C.R.S. § 31-25-505 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-505
31-25-505. District sanitary sewers - contracts - contiguous towns
Status: in_force

31-25-505. District sanitary sewers - contracts - contiguous towns. When the governing body declares the same necessary for sanitary reasons, it may order the construction of district sanitary sewers in districts to be prescribed by ordinance so as to connect with any public or district sewer or with some natural drainage or disposal plant. Such districts, by like authority, may be divided into subdistricts or enlarged, diminished, or otherwise altered by ordinance at any time in accordance with the provisions of this part 5. The contract for district sewers may include all necessary manholes, inlets, and appurtenances and such mains of such reasonable extent outside the district as may be necessary to connect the district with a public sewer or some natural drainage or disposal plant. Contiguous municipalities may unite in the construction of a common sewer or cooperate in such construction or extend to each other the right to use any sewer constructed or to be constructed when such use may be deemed necessary for the discharge of the sewage of either, and such cooperation, common construction, or use shall be upon such terms as regards the apportionment of cost as may be agreed upon between the governing bodies of such contiguous municipalities.
C.R.S. § 31-10-908 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 9 / Section 31-10-908
31-10-908. Mail ballot elections - preelection process
Status: in_force

31-10-908. Mail ballot elections - preelection process. (1) If the governing body of a municipality determines that an election is to be conducted by mail ballot, the clerk shall supervise the distributing, handling, counting of ballots, and the survey of returns and shall take all necessary steps to protect the confidentiality of the ballots cast and the integrity of the election.

(2) Official ballots must be prepared and all other preelection procedures followed as otherwise provided by this article; except that mail ballot packets must be prepared in accordance with this part 9.
C.R.S. § 31-2-224 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 31-2-224
31-2-224. Receiving money to circulate petition - penalty
Status: repealed

31-2-224. Receiving money to circulate petition - penalty. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-303 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 3 / Section 31-31.5-303
31-31.5-303. Hybrid component minimum contributions
Status: in_force

31-31.5-303. Hybrid component minimum contributions. (1) Every employer shall contribute to the lifetime benefits account eight percent of the base salary of the member. The employer contribution rate shall increase by one percent of base salary to be implemented through eight annual increases as follows: Beginning in 2023, and each year thereafter through 2030, the employer contribution rate shall increase by an additional one-eighth of one percent of base salary until the total employer contribution rate, including the cumulative contribution rate increases, is nine percent of base salary.

(2) Every member shall contribute to the lifetime benefits account eight percent of the base salary of the member. The member contribution rate shall increase by one percent of base salary to be implemented through eight annual increases as follows: Beginning in 2023, and each year thereafter through 2030, the member contribution rate shall increase by an additional one-eighth of one percent of base salary until the total member contribution rate, including the cumulative contribution rate increases, is nine percent of base salary. The payment shall be made by the employer by deduction from the salary paid to the member.

(3) The combined mandatory contributions shall be allocated between the hybrid component and the money purchase component as determined annually by the board based on the amount required to fund the benefit provided under the hybrid component.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-404 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 4 / Section 31-31.5-404
31-31.5-404. Social security component benefits
Status: in_force

31-31.5-404. Social security component benefits. (1) In calculating the retirement pension for a member who has service credit in the social security component, the benefit is the sum of the following:

(a) One percent multiplied by the years of service credit in the social security component, not to exceed ten years of service credit, multiplied by the average of the member's highest three years' base salary in the social security component; plus

(b) One and one-quarter percent multiplied by the years of service credit in the social security component in excess of ten years multiplied by the average of the member's highest three years' base salary in the social security component.
C.R.S. § 31-15-404 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 4 / Section 31-15-404
31-15-404. Menstrual hygiene products for a person in custody
Status: in_force

31-15-404. Menstrual hygiene products for a person in custody. A municipality that chooses to establish and operate a jail, as authorized in section 31-15-401 (1)(j), shall comply with the provisions of section 17-26-104.3 concerning the provision of menstrual hygiene products to a person in custody at no expense to the person in custody.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1505 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1505
31-10-1505. Payment of fines
Status: in_force

31-10-1505. Payment of fines. All fines collected under the provisions of this article shall be paid to the county in which the municipality concerned is located.
C.R.S. § 31-25-611 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 6 / Section 31-25-611
31-25-611. General powers of district
Status: in_force

31-25-611. General powers of district. (1) The district has the following limited powers:

(a) To have perpetual existence;

(b) To have and use a corporate seal;

(c) To sue and be sued and be a party to suits, actions, and proceedings;

(d) To enter into contracts and agreements, except as otherwise provided in this part 6, affecting the affairs of the district, including contracts with the United States and any of its agencies or instrumentalities. Except in cases in which a district receives aid from an agency of the federal government, a notice shall be published for bids on all construction contracts for work or material or both involving an expense of one thousand dollars or more. The district may reject any and all bids, and, if it appears that the district can perform the work or secure material for less than the lowest bid, it may proceed so to do.

(e) To borrow money and incur general obligation indebtedness and evidence the same by bonds, certificates, warrants, notes, and debentures and to issue revenue bonds or special assessment bonds in accordance with the provisions of this part 6;

(f) To acquire, construct, install, operate, and maintain the improvements or provide the services contemplated by this part 6, as described in the petition or as later authorized by the voters of the district, including improvements located outside the boundaries of the district, and all property, rights, or interests incidental or appurtenant thereto and to dispose of real and personal property and any interest therein, including leases and easements in connection therewith;

(g) To refund any general obligation indebtedness, revenue bonds, or special assessment bonds of the district without an election; otherwise, the terms and conditions of refunding bonds shall be substantially the same as those of an original issue of bonds of the district;

(h) To have the management, control, and supervision of all the business and affairs of the district and of the acquisition, construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of district improvements or the provision of services;

(i) To exercise the power of eminent domain and dominant eminent domain and, in the same manner provided by law for the condemnation of private property for public use, to take any property necessary to the exercise of the powers granted in this part 6;

(j) To construct and install improvements across or along any public street, alley, or highway and to construct works across any stream of water or watercourses. However, the district shall promptly restore any such street or highway to its former state of usefulness as nearly as possible and shall not use the same in such manner as completely or unnecessarily to impair the usefulness thereof. The use and occupation of streets, alleys, and highways and the construction or installation of improvements by any district shall be in accordance with the provisions of all applicable municipal ordinances and with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the governing body of the municipality affected. Plans and specifications of proposed improvements shall be approved by the governing body of the municipality before construction or installation of improvements is commenced.

(k) To fix and from time to time to increase or decrease rates, tolls, or charges for any revenue-producing services or facilities furnished by the district and to pledge such revenue for the payment of any indebtedness of the district. Until paid, all rates, tolls, or charges shall constitute a perpetual lien on and against the property served, and any such lien may be foreclosed in the same manner as provided by the laws of this state for the foreclosure of mechanics' liens. With respect to revenue-producing services or facilities, the board shall shut off or discontinue service for delinquencies in the payment of such rates, tolls, or charges or for delinquencies in the payment of taxes levied pursuant to this part 6 and shall prescribe and enforce rules and regulations for connecting with and disconnecting from such services and facilities.

(l) To adopt and amend bylaws not in conflict with the constitution and laws of the state or with the ordinances of the municipality affected for carrying on the business, objects, and affairs of the board and of the district;

(m) To exercise all rights and powers necessary or incidental to or implied from the specific powers granted in this part 6. Such specific powers shall not be considered as a limitation upon any power necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of this part 6.

(n) To conduct an election in accordance with articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S., or article 10 of this title for any purpose the board deems necessary or required.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1528 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1528
31-10-1528. Inducing defective ballot
Status: in_force

31-10-1528. Inducing defective ballot. Any person who willfully causes a ballot to misstate in any way the wishes of the voter casting the same or who causes any other deceit to be practiced with intent fraudulently to induce such voter to deposit a defective ballot so as to have the ballot thrown out and not counted commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 31-15-501 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 5 / Section 31-15-501
31-15-501. Powers to regulate businesses
Status: repealed

31-15-501. Powers to regulate businesses. (1) The governing bodies of municipalities have the following powers to regulate businesses:

(a) To prohibit within the limits of the municipality any offensive or unwholesome business or establishment and also to prohibit the carrying on of any business or establishment in an offensive and unwholesome manner within the limits of the municipality;

(b) To compel the owner of any grocery, cellar, soap or tallow candlery, tannery, stable, pigsty, privy, sewer, or other unwholesome or nauseous house or place to cleanse, abate, or remove the same, and to regulate the location thereof;

(c) To license, regulate, and tax, subject to any law of this state, any lawful occupation, business place, amusement, or place of amusements and to fix the amount, terms, and manner of issuing and revoking licenses issued therefor; except that, for purposes of the application of any occupational privilege tax, oil and gas wells and their associated production facilities have not been, are not, and shall not be considered an occupation or business place subject to such tax;

(d) To direct the location and regulate the management and construction of slaughterhouses, packing houses, renderies, tallow candleries, bone factories, soap factories, tanneries, and dairies within the limits of the municipality;

(e) To direct the location and regulate the use and construction of breweries, distilleries, livery stables, blacksmith shops, and foundries within the limits of the municipality;

(f) (I) To license, regulate, and control the laying of railroad tracks, to provide for and change the location, grade, and crossing of any railroad, and to control, regulate, and prohibit the use of steam engines and locomotives propelled by steam power within the corporate limits;

(II) To require railroad companies to fence their respective railroads or any portion of the same and to construct cattle guards at crossings of streets and public roads and keep the same in repair within the limits of the municipality;

(III) To require railroad companies to keep flagmen at railroad crossings of streets and to provide protection against injury to persons and property in the use of such railroads;

(IV) To compel such railroads to raise or lower their railroad tracks to conform to any grade which may at any time be established by such municipality and, when such tracks run lengthwise of any street, alley, or highway, to keep their tracks on a level with the street surface so that such tracks may be crossed at any place on such street, alley, or highway;

(V) To compel and require railroad companies to make, keep open, and keep in repair ditches, drains, sewers, and culverts along and under their railroad tracks so that filthy or stagnant pools of water cannot stand on their grounds or rights-of-way and so that the natural drainage of adjacent property shall not be impeded;

(g) To license, tax, regulate, suppress, and prohibit hucksters, peddlers, pawnbrokers, and keepers of ordinaries, theatrical and other exhibitions, shows, and amusements and to revoke such license at pleasure;

(h) To license, tax, and regulate hackmen, omnibus drivers, carters, cabmen, porters, expressmen, and all others pursuing like occupations and to prescribe the compensation;

(i) To license, regulate, tax, and restrain runners for stages, cars, public houses, or other things or persons;

(j) To license, regulate, tax, or prohibit and suppress billiard, bagatelle, pigeonhole, or any other tables or implements kept or used for a similar purpose in any place of public resort and pin alleys and ball alleys;

(k) To regulate the sale of meats, poultry, fish, butter, cheese, lard, vegetables, and all other provisions and to provide for the place and manner of selling the same. It is unlawful for any municipality to impose by ordinance or otherwise any license, assessment, or other charge upon any person bringing food products to such municipality for sale, either in bulk or by retail, from house to house if said food products were grown or raised by the person so having them for sale and are products of the state of Colorado.

(l) To regulate the sale of bread in the municipality and to prescribe the weight and quality of the bread in the loaf;

(m) To provide for and regulate the inspection of meats, poultry, fish, butter, cheese, lard, vegetables, flour, meal, and other provisions;

(n) To provide for the inspection and sealing of weights and measures;

(o) To enforce the keeping and use of proper weights and measures by vendors;

(p) To tax, license, and regulate auctioneers, lumberyards, livery stables, public scales, money changers, and brokers; except that the exercise of their powers shall not interfere with sales made by sheriffs, tax collectors, coroners, marshals, executors, guardians, any assignees of insolvent debtors, bankrupts, or debtors under the federal bankruptcy code of 1978 (title 11 of the United States Code), or any other persons required by law to sell real or personal property at auction;

(q) To tax, license, and regulate secondhand and junk stores, to forbid their purchasing or receiving from minors without the written consent of their parents or guardians any article, and to compel a record of purchases to be kept, subject at all times to the inspection by the police;

(r) To charge a fee for a local license and establish licensing requirements on businesses engaged in the storage, extraction, processing, or manufacturing of industrial hemp, as defined in section 35-61-101 (7), or hemp products, as defined in section 25-5-427 (2)(d). A municipality shall not impose additional food production regulations on hemp processors or hemp products if the regulations conflict with state law.

(2) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 31-21-107 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 21 / Part 1 / Section 31-21-107
31-21-107. Ordinance irrepealable
Status: repealed

31-21-107. Ordinance irrepealable. Any ordinance authorizing an issue of funding bonds under the provisions of this part 1 and providing for the levy of taxes for the payment of the interest upon the principal of such funding bonds shall not be altered or repealed until the indebtedness thereby authorized has been fully paid.
C.R.S. § 31-10-507 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 5 / Section 31-10-507
31-10-507. Election may be canceled - when
Status: in_force

31-10-507. Election may be canceled - when. In any ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality requiring an affidavit of intent for write-in candidates as provided in section 31-10-306, the governing body may also provide that, if the only matter before the voters is the election of persons to office and if, at the close of business on the sixty-fourth day before the election, there are not more candidates than offices to be filled at such election, including candidates filing affidavits of intent, the clerk, if instructed by resolution of the governing body either before or after such date, shall cancel the election and by resolution declare the candidates elected. If so provided by ordinance, upon such declaration the candidates shall be deemed elected. Notice of such cancellation shall be published, if possible, in order to inform the electors of the municipality, and notice of such cancellation shall be posted at each polling place and in not less than one other public place.
C.R.S. § 31-35-106 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 1 / Section 31-35-106
31-35-106. Regular election of trustees
Status: in_force

31-35-106. Regular election of trustees. The regular election for electing trustees under the provisions of this part 1, after the first election to be called by the mayor, shall be held biennially on the first Tuesday in June; but if the entire city or town is included within the jurisdiction of such board of trustees, the election may be held in conjunction with the regular election. The election shall be conducted by the clerk in accordance with the provisions of the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965" insofar as practicable. Only registered electors who reside in that part of the city or town within the jurisdiction of such board of trustees shall be permitted to vote in such election. Likewise only registered electors residing in such part of the city or town shall be permitted to vote on any proposition to create or contract a debt or loan for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, or extending waterworks.
C.R.S. § 31-2-221 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 31-2-221
31-2-221. Form of petition - representatives of signers
Status: in_force

31-2-221. Form of petition - representatives of signers. (1) Petitions to initiate the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a home rule charter, including the formation of a new charter commission, shall be printed on pages eight and one-half inches wide by eleven inches long, with a margin of two inches at the top for binding; the sheets for signature shall have their ruled lines numbered consecutively and shall be attached to a complete copy of what is proposed, printed in plain block letters no smaller than the impression of eight-point type. Petitions may consist of any number of sections composed of sheets arranged as provided in this section. Each petition shall designate by name and address not less than three nor more than five registered electors who shall represent the signers thereof in all matters affecting the same. No such petition shall be printed, published, or otherwise circulated in a municipality until the clerk has approved it as to form only, and the clerk shall assure that the petition contains only the matters required by this part 2 and contains no extraneous material. The clerk shall approve or disapprove such form within five working days of submission. All such petitions shall be prenumbered serially, and the circulation of any petition described by this part 2 by any medium other than personally by a circulator is prohibited.

(2) Any disassembly of the petition which has the effect of separating the affidavits from the signatures shall render the petition invalid and of no force and effect. Prior to the time of filing, the persons designated in the petition to represent the signers shall attach the sheets containing the signatures and affidavits together, which shall be bound in convenient volumes together with the sheets containing the signatures accompanying the same.
C.R.S. § 31-25-618 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 6 / Section 31-25-618
31-25-618. Inclusion or exclusion - petition - notice - hearing - order
Status: in_force

31-25-618. Inclusion or exclusion - petition - notice - hearing - order. (1) The boundaries of any district organized under the provisions of this part 6 may be changed in the manner prescribed in this section, but the change of boundaries of the district shall not impair or affect its organization or its rights in or to property or any of its rights or privileges whatsoever nor shall it affect or impair or discharge any contract, obligation, lien, or charge for or upon which the district might be liable or chargeable had any such change of boundaries not been made. The owners of property proposed to be included or excluded may file with the board a petition, in writing, requesting that such property be included in or excluded from the district. The petition shall describe the property owned by the petitioners and shall be verified. The petition shall be accompanied by a deposit of moneys sufficient to pay all costs of the inclusion or exclusion proceedings. The secretary of the board shall cause notice of filing of such petition to be given and published, which notice shall state the filing of such petition, names of petitioners, descriptions of property sought to be included or excluded, and the request of said petitioners.

