid, such invalidity shall invalidate this article in its entirety, and to this end the provisions of this article are declared to be nonseverable.
C.R.S. § 29-32-103 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 32 / Section 29-32-103
29-32-103. Transfers of money - permitted uses of the fund - continuous appropriation
Status: in_force

29-32-103. Transfers of money - permitted uses of the fund - continuous appropriation. (1) The affordable housing support fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The support fund shall consist of money deposited into it under subsection (3) of this section. The division of housing shall administer the support fund and expend the money in the support fund only for the purposes set forth in sections 29-32-104 (3)(a) and (3)(b). The division of local government in the department of local affairs created in section 24-32-103 shall expend the money in the support fund only for the purposes set forth in section 29-32-104 (3)(c). All money not expended or encumbered, and all interest earned on the investment or deposit of money in the support fund, shall remain in the support fund and shall not revert to the general fund or any other fund at the end of any fiscal year. All money transferred to the support fund pursuant to subsection (3) of this section is continuously appropriated to the division of housing for the purposes set forth in sections 29-32-104 (3)(a) and (3)(b) and, to the extent allocated by the division of housing, to the division of local government for the purposes set forth in section 29-32-104 (3)(c).

(2) The affordable housing financing fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The financing fund shall consist of money deposited into it under subsection (3) of this section. The office shall administer the financing fund and expend the money in the financing fund only for the purposes set forth in section 29-32-104 (1) and for the office's administrative expenses related to the programs created in that section. All money not expended or encumbered, and all interest earned on the investment or deposit of money in the financing fund, shall remain in the financing fund and shall not revert to the general fund or any other fund at the end of any fiscal year. All money transferred to the financing fund pursuant to subsection (3) of this section is continuously appropriated to the office for the purposes set forth in section 29-32-104 (1) and this section.

(3) On July 1, 2023, or as soon as practicable thereafter, and on July 1 of each state fiscal year thereafter, the state treasurer shall transfer forty percent of the balance of the fund on the date of the transfer to the support fund and sixty percent of the balance of the fund on the date of the transfer to the financing fund.
C.R.S. § 29-1-504 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 5 / Section 29-1-504
29-1-504. State auditor - powers and duties
Status: in_force

29-1-504. State auditor - powers and duties. (1) The state auditor shall formulate, prescribe, and publish a classification of accounts with the approval of the advisory committee on governmental accounting which shall be uniform for every level of local government as defined in section 29-1-502; except that each level of government may be classified according to population, and, in that event, each classification of accounts shall be uniform within each class; and except that the classification of accounts prescribed for the purpose of public schools shall be subject to the approval of the state board of education; and further except that the classification of accounts prescribed for the purpose of local college districts shall be subject to the approval of the state board for community colleges and occupational education.

(2) Upon completion of the classification of accounts for each level of government, the state auditor shall distribute the published copies of the classification of accounts promulgated by the state auditor's office to each unit of local government defined in section 29-1-502 and may distribute such copies to other interested parties. Any amendments or alterations to the original published copies must also be distributed to each unit of local government in the same manner.

(3) Upon request of the local government officials, the state auditor shall assist local government officials in implementing the classification of accounts promulgated pursuant to this section. Any travel and subsistence expense incurred by the state auditor in performing the requests must be paid by the local government.

(4) In accordance with subsection (1) of this section, the state auditor shall formulate classifications of inventory accounts for local governments; such accounts shall be required to be kept only with respect to items of property having an original cost that equals or exceeds an amount established by the governing body of each local government, unless such items having a value of less than the amount established by such governing body are required to be inventoried by directive of the state auditor. In no event shall the amount established by the governing body of any local government pursuant to this subsection (4) exceed the amount specified in rules promulgated by the state controller pursuant to section 24-30-202 regarding inventory accounts for items of state property.
C.R.S. § 29-4-217 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 29-4-217
29-4-217. Power to mortgage - when
Status: in_force

29-4-217. Power to mortgage - when. (1) In connection with any project, the authority also has the power to mortgage all or any part of its property, real or personal, then owned or thereafter acquired, and thereby:

(a) To vest in a government the right, upon the happening of an event of default as defined in such mortgage, to foreclose such mortgage through judicial proceedings or through the exercise of a power of sale without judicial proceedings, so long as a government is the holder of any of the bonds secured by such mortgage;

(b) To vest in a trustee the right, upon the happening of an event of default as defined in such mortgage, to foreclose such mortgage through judicial proceedings or through the exercise of a power of sale without judicial proceedings, but only with the consent of the government, if any, which aided in financing the project involved;

(c) To vest in other obligees the right, but only with the consent of such government, if any, which aided in financing the project involved, to foreclose such mortgage by judicial proceedings;

(d) To vest in an obligee, including a government, the right in foreclosing any mortgage as aforesaid to foreclose such mortgage as to all or such part of the property covered thereby as such obligee, in its absolute discretion, shall elect; such institution, prosecution, and conclusion of any such foreclosure proceedings or the sale of any such parts of the mortgaged property shall not affect in any manner or to any extent the lien of the mortgage on the parts of the mortgaged property not included in such proceedings or not sold.
C.R.S. § 29-23-111 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 23 / Section 29-23-111
29-23-111. Agreement of the state not to limit or alter rights of obligees
Status: in_force

29-23-111. Agreement of the state not to limit or alter rights of obligees. The state hereby pledges and agrees with the holders of any bonds issued under this article and with those parties who enter into contract with the authority that the state will not limit, alter, restrict, or impair the rights vested in the authority or the rights or obligations of any person with which it contracts to fulfill the terms of any agreements made pursuant to this article. The state further agrees that it will not in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders of any bonds of the authority until such bonds have been paid or until adequate provision for payment has been made. The authority may include this provision and undertaking for the state in such bonds.
C.R.S. § 29-4-104 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 29-4-104
29-4-104. Powers of cities to undertake projects
Status: in_force

29-4-104. Powers of cities to undertake projects. (1) Every city has power and is authorized:

(a) To construct, acquire, own, or lease any housing project within the city;

(b) To contract debts for the construction of any housing project within the city, to borrow money, to issue its bonds to finance such construction, and to provide for the rights of obligees as provided in this part 1;

(c) To assess, levy, and collect unlimited ad valorem taxes on all property subject to taxation to pay the bonds and the interest thereon issued to finance any housing project of the city, and to pay the obligations incurred by the city in connection with any lease to it of a housing project or of real or personal property for the purposes of a housing project;

(d) To acquire by purchase, gift, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain and to hold and dispose of any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, or any right or interest in any such property in connection with any housing project of the city, whether subject to mortgages, liens, charges, or other encumbrances;

(e) To enter on any lands, buildings, or property for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, and examinations in connection with the planning or construction of any housing project of the city;

(f) To insure or provide for the insurance of any housing project of the city against such risks as the city may deem advisable and to procure or agree to the procurement of insurance or guarantees from a government of the payment of any debts or parts thereof incurred by the city in connection with a housing project, including the power to pay premiums on any such insurance;

(g) (I) To borrow money and accept grants from the federal government for or in aid of the construction of a housing project of the city; to take over any land acquired by the federal government for the construction of a housing project; to take over or lease any housing project constructed or owned by the federal government in the city; and to such ends to enter into such contracts, mortgages, trust indentures, leases, or other agreements as the federal government may require including an agreement that the federal government has the right to supervise and approve the construction, maintenance, and operation of such housing project;

(II) All cities are authorized to take over any housing project constructed or owned by the federal government located within ten miles of the boundaries of said city, provided said project is not located within any other city, town, county, or city and county without the prior approval of the governing body of such other city, town, county, or city and county. The authority in this subparagraph (II) conferred to all such cities shall be in addition to all of the authorities and powers in this part 1 granted to cities and shall include, without restrictions, the right to enter into leases for the land upon which said housing projects are located. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this part 1, said cities may operate, maintain, rent, and terminate the housing projects taken over in such manner and upon such terms as their city councils or other governing bodies, by a majority vote thereof, may determine, subject only to the terms and conditions imposed by the federal government at the time the projects are taken over but without restriction as to the method and manner of operation provided in this part 1.

