C.R.S. § 30-28-119 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 28 / Part 1 / Section 30-28-119
30-28-119. District planning commissions
Status: in_force

30-28-119. District planning commissions. (1) Whether or not a county planning commission has been created, the board of county commissioners of any county which is unzoned, on petition, from time to time, may appoint district planning commissions for the purpose of preparing plans for zoning certain portions of the unincorporated territory within such county. Such petition shall:

(a) Be signed by more than fifty percent of the qualified electors who are residents in the proposed district and more than fifty percent of the residents and nonresidents who own more than fifty percent of the area of real property situated within the boundaries of the district described in the petition;

(b) Request the appointment of a planning commission for such district;

(c) Contain all of the following:

(I) A list of the parcels of land as shown in the records of the county assessor to be included within the proposed district;

(II) A list of proposed planning commissioners; and

(III) A map that shows the boundaries of the proposed district and the total number of acres within the proposed district and that meets the minimum standards for land surveys and plats provided in article 51 of title 38, C.R.S.;

(d) Be submitted to the county clerk and recorder.

(1.3) The county clerk and recorder shall review the petition and prepare a report for the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners may adopt rules on processing the petition and establish a reasonable fee for the cost of reviewing the petition.

(1.6) At the next regular meeting following the receipt of the report, the board of county commissioners shall determine the sufficiency of the petition and, if found to be sufficient, shall order a public hearing to be held on the question of whether a planning commission for the proposed district should be appointed. The board of county commissioners shall hold the public hearing not more than sixty days after the date the petition is determined sufficient. The petitioner has the burden of proof that a planning commission for the proposed district should be appointed.

(2) Notice of the time, place, and purpose of such hearing, containing a description of the boundaries of the proposed district, shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the county by one publication at least fourteen days prior to the date of such hearing and shall be mailed by the petitioner for the appointment of a planning commission at least fourteen days before the hearing by certified mail to each person who owns property within the proposed district as shown in the records of the county assessor.

(2.3) Any owner of property included within the boundaries of the proposed district shall be entitled to protest the appointment of a planning commission by filing with the board of county commissioners a written statement setting forth in brief the grounds of the protest or by presenting evidence of the grounds of the protest at the hearing. At the time and place specified in said notice, the board of county commissioners shall sit for the purpose of determining whether the public interest requires that a planning commission for the proposed district should be appointed. A person protesting the appointment of the planning commission for the proposed district has the burden of proof that a planning commission should not be appointed.

(2.7) At the next regular meeting after termination of the hearing, the board of county commissioners, if satisfied that the public interest requires such action, may enter an order appointing a district planning commission and may exclude parcels of land from the proposed district. The district planning commission shall consist of three or five members, each of whom shall be a resident of the district and the owner of real property situated therein.

(3) (a) The members of such commission shall serve for terms of not more than three years as determined by the board of county commissioners. They shall serve without compensation. The board of county commissioners shall provide for the filling of vacancies in the membership of the commission and for the removal of a member for nonperformance of duty or misconduct.

(b) The district planning commission:

(I) Has all the powers and is subject to all the duties by this part 1 conferred and imposed upon county planning commissions insofar as such powers and duties relate to zoning and in respect to the territory included within the boundaries of such proposed district;

(II) Shall develop proposed plans and regulations for the zoning of the proposed district; and

(III) Shall hold public hearings and certify a copy of the proposed zoning plans, including the full text of the zoning resolution and the maps, to the board of county commissioners of the county, and, if a county planning commission has been created in the county wherein the said district is situated, such plans must first be reviewed by the commission.

(c) (I) After receiving the certification of said zoning plans from the commission and before the creation of the planning district and adoption of any zoning resolutions, the board of county commissioners shall hold a public hearing in the manner prescribed in section 30-28-112 on the question of establishing the planning district. Notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing shall be made in the same manner as provided in subsection (2) of this section.

(II) Any property owner within the proposed district may protest inclusion of the owner's property within the district by filing with the board of county commissioners a written statement setting forth briefly the grounds of the protest or by presenting evidence of the grounds of the protest at the hearing. The owner has the burden of proof that the public interest requires exclusion of the owner's property from the district. The board of county commissioners may exclude any parcel of land from the proposed district if the board determines it is within the public interest.

(III) If the board of county commissioners determines it is in the public interest, the board may:

(A) Enter an order after the hearing that establishes the planning district, describes the boundaries of the district, and gives the district an appropriate and distinctive name;

(B) By resolution, adopt all or any part of the proposed zoning plan and regulations; and

(C) By resolution, exercise, as to the territory included within the boundaries of such district, all the powers conferred upon it by law.

(IV) The zoning regulations established for the district may be administered in the same manner as all other land use regulations of the county or as otherwise provided in the district zoning regulations.

(4) Wherever the regulations for a district made pursuant to this section require a greater width or size of yards, courts, or other open spaces, require a lower height of buildings or smaller number of stories, require a greater setback from a road or street, require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or impose other higher standards than are required in or under any other regulations made under the authority of this part 1 and effective within the same territory, the provisions of the regulations for such district made pursuant to this section shall govern. Wherever the provisions of other regulations made under the authority of this part 1 and effective within the territory of a district established pursuant to this section impose higher standards than are imposed by the regulations for such district made pursuant to this section, the provisions of such other regulations shall govern.

(5) The boundaries of a planning district may be increased or decreased from time to time through the addition or deletion of contiguous property by order of the board of county commissioners pursuant to petition signed by the owners of more than fifty percent of the area of the real property to be added or deleted or on motion of the board of county commissioners after published notice, opportunity for protest, and hearing, as provided in the case of original establishment of a district.

(6) Planning districts may be dissolved by action of the board of county commissioners if the affected county adopts a zoning resolution which covers the district in question. Action for dissolution may also be initiated by a petition calling for dissolution of the district signed by more than fifty percent of the qualified electors who are residents in the district and more than fifty percent of the residents and nonresidents who own more than fifty percent of the area of real property situated within the boundaries of the district or by the board of county commissioners. The board shall hold a public hearing at the county seat within the county on the question of the dissolution of the district. A notice of the time, place, and purpose of such hearing, containing a description of the boundaries of the district, shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the county by one publication at least fourteen days prior to the date of such hearing. Prior to the hearing, the county planning commission shall review the proposed dissolution at a public meeting and shall transmit its findings to the board of county commissioners. Any owner of property included within the boundaries of the proposed district shall be entitled to protest the dissolution by filing with the board of county commissioners a written statement setting forth in brief the grounds of the protest or by providing evidence on the grounds of the protest at the hearing. At the time and place specified in said notice, the board of county commissioners shall sit for the purpose of determining whether or not such district should be dissolved, and, at such time and place, it shall consider and pass upon any protests filed. The board of county commissioners, if satisfied that the public interest would be served by such action, shall enter an order dissolving the planning district, or, if satisfied that the public interest would be served by retaining such district, the board shall enter an order dismissing such petition.
C.R.S. § 30-20-806 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 20 / Part 8 / Section 30-20-806
30-20-806. Taxation
Status: in_force