(2) Such notice shall notify all persons having objections to appear at the office of the board at the time stated in said notice and show cause why the petition should not be granted. The board, at the time and place mentioned or at such times to which the hearing may be adjourned, shall proceed to hear the petition and all objections thereto which may be presented by any person showing cause why said petition should not be granted. The failure of any person interested to show cause shall be deemed as an assent on his part to the inclusion or exclusion of such property as requested for in the petition. If the petition is granted, the board shall adopt an ordinance to that effect and file a certified copy of the same with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the property is located. Thereupon said property shall be included or excluded from the district.
C.R.S. § 31-25-108 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 1 / Section 31-25-108
31-25-108. Disaster areas
Status: in_force

31-25-108. Disaster areas. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part 1, when the governing body certifies that an area within the municipality is in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of a flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe respecting which the governor has certified the need for disaster assistance under Public Law 875, Eighty-first Congress, or other federal law, such area shall be deemed a blighted area, and the authority situated in such municipality may prepare and submit to such governing body a proposed urban renewal plan and proposed urban renewal project for such area or for any portion thereof, and such governing body may, by resolution, approve such proposed urban renewal plan and urban renewal project with or without modifications without regard to the provisions of this part 1 requiring a general or master plan for the physical development of the municipality as a whole, review by the planning commission, or a public hearing.
C.R.S. § 31-25-533 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-533
31-25-533. Power of governing body to contract debt - question submitted to registered elec
Status: in_force

31-25-533. Power of governing body to contract debt - question submitted to registered electors. The governing body has power to contract an indebtedness on behalf of the municipality and upon the credit thereof by borrowing money or issuing the negotiable interest-bearing bonds of the municipality for the purpose of providing a fund to pay such part of the cost of said improvements as may be determined by the governing body. No such indebtedness shall be created except by ordinance subject to and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of section 31-15-302 (1)(d).
C.R.S. § 31-20-106 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 31-20-106
31-20-106. County treasurer to collect municipal taxes - liens - publication
Status: in_force

31-20-106. County treasurer to collect municipal taxes - liens - publication. (1) (a) It is the duty of the treasurer of said county and he is authorized to collect the municipal taxes in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes upon the same tax list are collected. The expense of construction and repair of sidewalks, streets, paving of streets, curb and gutter, drainage facilities, or other improvements, which are placed upon municipal streets, other than pursuant to part 5 of article 25 of this title, shall be assessed in the manner prescribed by the ordinance of any such municipality upon the property fronting upon the same. Except for the construction and repair of sidewalks, no such assessments for other construction shall be made by the municipality unless approved by petition signed by not less than sixty percent of the owners of property fronting upon the same and owning at least sixty percent of the property fronting thereon. Such assessment shall be a lien upon said property until it is paid. In case of failure to pay such assessment in a reasonable time, to be specified by ordinance, the assessment, at any time after such failure, may be certified by the clerk of such municipality to the officer having the custody of the tax list at the time such certification is made to be placed by him upon such tax list for the current year and collected in the same manner as other taxes are collected, with ten percent penalty thereon to defray the cost of collection. All the laws of the state for the assessment and collection of general taxes, including the laws for the sale of property for taxes and their redemption of the same, shall apply and have as full effect for the collection of all such municipal taxes as for such general taxes, except as modified by this title.

(b) Nothing in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) shall be construed to repeal existing statutes concerning the power to levy taxes, charges, and assessments and the procedures for the assessments and collection thereof.

(2) The county treasurer, at the close of every month and more often if the governing body of said municipality requires, shall pay over to the municipal treasurer all moneys collected by him upon the presentation to him of an order signed by the mayor and clerk of such municipality. Any such county treasurer shall be liable on his official bond for the faithful discharge of all the duties and obligations imposed upon him.

(3) In case of sale of any lot or tract of ground for delinquent sidewalk tax, the same shall be advertised and sold for such tax, and the certificate of sale and deed therefor shall be made separate from the sale certificate and deed for other taxes. The amount of sidewalk tax so assessed shall not be certified to the county clerk and recorder until notice of such assessment has been published for ten days in some newspaper published in such municipality as provided by the ordinance of such municipality, giving the lot owner an opportunity to be heard before the governing body, at the time and place designated, as to the justness and correctness of the amount so assessed. The provisions of this title relating to collecting the expense of construction and repairs of sidewalks shall be construed to be for the purpose of carrying into effect the police powers of municipalities as to such construction and repairs of sidewalks and shall not be construed as imposing a special tax under the taxing power. The ordinance of such municipality shall provide for a reasonable time after the order of such municipality for the construction or repairs of such sidewalks for the owners of such lots to construct or repair such sidewalks. In case any such owners fail to so construct or repair such sidewalk in the time and manner prescribed by said ordinances, such municipality may proceed to construct or repair such sidewalk and charge such owners as prescribed by ordinance and in the manner described in this section.
C.R.S. § 31-30-1101 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 11 / Section 31-30-1101
31-30-1101. Short title
Status: in_force

31-30-1101. Short title. This part 11 shall be known and may be cited as the "Volunteer Firefighter Pension Act".
C.R.S. § 31-1-202 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 1 / Part 2 / Section 31-1-202
31-1-202. Cities or towns retaining prior status
Status: in_force

31-1-202. Cities or towns retaining prior status. Every city or town incorporated prior to July 3, 1877, which chooses to retain such organization, in the enforcement of the powers or the exercise of the duties conferred by the special charter or general law under which the same is incorporated, shall proceed in all respects as provided by such special charter or general law and shall not be affected nor the powers or duties thereof in any manner changed or abridged by any provisions of this title.
C.R.S. § 31-30-1104 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 11 / Section 31-30-1104
31-30-1104. Board - municipality
Status: repealed

31-30-1104. Board - municipality. (1) In a municipality, the board must consist of the following members:

(a) The mayor for a term equal to the mayor's tenure as mayor;

(b) The municipal treasurer or finance officer for a term equal to the treasurer's or finance officer's tenure with the municipality;

(c) Two other persons appointed by and for terms determined by the governing body of the municipality; and

(d) (I) Prior to August 6, 2014, three fire department members serving the municipality who are elected by the fire department members of those fire departments for three-year terms.

(II) Beginning at the next election to elect a board member pursuant to this paragraph (d) after August 6, 2014, three individuals elected from one or more of the following groups to the extent such groups exist at the time of election: Fire department members, retired fire department members, or retired fire department members returned to active service pursuant to section 31-30-1132. The three individuals shall be elected by the fire department members, retired fire department members, and retired fire department members returned to active service of those fire departments and shall serve for three-year terms as such terms exist on August 6, 2014. Nothing in this subparagraph (II) shall be construed to effect the term of any person serving on the board of a municipal volunteer firefighter pension board pursuant to subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (d) on August 6, 2014.

(2) The board shall elect a president and secretary from its members. The municipal treasurer or finance officer shall serve as the ex officio treasurer of the board.

(3) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 31-20-107 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 31-20-107
31-20-107. Municipality to pay share of county expenses
Status: in_force

31-20-107. Municipality to pay share of county expenses. The governing body of said municipality shall make in each year such allowance to be paid out of the general fund to the county as shall be a reasonable and just compensation for the extra labor imposed by this part 1 and shall also make an allowance, to be paid out of the general fund to the county in which said municipality is located, for the municipality's proportion of the expense of advertising the sale of lands for delinquent taxes in each year, the amount to be certified to the governing body by the county clerk and recorder of the proper county.
C.R.S. § 31-12-304 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 3 / Section 31-12-304
31-12-304. School districts - annexation of area to another school district - applicability
Status: in_force

31-12-304. School districts - annexation of area to another school district - applicability. (1) When the dissolution and annexation of any city or town under the provisions of this part 3 will result in the detachment of an area from any school district and the attachment of such area to another school district, no petition under section 31-12-302 is valid unless accompanied by a resolution of the board of directors of the school district to which such area will be attached approving such annexation. If there are any school facilities located within the detached area, the school district owning such facilities shall receive just compensation from the school district that acquires them. Such compensation shall be determined by mutual agreement of the school boards involved or in accordance with the applicable provisions of articles 1 to 7 of title 38, C.R.S. As used in this section, the term "facilities" is limited to school buildings and the real property on which they are situate. Any moneys received by a school district as compensation for such school facilities shall be treated as proceeds from sales of assets pursuant to section 22-45-112, C.R.S.

(2) The provisions of this section shall apply to any annexation or dissolution and annexation proceedings which have not been completed prior to May 22, 1971.
C.R.S. § 31-12-112 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 1 / Section 31-12-112
31-12-112. Election - annexation pursuant to election
Status: in_force

31-12-112. Election - annexation pursuant to election. (1) If the governing body determines that an annexation election is required under the provisions of section 30 (1)(a) of article II of the state constitution and section 31-12-107 (2) or that additional terms and conditions should be imposed upon the area proposed to be annexed, an election shall be called, as provided in this section, to determine whether a majority of the landowners and the registered electors in the area proposed to be annexed approve such annexation, with such terms and conditions, if any, as may attach thereto.

(2) Any landowner owning land in the area proposed to be annexed may vote, irrespective of whether he or she is a registered elector. Any corporate landowner may by resolution designate one of its officers to cast its vote; except that nothing in this part 1 shall invalidate any memorandum of agreement or escrow arrangement voluntarily made by and between the annexing municipality and one or more landowners within the area proposed to be annexed nor require an election for the approval of any terms and conditions to be accomplished or assured in this manner.

(3) The municipality shall forthwith petition the district court of the county in which the area proposed to be annexed or a part thereof is located to hold such election.

(4) Upon receipt of such petition, the court shall appoint three commissioners, one of whom shall be nominated by the municipality, one of whom shall be a landowner of land in the area proposed to be annexed or such landowner's nominee, and the third shall be acceptable to the other two. All of the commissioners shall be residents of the state of Colorado and willing to serve as such commissioners. The appointees, within three days after the date of their appointment, shall take an oath before the court faithfully to perform their duties. In case of disability or failure of any commissioner to act, the court shall forthwith fill his place with some person competent, willing, and able to act.

(5) Such commissioners shall forthwith call an election of all the landowners and the registered electors in the area proposed to be annexed, to be held at some convenient place within the area proposed to be annexed. The commissioners shall establish such polling places within the area proposed to be annexed, or immediately adjacent thereto if such area is vacant and unoccupied, as in their judgment are necessary to afford all of the landowners and the registered electors the opportunity to cast their votes. If more than one polling place is found to be necessary, the court may appoint three additional persons to act as judges or clerks for each additional polling place. Such additional judges and clerks shall meet the same requirements as the original appointees.

(6) Notice of such election shall be given by publication once a week for four weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the area and published in the county in which such area is located or, if there is no such newspaper in the county, in some newspaper of general circulation published in an adjacent county. Additional notice shall be given by posting a notice at each polling place. The said posting and first newspaper publication shall be not less than four weeks preceding such election. Such notice shall specify the time and place of such election, shall contain a description of the boundaries of the area proposed to be annexed, and shall state that a map or plat thereof is on file in the office of the clerk of the district court in which such area, or a part thereof, is located. Such notice shall also set forth the conditions and requirements proposed by the governing body for annexation of the area, and it shall inform the public that an issue committee is required by law to register with the appropriate officer pursuant to section 1-45-108, C.R.S., within ten calendar days of accepting or making contributions or expenditures in excess of two hundred dollars to support or oppose the annexation question.

(7) Such commissioners and additional appointees provided for in subsection (5) of this section shall act as judges or clerks of the election, shall take the oath required by law for judges of general elections, and shall report the result of the voting in their respective polling places to the court within three days after such election. The court shall allow each judge and clerk a reasonable compensation for his services as such, not exceeding two dollars for each hour necessarily employed in the performance of his duties.

(8) The ballot used in such election shall contain the words "For Annexation" and "Against Annexation". At the time of voting, each voter shall indicate his choice by placing a cross mark (X) opposite one or the other of said groups of words. Voting machines may be used in the same manner as in municipal elections.

(9) If a majority of the votes cast at such election are against annexation or the vote is tied, the court shall order that all annexation proceedings to date are void and of no effect and that the governing body shall proceed no further with the instant annexation proceedings. If a majority of the votes cast at the election are for annexation, the court shall order, adjudge, and decree that such area may be annexed to the municipality upon the terms and conditions, if any, set forth by the governing body, and the municipality, by ordinance, may thereafter annex said area and impose the terms and conditions, if any, as approved by the landowners and the registered electors.

(10) All costs and expenses connected with such annexation election, including commissioner fees and all election expenses when incurred, shall be paid by the municipality to which the annexation is proposed.
C.R.S. § 31-30-1202 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 12 / Section 31-30-1202
31-30-1202. Definitions
Status: in_force

31-30-1202. Definitions. As used in this part 12, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Bona fide volunteer" means a person who renders qualified services for an emergency service provider if the only compensation received by the person for performing the qualified services is in the form of:

(a) Reimbursement, or a reasonable allowance, for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of such services; or

(b) Reasonable benefits, including length of service awards, and nominal fees for qualified services customarily paid by an eligible emergency service provider in connection with the performance of such services.

(2) "Emergency service provider" means a local government or an authority formed by two or more local governments that provides any of the following services:

(a) Fire fighting and prevention services;

(b) Emergency medical services; or

(c) Ambulance services through the use of volunteers.

(3) "Qualified services" means fire fighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, and ambulance services.

(4) "Volunteer service award" means a benefit based on length of service that a volunteer may legally accrue pursuant to current rulings of the internal revenue service and that, while invested under a volunteer service award plan adopted pursuant to this part 12, is exempt from federal income taxes on both the emergency service provider's contribution and all interest, dividends, and capital gains until the ultimate distribution to the volunteer.
C.R.S. § 31-2-204 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 31-2-204
31-2-204. Initiation of home rule
Status: in_force

31-2-204. Initiation of home rule. (1) Proceedings to adopt a home rule charter for a municipality may be initiated:

(a) By the submission of a petition, signed by at least five percent of the registered electors of the municipality, to the governing body thereof; or

(b) By the adoption of an ordinance by the governing body of the municipality, without the prior submission of a petition therefor.

(2) Within thirty days after the initiation of the proceedings, in accordance with either paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) of this section, the governing body of the municipality shall call an election for the purpose of forming a charter commission and of electing members thereof to frame a charter for the municipality, which election shall be held within one hundred twenty days after the date of the call of the election. The governing body shall cause notice of the election to be published not less than sixty days prior to the election.

(3) Candidates for the charter commission shall be nominated by filing with the clerk, on forms supplied by the clerk, a nomination petition signed by at least twenty-five registered electors and a statement by the candidate of consent to serve if elected. Said petition and statement shall be filed within thirty days after publication of the election notice. A second notice of the election, as soon as possible after the completion of filings, shall be published by the governing body and shall include the names of candidates for the charter commission.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1214 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 12 / Section 31-25-1214
31-25-1214. Determining and fixing rate of levy
Status: in_force

31-25-1214. Determining and fixing rate of levy. The board shall determine the amount of money necessary to be raised by a levy on the taxable property in the district, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the district, and shall fix a rate of levy which, when levied upon every dollar of the valuation for assessment of taxable property within the district together with other revenues, shall raise the amount required by the district during the ensuing fiscal year to supply funds for paying the expenses of organization and the costs of providing the services of the district and acquiring, constructing, installing, and operating the improvements or works of the district and promptly to pay in full when due all interest on and principal of bonds and other obligations of the district. In the event of accruing defaults or deficiencies, additional levies may be made as provided in section 31-25-1215. In accordance with the time schedule provided in section 39-5-128, C.R.S., the board shall certify to the board of county commissioners of each county in which the district or a portion thereof lies the rate so fixed in order that, at the time and in the manner required by law for the levying of taxes, such board of county commissioners shall levy such tax upon the valuation for assessment of all taxable property within the district.
C.R.S. § 31-10-303 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 3 / Section 31-10-303
31-10-303. Withdrawal from nominations
Status: repealed

31-10-303. Withdrawal from nominations. (1) Any person who has been nominated and who has accepted a nomination may cause his or her name to be withdrawn from such nomination at any time prior to sixty-three days before election by a written affidavit withdrawing from such nomination. The affidavit stating withdrawal shall be signed by the candidate and filed with the clerk.

(2) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 31-4-216 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 31-4-216
31-4-216. Accounts of utilities
Status: in_force

31-4-216. Accounts of utilities. Accounts shall be kept for each public utility owned or operated by the city, distinct from other city accounts, and in such manner as to show the true and complete financial result of such city ownership and operation including all assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, and in accordance with the uniform classification of accounts as may be prescribed by the public utilities commission of this state.
C.R.S. § 31-15-101 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 1 / Section 31-15-101
31-15-101. Municipalities bodies politic - powers
Status: in_force

31-15-101. Municipalities bodies politic - powers. (1) Municipalities:

(a) Shall be bodies politic and corporate, under such name as they are organized;

(b) May sue or be sued;

(c) May enter into contracts;

(d) May acquire, hold, lease, and dispose of property, both real and personal;

(e) May have a common seal which they may alter at their pleasure; and

(f) May accept the transfer of federal land for public purposes, including but not limited to municipal expansion and residential purposes.

(2) All such municipalities shall have the powers, authority, and privileges granted by this title and by any other law of this state together with such implied and incidental powers, authority, and privileges as may be reasonably necessary, proper, convenient, or useful to the exercise thereof. All such powers, authority, and privileges are subject to the restrictions and limitations provided for in this title and in any other law of this state.

(3) Each municipality may coordinate, pursuant to 43 U.S.C. sec. 1712, the "National Environmental Policy Act of 1969", 42 U.S.C. sec. 4321 et seq., 40 U.S.C. sec. 3312, 16 U.S.C. sec. 530, 16 U.S.C. sec. 1604, and 40 CFR parts 1500 to 1508, with the United States secretary of the interior and the United States secretary of agriculture to develop management plans that address hazardous fuel removal and other forest management practices, water development and conservation measures, watershed protection, public utilities protection, private property protection, and the protection of air quality on federal lands within such municipality's jurisdiction.
C.R.S. § 31-4-203 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 31-4-203
31-4-203. Majority vote carries - when effective
Status: in_force

31-4-203. Majority vote carries - when effective. (1) If a majority of the votes cast are for the proposition, it shall be carried. The form of government existing in such city at the time of such election shall continue unchanged until the next regular election. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the next regular election shall be held for the purpose of electing the officers required by that form of government. Upon the taking of office and compliance with section 31-4-401 by the new officers, the terms of office of existing officers shall terminate, the prior form of government shall cease, and the new form of government shall commence.

