C.R.S. § 31-16-201 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 16 / Part 2 / Section 31-16-201
31-16-201. Definitions
Status: in_force

31-16-201. Definitions. As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Adopting municipality" means any municipality which has adopted or is in the process of adopting an ordinance pursuant to the provisions of this part 2.

(2) "Code" means any published compilation of statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, or standards adopted by the federal government or the state of Colorado, by an agency of either of them, or by any municipality or other political subdivision in this state. The term includes any codification or compilation of existing ordinances of the adopting municipality. The term "code" also means published compilations of any nongovernmental organization or institution which may embrace any of the following subjects: The construction, alteration, repair, removal, demolition, equipment, use, occupancy, location, maintenance, or other matters related to buildings or other erected structures including, but not limited to, building codes, fire or fire prevention codes, plumbing codes, housing codes, mechanical codes, and electrical codes.

(3) "Municipality" means any city or any town operating under general or special laws of the state of Colorado or any home rule city or town, the charter or ordinances of which contain no provisions inconsistent with provisions of this part 2.

(4) "Primary code" means any code which is directly adopted by reference in whole or in part by any ordinance passed pursuant to this part 2.

(5) "Published" means issued in printed, lithographed, multigraphed, mimeographed, or similar form.

(6) "Secondary code" means any code which is incorporated by reference, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part in any primary code or in any secondary code.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1526 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1526
31-10-1526. Interference with voter while voting
Status: in_force

31-10-1526. Interference with voter while voting. Any person who interferes with any voter when inside the immediate voting area or when marking a ballot or operating a voting machine commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 31-31-203 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 2 / Section 31-31-203
31-31-203. Fund not subject to levy
Status: in_force

31-31-203. Fund not subject to levy. Except for assignments for child support debt pursuant to section 14-14-104, child support arrearages as requested as part of an enforcement action under article 5 of title 14, or child support arrearages that are the subject of enforcement services provided under section 26-13-106, for income assignments for child support purposes pursuant to section 14-14-111.5, for writs of garnishment that are the result of a judgment taken for arrearages for child support or for child support debt, for payments made in compliance with a properly executed court order approving a written agreement entered into pursuant to section 14-10-113 (6), and for restitution that is required to be paid for the theft, embezzlement, misappropriation, or wrongful conversion of public property or in the event of a judgment for a willful and intentional violation of fiduciary duties pursuant to this article 31 where the offender or a related party received direct financial gain, or as otherwise required under federal law, no portion of the funds created pursuant to this article 31 or article 31.5 of this title 31 before or after their order for distribution by the board to the persons entitled thereto, shall be held, seized, taken, subjected to, detained, or levied on by virtue of any attachment, execution, injunction, writ, interlocutory or other order or decree, or process or proceeding whatsoever issued out of or by any court of this state for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any debt, damage, claim, demand, or judgment against the fire and police pension association or employers that belong to such association or the beneficiary of such funds. The funds shall be held and distributed for the purpose of this article 31 and for no other purpose whatsoever.
C.R.S. § 31-31-804 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 8 / Section 31-31-804
31-31-804. Reduction of disability benefits - definitions
Status: in_force

31-31-804. Reduction of disability benefits - definitions.

(1) (a) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (SB 09-017), ch. 53, p. 191, § 4, effective March 25, 2009.)

(b) Any disability benefit provided pursuant to section 31-31-803 shall be reduced by the pro rata amount of any social security benefit received by the member attributable to the member's quarters of social security coverage derived from employment as a member.

(c) Any member receiving an occupational disability benefit pursuant to section 31-31-803 or 31-31-806.5 and a social security benefit attributable to the member's quarters of social security coverage derived from employment as a member shall file an annual report concerning any social security income. If such member knowingly fails to file such report or files a fraudulent report, the disability benefit shall be discontinued.

(2) The benefits payable under section 31-31-803 or 31-31-806.5 to any member who is occupationally disabled prior to October 1, 2002, is permanently occupationally disabled, or who is totally disabled and who at the time of the award of such benefits is a member of a money purchase plan pursuant to this article 31 or article 30.5 of this title 31, including any department chief, who at the time of the award of such benefits has been exempted from the statewide retirement plan as permitted by section 31-31.5-203, shall be reduced by an amount that is the actuarial equivalent of the benefits such member receives from any such money purchase plan, whether the benefits received from the money purchase plan are paid on a periodic basis or in a lump sum. No such reduction shall exceed the actuarial equivalent of money purchase plan benefits if such benefits had been funded at the same rate of contributions specified in section 31-31.5-301.
C.R.S. § 31-2-304 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 3 / Section 31-2-304
31-2-304. Ballot
Status: in_force

31-2-304. Ballot. The form of ballot or voting machine tabs at such election shall be: "For Municipal Organization Under the General Law" and "Against Municipal Organization Under the General Law".
C.R.S. § 31-25-906 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 9 / Section 31-25-906
31-25-906. Powers - duties of board
Status: in_force

31-25-906. Powers - duties of board. (1) Subject to the provisions of this part 9 and subject to other applicable provisions of law, the board shall have all powers customarily vested in the board of directors of a corporation. It shall appoint a director, who shall recommend the hiring of such staff as may be required. The board shall exercise supervisory control over the activities of the director and the staff of the authority in carrying out the functions authorized by this part 9.

(2) In addition to the powers granted by subsection (1) of this section, the board, acting on behalf of the authority, shall also have the power:

(a) To conduct investigations for the purposes of locating reserves of unconventional gas and the means and methods of exploring, developing, and producing such gas;

(b) To take over, by purchase, lease, or otherwise, any project undertaken by any government or by the municipality; 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;

(c) To act as agent for the federal government in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation, or management of the project or any part thereof.

(3) To the extent authorized by the governing body, the board may provide, out of project funds, for the compensation and the reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses of the board of the authority.
C.R.S. § 31-23-107 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 1 / Section 31-23-107
31-23-107. Public property dedicated
Status: in_force

31-23-107. Public property dedicated. All streets, parks, and other places designated or described as for public use on the map or plat of any city or town or of any addition made to such city or town are public property and the fee title thereto vested in such city or town.
C.R.S. § 31-16-106 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 16 / Part 1 / Section 31-16-106
31-16-106. Reading before city council - publication
Status: in_force

31-16-106. Reading before city council - publication. No ordinance shall be adopted by any city council of any city unless the same has been previously introduced and read at a preceding regular or special meeting of such city council and published in full in the manner provided in section 31-16-105 at least ten days before its adoption. The previous introduction of the ordinance at such preceding meeting of the city council and the fact of its publication shall appear in the certificate and the attestation of the clerk on the ordinance after its adoption. The provisions of section 31-16-105 shall apply to any ordinance adopted by a city council; except that, if publication after introduction was in a newspaper, publication after adoption may be in the same newspaper by title only and shall contain the date of the initial publication and shall reprint in full any section, subsection, or paragraph of the ordinance which was amended following the initial publication. Publication following adoption may be in full at the discretion of the city council.
C.R.S. § 31-30-1116 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 11 / Section 31-30-1116
31-30-1116. Treasurer - custodian - segregation of moneys
Status: in_force

31-30-1116. Treasurer - custodian - segregation of moneys. (1) The board's treasurer and the custodian appointed by the board under section 31-30-1113 are the custodians of the fund and shall secure and safely keep books and accounts concerning the fund in the manner as the board may prescribe. The books and accounts are subject to inspection by the board, any board member, or any other interested person. Upon expiration of the treasurer's or custodian's term of office or appointment, the treasurer or custodian shall surrender and deliver to the successor all bonds, securities, and unexpended moneys or other property of the fund that the treasurer or custodian has possessed.

(2) A municipality or district that includes both paid and volunteer firefighters in their pension plans may consolidate the funds but must segregate the moneys for paid and volunteer firefighters on an equitable basis for accounting and actuarial purposes. The segregation shall be considered in actuarial reports on the funds. In computing the portion of the fund attributed to volunteer firefighters, volunteer firefighters' benefits shall not be changed.
C.R.S. § 31-25-820 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 8 / Section 31-25-820
31-25-820. Construction
Status: in_force

31-25-820. Construction. All powers conferred upon municipalities by this part 8 are and shall be cumulative and in addition to those conferred by any other general or special law or municipal charter or ordinance and shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of this part 8. This part 8 is an alternative method of accomplishing its purposes independent of and in addition to any other powers conferred upon municipalities electing to exercise the authority granted by this part 8.
C.R.S. § 31-23-302 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 3 / Section 31-23-302
31-23-302. Districts
Status: in_force

31-23-302. Districts. For any of the purposes enumerated in section 31-23-301, the governing body may divide the municipality into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this part 3, and within such districts it may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, or use of buildings, structures, or land. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1106 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 11 / Section 31-10-1106
31-10-1106. Refusal to answer questions or take oath
Status: in_force

31-10-1106. Refusal to answer questions or take oath. If the challenged person refuses to answer fully any question which is put to him as provided in section 31-10-1104 or refuses to take the oath or affirmation tendered as provided in section 31-10-1105, the judges shall reject his vote.
C.R.S. § 31-25-602 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 6 / Section 31-25-602
31-25-602. Definitions
Status: in_force

31-25-602. Definitions. As used in this part 6, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "District" means an improvement district that is a taxing unit and that may be created by any municipality in this state for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, installing, operating, or maintaining any public improvement or for the purpose of providing any service so long as the municipality that forms the district is authorized to perform such service or provide such improvement under the municipality's home rule charter, if any, or the laws of this state. "Public improvement" or "service" shall not include any facility identified in section 30-20-101 (8) or (9), C.R.S., nor shall the terms include services identified in section 30-15-401 (4) to (7.7), C.R.S., unless the district provides such services consistent with part 4 of article 15 of title 30, C.R.S. No such improvement or facility shall duplicate or interfere with any municipal improvement already constructed or planned to be constructed within the limits of such district.

(2) (a) "Elector of a district" means a person who, at the designated time or event, is qualified to register to vote in general elections in this state and:

(I) Has been a resident of the district or of the area to be included in the district for not less than thirty days; or

(II) Owns, or whose spouse owns, taxable real or personal property within the district or within the area to be included within the district, whether the person resides within the district or not.

(b) Where the owner of taxable real or personal property specified in subparagraph (II) of paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) is not a natural person, an "elector of a district" shall include a natural person designated by such owner to vote for such person. Such designation shall be in writing and filed with the clerk of the municipality. Only one such person may be designated by an owner.

(3) "Net effective interest rate" of a proposed issue of bonds means the net interest cost of said issue divided by the sum of the products derived by multiplying the principal amount of such issue maturing on each maturity date by the number of years from the date of said proposed bonds to their respective maturities.

(4) "Publication", if no manner is specified therefor, means publication once a week in three consecutive weekly editions of a newspaper of general circulation in the district. It shall not be necessary that publication be made on the same day of the week in each of the three weeks; but not less than fourteen days, excluding the day of first publication, shall intervene between the first publication and the last publication, and publication shall be complete on the date of the last publication.
C.R.S. § 31-10-704 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 7 / Section 31-10-704
31-10-704. Instructions to vote
Status: in_force

31-10-704. Instructions to vote. In case any voter after entering the voting machine asks for further instructions concerning the manner of voting, a judge shall give such instruction to him; but no judge or other election officer or person assisting such voter shall enter the voting machine, except as provided in section 31-10-608, or in any manner request, suggest, or seek to persuade or induce any such voter to vote for any particular ticket, or for any particular candidate, or for or against any particular amendment, question, or proposition. After receiving such instruction, such voter shall vote as in the case of an unassisted voter.
C.R.S. § 31-12-302 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 3 / Section 31-12-302
31-12-302. Petition - order of court
Status: in_force

31-12-302. Petition - order of court. A petition signed by not less than twenty percent of the qualified taxpaying electors of such city or town for the dissolution of such city or town and the annexation of the same to the city existing under a special charter may be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court for the county in which the city or town is situated. The petition, or any part thereof, shall be accompanied by an affidavit of one or more of the petitioners showing that the signers are qualified taxpaying electors of such city or town and shall be prima facie evidence of the matters therein set forth. Upon the filing of such petition and upon the consent of the special charter city being shown by published ordinance, the district court shall make an order reciting the substance of the petition and requiring the governing body of such city or town to submit the question of such dissolution and annexation at the next regular election or at a special election of such city or town, as provided in section 31-12-305, to a vote of the registered electors thereof. The order shall be served by delivering a copy thereof to any member of the governing body of such city or town and shall be filed in the office of the clerk of such city or town.
C.R.S. § 31-20-307 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 20 / Part 3 / Section 31-20-307
31-20-307. Keeping moneys - inspection of books - paying over
Status: in_force

31-20-307. Keeping moneys - inspection of books - paying over. The collector is expressly prohibited from keeping the moneys of the city or town in his hands or in the hands of any person for his use beyond the time prescribed for the payment of the same to the treasurer. Any violation of this provision will subject him to immediate removal from office. All the city or town collector's papers, books, warrants, and vouchers may be examined at any time by the mayor, clerk, or any member of the governing body. The collector shall pay over every two weeks, or more often if the governing body so directs, all money collected by him from any persons or associations to the treasurer taking his receipt therefor in duplicate, one of which receipts he shall at once file in the office of the clerk.
C.R.S. § 31-10-609 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 6 / Section 31-10-609
31-10-609. Spoiled ballots
Status: in_force

31-10-609. Spoiled ballots. In precincts which use an electronic voting system or paper ballots, no person shall take or remove any ballot from the polling place before the close of the polls. If any voter spoils a ballot, he may successively obtain others, one at a time, not exceeding three in all, upon returning each spoiled one. The spoiled ballots thus returned shall be immediately canceled and shall be preserved and returned to the clerk along with other election records and supplies.
C.R.S. § 31-16-203 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 16 / Part 2 / Section 31-16-203
31-16-203. Notice - hearing
Status: in_force

31-16-203. Notice - hearing. After the introduction of the adopting ordinance, the governing body of any municipality shall schedule a public hearing thereon. Notice of the hearing shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the adopting municipality, once at least fifteen days preceding the hearing, and once at least eight days preceding it. If there is no such newspaper, the notice shall be posted in the same manner as provided for the posting of a proposed ordinance. The notice shall state the time and place of the hearing. It shall also state that copies of the primary code and copies of the secondary codes, if any, being considered for adoption are on file with the clerk and are open to public inspection. The notice shall also contain a description which the governing body deems sufficient to give notice to interested persons of the purpose of the primary code, the subject matter of the code, the name and address of the agency by which it has been promulgated or, if a municipality, the corporate name of such municipality which has enacted such code, and the date of publication of such code, and, in the case of a code of any municipality, the notice shall contain a specific reference to the code of a given municipality as it existed and was effective at a given date. The requirements as to the reading of the adopting ordinance are as provided in section 31-16-107.
C.R.S. § 31-15-713 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 7 / Section 31-15-713
31-15-713. Power to sell public works - real property
Status: in_force

31-15-713. Power to sell public works - real property. (1) The governing body of each municipality has the power:

(a) To sell and dispose of waterworks, ditches, gasworks, geothermal systems, solar systems, electric light works, or other public utilities, public buildings, real property used or held for park purposes, or any other real property used or held for any governmental purpose. Before any such sale is made, the question of said sale and the terms and consideration thereof shall be submitted at a regular or special election and approved in the manner provided for authorization of bonded indebtedness by section 31-15-302 (1)(d).

(b) To sell and dispose of, by ordinance, any other real estate, including land acquired from the federal government, owned by the municipality upon such terms and conditions as the governing body may determine at a regular or special meeting. With respect to such land acquired from the federal government, which land is located within or contiguous to the municipality, such terms and conditions shall be designed to prevent speculation and assure that benefits accrue to the municipality when the sale or disposition of said land is for municipal expansion or residential purposes. Nothing in this paragraph (b) or in section 31-15-101 (1) shall be construed to invalidate the acceptance of federal land by a municipality or the sale and disposal by a municipality of land acquired from the federal government, where such acceptance or disposal was consummated prior to April 1, 1976, and municipal authority for any such acceptance or disposal is hereby confirmed.

(c) To lease any real estate, together with any facilities thereon, owned by the municipality when deemed by the governing body to be in the best interest of the municipality. Any lease for a period of more than one year shall be by ordinance. Any lease for one year or less than one year shall be by resolution or ordinance.

(2) All leases and deeds of conveyance executed and acknowledged by the proper officers of such municipalities and purporting to have been made pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deemed prima facie evidence of due compliance with all the requirements of this section.

(3) Any town holding title to any land settled and occupied as the site of such town pursuant to and by virtue of the act of congress entitled "An Act for the relief of the inhabitants of cities and towns upon the public lands.", approved March 2, 1867, 43 U.S.C. sections 718-723, and an act of congress entitled "An Act respecting the limits of reservations for town sites upon the public domain.", 43 U.S.C. sections 725-727, and any amendments thereto may dispose of and convey the title to such land in the manner provided in this section.
C.R.S. § 31-15-402 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 4 / Section 31-15-402
31-15-402. Liability for violation of nuisance ordinance
Status: in_force

31-15-402. Liability for violation of nuisance ordinance. (1) If a municipality serves upon an owner and tenant of real property notice of a violation of a nuisance ordinance committed by a tenant on property that the owner rents or leases to a tenant, the owner shall have the right to deliver written notice to the tenant to abate the nuisance. If the tenant does not abate the nuisance within five days after delivery of the notice, the owner may enter the exterior area of the property and abate the nuisance.