(h) To exercise, for the purpose of obtaining from the federal government a grant, loan, or other financial assistance or cooperation in the construction, maintenance, and operation of a housing project of the city, any power conferred by this part 1 independently or in conjunction with any other power conferred by this part 1 or conferred by any other law; and to do all things necessary in order to secure such aid, assistance, or cooperation from the federal government;

(i) To act as agent for the federal government in connection with the acquisition or construction of a federal housing project or any part thereof;

(j) To arrange with a government or an authority, upon such terms and for such consideration as it may determine, for the acquisition by such government or authority of property, options, or property rights, or for the furnishing of property or services, in connection with a housing project of the city;

(k) To do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly given in this part 1; and

(l) To manage, operate, and maintain, or contract for the management, operation, and maintenance of any housing project owned or leased by the city.

(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this part 1 or in any other law, a city may include in any contract let in connection with a housing project stipulations requiring that the contractor and any subcontractors comply with requirements as to minimum wages and maximum hours of labor, and comply with any conditions which the federal government may have attached to its financial aid of the housing project.
C.R.S. § 29-11-203 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 11 / Part 2 / Section 29-11-203
29-11-203. Human services referral service - immunity - grant - report
Status: repealed

29-11-203. Human services referral service - immunity - grant - report. (1) The Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative, human services referral service provider, or employee, agent, or financial supporter thereof is not liable to any person or entity for any damages in a civil action for injuries, death, or loss to person or property incurred as a result of any act or omission of the Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative, human services referral service provider, or any employee or agent thereof in connection with developing, adopting, authorizing, implementing, maintaining, enhancing, or operating a referral service unless such damage or injury was intentionally caused by or resulted from gross negligence of the Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative, human services referral service provider, employee, agent, or financial supporter in connection with the provision of human services referral service.

(2) The Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative, human services referral service provider, or employee, agent, or financial supporter thereof is not liable to any person or entity for infringement or invasion of the right of privacy of any person caused or claimed to have been caused, directly or indirectly, by any act or omission in connection with the provision of human service referral information to any person or entity unless the infringement or invasion of the right of privacy arose out of the gross negligence or other wrongful and intentional act of the Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative, human services referral service provider, employee, agent, or financial supporter thereof.

(3) and (3.2) Repealed.

(4) (a) For the 2021-22 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the general assembly shall annually appropriate one million dollars from the general fund to the department for the issuance of annual grants to the Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative for operational expenses including, but not limited to:

(I) Implementing a quality control program to ensure a high level of caller satisfaction;

(II) Implementing data collection quality control to ensure a high level of accuracy in collecting caller information and identifying caller needs;

(III) Providing services in over three hundred languages;

(IV) Researching and curating the Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative database of community-based organization resources; and

(V) Dispatching and scheduling ride share rides for callers in need of transportation.

(b) Any money appropriated to the department for a fiscal year pursuant to this subsection (4) that is not expended before the fiscal year ends is further appropriated to the department for the subsequent fiscal year for the same purpose.

(5) To qualify for the grants awarded by the department pursuant to subsection (4) of this section, the Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative must serve as a statewide communication system, host multiple call centers across the state, and provide referrals to one or more of the following:

(a) Housing, including shelters and transitional services;

(b) Rent and utility assistance services;

(c) Income support and assistance services;

(d) Childcare services;

(e) Food services;

(f) Individual, family, and community support services;

(g) Transportation services;

(h) Clothing, personal, and household needs services;

(i) Health-care services;

(j) Mental health and substance use disorders services;

(k) Employment services;

(l) Education services;

(m) Medical clinics services;

(n) Dental clinics services;

(o) Other government and economic services; and

(p) Disaster services.

(6) On or before December 31, 2022, and on or before December 31 of each year thereafter, and notwithstanding the requirement in section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), for as long as annual grants are made pursuant to subsection (4)(a) of this section, the department shall submit a summarized report to the health and human services committee of the senate and the public and behavioral health and human services committee of the house of representatives, or any successor committees, on the grants issued pursuant to this section.
C.R.S. § 29-7-101 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 7 / Section 29-7-101
29-7-101. City or county may own and operate
Status: in_force

29-7-101. City or county may own and operate. (1) Any city, town, village, county, metropolitan recreational district, or park and recreation district organized under article 1 of title 32, C.R.S., may acquire, sell, own, exchange, and operate public recreation facilities, open space and parklands, playgrounds, and television relay and translator facilities; acquire, equip, and maintain land, buildings, or other recreational facilities either within or without the corporate limits of such city, town, village, or county; and expend funds therefor and for all purposes connected therewith.