30-20-806. Taxation. The board of county commissioners is authorized to levy a tax not to exceed four mills so certified to it by said cemetery district against all taxable property within said cemetery district which tax shall be collected by the county treasurer. If the district embraces the entire county, the board of county commissioners is authorized to appropriate from the general fund money for this purpose and no special tax shall be made.
C.R.S. § 30-20-509 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 20 / Part 5 / Section 30-20-509
30-20-509. Recording of resolution
Status: in_force

30-20-509. Recording of resolution. Within thirty days after a district is organized, the clerk of the governing body shall transmit for recording a copy of the resolution establishing the district to the county clerk and recorder of each of the counties in which the district or a part thereof is located.
C.R.S. § 30-6-110 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 6 / Section 30-6-110
30-6-110. Boundaries - survey - action to settle
Status: in_force

30-6-110. Boundaries - survey - action to settle. When the boundary lines of any county in this state are so indefinite that a portion of territory, by reason of such indefinite description, is claimed by two counties, and such fact appears by petition of the board of county commissioners of either county to the state engineer, it is the duty of such state engineer, in connection with the county surveyor of each of such counties, to run out and establish such lines as nearly as may be in accordance with such defective description, fix and define such boundary line by monuments in accordance with rules issued by the state board of licensure for architects, professional engineers, and professional land surveyors, and to furnish the board of county commissioners of each of said counties with a description of such line as soon thereafter as may be practical, deposit such survey as a land survey plat in each county, and file a Colorado land survey monument record on each monument found or set, as specified in section 38-53-104. When such line is established it shall be the boundary line between said counties, unless one of said counties, within six months from the day of filing the description of said line by the state engineer with the board of county commissioners of such county, commences an action in a court of competent jurisdiction in this state to determine and settle such disputed line, and prosecute the same with due diligence until its final determination, or has settled such disputed line, within said six months, by arbitration. If the county surveyor of either of such counties shall not appear or assist the state engineer in making such survey after due notice so to do, it shall in no manner affect or invalidate such survey, or the boundary lines as they may be fixed by such state engineer.
C.R.S. § 30-10-516 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 10 / Part 5 / Section 30-10-516
30-10-516. Sheriffs to preserve peace - command aid
Status: in_force

30-10-516. Sheriffs to preserve peace - command aid. It is the duty of the sheriffs, undersheriffs, and deputies to keep and preserve the peace in their respective counties, and to quiet and suppress all affrays, riots, and unlawful assemblies and insurrections. For that purpose, and for the service of process in civil or criminal cases, and in apprehending or securing any person for felony or breach of the peace, they, and every coroner, may call to their aid such person of their county as they may deem necessary.
C.R.S. § 30-8-103 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 8 / Section 30-8-103
30-8-103. Polling places - special ballot
Status: in_force

30-8-103. Polling places - special ballot. The election shall be held at the same places at which the general election is ordered to be held, but the vote for or against removal or location of the county seat shall be by a special ballot, separate and distinct from the general ticket voted at said election, which ballot shall be deposited in the special ballot box provided for in section 30-8-101, and no vote shall be counted for or against said removal or location which is not deposited in such special ballot box.
C.R.S. § 30-35-404 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 35 / Part 4 / Section 30-35-404
30-35-404. Adopting ordinance - adoption of penalty clauses by reference prohibited
Status: in_force

30-35-404. Adopting ordinance - adoption of penalty clauses by reference prohibited. After the hearing, the governing body may amend, adopt, or reject the adopting ordinance in the same manner in which it is empowered to act in the case of other ordinances; but nothing in this article shall be deemed to permit the adoption by reference of any penalty clauses which may appear in any code which is adopted by reference. Any such penalty clauses may be enacted only if set forth in full in the adopting ordinance. All changes or additions to any code made by the governing body shall be published in the manner which is required for ordinances.
C.R.S. § 30-10-518 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 10 / Part 5 / Section 30-10-518
30-10-518. Coroner when acting as sheriff
Status: in_force

30-10-518. Coroner when acting as sheriff. The provisions of sections 30-10-503 and 30-10-517 shall apply to all coroners when by virtue of the laws of the state they are required to perform the duties of sheriff.
C.R.S. § 30-20-103 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 30-20-103
30-20-103. Application for certificate
Status: in_force

30-20-103. Application for certificate. (1) Any person desiring to own or operate a solid wastes disposal site and facility shall make application to the governing body having jurisdiction over the area in which such site and facility is or is proposed to be located for a certificate of designation. Such application shall be accompanied by a fee to be established by the governing body having jurisdiction, which fee shall be based on the anticipated costs that may be incurred by such governing board in the application review and approval process and shall not be refundable. The application shall set forth the location of the site and facility; the type of site and facility; the type of processing to be used, such as sanitary landfill, composting, or incineration; the hours of operation; the method of supervision; the rates to be charged, if any; and such other information as may be required by the governing body having jurisdiction over the area. The application shall also contain such engineering, geological, hydrological, and operational data as may be required by the department by rule. All such applications shall be referred to the department for review and for recommendation as to approval or disapproval, which shall be based upon criteria established by the solid and hazardous waste commission, the water quality control commission, and the air quality control commission. Such review and recommendation of an application by the department shall include a technical review of the environmental and public health issues provided in section 30-20-110 that are raised by the proposed site and facility. As a part of the department's review of an application for a solid wastes site and facility, the department shall provide a period of not less than thirty days during which members of the public may review and make comments concerning such application.

(2) Upon receiving an application for a solid wastes disposal site and facility, the department shall perform an initial examination to establish the completeness of the information submitted. Such initial examination shall be completed within thirty days after the department receives such application. The department shall mail written notification to the applicant within such time period of the department's decision either to begin its review of such application or to reject such application because of incompleteness.

(3) After the initial approval of an application pursuant to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, the department shall determine whether it shall complete the review of the application or whether it shall offer the applicant the option of having such application reviewed by a private contractor. Such determination shall be made pursuant to the provisions of section 30-20-103.7 (1). If the department reviews such application, the department shall complete such review within one hundred fifty days after the date of issuance of its initial approval of such application.
C.R.S. § 30-20-1405 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 20 / Part 14 / Section 30-20-1405
30-20-1405. End users fund - creation - quarterly rebates - rules - repeal
Status: repealed

30-20-1405. End users fund - creation - quarterly rebates - rules - repeal. (1) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective until July 1, 2025.] There is hereby created in the state treasury the end users fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", consisting of the fee revenue credited pursuant to section 30-20-1403 (2)(a)(II). The state treasurer shall credit all interest and any other return on the investment of money in the fund to the fund. The fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the department for the purposes specified in this section.

(1) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective July 1, 2025.] (a) There is created in the state treasury the end users fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", consisting of the fee revenue credited pursuant to section 30-20-1403 (3)(a)(II).

(b) The state treasurer shall credit all interest and any other return on the investment of money in the fund to the fund. Money credited to the fund is continuously appropriated to the enterprise for the purposes set forth in this section.