(2) This section shall not be construed to prohibit a property owner from entering any area of the property under the terms of the lease with the tenant.

(3) If the abatement of a nuisance pursuant to this section requires the removal of a motor vehicle from the property, the property owner may abate the nuisance only by hiring a towing carrier, as defined in section 40-10.1-101, C.R.S., to take the vehicle to a lot for storage under appropriate protection.

(4) Unless the lease provides otherwise, the tenant shall be liable to the owner of the real property for the amount of the owner's direct costs in abating a nuisance pursuant to this section and for the amount of the fine imposed upon the owner on and after the date on which the tenant received notice of the nuisance from the municipality pursuant to section 31-15-401 (1)(c).

(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit a tenant's legal remedies for harm caused by a property owner to the tenant's person or to the tenant's property other than the property that is the subject of an abatement pursuant to this section.
C.R.S. § 31-35-109 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 1 / Section 31-35-109
31-35-109. Semiannual statement of condition
Status: in_force

31-35-109. Semiannual statement of condition. The board of trustees shall make, twice a year, on June 1 and December 1, a full and complete statement in detail of all moneys collected and expended by it during the preceding six months and of the condition of the waterworks under its control. The statement shall be published at least one time in a daily newspaper published in the county in which said waterworks are located.
C.R.S. § 31-10-402 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 4 / Section 31-10-402
31-10-402. Number of judges
Status: in_force

31-10-402. Number of judges. The governing body, or the clerk if authorized pursuant to section 31-10-401, shall appoint for each municipal election precinct at least three judges of election and such additional judges as deemed necessary.
C.R.S. § 31-31-201 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 2 / Section 31-31-201
31-31-201. Association - creation - board - organization - tax exemption
Status: in_force

31-31-201. Association - creation - board - organization - tax exemption. (1) There is hereby created an independent public body corporate and politic to be known as the fire and police pension association. The association is constituted as a public instrumentality, and its exercise of the powers conferred by this article and article 30.5 of this title shall be deemed to be the performance of an essential public function. The association shall be a body corporate and a political subdivision of the state and shall not be an agency of state government and shall not be subject to administrative direction by any department, commission, board, or agency of the state.

(1.5) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the fire and police pension association is a political subdivision of the state and that property owned, used, and occupied by the association is intended to be exempt from property tax as property of the state under section 4 of article X of the state constitution. Accordingly, for property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2007, all real property owned, used, and occupied by the association and personal property owned and used by the association shall be exempt from the levy and collection of property tax.

(2) (a) The governing body of the association shall be a board of directors consisting of nine members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate as follows:

(I) Two members who shall represent Colorado municipal employers;

(II) One member who shall represent full-time paid firefighters;

(III) One member who shall represent full-time paid police officers;

(IV) One member who shall be a retired firefighter who, upon completion of the member's term, shall be replaced by a retired police officer. Thereafter, the appointments of retired officers shall alternate between a retired firefighter and a retired police officer for each successive six-year term.

(V) One member of a board of directors of a special district or the full-time paid professional manager of a special district who shall represent special districts having volunteer firefighters;

(VI) One member from the state's financial or business community with experience in investments;

(VII) One member from the state's financial or business community with experience in insurance disability claims; and

(VIII) One member of the state's financial or business community experienced in personnel or corporate administration in corporations of over two hundred employees.

(b) Members shall be appointed for terms of four years; except that a member appointed pursuant to subparagraph (IV) of paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) shall serve for a term of six years.

(c) Vacancy in any position shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made. Appointments may be made without confirmation of the senate when the senate is not in session, but such appointments shall be confirmed within thirty days of the next meeting of the senate in regular session or they shall be void.

(d) The governor may remove any member of the board for cause.

(3) (a) The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for any necessary expenditures and shall suffer no loss of salary or wages through service on such board.

(b) The board shall elect a chair and a vice-chair, shall appoint an executive director and such other employees as may be necessary, and shall fix the compensation for the appointees. The board shall have the authority to retain actuaries, investment counselors, private legal counsel, and other consultants as deemed necessary. The fees of such persons shall be considered expenses of the association.

(4) Neither the members of the board nor any person authorized by the board to act in an official capacity shall be held personally liable for any act undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this article 31, article 30.5, or article 31.5 of this title 31.
C.R.S. § 31-11-115 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 11 / Section 31-11-115
31-11-115. Tampering with initiative or referendum petition
Status: in_force

31-11-115. Tampering with initiative or referendum petition. (1) Any person commits a class 2 misdemeanor who:

(a) Willfully destroys, defaces, mutilates, or suppresses any initiative or referendum petition;

(b) Willfully neglects to file or delays the delivery of the initiative or referendum petition;

(c) Conceals or removes any initiative or referendum petition from the possession of the person authorized by law to have custody of the petition;

(d) Adds, amends, alters, or in any way changes the information on the petition as provided by the elector; or

(e) Aids, counsels, procures, or assists any person in doing any of such acts.

(2) Any person convicted of committing such a misdemeanor shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(3) This section shall not preclude a circulator from striking a complete line on the petition if the circulator believes the line to be invalid.
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-307 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 3 / Section 31-30.5-307
31-30.5-307. State contribution
Status: repealed

31-30.5-307. State contribution. (1) (a) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2014.)

(b) (I) Each employer having rank escalation and having old hire members shall determine for each such employee the percentage that such employee's years served as of January 1, 1980, bear to the total number of years required for retirement. At retirement, the retirement pension shall be divided into that percentage and the remainder. The portion of the retirement pension equal to that percentage earned as of January 1, 1980, shall be subject to rank escalation as provided under the old hire pension plan, and the remainder of the retirement pension shall be subject to the same adjustment as that determined by the fire and police pension association board of directors pursuant to section 31-31.5-410.

(II) An employer may elect to continue full rank escalation benefits for that portion of the retirement pension subject to the adjustment as provided in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (b), but no state contribution shall be used to fund such continuation of rank escalation or any unfunded liabilities incurred as a result of such continuation of rank escalation.

(c) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2014.)

(d) Repealed.

(2) (a) Moneys transferred from the state treasurer as state assistance to the old hire plan members' benefit trust fund shall not revert to the general fund but are continuously available for the purposes provided in this part 3 and part 11 of article 30 of this title.

(b) No other transfers for state assistance to the old hire plans shall be made to the old hire plan members' benefit trust fund pursuant to this section.

(2.5) Repealed.

(3) to (6) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2014.)
C.R.S. § 31-25-1109 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 11 / Section 31-25-1109
31-25-1109. Court to direct sale of property
Status: in_force

31-25-1109. Court to direct sale of property. With respect to property concerning which there is no appearance or concerning which all objections presented are overruled, the court shall forthwith enter a final order fixing the amount of the delinquency and costs and directing the treasurer of the taxing authority to sell such property at a date not more than ten days after the entry of such order for the purpose of satisfying the same. No proceeding to review any order of the district court entered under the provisions of this part 11 for the sale of any property shall be commenced after thirty days from the entry of the order sought to be reviewed. No proceeding to review such order shall be permitted to interrupt or delay the sale of any property with respect to which no such proceeding has been commenced. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person in interest who has not been given actual notice. No sale shall be stayed unless the applicant for review files a bond in the supreme court in a penal sum not less than the amount of the delinquent assessment, with the condition that the amount of said tax, together with costs, shall be summarily forfeited to the taxing authority if the ruling of the trial court is sustained, in which event payment under the bond shall constitute a payment of the delinquent tax. If order of sale is denied by the district court, the taxing authorities shall have the right to a review of the proceedings in the supreme court and shall not be required to file a bond therefor.
C.R.S. § 31-23-210 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-210
31-23-210. Publicity - travel - information - entry
Status: in_force

31-23-210. Publicity - travel - information - entry. The commission has power to promote public interest in and understanding of the plan and to that end may publish and distribute copies of the plan or any report and may employ such other means of publicity and education as it may determine. Members of the commission may attend city planning conferences, meetings of city planning institutes, or hearings upon pending municipal planning legislation, and the commission may pay, by resolution, the reasonable traveling expenses incident to such attendance. The commission shall recommend, from time to time, to the appropriate public officials programs for public structures and improvements and for the financing thereof. It shall be part of its duties to consult and advise with public officials and agencies, public utility companies, civic, educational, professional, and other organizations, and with citizens in relation to protecting and carrying out the plan. The commission has the right to accept and use gifts for the exercise of its functions. All public officials shall furnish to the commission, upon request, within a reasonable length of time, such available information as the commission may require for its work. The commission and its members, officers, and employees, in the performance of their functions, may enter upon any land and make examinations and surveys and place and maintain necessary marks and monuments thereon. In general, the commission has such powers as are necessary to enable it to fulfill its functions, to promote municipal planning, or to carry out the purposes of this part 2.
C.R.S. § 31-12-120 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 1 / Section 31-12-120
31-12-120. Court approval required for certain annexations
Status: in_force

31-12-120. Court approval required for certain annexations. (1) Any annexation which would have the effect of detaching part of the area of an existing school district shall not become effective prior to court approval as specified in this section; except that this subsection (1) shall not apply to an enclave area which has five hundred or less inhabitants nor to any annexation the petition for which is signed by one hundred percent of the landowners in the area proposed to be annexed.

(2) In the event of an annexation as set forth in subsection (1) of this section, the annexing municipality, within ten days following the election as provided in section 31-12-107 or the adoption of the ordinance as provided in section 31-12-106, shall give written notice of intention to annex, pursuant to this part 1, to the board of education of the school district from which it is proposed that the area will be detached.

(3) Within thirty days after the notice of annexation proceedings specified in subsection (2) of this section is delivered to the board of education, the annexing municipality shall petition the district court in accordance with the jurisdictional requirements set forth for review of the governing body's actions in section 31-12-116 (1) for the granting or denial of the requisite court approval to consummate annexation. The petition shall name the board of education as party defendant.

(4) The court shall determine:

(a) On the basis of the most recent assessment, the aggregate valuation for assessment of all property in the school district and the aggregate valuation for assessment of all property in the territory proposed to be annexed; and

(b) On the basis of the most recent enrollment records of the school district, the aggregate number of pupils enrolled in the school district and the aggregate number of pupils so enrolled who live in the area proposed to be annexed.

(5) If the pupil percentage (the percentage of all enrolled pupils that is reflected by all enrolled pupils living in the area proposed to be annexed, carried to four decimal places) is less than three-fifths of the property percentage (the percentage of aggregate valuation for assessment of all property that is reflected by property lying within the area proposed to be annexed), the court shall disapprove the proposed annexation, and such annexation shall not become effective; except that the court shall not be required to disapprove a proposed annexation if it finds that ninety percent of the aggregate valuation for assessment of property in the area to be annexed consists of unimproved land. In no event shall the court approve a proposed annexation which, together with the valuation for assessment of all other property detached from a school district in any one calendar year, exceeds five percent of the aggregate valuation for assessment of all property in the school district.
C.R.S. § 31-35-607 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 6 / Section 31-35-607
31-35-607. Payment in installments optional
Status: in_force

31-35-607. Payment in installments optional. Failure to pay the whole assessment within said thirty days shall be conclusively considered and held to be an election on the part of the persons interested, whether under disability or not, to pay in such installments. All persons so electing to pay in installments shall be conclusively held and considered as consenting to said improvements, and such election shall be conclusively held and considered as a waiver of any right to question the power or jurisdiction of the municipality to construct the improvement, the quality of the work, the regularity or sufficiency of the proceedings, or the validity or the correctness of the assessments or the validity of the lien thereof.
C.R.S. § 31-31-1202 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 12 / Section 31-31-1202
31-31-1202. Collection of overpaid benefits
Status: in_force

31-31-1202. Collection of overpaid benefits. (1) The board shall institute practices and procedures as it deems necessary to collect money due a plan administered by the fire and police pension association as determined in section 31-31-1201, including but not limited to withholding subsequent benefit payments to which the member or beneficiary is or becomes entitled, applying the amount withheld as an offset against the amount due, and referring an account to a collection agency or attorney for collection. If, after due notice, any member or beneficiary defaults in any repayment of overpaid benefits, the amount due may be collected by civil action, which shall include the right of attachment in the name of the association. The board may allow installment payments of amounts due based on equitable considerations.

(2) Reasonable fees for collection, including attorney fees, as determined by the fire and police pension association, shall be added to the amount of debt. The debtor shall be liable for repayment of the total of the amount outstanding plus the collection fee.

(3) A certified copy of any final determination of the board ordering the repayment of overpayments pursuant to this article may be filed with the clerk of the district court of any judicial district in this state at any time after the period provided for appeal or seeking review of the order has passed without appeal or review being sought or, if appeal or review is sought, after the order has been finally affirmed and all appellate remedies and all opportunities for review have been exhausted. The fire and police pension association shall at the same time file a certificate to the effect that the time for appeal or review has passed without appeal or review being undertaken or that the order has been finally affirmed with all appellate remedies and all opportunities for review having been exhausted. The clerk of the district court shall record the order and the association's certificate in the judgment book of said court and entry thereof made in the judgment docket, and it shall thereafter have all the effect of a judgment of the district court, and execution may issue thereon out of said court as in other cases. Any such order may be filed by and in the name of the association.
C.R.S. § 31-23-207 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-207
31-23-207. Purposes in view
Status: in_force

31-23-207. Purposes in view. In the preparation of such plan, the commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of present conditions and future growth of the municipality, with due regard to its relation to neighboring territory. The plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the municipality and its environs which will, in accordance with present and future needs, best promote health, safety, order, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development, including, among other things, adequate provision for traffic, the promotion of safety from fire, flood waters, and other dangers, adequate provision for light and air, distribution of population, affordable housing, the promotion of good civic design and arrangement, efficient expenditure of public funds, the promotion of energy conservation, and the adequate provision of public utilities and other public requirements.
C.R.S. § 31-35-413 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 4 / Section 31-35-413
31-35-413. Incontestable recital in bonds
Status: in_force

31-35-413. Incontestable recital in bonds. Any ordinance or resolution authorizing or any trust indenture or other instrument appertaining to any bonds under this part 4 may provide that each bond therein authorized shall recite that it is issued under authority of this part 4. Such recital shall conclusively impart full compliance with all of the provisions of this part 4, and all bonds issued containing such recital shall be incontestable for any cause whatsoever after their delivery for value.
C.R.S. § 31-31-708 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 7 / Section 31-31-708
31-31-708. Optional affiliation by county sheriff
Status: in_force

31-31-708. Optional affiliation by county sheriff. Any county that does not cover, under the federal "Social Security Act", as amended, salaried employees whose duties are directly involved with the provision of law enforcement or fire protection as certified by the county may elect coverage under the statewide retirement plan established in article 31.5 of this title 31 and the statewide death and disability plan established in part 8 of this article 31 by filing a resolution of affiliation with the board. Election of coverage under the plan is irrevocable. Such participation shall be as provided by rules adopted by the board. The board may determine a continuing rate of contribution for all members who are active on the effective date of coverage to fund benefits as may be necessary to ensure that the affiliating employers' coverage shall not have an adverse financial impact on the actuarial soundness of the plan.
C.R.S. § 31-25-113 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 1 / Section 31-25-113
31-25-113. Authorities to have no power of taxation
Status: in_force

31-25-113. Authorities to have no power of taxation. No authority created by this part 1 has any power to levy or assess any ad valorem taxes, personal property taxes, or any other forms of taxes, including special assessments against any property.
C.R.S. § 31-4-108 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 31-4-108
31-4-108. Expulsion from city council - vacancies in other offices
Status: in_force

31-4-108. Expulsion from city council - vacancies in other offices. (1) Any member of the city council may be expelled or removed from office, for good cause shown, by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to the city council, but he may not be removed a second time for the same offense.

(2) (a) In case any office of an appointive officer becomes vacant before the regular expiration of the term thereof, the vacancy shall be filled by the city council by appointment.

(b) Within sixty days after a vacancy occurs in any elective office before the regular expiration of the term thereof, the city council shall:

(I) Appoint a person possessed of all statutory qualifications to fill the vacancy until the term of office of a successor elected at the next regular election has commenced as provided in section 31-4-105; or

(II) Order a special election to be held as soon as practicable to fill the vacancy until the term of office of a successor elected at the next regular election has commenced as provided in section 31-4-105.

(3) If the city council, at the time the vacancy occurs or within sixty days thereafter, lacks a sufficient number of members to establish a quorum to fill the vacancy as provided in subsection (2)(b) of this section, the city clerk, without further action by the city council, shall call a special election to be held as soon as practicable to fill any vacancy in any elective office until the term of office of a successor elected at the next regular election as provided in section 31-4-105. The city council may cancel the special election if it is able to fill the vacancy before the date of the special election.
C.R.S. § 31-2-102 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 31-2-102
31-2-102. Incorporation election
Status: in_force

31-2-102. Incorporation election. (1) If the district court finds and determines that the territory described in the petition and the petition itself meet the requirements of this part 1, it shall appoint not less than five nor more than nine commissioners, who shall be registered electors residing within the territory described in the petition. Each commissioner, within ten days after his appointment, shall signify by affidavit to the court his intent to serve as commissioner. The commissioners shall hold a meeting within ten days after their acceptance and shall elect a chairman and such other officers as they may determine advisable to assist them in the performance of their duties. A majority of the commissioners appointed shall constitute a quorum at any meeting for the purpose of carrying out their legal duties. Such commissioners, within ten days following their acceptance, by resolution setting the date and time therefor, shall call an election of all the registered electors residing within the territory embraced within said territory, such election to be held not later than ninety days after the date of the call thereof, except as provided in this section. The chairman or other officer of the commissioners shall promptly report to the court, by affidavit, the provisions of the call for election.