(2) Any county through its board of county commissioners shall have the power, authority, and jurisdiction to regulate and control public recreation lands and facilities owned or operated by the county by the promulgation of rules and regulations pursuant to a lawfully adopted resolution. The rules and regulations may include but are not limited to the following: Removal, destruction, mutilation, or defacing of any natural object or man-made object owned by the county; explosives or any form of firearm; animal control; any public use, including boating, fishing, camping, or hunting; and polluting or littering. Any person violating any rule or regulation lawfully adopted pursuant to this subsection (2) commits a civil infraction. It is the duty of the sheriff and the sheriff's undersheriff and deputies, in their respective counties, as well as any county enforcement personnel authorized and appointed as described in subsection (3) of this section, to enforce the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this subsection (2), and the county courts in their respective counties have jurisdiction in the prosecution of any violation of a rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this subsection (2). If authorized by resolution, the penalty assessment procedure provided in section 16-2-201 may be followed by any arresting law enforcement officer for any violation of a rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this subsection (2). As part of a resolution authorizing the penalty assessment procedure, the board of county commissioners may adopt a graduated fine schedule for violations. The graduated fine schedule may provide for increased penalty assessments for repeat offenses by the same person. All fines and forfeitures for the violation of county regulations adopted pursuant to this subsection (2) shall be paid into the treasury of the county at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed by resolution; or, if there is no resolution providing for the payment, they shall be paid to the county treasurer at once.

(3) (a) In addition to the enforcement of the rules and regulations by the sheriff, an undersheriff, or a deputy sheriff, a board of county commissioners may by resolution designate specific other county personnel, however titled or administratively assigned, to enforce rules and regulations duly adopted by the county to control and regulate the use of county public lands and recreation facilities, by issuance of citations or summonses and complaints.

(b) Personnel designated pursuant to this subsection (3):

(I) Shall not be subject to peace officer certification or any other requirements of part 3 of article 31 of title 24, C.R.S.;

(II) Shall be included within the definition of "peace officer or firefighter engaged in the performance of his or her duties" found in section 18-3-201 (2), C.R.S.; and

(III) Shall not have the power to arrest or to execute warrants and shall not have authority to enforce any other resolution, ordinance, or statute, unless otherwise provided by law.
C.R.S. § 29-1-605 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 6 / Section 29-1-605
29-1-605. Contents of report
Status: in_force

29-1-605. Contents of report. (1) All reports on audits of local governments shall contain at least the following:

(a) Financial statements which shall be prepared, insofar as possible, in conformity with generally accepted governmental accounting principles setting forth the financial position and results of operation of each fund and activity of the local government and a comparison of actual figures with budgeted figures for each fund or activity for which a budget has been prepared, which financial statements shall be the representations of the local government;

(b) The unmodified opinion of the auditor with respect to the financial statements of the local government or, if an unmodified opinion cannot be expressed, a modified opinion or disclaimer of opinion containing an explanation of the reasons therefor;

(c) Full disclosure by the auditor of violations of state or local law which come to his attention.

(2) In addition to the information required by subsection (1) of this section, the report on the audit of a special district, as defined in section 32-1-103 (20), C.R.S., that has authorized but unissued general obligation debt as of the end of the fiscal year of the special district shall specify the amount of the authorized but unissued debt and any current or anticipated plan to issue the debt.
C.R.S. § 29-5.5-101 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 5.5 / Section 29-5.5-101
29-5.5-101. Short title
Status: in_force

29-5.5-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Political Subdivision Veteran's Preference Enforcement Act".
C.R.S. § 29-2-103.9 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 29-2-103.9
29-2-103.9. Sales tax for mental health-care services
Status: in_force

29-2-103.9. Sales tax for mental health-care services. (1) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective until July 1, 2025.] In addition to any sales tax imposed pursuant to section 29-2-103, each county in this state is authorized to levy a county sales tax of up to one-quarter of one percent for the purpose of providing, directly or indirectly, mental health-care services to residents of the county who are in need of mental health-care services and to family members of such residents.