(2) If the proposition carried is to return to the original mayor-council form of government, the offices of mayor and other elected offices other than city council members shall be filled at a special election to be held according to the provisions of section 31-4-103; except that such offices shall be filled at the next regular election if such regular election is held less than four months following the adoption of the proposition. Upon the taking of office and compliance with section 31-4-401 by the mayor and other elected officers, the terms of office of existing officers shall terminate, the prior form of government shall cease, and the new form of government shall commence.
C.R.S. § 31-25-502 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-502
31-25-502. Powers to make local improvements
Status: in_force

31-25-502. Powers to make local improvements. (1) A district may be formed in accordance with the requirements of this part 5 for the purpose of constructing, installing, or acquiring any public improvement so long as the municipality that forms the district is authorized to provide such improvement under the municipality's home rule charter or ordinance passed pursuant to such charter, if any, or the laws of this state. Public improvements shall not include any facility identified in section 30-20-101 (8) or (9), C.R.S.

(2) The improvements authorized by this part 5 may include, where so specified or generally provided for in the ordinance of the governing body forming the district, any renewable energy improvement or energy efficiency improvement to any residential or commercial property within the district.

(3) It is lawful for any municipality to construct any of the local improvements mentioned in this part 5 and to assess the cost thereof, wholly or in part, upon the property especially benefited by such improvements. The improvements shall be authorized by ordinance duly adopted and shall be constructed under the direction of the municipal engineer or other officer having similar duties or under the direction of the governing body in accordance with plans and specifications adopted by the governing body; except that, for districts formed for the purpose of encouraging, accommodating, and financing renewable energy improvements or energy efficiency improvements, the owner of property within a district may arrange improvements that qualify pursuant to the ordinance of the governing body authorizing improvements for the district and may obtain financing for said improvements from the district through the process set forth in the ordinance forming the district.
C.R.S. § 31-25-114 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 1 / Section 31-25-114
31-25-114. Cumulative clause
Status: in_force

31-25-114. Cumulative clause. The powers conferred by this part 1 shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-307 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 3 / Section 31-31.5-307
31-31.5-307. Increased local mandatory contribution requirements
Status: in_force

31-31.5-307. Increased local mandatory contribution requirements. (1) An employer or active member or both may be required to pay a mandatory contribution rate in excess of the rate established in section 31-31.5-301, 31-31.5-302, or 31-31.5-303 upon enactment by the employer of a resolution or ordinance setting forth the higher contribution rate and approval of the higher rate by at least sixty-five percent of the employer's active members voting for the higher contribution rate.

(2) An employee who has previously established a mandatory contribution rate under a local money purchase plan in excess of the mandatory contribution rate may continue the previous contribution rate as an increased contribution rate.

(3) Upon adoption of a resolution or ordinance, and approval of at least sixty-five percent of the employer's active members voting, a mandatory contribution rate in excess of the minimum required contribution rate may be reduced to the minimum required contribution rate or the excess above the minimum required contribution rate may be redirected to another available employee benefit.
C.R.S. § 31-2-406 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 4 / Section 31-2-406
31-2-406. Secretary to give notice
Status: in_force

31-2-406. Secretary to give notice. If said change of name is made or if any new city or town is incorporated, the governing body of any such city or town shall cause a copy of the order making such change or fixing the name of such new city or town to be filed in the office of the secretary of state, who shall thereupon make known such facts by publication in some newspaper of general circulation in the county in which such city or town is situated.
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-702 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 7 / Section 31-30.5-702
31-30.5-702. Police officers' old hire pension plans - municipalities under one hundred thous
Status: in_force

31-30.5-702. Police officers' old hire pension plans - municipalities under one hundred thousand in population. (1) If an old hire member of any police department in a municipality having a population of less than one hundred thousand, while in the performance of the member's duty or by reason of service in such department, becomes physically or mentally disabled and such disability is deemed to be of a temporary nature, the board of trustees shall retire the individual with a disability and shall authorize the payment to such individual, monthly, of an amount from the pension fund equal to the monthly compensation paid any such member as salary at the date of such disability, not to exceed a period of one year. For the purpose of determining the physical or mental disability of any such member, the board of trustees may personally examine the member or may appoint one or more physicians or surgeons to make an examination of the member and report their findings to the board, which report may be taken into consideration in determining whether the member has a physical or mental disability.

(2) After any old hire member of any police department in a municipality having a population of less than one hundred thousand has been retired temporarily by reason of any disability, the board of trustees has the right at any time to cause such retired member to be brought before it and again examined by competent physicians or surgeons and has the right to examine other witnesses for the purpose of discovering whether such disability yet continues and whether such retired member should be continued on the pension roll, not to exceed a period of one year, or reinstated in the service of the police department, except in case of dismissal or resignation. Such retired member is entitled to notice and to be present at the hearing of any such evidence and may be represented by counsel. The retired member shall be permitted to propound any question pertinent or relevant to such matter and shall also have the right to introduce evidence on the member's own behalf. All witnesses so produced shall be examined under oath, and any member of such board of trustees is authorized to administer such oath to such witnesses. The decision of such board shall be final.

(3) If any old hire member or officer of any police department in a municipality having a population of less than one hundred thousand becomes mentally or physically disabled so as to render necessary the member's retirement from service in such department, said board of trustees shall retire such member from service in such department, and the member shall receive from the pension fund an amount equal to one-half of the monthly salary received by the member at the time the member becomes so disabled. Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, when any old hire member of such police department or retired old hire member dies and leaves a surviving spouse or dependent parent or children under the age of sixteen years, surviving, the board of trustees shall authorize the payment monthly from the pension fund of the sum of thirty dollars to such surviving spouse or dependent parent and six dollars to each such minor child until the child reaches the age of sixteen years. No pension shall be paid to the dependent parent of the deceased member who leaves a surviving spouse, and, if the surviving spouse of any deceased member remarries, such pension shall cease.

(4) In those municipalities making contributions from general funds into the old hire police officers' pension plan pursuant to section 31-30.5-402, the benefits payable in the event an old hire member of such police department or retired member dies and leaves a dependent surviving spouse or dependent parent or children under the age of sixteen years shall be an amount equal to one-fourth the monthly salary received by the member of the department at the time the member died to such surviving spouse or dependent parent and an amount equal to one-eighth of the monthly salary received by the member of the department at the time the member died to each minor child until such child reaches the age of sixteen years. No pension shall be paid to the dependent parent of the deceased member who leaves a surviving spouse, and, if the surviving spouse of any deceased member remarries, such pension shall cease.

(5) If at any time there is not sufficient money or other property in said pension fund to pay to each beneficiary the full amount per month to which such beneficiary is entitled, an equal percentage of such monthly payment shall be made to each, until such fund is so replenished as to warrant payment in full to each of such beneficiaries.
C.R.S. § 31-12-401 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 4 / Section 31-12-401
31-12-401. Consolidation of contiguous cities or towns
Status: in_force

31-12-401. Consolidation of contiguous cities or towns. (1) When two or more contiguous cities or towns desire to consolidate with each other, the governing body of each such city or town shall appoint from the officers or citizens thereof a total of three commissioners. The commissioners shall confer together and thereafter report to each governing body the terms and conditions of the proposed consolidation. Such report shall contain, in addition to any other matters which the commissioners may desire to insert therein, the following:

(a) The name for the proposed consolidated city or town;

(b) The number of wards into which the new city shall be divided, in the case of a proposed consolidated city, together with the boundaries of such wards.

(2) In fixing the number of wards, the commissioners shall not select a number which exceeds the entire number of wards contained in all of the cities and towns proposed to be consolidated; except that one ward may be allowed for each town proposed to be consolidated with a city.

(3) If the governing body of each such city or town approves the terms and conditions contained in the report, it shall so declare by proper ordinance which may be passed at any one regular or special meeting called for the purpose. Thereupon the governing body of each such city or town shall submit, by ordinance, the question of consolidation upon the terms and conditions so proposed to the registered electors of its respective city or town.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1103 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 11 / Section 31-25-1103
31-25-1103. Property in default
Status: in_force

31-25-1103. Property in default. Whenever any property in this state is in default in the payment of any special assessment levied to pay the cost of any local improvement or any installment thereof or any interest thereon, the taxing authority which has levied said assessment may in its discretion foreclose the lien thereof by an administrative proceeding in the manner provided in this part 11.
C.R.S. § 31-35-514 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 5 / Section 31-35-514
31-35-514. Other powers of board
Status: in_force

31-35-514. Other powers of board. The delineation of powers in this part 5 which may be exercised by the board does not by implication deny any other powers which are otherwise granted to the municipality by law.
C.R.S. § 31-15-406 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 4 / Section 31-15-406
31-15-406. Incarceration of a person with the capacity for pregnancy
Status: in_force

31-15-406. Incarceration of a person with the capacity for pregnancy. A municipality that chooses to establish and operate a jail, as authorized in section 31-15-401 (1)(j), shall comply with the provisions of section 17-26-104.4 concerning the requirements of a facility that incarcerates persons who are capable of pregnancy.
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-211 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 2 / Section 31-30.5-211
31-30.5-211. Affiliation with the fire and police pension association
Status: in_force

31-30.5-211. Affiliation with the fire and police pension association. Any employer may elect affiliation with the fire and police pension association established by section 31-31-201 (1), relating to an old hire pension plan established pursuant to this article. The procedures for affiliation and other provisions governing the administration of an affiliated plan are set forth in section 31-31-701.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1005 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 10 / Section 31-10-1005
31-10-1005. Absent voters' voting machines - electronic voting systems
Status: in_force

31-10-1005. Absent voters' voting machines - electronic voting systems. (1) Any municipality using voting machines may provide one or more voting machines in the clerk's office for the use of qualified applicants for absent voters' ballots. If such machines are provided, they shall be available from twelve days prior to the election until the closing of business on the Friday immediately preceding the election. Votes on such machines shall be cast and counted in the same manner as votes would be cast and counted on a voting machine in a precinct polling place on election day. The clerk shall supervise the casting and counting of absent voters' ballots on the machines. The machines shall remain locked and the tabulation of the votes cast shall remain unknown until the day of the election.

(2) Any municipality using an electronic voting system may provide such system for the use of qualified applicants for absent voters' ballots. Such system shall be available from twelve days prior to the election until the closing day of business on the Friday immediately preceding the election. Votes cast using such system shall be cast in the same manner as votes would be cast in a precinct polling place on election day. The clerk shall supervise the casting and counting of absent voters' ballots using such system.
C.R.S. § 31-10-612 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 6 / Section 31-10-612
31-10-612. Defective ballots
Status: in_force

31-10-612. Defective ballots. If a voter marks in ink or indelible pencil more names than there are persons to be elected to an office or if, for any reason, it is impossible to determine the choice of any voter for any office to be filled, his ballot shall not be counted for such office. A defective or an incomplete cross marked on any ballot in ink in a proper place shall be counted if there is no other mark or cross in ink or indelible pencil on such ballot indicating an intention to vote for some person other than those indicated by the first mentioned defective cross or mark. No ballot without the official endorsement, except as provided in section 31-10-805, shall be deposited in the ballot box, and none but ballots provided in accordance with the provisions of this article shall be counted. When the judges of election in any precinct discover in the counting of votes that the name of any candidate voted for is misspelled or the initial letters of his given name are transposed or omitted in part or altogether on the ballot, the vote for such candidate shall be counted for him if the intention of the elector to vote for him is apparent. Ballots not counted shall be marked "defective" on the back thereof and shall be preserved for such time as is provided in section 31-10-616 for ballots and destroyed as therein directed.
C.R.S. § 31-10-208 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 2 / Section 31-10-208
31-10-208. Change of address
Status: in_force

31-10-208. Change of address. For the twenty-two days before and on the day of any municipal election, any registered elector, by appearing in person at the office of the county clerk and recorder, may complete a sworn affidavit for change of address within the county in which the elector is registered, stating that, on the date of the election, the elector is living at the new address in the new precinct within the municipality. Upon the receipt of the request, the county clerk and recorder shall verify the registration of the elector and shall, upon verification, issue or authorize a certificate of registration, showing the information required in section 1-2-216, C.R.S., plus the change of address. The judges shall allow the registered elector to vote in the precinct where the new address is located. The judges of election shall use the certificate of registration as a substitute registration page, entering the date of the election and pollbook ballot number on the certificate and including it with the registration book when it is returned to the clerk following the election.
C.R.S. § 31-30-208 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 2 / Section 31-30-208
31-30-208. Fee of applicants
Status: in_force

31-30-208. Fee of applicants. Every applicant for examination shall pay the commission a fee of one dollar for the purpose of defraying the expenses of conducting such examination. All moneys received or collected by the commission shall be paid into the municipal treasury and shall be placed by the treasurer in a separate fund to the credit of the commission for the use of said commission. No person shall be examined unless such fee has been paid.
C.R.S. § 31-21-204 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 21 / Part 2 / Section 31-21-204
31-21-204. Vote of electors required - procedures
Status: in_force

31-21-204. Vote of electors required - procedures. (1) When such governing body deems it expedient to issue refunding bonds under the provisions of this part 2 and either the net interest cost or the net effective interest rate of the proposed issue of refunding bonds exceeds the net interest cost or the net effective interest rate, respectively, of the issue of bonds to be refunded, the governing body, by ordinance or resolution, shall submit the question of issuing said refunding bonds at a special election called and held for that purpose or at a regular election of the officers of such municipality; but bonds issued under this part 2 for the purpose of refunding bonds which were originally issued to supply water to such municipality shall not require such approval of the registered electors. An election held under this section shall be held in the manner provided for the authorization of an original bonded indebtedness in section 31-15-302 (1)(d).

(2) At any election held under the provisions of this part 2, the question of authorizing the refunding of all or any part of the then outstanding bonded indebtedness of the municipality may be submitted as one question for determination whether such bonds are of the same or of different issues.

(3) The election shall be conducted as nearly as possible in conformity with the provisions of the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965".

(4) The election notice shall specify, in addition to the time and places for holding said election, the qualifications for persons to vote on such question, the amount and date of the bonds to be refunded, the amount of refunding bonds proposed to be issued, and the maximum net effective interest rate at which they may be issued.

(5) At such election the ballots or voting machine tabs shall contain the words "For the Refunding Bonds" and "Against the Refunding Bonds".
C.R.S. § 31-31-301 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 3 / Section 31-31-301
31-31-301. Investment funds - creation
Status: repealed

31-31-301. Investment funds - creation. (1) (a) There is hereby created the fire and police members' benefit investment fund, which shall consist of the portion of the assets that are designated for investment by the board of the following plans:

(I) The defined benefit system established in part 2 of this article;

(II) Old hire police and fire pension plans established in article 30.5 of this title, which are affiliated with the association pursuant to part 7 of this article;

(III) Exempt plans established pursuant to part 8 of article 30.5 of this title, which are affiliated with the association pursuant to part 7 of this article;

(IV) Volunteer firefighter pension plans, which are affiliated with the association pursuant to part 7 of this article; and

(V) The statewide death and disability plan established in part 8 of this article.

(b) The board shall keep an accurate account of the assets of each plan deposited in the investment fund and shall disburse moneys in accordance with the provisions of this article and the applicable plan document.

(2) and (3) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2006, p. 186, § 11, effective March 31, 2006.)

(4) (a) There is hereby created the fire and police members' self-directed investment fund, which shall consist of the portion of the assets that are designated for self-direction by the member of the following plans:

(I) The defined benefit system established in part 2 of this article;

(II) Old hire police and fire pension plans established in article 30.5 of this title, which are affiliated with the association pursuant to part 7 of this article;

(III) The fire and police members' statewide money purchase plan established in part 5 of this article;

(IV) Repealed.

(V) The fire and police members' deferred compensation plans established in part 9 of this article; and

(VI) The affiliated exempt plans which are affiliated with the association pursuant to part 7 of this article.

(b) The board shall keep an accurate account of the assets of each plan deposited in the investment fund and shall disburse moneys in accordance with the provisions of this article and the applicable plan document.
C.R.S. § 31-4-204 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 31-4-204
31-4-204. Prior laws applicable - rights and liabilities continue
Status: repealed

31-4-204. Prior laws applicable - rights and liabilities continue. (1) All laws of the state applicable to the city before the adoption of the city council-city manager form of government and not inconsistent with the provisions of this part 2 shall apply to and govern such reorganized city.

(2) Any bylaw, ordinance, or resolution lawfully passed and in force in such city at the time of its reorganization shall remain in force and continue to be in effect until duly amended or repealed.

(3) The territorial limits of such city shall remain the same as under its former organization.

(4) All rights of whatever description which were vested in such city under its former organization shall be vested in the city after reorganization.

(5) No valid and legally subsisting right or liability either in favor of or against the city and no judicial proceedings, civil or criminal, shall be affected by such change of government unless otherwise provided in this part 2.

(6) No change in the form of government as provided in this part 2, either by adopting or abandoning the form of government as provided in this part 2, shall release or affect any debts, bonds, warrants, or other obligations, however evidenced, which shall continue as valid obligations of the city under the succeeding form of government.
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-202 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 2 / Section 31-30.5-202
31-30.5-202. Board of trustees - firefighters' old hire pension fund
Status: in_force

31-30.5-202. Board of trustees - firefighters' old hire pension fund. (1) The general supervision, management, and control of the firefighters' old hire pension fund shall be vested in a board of trustees.