(1.5) At any election for the incorporation of a new municipality, the commissioners shall also place upon the ballot any local government matters arising under section 20 of article X of the state constitution, as defined in section 1-41-103 (4), C.R.S., as applied to the new municipality, if the petition filed pursuant to section 31-2-101 requests that such matters be submitted at the incorporation election. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (5) of this section, any incorporation election at which a local government matter arising under section 20 of article X of the state constitution is submitted shall be conducted at the time and in the manner required by section 20 of article X of the state constitution.

(2) The commissioners shall establish one or more precincts within said limits and shall designate one polling place for each precinct. The precincts shall consist of one or more whole general election precincts wherever practicable. The chairman shall forthwith certify the precinct boundaries to the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such territory is located. The county clerk and recorder shall prepare a registration list for each precinct in the manner provided in the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965".

(3) Registration and changes of address may be made with the county clerk and recorder. The county clerk and recorder, in his or her discretion, may conduct registration from time to time within the proposed municipal boundaries.

(4) The notice of such an election shall be given by the commissioners in the manner prescribed by the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965". Such notice shall include a description of the limits of the proposed town or city and shall state that the description and plat thereof are on file in the office of the clerk of the district court.

(5) The commissioners shall conduct the election in conformity with the provisions of the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965" insofar as applicable. The commissioners shall act as judges and clerks of the election, and the chairman may appoint such additional judges and clerks of election as he deems necessary. The commissioners shall report the results of the election to the court within three days following the election. The ballots or voting machine tabs used at said election shall be "For Incorporation" and "Against Incorporation".

(6) If more than one proposal is to be voted upon at the election and no proposal receives a majority of favorable votes, all the submitted proposals shall fail; and, if there is a tie in the number of favorable votes cast for any proposals, such proposals shall be voted upon in a runoff election.
C.R.S. § 31-25-528 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-528
31-25-528. How installments paid - interest
Status: in_force

31-25-528. How installments paid - interest. In case of such election to pay in installments, the assessments shall be payable in two or more installments of principal with interest in all cases on the unpaid principal. The first installment shall be payable as prescribed by the governing body in not more than five years, and the last installment shall be payable in not more than twenty years. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the number, amounts, and times of payment of installments, the period of payment, and the rate and times of payment of interest shall be determined by the governing body and set forth in the assessing ordinance. If assessments are to be collected by the county treasurer, the times of payment of installments shall be the same as the times of payment of installments of property taxes as specified in section 39-10-104.5 (2), C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 31-20-303 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 20 / Part 3 / Section 31-20-303
31-20-303. Deposits - investments - interest - no liability
Status: in_force

31-20-303. Deposits - investments - interest - no liability. (1) (a) As used in this subsection (1), the term "resolution" means a written resolution duly adopted by a majority vote of the governing body, which vote is entered in its minutes.

(b) Subject to the requirements of part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S., in all cities and towns in this state, the treasurer shall deposit all the funds and moneys that come into his possession by virtue of his office, in his name as treasurer or in the name of such other custodian as has been appointed by resolution, in one or more state banks, national banks having their principal office in this state, or, in compliance with the provisions of article 47 of title 11, C.R.S., savings and loan associations having their principal offices in this state which have been approved and designated by resolution. The governing body by resolution may authorize the investment of all or any part of such funds and moneys in any type of security or form of investment authorized by part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S., or by any other law of this state. All securities so purchased shall be duly registered in the name of the treasurer or other custodian appointed by resolution and, if issued in a form so permitting, shall be deposited and safely kept by him in the custody of some state or national bank located in this state. The governing body, by resolution, shall establish requirements for the sale or other disposal of securities and for the deposit or reinvestment of any proceeds, subject to the restrictions set forth in this section. For the purposes of investment of funds of the city or town, the governing body of the city or town, by resolution, may appoint one or more custodians of the funds and moneys, and such persons shall give surety bonds in such amount and form and for such purposes as the governing body may require.

(2) Such funds and moneys may be deposited in said banks and savings and loan associations in demand accounts, in interest-bearing savings accounts, or in certificates of deposit for fixed periods of time at such rates of interest as may be negotiated from time to time. All interest credited or received on such deposits shall become a part of the general fund of the city or town or of such other fund as the governing body designates.

(3) No city or town treasurer or member of the governing body who acts in good faith in approving and designating such depository shall be liable for loss of public funds deposited by such treasurer or his deputies by reason of default or insolvency of such depository; nor shall any such treasurer who invests any such funds as provided in this section or any member of the governing body who in good faith authorizes such investment be liable for any loss on account of such investment.

(4) Subject to the requirements of part 7 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S., funds of the city or town may be pooled for investment with the funds of other local government entities.
C.R.S. § 31-31-814 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 8 / Section 31-31-814
31-31-814. Suspension and termination of benefits for noncompliance
Status: in_force

31-31-814. Suspension and termination of benefits for noncompliance. If a member refuses to submit to a medical examination required by the fire and police pension association and authorized by this part 8, fails to provide information necessary for the association to assess eligibility or continuing eligibility for benefits, or obstructs the association from receiving such necessary information, all rights to collect or to begin or maintain any proceeding for the collection of benefits pursuant to this part 8 shall be suspended, and all rights to benefits that accrue and become payable during the period of such refusal or obstruction shall be barred. If the member continues to refuse to submit to the examination or to provide the additional information after direction by the board or its hearing officer or in any way obstructs the same, the board shall terminate the benefit.
C.R.S. § 31-10-202 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 2 / Section 31-10-202
31-10-202. Submission of question to qualified taxpaying electors - oath
Status: reserved

31-10-202. Submission of question to qualified taxpaying electors - oath. (1) On any question which is required by law to be submitted to qualified taxpaying electors only, if the question is submitted on paper ballots, such ballots shall be deposited in a separate ballot box reserved for that purpose. If the question is submitted on voting machines, provision shall be made to assure that only registered taxpaying electors are permitted to vote on such question. If the question is to be submitted in precincts using an electronic voting system, provision shall be made to assure that only registered taxpaying electors are permitted to vote on such question.

(2) The governing body, in its discretion, may require each registered taxpaying elector desiring to vote on a question which is submitted to qualified taxpaying electors only to sign a written oath that he has, during the twelve months next preceding the election, paid an ad valorem tax upon property situated within the municipality and owned by said person. If said elector is unable to write, he may request assistance from one of the judges of election, and such judge shall sign and witness said elector's mark.
C.R.S. § 31-3-101 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 31-3-101
31-3-101. Petition to the district court
Status: in_force

31-3-101. Petition to the district court. Proceedings to discontinue the incorporation of any city or town may be commenced by the filing of a petition to discontinue such incorporation, signed by twenty-five percent of the registered electors of the city or town, with the district court of the county wherein such city or town, or any part thereof, is situate. Upon satisfying itself that the petition meets the requirements of this section, the court shall cause a notice to be published once each week for at least four weeks, which notice shall state that the question of discontinuing the incorporation of such city or town shall be submitted to a vote of the registered electors thereof at its next regular election.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1107 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 11 / Section 31-25-1107
31-25-1107. Objections
Status: in_force

31-25-1107. Objections. Any interested person may file written objections to the foreclosure of such assessment lien, setting forth the grounds relied upon to prevent the sale of any specific property subject to the lien of such assessment.
C.R.S. § 31-12-704 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 7 / Section 31-12-704
31-12-704. Hearing - decree - proviso
Status: in_force

31-12-704. Hearing - decree - proviso. Upon the filing of such petition in the district court, the judge shall set a date for a hearing, not less than forty days nor more than sixty days thereafter. The clerk of the court shall serve a copy of the petition and a notice of the date and the time set for such hearing upon the mayor of the town. The same must be served at least thirty days prior to the hearing on such petition by the court. Upon the hearing and proof of the facts set forth in such petition, the court shall determine whether the tracts of land should be disconnected from the town, and the judge shall enter an order or decree accordingly. When a town has improved any of the highways passing through or adjoining said tracts of land by the construction and maintenance by the town of any special improvements along, under, or over the same for a period of more than two years prior to the presentation of the petition, the petitioners are not entitled to disconnect the land under the provisions of this part 7. Any disconnected land shall be made subject to the applicable county's zoning resolution and map and other land development regulations within ninety days after the effective date of the disconnection as described in section 31-12-501 (5).
C.R.S. § 31-20-102 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 31-20-102
31-20-102. Assessor to designate property
Status: in_force

31-20-102. Assessor to designate property. It is the duty of the county assessor each year, in making his return, to designate the property situated within the limits of any municipality in such county.
C.R.S. § 31-25-509 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-509
31-25-509. Subdistricts in sewer districts
Status: in_force

31-25-509. Subdistricts in sewer districts. At the time of ordering the construction of district sanitary or storm sewers or at any time thereafter, the construction may be ordered in like manner in subdistricts, in such manner as to connect the subdistricts, or such part thereof, with the district sanitary or storm sewer for the purpose of sanitary or storm drainage. The cost of subdistrict sanitary or storm sewers in each subdistrict or part thereof, with the appurtenances, may be assessed upon all the land in the subdistrict or in the part improved in proportion as the area of each piece of land in the subdistrict or in the part improved is to the area of all the land in the subdistrict or in the part improved exclusive of public highways. Combined sewers for sanitary and storm drainage may be authorized and constructed in the same manner as provided for the construction of sanitary or storm sewers and the cost thereof assessed in the same manner and proportion.
C.R.S. § 31-25-116 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 1 / Section 31-25-116
31-25-116. Regional tourism projects
Status: in_force

31-25-116. Regional tourism projects. (1) An urban renewal authority that is designated as a financing entity pursuant to part 3 of article 46 of title 24, C.R.S., shall have all of the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of part 3 of article 46 of title 24, C.R.S., including but not limited to the powers to receive state sales tax increment revenue generated within an approved regional tourism zone, as defined in section 24-46-303 (11), C.R.S., and disburse and otherwise utilize such revenue for all lawful purposes, including but not limited to financing of eligible costs and the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of eligible improvements, as such terms are defined in section 24-46-303, C.R.S., or otherwise incorporated into the commission's conditions of approval.

(2) Notwithstanding the provision of section 31-25-107 (7), authorization to receive state sales tax increment revenue pursuant to part 3 of article 46 of title 24, C.R.S., shall not be considered a material modification to the plan and corresponding changes to the plan may be made by the governing body of the authority to incorporate the use of state sales tax increment revenue without the requirement of submission to or approval by the governing body of a municipality that has established the authority pursuant to section 31-25-104 (1).

(3) Any urban renewal authority that receives state sales tax increment revenue, whether pursuant to designation as a financing entity pursuant to part 3 of article 46 of title 24, C.R.S., or pursuant to a contract entered into with any such financing entity, shall not use the state sales tax increment revenue to acquire property through the exercise of eminent domain.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to eliminate the requirements for the authorization of a new urban renewal authority under this part 1.
C.R.S. § 31-30-203 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 2 / Section 31-30-203
31-30-203. Merit
Status: in_force

31-30-203. Merit. Appointments and employment in and promotion to said fire department and said classified civil service shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained by competitive tests of competency except as provided in section 31-30-206.
C.R.S. § 31-25-513 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-513
31-25-513. Cost assessed in accordance with benefits
Status: in_force

31-25-513. Cost assessed in accordance with benefits. (1) The cost of improvements constructed or acquired pursuant to this part 5, or such part thereof as may be assessed against the property specially benefited, including the intersections of streets and alleys except the share to be assessed against railway companies, may be assessed on property, without regard to lot or land lines, on a frontage, zone, or other equitable basis in accordance with benefits as the same may be determined by the governing body.

(2) When the governing body determines that the improvement of any street or alley, including the intersections of streets and alleys, or any other improvement authorized by this part 5 results in special benefits to both the municipality and the owners of property within the district, that portion of the cost of the improvement which results in a special benefit to the municipality may be assessed against the municipality and be payable in installments, as provided in this part 5. The determination by the governing body as to the property to be assessed and the amount of special benefits shall be conclusive of the facts stated therein.

(3) No cost of improvements to streets or alleys shall be assessed to any property where reasonable access to the street or alley is denied the owner of the property.

(4) Any district formed for the purpose of encouraging, accommodating, and financing improvements as authorized in section 31-25-502 (2) shall assess the costs of the improvements to each property whose owner has entered into a contract or agreement for the improvements. The contracts and agreements entered into with the owner of property, as authorized by the governing body, shall be conclusive regarding the special benefit to the property and the amount that may be assessed against the property.
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-704 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 7 / Section 31-30.5-704
31-30.5-704. Police officers' old hire pension plans - municipalities of at least one hundred
Status: in_force

31-30.5-704. Police officers' old hire pension plans - municipalities of at least one hundred thousand in population. (1) If any old hire member of the police department in a municipality having a population of at least one hundred thousand, while in the performance of the member's duty, becomes temporarily totally disabled, physically or mentally, for service by reason of service in such department, the board shall order the payment to such disabled member, monthly during such disability but not to exceed one year, from the old hire pension fund, a sum equal to the monthly compensation allowed such member as salary at the date of the member's disability if such member is paid no salary as such member. If any old hire member of the police department, while in the performance of the member's duty, becomes mentally or physically permanently disabled by reason of service in such department so as to render necessary the member's retirement from service in such department, the board shall retire such disabled member from service in such department. No such retirement on account of disability shall occur unless said member has contracted said disability while in the service of said police department.

(2) Upon retirement the board shall order the payment to such disabled member from the old hire pension fund a sum equal to one-half the monthly compensation allowed to such the member as salary at the date of the member's retirement. If any old hire member of the police department in a municipality having a population of at least one hundred thousand, while in the performance of the member's duty, is killed, dies as a result of an injury received in the line of duty or of any disease contracted by reason of the member's occupation, dies from any cause whatever as the result of the member's services in said department, or dies while in the service or on the retired list from any cause and leaves a surviving spouse or a dependent child under sixteen years surviving or, if unmarried, leaves a dependent parent surviving, the board shall direct the payment from the fund, monthly, to such surviving spouse, while unmarried, of thirty dollars, and for each child, while unmarried, until the child reaches the age of sixteen years, six dollars, and to the dependent parent, if such member was unmarried, thirty dollars. The pension to the dependent parent or both shall be paid as follows: If the father is dead, the mother shall receive the entire thirty dollars, and if the mother is dead, the father shall receive the entire thirty dollars, and if both are living, each shall receive fifteen dollars.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1205 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 12 / Section 31-25-1205
31-25-1205. Organizational procedure
Status: in_force

31-25-1205. Organizational procedure. (1) The organization of a district shall be initiated by a petition filed in the office of the clerk of the governing body.

(2) The petition shall be signed by persons who own real or personal property in the service area of the proposed district having a valuation for assessment of not less than fifty percent, or such greater amount as the governing body may provide by ordinance, of the valuation for assessment of all real and personal property in the service area of the proposed district and who own at least fifty percent, or such greater amount as the governing body may provide by ordinance, of the acreage in the proposed district. The petition shall set forth:

(a) The name of the proposed district, which shall include a descriptive name and the words "business improvement district";

(b) A general description of the boundaries and service area of the proposed district;

(c) A general description of the types of services or improvements or both to be provided by the proposed district;

(d) The names of three persons to represent the petitioners, who have the power to enter into agreements relating to the organization of the district; and

(e) A request for the organization of the district.

(3) The petition shall be accompanied by a bond with security approved by the governing body or a cash deposit sufficient to cover all expenses connected with the proceedings in case the organization of the district is not effected. If at any time during the organization proceedings the governing body determines that the bond first executed or the amount of the cash deposited is insufficient in amount, it may require the execution of an additional bond or the deposit of additional cash within a time to be fixed, not less than ten days thereafter, and, upon failure of the petitioners to file or deposit the same, the petition shall be dismissed.
C.R.S. § 31-21-206 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 21 / Part 2 / Section 31-21-206
31-21-206. Exchange - sale - proceeds - amounts
Status: in_force

31-21-206. Exchange - sale - proceeds - amounts. Such refunding bonds may be exchanged dollar for dollar for the bonds to be refunded, or they may be sold at, above, or below their par value at a price such that the net effective interest rate of the issue of refunding bonds does not exceed the maximum net effective interest rate authorized. Such refunding bonds shall be in a principal amount not exceeding the principal amount of the bonds to be refunded, as directed by the governing body, and the proceeds thereof shall be applied only to the purpose for which such refunding bonds were issued. The principal amount of said refunding bonds may be the same or less than the principal amount of the bonds to be refunded if due, adequate, and sufficient provision has been made for the payment, or redemption, and retirement of said bonds to be refunded and the payment of the interest accrued thereon in accordance with this part 2.
C.R.S. § 31-31-1104 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 11 / Section 31-31-1104
31-31-1104. Merger into the statewide retirement plan
Status: in_force

31-31-1104. Merger into the statewide retirement plan. (1) (a) On or about January 1, 2023, the assets and liabilities of the statewide hybrid plan shall merge into the statewide retirement plan created pursuant to article 31.5 of this title 31.