(1.5) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, on June 30, 2020, the state treasurer shall transfer one million four hundred thousand dollars from the fund to the general fund.

(b) This subsection (1.5) is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.

(2) (a) [Editor's note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (2)(a) is effective until July 1, 2025.] The department shall use the money in the fund to provide quarterly rebates to in-state:

(2) (a) [Editor's note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (2)(a) is effective July 1, 2025.] The enterprise, in consultation with the department, shall use the money in the fund to provide quarterly rebates to in-state:

(I) End users; and

(II) Retailers that sell tire-derived products.

(b) A waste tire hauler of tires in a rural county is only eligible for rebates pursuant to this subsection (2) if the waste tire hauler is also an end user or has contracted with an end user that is also a waste tire hauler.

(3) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective until July 1, 2025.] The rebate is subject to the following conditions:

(a) The department shall pay the rebate amount quarterly, on a per-ton basis; and

(b) Once the department has paid a rebate on a particular quantity of tire-derived product, every part of that particular quantity of tire-derived product is no longer eligible for payment of the rebate.

(3) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective July 1, 2025.] The rebate is subject to the following conditions:

(a) The enterprise shall pay the rebate amount quarterly, on a per-ton basis; and

(b) Once the enterprise has paid a rebate on a particular quantity of tire-derived product, every part of that particular quantity of tire-derived product is no longer eligible for payment of the rebate.

(4) (a) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (4)(a) is effective until July 1, 2025.] The commission shall annually set the amount of the rebate, by rule, on a per-ton basis, and the deparment shall pay the set rebate amount for each ton of qualified tire-derived product. The commission shall calculate the rebate to equal, but not exceed, the amount of the anticipated income transferred into the fund during each succeeding twelve-month period.

(4) (a) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (4)(a) is effective July 1, 2025.] The enterprise, in consultation with the commission, shall annually set the amount of the rebate, on a per-ton basis, and the enterprise shall pay the set rebate amount for each ton of qualified tire-derived product. The enterprise shall calculate the rebate to equal, but not exceed, the amount of the anticipated income transferred into the fund during each succeeding twelve-month period.

(b) [Editor's note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (4)(b) is effective until July 1, 2025.] Each year, the department shall continue to provide the rebate in accordance with the tiered structure set forth in subsection (5)(e) of this section until:

(b) [Editor's note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (4)(b) is effective July 1, 2025.] Each year, the enterprise shall continue to provide the rebate in accordance with the tiered structure set forth in subsection (5)(e) of this section until:

(I) All qualified rebate requests submitted in that year are satisfied; or

(II) There is insufficient money in the fund to support additional rebate payments.

(5) [Editor's note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (5) is effective until July 1, 2025.] The commission shall promulgate rules governing administration of the rebate, which rules must include the following:

(5) [Editor's note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (5) is effective July 1, 2025.] The commission shall promulgate rules governing administration of the rebate. On and after the effective date of this section, as amended, the commission shall consult with the enterprise in adopting rules governing administration of the rebate. The commission's rules must include the following:

(a) A quarterly rebate schedule for qualified recipients, with the first end user payout in July 2020, to be issued for end uses that occur between April 1, 2020, and June 30, 2020;

(b) A requirement that twenty-five percent of the expected annual rebate amount be held in reserve before paying the first quarterly rebate;

(c) [Editor's note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (5)(c) is effective until July 1, 2025.] If the balance of the fund is anticipated to be insufficient to pay out all of the rebates applied for, a requirement that the department:

(c) [Editor's note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (5)(c) is effective July 1, 2025.] If the balance of the fund is anticipated to be insufficient to pay out all of the rebates applied for, a requirement that the enterprise:

(I) Give notice of the anticipated insufficiency to all end users that during the preceding twelve months have submitted an application for a rebate; and

(II) Pay a proportionally reduced rebate beginning with tier 1 and rural waste tire hauler rebate recipients, continuing to tier 2 rebate recipients, and ending with tier 3 rebate recipients;

(d) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (5)(d) is effective until July 1, 2025.] A requirement that an end user that qualifies for a rebate by utilizing waste tires for:

(I) Alternative daily cover must verify with the department that the alternative daily cover meets all specification standards for all type-B tire-derived aggregate, as established by the ASTM standard D6270; and

(II) Tire-derived aggregate must verify with the department that the tire-derived aggregate meets all specification standards for all type-A tire-derived aggregate, as established by the ASTM standard D6270; and

(d) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (5)(d) is effective July 1, 2025.] A requirement that an end user that qualifies for a rebate by utilizing waste tires for:

(I) Alternative daily cover must verify with the enterprise that the alternative daily cover meets all specification standards for all type-B tire-derived aggregate, as established by the ASTM standard D6270; and

(II) Tire-derived aggregate must verify with the enterprise that the tire-derived aggregate meets all specification standards for all type-A and type-B tire-derived aggregate, as established by the ASTM standard D6270; and

(e) [Editor's note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (5)(e) is effective until July 1, 2025.] Three tiers of rebate amounts that the department may pay out based on the amount of the waste tire that was used and destroyed as follows:

(e) [Editor's note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (5)(e) is effective July 1, 2025.] Three tiers of rebate amounts that the enterprise may pay out based on the amount of the waste tire that was used and destroyed as follows:

(I) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (5)(e)(I) is effective until July 1, 2025.] Tier 1: Full rebates going to crumbed rubber end uses and end uses that completely destroy the waste tire for the purpose of energy recovery or other clean technologies as defined and approved by the commission by rule;

(I) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (5)(e)(I) is effective July 1, 2025.] Tier 1: Full rebates going to crumbed rubber end uses and end uses that completely destroy the waste tire for the purpose of energy recovery or other clean technologies as defined and approved by rule;

(II) Tier 2: Fifty percent of the full rebate going to end uses such as molded products and rubber mulch; and

(III) Tier 3: Twenty-five percent of the full rebate going to tire bale end uses and end uses for alternative daily cover and tire-derived aggregate that meet the ASTM standard D6270.

(6) [Editor's note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (6) is effective until July 1, 2025.] The department:

(6) [Editor's note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (6) is effective July 1, 2025.] The enterprise:

(a) Shall pay:

(I) The rebate only for waste tires that are generated and processed in Colorado; and

(II) An end user only if the end use involves tire-derived products in Colorado or use of the entire waste tire to generate energy or fuel in Colorado; and

(b) May deny:

(I) The rebate to a person that is out of compliance with any state or federal environmental laws, rules, or regulations; and

(II) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (6)(b)(II) is effective until July 1, 2025.] All future rebates pursuant to this section and grants of money from the waste tire administration, enforcement, market development, and cleanup fund created in section 30-20-1404 to an applicant that knowingly or intentionally provides false information to the department when applying for a rebate or for a grant of money from the waste tire administration, enforcement, market development, and cleanup fund.

(II) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (6)(b)(II) is effective July 1, 2025.] All future rebates pursuant to this section and grants of money from the waste tire management enterprise fund created in section 30-20-1404 to an applicant that knowingly or intentionally provides false information to the enterprise when applying for a rebate or for a grant of money from the waste tire management enterprise fund.