(2) In any municipality having a population of less than one hundred thousand, the board shall consist, except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, of the mayor, the municipal treasurer or finance officer, one other person appointed by the governing body of such municipality, and three active or retired old hire members of the fire department serving the municipality who shall be elected by the active and retired old hire members of the fire department. The terms of office on the board shall be: The mayor of the municipality, during tenure in office; the treasurer or finance officer, during tenure in office; the appointed citizen, to be designated by the governing body of the municipality at time of appointment; the three active or retired old hire members of the fire department, to be elected for terms of three years, but at the initial election to be conducted to elect old hire members of the fire department, one old hire member shall be elected for a three-year term, one old hire member for a two-year term, and one old hire member for a one-year term. Thereafter, such old hire members shall be elected for three-year terms. Said board shall elect from its number a president and secretary. The municipal treasurer or finance officer shall be ex officio treasurer of the board.

(3) (a) In any municipality having a population of at least one hundred thousand, the board shall be composed of the mayor, the manager of safety, the manager of revenue, the chief of the fire department, and the city auditor or such persons performing the duties of the above-named officers, and also two active or retired old hire members of the fire department to be selected as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (3).

(b) During the month of July in each year, the chief officer of the fire department shall conduct an election by secret ballot, at which election all active and retired old hire members of the fire department shall be eligible to vote, for the purpose of determining membership on the board. In the first election so held, two old hire members shall be elected, the member receiving the highest number of votes being elected for a term of two years and the member receiving the next highest number of votes being elected for a term of one year. Upon election, such members shall be certified as members of the board and shall take office on the August 1 following their election. In subsequent elections, only one old hire member shall be elected for a term of two years, and the member receiving the highest number of votes in each subsequent election shall be certified as a member of the board and shall take office on the August 1 following the member's election. In case any old hire member so elected to the board becomes unable or ineligible to serve on the board by reason of death, disability, or for any other cause, a special board election shall be held to fill the vacancy so created for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(c) The board shall select from their number a president and a secretary, and the manager of revenue, or the person performing the duties thereof, shall be ex officio treasurer of said board and custodian of all funds coming into its hands.

(4) In fire protection districts, except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, the board shall consist of the board of directors of the fire protection district, the treasurer of the board of the fire protection district to be treasurer of the fund, and two active or retired old hire members of the fire department. The trustees shall serve terms of office on the board as follows: The president for the term of office, the treasurer for tenure in office, and two active or retired old hire members for two-year terms of office. Initial election of the old hire members of the fire department shall be conducted to elect one old hire member for two years and one old hire member for one year.

(5) In county improvement districts, the board shall consist of one member of the governing board of the county in which the district is located, the county treasurer or finance officer, three residents of the county obligated to pay real or personal property taxes, and two active or retired old hire members of the fire department. The trustees shall serve terms of office on the board as follows: Members of the governing board, during their tenure in office; the county treasurer, during the treasurer's tenure in office; and the two active or retired old hire members of the fire department for two-year terms of office.

(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section, any municipality or fire protection district, with the concurrence of a majority of the active and retired old hire members voting thereon, may by ordinance or resolution create the board to administer the fund if the number of employer representatives on such board equals the number of member representatives on such board; except that, if fewer than two old hire members are available or willing to serve on such board, the number of employer representatives may exceed the number of member representatives.

(7) In case of any consolidation or merger of any municipality, fire protection district, or county improvement district with one or more municipalities, fire protection districts, or county improvement districts, the former trustees of the various firefighters' pension funds of such consolidated or merged political subdivisions shall, with due regard to equal representation, elect seven persons from their number to serve as trustees of the old hire firefighters' pension fund of said merged or consolidated fund, not more than three of whom shall be old hire members, and the former trustees not so elected to serve shall cease to hold office. The trustees of said consolidated fund shall elect from their number a president, secretary, and treasurer.

(8) The treasurer of the board, in addition to any custodian appointed by the board pursuant to section 31-30.5-204 (4), shall be the custodian of the fund and shall secure and safely keep the same, subject to the control and direction of the board, and shall keep books and accounts concerning said fund in such manner as may be prescribed by the board. The books and accounts shall always be subject to the inspection of the board or any member thereof or any other interested person. The treasurer, upon expiration of the treasurer's term of office, shall surrender and deliver to the treasurer's successor all bonds, securities, and unexpended moneys or other property that came into the treasurer's hands as treasurer of said fund. The treasurer shall be required to supply bond in an amount designated by the board and paid for by the fund.
C.R.S. § 31-10-802 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 8 / Section 31-10-802
31-10-802. Sample ballots
Status: in_force

31-10-802. Sample ballots. Sample ballots shall be printed and in the possession of the clerk ten days before the election and shall be subject to public inspection. Such ballots shall be in the form of the official ballot but shall be printed on paper of a different color from the official ballot. The clerk shall provide that at least two sample ballots for each election precinct are delivered to the judges of election and posted in the polling place on election day.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1111 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 11 / Section 31-25-1111
31-25-1111. Liens may be paid prior to sale
Status: in_force

31-25-1111. Liens may be paid prior to sale. At any time prior to the day of sale, any person having any right, title, or interest in or lien upon any delinquent property may pay the amount of all unpaid past-due installments with interest at the rate of one percent per month, or fraction of a month, on the amount delinquent, together with all penalties and costs, whereupon the owner of such property shall be restored to the right thereafter to pay in installments in the same manner as if default had not been suffered.
C.R.S. § 31-25-706 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 7 / Section 31-25-706
31-25-706. Used burial space proviso
Status: in_force

31-25-706. Used burial space proviso. Nothing in this part 7 shall authorize the forfeiture, termination, or foreclosure of rights or interests in and to any burial space that has been used for interment nor shall any such space be subject to resale under the provisions of this part 7.
C.R.S. § 31-35-509 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 5 / Section 31-35-509
31-35-509. Conflicts in interest prohibited
Status: in_force

31-35-509. Conflicts in interest prohibited. No commissioner nor officer, employee, or agent of the municipality under the board's jurisdiction shall be interested in any contract or transaction with the municipality except in his official representative capacity or as is provided in his contract of employment with the municipality, subject to the provisions of any ordinance adopted pursuant to section 31-35-502.
C.R.S. § 31-10-810 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 8 / Section 31-10-810
31-10-810. Electronic vote counting - test
Status: in_force

31-10-810. Electronic vote counting - test. (1) The clerk shall have the electronic ballot counting equipment tested in the manner prescribed in this section to ascertain that it will accurately count the votes cast for all offices and all measures. The electronic equipment shall be tested at least three times, once on the day before the election, again just prior to the start of the count on election day, and finally at the conclusion of the counting. The clerk may make any additional tests he deems necessary.

(2) The clerk shall vote and retain at least one hundred test ballots, and shall observe the tabulation of all test ballots by means of the electronic counting equipment, and shall compare such tabulation with the previously retained records of the test vote count. The cause of any discrepancies shall be corrected prior to the actual vote tabulation.

(3) All test materials, when not in use, shall be kept in a metal box, and the clerk shall be the custodian of the box.

(4) After the final conclusion of the counting, all programs, test materials, and ballots shall be sealed and retained as provided for paper ballots.
C.R.S. § 31-2-207 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 31-2-207
31-2-207. Charter election - notice
Status: in_force

31-2-207. Charter election - notice. (1) Within thirty days after the date that the charter commission submits the proposed charter to it, the governing body shall publish and give notice of an election to determine whether the proposed charter shall be approved, which election shall be held not less than sixty nor more than one hundred eighty-five days after publication of the notice thereof. Such notice of the election shall contain the full text of the proposed charter.

(1.5) The governing body shall set the ballot title for the proposed charter within sixty days after the date that the proposed charter is submitted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.

(2) If a majority of the registered electors voting thereon vote to adopt the proposed charter, the charter shall be deemed approved and it shall become effective at such time as the charter provides.

(3) If a majority of the registered electors voting thereon vote to reject the proposed charter, the charter commission shall proceed to prepare a revised proposed charter, utilizing the procedures set forth in section 31-2-206, and the governing body shall submit the revised proposed charter to an election in the manner set forth in subsection (1) of this section. If a majority of the registered electors voting on such revised proposed charter vote to adopt the revised proposed charter, it shall be deemed approved and it shall become effective at such time as the revised charter provides. If a majority of the registered voters voting thereon vote to reject the revised proposed charter, the charter commission shall forthwith be dissolved.
C.R.S. § 31-10-617 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 6 / Section 31-10-617
31-10-617. Ranked voting methods
Status: in_force

31-10-617. Ranked voting methods. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, a municipality may use a ranked voting method, as defined in section 1-1-104 (34.4), C.R.S., to conduct a regular election to elect the mayor or members of the governing body of the municipality in accordance with section 1-7-1003, C.R.S., and the rules adopted by the secretary of state pursuant to section 1-7-1004 (1), C.R.S.

(2) A municipality conducting an election using a ranked voting method may adapt the requirements of this article, including requirements concerning the form of the ballot, the method of marking the ballot, the procedure for counting ballots, and the form of the election judges' certificate, as necessary for compatibility with the ranked voting method.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1304 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 13 / Section 31-10-1304
31-10-1304. Summons - answer
Status: in_force

31-10-1304. Summons - answer. (1) The clerk of the district court shall thereupon issue a summons in the ordinary form, in which the contestor shall be named as plaintiff and the contestee as defendant, stating the court in which the action is brought and a brief statement of the causes of contest, as set forth in the contestor's statement. The summons shall be served upon the contestee in the same manner as other summonses are served out of the district court of this state.

(2) The contestee, within ten days after the service of such summons, shall make and file his answer to the same with the clerk of said court in which he shall either admit or specifically deny each allegation intended to be controverted by the contestee on the trial of such contest and shall set up in such answer any counterstatement which he relies upon as entitling him to the office to which he has been declared elected.

(3) When the reception of illegal votes or the rejection of legal votes is alleged as the cause of the contest, a list of the number of persons who so voted or offered to vote shall be set forth in the statement of contestor and shall be likewise set forth in the answer of contestee if any such cause is alleged in his answer by way of counterstatement.

(4) When the answer of the contestee contains new matter constituting a counterstatement, the contestor, within ten days after the filing of such answer, shall reply to the same, admitting or specifically denying, under oath, each allegation contained in such counterstatement intended by him to be controverted on the trial, and file the same in the office of the clerk of the district court.
C.R.S. § 31-25-708 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 7 / Section 31-25-708
31-25-708. Abandoned burial sites - right to reclaim
Status: in_force

31-25-708. Abandoned burial sites - right to reclaim. (1) If there is a burial space in a cemetery in which no remains have been interred, no burial memorial has been placed, and no other improvement has been made for a continuous period of no less than seventy-five years, the governing body of the municipality may initiate the process of reclaiming title to the burial space in accordance with this section.

(2) The governing body of a municipality seeking to reclaim a burial space shall:

(a) Send written notice of the municipality's intent to reclaim title to the burial space to the owner's last-known address by first-class mail; and

(b) Publish a notice of the municipality's intent to reclaim title to the burial space in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the cemetery is located once per week for four weeks.

(3) The notice required by subsection (2) of this section shall clearly indicate that the municipality intends to terminate the owner's rights and title to the burial space and include a recitation of the owner's right to notify the municipality of the owner's intent to retain ownership of the burial space.

(4) If the governing body of the municipality does not receive from the owner of the burial space a letter of intent to retain ownership of the burial space within sixty days after the last publication of the notice required by paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of this section, all rights and title to the burial space shall transfer to the municipality. The municipality may then sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the burial space without risk of liability to the prior owner of the burial space.

(5) A municipality that reclaims title to a burial space in accordance with this section shall retain in its records for no less than one year a copy of the notice sent pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section and a copy of the notice published pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of this section.

(6) If a person submits to the governing body of a municipality a legitimate claim to a burial space that the governing body has reclaimed pursuant to this section, the governing body shall transfer to the person at no charge a burial space that, to the extent possible, is equivalent to the reclaimed burial space.

(7) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, on and after August 7, 2006, the governing body of a municipality shall not convey title to the real property surveyed as a lot in a cemetery for use as a burial space. The governing body of a municipality may grant interment rights to a burial space in a cemetery.
C.R.S. § 31-25-531 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-531
31-25-531. Sale of property for nonpayment
Status: in_force

31-25-531. Sale of property for nonpayment. (1) The county treasurer or the municipal treasurer pursuant to section 31-25-526 shall receive payment of all assessments appearing upon the assessment roll with interest.

(2) In case of default in the payment of any installment of principal or interest on assessed property when due:

(a) The municipal treasurer, if collecting assessment payments pursuant to section 31-25-526, shall certify to the county treasurer the whole amount of the unpaid assessments; and

(b) The county treasurer shall advertise and sell all property concerning which such default is suffered for the payment of the whole of the unpaid assessments thereon, plus penalties and costs of collection.

(3) 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 the general property tax.
C.R.S. § 31-23-110 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 1 / Section 31-23-110
31-23-110. Boundaries settled by plat
Status: in_force

31-23-110. Boundaries settled by plat. Upon the filing of any such plat in the office of the county clerk and recorder, the boundaries of contiguous divisions of land, as described in section 31-23-103, upon any such plat shall be determined and settled as indicated in the plat. All the other matters indicated upon said plat are binding upon the parties acknowledging such plat. For the purpose of description in any instrument affecting title to any land described in any such plat, the designation given upon such plat shall be sufficient.
C.R.S. § 31-2-218 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 31-2-218
31-2-218. Finality
Status: in_force

31-2-218. Finality. No proceeding contesting the adoption of a charter, charter amendment, or repeal thereof shall be brought unless commenced within forty-five days after the election adopting the measure.
C.R.S. § 31-25-536 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-536
31-25-536. Manner of redemption
Status: repealed

31-25-536. Manner of redemption. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-23-225 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-225
31-23-225. Major activity notice
Status: in_force

31-23-225. Major activity notice. When a subdivision or commercial or industrial activity is proposed which will cover five or more acres of land, the governing body of the municipality in which the activity is proposed shall send notice to the state geologist and the board of county commissioners of the county in which the improvement is located of the proposal prior to approval of any zoning change, subdivision, or building permit application associated with such a proposed activity.
C.R.S. § 31-4-306 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 3 / Section 31-4-306
31-4-306. Marshal or chief of police - powers and duties
Status: in_force

31-4-306. Marshal or chief of police - powers and duties. The marshal or chief of police has the same power that sheriffs have by law, coextensive with the county in cases of violation of town ordinances, for offenses committed within the limits of the town. He or she shall execute all writs and processes directed to him or her by the municipal judge in any case arising under a town ordinance and receive the same fees for his or her services that sheriffs are allowed in similar cases. The marshal or chief of police may employ certified peace officers to enforce all laws of the state of Colorado notwithstanding section 16-2.5-201.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1308 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 13 / Section 31-10-1308
31-10-1308. Ballot questions and ballot issues - how contested
Status: in_force

31-10-1308. Ballot questions and ballot issues - how contested. (1) The results of an election on any ballot question may be contested in the manner provided by this part 13. The grounds for such contest shall be those grounds set forth in section 31-10-1301 (1)(b), (1)(c), and (1)(d). The contestee shall be the appropriate election official. In addition to other matters required to be set forth by this part 13, the statement of intention to contest the election shall set forth the question contested.

(2) Any contest arising out of a ballot issue or ballot question, as defined in section 1-1-104 (2.3) and (2.7), C.R.S., concerning the order on the ballot or concerning whether the form or content of any ballot title meets the requirements of section 20 of article X of the state constitution, shall be conducted as provided in section 1-11-203.5, C.R.S.

(3) The result of an election on any ballot issue, as defined in section 1-1-104 (2.3), C.R.S., approving the creation of any debt or other financial obligation may be contested in the manner provided by this part 13. The grounds for such contest shall be those grounds set forth in sections 1-11-201 (4), C.R.S., and 31-10-1301 (1)(b), (1)(c), and (1)(d). The contestee shall be the municipality for which the ballot issue was decided.
C.R.S. § 31-30-205 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 2 / Section 31-30-205
31-30-205. Commission to make rules
Status: in_force

31-30-205. Commission to make rules. The making or enforcement of rules to carry out the purpose of the classified civil service of such city or town, the alteration and discharge of such rules, the conducting of all competitive tests and determination of all removals or discharge cases, and the standardization in such classified civil service shall be vested in the commission. No person in the classified civil service shall be paid until a certificate is made by the commission that his appointment is made pursuant to law.
C.R.S. § 31-25-530 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-530
31-25-530. Penalty for default - payment of balance
Status: in_force

31-25-530. Penalty for default - payment of balance. Failure to pay any installment, whether of principal or interest, when due shall cause the whole of the unpaid principal to become due and collectible immediately, and the whole amount of the unpaid principal and accrued interest shall thereafter draw interest at the rate established pursuant to section 5-12-106 (2) and (3), C.R.S., until the day of sale; but, at any time prior to the day of sale, the owner may pay the amount of all unpaid installments, with interest at the penalty rate set by the assessing ordinance, and all penalties and costs of collection accrued and shall thereupon be restored to the right thereafter to pay in installments in the same manner as if default had not been suffered. The owner of any property not in default as to any installment or payment may, at any time, pay the whole of the unpaid principal with the interest accruing to the maturity of the next installment of interest or principal; except that any owner who pays the whole of the unpaid balance pursuant to this section may be assessed a prepayment premium not to exceed three percent of the unpaid principal, the amount of which premium shall be specified in the ordinance imposing the assessment.
C.R.S. § 31-4-110 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 31-4-110
31-4-110. City clerk - duties - city seal
Status: in_force

31-4-110. City clerk - duties - city seal. (1) The city clerk shall have the custody of all the laws and ordinances of the city council, shall keep a regular record of the proceedings of the city council, in such form as determined by the council, and shall perform such other duties as may be required by statute or by the ordinances of the city. The clerk shall continue in office until a successor is appointed or elected and has complied with section 31-4-401.