(b) The statewide hybrid plan members defined benefit account assets shall be transferred to the lifetime benefits account created pursuant to part 1 of article 31.5 of this title 31.

(c) The statewide hybrid plan aggregate money purchase accounts assets shall be transferred to the money purchase account created in part 1 of article 31.5 of this title 31.

(d) Deferred retirement option plan account assets of the statewide hybrid plan shall be transferred to the money purchase account created in part 1 of article 31.5 of this title 31.

(2) All remaining defined benefits and other obligations of the statewide hybrid plan payable on and after January 1, 2023, shall be paid from lifetime benefits account of the statewide retirement plan. The money purchase obligations of the statewide hybrid plan shall be transferred to and be payable from the money purchase component of the statewide retirement plan. Said obligations shall be paid pursuant to the statutory provisions and rules adopted by the board regarding the statewide retirement plan pursuant to article 31.5 of this title 31.

(3) Participation by all members, including retirees, in the statewide hybrid plan shall terminate upon the merger of the plans and said members shall begin participation in the hybrid component and the money purchase component of the statewide retirement plan. Accumulated service credit and length of service shall be aggregated between the plans. Retirees shall receive an adjustment to their benefits based on the actuarial funding of the plan upon merger as determined by the board.

(4) Immediately after such transfer, the affected member's accrued benefits in the statewide retirement plan shall be at least as great as the member's accrued benefits immediately before the transfer.

(5) The merger is intended to be consistent with the requirements under section 414 (l) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, and shall not be considered a plan termination and shall not result in a distributable event.
C.R.S. § 31-12-406 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 4 / Section 31-12-406
31-12-406. First ordinances - appropriation
Status: repealed

31-12-406. First ordinances - appropriation. The governing body of the consolidated city or town may pass, at the first meeting or as soon thereafter as possible, a resolution adopting in a body the ordinances of some one of the cities or towns forming the consolidated town or city as such ordinances existed at the date of consolidation. Upon the passage of the resolution, the whole of the ordinances of the city or town so designated as they existed at the date of consolidation shall become the ordinances of the consolidated city or town in the same manner as if they had been regularly passed and published by the governing body of the consolidated city or town and shall so remain until amended or repealed. They shall also make appropriation, by ordinance, for the expense of the then unexpired portion of the current fiscal or municipal year.
C.R.S. § 31-25-506 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-506
31-25-506. Private sewers - connection
Status: in_force

31-25-506. Private sewers - connection. Private sanitary sewers connecting with public or district sanitary sewers may be constructed under such restrictions and subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by ordinance. No expense shall be incurred by the municipality in constructing or maintaining private sewers. The owner of any premises in any sewer district may be compelled by ordinance to connect the same with the district sewer at his own expense.
C.R.S. § 31-3-202 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 3 / Part 2 / Section 31-3-202
31-3-202. Consequences of determination
Status: in_force

31-3-202. Consequences of determination. (1) After such determination, all existing streets, avenues, and alleys previously located within an abandoned town shall be vested in the board of county commissioners of the county in which said town was located. The board of county commissioners may thereafter vacate any such streets, avenues, or alleys pursuant to part 3 of article 2 of title 43, C.R.S.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 31-3-201, any debt or other obligations of such town outstanding at the time of such determination of abandonment shall not be abrogated, nor shall any requirement be abrogated or avoided that has been imposed upon such town by the environmental protection agency, by any court, or by any other instrumentality of the state or federal government. The town shall continue in existence solely for the purpose of satisfying such outstanding debt or other obligations or other requirements, and the powers and duties of the governing body of the town and its officers shall be performed by the board of county commissioners and the county officers in such levy and collection of taxes or the imposition and collection of such fees, rates, and charges as may be required to satisfy the outstanding debt or other obligations or other requirements in accordance with their terms.

(3) Except as to streets, avenues, alleys, or reversionary interests, the right, title, and interest to all real property and the improvements thereon owned by any such town shall be vested in the county in which such property is situate, subject to any easements or rights-of-way then in use.
C.R.S. § 31-35-101 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 1 / Section 31-35-101
31-35-101. Powers - canals - water rights - diversion - ratification of prior rights
Status: in_force

31-35-101. Powers - canals - water rights - diversion - ratification of prior rights. (1) Any municipality in this state, for the purpose of supplying said municipality and the inhabitants thereof with water, has the power under this part 1:

(a) To purchase or lease any canal or ditch constructed, with all the rights, privileges, and franchises of any person owning or having any interest in or right to the same, and to hold and operate the said canals and ditches in the same manner as the persons from which the same is purchased or leased if a majority of the registered electors of such municipality voting at any regular election vote in favor of said purchase;

(b) To repair, improve, or enlarge any canal or ditch which is leased or purchased or any flume, dam, or gate connected therewith and for such purposes to levy and collect taxes as other taxes are levied and collected by law;

(c) To purchase water and water rights in all cases where condemnation would lie to obtain the same under section 31-15-708 (1)(b);

(d) To divert the waters acquired by purchase to the amount and extent lawfully appropriated prior to said purchase;

(e) To purchase and hold the lands with which said water right is connected when deemed necessary and proper by the governing body, whether the same are within or beyond the municipal limits, or to lease or sell such lands when deemed advisable by said governing body.

(2) Any municipality making a purchase or lease of any canal or ditch shall thereby assume all obligations and other duties which by law devolve upon the owner of such ditch or canal and from whom the same may be acquired by the powers of this section.

(3) The right to hold and retain water rights, or such lands and water rights as have been purchased by any municipality in this state prior to April 2, 1891, for the purpose of providing water for the use thereof or that of its inhabitants, the right to divert the water belonging to such rights to the use of such municipality and the inhabitants thereof, and the right to sell and dispose of such lands so purchased separate and apart from the water rights, as provided in paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of this section, are hereby given, ratified, and confirmed to such municipality.
C.R.S. § 31-4-506 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 5 / Section 31-4-506
31-4-506. Disclosure of contributions, contributions in kind, and expenditures
Status: repealed

31-4-506. Disclosure of contributions, contributions in kind, and expenditures. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-35-417 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 4 / Section 31-35-417
31-35-417. Effect of and limitations upon validation
Status: in_force

31-35-417. Effect of and limitations upon validation. This part 4 shall operate to supply such legislative authority as may be necessary to validate any such securities issued and other contracts executed prior to March 13, 1962, of such municipalities and any acts and proceedings taken appertaining to the issuance of such securities or execution of other contracts by such municipalities or otherwise prior to said date which the general assembly could have supplied or provided for in the law under which such securities were issued or such other contracts were executed and such acts or proceedings were taken; but this part 4 shall be limited to the validation of such securities, other contracts, acts, and proceedings to the extent to which the same can be effectuated under the state and federal constitutions. This part 4 shall not operate to validate, ratify, approve, confirm, or legalize any bond or coupon, other contract, act, proceeding, or other matter, the legality of which is being contested, or inquired into in any legal proceeding now pending and undetermined and shall not operate to confirm, validate, or legalize any bond or coupon, other contract, act, proceeding, or other matter which, prior to March 13, 1962, has been determined in any legal proceeding to be illegal, void, or ineffective.
C.R.S. § 31-35-613 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 6 / Section 31-35-613
31-35-613. When collections paid to municipality
Status: in_force

31-35-613. When collections paid to municipality. All collections made by the county treasurer upon such assessment roll in any calendar month shall be accounted for and paid over to the municipal treasurer on or before the tenth day of the next month, with separate statements for all such collections for each improvement.
C.R.S. § 31-15-103 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 1 / Section 31-15-103
31-15-103. Making of ordinances
Status: in_force

31-15-103. Making of ordinances. Municipalities shall have power to make and publish ordinances not inconsistent with the laws of this state, from time to time, for carrying into effect or discharging the powers and duties conferred by this title which are necessary and proper to provide for the safety, preserve the health, promote the prosperity, and improve the morals, order, comfort, and convenience of such municipality and the inhabitants thereof not inconsistent with the laws of this state.
C.R.S. § 31-12-117 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 1 / Section 31-12-117
31-12-117. Effect of review and of voiding of annexation ordinance by court order
Status: in_force

31-12-117. Effect of review and of voiding of annexation ordinance by court order. (1) After the effective date of an annexation ordinance, the annexing municipality shall apply all pertinent ordinances to the annexed area, irrespective of any proceedings for judicial review.

(2) In the event that the district court enters a final judgment, as defined in rule 54 (a), Colorado rules of civil procedure, declaring the annexation proceedings void, no acts taken in compliance with or pursuant to the charter, ordinances, or regulations of the annexing municipality shall be voided thereby, even though such acts are not in compliance with applicable county requirements or the requirements of other municipal or quasi-municipal corporations having jurisdiction over the area affected by such judicial proceedings. Such acts shall include, among others, subdivision platting and the construction and occupancy of improvements. A judicial declaration voiding an annexation shall not invalidate the levy and collection of any taxes, license fees, or charges collected or imposed by the annexing municipality prior to such final judgment.

(3) The provisions of subsection (2) of this section shall apply with equal force and validity to judicial review of any annexation proceedings which have affected the boundaries of any county or city and county; except that, within ninety days after the effective date of such a final judgment, the county clerk and recorder of the county or city and county to which the area was attempted to be annexed shall transmit to the county clerk and recorder of the county to which the territory was returned as a result of the judicial determination of the invalidity of the annexation proceedings a copy of each approved subdivision plat, which copy shall then be recorded without charge in the records of the county to which the territory was so returned.

(4) The execution of any final judgment by the district court in any judicial review of an annexation proceeding shall automatically be stayed upon the filing of the record on appeal as provided by law and the Colorado appellate rules, and no application for supersedeas shall be necessary. Such stay shall continue in full force and effect pending final disposition of the proceedings on appeal.
C.R.S. § 31-35-702 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 7 / Section 31-35-702
31-35-702. Governing body agency of state
Status: in_force

31-35-702. Governing body agency of state. The governing body of such city or town is declared and determined to be an agency of the state of Colorado for the sole purpose of securing to owners of property situated in unincorporated territory without the boundaries of such city or town adequate sewerage service at just and reasonable rates and for the performance of the duties and functions set forth by this part 7.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1219 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 12 / Section 31-25-1219
31-25-1219. Special assessments
Status: in_force

31-25-1219. Special assessments. (1) In order to defray all or any portion of the costs of the improvements provided by the district, the board may establish special improvement districts within the boundaries of the district. Such special improvement districts may be established whenever in the opinion of the board property in the district will be especially benefited by such improvements. The method of creating special improvement districts, making the improvements, and assessing the costs thereof shall be as provided in part 5 of this article; except that the electors eligible to vote on the question shall be electors as defined in section 31-25-1203 (4) of the district or the special improvement district, as determined by the board, the board shall perform the duties of the governing body, the secretary of the district shall perform the duties of the clerk, and the improvements which may be constructed shall be the improvements which the district is permitted to provide pursuant to this part 12.

(2) (a) In order to defray all or any portion of the costs of providing services, the board may impose special assessments wholly or in part upon real property located within the boundaries of the district. Prior to imposing a special assessment, the board shall adopt a resolution setting a date, which shall be not less than twenty days nor more than forty days after the adoption of the resolution, a time, and a location for a hearing on the question of the imposition of such special assessment and the benefit to be derived by the property upon which such special assessment will be imposed. The resolution shall include a form of notice, which shall describe the property on which the assessment shall be levied, the purposes for which the assessment is to be levied, the proposed method of assessment and the manner of payment thereof, and the right of the owners of the property to be assessed to file a remonstrance petition. Thereupon, the board shall give the notice by publication and cause a copy of said notice to be mailed by first-class mail to each owner of the property to be assessed at his last-known address, as disclosed by the tax records of the county or counties in which the district is located.

(b) On the date and at the time and place specified in the notice, the board shall conduct a hearing for the purpose of considering the desirability of and the need for providing the service and imposing the assessment therefor and determining the special benefits to be received by the properties to be assessed. No assessment shall be imposed if a remonstrance petition objecting to the assessment and signed by the owners of the property which would bear more than one-half of the proposed assessment is filed with the board prior to or at the hearing. After the hearing, the board shall adopt a resolution either approving or disapproving the proposed assessment. The resolution shall apportion the relative benefits to the real properties benefited by the service. Thereafter, the board shall cause to be prepared a local assessment roll. All assessments shall be due and payable at the time and place specified in the assessing resolution and said assessments shall become delinquent if not paid with thirty days of such due date.

(c) The board shall cause to be mailed by first-class mail to each owner of property specified on the assessment roll a notice of the amount of the assessment, the due date, and a statement that the assessment shall constitute a perpetual lien from the date of mailing of the notice in the amount assessed against each lot or tract of land, and a statement that such lien shall have priority over all other liens except general tax liens. As to any subsequent subdivision of any lot or tract of land assessed, the assessment may be apportioned by the board in such manner, if any, as may be provided in the assessing resolution. If any court of competent jurisdiction sets aside any assessment for irregularity in the proceedings, the board may make a new assessment in accordance with the provisions of this subsection (2). If an assessment is not paid within thirty days after its due date, penalty interest on the amount of the assessment shall accrue at the rate established pursuant to section 5-12-106 (2) and (3), C.R.S., until the date of sale or payment.

(d) The assessments imposed by this section shall be collected by the officer of the district designated in the assessment resolution or, by agreement with the municipality, by the municipal treasurer. In the case of a default in the payment of any assessment, the collection officer shall certify to the county treasurer the whole amount of the unpaid assessments. The county treasurer shall advertise and sell all property concerning which such a default has occurred for the payment of the whole of the unpaid assessment, plus penalties and costs of collection. Such advertisement and sale 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 and default of payment of the general property tax.
C.R.S. § 31-2-105 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 31-2-105
31-2-105. Incorporation complete - first ordinances - when effective
Status: in_force

31-2-105. Incorporation complete - first ordinances - when effective. (1) When certified copies of the papers and record entries are made and filed, as required by section 31-2-103, and officers are elected and qualified for such city or town, as provided in section 31-2-104, the incorporation thereof shall be complete, and all courts thereafter shall take due notice of the fact of such corporate status in all judicial proceedings.

(2) No ordinance enacted by the governing body of such city or town at the first meeting of such body shall take effect until thirty days after passage and publication, as provided in section 31-16-105.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1213 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 12 / Section 31-25-1213
31-25-1213. Power to levy taxes
Status: in_force

31-25-1213. Power to levy taxes. In addition to any other means of providing revenue for a district, the board has the power to levy and collect ad valorem taxes on and against all taxable commercial property, as defined in section 31-25-1203 (2), within the boundaries of the district. Such taxes shall be specified in the petition organizing the district pursuant to section 31-25-1205. If such taxes are not so specified in the petition, then an election prior to the levying of such taxes must be held within the district. Elections held pursuant to this section shall be held in accordance with the provisions of part 8 of article 1 of title 32, C.R.S. The cost of any election held pursuant to this section shall be borne by the district. Such taxes shall be levied in accordance with the provisions of part 3 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 31-12-603 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 6 / Section 31-12-603
31-12-603. Hearing - decree - proviso
Status: in_force

31-12-603. Hearing - decree - proviso. (1) Upon the filing of such petition in the district court, the judge thereof shall set a date for a hearing, not less than forty days nor more than sixty days thereafter. It is the duty of the clerk of said court to cause a copy of such petition and a notice of the date and the time set for such hearing to be served upon the mayor of the city. The same shall be served at least thirty days prior to the hearing of such petition by the court. Upon the hearing and proof of the facts set forth in said petition, it shall be determined whether said tracts of land should be disconnected from such city, and the court shall enter an order or decree accordingly. When a city has maintained streets, lights, and other public utilities for a period of three years through or adjoining said tracts of land, the owners shall not be entitled to disconnect the land under the provisions of this part 6.