(7) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (7) is effective until July 1, 2025.] Waste tires obtained from rural counties are eligible for an additional rebate amount of twenty-five dollars per ton; however, the additional rebate amount must not exceed the rebate amount for tier 3 rebates as determined by the commission by rule pursuant to subsection (5)(e)(III) of this section. To qualify for the additional rebate amount set forth in this subsection (7), an end user must provide evidence to the department documenting the county of origin for each waste tire.

(7) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (7) is effective July 1, 2025.] Waste tires obtained from rural counties are eligible for an additional rebate amount of twenty-five dollars per ton; however, the additional rebate amount must not exceed the rebate amount for tier 3 rebates as determined by rule pursuant to subsection (5)(e)(III) of this section. To qualify for the additional rebate amount set forth in this subsection (7), an end user must provide evidence to the enterprise documenting the county of origin for each waste tire.

(8) [Editor's note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (8) is effective until July 1, 2025.] The department shall require that an end user submit an application for a rebate that contains self-certifications provided by the end user regarding:

(8) [Editor's note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (8) is effective July 1, 2025.] The enterprise shall require that an end user submit an application for a rebate that contains self-certifications provided by the end user regarding:

(a) The total tonnage of tires processed; and

(b) The total tonnage of tires collected in rural counties.

(9) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (9) is effective until July 1, 2025.] (a) The department may issue rebates after January 1, 2026, only for end uses occurring and rebates applied for on or before December 31, 2025.

(b) The commission shall repeal any rules concerning the fund and implementation of this section once the department has issued the final rebates pursuant to subsection (9)(a) of this section.

(c) On July 1, 2026, the state treasurer shall transfer any money left in the fund to the general fund.

(9) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (9) is effective July 1, 2025.] (a) On or after January 1, 2026, and until December 31, 2041, the enterprise may issue rebates applied for pursuant to this section.

(b) The commission, in consultation with the enterprise, shall repeal any rules concerning the fund and implementation of this section once the enterprise has issued the final rebates pursuant to subsection (9)(a) of this section.

(c) On July 1, 2042, the state treasurer shall transfer any money left in the fund to the general fund.

(10) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (10) is effective until July 1, 2025.] This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2026.

(10) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (10) is effective July 1, 2025.] This section is repealed, effective December 31, 2042.
C.R.S. § 30-24-101 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 24 / Section 30-24-101
30-24-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

30-24-101. Legislative declaration. Agricultural crop and livestock producers are constantly faced with the problem of new insects, diseases, depletion of soil fertility, lack of information as to market demands and preferences, and of other distributive practices. Some counties have need for more research work than others. Such counties, if placed in a position to provide for agricultural research work with laboratory facilities, management, and some labor, would be able to cooperate with the technical personnel of the state and federal research agencies and better meet these local demands for research work.
C.R.S. § 30-20-604.5 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 20 / Part 6 / Section 30-20-604.5
30-20-604.5. District sales tax - repeal
Status: repealed

30-20-604.5. District sales tax - repeal. (1) (a) The board of any county or of any city that has been authorized to become a city and county pursuant to an amendment to the state constitution that has been approved by the registered electors of the state of Colorado and that subsequently becomes a city and county for the purpose of funding all or a portion of the cost of any improvements constructed or transportation services provided pursuant to section 30-20-603 (1)(a), (1)(a.5), and (1)(c), may levy a sales tax throughout the district upon every transaction or other incident with respect to which a sales tax is authorized pursuant to section 29-2-105; except that such tax may be levied only upon those transactions specified in section 39-26-104 (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(e), and (1)(f).

(b) This subsection (1) is repealed, effective December 31, 2028.

(2) (a) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (2)(a) is effective until July 1, 2025.] The tax shall be collected, administered, and enforced, to the extent feasible, pursuant to section 29-2-106, C.R.S. The department of revenue shall retain an amount not to exceed the net incremental cost of such collection, administration, and enforcement and shall transmit such amount to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the districtwide sales tax fund, which fund is hereby created; except that in no event shall:

(I) Any district formed prior to or on July 1, 1993, pay in any given fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 1994, more than an amount equal to the amount paid by the district in the 1993-94 fiscal year, as adjusted in accordance with changes in the consumer price index for the Denver-Boulder consolidated metropolitan statistical area;

(II) Any district formed after July 1, 1993, pay in any given fiscal year commencing after the first full fiscal year of operation more than an amount equal to the amount paid by the district in the first full fiscal year of operation, as adjusted in accordance with changes in the consumer price index for the Denver-Boulder consolidated metropolitan statistical area.

(2) (a) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (2)(a) is effective July 1, 2025.] The tax shall be collected, administered, and enforced as specified in part 2 of article 2 of title 29. The department of revenue shall retain an amount not to exceed the net incremental cost of such collection, administration, and enforcement and shall transmit such amount to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the districtwide sales tax fund, which fund is hereby created; except that in no event shall:

(I) Any district formed prior to or on July 1, 1993, pay in any given fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 1994, more than an amount equal to the amount paid by the district in the 1993-94 fiscal year; as adjusted in accordance with changes in the department of labor, bureau of labor statistics consumer price index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood for all items and all urban consumers, or its applicable predecessor or successor index;

(II) Any district formed after July 1, 1993, pay in any given fiscal year commencing after the first full fiscal year of operation more than an amount equal to the amount paid by the district in the first full fiscal year of operation, as adjusted in accordance with changes in the department of labor, bureau of labor statistics consumer price index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood for all items and all urban consumers, or its applicable predecessor or successor index.

(a.5) (I) A qualified purchaser may provide a direct payment permit number issued pursuant to section 39-26-103.5, C.R.S., to any vendor or retailer that is liable and responsible for collecting and remitting any district sales tax imposed on any sale made to the qualified purchaser pursuant to the provisions of this section. A vendor or retailer who has received in good faith from a qualified purchaser a direct payment permit number shall not be liable or responsible for collection and remittance of any sales tax imposed on such sale that is paid for directly from such qualified purchaser's funds and not the personal funds of any individual.

(II) A qualified purchaser that provides a direct payment permit number to a vendor or retailer shall be liable and responsible for the amount of sales tax imposed on any sale made to the qualified purchaser pursuant to this section in the same manner as liability would be imposed on a qualified purchaser for state sales tax pursuant to section 39-26-105 (5).

(III) This subsection (2)(a.5) is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.

(b) The general assembly shall appropriate annually from the districtwide sales tax fund to the department of revenue the amount necessary for the department's collection, administration, and enforcement of the districtwide sales tax. Any moneys remaining in said fund attributable to districtwide sales taxes collected in the prior fiscal year shall be transmitted to the county which established the district for which a districtwide sales tax has been levied; except that, prior to the transmission to the county of such moneys, any moneys appropriated from the general fund to the department of revenue for collection, administration, and enforcement of a districtwide sales tax shall be repaid.

(3) The tax authorized by this section shall not exceed one percent.