(2) Each city council shall provide for the clerk's office a seal, which shall be the seal of the city, in the center of which shall be the word "Seal" and such other device as may be directed by ordinance and around the margin the name of the city and the state. Said seal shall be affixed to all transcripts, orders, or certificates which may be necessary or proper to authenticate under law or any ordinance of the city. For all attested certificates and transcripts other than those ordered by the city council, the same fees shall be paid to the clerk as are allowed to county officers for similar services.
C.R.S. § 31-31-803 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 8 / Section 31-31-803
31-31-803. Retirement for disability
Status: repealed

31-31-803. Retirement for disability. (1) (a) (I) Any member hired before, on, or after April 7, 1978, who becomes totally disabled, as defined in section 31-31-801 (4), shall be retired from active service for disability and shall be eligible to receive the disability benefit provided by this subsection (1) or section 31-31-806.5 if the member:

(A) Is not eligible for the normal retirement pension from a plan that is part of the defined benefit system pursuant to section 31-31-204 or a local defined benefit retirement pension provided pursuant to article 30.5 of this title; or

(B) Has not reached age fifty-five with twenty-five years of accumulated service as a member and is a participant under the statewide money purchase plan pursuant to part 5 of this article or under a local money purchase plan.

(II) The normal annual disability benefit for total disability for a member who is retired pursuant to subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (a) shall be seventy percent of the annual base salary paid to the member immediately preceding retirement for disability.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (5) of this section, a member eligible for the normal annual disability benefit for total disability may elect to receive one of the following disability benefit options in lieu of the normal annual disability benefit provided under paragraph (a) of this subsection (1):

(I) Option 1. A reduced annual disability benefit payable to the member and, upon the member's death, all of such reduced annual disability benefit to be paid to the member's designated beneficiary for life;

(II) Option 2. A reduced annual disability benefit payable to the member and, upon the member's death, one-half of such reduced annual disability benefit to be paid to the member's designated beneficiary for life; or

(III) Option 3. A reduced annual disability benefit payable to the member and, upon the member's death, all of such reduced annual disability benefit to be paid to the member's surviving spouse and dependent children, if any, until the death of the surviving spouse, the death of any adult dependent child found to be incapacitated by the board, or until the youngest child, regardless of marital status, reaches twenty-three years of age, whichever is later.

(c) A member shall be deemed to have elected option 3 specified in subparagraph (III) of paragraph (b) of this subsection (1) if the member is eligible for a benefit for total disability under this subsection (1), is survived by a spouse or dependent child, and dies before making an election allowed under paragraph (b) of this subsection (1).

(d) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (SB 09-017), ch. 53, p. 188, § 2, effective March 25, 2009.)

(2) (a) A member who becomes occupationally disabled, as defined in section 31-31-801 (3), and is awarded a disability retirement prior to October 1, 2002, shall be retired from active service for such time as the occupational disability continues and shall be eligible to receive the disability benefit provided by this subsection (2) or section 31-31-806.5 if the member:

(I) Is not eligible for the normal retirement pension from a plan that is part of the defined benefit system pursuant to section 31-31-204 or a local defined benefit retirement pension provided pursuant to article 30.5 of this title; or

(II) Has not reached age fifty-five with twenty-five years of accumulated service as a member and is a participant under the statewide money purchase plan pursuant to part 5 of this article or under a local money purchase plan.

(b) The annual disability benefit for occupational disability for a member who is retired pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) shall be thirty percent of the annual base salary paid to the member immediately preceding retirement for disability. The benefit shall be increased by:

(I) Ten percent of the annual base salary if such member had a spouse at the time of becoming occupationally disabled, for so long as such spouse survives and is married to such member or is legally entitled to maintenance from such member in an amount equal to or greater than the amount of the increase in the benefit authorized by this subparagraph (I). If the amount of maintenance is less than the amount of the increase in the benefit authorized by this subparagraph (I), the benefit shall be increased by an amount equal to the amount of the maintenance; except that, for any member who is receiving the benefit authorized by this subparagraph (I) and who becomes legally required to pay maintenance prior to June 1, 2001, the amount of the benefit shall be ten percent of the annual base salary.

(II) Ten percent of the annual base salary if such member has any dependent children.

(III) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (SB 09-017), ch. 53, p. 188, § 2, effective March 25, 2009.)

(2.1) (a) A member who becomes permanently occupationally disabled, as defined in section 31-31-801 (3.2), shall be retired from active service for such time as the permanent occupational disability continues and shall be eligible to receive the disability benefit provided by this subsection (2.1) or section 31-31-806.5 if the member:

(I) Is not eligible for the normal retirement pension from a plan that is part of the defined benefit system pursuant to section 31-31-204 or a local defined benefit retirement pension provided pursuant to article 30.5 of this title; or

(II) Has not reached age fifty-five with twenty-five years of accumulated service as a member and is a participant under the statewide money purchase plan pursuant to part 5 of this article or under a local money purchase plan.

(b) The annual disability benefit for a permanent occupational disability for a member who is retired pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2.1) shall be fifty percent of the annual base salary being paid to the member immediately preceding retirement for disability.

(2.2) (a) A member who becomes temporarily occupationally disabled, as defined in section 31-31-801 (3.4), shall be retired from active service for such time as the temporary occupational disability continues for a period up to five years from the date of original disablement and shall be eligible to receive the disability benefit provided by this subsection (2.2) or section 31-31-806.5 if the member:

(I) Is not eligible for the normal retirement pension from a plan that is part of the defined benefit system pursuant to section 31-31-204 or a local defined benefit retirement pension provided pursuant to article 30.5 of this title; or

(II) Has not reached age fifty-five with twenty-five years of accumulated service as a member and is a participant under the statewide money purchase plan pursuant to part 5 of this article or under a local money purchase plan.

(b) The annual disability benefit for a temporary occupational disability for a member who is retired pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2.2) shall be forty percent of the annual base salary being paid to the member immediately preceding retirement for disability.

(c) A member found to have a temporary occupational disability shall be subject to reexamination at such times and in such manner as the board may direct. Based on the recommendations of the physician panel, the board may require treatment, counseling, or therapy necessary to rehabilitate the member for return to work. At the time of reexamination, a member with a temporary disability shall provide evidence of compliance with the requirements established by the board. Benefits may be terminated by the board if the member fails to make rehabilitation efforts or if sufficient evidence of compliance and continuing disability is not provided to the board by the disabled member.

(d) A member who remains disabled may apply for an upgrade to permanent occupational disability or to total disability no later than six months prior to the end of five years from the date of original disablement. A member may be upgraded to a permanent occupational disability upon a finding by the board that the member meets the definition contained in section 31-31-801 (3.2) or to a total disability upon a finding by the board that the member meets the definition contained in section 31-31-801 (4). After the five-year period, benefits shall cease unless the member has been upgraded to either permanent occupational disability or total disability.

(e) A member whose disability benefits cease and who is not restored to active service or a member who elects to terminate his or her disability benefits shall be entitled to:

(I) Any vested benefit earned through his or her years of service prior to becoming disabled, payable at normal retirement age; or

(II) A refund of the member's contributions if no benefit is vested.

(3) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no benefits shall be payable for any disability resulting in whole or in part from:

(I) Addiction to a controlled substance, the use of which is prohibited in article 18 of title 18, C.R.S.;

(II) Engaging in any act for which the member has been convicted of a felony; or

(III) An intentionally self-inflicted injury.

(b) For purposes of this subsection (3), "addiction" shall have the same meaning as set forth in part 8 of article 245 of title 12 and "controlled substance" shall have the same meaning as set forth in part 2 of article 80 of title 27.

(4) (a) (I) The determination of disability, whether occupational or total or whether on-duty, shall be made by the board, and the board shall consider reports to be made by a panel of three physicians who shall be appointed by the board upon the recommendation of a medical advisor with whom the board shall contract to provide advisory services and any other evidence the board deems relevant. The board shall not make a determination of disability unless two of the three physicians examining the applicant agree that a disability exists, but the board shall not be bound by the physicians' determination that a disability exists.

(II) The board may consider any relevant evidence, including medical evidence, in making its determination regarding the origin of an applicant's disability and may request that the three physicians appointed by the board to examine the applicant also provide an opinion as to whether the applicant's injury was received while performing official duties or whether the applicant's occupational disease arose out of and in the course of the applicant's employment.

(III) In all cases under this subsection (4), section 31-31-805, or section 31-31-806.5, the board:

(A) May appoint hearing officers who are experienced in disability matters to conduct hearings and make findings and recommendations to the board on any issue relating to an applicant's disability;

(B) May adopt rules to establish a process for the administrative approval of disability applications, including standards of review for the applications, without board review; and

(C) Shall take any final action that constitutes a denial of a disability application or a reduction of a benefit.

(b) The board shall have the authority to investigate claims for disability retirement benefits at the time of initial application for benefits or subsequent to an award of benefits in order to determine eligibility or continuing eligibility for such benefits. The board shall appoint such investigators and other personnel as may be necessary to carry out this function. No investigation of a member who has been awarded a disability retirement shall be pursued if more than five years has elapsed since the date of the award.

(c) If the board determines that an applicant for retirement for disability is not disabled and the applicant is on sick leave, disability leave, or other type of leave of absence, is serving in a temporary position pending the determination of an application, or has been terminated from employment by the employer on the basis of an alleged disability, the employer shall reinstate the applicant to active service in the same position the applicant held prior to the commencement of such leave, assignment to a temporary position, or termination. If the employer refuses to reinstate the applicant to the applicant's prior position, the employer shall thereafter pay benefits to the applicant as if the applicant had been determined occupationally disabled by the board. The employer shall continue to pay such benefits until the applicant is reinstated to the applicant's prior position or declines an offer of reinstatement.

(5) (a) Any member who is awarded a total disability pension or a permanent occupational disability pension under this section or section 31-31-806.5 shall be eligible to receive the applicable normal disability pension provided in this section or to make an election for a reduced pension in the manner provided in this section.

(b) (I) If, after making the election of a normal disability pension, an unmarried member who receives a single life annuity at the time benefits commence and whose marital status changes as the result of marriage or remarriage shall be eligible to change the member's original election to take a reduced pension in the same manner as the original election authorized in paragraph (a) of this subsection (5) within one hundred eighty days of the date of the marriage or remarriage or January 1, 2008, whichever date is later. If, after such selection of a different payment option, the member subsequently dies within one hundred eighty days following the marriage or remarriage, the only survivor benefit payable to the member's designated beneficiary shall be the difference between the single life option amount payable to the member prior to marriage or remarriage and the amount of the reduced benefit that was actually paid to the deceased member after the marriage or remarriage and prior to the member's death.

(II) The newly elected pension shall be recalculated as the actuarial equivalent of the remainder of the original pension for which the member would otherwise have been eligible if the member had not changed the original election.

(6) (a) The benefits payable under the statewide death and disability plan established in this part 8 shall be redetermined effective October 1 each year, and such redetermined amount shall be payable for the following twelve months. To be eligible for redetermination, such benefits shall have been paid for at least twelve calendar months prior to the effective date of redetermination. The annual redetermination of benefits made pursuant to this section shall be in lieu of any other annual cost of living adjustment.

(b) (I) For the redetermination of occupational disability benefits payable pursuant to subsections (2), (2.1), and (2.2) of this section and section 31-31-806.5, the amount of the benefit on the effective date of the benefit shall be increased by a percentage to be determined by the board but not more than three percent for each full year contained in the period commencing with the effective date of the benefit and ending with the effective date of the redetermination.

(II) For the redetermination of total disability benefits payable pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and section 31-31-806.5, the amount of the benefit on the effective date of the benefit shall be increased by three percent for each full year contained in the period commencing with the effective date of the benefit and ending with the effective date of the redetermination.

(c) The cost of the adjustment of benefits provided by this section shall be funded in the same manner as other benefits established by this part 8.

(7) (a) The benefits payable under this section or section 31-31-806.5 to any member who is awarded an occupational disability prior to October 1, 2002, a total disability, or who is permanently occupationally disabled and who is also eligible to receive payments from the member's individual account pursuant to part 5 of article 31.5 of this title 31 or a similar provision in a local pension plan shall be reduced by an amount that is the actuarial equivalent of the benefits such member is eligible to receive from the separate retirement account, whether the benefits received from the account are paid on a periodic basis or in a lump sum.

(b) The benefits payable under this section or section 31-31-806.5 to any member who is awarded a total disability or who is permanently occupationally disabled and who is also eligible to receive a defined benefit from a statewide or local pension plan shall be reduced by the amount of the defined benefit.

(8) (a) A member eligible for a permanent occupational disability benefit under subsection (2.1) of this section or a permanent occupational disability benefit under section 31-31-806.5 may elect to receive one of the following disability benefit options in lieu of such disability benefit:

(I) Option 1. A reduced annual disability benefit payable to the member and, upon the member's death, all of such reduced annual disability benefit to be paid to the member's designated beneficiary for life;

(II) Option 2. A reduced annual disability benefit payable to the member and, upon the member's death, one-half of such reduced annual disability benefit to be paid to the member's designated beneficiary for life; or

(III) Option 3. A reduced annual disability benefit payable to the member and, upon the member's death, all of such reduced annual disability benefit to be paid to the member's surviving spouse and dependent children, if any, until the death of the surviving spouse, the death of any adult dependent child found to be incapacitated by the board, or until the youngest child, regardless of marital status, reaches twenty-three years of age, whichever is later.

(b) A member shall be deemed to have elected option 3 specified in subparagraph (III) of paragraph (a) of this subsection (8) if the member is awarded a permanent occupational disability benefit under subsection (2.1) of this section or an occupational disability benefit under section 31-31-806.5, is survived by a spouse or dependent child, and dies before making an election allowed under paragraph (a) of this subsection (8).

(9) After an election has been made of any of the options provided in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) or paragraph (a) of subsection (8) of this section, the election shall be irrevocable when the first disability benefit payment has been deposited or otherwise negotiated by the member or sixty days after the date of issuance of the check, whichever occurs first. The member's beneficiary designation shall also be irrevocable at such time unless the member's marital status changes as a result of dissolution of marriage, death of a beneficiary, marriage, or remarriage or in the event of the death of a beneficiary. In such case, the member may designate a new beneficiary; except that, in cases of dissolution of marriage, this subsection (9) shall only apply to any final dissolution of marriage decree of a member entered on or after July 1, 1990.

(10) The joint disability benefit provided in this section shall be calculated as the actuarial equivalent of the normal annual disability benefit otherwise payable as provided in this section. In the event of a change in the beneficiary designation pursuant to subsection (9) of this section, the joint disability benefit payable shall be recalculated so as to be the actuarial equivalent of the remainder of the original disability benefit based upon the member's initial beneficiary designation, if any.

(11) Repealed.

(12) Notwithstanding any limitation provided under article 80 of title 13 or any other applicable limitation, any application for disability must be filed by the member no later than three hundred sixty-five days after the last day on the payroll under which disability coverage under this section is provided.

(13) Within the application for disability benefits, a member may irrevocably elect not to be considered for reinstatement in the event that such member becomes eligible. Any such election shall terminate any obligation for reinstatement by the employer.

(14) Within the application for disability benefits, the employer shall:

(a) Make a statement indicating the reason for the member's separation from employment; and

(b) State any additional basis for disability under the death and disability program which the employer believes exists and include any documentation of relevant medical evidence. In the event the member's disability ceases to exist and the member becomes eligible to be restored to active service pursuant to section 31-31-805 (2), the member may be considered for a continuing disability by the board with regard to the additional basis provided by the employer. The consideration shall be conducted as if the member had filed an original application; except that limitation periods under section 31-31-805 (2) shall accrue from the date of the original disablement. If the member fails to be examined with regard to the additional basis, the member shall be entitled to neither reinstatement nor continuing disability benefits.
C.R.S. § 31-31-704.7 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 7 / Section 31-31-704.7
31-31-704.7. Participation in statewide death and disability plan - repeal
Status: repealed

31-31-704.7. Participation in statewide death and disability plan - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-35-618 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 6 / Section 31-35-618
31-35-618. Prior rates and charges declared valid
Status: in_force

31-35-618. Prior rates and charges declared valid. Any such rates and charges for the connections with and use of the sewer or sewerage systems of any municipality or incorporated sewer or sanitary district declared or established by ordinance of said governing body on or before May 1, 1957, are declared to be valid and are hereby ratified.
C.R.S. § 31-30-1118 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 11 / Section 31-30-1118
31-30-1118. Fund use - other purposes
Status: in_force

31-30-1118. Fund use - other purposes. (1) If the governing body of a municipality or district finds by resolution that no person is eligible or can become eligible for payment of a fund benefit, it may authorize contributions of all fund moneys for any fire-related purpose and, if no fire-related purpose exists, for any purpose as determined by the governing body of the municipality or district.

(2) At least sixty days before adoption of this resolution, the governing body of the municipality or district shall publish one notice in a newspaper with general circulation within the municipality or district and shall provide a copy of the published notice to the board of directors of the fire and police pension association. The notice must state that the intent of the governing body is to use the money in the fund for the purposes permitted in subsection (1) of this section and that persons who believe they are or may be entitled to benefit payments from the fund have fifty days from the date of the notice in which to file a written objection with the governing body regarding its proposed use of the fund. If a written objection is received, the governing body shall hold a public hearing before adoption of the resolution. Before the hearing, the governing body shall publish notice of the time and place of the hearing and send written notice of the hearing by certified mail to each person who files a written objection.