(2) If an area has been annexed to a city for a period of two years and then successful action is undertaken to disconnect such area, the disconnected land shall be made subject to the applicable county's zoning resolution and map and other land development regulations within ninety days after the effective date of the disconnection as described in section 31-12-501 (5).
C.R.S. § 31-25-817 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 8 / Section 31-25-817
31-25-817. Ad valorem tax
Status: in_force

31-25-817. Ad valorem tax. The governing body may impose and levy an ad valorem tax on all real and personal property in the downtown development district not exceeding five mills on the valuation for assessment of such property for the purposes set forth in section 31-25-807, nondebt funded expenditures allowed under section 31-25-808 (1)(a) and (1)(b), and budgeted operations of the authority. This levy shall be in addition to the regular ad valorem taxes and special assessments for improvements imposed by the governing body. The tax collector shall transmit funds so collected to the appropriate officer of the municipality responsible for the handling of the public money who shall deposit same in the municipal treasury to the credit of the authority. Such funds shall be used for no purpose other than those purposes authorized by this part 8 and upon approval of the board, pursuant to vouchers signed by the designated officer of the authority. The funds of the authority shall be secured as other public funds are secured. Other moneys received by the authority shall forthwith be deposited in the municipal treasury to the credit of the authority, subject to disbursement as authorized by this part 8.
C.R.S. § 31-25-537 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-537
31-25-537. When mandamus will issue
Status: in_force

31-25-537. When mandamus will issue. When any improvement authorized by this part 5 is petitioned for by the owners of property to be assessed for more than one-half of the entire costs estimated by the governing body to be assessed, it is the duty of the municipal officials whose duty it is to act to authorize said improvement, and an order in the nature of mandamus may issue out of any court of competent jurisdiction requiring said officials to take such action as is required by this part 5; but, if the material petitioned for is known to be worthless or of poor quality or would not make a good, substantial, and reasonable permanent improvement, the governing body may refuse to grant a petition for that reason. If a material petitioned for or designated in the specifications is a patented or proprietary article on which there can be but one bid, the governing body may refuse to award a contract if the entire bid is excessive as compared with improvements of equal value or may reject the bid or readvertise.
C.R.S. § 31-25-540 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-540
31-25-540. Figures instead of words - when general description used
Status: in_force

31-25-540. Figures instead of words - when general description used. In all proceedings and notices authorized by this part 5, figures may be used instead of words, and in districts of extended areas it is not necessary to designate each piece of land separately. In such case general descriptions and quantities may be used, except in the assessment rolls. Except in such rolls, the cost may be stated as being of probable or certain amount per front foot or per square foot or per lot of given size.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1306 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 13 / Section 31-25-1306
31-25-1306. Requests for proposals - evaluation and award of integrated project delivery con
Status: in_force

31-25-1306. Requests for proposals - evaluation and award of integrated project delivery contracts. (1) An agency shall prepare and publish a request for proposals for each IPD contract that may contain the following elements and such other elements as may be requested by the agency:

(a) The procedures to be followed for submitting proposals;

(b) The criteria for evaluation of a proposal, which criteria may provide for selection of a proposal on a basis other than solely the lowest costs estimates submitted;

(c) The procedures for making awards;

(d) Required performance standards as defined by the participating entity;

(e) A description of the drawings, specifications, or other submittals to be provided with the proposal, with guidance as to the form and the acceptable level of completion of the drawings, specifications, or submittals;

(f) Relevant budget considerations or, for an IPD contract that includes operation or maintenance services, the life-cycle cost analysis for the contract;

(g) The proposed project scheduling; and

(h) The stipend, if any, to be paid to participating entities responding to the request for proposals who appear on the agency's short list pursuant to section 31-25-1305 (2) but whose proposals are not selected for award of the IPD contract.

(2) After obtaining and evaluating proposals according to the criteria and procedures set forth in the request for proposals in accordance with the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, an agency may accept the proposal that, in its estimation, represents the best value to the agency. Acceptance of a proposal shall be by written notice to the participating entity that submitted the accepted proposal.

(3) With respect to performance under each IPD contract, the participating entity shall comply with all laws applicable to public projects.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a participating entity selected for award of an IPD contract is not required to be licensed or registered to provide professional services as defined in section 24-30-1402 (6), C.R.S., if the person or firm actually performing any such professional services on behalf of the participating entity is appropriately licensed or registered and if the participating entity otherwise complies with applicable state licensing laws and requirements related to such professional services.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1201 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 12 / Section 31-10-1201
31-10-1201. Returns - canvass
Status: in_force

31-10-1201. Returns - canvass. The returns of all municipal elections shall be made to the clerk of the municipality. The clerk shall request the assistance of the mayor of the municipality in conducting the canvass of votes. If there is no mayor or if the mayor has been a candidate at the election, the clerk shall appoint a municipal judge, a member of the election commission, or a person who is qualified to be an election judge and who did not serve as an election judge in the election as an assistant. No later than ten days after the election, the clerk, in the presence of the assistant, shall open the returns and make out abstracts of votes for each office.
C.R.S. § 31-25-525 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-525
31-25-525. Owner of interest may pay share
Status: in_force

31-25-525. Owner of interest may pay share. The owner of any divided or undivided interest in the property assessed may pay his share of any assessment upon producing evidence of the extent of his interest satisfactory to the treasurer having charge of the roll.
C.R.S. § 31-30-109 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 1 / Section 31-30-109
31-30-109. Behavioral health professionals - grant applications encouraged - definition - r
Status: repealed

31-30-109. Behavioral health professionals - grant applications encouraged - definition - repeal. (1) Each municipal police department is encouraged to adopt a policy whereby mental health professionals, to the extent practicable, provide:

(a) On-scene response services to support officers' handling of persons with mental health disorders; and

(b) Counseling services to officers of the police department.

(2) In implementing a policy as described in subsection (1) of this section, a municipal police department shall not require a mental health professional to counsel both a person with a mental health disorder and an officer if, in the judgment of the mental health professional, doing so would constitute a conflict of interest or a breach of a professional code of ethics.

(3) For the purposes of this section, each municipal police department is encouraged to apply annually for a grant from the peace officers behavioral health support and community partnerships grant program created in section 24-32-3501.

(4) As used in this section, "mental health professional" means a mental health professional licensed to practice medicine pursuant to article 240 of title 12 or a person licensed as a mental health professional pursuant to article 245 of title 12.

(5) This section is repealed, effective September 1, 2027.
C.R.S. § 31-10-709 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 7 / Section 31-10-709
31-10-709. Election laws apply - separate absentee ballots permitted
Status: in_force

31-10-709. Election laws apply - separate absentee ballots permitted. All of the provisions of this article not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 31-10-701 to 31-10-708 shall apply to all elections held in precincts where voting machines are used. Nothing in sections 31-10-701 to 31-10-708 shall prohibit the use of a separate paper ballot by absentee voters or for charter amendments where such is required.
C.R.S. § 31-10-501 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 5 / Section 31-10-501
31-10-501. Clerk to give notice
Status: in_force

31-10-501. Clerk to give notice. (1) The clerk, at least ten days before each municipal election, shall give written or printed notice of the election stating the date of the election and the hours during which the polls will be open, designating the polling place of each precinct, stating the qualifications of persons to vote in the election, naming the officers to be elected and the questions to be voted upon, and listing the names of those candidates whose nominations have been certified to him, which listing shall be as nearly as possible in the form in which such nominations shall appear upon the official ballot with reference to wards where applicable. A copy of such notice shall be posted until after the election in a conspicuous place in the office of the clerk.

(2) In addition, the notice shall be published in at least one newspaper having general circulation in the municipality. If the clerk finds it impracticable to make the publication on the tenth day before the election day, he shall make the same on the earliest possible day before the tenth day. The publications in any weekly newspaper shall be in the next to last issue thereof before the day of election.

(3) All polling places shall be designated by a sign conspicuously posted at least ten days before each municipal election. Such sign shall be substantially in the following form: "POLLING PLACE FOR PRECINCT NO. ...". In addition, such sign shall state the date of the next election and the hours the polling place will be open.
C.R.S. § 31-20-401 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 20 / Part 4 / Section 31-20-401
31-20-401. Warrants signed - countersigned - fund
Status: in_force

31-20-401. Warrants signed - countersigned - fund. All warrants drawn upon the treasurer shall be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the clerk and shall state the particular fund or appropriation to which the same is chargeable and the person to whom payable. No money shall be drawn except as provided in this part 4; except that the governing body of a municipality may provide for the disbursement of money by check in lieu of by warrant.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1304 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 13 / Section 31-25-1304
31-25-1304. Integrated project delivery contracts - authorization - effect of other laws
Status: in_force

31-25-1304. Integrated project delivery contracts - authorization - effect of other laws. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any agency may award an IPD contract for a public project under the provisions of this part 13 upon the determination by such agency that integrated project delivery represents a timely or cost-effective alternative for a public project.

(2) Nothing in this part 13 shall be construed as exempting any agency or participating entity from applicable federal, state, or local laws, regulations, or ordinances governing labor relations, professional licensing, public contracting, or other related laws, except to the extent that an exemption is created under such legal authority or is granted by necessary implication from such legal authority.
C.R.S. § 31-25-703 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 7 / Section 31-25-703
31-25-703. Foreclosure proceedings
Status: in_force

31-25-703. Foreclosure proceedings. (1) When, pursuant to section 31-25-702, a municipality has established a cemetery, and the ordinance establishing the same requires the owners of burial spaces to pay annual assessments for or provide for the care and maintenance of such spaces, and the owner of any burial space has failed and neglected for a period of five years or more to pay such annual assessments for or to provide for the care and maintenance of such space, and no other provisions have been made in the ordinance, deed, or contract for the case of such a default, the governing body or the other official having jurisdiction over such cemetery may institute proceedings for the forfeiture, termination, or foreclosure of the rights and interests of such owner. When the governing body or other official determines there has been such failure and neglect, a resolution reciting such determination shall be duly adopted, and a certified copy shall be served on the owner personally by any competent person over the age of eighteen years or shall be sent by registered mail to the owner's last-known address.

(2) If compliance with said ordinances, rules, and regulations is not effected or provisions made therefor within a period of thirty days, the governing body may file a petition in the district court in and for the county in which said cemetery is located. The petition shall set forth the facts relating to the sale and ownership of such burial space as revealed by the records of said municipality and cemetery, a description of the burial space described in the same manner as such burial space is known and described on the books and records of the municipality and cemetery, and the failure and neglect to comply with the ordinances, rules, and regulations for the care and maintenance of said burial space. The petition shall ask for the forfeiture, termination, or foreclosure of all right, title, and interest of such owner in said burial space and that title thereto be vested in the municipality. The proceeding provided for in this section is deemed and held to be a proceeding in rem, and the procedure for forfeiture, termination, or foreclosure under this part 7 shall conform to the Colorado rules of civil procedure for the courts of record except as otherwise provided in this part 7. A copy of said petition with a notice of hearing thereon shall be served upon said owner in such manner and form as may be provided for the service of process by the Colorado rules of civil procedure. Thereupon it is the duty of such owner to appear and answer the allegations of said petition. If the owner fails to appear and answer on or prior to the day set for hearing, his default may be entered in the same manner as is provided by the Colorado rules of civil procedure for the entering of defaults generally.
C.R.S. § 31-10-503 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 5 / Section 31-10-503
31-10-503. Judges may change polling places
Status: in_force

31-10-503. Judges may change polling places. (1) When it becomes impossible or inconvenient to hold an election at the place designated therefor, the judges of election, after notifying the clerk and after having assembled at or as near as practicable to such place and before receiving any vote, may move to the nearest convenient place for holding the election and at such newly designated place forthwith proceed with the election.

(2) Upon moving to a new polling place, the judges shall display a proclamation of the change and shall station a police officer or some other proper person at the original polling place to notify all registered electors of the new location for holding the election.
C.R.S. § 31-25-507 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-507
31-25-507. Determination of special benefits - factors considered
Status: in_force

31-25-507. Determination of special benefits - factors considered. (1) The term "benefit", for the purposes of assessing a particular property within a district, includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(a) Any increase in the market value of the property;

(b) The provision for accepting the burden from specific dominant property for discharging surface water onto servient property in a manner or quantity greater than would naturally flow because the dominant owner made some of his property impermeable;

(c) Any adaptability of property to a superior or more profitable use;

(d) Any alleviation of health and sanitation hazards accruing to particular property or accruing to public property in the improvement district, if the provision of health and sanitation is paid for wholly or partially out of funds derived from taxation of property owners of the improvement district;

(e) Any reduction in the maintenance costs of particular property or of public property in the improvement district, if the maintenance of the public property is paid for wholly or partially out of funds derived from taxation of property owners of the improvement district;

(f) Any increase in convenience or reduction in inconvenience accruing to particular property owners, including the facilitation of access to and travel over streets;

(g) Recreational improvements accruing to particular property owners as a direct result of drainage improvement.

(2) As used in connection with any district formed for the purpose of encouraging, accommodating, and financing improvements as authorized in section 31-25-502 (2), the term "benefit" shall include, but not be limited to, any acknowledged value set forth in the contracts and agreements entered into by the owner of the assessed property.
C.R.S. § 31-25-104 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 1 / Section 31-25-104
31-25-104. Urban renewal authority
Status: in_force

31-25-104. Urban renewal authority. (1) (a) Any twenty-five registered electors of the municipality may file a petition with the clerk, setting forth that there is a need for an authority to function in the municipality. Upon the filing of such a petition, the clerk shall give notice of the time, place, and purpose of a public hearing, at which the local governing body will determine the need for such an authority in the municipality. Such notice shall be given at the expense of the municipality by publishing a notice, at least ten days preceding the day on which the hearing is to be held, in a newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality or, if there is no such newspaper, by posting such a notice in at least three public places within the municipality at least ten days preceding the day on which the hearing is to be held.

(b) Upon the date fixed for said hearing held upon notice as provided in this section, a full opportunity to be heard shall be granted to all residents and taxpayers of the municipality and to all other interested persons. After such a hearing, if the governing body finds that one or more slum or blighted areas exist in the municipality, and finds that the acquisition, clearance, rehabilitation, conservation, development, or redevelopment, or a combination thereof of such area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, or welfare of the residents of the municipality, and declares it to be in the public interest that the urban renewal authority for such municipality created by this part 1 exercise the powers provided in this part 1 to be exercised by such authority, the governing body shall adopt a resolution so finding and declaring and shall cause notice of such resolution to be given to the mayor, who shall thereupon appoint, as provided in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section, commissioners to act as an authority. A certificate signed by such commissioners shall then be filed with the division of local government in the department of local affairs and there remain of record, setting forth that the governing body made the findings and declaration provided in this paragraph (b) after such hearing and that the mayor has appointed them as commissioners. Upon the filing of such certificate, the commissioners and their successors are constituted an urban renewal authority, which shall be a body corporate and politic. The boundaries of such authority shall be coterminous with those of the municipality.

(c) If the governing body, after a hearing, determines that the findings and declaration enumerated in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1) cannot be made, it shall adopt a resolution denying the petition. After six months have expired from the date of the denial of such petition, subsequent petitions may be filed and new hearings and determinations made thereon; except that there shall be at least six months between the time of filing of any subsequent petition and the denial of the last preceding petition.

(d) In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of any bond, contract, mortgage, trust indenture, or other agreement of the authority, the authority shall be conclusively deemed to have been established in accordance with the provisions of this part 1 upon proof of the filing of said certificate. A copy of such certificate, duly certified by the director of the division of local government, shall be admissible in evidence in any such suit, action, or proceeding.

(2) (a) (I) Except as provided in subsection (2.5) of this section, an authority consists of thirteen commissioners, not fewer than ten of whom must be appointed by the mayor, who shall designate the chairperson for the first year. In order to represent the collective interests of the county and all taxing bodies levying a mill levy in one or more urban renewal areas managed by the authority, referred to in this part 1 as an "urban renewal authority area", other than the municipality, one such commissioner on the authority must be appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the territorial boundaries of the urban renewal authority area are located, one such commissioner must also be a board member of a special district selected by agreement of the special districts levying a mill levy within the boundaries of the urban renewal authority area, and one commissioner must also be an elected member of a board of education of a school district levying a mill levy within the boundaries of the urban renewal authority area. If the urban renewal authority area is located within the boundaries of more than one county, the appointment is made by agreement of all of the counties in which the boundaries of the urban renewal authority area are located.

(II) If no county, special district, or school district appoints a commissioner to the authority, then the county, special district, or school district appointment remains vacant until such time as the applicable appointing authority makes the appointment pursuant to this paragraph (a).

(III) If the appointing county is a city and county, the requirements of this paragraph (a) pertaining to county representation on the authority board need not be satisfied.

(IV) All mayoral appointments and chair designations are subject to approval by the governing body of the municipality within which the authority has been established. Not more than one of the commissioners appointed by the mayor may be an official of the municipality.

(V) In the event that an official of the municipality is appointed as commissioner of an authority, acceptance or retention of such appointment is not deemed a forfeiture of his or her office, or incompatible therewith, and does not affect his or her tenure or compensation in any way. The term of office of a commissioner of an authority who is a municipal official is not affected or curtailed by the expiration of the term of his or her municipal office.

(b) The commissioners who are first appointed must be designated by the mayor to serve for staggered terms so that the term of at least one commissioner will expire each year. Thereafter, the term of office is five years. A commissioner holds office until his or her successor has been appointed and has qualified. Vacancies other than by reason of expiration of terms must be filled by the mayor for the unexpired term; except that, in the case of a commissioner on the authority who has been appointed by the board of commissioners of a county pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), a vacancy on the authority board for the balance of the unexpired term must be filled by the board of commissioners of the county that made the original appointment, a vacancy of the special-district appointed seat must be filled by agreement of the affected special districts, and a vacancy of the school-district appointed seat must be filled by agreement of the affected school districts. A majority of the commissioners constitutes a quorum. The mayor shall file with the clerk a certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner, and such certificate is conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of such commissioner. A commissioner receives no compensation for his or her services, but is entitled to the necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his or her duties.

(c) When the office of the first chairman of the authority becomes vacant and annually thereafter, the authority shall select a chairman from among its members. An authority shall select from among its members a vice-chairman, and it may employ a secretary, who shall be executive director, technical experts, and such other officers, agents, and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require, and it shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. An authority may call upon the municipal counsel or chief legal officer of the municipality for such legal services as it may require, or it may employ its own counsel and legal staff. An authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees such duties as it deems proper.

(2.5) When the governing body of a municipality designates itself as the authority or transfers an existing authority to the governing body pursuant to section 31-25-115 (1), an authority consists of the same number of commissioners as the number of members of the governing body. In addition, in order to represent the collective interests of the county and all taxing bodies levying a mill levy within the boundaries of the urban renewal authority area other than the municipality, one additional commissioner on the authority must be appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the territorial boundaries of the urban renewal authority area are located, one additional commissioner must also be a board member of a special district selected by agreement of the special districts levying a mill levy within the boundaries of the urban renewal authority area, and one additional commissioner must also be an elected member of a board of education of a school district levying a mill levy within the boundaries of the urban renewal authority area. If the number of members of the governing body causes the authority to have an even number of commissioners, the mayor shall appoint an additional commissioner to restore an odd number of commissioners to the authority. As applicable, the appointment of the county, special district, and school district representatives on the authority pursuant to this subsection (2.5) must be made in accordance with the procedures specified in subsection (2) of this section.