(4) (a) (I) Except as provided in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (a), a proposal for a districtwide sales tax shall be referred to the registered electors of the county who reside within the boundaries of the district, either by resolution of the board or by petition initiated and signed by five percent of the registered electors who reside within the boundaries of the district.

(II) In a district formed prior to December 31, 2002, by a city that has been authorized to become a city and county pursuant to an amendment to the state constitution that has been approved by the registered electors of the state of Colorado, a proposal for a districtwide sales tax shall be referred to the electors of the district, either by resolution of the board or by petition initiated and signed by five percent of the electors of the district.

(b) Such proposal shall contain a description of the proposed tax, including its purposes, and shall state the amount of tax to be imposed.

(c) (I) Any election held under this section shall conform to the requirements of section 20 of article X of the Colorado constitution.

(II) (A) Except as provided in sub-subparagraph (B) of this subparagraph (II), upon its being presented with a petition requesting a proposal for such sales tax, the board, upon certification of the signatures on the petition, shall submit such proposal to the registered electors residing within the district.

(B) In a district formed prior to December 31, 2002, by a city that has been authorized to become a city and county pursuant to an amendment to the state constitution that has been approved by the registered electors of the state of Colorado, the board, after being presented with a petition requesting a proposal for such sales tax and upon certification of the signatures on the petition, shall submit such proposal to the electors of the district.

(d) (Deleted by amendment, L. 99, p. 516, § 14, effective April 30, 1999.)

(e) (I) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (4)(e)(I) is effective until July 1, 2025.] (A) Except as provided in sub-subparagraph (B) of this subparagraph (I), if approved by a majority of the registered electors voting thereon, the sales tax shall become effective as provided in section 29-2-106 (2), C.R.S.

(B) In a district formed prior to December 31, 2002, by a city that has been authorized to become a city and county pursuant to an amendment to the state constitution that has been approved by the registered electors of the state of Colorado, if the proposal is approved by a majority of the electors of the district voting thereon, the sales tax shall become effective as provided in section 29-2-106 (2), C.R.S.

(e) (I) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (4)(e)(I) is effective July 1, 2025.] (A) If approved by a majority of the registered electors voting thereon, the sales tax shall become effective as provided in part 2 of article 2 of title 29.

(B) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2024.)

(II) (Deleted by amendment, L. 99, p. 516, § 14, effective April 30, 1999.)

(5) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (5), all revenue collected from such sales tax, except the amounts retained under subsection (2) of this section, shall be credited to a special fund designated as the sales tax street improvement fund, such designation to include the name or description of the district. The fund shall be used only to pay the costs of the district improvements authorized by section 30-20-603 (1)(a) and (1)(c), the costs of debt service on bonds issued pursuant to section 30-20-619 (4), if any, or both of such costs.

(b) In a district formed prior to December 31, 2002, by a city that has been authorized to become a city and county pursuant to an amendment to the state constitution that has been approved by the registered electors of the state of Colorado, all revenue collected from such sales tax, except the amounts retained under subsection (2) of this section, shall be credited to a special fund designated as the sales tax street improvement fund, such designation to include the name or description of the district. The fund shall be used only to pay the costs of the district improvements and transportation services authorized by section 30-20-603 (1)(a.5) and (1)(c), the costs of debt service on bonds issued pursuant to section 30-20-619 (4), if any, the costs of operations, maintenance, and replacement, and the costs of organization of the district.

(6) (a) When the total cost of the improvements constructed pursuant to section 30-20-603 (1)(a), including the cost of all debt service thereon, if any, has been paid, the board shall cease to levy and collect the sales tax originally imposed pursuant to this section and shall repeal the ordinance authorizing such tax.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection (6), if an improvement includes the use of sales tax for the improvement's operation or maintenance, the board shall continue to levy and collect the sales tax as specified in the resolution authorizing such tax.

(7) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 30-20-602 (2), if any territory within a district is annexed by or incorporated into a municipality and revenue bonds have been issued pursuant to section 30-20-619 (4) prior to the date of such annexation or incorporation, the levy of the sales tax authorized by this section shall continue in such annexed or incorporated territory until the later of:

(I) The date upon which no bonds remain outstanding, whether issued before, on, or after the date of annexation or incorporation, so long as such bonds are refunding bonds or such bonds are issued for improvements which were authorized as of the date of annexation or incorporation; or

(II) The date of completion of all improvements which were authorized for such district as of the date of annexation or incorporation.

(b) The provisions of this subsection (7), as amended, shall apply to any territory within a district which has been annexed by or incorporated into a municipality, regardless of the date of annexation or incorporation.

(8) Notwithstanding subsection (7) of this section, that portion of the sales tax authorized by this section that is used for the operation or maintenance of improvements constructed pursuant to section 30-20-603 (1) shall not apply to any territory within a district that has been annexed by or incorporated into a municipality.

(9) The board may appoint an independent board of directors to perform the functions of the board under this part 6 in a district providing transportation services and improvements in accordance with the terms of the resolution or ordinance establishing the district.

(10) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this part 6 relating to the assessment of local improvement costs upon the property in a district that benefits from such improvements shall not apply to any district formed prior to December 31, 2002, by a city that has been authorized to become a city and county pursuant to an amendment to the state constitution that has been approved by the registered electors of the state of Colorado and that levies a sales tax pursuant to this section to fund local improvements authorized by section 30-20-603 (1)(a.5) and (1)(c).
C.R.S. § 30-28-209 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 28 / Part 2 / Section 30-28-209
30-28-209. Violation - injunction and other remedies
Status: in_force

30-28-209. Violation - injunction and other remedies. (1) (a) It is unlawful to erect, construct, reconstruct, or alter any building or structure in a manner that results in a violation of any regulation in, or of any provisions of, the area building code, or any amendment thereof, enacted or adopted by the board of county commissioners under the authority of this part 2. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any such regulation, provision, or amendment thereof, or any provision of this part 2, commits a civil infraction. Each day during which such illegal erection, construction, reconstruction, or alteration continues shall be deemed a separate offense.

(b) (I) It is unlawful to use any building or structure in violation of any regulation in, or of any provision of, the area building code, or any amendment thereto, enacted or adopted by any board of county commissioners under the authority of this part 2. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any such regulation, provision, or amendment thereof commits a civil infraction. Each day during which such illegal use of any building or structure continues shall be deemed a separate offense. Nothing in this subsection (1)(b)(I) prohibits the use of any building or structure in violation of an otherwise applicable building code where the use complies with any building code that was in effect at the time the building or structure was erected, constructed, reconstructed, or altered.

(II) Whenever a county building inspector authorized pursuant to sections 30-28-114 and 30-28-205, or any inspector employed by an intergovernmental entity created in accordance with the requirements of part 2 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S., who exercises the functions of a county building inspector, has personal knowledge of any violation of the requirements of subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (b), he or she shall give written notice to the violator to correct the violation within ten days after the date of the notice. Where the violator fails to correct the violation within the ten-day period, the county building inspector may request that the sheriff of the county issue a summons and complaint to the violator, stating the nature of the violation with sufficient particularity to give notice of the charge to the violator. The summons and complaint shall require that the violator appear in county court at a definite time and place stated therein to answer and defend the charge.