(3) If a person establishes a claim to a benefit from the fund within one year after adoption of this resolution, the municipality or district shall repay to the fund any money paid from the fund under this section, and no such additional payments shall be made from the fund.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1207 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 12 / Section 31-25-1207
31-25-1207. Hearing - findings - when action barred
Status: in_force

31-25-1207. Hearing - findings - when action barred. (1) On the date fixed for such hearing or at any adjournment thereof, the governing body shall ascertain, from the tax rolls of the county or counties in which the district is located, the total valuation for assessment of the taxable real and personal property in the service area and the classification of taxable property. If it appears that said petition is not signed in conformity with this part 12, the governing body shall dismiss the petition and adjudge the cost against those executing the bond or depositing the cash filed to pay such costs. Nothing in this section shall prevent the filing of a subsequent petition for a similar district.

(2) The findings of the governing body upon the question of the genuineness of the signatures and all matters of fact incident to such determination shall be final and conclusive.

(3) (Deleted by amendment, L. 91, p. 759, § 3, effective May 20, 1991.)

(4) Prior to the organization of the district, the governing body may exclude property from the service area or boundaries of the district if it deems such exclusion to be in the best interests of the district or required by section 31-25-1208.

(5) If it appears that an organization petition has been duly signed and presented in conformity with this part 12, that the allegations of the organization petition are true, and that the types of services or improvements to be provided by the proposed district are those services or improvements which best satisfy the purposes set forth in this part 12, the governing body, upon the completion of the hearing, shall, by ordinance, adjudicate all questions of jurisdiction and may, in its sole discretion, declare the district organized, describe the boundaries and service area of the district, and give it the corporate name specified in the petition by which, in all subsequent proceedings, it shall thereafter be known. The district shall be a quasi-municipal corporation and political subdivision of the state with all powers and responsibilities thereof.

(6) Such ordinance shall finally and conclusively establish the regular organization of the district against all persons unless an action, including an action for certiorari review, attacking the validity of the district is commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction within sixty days after the effective date of such ordinance. Thereafter, any such action shall be perpetually barred. The organization of said district shall not be directly or collaterally questioned in any suit, action, or proceeding, except as provided in this subsection (6).
C.R.S. § 31-25-902 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 9 / Section 31-25-902
31-25-902. Duties of authority - development and financing of unconventional gas supplies
Status: in_force

31-25-902. Duties of authority - development and financing of unconventional gas supplies. (1) An authority formed pursuant to this part 9, referred to in this part 9 as the "authority", shall be known as a municipal energy finance authority. Its duties shall include the financing of municipal operations for the exploration, development, and production of unconventional gas, as defined in this section, for the purposes specified in section 31-25-901.

(2) For the purposes of this part 9, "unconventional gases" means gases which are predominantly methane, not obtained from ordinary, porous sands; and which generally are said to be in tight sands and shales where permeability is low, in coal beds where pressure is low, and in geopressured sediments, or gas from all sources other than sandstone or limestone with permeability less than one millidarcy. "Unconventional gases" also includes gases which are predominantly methane obtained from or in connection with wastewater treatment operations.
C.R.S. § 31-25-617 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 6 / Section 31-25-617
31-25-617. Reserve fund
Status: in_force

31-25-617. Reserve fund. When any indebtedness has been incurred by a district, it is lawful for the board to levy taxes and collect revenue for the purpose of creating a reserve fund in such amount as the board may determine which may be used to meet the obligations of the district for operating charges and depreciation and to provide extensions of and betterments to the improvements of the district.
C.R.S. § 31-35-507 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 5 / Section 31-35-507
31-35-507. Budgets, accounts, and audits
Status: in_force

31-35-507. Budgets, accounts, and audits. The board, in connection with the facilities or joint system under the board's jurisdiction, shall adopt a budget for each fiscal year of the municipality, shall maintain accounts, and shall cause an annual audit to be made pertaining to the financial affairs of the board as provided in parts 1, 5, and 6 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S., except as otherwise provided in part 4 of this article and this part 5.
C.R.S. § 31-31-806.5 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 8 / Section 31-31-806.5
31-31-806.5. Disability benefits - on-duty
Status: in_force

31-31-806.5. Disability benefits - on-duty. (1) If the board determines that a member, who is otherwise eligible to apply for disability retirement benefits under section 31-31-803, is required to terminate the member's regular employment due to a total disability, as defined in section 31-31-801 (4), that is the result of an injury received while performing official duties or an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of the member's employment, the member is eligible for a disability benefit in an amount provided for in section 31-31-803 (1).

(2) If the board determines that a member who is otherwise eligible to apply for disability retirement benefits under section 31-31-803 is required to terminate the member's regular employment due to an occupational disability, a temporary occupational disability, or a permanent occupational disability that, regardless of the type of occupational disability, is the result of an injury received while performing official duties or an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of the member's employment, the member is eligible for a disability benefit in an amount provided for in section 31-31-803.

(3) The board shall promulgate rules that specify standards for determining whether a member's disability is the result of an injury received while performing official duties or an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of employment and that establish procedures for making such determination.

(4) (a) The board shall promulgate rules that specify the method of reviewing existing disability retirement awards to determine whether a member's total disability or occupational disability is the result of an injury received while performing official duties or an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of the member's employment and that establish procedures for making such determination, including the appointment of hearing officers to conduct hearings.

(b) The determinations made by the board pursuant to this subsection (4) shall be made solely on the basis of the medical evidence that was previously submitted in connection with the member's application for disability retirement benefits and other relevant evidence that is contemporaneous in time with the termination of the member's employment.

(c) Any decision made by the board to change a member's existing disability retirement award to an on-duty disability retirement benefit under this section shall operate on a prospective basis from the date of the board's decision.
C.R.S. § 31-30-102 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 1 / Section 31-30-102
31-30-102. Civil service commission - withdrawal
Status: in_force

31-30-102. Civil service commission - withdrawal. The governing body of any city or town in the state maintaining a paid police department, a paid fire department, or a paid street department may establish a commission which shall be known as "the city (town) of .... fire and police and street department civil service commission". Said governing body shall not have the authority to withdraw said departments from operation of such system unless and until the withdrawal thereof has been submitted to the registered electors of said city or town at a special or regular election held in said city or town pursuant to an ordinance properly passed submitting the same to said electors and has been approved by not less than a majority vote of said electors voting on such proposition.
C.R.S. § 31-15-715 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 7 / Section 31-15-715
31-15-715. Legislative declaration concerning landfill gas
Status: in_force

31-15-715. Legislative declaration concerning landfill gas. The general assembly hereby declares that landfill gas constitutes a hazard to the health, welfare, and safety of the people of this state, whether such gas has accumulated as a result of a public or private landfill operation, and that the extraction of landfill gas will ameliorate this dangerous condition, and further declares that the development of landfill gas will provide a valuable, alternate energy resource to the citizens of this state. In order to diminish this hazard and utilize this energy resource, the powers of municipalities are hereby expanded to authorize landfill gas exploration, development, and production; the financing thereof; the marketing and sale of landfill gas to any public or private person or entity; and the municipal use thereof for any purpose.
C.R.S. § 31-4-113 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 31-4-113
31-4-113. Terms of officers end upon adoption of charter
Status: in_force

31-4-113. Terms of officers end upon adoption of charter. If any city adopts a charter pursuant to the provisions of article XX of the state constitution, the term of office of every officer of such city who has been elected or appointed pursuant to the general laws of this state or under the ordinances of such city shall terminate immediately upon the election and qualification of the elective officers provided for by such charter.
C.R.S. § 31-35-604 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 6 / Section 31-35-604
31-35-604. Work accepted - assessment - certified copy filed - lien
Status: in_force

31-35-604. Work accepted - assessment - certified copy filed - lien. Upon the final completion of the work, the governing body shall accept the same by ordinance and provide for an assessment against the properties connected according to the rules of apportionment as provided in section 31-35-603. Each assessment shall be separately numbered. Thirty days after the last publication of said ordinance, a certified copy of it shall be filed with the county treasurer of the county in which the property is situated and when so filed shall operate as a perpetual tax lien in favor of the municipality and shall be superior to all other liens except general tax liens.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1215 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 12 / Section 31-25-1215
31-25-1215. Levies to cover deficiencies
Status: in_force

31-25-1215. Levies to cover deficiencies. The board, in certifying annual levies, shall take into account the maturing indebtedness for the current and ensuing year as provided in its contracts, maturing bonds, and interest on bonds and the deficiencies and defaults of prior years and shall make ample provisions for the payment thereof. In case the moneys produced from such levies, together with other revenues of the district, are not sufficient to pay punctually the annual installments on its contracts or bonds and interest thereon and to pay defaults and deficiencies, the board, from year to year, shall make such additional levies of taxes as may be necessary for such purposes, and, notwithstanding any limitations, such taxes shall be levied and shall continue to be levied until the indebtedness of the district is fully paid.
C.R.S. § 31-10-501.5 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 5 / Section 31-10-501.5
31-10-501.5. Ballot issue notice
Status: in_force

31-10-501.5. Ballot issue notice. (1) Any ballot issue notice, as defined in section 1-1-104 (2.5), C.R.S., relating to a municipal ballot issue, as defined in section 1-1-104 (2.3), C.R.S., shall be prepared and distributed in a manner consistent with part 9 of article 7 of title 1, C.R.S.

(2) In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection (1) of this section, a municipality submitting a ballot issue concerning the creation of any debt or other financial obligation at an election in the municipality shall post notice in accordance with the requirements of section 1-7-908, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 31-30-1102 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 11 / Section 31-30-1102
31-30-1102. Definitions
Status: in_force

31-30-1102. Definitions. As used in this part 11, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Board" means the board of trustees of the volunteer firefighter pension fund that is created in a municipality or district under this part 11.

(2) "District" means a fire protection district or county improvement district in this state having fire department members and offering fire protection services, and any county that provides funding, including volunteer pension funding, through intergovernmental cooperation for the provision of fire protection services.

(3) "Fire and police pension association" means the association created by section 31-31-201.

(4) "Fire department member" means a volunteer firefighter who is in a fire department that serves a municipality, county, or district and who accrues benefits in the volunteer firefighter pension fund.

(5) "Fund" means the volunteer firefighter pension fund provided in this part 11.

(6) "Municipality" means a municipality in this state that maintains a regularly organized volunteer fire department and that offers fire protection services.

(7) "Plan" means a program of benefits provided under this part 11.

(7.5) "Previous net valuation" means an amount equal to the total valuation for assessment certified by the county assessor pursuant to section 39-5-128, and amended pursuant to section 39-1-111 (5), less the valuation for assessment that has been divided for the county revitalization area pursuant to section 30-31-109 (13), an urban renewal area pursuant to section 31-25-107 (9), or a downtown development authority pursuant to section 31-25-807 (3) for the property tax year in which the municipality or district made a contribution to the fund. If the total valuation for assessment certified by the county assessor, as amended, does not include the valuation for assessment that has been divided for an urban renewal area, such urban renewal valuation for assessment shall not be subtracted from the total valuation for assessment.

(8) "Retired fire department member" means a volunteer firefighter who is not on active duty and who receives pension benefits from the volunteer firefighter pension fund.

(9) (a) "Volunteer firefighter" means a firefighter who renders service to a fire department in a municipality, county, or district, who does not receive compensation as a firefighter, and who is not classified as an employee for purposes of the federal "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938", as amended, based on payments, fees, or benefits that the firefighter receives. "Volunteer firefighter" may include other designations or titles given to firefighters provided that the firefighter meets all of the requirements for being a volunteer firefighter in this part 11.

(b) For the purposes of this subsection (9), "compensation" does not include:

(I) Actual expenses incurred by and reimbursed to a volunteer firefighter;

(II) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2010, (SB 10-021), ch. 17, p. 79, § 1, effective August 11, 2010.)

(III) Participation in or receipt of benefits from the fund;

(IV) Participation in or receipt of benefits upon termination of volunteer services to any district or municipality provided as part of an internal revenue code qualified volunteer service award plan established for the benefit of volunteer firefighters;

(V) Payments from federal moneys, either through the district or municipality or to the volunteer firefighter directly, for participation in a temporary emergency incident;

(VI) Nominal fees or benefits paid on a per-call basis or as part of an annual merit or recognition award program or other incentive award program.
C.R.S. § 31-25-408 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 4 / Section 31-25-408
31-25-408. Improvement of the pedestrian mall
Status: in_force

31-25-408. Improvement of the pedestrian mall. (1) The municipality and its governing body may provide for the construction of and payment for improvements on the pedestrian mall through an improvement district under part 6 of this article, or by creation of an improvement district which can levy special assessments under other authority, or by other lawful means. The cost of the improvements shall be the cost of construction and may include the damages or compensation paid to obtain the mall area. The municipality may also pay all or any part of the cost of improving a pedestrian mall from its general funds or from any other source of moneys available to it.

(2) A pedestrian mall established or to be established pursuant to this part 4 may be so improved either concurrently with the proceedings taken under this part 4 for the establishment of a pedestrian mall or at any time subsequent thereto, but no contract for the work or any improvement shall be awarded until the claims for damages or compensation for establishing the mall have been fully paid or properly secured as provided in this part 4.

(3) The governing body may combine any part of the proceedings taken pursuant to this part 4 with any part of the proceedings taken under any law allowing for the assessment of and payment of the damages and for the construction of and payment for improvements to the end that duplication of ordinances, resolutions, notices, hearings, and other acts or proceedings may be avoided.
C.R.S. § 31-25-909 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 9 / Section 31-25-909
31-25-909. Contracts with federal government
Status: in_force

31-25-909. Contracts with federal government. (1) In addition to the powers conferred upon the authority by section 31-25-907, the authority, with regard to its relations with the federal government, is empowered:

(a) To borrow money from the federal government to finance any project and to borrow from private sources when such borrowing is guaranteed by the federal government;

(b) To take over any land offered by the federal government for the construction of a project; and

(c) To take over, lease, or manage any project so constructed or owned by the federal government and, to that end, to enter into any such contracts, leases, or other agreements as the federal government may require in such connection; except that such takeover shall not interfere with the normal use of any real property, or other property appurtenant thereto, which is devoted or dedicated to a public utility use.

(2) Such contract, lease, or other agreements may provide that the federal government has the right to supervise and approve the construction, maintenance, and operation of such project.

(3) It is the purpose and intent of this section to authorize such authority to accept the cooperation of the federal government in the construction, maintenance, and operation and in the financing of the construction of any project which the authority is empowered to undertake. Such authority has the full power to do all things necessary in order to secure such aid, assistance, and cooperation.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1306 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 13 / Section 31-10-1306
31-10-1306. Recount
Status: in_force

31-10-1306. Recount. If, upon the trial of any contested election under this article, the statement or counterstatement sets forth an error in canvass sufficient to change the result, the trial judge has the power to conduct a recount of the ballots cast or the votes tabulated on the voting machines in the precinct where the alleged error was made. The court may also require the production before it of such witnesses, documents, records, and other evidence as may have or may contain information regarding the legality of any vote cast or counted for either of the contesting candidates or the correct number of votes cast for either candidate and may correct the canvass in accordance with the evidence presented and its findings thereon.
C.R.S. § 31-35-406 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 4 / Section 31-35-406
31-35-406. Tax exemption
Status: in_force

31-35-406. Tax exemption. The bonds and the income therefrom are exempt from taxation, except inheritance, estate, and transfer taxes.
C.R.S. § 31-4-302 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 3 / Section 31-4-302
31-4-302. Mayor - powers
Status: repealed

31-4-302. Mayor - powers. The mayor or, in his absence, one of the trustees, who may be elected mayor pro tem, shall preside at all meetings of the board of trustees and shall have the same voting powers as any member of said board. The mayor shall be considered a member of the governing body and the board of trustees. However, a town may provide by ordinance that the mayor shall not be entitled to vote on any matter before the board, except in the case of a tie vote. If such an ordinance is adopted, it shall also provide that any ordinance adopted and all resolutions authorizing the expenditure of money or the entering into of a contract shall be subject to disapproval by the mayor as provided in section 31-16-104. Such an ordinance may provide or may be amended to provide that the mayor shall not be counted for purposes of determining a quorum or for the requisite majority on any matter to be voted on by the board of trustees. Any such ordinance may be adopted, amended, or repealed only within the sixty days preceding any election of a mayor, to take effect upon such mayor's assumption of office.
C.R.S. § 31-35-506 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 5 / Section 31-35-506
31-35-506. Additional administrative powers
Status: in_force

31-35-506. Additional administrative powers. (1) The board, on behalf and in the name of the municipality, also has the following powers:

(a) To require and fix the amount of all official fidelity and completion bonds necessary or desirable and convenient in the opinion of the board for the protection of the funds and property of the municipality under the jurisdiction of the board, subject to the provisions of any ordinance adopted pursuant to section 31-35-502 regarding fidelity bonds for commissioners;

(b) To prescribe a method of auditing and allowing or rejecting claims and demands subject to the provisions of section 31-35-507;

(c) To provide a method for the letting of contracts on a fair and competitive basis for the construction of works, the facilities, or any project or any interest therein or the performance or furnishing of labor, materials, or supplies as required in part 4 of this article and this part 5 and to require a contractor's bond in the manner required of a governing body and a municipality in sections 38-26-105 to 38-26-107, C.R.S.;

(d) To designate an official newspaper published in the municipality or, if none, of general circulation therein and to publish any notice or other instrument in any additional newspaper where the board deems that it is necessary or advisable to do so; and