(3) No commissioner, other officer, or employee of an authority nor any immediate member of the family of any such commissioner, officer, or employee shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, nor shall he have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used in connection with any project. If any commissioner, other officer, or employee of an authority owns or controls an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included or planned to be included in any project, he shall immediately disclose the same in writing to the authority, and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Upon such disclosure, such commissioner, officer, or other employee shall not participate in any action by the authority affecting the carrying out of the project planning or the undertaking of the project unless the authority determines that, in the light of such personal interest, the participation of such member in any such act would not be contrary to the public interest. Acquisition or retention of any such interest without such determination by the authority that it is not contrary to the public interest or willful failure to disclose any such interest constitutes misconduct in office.

(4) The mayor, with the consent of the governing body, may remove a commissioner for inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office but only after the commissioner has been given a copy of the charges made by the mayor against him and has had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel before the governing body. In the event of the removal of any commissioner, the mayor shall file in the office of the clerk a record of the proceedings, together with the charges made against the commissioner and findings thereon.
C.R.S. § 31-2-405 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 4 / Section 31-2-405
31-2-405. Hearing postponed
Status: in_force

31-2-405. Hearing postponed. If for any reason at the time fixed in the notice provided for in section 31-2-404 action thereon is not taken, such petition for a change of name shall be heard, with all remonstrances, at any subsequent meeting of the governing body of any such city or town. If said governing body is satisfied that such change of name is necessary and proper, they shall thereupon make an order changing the name of such city or town and adopting the name petitioned for in the petition.
C.R.S. § 31-25-616 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 6 / Section 31-25-616
31-25-616. Property sold for taxes
Status: in_force

31-25-616. Property sold for taxes. The taxes provided in this part 6 shall be included as a part of general taxes and shall be paid accordingly. Upon sale of properties for delinquencies, sales shall be in the manner provided by the statutes of this state for selling property for nonpayment of taxes.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-408 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 4 / Section 31-31.5-408
31-31.5-408. Late retirement
Status: in_force

31-31.5-408. Late retirement. (1) Any member retiring and eligible for a normal or vested retirement benefit may elect to defer receipt of the pension until attaining age sixty-five years, but no later. In the case of such an election, the late retirement pension is the actuarial equivalent of the normal retirement pension as determined by the board.

(2) The board may promulgate rules to allow members who are eligible to receive any type of retirement benefits to defer receipt of the benefits to the extent permitted under the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" as amended, and the regulations promulgated pursuant to section 401 (a)(9) of said code.
C.R.S. § 31-35-612 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 6 / Section 31-35-612
31-35-612. Owner of interest may pay his share
Status: in_force

31-35-612. Owner of interest may pay his share. The owner of any divided or undivided interest in the property assessed may pay his share of any assessment upon producing evidence of the extent of his interest which is satisfactory to the treasurer having the roll in charge.
C.R.S. § 31-25-105 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 1 / Section 31-25-105
31-25-105. Powers of an authority
Status: in_force

31-25-105. Powers of an authority. (1) Every authority has all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this part 1, including, but not limited to, the following powers in addition to others granted in this part 1:

(a) To sue and to be sued; to adopt and have a seal and to alter the same at pleasure; to have perpetual succession; to make, and from time to time amend and repeal, bylaws, orders, rules, and regulations to effectuate the provisions of this part 1;

(b) To undertake urban renewal projects and to make and execute any and all contracts and other instruments which it may deem necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers under this part 1, including, but not limited to, contracts for advances, loans, grants, and contributions from the federal government or any other source;

(c) To arrange for the furnishing or repair by any person or public body of services, privileges, works, streets, roads, public utilities, or educational or other facilities for or in connection with a project of the authority; to dedicate property acquired or held by it for public works, improvements, facilities, utilities, and purposes; and to agree, in connection with any of its contracts, to any conditions that it deems reasonable and appropriate under this part 1, including, but not limited to, conditions attached to federal financial assistance, and to include in any contract made or let in connection with any project of the authority provisions to fulfill such of said conditions as it may deem reasonable and appropriate;

(d) To arrange with the municipality or other public body to plan, replan, zone, or rezone any part of the area of the municipality or of such other public body, as the case may be, in connection with any project proposed or being undertaken by the authority under this part 1;

(e) To enter, with the consent of the owner, upon any building or property in order to make surveys or appraisals and to obtain an order for this purpose from a court of competent jurisdiction in the event entry is denied or resisted; to acquire any property by purchase, lease, option, gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise to acquire any interest in property by condemnation, including a fee simple absolute title thereto, in the manner provided by the laws of this state for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by any other public body (and property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in a like manner except that no property belonging to the federal government or to a public body may be acquired without its consent); except that any acquisition of any interest in property by condemnation by an authority must be approved as part of an urban renewal plan or substantial modification thereof, as provided in section 31-25-107, by a majority vote of the governing body of the municipality in which such property is located, and the acquisition of property by condemnation by an authority shall also satisfy the requirements of section 31-25-105.5; to hold, improve, clear, or prepare for redevelopment any such property; to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber or dispose of its property; and to insure or provide for the insurance of any property or operations of the authority against any risks or hazards; except that no provision of any other law with respect to the planning or undertaking of projects or the acquisition, clearance, or disposition of property by public bodies shall restrict an authority exercising powers under this part 1 in the exercise of such functions with respect to a project of such authority unless the general assembly specifically so states;

(f) (I) To invest any of its funds not required for immediate disbursement in property or in securities in which public bodies may legally invest funds subject to their control pursuant to part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S., and to redeem such bonds as it has issued at the redemption price established therein or to purchase such bonds at less than redemption price, all such bonds so redeemed or purchased to be canceled;

(II) To deposit any funds not required for immediate disbursement in any depository authorized in section 24-75-603, C.R.S. For the purpose of making such deposits, the authority may appoint, by written resolution, one or more persons to act as custodians of the funds of the authority. Such persons shall give surety bonds in such amounts and form and for such purposes as the authority requires.

(g) To borrow money and to apply for and accept advances, loans, grants, and contributions from the federal government or other source for any of the purposes of this part 1 and to give such security as may be required;

(h) To make such appropriations and expenditures of its funds and to set up, establish, and maintain such general, separate, or special funds and bank accounts or other accounts as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this part 1;

(i) To make or have made and to submit or resubmit to the governing body for appropriate action the authority's proposed plans and modifications thereof necessary to the carrying out of the purposes of this part 1, such plan shall include, but not be limited to:

(I) Plans to assist the municipality in the latter's preparation of a workable program for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of slum and blighted areas, to encourage needed urban rehabilitation, to provide for the redevelopment of slum and blighted areas, or to undertake such activities or other feasible municipal activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such workable program, which program may include, without limitation, provision for: The prevention of the spread of blight into areas of the municipality which are free from blight through diligent enforcement of housing, zoning, and occupancy controls and standards; the rehabilitation or conservation of slum and blighted areas or portions thereof by replanning, removing congestion, providing public improvements, and encouraging rehabilitation and repair of deteriorated or deteriorating structures; and the clearance and redevelopment of slum and blighted areas or portions thereof;

(II) Urban renewal plans;

(III) Preliminary plans outlining proposed urban renewal activities for neighborhoods of the municipality to embrace two or more urban renewal areas;

(IV) Plans for the relocation of those individuals, families, and business concerns situated in the urban renewal area which will be displaced by the urban renewal project, which relocation plans, without limitation, may include appropriate data setting forth a feasible method for the temporary relocation of such individuals and families and showing that there will be provided, in the urban renewal area or in other areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the individuals and families so displaced, decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number of and available to such individuals and families and reasonably accessible to their places of employment;

(V) Plans for undertaking a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements and for the enforcement of state and local laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements and to the repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings and improvements;

(VI) Financing plans, maps, plats, appraisals, title searches, surveys, studies, and other preliminary plans and work necessary or pertinent to any proposed plans or modifications;

(j) To make reasonable relocation payments to or with respect to individuals, families, and business concerns situated in an urban renewal area that will be displaced as provided in subparagraph (IV) of paragraph (i) of this subsection (1) for moving expenses and actual direct losses of property including, for business concerns, goodwill and lost profits that are reasonably related to relocation of the business, resulting from their displacement for which reimbursement or compensation is not otherwise made, including the making of such payments financed by the federal government;

(k) To develop, test, and report methods and techniques and to carry out demonstrations and other activities for the prevention and the elimination of slum and blighted areas within the municipality;

(l) To rent or to provide by any other means suitable quarters for the use of the authority or to accept the use of such quarters as may be furnished by the municipality or any other public body, and to equip such quarters with such furniture, furnishings, equipment, records, and supplies as the authority may deem necessary to enable it to exercise its powers under this part 1.
C.R.S. § 31-16-206 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 16 / Part 2 / Section 31-16-206
31-16-206. Filing of public record - sale of copies
Status: in_force

31-16-206. Filing of public record - sale of copies. Not less than one copy of each primary code adopted by reference and of each secondary code pertaining thereto, all certified to be true copies by the mayor and the clerk, shall be filed in the office of the clerk at least fifteen days preceding the hearing and shall be kept there for public inspection while the ordinance is in force. After the adoption of the code by reference, a copy of the primary code and of each secondary code may be kept in the office of the chief enforcement officer instead of in the office of the clerk. Following the adoption of any code, the clerk shall at all times maintain a reasonable supply of copies of the primary code available for purchase by the public at a moderate price.
C.R.S. § 31-30-1105 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 11 / Section 31-30-1105
31-30-1105. Board - fire protection district
Status: in_force

31-30-1105. Board - fire protection district. (1) In a fire protection district, the board must consist of the following members:

(a) The board of directors of the fire protection district for terms equal to their tenure on the fire protection district board;

(b) The treasurer of the board of the fire protection district who shall be treasurer of the fund for a term equal to the treasurer's tenure on the fire protection district board; and

(c) (I) Prior to August 15, 2010, two fire department members elected by the fire department members for two-year terms; except that, at the initial election, one member shall be elected for two years and one member for one year. In all subsequent elections, these members shall be elected for two years.

(II) (A) On and after August 15, 2010, two 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. All members in each group existing at the time of election shall be given the opportunity to vote for the two individuals. The two individuals shall serve for two-year terms; except that, at the initial election, one individual shall be elected for two years and one individual for one year. In all subsequent elections, these individuals shall be elected for two years.

(B) Nothing in sub-subparagraph (A) of this subparagraph (II) shall be construed to limit the term of a board member elected pursuant to subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (c).

(2) The board shall elect a president and secretary from its members.

(3) The treasurer of the board shall obtain a bond paid from the fund in an amount determined by the board.
C.R.S. § 31-35-403 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 4 / Section 31-35-403
31-35-403. Authorization of facilities and bonds
Status: in_force

31-35-403. Authorization of facilities and bonds. (1) The acquisition, construction, reconstruction, lease, improvement, betterment, or extension of any water facilities or sewerage facilities or both and the issuance, in anticipation of the collection of revenues of such facilities, of bonds to provide funds to pay the cost thereof may be authorized under this part 4 by action of the governing body of the municipality taken at a regular or special meeting by a vote of a majority of the members of the governing body.

(2) The governing body, in determining such cost, may include all costs and estimated costs of the issuance of said bonds; all engineering, inspection, fiscal, and legal expenses; interest which it is estimated will accrue during the construction or other acquisition period and for a period of not exceeding one year thereafter on money borrowed or which it is estimated will be borrowed pursuant to this part 4; any discount on the sale of the bonds; costs of financial, professional, and other estimates and advice; contingencies; any administrative, operating, and other expenses of the municipality prior to and during such acquisition period and for a period of not exceeding one year thereafter, as may be determined by the governing body; all such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing, acquisition, improvement, equipment, and completion of any water or sewerage facilities, joint water and sewer system, or part thereof, and the placing of the same in operation; such provision or reserves for working capital, operation, maintenance, or replacement expenses or for payment or security of principal of or interest on any bonds during or after such an acquisition or improvement and equipment as the governing body may determine; and also reimbursements to the federal government or any agency, instrumentality, or corporation thereof of any moneys theretofore expended for or in connection with any such water or sewerage facilities or both.
C.R.S. § 31-10-616 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 6 / Section 31-10-616
31-10-616. Preservation of ballots and election records
Status: in_force

31-10-616. Preservation of ballots and election records. (1) The ballots, when not required to be taken from the ballot box for the purpose of election contests, shall remain in the ballot box in the custody of the clerk until six months after the election at which such ballots were cast or until the time has expired for which the ballots would be needed in any contest proceedings, at which time the ballot box shall be opened by the clerk and the ballots destroyed by fire, shredding, or burial, or by any other method approved by the executive director of the department of personnel. If the ballot boxes are needed for a special election before the legal time for commencing any proceedings in the way of contests has elapsed or in case such clerk, at the time of holding such special election, has knowledge of the pendency of any contest in which the ballots would be needed, the clerk shall preserve the ballots in some secure manner and provide for their being kept so that no one can ascertain how any voter may have voted.

(2) The clerk shall preserve all other official election records and forms for at least six months following a regular or special election.
C.R.S. § 31-31-407 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 4 / Section 31-31-407
31-31-407. Adjustment of benefits - repeal
Status: repealed

31-31-407. Adjustment of benefits - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-31-706 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 7 / Section 31-31-706
31-31-706. Affiliation by exempt defined benefit pension plans
Status: in_force

31-31-706. Affiliation by exempt defined benefit pension plans. (1) At the request of any local employer having an exempt defined benefit pension plan, the board is authorized to make an agreement with the employer's governing body to manage such employer's exempt defined benefit pension plan fund for investment.

(2) (a) As an alternative to affiliation for investment management pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, at the request of any local employer having an exempt defined benefit pension plan, the board is authorized to make an agreement with the employer's governing body to incorporate the exempt defined benefit pension plan into the defined benefit system. The incorporation shall be under terms and conditions that are mutually agreeable to the employer's governing body and the board and as may be required to maintain the qualified status of the plan under the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended.

(b) Prior to the implementation of an agreement of incorporation pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), the board shall find that the incorporation is not projected to have an adverse actuarial impact on existing members of the defined benefit system. The board and the employer's governing body are authorized to take all actions necessary to accomplish the agreement and to maintain the qualified status of the formerly exempt defined benefit pension plan after incorporation into the defined benefit system. Notwithstanding any other requirement, an exempt defined benefit pension plan may be incorporated into the defined benefit system without the approval of the members of the exempt plan or the statewide plan.

(c) The board may require that employees hired by the local employer with the formerly exempt defined benefit pension plan after the date of incorporation pursuant to this subsection (2) be members of the statewide retirement plan pursuant to article 31.5 of this title 31.
C.R.S. § 31-23-103 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 1 / Section 31-23-103
31-23-103. Plats of whole municipal area
Status: reserved

31-23-103. Plats of whole municipal area. (1) When any such plat embraces in its description the whole municipal area of any such city or town, it shall set forth, as near as may be:

(a) All streets and highways and the width thereof;

(b) All parks, squares, and other grounds reserved for public uses with the boundaries and dimensions thereof;

(c) All lots and blocks and other divisions of land, with their boundaries, designating such lots and blocks by numbers and giving the dimensions of such lots and other divisions of land.

(2) Reference shall be made in said plat to one or more permanent monuments. The scale of said plat shall be indicated therein, and any other matters necessary or proper to clarify the descriptions of lands indicated on any such plat may be entered thereon.
C.R.S. § 31-4-112.1 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 31-4-112.1
31-4-112.1. Chief of police - permits for concealed weapons
Status: repealed

31-4-112.1. Chief of police - permits for concealed weapons. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-35-416 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 4 / Section 31-35-416
31-35-416. Validation
Status: in_force

31-35-416. Validation. All revenue bonds and any coupons appertaining thereto relating to a water system, sewer system, or joint water and sewer system issued or purportedly issued prior to March 13, 1962, and all acts and proceedings had or taken or purportedly had or taken prior to said date by or on behalf of municipalities, under law or under color of law, preliminary to and in the authorization, execution, sale, and issuance of all water revenue bonds, sewer revenue bonds, and joint water and sewer revenue bonds, including any coupons appertaining thereto, the authorization and execution of all other contracts, and the exercise of other powers in this part 4 are validated, ratified, approved, and confirmed by this section except as provided in section 31-35-417, notwithstanding any lack of power, authority, or otherwise, other than constitutional, and notwithstanding any defects and irregularities, other than constitutional, in such securities, acts, and proceedings, in such authorization, execution, sale, and issuance, and in such exercise of powers; and such securities and other contracts are and shall be binding, legal, valid, and enforceable obligations of such municipality to which they appertain in accordance with their terms and their authorization proceedings.
C.R.S. § 31-2-213 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 31-2-213
31-2-213. Determination of population
Status: in_force

31-2-213. Determination of population. When a determination of the population or number of registered electors of the municipality is required under this part 2, said determination shall be made upon the best readily available information by the governing body, clerk, election commissioners, or court, as the case may be. Such determination shall be final in the absence of fraud or gross abuse of discretion.
C.R.S. § 31-23-216.5 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-216.5
31-23-216.5. Additional enforcement - fine or imprisonment - abatement or removal
Status: in_force

31-23-216.5. Additional enforcement - fine or imprisonment - abatement or removal. (1) In addition to any other remedies, the governing body of any municipality may provide by ordinance that it is unlawful to erect, construct, reconstruct, use, or alter any building or structure or to use any land in violation of any municipal subdivision regulation, and the governing body may enforce obedience to such ordinance by fine or imprisonment as provided in section 31-16-101.