(III) One copy of the summons and complaint shall be served upon the violator by the sheriff of the county in the manner provided by law for the service of a criminal summons. One copy each shall be retained by the sheriff and the county building inspector, and one copy shall be transmitted by the sheriff to the clerk of the county court.

(c) It is the responsibility of the county attorney to enforce the provisions of this subsection (1). Where there is no county attorney or in the event that the board of county commissioners deems it appropriate, the board may appoint the district attorney of the judicial district in which the building or structure is located to perform such enforcement duties in lieu of the county attorney.

(2) In case any building or structure is, or is proposed to be, erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, or used in violation of any regulation or provision of the area building code, or amendment thereto, enacted or adopted by any board of county commissioners under the authority granted by this part 2, the county attorney of the county in which such building, structure, or land is situated, in addition to other remedies provided by law, may institute an injunction, mandamus, abatement, or other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent, enjoin, abate, or remove such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, or use. Where there is no county attorney or in the event that the board deems it appropriate, the board may appoint the district attorney of the judicial district in which the building or structure is located to perform such enforcement duties in lieu of the county attorney.
C.R.S. § 30-20-1106 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 20 / Part 11 / Section 30-20-1106
30-20-1106. Requests for proposals - evaluation and award of integrated project delivery con
Status: in_force

30-20-1106. 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 scheduling for the project; 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 30-20-1105 (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 specified in 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 agency and 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. § 30-11-501 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 11 / Part 5 / Section 30-11-501
30-11-501. County home rule charters
Status: in_force

30-11-501. County home rule charters. Any county in this state, pursuant to the provisions of this part 5, may establish the organization and structure of county government which shall be submitted to and adopted by a majority vote of the registered electors of the county which shall be known as a county home rule charter.
C.R.S. § 30-11-301 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 11 / Part 3 / Section 30-11-301
30-11-301. Definitions
Status: in_force

30-11-301. Definitions. As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Landfill-generated methane gas" means those gases resulting from the biological decomposition of landfilled solid wastes, including methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and traces of other gases, and shall be referred to in this part 3 as "landfill gas".

(1.5) "Oil and gas" means oil, gas, casinghead gas, condensate, and hydrocarbons or any one or more of them.

(2) "Real estate owned by a county" and "county lands" means any real estate acquired and owned by a county under the laws relating to taxation or otherwise.
C.R.S. § 30-11-503 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 11 / Part 5 / Section 30-11-503
30-11-503. Election on formation of charter convention and designation of members
Status: in_force

30-11-503. Election on formation of charter convention and designation of members. (1) At the election, voters shall cast ballots for or against forming the charter commission. If a majority of the registered electors voting thereon vote for forming the charter commission, a commission to frame a charter shall be deemed formed.

(2) At the election voters shall also cast ballots for electing the requisite number of charter commission members. Those candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected. In the event of tie votes for the last available vacancy, the clerk shall determine by lot the person who shall be elected.
C.R.S. § 30-5-171 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 5 / Section 30-5-171
30-5-171. Weld
Status: in_force

30-5-171. Weld. Except for those portions that became part of the city and county of Broomfield on November 15, 2001, in accordance with sections 10 to 13 of article XX of the state constitution, beginning at the intersection of the west line of range sixty-eight west with the base line; thence north on said range line to its intersection with the north line of township four north; thence east on said township line to its intersection with the west line of range sixty-seven west; thence north on said range line to its intersection with the north boundary line of Colorado; thence east along said north boundary line to its intersection with the west line of range fifty-five west; thence south on said range line to the southeast corner of township nine north, range fifty-six west; thence west on the south line of said township and range to the northeast corner of township eight north, range fifty-six west; thence south on the west line of range fifty-five west to its intersection with the north line of township six north; thence west on said township line to its intersection with the west line of range sixty west; thence south on said range line to the southeast corner of township five north, range sixty-one west; thence west on the south line of said township and range to the northeast corner of township four north, range sixty-one west; thence south on the east line of range sixty-one west to its intersection with the base line; and thence west on the base line to the place of beginning. Said public land survey lines are based upon the sixth principal meridian.
C.R.S. § 30-20-1408 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 20 / Part 14 / Section 30-20-1408
30-20-1408. Waste tire haulers
Status: in_force

30-20-1408. Waste tire haulers. (1) A person who transports ten or more waste tires in any one load shall:

(a) Transport the waste tires either out of state or to a registered waste tire generator, waste tire hauler, waste tire collection facility, waste tire processor, waste tire monofill, approved beneficial user of whole waste tires, municipal or county-owned waste tire collection area, or municipal or privately owned solid waste landfill in compliance with the rules promulgated pursuant to this article;

(b) Register with the department as a waste tire hauler pursuant to rules promulgated pursuant to this section;

(c) Affix to the vehicle used for such transportation a waste tire hauler decal acquired from the department pursuant to section 30-20-1417 (1);

(d) Comply with the manifest requirements of section 30-20-1417 (2), including creating and maintaining, for at least three years, records relating to such transportation;

(e) Submit an annual report to the department; and

(f) Complete and submit self-certification documentation as required by the department.

(2) A waste tire hauler that is not also registered as a waste tire collection facility, waste tire processor, or waste tire monofill shall not have on site:

(a) More than one thousand five hundred waste tires at any one time;

(b) A waste tire for more than three days; or

(c) Waste tires outside the waste hauler's vehicle or trailer.

(3) Law enforcement officers have authority to stop a person or persons hauling waste tires in violation of this section; impound the vehicle being used in violation of this section; and issue a citation to the driver.

(4) A government entity that removes illegally disposed waste tires is exempt from this section if the waste tires are disposed of or recycled in accordance with this part 14.

(5) Nothing in this section prohibits a beneficial user of waste tires from transporting waste tires to a department-approved beneficial use location.

(6) The department may issue a waiver relating to any requirement of this section.
C.R.S. § 30-11-121 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 11 / Part 1 / Section 30-11-121
30-11-121. General accounting records
Status: in_force

30-11-121. General accounting records. The board of county commissioners is responsible for the maintenance of the general accounting records of the county. It is the duty of the county treasurer, county clerk and recorder, county sheriff, and county assessor to furnish, as directed by the board of county commissioners, copies of any and all accounting, administrative, financial, recorded, or assessment records to a person appointed by the board of county commissioners for the purpose of utilizing computer or other record-keeping facilities. Such person shall serve at the pleasure of the board of county commissioners.
C.R.S. § 30-8-106 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 8 / Section 30-8-106
30-8-106. Election contests - laws applicable
Status: in_force

30-8-106. Election contests - laws applicable. All laws governing contests of elections shall be applicable to contests of county seat elections; except that the board of county commissioners of the county shall in all cases be the contestee, and that the contest shall be conducted in the district court of the proper county. Such district court may appoint a magistrate to take testimony in relation to the grounds of contest alleged by the contestor, which magistrate may sit to take evidence in any precinct of his county.
C.R.S. § 30-20-524 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 20 / Part 5 / Section 30-20-524
30-20-524. Notice of election
Status: repealed

30-20-524. Notice of election. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 30-10-306.5 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 10 / Part 3 / Section 30-10-306.5
30-10-306.5. Procedure to increase number of county commissioners
Status: in_force

30-10-306.5. Procedure to increase number of county commissioners. (1) In any county having a population of seventy thousand or more, the membership of the board of county commissioners may be increased from three to five members pursuant to this section.