(e) To make and pass resolutions and orders on behalf of the municipality not repugnant to the provisions of part 4 of this article and this part 5 which are necessary or proper for the government and management of the affairs of the municipality, for the execution of the powers vested in the municipality, and for carrying into effect the provisions of part 4 of this article and this part 5 in connection with the facilities or joint system designated in the ordinance creating the board.
C.R.S. § 31-23-213 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-213
31-23-213. Scope of control
Status: in_force

31-23-213. Scope of control. When a commission has adopted a major street plan for the territory within its subdivision control, or any part thereof, as provided in section 31-23-208, and has filed a certified copy of such plan in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such territory or such part is located, no plat of a subdivision of land within such territory or such part shall be filed or recorded until it has been approved by such commission and such approval entered in writing on the plat by the chairman or secretary of the commission.
C.R.S. § 31-21-106 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 21 / Part 1 / Section 31-21-106
31-21-106. Taxes for interest and redemption
Status: in_force

31-21-106. Taxes for interest and redemption. The interest accruing on such funding bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this part 1 prior to the time when tax levies are available therefor shall be paid out of the general revenues of the municipality. For the purpose of reimbursing such general revenues and for the payment of subsequently accruing interest, the governing body issuing such funding bonds or the proper tax assessing and collecting officers upon whom shall devolve the duty of levying and collecting municipal taxes shall levy annually a sufficient tax upon all of the taxable property in the municipality fully to discharge such interest. For the ultimate redemption of such funding bonds, there shall be levied annually such a tax upon all the taxable property in such municipality as will create a fund sufficient to discharge each annual installment of such funding bonds at the maturity thereof, which fund shall be called the redemption fund. All taxes for interest on and for the redemption of such bonds shall be paid in cash only and shall be kept by the municipal treasurer as a special fund to be used only in payment of the interest upon and for the redemption of such bonds. Such tax shall be levied and collected as other municipal taxes are levied and collected. The tax provisions for the ultimate redemption of such bonds shall be set forth in the ordinance authorizing their issue and shall set forth the years in which such taxes shall be levied for the creation of said redemption fund.
C.R.S. § 31-12-122 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 1 / Section 31-12-122
31-12-122. Relation of this part 1 to other laws
Status: in_force

31-12-122. Relation of this part 1 to other laws. The powers conferred and limitations imposed by this part 1 shall be in addition and supplemental to and not in substitution for powers conferred by any other law.
C.R.S. § 31-20-402 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 20 / Part 4 / Section 31-20-402
31-20-402. Funds - how used
Status: in_force

31-20-402. Funds - how used. All moneys received on any special assessment shall be held by the treasurer as a special fund to be applied to the payment of the improvement for which the assessment was made. Said money shall be used for no purpose whatever other than to reimburse the city or town for money expended for such improvement. All moneys received for account of the general fund shall be held by the treasurer in the general fund and shall be used for no purpose other than that for which they were appropriated, collected, or received except to reimburse any special fund to which the general fund may be indebted.
C.R.S. § 31-10-306 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 3 / Section 31-10-306
31-10-306. Write-in candidate affidavit
Status: in_force

31-10-306. Write-in candidate affidavit. The governing body of a municipality may provide by ordinance that no write-in vote for any municipal office shall be counted unless an affidavit of intent has been filed with the clerk by the person whose name is written in prior to sixty-four days before the day of the election indicating that such person desires the office and is qualified to assume the duties of that office if elected.
C.R.S. § 31-10-804 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 8 / Section 31-10-804
31-10-804. Preparation for use - electronic voting
Status: in_force

31-10-804. Preparation for use - electronic voting. (1) Prior to an election in which an electronic voting system is to be used, the clerk shall have the vote recorders or punching devices, or both the vote recorders and punching devices, prepared for voting and shall inspect and determine that each such recorder or device is in proper working order and shall cause a sufficient number of such recorders or devices to be delivered to each election precinct in which the electronic voting system is to be used.

(2) The clerk shall supply each election precinct in which vote recorders or voting devices are to be used with a sufficient number of ballot cards, sample ballots, ballot boxes, write-in ballots, if required, and other supplies and forms as may be required. Each ballot card shall have a serially numbered stub attached, which shall be removed by a judge of election before the card is deposited in the ballot box.
C.R.S. § 31-25-811 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 8 / Section 31-25-811
31-25-811. Refunding bonds
Status: in_force

31-25-811. Refunding bonds. (1) By ordinance adopted by the governing body at a regular or special meeting, by vote of a majority of the members of the governing body, any bonds issued under this part 8 may be refunded by the municipality without an election, subject to the provisions concerning their payment and to any other contractual limitations in the proceedings authorizing their issuance or otherwise relating thereto.

(2) Any bonds issued for refunding purposes may either be delivered in exchange for the outstanding bonds authorized to be refunded or may be sold as provided in this part 8 for the sale of other bonds.

(3) No bonds may be refunded under this part 8 unless the holders thereof voluntarily surrender them for exchange or payment or unless they either mature or are callable for prior redemption under their terms within ten years from the date of issuance of the refunding bonds. Provision shall be made for paying the bonds within said period of time. No maturity of any bonds refunded may be extended over fifteen years. The rate of interest on such refunding bonds shall be determined by the authority. The principal amount of the refunding bonds may exceed the principal amount of the refunded bonds if the aggregate principal and interest costs of the refunding bonds do not exceed such unaccrued costs of the bonds refunded, except to the extent any interest on the bonds refunded in arrears or about to become due is capitalized with the proceeds of the refunding bonds. The principal amount of the refunding bonds may also be less than or the same as the principal amount of the bonds refunded so long as provision is duly and sufficiently made for their payment.

(4) The proceeds of refunding bonds shall either be immediately applied to the retirement of the bonds to be refunded or be placed in escrow or in trust to be applied to the payment of the bonds refunded upon their presentation therefor. Any proceeds held in escrow or in trust, pending such use, may be invested or reinvested in securities meeting the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S. Such proceeds and investments in escrow or in trust, together with any interest or other gain to be derived from any such investment, shall be in an amount at all times sufficient as to principal, interest, any prior redemption premium due, and any charges of the escrow agent or trustee payable therefrom to pay the bonds refunded as they become due at their respective maturities or due at designated prior redemption dates upon which the authority shall be obligated to call the refunded bonds for prior redemption.

(5) The relevant provisions pertaining to bonds generally shall be equally applicable in the authorization and issuance of refunding bonds, including their terms and security, the bond resolution, trust indenture, taxes, and revenues, and other aspects of the bonds.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1537 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1537
31-10-1537. Absentee voting
Status: in_force

31-10-1537. Absentee voting. Any election official or other person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of this article 10 relative to the casting of absent voters' ballots or who aids or abets fraud in connection with any absent vote cast or to be cast commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 31-31-406 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 4 / Section 31-31-406
31-31-406. Separate retirement accounts - administration - repeal
Status: repealed

31-31-406. Separate retirement accounts - administration - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-25-538 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-538
31-25-538. No action maintainable - exception - grounds - limitations
Status: in_force

31-25-538. No action maintainable - exception - grounds - limitations. (1) No legal or equitable action shall be brought or maintained except to enjoin the collection of assessments levied under this part 5 upon the grounds:

(a) That notice of a hearing upon the amount of the assessment was not given as required in this part 5. Any person presenting objections to the governing body at or before the hearing on assessment shall be deemed to have waived this ground.

(b) That the hearing upon the amount of the assessment as provided in this part 5 was not held;

(c) That the improvement ordered was not one authorized by this part 5;

(d) That the assessment levied exceeds the benefits received by the property assessed.

(2) No action shall be brought on the grounds provided in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section unless a hearing on the proposed improvements is required pursuant to section 31-25-503 and unless the objections on which such action is based have been presented to the governing body in writing prior to or at such hearing. No action shall be brought on the grounds provided in paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of this section unless the objections on which such action is based have been presented to the governing body in writing prior to or at the hearing on the assessment roll. Any action brought with respect to the ordering of any improvements, the creation of any district, the authorization or issuance of any bonds, the levying of any assessments, or any other action taken under this part 5 shall be commenced within thirty days after the passage of the ordinance or resolution ordering the improvements, creating the district, authorizing or issuing bonds, or levying assessments or within thirty days after performance of any other action complained of or else shall be forever barred.
C.R.S. § 31-2-217 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 31-2-217
31-2-217. Vested rights saved
Status: in_force

31-2-217. Vested rights saved. The adoption of any charter, charter amendment, or repeal thereof shall not be construed to destroy any property right, contract right, or right of action of any nature or kind, civil or criminal, vested in or against the municipality under and by virtue of any provision of law theretofore existing or otherwise accruing to the municipality; but all such rights shall vest in and inure to the municipality or to any persons asserting any such claims against the municipality as fully and as completely as though the charter, amendment, or repeal thereof had not been adopted. Such adoption shall never be construed to affect any such right existing between the municipality and any person.
C.R.S. § 31-12-411 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 4 / Section 31-12-411
31-12-411. Collection of prior taxes - disposition
Status: in_force

31-12-411. Collection of prior taxes - disposition. The county treasurer shall proceed to collect all taxes assessed against persons or property within the limits of the cities or towns consolidating prior to such consolidation in the same manner as if no such consolidation had taken place. All moneys in the hands of the county treasurer at the date of consolidation belonging to any of the consolidating cities or towns and all moneys thereafter collected by him on account of any of such consolidating cities or towns shall be turned over by him to the proper officers of the consolidated city or town. In the same manner, if there are, at the date of consolidation, any moneys in the hands of any officer of any of the consolidating cities or towns belonging to his city or town, he shall forthwith turn over such moneys, upon the accomplishment of consolidation, to the proper officers of the consolidated city or town. The moneys thus obtained shall be applied to the payment of the indebtedness of the city or town from which they were derived, and the balance, if any, shall be used for the purpose of the consolidated city or town, unless the terms of consolidation otherwise provide.
C.R.S. § 31-10-305 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 3 / Section 31-10-305
31-10-305. Objections to nominations
Status: in_force

31-10-305. Objections to nominations. All petitions of nomination and affidavits that are in apparent conformity with the provisions of section 31-10-302, as determined by the clerk, are valid unless objection thereto is duly made in writing within three days after the filing of the same. In case objection is made, notice thereof shall be forthwith mailed to any candidate who may be affected thereby. The clerk shall decide objections within at least forty-eight hours after the same are filed, and any objections sustained may be remedied or defect cured upon the original petition, by an amendment thereto, or by filing a new petition within three days after the objection is sustained, but in no event later than the sixty-fourth day before the day of election. The clerk shall pass upon the validity of all objections, whether of form or substance, and the clerk's decisions upon matters of form shall be final. The clerk's decisions upon matters of substance shall be open to review if prompt application is made, as provided in section 31-10-1401, but the remedy in all cases shall be summary, and the decision of the district court shall be final and not subject to review by any other court; except that the supreme court, in the exercise of its discretion, may review any proceeding in a summary way.
C.R.S. § 31-11-108 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 11 / Section 31-11-108
31-11-108. Signatures
Status: in_force

31-11-108. Signatures. Any initiative or referendum petition shall be signed only by registered electors who are eligible to vote on the measure. Each registered elector shall sign his or her own signature and shall print his or her name, the address at which he or she resides, including the street number and name, the city or town, the county, and the date of signing. Each registered elector signing a petition shall be encouraged by the circulator of the petition to sign the petition in ink. In the event a registered elector is physically disabled or is illiterate and wishes to sign the petition, the elector shall sign or make his or her mark in the space so provided. Any person, but not a circulator, may assist the disabled or illiterate elector in completing the remaining information required by this section. The person providing assistance shall sign his or her name and address and shall state that such assistance was given to the disabled or illiterate elector.
C.R.S. § 31-35-609 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 6 / Section 31-35-609
31-35-609. Default in payment - penalty
Status: in_force

31-35-609. Default in payment - penalty. Failure to pay any installment, whether of principal or interest, when due shall cause the whole of the unpaid principal to become due and collectible immediately, and the whole amount of the unpaid principal and accrued interest shall thereafter draw interest at the rate of one percent per month or fraction of a month until the date of sale, as provided in section 31-35-611. At any time prior to the date of sale, the owner may pay the amount of all unpaid installments, with interest at one percent per month or fraction of a month, and all penalties accrued and shall thereupon be restored to the right thereafter to pay in installments in the same manner as if default had not been suffered. The owner of any property not in default as to any installment or payment may at any time pay the whole of the unpaid principal with the interest accruing to the maturity of the next installment of interest or principal.
C.R.S. § 31-10-909 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 9 / Section 31-10-909
31-10-909. Nomination of candidates in mail ballot elections
Status: repealed

31-10-909. Nomination of candidates in mail ballot elections. (1) Any person who desires to be a candidate for a municipal office in a mail ballot election conducted pursuant to this part 9 after May 1, 2014, shall comply with the nominating procedures set forth in this article 10; except that:

(a) Any nominating petition in a mail ballot election may be circulated and signed beginning on the ninety-first day prior to the election and must be filed with the municipal clerk no later than the close of business on the seventy-first day prior to the election. The petition may be amended to correct or replace signatures that the clerk finds are not in apparent conformity with the requirements of this article 10 by filing such changes anytime prior to sixty-three days before the day of the election.

(b) Any person who has been nominated and who has accepted a nomination may cause his or her name to be withdrawn from such nomination at any time prior to sixty-three days before the election by a written affidavit withdrawing from such nomination. The affidavit stating withdrawal shall be signed by the candidate and filed with the clerk.

(c) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 31-31-815 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 8 / Section 31-31-815
31-31-815. Amendment of plan provisions
Status: in_force

31-31-815. Amendment of plan provisions. The board may amend the provisions for disability and survivor benefits under this part 8 as it deems prudent and necessary to comply with state and federal law or as it deems necessary to efficiently administer the benefits under the plan.
C.R.S. § 31-35-712 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 7 / Section 31-35-712
31-35-712. Owner to obtain permit - penalty
Status: in_force

31-35-712. Owner to obtain permit - penalty. Any person making or causing to be made a connection of sewers serving property in any unincorporated territory, directly or indirectly, with a sewerage system of any city or town without a permit from said city or town and after the passage of the ordinance provided for in section 31-35-701 commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1102 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 11 / Section 31-10-1102
31-10-1102. Right to vote may be challenged
Status: in_force

31-10-1102. Right to vote may be challenged. (1) When any person whose name appears on the registration list or in the registration book makes application for a ballot, his right to vote at that poll and election may be challenged. If the person so applying is not entitled to vote, no ballot shall be delivered to him. Any person may also be challenged when he offers his ballot for deposit in the ballot box.

(2) It is the duty of any judge of election to challenge any person offering to vote who he believes is not a registered elector. In addition, challenges may be made by watchers or any registered elector of the precinct who is present.
C.R.S. § 31-31-811 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 8 / Section 31-31-811
31-31-811. Funding of death and disability benefits
Status: repealed

31-31-811. Funding of death and disability benefits. (1) Every employer in this state, except those employers covering their employees under social security and those described in section 31-31-802 (2)(b) and (2)(c) who have not elected to be subject to the provisions of this part 8, shall be governed by the provisions of this section. For members who die or are disabled on or after January 1, 1980, the death and disability benefits provided to any member pursuant to this part 8 shall be paid for by state moneys transferred to the fire and police members' benefit investment fund created by section 31-31-301 (1)(a), subject to the limitations imposed by this section. Moneys in the disability and death benefits trust fund created by section 31-31-813 shall not be used for any purpose other than the payment of the death and disability benefits established by this part 8.

(2) (a) The board shall submit an annual actuarial valuation report dated January 1 of the year in which the report is submitted, regarding the benefit liabilities accrued under this part 8 to the state auditor, the legislative audit committee, and the joint budget committee of the general assembly, together with any recommendations concerning such liabilities as accrued.

(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2020.)

(3) Repealed.

(3.5) (a) To ensure that there is sufficient money to pay death and disability benefits for members hired before January 1, 1997, the state treasurer shall issue warrants to the fire and police pension association on July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023, in an amount equal to six million six hundred fifty thousand dollars for each warrant and on July 1, 2025, and every July 1 thereafter through July 1, 2059, in an amount equal to two million fifty thousand dollars for each warrant. The warrant issued on July 1, 2022, is to be paid from the general fund, and the remaining warrants are to be paid from the death and disability payment cash fund created in subsection (3.5)(b) of this section. The board shall deposit this money in the statewide death and disability trust fund created in section 31-31-813.

(b) (I) The death and disability payment cash fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money transferred to the fund in accordance with subsections (3.5)(b)(II) and (3.5)(b)(III) of this section. In accordance with section 24-36-114 (1), the state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the general fund. The state treasurer shall use the money in the fund for the warrants issued on July 1, 2023, July 1, 2025, and every July 1 thereafter through July 1, 2059, in accordance with subsection (3.5)(a) of this section.

(II) On July 1, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer six million six hundred fifty thousand dollars from the general fund to the death and disability payment cash fund created in subsection (3.5)(b)(I) of this section.

(III) On July 1, 2025, and every July 1 thereafter through July 1, 2059, the state treasurer shall transfer two million fifty thousand dollars from the general fund to the death and disability payment cash fund created in section (3.5)(b)(I) of this section.