(2) In case any building or structure is or is proposed to be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, or used or any land is or is proposed to be used in violation of any municipal subdivision regulation, the municipality, in addition to other remedies provided by law, may institute an appropriate action to prevent, enjoin, abate, or remove the violation to prevent the occupancy of the building, structure, or land or to prevent any illegal act or use in or on such premises.
C.R.S. § 31-25-633 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 6 / Section 31-25-633
31-25-633. Limitation of actions
Status: in_force

31-25-633. Limitation of actions. Any legal or equitable action brought with respect to any acts or proceedings of the district, the creation of a district, the authorization of any bonds, or any other action taken under this part 6 shall be commenced within thirty days after the performance of such action or else shall be thereafter perpetually barred.
C.R.S. § 31-20-405 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 20 / Part 4 / Section 31-20-405
31-20-405. Order warrants paid
Status: in_force

31-20-405. Order warrants paid. Every fund in the hands of any treasurer of any such city or town of this state for disbursement shall be paid out in the order in which the orders drawn thereon, payable out of the same, are presented for payment.
C.R.S. § 31-10-201 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 2 / Section 31-10-201
31-10-201. Qualifications of municipal electors
Status: in_force

31-10-201. Qualifications of municipal electors. (1) Every person who has attained the age of eighteen years possessing the following qualifications is entitled to register to vote at all municipal elections:

(a) He is a citizen of the United States.

(b) The person is a resident of the municipal precinct and has resided in this state for twenty-two days immediately preceding the election at which the person offers to vote. In order to vote in a municipal election conducted under this article, a person must be a registered elector. An otherwise qualified and registered elector who moves from the municipal election precinct where registered to another precinct within the same municipality is permitted to cast a ballot for an election at the polling place in the precinct where registered.

(2) No person confined in any public prison is entitled to register or to vote at any regular or special election. Every person who was a qualified elector prior to such imprisonment and who is released by pardon or by having served his full term of imprisonment shall be vested with all the rights of citizenship except as otherwise provided in the state constitution.

(3) The judges of election, in determining the residence of a person offering to vote, shall be governed by the following rules, so far as they may be applicable:

(a) The residence of a person is the principal or primary home or place of abode of a person. Principal or primary home or place of abode is that home or place in which his habitation is fixed and to which a person, whenever he is absent, has the present intention of returning after a departure or absence therefrom, regardless of the duration of absence. In determining what is a principal or primary place of abode of a person, the following circumstances relating to such person may be taken into account: Business pursuits, employment, income sources, residence for income or other tax purposes, age, marital status, residence of parents, spouse, and children, if any, leaseholds, situs of personal and real property, and motor vehicle registration.

(b) A person shall not be considered to have lost his residence if he leaves his home and goes into another state or territory or another county or municipality of this state merely for temporary purposes with an intention of returning.

(c) A person shall not be considered to have gained a residence in this state or in any municipality in this state while retaining his home or domicile elsewhere.

(d) If a person moves to any other state or territory with the intention of making it his permanent residence, he shall be considered to have lost his residence in the municipality from which he moved.

(e) If a person moves from one municipality in this state to any other municipality in this state with the intention of making it his permanent residence, he shall be considered and held to have lost his residence in the municipality from which he moved.

(f) If the residence of a person is destroyed or becomes uninhabitable, due to a natural disaster or for any other reason, and the person has the present intention of returning to the residence once it is habitable or returning to a newly constructed residence at the same address, the person may continue to use the address of the destroyed or uninhabitable residence as the person's residence for purposes of this section. The residence given for motor vehicle registration and for state income tax purposes may be different from the address given for voting purposes pursuant to this subsection (3)(f).

(4) (a) For the purpose of voting and eligibility to office, no person is deemed to have gained a residence by reason of his presence or lost it by reason of his absence while in the civil or military service of this state or of the United States, nor while a student at any institution of higher education, nor while kept at public expense in any public prison or state institution unless the person is an employee or a member of the household of an employee of such prison or institution.

(b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (4) notwithstanding, no person otherwise qualified under the provisions of this article shall be denied the right to vote at any municipal election solely because he is a student at an institution of higher education if such student, at any time when registration is provided for by law, files with the county clerk and recorder a written affidavit under oath, in such form as may be prescribed, that he has established a domicile in this state, that he has abandoned his parental or former home as a domicile, and that he is not registered as an elector in any other municipality of this state or of any other state. The fact that such affidavit has been filed shall be noted in the registration book.

(c) No provisions of this subsection (4) shall apply to the determination of residence or nonresidence status of students for any college or university purpose.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1102 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 11 / Section 31-25-1102
31-25-1102. Definitions
Status: in_force

31-25-1102. Definitions. As used in this part 11, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Costs" means all costs associated with the foreclosure of any lien for special assessments levied upon any property. "Costs" includes, but is not limited to, publication costs; costs of sale; service of process fees; title insurance costs including costs for foreclosure certificates or litigation guarantee certificates; if such special assessment had been certified to the county treasurer, a fee for the county treasurer equal to the amount specified in section 30-1-102 (1)(c), C.R.S.; and any general taxes due or past due on such property, all interest and penalties thereon, and any fees and costs associated therewith.

(1.5) "Property" means any property which is, by the laws of the state of Colorado or the charter of any municipal corporation organized under the constitution of the state of Colorado, subject to the levy of assessments for local improvements within any city, town, or other taxing district in the state of Colorado.

(2) "Taxing authority" means the Colorado new energy improvement district created in section 32-20-104 (1), C.R.S., and any municipal corporation or taxing district organized under the constitution and laws of the state of Colorado with power to make local improvements therein and pay for the same by means of special assessments based upon benefits accruing to property within the municipality or taxing district by reason of such local improvement.
C.R.S. § 31-3-102 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 31-3-102
31-3-102. Form of ballots
Status: in_force

31-3-102. Form of ballots. The form of ballots shall be "For the incorporation" and "Against the incorporation".
C.R.S. § 31-4-208 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 31-4-208
31-4-208. City attorney - municipal judge
Status: in_force

31-4-208. City attorney - municipal judge. The city council shall appoint a city attorney, who, upon taking office, shall be an attorney-at-law licensed to practice in the state of Colorado. The city council shall also appoint a municipal judge in accordance with section 13-10-105 (1), C.R.S. The city attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the city council. A municipal judge may be removed during his term of office only for cause, as provided in section 13-10-105 (2), C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 31-15-801 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 8 / Section 31-15-801
31-15-801. Agreements - ordinance - financing
Status: in_force

31-15-801. Agreements - ordinance - financing. In order to provide necessary land, buildings, equipment, and other property for governmental or proprietary purposes or for financing of forest health projects, as defined in section 37-95-103 (4.9), any municipality is authorized to enter into long-term rental or leasehold agreements, but in no event shall this be construed as authorizing the use by any municipality of leasehold agreements to finance residential housing. Such agreements may include an option to purchase and acquire title to such leased or rented property within a period not exceeding the useful life of such property and in no case exceeding thirty years. Each such agreement and the terms thereof shall be concluded by an ordinance duly enacted by the municipality. No such ordinance shall take effect before thirty days after its passage and publication. The governing body of any municipality is authorized to provide for the payment of said rentals from a general levy imposed upon both personal and real property included within the boundaries of the municipality; by imposing rates, tolls, and service charges for the use of such property or any part thereof by others; from any other available municipal income; or from any one or more of the said sources. The obligation to pay such rentals shall not constitute an indebtedness of said municipality within the meaning of the constitutional limitations on contracting of indebtedness by municipalities.
C.R.S. § 31-31-904 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 9 / Section 31-31-904
31-31-904. Statewide health-care defined benefit plan - definitions
Status: in_force

31-31-904. Statewide health-care defined benefit plan - definitions. (1) The board may develop, maintain, and amend a statewide health-care defined benefit plan, including a plan document, that complies with the qualification requirements specified under the internal revenue code, as applicable to governmental plans. The purpose of such plan shall be to provide a defined benefit to assist in paying for the costs of health care for each retired eligible member.

(2) The board may conduct an election of all eligible members for the purpose of determining whether the eligible members want to participate in the statewide health-care defined benefit plan created pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. If sixty-five percent of all eligible members vote in favor of participating in the plan, all eligible members shall be required to participate in such plan, except as provided in subsection (3) of this section.

(3) The board shall certify the results of the election held pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, including the vote total for the eligible members of each employer. The board shall mail a copy of the certification to each employer within ten days after the certification. If less than a majority of an employer's eligible members vote in favor of participating in the statewide health-care defined benefit plan, the employer, on behalf of its eligible members, may elect not to participate in the plan. Such election by the employer must be made within ninety days after the certification of the election results by the board.

(4) Contributions to the statewide health-care defined benefit plan shall be the responsibility of the eligible members, unless an eligible member's employer elects to pay all or a portion of his or her contribution. All of the contributions shall be credited to the defined benefit system trust fund.

(5) The board shall administer the statewide health-care defined benefit plan on an actuarially sound basis. Neither the state nor any employer shall be liable for any unfunded accrued liability of the plan.

(6) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Eligible member" means each member who participates in a statewide retirement plan administered by the board pursuant to this title.

(b) "Internal revenue code" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 31-31-204 (3).
C.R.S. § 31-10-1002 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 10 / Section 31-10-1002
31-10-1002. Application for absentee voter's ballot - permanent absentee voter status - ball
Status: in_force

31-10-1002. Application for absentee voter's ballot - permanent absentee voter status - ballot delivery - list of absentee voters. (1) Requests for an application for an absentee voter's ballot may be made orally or in writing. Applications for absentee voters' ballots shall be filed in writing and personally signed by the applicant or a family member related by blood, marriage, civil union, or adoption to the applicant. If the applicant is unable to sign the application, the applicant shall make such applicant's mark on the application, which shall be witnessed by another person. The application shall be filed with the clerk not earlier than ninety days before and not later than the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding such regular or special election. The application may be in the form of a letter.

(2) Upon receipt of an application for an absentee voter's ballot within the proper time, the clerk receiving it shall examine the records of the county clerk and recorder to ascertain whether or not the applicant is registered and lawfully entitled to vote as requested, and, if found to be so, the clerk shall deliver, as soon as practicable, but not more than seventy-two hours after the ballots have been received, to the applicant personally in the clerk's office or by mail to the mailing address given in the application for an official absentee voter's ballot, an identification return envelope with the affidavit thereon properly filled in as to precinct and residence address as shown by the records of the county clerk and recorder, and an instruction card.

(2.3) The clerk shall keep a list of names of eligible electors who have applied for absentee ballots and, if applicable, of permanent absentee voters pursuant to subsection (2.5) of this section, with the date on which each application was made, the date on which the absentee voter's ballot was sent, and the date on which each absentee voter's ballot was returned. If an absentee voter's ballot is not returned, or if it is rejected and not counted, that fact will be noted on the list. The list is open to public inspection under proper regulations.

(2.5) (a) The clerk may permit an eligible elector to request permanent absentee voter status.

(b) Upon receipt of an application for permanent absentee voter status, the clerk shall process the application in the same manner as an application for an absentee voter's ballot. If the clerk determines that the applicant is an eligible elector, the clerk shall place the eligible elector's name on the list maintained by the municipality pursuant to subsection (2.3) of this section of those eligible electors to whom an absentee voter's ballot is mailed every time there is a polling place election conducted by the municipality from which the eligible elector has requested permanent absentee voter status.

(c) (I) An eligible elector whose name appears on the list maintained pursuant to subsection (2.3) of this section as a permanent absentee voter must remain on the list and must be mailed an absentee voter's ballot for each polling place election conducted by the municipality.

(II) An eligible elector must be deleted from the permanent absentee voter list if:

(A) The eligible elector notifies the clerk that he or she no longer wishes to vote by absentee voter's ballot; or

(B) The absentee voter's ballot sent to the eligible elector is returned to the clerk as undeliverable; or

(C) The person is no longer eligible to vote in the political subdivision.

(3) Before any absentee voter's ballot is delivered or mailed or before any registered elector is permitted to cast his or her vote on a voting machine, the clerk shall record such elector's name, the precinct number, and the number appearing on the stub of the ballot, together with the date the ballot is delivered or mailed. This information must be recorded on the registration record or registration list before the registration book or list is delivered to the judges of election. A separate list of the registered electors who have received absentee voters' ballots must be delivered to the judges of election in the precinct designated for counting absentee voters' ballots, or, if the clerk elects to deliver absentee voters' envelopes received from electors of each precinct to the judges of election of such precinct, as provided by section 31-10-1006, a separate list of the registered electors of each precinct who have received absentee voters' ballots must be delivered to the judges of election of each such precinct.

(4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 91, p. 640, § 87, effective May 1, 1991.)
C.R.S. § 31-25-1228 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 12 / Section 31-25-1228
31-25-1228. Method not exclusive
Status: in_force

31-25-1228. Method not exclusive. Nothing in this part 12 shall repeal or affect any other law or any part thereof, it being intended that this part 12 shall provide a separate method of accomplishing its objects and not an exclusive one.
C.R.S. § 31-30-201 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 2 / Section 31-30-201
31-30-201. Authorization - petition - election
Status: in_force

31-30-201. Authorization - petition - election. (1) All cities or towns organized under the general laws of this state which have paid fire departments are authorized to adopt civil service regulations pertaining to such departments in the following manner:

(a) The governing body may, and upon the petition of registered electors in number not less than fifteen percent of the last preceding vote for mayor shall, submit the question of accepting civil service provisions relative to such fire department to a vote of the registered electors at the next regular election. If a petition is submitted, the signatures to such petition shall be acknowledged before a notary public and need not be all on one paper. The ordinance or resolution calling for submission of the question shall provide for classification of all members of the fire department.

(b) The election notice shall state that the question is submitted for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the city or town will adopt civil service regulations relative to said fire department. The election shall be conducted as nearly as may be in accordance with the provisions of the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965". The ballots or voting machine tabs shall contain the words "For the Merit System" and "Against the Merit System".

(c) If, upon the official determination of the result of such election, it appears that a majority of all the votes cast are for the adoption of the merit system under civil service regulations, this part 2 and all rules made under this part 2 shall immediately be in full force and effect in said city or town.
C.R.S. § 31-12-701 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 7 / Section 31-12-701
31-12-701. Part 7 relates to towns only
Status: in_force

31-12-701. Part 7 relates to towns only. This part 7 shall relate to towns only and shall not be construed to affect the disconnection of area from cities.
C.R.S. § 31-25-818 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 8 / Section 31-25-818
31-25-818. Assessments
Status: in_force

31-25-818. Assessments. The governing body shall have the power to assess against the funds of the authority for the use and benefit of the general fund of the municipality a reasonable pro rata share of such funds for the cost of handling and auditing, which assessment when made shall be paid annually by the board pursuant to an appropriate item in its budget.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1226 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 12 / Section 31-25-1226
31-25-1226. Correction of faulty notices
Status: in_force

31-25-1226. Correction of faulty notices. In any case that a notice is provided for in this part 12 in which the governing body finds for any reason that due notice was not given, the governing body shall not thereby lose jurisdiction, and the proceeding in question shall not thereby be void or be abated; but the governing body, in that case, shall order due notice given and shall continue the proceeding until such time as notice is properly given and thereupon shall proceed as though notice had been properly given in the first instance.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-309 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 3 / Section 31-31.5-309
31-31.5-309. Remittance of contributions to the association
Status: in_force

31-31.5-309. Remittance of contributions to the association. (1) Remittances of contributions are due no later than ten days following the date of payment of salary to a member. All remittances of contributions must be credited to the defined benefit system trust fund.

(2) The payments required by this section are subject to interest as established by the board if not submitted when due.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1503 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1503
31-10-1503. Immunity of witness from prosecution
Status: in_force

31-10-1503. Immunity of witness from prosecution. Any person violating any provision of this article is a competent witness against any other such violator and may be compelled to attend and testify upon any trial, hearing, proceeding, or investigation in the same manner as any other person, but the testimony so given shall not be used in any prosecution or proceeding, civil or criminal, against the person so testifying except for perjury in giving such testimony. A person so testifying shall not thereafter be liable to indictment, prosecution, or punishment for the offense with reference to which his testimony was given and may plead or prove the giving of testimony accordingly in bar of such indictment or prosecution.
C.R.S. § 31-31-202 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 2 / Section 31-31-202
31-31-202. Powers and duties of the board
Status: repealed

31-31-202. Powers and duties of the board. (1) The board shall:

(a) Establish standards for determining the actuarial soundness of:

(I) The pension plans in the defined benefit system and the affiliated old hire plans and the affiliated exempt plans with assets in the fire and police members' benefit investment fund, in accordance with section 31-31-301 (1); and

(II) Alternative pension plans having defined benefits in whole or in part established pursuant to section 31-31-601 (1), as said section existed prior to its repeal. Based upon such standards, the board shall require biennial actuarial reviews of such plans with the cost of the reviews to be paid by employers having established such plans.