(2) Subject to referral as provided in this subsection (2), a board of county commissioners may pass a resolution increasing its membership to five members and designating not fewer than two of the methods of election set forth in subsection (5) or (6) of this section. The resolution shall be referred to the registered electors of the county at a general election. If a majority of votes cast are in favor of the referred resolution, the board of county commissioners shall take such action as is necessary to assure that the increased number of county commissioners are elected at the next general election according to the procedure for election contained in the referred resolution which received the largest number of votes cast.

(3) (a) In the alternative, a petition signed by at least eight percent of the total number of qualified electors of a county voting for all candidates for the office of secretary of state at the last preceding general election shall be sufficient to place on the ballot at a general election the question of whether to increase the membership to five members with a designation of not fewer than two of the methods of election set forth in subsection (5) or (6) of this section.

(b) If a majority of the votes cast on a question placed on the ballot pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) are in favor of increasing the membership, the board of county commissioners shall pass a resolution increasing the membership to five members and providing for the election of the increased number of county commissioners at the next general election according to the procedure for election specified in such question which received the largest number of votes cast.

(4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 94, p. 1269, § 1, effective May 22, 1994.)

(5) (a) If three county commissioners are to be resident in districts and two elected by the voters of the whole county, they shall be elected as set forth in this subsection (5). Members resident in districts elected pursuant to this subsection (5) may be elected by the voters of the whole county or may be elected only by voters resident in the district from which the member runs for election.

(b) If the first general election after the voters' approval of such increase is held in 1976 or any fourth year thereafter, two members resident in districts and one at-large member shall be elected to four-year terms at said election, and one at-large member shall be elected to fill the vacancy until the next general election, and two members, one resident in a district and one at large, shall be elected to four-year terms at said next general election. Thereafter, three members, two resident in districts and one at large, shall be elected at the general elections which occur each four years after the first general election following such resolution, and two members, one resident in a district and one at large, shall be elected at the general election which occurs two years after the first general election following such resolution and every fourth year thereafter.

(c) If the first general election after the voters' approval of such increase is held in 1978 or any fourth year thereafter, two members, one resident in a district and one at large, shall be elected to four-year terms at said election, and one at-large member shall be elected to fill the vacancy until the next general election, and three members, two resident in districts and one at large, shall be elected to four-year terms at said next general election. Thereafter, two members, one resident in a district and one at large, shall be elected at the general elections which occur each four years after the first general election following such resolution, and three members, two resident in districts and one at large, shall be elected at the general election which occurs two years after the first general election following such resolution and every fourth year thereafter.

(d) Prior to March 1 of the election year, the board of county commissioners shall designate the at-large position from which a commissioner is to be elected to a two-year term to fill a vacancy described in paragraph (b) or (c) of this subsection (5).

(6) (a) If five county commissioners resident in districts are to be elected, they shall be elected as set forth in this subsection (6). Members elected pursuant to this subsection (6) may be elected by the voters of the whole county or may be elected only by voters resident in the district from which the member runs for election.

(b) If the first general election after the voters' approval of such increase is held in 1982 or any fourth year thereafter, two members resident in districts shall be elected to four-year terms at said election, and one member resident in a district shall be elected to fill the vacancy until the next general election, and three members resident in districts shall be elected to four-year terms at said next general election. Thereafter, two members resident in districts shall be elected at the general elections which occur each four years after the first general election following such resolution, and three members resident in districts shall be elected at the general election which occurs two years after the first general election following such resolution and every fourth year thereafter.

(c) If the first general election after the voters' approval of such increase is held in 1984 or any fourth year thereafter, three members resident in districts shall be elected to four-year terms at said election, and one member resident in a district shall be elected to fill the vacancy until the next general election, and two members resident in districts shall be elected to four-year terms at said next general election. Thereafter, three members resident in districts shall be elected at the general elections which occur each four years after the first general election following such resolution, and two members resident in districts shall be elected at the general election which occurs two years after the first general election following such resolution and every fourth year thereafter.

(d) The board of county commissioners shall designate the district from which a commissioner is to be elected to a two-year term to fill a vacancy described in paragraph (b) or (c) of this subsection (6).

(7) Signature requirements governing petitions for a race involving a seat on the board of county commissioners for the next four calendar years immediately following an election at which the voters have approved an increase in the number of county commissioners from three to five under this section are specified in section 1-4-801 (2)(e), C.R.S., for major political party candidates, and section 1-4-802 (2), C.R.S., for candidates who do not wish to affiliate with a major political party. Following the first four calendar years after such a change in the membership of the board of county commissioners has been approved by the voters, the signature requirements for a petition for a county commissioner candidate must follow the procedures specified in section 1-4-801 (2)(a), C.R.S., for major political party candidates, and section 1-4-802 (1)(c)(VI), C.R.S., for candidates who do not wish to affiliate with a major political party, as applicable.
C.R.S. § 30-11-510 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 11 / Part 5 / Section 30-11-510
30-11-510. Publication requirements
Status: in_force

30-11-510. Publication requirements. "Publish" or "publication" means one publication in one newspaper of general circulation in the county. If there is no such newspaper, publication shall be by posting in at least three public places within the county.
C.R.S. § 30-20-701 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 20 / Part 7 / Section 30-20-701
30-20-701. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

30-20-701. Legislative declaration. It is declared that the creation of recreation districts, having the purposes and powers provided in this part 7, will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security, and general welfare of the inhabitants of said districts.
C.R.S. § 30-11-107.3 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 11 / Part 1 / Section 30-11-107.3
30-11-107.3. Incentives for installation of renewable energy fixtures - definitions
Status: in_force

30-11-107.3. Incentives for installation of renewable energy fixtures - definitions. (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any county may offer an incentive, in the form of a county 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:

(a) "County" means any county or city and county.

(b) "Renewable energy fixture" means any fixture, product, system, device, or interacting group of devices installed behind the meter of any residential or commercial building that produces energy from renewable resources, including, but not limited to, photovoltaic systems, solar thermal systems, small wind systems, biomass systems, or geothermal systems.
C.R.S. § 30-31-106 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 31 / Section 30-31-106
30-31-106. Acquisition of private property by eminent domain by authority for subsequent tr
Status: in_force

30-31-106. Acquisition of private property by eminent domain by authority for subsequent transfer to private party - restrictions - exceptions - right of civil action - damages - definitions. (1) (a) Except as provided in this subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section, private property acquired by eminent domain by an authority pursuant to section 30-31-105 (1)(l) shall not later be transferred to a private party unless:

(I) The owner of the property consents in writing to acquisition of the property by eminent domain by the authority;

(II) The authority determines that the property is no longer necessary for the purpose for which the authority originally acquired the property, and the authority first offers to sell the property to the owner from which the authority acquired the property, if the owner can be located, at a price not more than that paid by the authority, and the owner of the property declines the authority's offer;

(III) The property acquired by the authority is abandoned; or

(IV) The owner of the property requests or pleads in an eminent domain action that the authority acquiring the property also acquire property that is not essential to the purpose of the authority's acquisition on the basis that acquiring less property would leave the owner of the property holding an uneconomic remnant.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a transfer that satisfies the requirements of this subsection (1) is not subject to the provisions of subsection (2), (3), or (4) of this section.