(4) For each member hired on or after January 1, 1997, who is eligible for the death and disability coverage provided by this part 8, a contribution shall be made to the death and disability account in the fund for the year 2021 in an amount not greater than three percent of the member's salary. Thereafter, the board, based on an annual actuarial valuation, may adjust the contribution rate every year, but in no event may the adjustment for any one-year period exceed two-tenths of one percent of the member's salary. Any employer and any local pension board or authority shall provide such information as may be required by the board in order to complete the annual actuarial valuations. The actuary appointed by the board may utilize either the entry age-normal cost method or the aggregate cost method for purposes of the study required by this subsection (4). Any unfunded accrued liability shall be funded over a period not to exceed thirty years. The actuarial study shall not include any consideration of a cost of living adjustment to benefits awarded to members who are occupationally disabled. Payments shall be made by the employer and are due no later than ten days following the date of payment of salary to the member. The payments required by this section are subject to interest if not submitted when due. Any decision regarding whether the contribution required by this subsection (4) shall be assessed against the employer or the member, or shall in some manner be assessed jointly against the employer and the member, will be made at the local level utilizing the usual process for determining employee benefits. If it is not already part of the usual process for determining employee benefits, the employer shall confer with the employees or their representative prior to making a determination on how the contribution will be assessed.
C.R.S. § 31-21-209 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 21 / Part 2 / Section 31-21-209
31-21-209. Consolidated city or town - refunding indebtedness of constituent portions - bon
Status: in_force

31-21-209. Consolidated city or town - refunding indebtedness of constituent portions - bonds. When any city or town consolidates with another city or town under the laws of the state of Colorado and has incurred a bonded indebtedness prior to such consolidation, such bonded indebtedness may be refunded by the consolidated city or town under the provisions of this part 2, as is provided for the refunding of other bonds in the same manner as it would have been the duty or within the power of the city council or board of trustees of the city or town which contracted such indebtedness to do had no such consolidation taken place. All the provisions of this part 2, including elections authorizing issuance of such refunding bonds, shall apply only within the former limits of the city or town which contracted such indebtedness. All refunding bonds so issued shall state in substance that they, together with interest thereon, are payable only by levies upon property situated within such limits as the same existed prior to such consolidation, unless the terms of consolidation shall provide that such refunding shall apply within the entire limits of the consolidated city or town.
C.R.S. § 31-20-201 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 20 / Part 2 / Section 31-20-201
31-20-201. Fiscal procedures - budgeting - appropriations
Status: in_force

31-20-201. Fiscal procedures - budgeting - appropriations. The provisions of part 1 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S., shall govern fiscal procedures, budgeting, and appropriations of towns and cities organized under this title.
C.R.S. § 31-35-709 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 7 / Section 31-35-709
31-35-709. Voluntary discontinuance by owner
Status: in_force

31-35-709. Voluntary discontinuance by owner. Nothing in this part 7 shall deny any property owner affected by such ordinance voluntary discontinuance of the service of such sewerage system. Such discontinuance of service shall be evidenced by disconnection of said property from said sewer system and not otherwise. In the event of such discontinuance, it is the duty of the governing body to abate all rates or charges accruing thereafter by the terms of such ordinance, and thereafter no such charge shall be certified for collection.
C.R.S. § 31-23-104 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 1 / Section 31-23-104
31-23-104. Acknowledgment of plat
Status: in_force

31-23-104. Acknowledgment of plat. Any such plat shall be acknowledged in the manner of a deed by the owners and proprietors of the lands designated upon any such plat before some officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds. A copy thereof so acknowledged shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county where such lands are situated and also in the office of the clerk of any such city or town. When any such plat embraces in its description any street, highway, park, square, or other lands owned or held by the city or town for any public use or otherwise, said plat shall be acknowledged in behalf of the city or town by the mayor of the city or town when authorized by the resolution or ordinance of the governing body. Any such acknowledgment of any owner or proprietor may be made for such owner or proprietor by any attorney-in-fact duly authorized by deed.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1516 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1516
31-10-1516. Unlawful receipt of money
Status: in_force

31-10-1516. Unlawful receipt of money. (1) It is unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, by himself or through any other person:

(a) To receive, agree to, or contract for, before or during any municipal election, any money, gift, loan, or other valuable consideration for himself or any other person for voting or agreeing to vote, or for going or agreeing to go to the polls, or for remaining away or agreeing to remain away from the polls, or for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting for any particular person or measure at any municipal election; or

(b) To receive any money or other valuable thing during or after any municipal election on account of himself or any other person for voting or refraining from voting at such election, or on account of himself or any other person for voting or refraining from voting for any particular person at such election, or on account of himself or any other person for going to the polls or remaining away from the polls at such election, or on account of having induced any person to vote or refrain from voting for any particular person or measure at such election.

(2) Each offense mentioned in subsection (1) of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1523 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1523
31-10-1523. Intimidation
Status: in_force

31-10-1523. Intimidation. It is unlawful for any person directly or indirectly, by himself or herself, or any other person in his or her behalf, to make use of any force, violence, restraint, abduction, duress, or forcible or fraudulent device or contrivance, or to inflict or threaten the infliction of any injury, damage, harm, or loss, or in any manner to practice intimidation upon or against any person in order to impede, prevent, or otherwise interfere with the free exercise of the elective franchise of any qualified elector, or to compel, induce, or prevail upon any qualified elector either to give or refrain from giving the elector's vote at any municipal election or to give or refrain from giving the elector's vote for any particular person or measure at any such election. Each such offense is a class 1 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 31-4-501 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 5 / Section 31-4-501
31-4-501. Officers subject to recall
Status: in_force

31-4-501. Officers subject to recall. Every elected or appointed officer of any municipality of the state of Colorado may be recalled from office at any time by the registered electors of the municipality in the manner provided in section 4 of article XXI of the state constitution. The provisions of this part 5 apply to all municipalities except to the extent that a municipality has adopted provisions pursuant to article XX or XXI of the state constitution inconsistent with this part 5.
C.R.S. § 31-25-516 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-516
31-25-516. Contracts for construction - bond - default
Status: reserved

31-25-516. Contracts for construction - bond - default. (1) Except as provided in this section, all local improvements made under the provisions of this part 5 shall be constructed by independent contract, and all contracts shall be let by the mayor with the approval of the governing body. All such contracts shall be let to the lowest reliable and responsible bidder after public advertisement once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in such municipality; but, after such advertisement, if it is determined by the governing body that the bids are too high or that the proposed improvement can be made by the municipality for less than the bid of the lowest reliable and responsible bidder, such municipality is hereby empowered to provide for doing the work by hiring labor by the day or otherwise and to arrange for purchasing necessary material, all under the supervision of the governing body.

(2) Except when the municipality does the work, no contract shall be made without a surety bond for its faithful performance with sufficient sureties to be approved by the governing body. No surety shall be accepted or approved by the governing body or mayor, other than a corporate surety company, unless he is the owner of real estate in this state, free and clear of all encumbrances, in double the amount of his liability on all bonds upon which he may then be surety. Upon default in the performance of any contract, the governing body may advertise and relet the remainder of the work in like manner without further ordinance and deduct the cost from the original contract price or, with the approval of the governing body, advance any excess out of the funds of the municipality and recover the same by suit on the original bond. In all advertisements the right shall be reserved to reject any or all bids and, upon rejecting all bids, if deemed advisable by the governing body, other bids may be advertised for.
C.R.S. § 31-25-515 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-515
31-25-515. Utility connections may be ordered before paving - costs - default
Status: in_force

31-25-515. Utility connections may be ordered before paving - costs - default. Before paving in any district in pursuance of this part 5, the governing body may order the owners of the abutting property to connect their several premises with the gas or water mains or with any other utility in the street in front of their several premises. Upon default of any owner for thirty days after such order to make such connections, the municipality may contract for and make the connections at such distance, under such regulations, and in accordance with such specifications as may be prescribed by the governing body. The whole cost of each connection shall be assessed against the property with which the connection is made, and the cost shall be paid upon the completion of the work in one sum. The cost shall be assessed, shall become a lien, and shall be collected in the same manner as is provided in this part 5 for the assessment and collection of the cost of other special improvements. Upon default in the payment of any such assessment, the property shall be sold in like manner and with like effect.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1008 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 10 / Section 31-10-1008
31-10-1008. Challenge of absentee ballots - rejection - record
Status: in_force

31-10-1008. Challenge of absentee ballots - rejection - record. (1) The vote of any absentee voter may be challenged in the same manner as other votes are challenged, and the judges of election shall have power to determine the legality of such ballot. If the challenge is sustained or if the judges determine that the self-affirmation accompanying the absentee voter's ballot is insufficient or that the voter is not a registered elector, the envelope containing the ballot of such voter shall not be opened, and the judges shall endorse on the back of the envelope the reason therefor. When it is made to appear to the judges of election by sufficient proof that any absentee voter who has marked and forwarded his or her ballot has died, the envelope containing the ballot of such deceased voter shall not be opened, and the judges shall make proper notation on the back of such envelope. If an absentee voter's envelope contains more than one marked ballot of any one kind, none of such ballots shall be counted, and the judges shall make notation on the back of the ballots the reason therefor. Judges of election shall certify in their returns the number of absentee voters' ballots cast and counted and the number of such ballots rejected.

(2) All absentee voters' identification envelopes, ballot stubs, and absentee voters' ballots rejected by the judges of election in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be returned to the clerk. All absentee voters' ballots received by the clerk after 7 p.m. the day of the election, together with those rejected and returned by the judges of election, as provided in this section, shall remain in the sealed identification envelopes and be destroyed later, as provided in section 31-10-616.

(3) If an absentee voter's ballot is not returned or if it is rejected and not counted, such fact shall be noted on the record kept by the clerk. Such record shall be open to public inspection under proper regulations.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1009 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 10 / Section 31-10-1009
31-10-1009. Oaths for absentee ballots
Status: repealed

31-10-1009. Oaths for absentee ballots. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-21-401 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 21 / Part 4 / Section 31-21-401
31-21-401. Power to levy - manner paid
Status: in_force

31-21-401. Power to levy - manner paid. On the petition of a majority of the registered electors of any city or town having an outstanding bonded indebtedness amounting to one-fourth or more of its valuation for assessment, the governing body of such city or town is authorized to levy or cause to be levied at one time a tax on all the taxable property subject to taxes for payment of such bonds sufficient to discharge the entire principal of and the accrued interest on such indebtedness plus fifteen percent for delinquencies, which tax may be paid by the property owners at one time or in installments, as provided in this part 4. In determining the amount of outstanding bonded indebtedness, any sum in the sinking fund may be deducted.
C.R.S. § 31-25-606 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 6 / Section 31-25-606
31-25-606. Notice of hearing
Status: in_force

31-25-606. Notice of hearing. (1) Except as provided in section 31-25-607 (3.5), as soon as possible after the filing of such petition, the governing body shall fix by order a place and time, not less than twenty days nor more than forty days after the petition is filed, for a hearing thereon. Thereupon the clerk of the governing body shall cause notice by publication to be made of the pendency of the petition, of the purposes and boundaries of the proposed district, and of the time and place of hearing thereon. The clerk shall also cause a copy of said notice to be mailed to each elector of the district at the elector's last-known address, as disclosed by the tax and official voter registration records of the counties in which said district is proposed to be located.

(2) No member of a governing body shall be disqualified to perform any duty imposed by this part 6 by reason of ownership of property within any proposed district.

(3) The notice of hearing on the petition shall set forth the fact that all the property in the district is subject to the lien of the indebtedness, if any, and shall set forth the amount of the proposed indebtedness, if any.
C.R.S. § 31-10-701 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 7 / Section 31-10-701
31-10-701. Use of voting machines
Status: in_force

31-10-701. Use of voting machines. Voting machines may be used in any municipal election if the governing body, by resolution, authorizes their use. The adoption and use of voting machines for municipal elections shall be in accordance with the provisions for the adoption and use of voting machines for general and primary elections insofar as such provisions are applicable to municipal elections.
C.R.S. § 31-2-308 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 3 / Section 31-2-308
31-2-308. Duty of county treasurer - sale - redemption
Status: in_force

31-2-308. Duty of county treasurer - sale - redemption. If any city or town abandons its old organization and incorporates under this title, it is the duty of the county treasurer to collect, in the same manner as other taxes are collected, any taxes of such city or town which, at the time of such incorporation, have become due or delinquent. If property has been sold before such reorganization for taxes due any such city or town and the same has not been redeemed nor the deed executed therefor prior to incorporation, it is the duty of the county treasurer to act in all respects regarding the redemption of such property, the collection of taxes thereon, and the execution of the deed therefor as though the same had been sold subsequent to such reorganization.
C.R.S. § 31-30-207 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 2 / Section 31-30-207
31-30-207. Commission to make inquiries - record - report
Status: in_force

31-30-207. Commission to make inquiries - record - report. (1) It is the duty of the commission to investigate alleged breaches of this part 2 and its rules, and in the course of such investigations they, or any of them, may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and compel the testimony of witnesses and production of books, papers, and records relative to such inquiry, and it is the duty of such persons so subpoenaed to appear and testify and to produce such books, papers, and records as are called for in such subpoena. Should the person subpoenaed fail to appear and testify or produce documentary evidence, the commission may apply to the district court for an order compelling compliance with the subpoena. Failure to obey the order of the court shall be punishable as a contempt of court. The commission shall keep records of its proceedings and of all examinations held by it or under its authority. All records and documents filed by the commission shall be filed as public records. The minutes of the commission shall be kept in a separate book and shall be open to the public at all reasonable times.

(2) The commission, on or before the December 1 preceding each regular session of the governing body, shall make a report to the governing body of its work during the preceding year and include therein all rules adopted and any suggestions for legislation to carry out the purposes of the civil service.
C.R.S. § 31-23-218 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-218
31-23-218. Erection of buildings
Status: in_force

31-23-218. Erection of buildings. (1) After the time when a commission has adopted a major street plan of the territory within the municipal limits of said municipality, no building shall be erected on any lot within such territory or part nor shall a building permit be issued therefor unless the street giving access to the lot upon which such building is proposed to be placed:

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

(b) Corresponds with a street shown on the official master plan, with a street or subdivision plat approved by the planning commission, with a street on a street plat made by and adopted by the commission, or with a street accepted by the governing body in accordance with the provisions of section 31-23-217. Any building erected in violation of this section is an unlawful structure, and the building inspector or other appropriate official may cause it to be vacated or have it removed.
C.R.S. § 31-12-111 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 1 / Section 31-12-111
31-12-111. Annexation without election
Status: in_force

31-12-111. Annexation without election. If the resolution of the governing body adopted pursuant to section 31-12-110 determines that the applicable provisions of section 30 of article II of the state constitution and sections 31-12-104 and 31-12-105 have been met, and further determines that an election is not required under section 31-12-107 (2), and does not determine that additional terms and conditions are to be imposed, the governing body may thereupon annex the area proposed to be annexed by ordinance.
C.R.S. § 31-3-104 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 31-3-104
31-3-104. Discontinuance - when effective - legal indebtedness - tax
Status: in_force

31-3-104. Discontinuance - when effective - legal indebtedness - tax. If two-thirds of the total votes cast upon such question are cast "Against incorporation", the incorporation of the city or town shall be discontinued; except that no such discontinuance shall be effective until such time as the governing body of the city or town has made proper provisions for the payment of all of its indebtedness and for the faithful performance of all its contractual and other obligations, levied the requisite taxes, and appropriated the requisite funds therefor and until two certified copies of notice of such action with a legal description accompanied by a map of the area concerned are filed by the city or town with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such action has taken place. The county clerk and recorder shall file the second certified copy of such notice with the division of local government of the department of local affairs as provided by section 24-32-109, C.R.S. For the payment of its indebtedness, the city or town shall issue warrants in cases where there is no money in the treasury. The county treasurer shall collect the tax which is levied to pay such indebtedness as he collects other taxes and shall pay the warrants. Any surplus of this fund shall be transmitted to the school fund of the district where the same is levied.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1517 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1517
31-10-1517. Disclosing or identifying vote
Status: in_force

31-10-1517. Disclosing or identifying vote. (1) No person shall solicit or induce a voter to reveal how he or she voted. No voter shall place any mark upon his or her ballot by means of which it can be identified as the one voted by him or her, and no other mark shall be placed upon the ballot to identify it after it has been prepared for voting.

(2) (a) Any voter may show his or her voted ballot to any other person as long as the disclosure is not undertaken in furtherance of any election violation proscribed in this part 15.

(b) Any voter who makes available an image of the voter's own ballot through electronic means after it is prepared for voting is deemed to have consented to the transmittal of that image.

(c) The ability of a voter to disclose his or her voted ballot as described in this subsection (2) at a polling place or at any other location at which votes are being tabulated is subject to the power of the clerk to properly monitor activity at such polling place or other location, including placing reasonable restrictions on the use of photography in such settings or imposing other restrictions on activity in such settings as the clerk finds necessary, to ensure the fair and efficient conduct of elections.

(3) Any person violating subsection (1) of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1509 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1509
31-10-1509. Bribery of petition signers
Status: in_force

31-10-1509. Bribery of petition signers. Any person who offers or knowingly permits any person to offer for his or her benefit any bribe or promise of gain to an elector to induce the elector to sign any nomination petition or other election paper, or any person who accepts any such bribe or promise of gain of any kind in the nature of a bribe as consideration for signing the same, whether such bribe or promise of gain in the nature of a bribe is offered or accepted before or after signing, commits a class 1 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 31-10-207 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 2 / Section 31-10-207
31-10-207. Questions answered by elector
Status: in_force

31-10-207. Questions answered by elector. It is the duty of the clerk to ask each person making application for registration, and the person shall answer correctly, the matters contained in section 1-2-204, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 31-23-219 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-219
31-23-219. Status of existing statutes
Status: in_force

31-23-219. Status of existing statutes. After the time when a municipal planning commission has control over subdivisions as provided in section 31-23-213, the jurisdiction of the planning commission over plats shall be exclusive within the territory under its jurisdiction, and all statutory control over plats or subdivisions of land granted by other statutes, insofar as in harmony with the provisions of this part 2, shall be deemed transferred to the planning commission of such municipality.