(b) Establish standards for benefit projections for money purchase plans;

(c) Establish criteria for the determination of disability to administer the provisions of section 31-31-803;

(d) Promulgate rules relating to standards for disclosure of all ramifications of and procedures for obtaining the member approval provided for in section 31-31-601 (1), as said section existed prior to its repeal;

(e) Administer or provide for the administration and, in accordance with the provisions of sections 31-31-302 (1) and 31-31-303, the investment of the fire and police members' benefit investment fund and the fire and police members' self-directed investment fund;

(f) Repealed.

(g) Review or initiate proposed legislation affecting or related to the provisions of this article and article 30.5 of this title;

(h) Provide for disbursements from the fire and police members' benefit investment fund created by section 31-31-301 (1) and from the fire and police members' self-directed investment fund created by section 31-31-301 (4). Such disbursements shall be made only for payment of the expenses of the association, payment of refunds to members, payment of survivor, disability, or retirement benefits, or for purposes of investment.

(i) Make such modifications to the minimum annual rates of contribution certified to municipalities, fire protection districts, and county improvement districts as may be justified by actuarial studies approved by the board, subject to the requirements of section 31-30.5-304. In addition, the board shall supervise the establishment of such minimum annual rates of contribution for any nonexempt municipalities, fire protection districts, or county improvement districts that, for any reason, did not receive such minimum annual rate of contribution. Such establishment and modification of minimum annual rates of contribution shall be conducted substantially in the manner provided by procedural regulations promulgated by the board.

(j) Promulgate such rules as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this article and article 30.5 of this title;

(k) Approve or deny applications for coverage under the statewide money purchase plan pursuant to section 31-31-501.

(2) (a) The board has the sole power to determine eligibility for retirement for disability, whether total or occupational, for any police officer or firefighter in this state whether or not such member is covered by the provisions of this article, except for the following:

(I) Those police officers and firefighters having social security coverage and not affiliated as to disability; and

(II) Those police officers and firefighters whose employers have established exempt alternative pension plans, including exempt alternative defined benefit plans that are administered on an actuarially sound basis, based upon assumptions and methodology adopted by the board for statewide use, on or before December 1, 1978, in accordance with the provisions of part 8 of article 30.5 of this title, unless such plans have elected to become covered under the statewide death and disability plan pursuant to section 31-31-802 (1).

(b) Except as provided in this subsection (2), the final power to determine disability status is vested in the board, but each employer shall determine whether positions are available for disabled members and shall make such appointments to such positions as it deems necessary.

(3) Under the direction of the board, each employer, including employers not covered by or specifically exempted from the statewide retirement plan in accordance with the provisions of section 31-31-401 (1), shall furnish such information and shall keep such records as the board may require for the discharge of its duties.

(4) (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d) of this subsection (4), the board shall provide for and determine the cost of a statewide accidental death and disability insurance policy to cover all volunteer firefighters serving in volunteer or paid and volunteer fire departments, the insurance to be applicable only when serving as a volunteer firefighter. The policy shall be paid for as provided in section 31-30-1112 (2)(h)(II) from proceeds of the tax imposed by section 10-3-209, C.R.S.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d) of this subsection (4), the board shall set the amount of coverage to be provided for each volunteer firefighter, take competitive bids for the policy from insurers, and make such rules as may be necessary to provide for the policy.

(c) The insurer shall have sole power to determine disability for volunteer firefighters under the policy provided by this subsection (4).

(d) On and after July 1, 2004, the responsibility to provide a statewide accidental death and disability insurance policy to cover all volunteer firefighters serving in volunteer or paid and volunteer fire departments shall be the responsibility of the department of local affairs pursuant to section 31-30-1134.

(5) (a) The board, in the performance of its duties under this article, shall have the power of subpoena over persons, and books, papers, records, and other things, and such power shall be enforceable by the courts; except that no subpoena shall be issued until the subpoena has been approved by a vote of the board.

(b) The chair of the board, or any other member of the board designated by the chair, shall have the power to administer oaths, in the performance of the duties of the board under this article.

(5.5) The board may release the names and addresses of retirees of a plan affiliated with the fire and police pension association pursuant to part 7 of this article to the local pension board of the affiliated plan if:

(a) The local pension board has filed a written request in the manner prescribed by the association; and

(b) The local pension board has provided the board with written assurances that the information requested will be used only for pension-related purposes.

(6) The board shall have such other powers and duties as are specifically granted pursuant to this article and parts 1 to 7 of article 30.5 of this title.

(7) The board may promulgate rules for the assessment of interest, including the waiver of interest for good cause, on unpaid contributions to statewide plans. Interest shall accrue at the rate of one-half of one percent per month.

(8) The board may assess the reasonable actuarial, audit, and operational costs incurred by the association related to compliance with regulatory requirements which are attributable to employers with members participating in plans administered by the association. Alternatively, the board may find such costs to be de minimis and pay the costs from the plan assets.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1227 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 12 / Section 31-25-1227
31-25-1227. Department of transportation and municipal jurisdiction unimpaired
Status: in_force

31-25-1227. Department of transportation and municipal jurisdiction unimpaired. Nothing in this part 12 shall affect or impair the control and jurisdiction which the department of transportation has over streets and highways which are part of the state highway system or which a municipality has over all property within its boundaries. All powers granted by this part 12 shall be subject to such control and jurisdiction.
C.R.S. § 31-35-102 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 1 / Section 31-35-102
31-35-102. Ditch and canal management
Status: in_force

31-35-102. Ditch and canal management. The management of any ditch or canal acquired pursuant to section 31-35-101 shall be under the control of the governing body of such acquiring municipality.
C.R.S. § 31-15-711 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 7 / Section 31-15-711
31-15-711. Other public improvements
Status: in_force

31-15-711. Other public improvements. (1) The governing body of each municipality has the power:

(a) To deepen, widen, dock, cover, wall, alter, or change the channel of watercourses;

(b) To establish markets and market houses and provide for the regulation and use thereof. No charge or assessments of any kind shall be levied on any truck or other vehicle, or on the owner thereof, bringing produce or provisions to any of the markets in the municipality, for standing in or occupying a place in any of the marketplaces of the municipality or in the streets contiguous thereto on market days and evenings previous thereto. The governing body has full power to prevent forestalling, to prohibit or regulate huckstering in the markets, and to prescribe the kind and description of articles which may be sold and the stands and places to be occupied by the vendors. The governing body may authorize the immediate seizure, arrest, or removal from the markets of any person violating its regulations as established by ordinance, together with any article of produce in his possession, and additionally may authorize the immediate seizure and destruction of tainted or unsound meat or other provisions.

(c) To establish and operate at public expense municipal slaughterhouses and cold storage plants where animals may be slaughtered at the cost of labor and other necessary expense, held in cold storage, and delivered to the owners or sold. Any municipality establishing and operating such slaughterhouse shall charge a reasonable fee for the slaughter of animals and the storage of meat, and said fees shall be used to pay the necessary expenses of conducting the business.

(d) To provide for and regulate public scales and to require the vendors of coal, hay, and like articles of merchandise, when requested to do so by the purchaser of such articles, to weigh the same upon the public scales before delivering the same to their customer or vendees;

(e) To erect, establish, and maintain public hospitals, medical dispensaries, and other suitable places of relief. No such hospitals, medical dispensaries, or other suitable places of relief shall be established, acquired, or erected by a municipality unless the question is submitted at a regular or special election and approved in the manner provided for authorization of bonded indebtedness by section 31-15-302 (1)(d) and unless such municipality does not have a general licensed medical and surgical hospital in operation within its municipal limits within the twelve months immediately preceding said election.

(f) To provide by ordinance for the construction, maintenance, and operation of public parking facilities, buildings, stations, or lots and to pay for their cost by general tax levy or otherwise or by the issuance of bonds of such municipality, which bonds may be retired by revenues assessed and collected as rentals, fees, or charges from the operation of such facilities or from parking meter rentals or charges;

(g) To develop, maintain, and operate mass transportation systems, either individually or jointly with any government, county, or other political subdivision, pursuant to the provisions of part 2 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S.;

(h) To construct and keep in repair bridges, viaducts, and tunnels and regulate their use and to establish within the municipal limits all toll bridges and ferries, license and regulate the same, and, from time to time, fix tolls thereon;

(i) To construct, maintain, and operate safety measures that are necessary to allow the municipality to restrict the sounding of locomotive horns at highway-rail grade crossings in compliance with 49 U.S.C. sec. 20153, as amended, and the applicable rules of the federal railroad administration. The governing body of the municipality shall construct, maintain, and operate the safety measures in accordance with the provisions of section 40-4-106, C.R.S., and the standards of safety prescribed by the public utilities commission pursuant to section 40-29-110, C.R.S.

(j) To provide in the municipal budget for programs that support education and outreach on environmental sustainability and for financing capital improvements for energy efficiency retrofits and the installation of renewable energy fixtures, as defined in section 30-11-107.3, C.R.S., for private residences and commercial property within the municipality but that do not exempt the municipality from the requirements of any other statute;

(k) To encourage homeowners to participate in utility demand-side management programs where applicable.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-502 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 5 / Section 31-31.5-502
31-31.5-502. Normal retirement age
Status: in_force

31-31.5-502. Normal retirement age. The normal retirement age for the money purchase component is age fifty-five.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1116 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 11 / Section 31-25-1116
31-25-1116. Treasurer may issue deed - form
Status: in_force

31-25-1116. Treasurer may issue deed - form. Upon the expiration of the period of redemption, the treasurer shall issue deeds to purchasers or to the taxing authority. Any one deed may convey one or more parcels of land, whether the same are contiguous or not. The deed shall be in form substantially as follows:

"KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That I, .............., Treasurer of .............. in and for the County of .............., State of Colorado, did on the .............. day of .............., A.D., 20...., sell at public auction unto .............., the following described property in the County of .............., State of Colorado, to wit:

(Description of Property)

WHEREFORE, in full conformity with law, I do bargain, sell, convey, and quitclaim unto said .............., the aforesaid property.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto the said .............., his heirs and assigns forever.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed these presents this .............. day of .............., 20.... .

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

Treasurer of ............................"
C.R.S. § 31-25-1203 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 12 / Section 31-25-1203
31-25-1203. Definitions
Status: in_force

31-25-1203. Definitions. As used in this part 12, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Board" means the board of directors of a business improvement district.

(2) "Commercial property" means any taxable real or personal property which is not classified for property tax purposes as either residential or agricultural.

(3) "District" means a business improvement district formed by a municipality pursuant to this part 12.

(4) (a) "Elector" means a natural person who is a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of Colorado, who is eighteen years of age or older, and who:

(I) Makes his primary dwelling place in the district; or

(II) Owns taxable real or personal property within the boundaries of the district; or

(III) Is the holder of a leasehold interest in taxable real or personal property within the boundaries of the district; or

(IV) Is the natural person designated by an owner or lessee of taxable real or personal property in the district which is not a natural person to vote for such owner or lessee. Such designation must be in writing and filed with the secretary of the district. Only one such person may be designated by an owner or lessee.

(b) Nothing in this subsection (4) shall permit an elector to cast more than one vote.

(5) "Improvements" means public improvements, including but not limited to streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, pedestrian malls, streetlights, drainage facilities, landscaping, decorative structures, statuaries, fountains, identification signs, traffic safety devices, bicycle paths, off-street parking facilities, benches, rest rooms, information booths, public meeting facilities, and all necessary, incidental, and appurtenant structures and improvements. "Improvements" also includes the relocation and improvement of existing utility lines.

(6) "Net effective interest rate" means the net interest cost of securities divided by the sum of the products derived by multiplying the principal amount of the securities maturing on each maturity date by the number of years from their date to their respective maturities. In all cases, "net effective interest rate" shall be computed without regard to any option of redemption prior to the designated maturity dates of the securities.

(7) "Net interest cost" means the total amount of interest to accrue on securities from their date to their respective maturities, less the amount of any premium above par, or plus the amount of any discount below par, at which said bonds are being or have been sold. In all cases, "net interest cost" shall be computed without regard to any option of redemption prior to the designated maturity dates of the securities.

(8) "Operating plan" means the operating plan approved by the municipality pursuant to section 31-25-1211.

(9) "Publication" has the same meaning as that set forth in section 32-1-103 (15), C.R.S.

(10) "Service area" means the area within the municipality which is described in the ordinance creating a district pursuant to this part 12, no less than fifty percent of which area shall have been developed and used as commercial property prior to the adoption of such ordinance and, at the time of the adoption of such ordinance, shall be used primarily as commercial property. Notwithstanding any provision in this subsection (10) to the contrary, the service area may include a location designated by the municipality, after public notice and hearing, as a location for new business or commercial development. Property which is not commercial property and which is within the "service area" of a district shall not be subject to the revenue-raising powers of the district until it becomes commercial property and is included within the district's boundaries, as provided in section 31-25-1208.

(11) "Services" means the services described in section 31-25-1212 (1)(f).
C.R.S. § 31-25-804 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 8 / Section 31-25-804
31-25-804. Organizational procedure - election
Status: in_force

31-25-804. Organizational procedure - election. (1) When the governing body of a municipality determines it is necessary to establish a downtown development authority for the public health, safety, prosperity, security, and welfare and to carry out the purposes of an authority as stated in section 31-25-801, it shall by ordinance submit, at the next regular election or at a special election called for that purpose, the question of the establishment of a downtown development authority. In the ordinance submitting said question, the governing body shall state the boundaries of the downtown development district within which the authority shall exercise its powers and may provide for submission to the voters of any local government matters arising under section 20 of article X of the state constitution, as defined in section 1-41-103 (4), C.R.S. If any such matters are to be submitted to the voters, the election shall be conducted at the time and in the manner required by section 20 of article X of the state constitution. If a majority of the qualified electors voting at the election vote for the establishment of a downtown development authority, the authority shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this part 8.

(2) Any ordinance creating a downtown development authority shall provide that any ordinance or resolution by which bonds are issued pursuant to this part 8 shall specify the maximum net effective interest rate of such bonds.
C.R.S. § 31-4-105 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 31-4-105
31-4-105. Election of officers - terms
Status: in_force

31-4-105. Election of officers - terms. The registered electors of each city shall elect, at the regular election, a mayor, a clerk, and a city treasurer from the city at large. At the same election, the registered electors of each ward of the city shall elect two members of the city council. The election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965". The officers shall hold their respective offices for terms of two years, commencing at the first meeting of the governing body following the survey of election returns, unless the governing body provides by ordinance or resolution that terms shall commence on the first Monday after the first Tuesday in January following their election.
C.R.S. § 31-11-107 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 11 / Section 31-11-107
31-11-107. Circulators - requirements
Status: in_force

31-11-107. Circulators - requirements. The circulation of any petition section other than personally by a circulator is prohibited. No section of a petition for any initiative or referendum measure shall be circulated by any person who is not at least eighteen years of age at the time the section is circulated.
C.R.S. § 31-31-601 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 6 / Section 31-31-601
31-31-601. Withdrawn local alternative pension plan - creation - administration - repeal
Status: repealed

31-31-601. Withdrawn local alternative pension plan - creation - administration - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-25-523 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-523
31-25-523. Assessment roll
Status: in_force

31-25-523. Assessment roll. The clerk shall prepare a local assessment roll in book form showing in suitable columns each piece of land assessed, the total amount of assessment, the amount of each installment of principal and interest if, in pursuance of this part 5, the same is payable in installments, and the date when each installment will become due. The assessment roll shall have suitable columns for use in case of payment of the whole amount or of any installment or penalty. The clerk shall deliver the assessment roll, duly certified, under the corporate seal, to the municipal treasurer for collection.
C.R.S. § 31-23-216 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-216
31-23-216. Penalties for sales in unapproved subdivisions
Status: in_force

31-23-216. Penalties for sales in unapproved subdivisions. Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land located within a subdivision, transfers or sells, agrees to sell, or negotiates to sell any land by reference to or exhibition of or by use of a plat of a subdivision before such plat has been approved by the commission and recorded or filed in the office of the appropriate county clerk and recorder shall pay a penalty of one hundred dollars to the municipality for each lot or parcel so transferred, or sold, or agreed or negotiated to be sold. The description of such lot or parcel by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other document used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the transaction from such penalties or from the remedies provided in this section. The municipality may enjoin such transfer or sale or agreement by action for injunction brought in any court of competent jurisdiction and may recover the penalty by civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction.
C.R.S. § 31-20-101.3 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 31-20-101.3
31-20-101.3. Incentives for installation of renewable energy fixtures - definitions
Status: in_force

31-20-101.3. Incentives for installation of renewable energy fixtures - definitions. (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a governing body of any municipality may offer an incentive, in the form of a municipal property tax or sales tax credit or rebate, to a residential or commercial property owner who installs a renewable energy fixture on his or her residential or commercial property.

(2) For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "renewable energy fixture" means any fixture, product, system, device, or interacting group of devices that produces energy, including but not limited to alternating current electricity, from renewable resources, including, but not limited to, photovoltaic systems, solar thermal systems, small wind systems, biomass systems, or geothermal systems.
C.R.S. § 31-4-206 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 31-4-206
31-4-206. Council members - nomination - election - compensation
Status: in_force

31-4-206. Council members - nomination - election - compensation. (1) The nomination and election of candidates for the city council provided for by this part 2 shall be in accordance with the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965".

(2) The members of the city council shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by ordinance.