(1) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective July 1, 2025.] In addition to any sales tax imposed pursuant to section 29-2-103, each county in this state is authorized to levy a county sales tax of up to one-quarter of one percent for the purpose of providing, directly or indirectly, mental health-care services to residents of the county who are in need of mental health-care services and to family members of such residents. The sales tax for mental health-care services shall be collected, administered, and enforced by the department of revenue as specified in part 2 of this article 2.

(2) (a) Any county in which mental health-care services are provided may enter into intergovernmental agreements with any municipality or other county or may enter into contractual agreements with any private provider for the purpose of providing mental health-care services within the county.

(b) Any county that uses sales tax revenues imposed pursuant to this section for the provision of mental health-care services shall establish standards for such services.

(3) (a) No sales tax shall be levied pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section until the proposal has been referred to and approved by the eligible electors of the county in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(b) Any proposal for the levy of a sales tax in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) shall only be submitted to the eligible electors of the county on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each year and any election on the proposal shall be conducted by the county clerk and recorder in accordance with the "Uniform Election Code of 1992", articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S.

(4) All revenues collected from a county sales tax imposed pursuant to this section shall be credited to a special fund in the county treasury known as the county mental health care services fund. The fund shall be used only for the purpose of providing mental health-care services in accordance with this section.
C.R.S. § 29-20-107 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 29-20-107
29-20-107. Compliance with other requirements
Status: in_force

29-20-107. Compliance with other requirements. Except as provided in section 29-20-105 (2), where other procedural or substantive requirements for the planning for or regulation of the use of land are provided by law, such requirements shall control.
C.R.S. § 29-20-205 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 20 / Part 2 / Section 29-20-205
29-20-205. Limitation - scope of part
Status: in_force

29-20-205. Limitation - scope of part. Nothing in this part 2 shall be construed to affect the expressly granted land-use authority of any local government.
C.R.S. § 29-1-506 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 5 / Section 29-1-506
29-1-506. Continuing inventory
Status: repealed

29-1-506. Continuing inventory. (1) The governing body of each local government shall make or cause to be made an annual inventory of property, both real and personal, belonging to such political subdivision; except that an inventory shall be required only with respect to items of property having an original cost that equals or exceeds an amount established by the governing body of each local government, unless such items having a value of less than the amount established by such governing body are required to be inventoried by directive of the state auditor. In no event shall the amount established by the governing body of any local government pursuant to this subsection (1) exceed the amount specified in rules promulgated by the state controller pursuant to section 24-30-202, C.R.S., regarding inventory accounts for items of state property.

(2) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 29-31-103 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 31 / Section 29-31-103
29-31-103. Farm stands
Status: in_force

29-31-103. Farm stands. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a farm stand may be located on a parcel of any size. The retail sale of goods to the public by a farm stand must include goods or other agricultural products that are grown or produced on the principal use site on which the farm stand is located or may include agricultural products resulting from agricultural operations that are not conducted on the principal use site to the extent permitted by the applicable local government. Nothing in this article 31 prohibits a local government from requiring the operator of a farm stand to obtain a valid license or permit or to comply with any other applicable laws prior to operating the farm stand but in no way shall such local permitting, licensing, or other applicable legal requirements deny the use of the site as described in this section.
C.R.S. § 29-27-302 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 27 / Part 3 / Section 29-27-302
29-27-302. Scope of article
Status: repealed

29-27-302. Scope of article. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 29-8-101 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 8 / Section 29-8-101
29-8-101. Short title
Status: in_force

29-8-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Underground Conversion of Utilities Act".
C.R.S. § 29-2-210 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 29-2-210
29-2-210. Remittance of tax - GIS - vendor held harmless
Status: in_force

29-2-210. Remittance of tax - GIS - vendor held harmless. [Editor's note: This section is effective July 1, 2025.] Any vendor may use the GIS database and be held harmless as described in section 39-26-105.2 when collecting and remitting sales or use tax to the department pursuant to this part 2.