(2) (a) If a proposed transfer of private property acquired by an authority by eminent domain does not satisfy one of the requirements specified in subsection (1)(a) of this section, such property may later be transferred to a private party only after the following conditions are satisfied:

(I) The governing body makes a determination that the property is located in a revitalization area and that the county revitalization project for which the property was being acquired will commence no later than seven years from the date the governing body made the revitalization area determination. For purposes of this subsection (2)(a)(I), the governing body's determination of whether a particular area or property is a revitalization area must be based upon information that is reasonably current when the governing body makes the determination.

(II) Not later than the commencement of the negotiation of an agreement for the redevelopment or rehabilitation of property acquired or to be acquired by eminent domain, the authority provides notice and invites proposals for redevelopment or rehabilitation from all property owners, residents, and owners of business concerns located on the property acquired or to be acquired by eminent domain in the county revitalization area by mailing notice to their last known address of record. The authority may, at the same time, invite proposals for redevelopment or rehabilitation from owners of business concerns, other interested persons who may not be property owners, or residents within the county revitalization area and may provide public notice thereof by publication in a newspaper having a general circulation within the county in which the authority has been established.

(III) In the case of a set of parcels to be acquired by the authority in connection with the county revitalization project, at least one of which parcels is owned by an owner refusing or rejecting an agreement for the acquisition of the entire set of parcels, the authority makes a determination that the redevelopment or rehabilitation of the remaining parcels is not viable under the county revitalization plan without the parcel at issue.

(b) (I) Any owner of property located within the county revitalization area may challenge the determination of a revitalization area made by the governing body pursuant to subsection (2)(a)(I) of this section by filing, not later than thirty days after the determination, a civil action in district court pursuant to C.R.C.P. 106 (a)(4) for judicial review of the exercise of discretion on the part of the governing body in making the determination. Any such action must be governed in accordance with the procedures and other requirements specified in C.R.C.P. 106 (a)(4); except that the governing body has the burden of proving that, in making its revitalization area determination, it neither exceeded its jurisdiction nor abused its discretion.

(II) If the owner is the prevailing party on a challenge brought pursuant to this subsection (2)(b), an authority seeking to acquire property by eminent domain in accordance with the requirements of this subsection (2) shall reimburse the owner of the property for reasonable attorney fees incurred by the owner in connection with the acquisition.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any determination made by the governing body pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section is a legislative determination and not a quasi-judicial determination.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article 31, an authority's eminent domain authority shall not exceed that of the county where the authority is located.

(3) (a) (I) Any authority that exercises the power of eminent domain to transfer acquired property to another private party as authorized in accordance with the requirements of this section shall adopt relocation assistance and land acquisition policies to benefit displaced persons that are consistent with those set forth in article 56 of title 24 to the extent applicable to the facts of each specific property and at the time of the relocation of the owner or the occupant. An authority shall provide compensation or other forms of assistance to any displaced person in accordance with the adopted policies.

(II) In the case of a business concern displaced by the acquisition of property by eminent domain, the authority shall make a business interruption payment to the business concern not to exceed the lesser of ten thousand dollars or one-fourth of the average annual taxable income shown on the three most recent federal income tax returns of the business concern.

(b) In any case where the acquisition of property by eminent domain by an authority displaces individuals, families, or business concerns, the authority shall make reasonable efforts to relocate those individuals, families, or business concerns within the county revitalization area. This relocation must be consistent with the uses provided in the county revitalization plan or in areas within reasonable proximity to, or comparable to, the original location of such individuals, families, or business concerns.

(4) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "private property" or "property" means, as applied to real property, only a fee ownership interest.
C.R.S. § 30-35-201 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 35 / Part 2 / Section 30-35-201
30-35-201. Powers of governing bodies
Status: reserved

30-35-201. Powers of governing bodies. The governing body of a home rule county shall exercise such duties and authority and shall have all the powers and responsibilities as provided by law for governing bodies of counties not adopting a home rule charter and shall also have all of the following powers that have been included in the county's home rule charter or in any amendment thereto, pursuant to the provisions of section 30-35-103 (1):

(Administrative Powers)

(1) Finances. To control the finances and property of the corporation;

(2) Appropriations. To appropriate moneys for corporate purposes only, and provide for payment of debts and expenses of the corporation;

(3) Public entertainment. To appropriate moneys in an amount not exceeding six-tenths of one mill on the valuation for assessment for the purpose of giving public concerts and entertainments by such corporation;

(4) Advertising. To appropriate moneys for the purpose of advertising the business, social, and educational advantages, the natural resources, and the scenic attractions of the corporation;

(5) Taxes. To levy and collect taxes for general and special purposes on real and personal property, as provided by statute;

(6) Indebtedness. (a) To contract an indebtedness on behalf of the county and upon the credit thereof, by borrowing money or issuing the bonds of the county, for any public purpose of the county, including, but not limited to, the supplying of water and sewer facilities service, the purchase of land, and the purchase, construction, extension, and improvement of public roads, streets, buildings, facilities, and equipment, and for the purpose of supplying a temporary deficiency in the revenue for defraying the current expenses of the county;

(b) The total amount of indebtedness for all purposes shall not at any time exceed three percent of the valuation for assessment of the county as determined by the county assessor, except such debt as may be incurred in supplying water, and no loan for any purpose shall be made unless it is by ordinance, which shall be irrepealable until the indebtedness therein provided for is fully paid or discharged, specifying the purposes to which the funds to be raised shall be applied, and providing for the levying of a tax which, together with such other revenues, assets, or funds as may be pledged, shall be sufficient to pay the annual interest on, and extinguish the principal of, said debt within the time limited for the debt to run, which, excepting such debt as may be incurred in supplying water, shall not be more than thirty years; except that said tax when collected shall only be applied for the purposes in said ordinance specified, until the indebtedness is paid and discharged; but no debt shall be created unless the question of incurring the same is submitted, at a regular or special election of the county, to the registered electors thereof and a majority of the registered electors voting upon the question vote in favor of creating such debt.

(c) No statutory provisions of any other law limiting or fixing tax rates shall limit the provisions of this subsection (6).

(d) Bonds issued under this subsection (6) may mature serially during a period of not more than thirty years from the date thereof, in which event the amounts of such annual maturities shall be fixed by the governing body; except that bonds issued to supply water may mature over a longer period. If the governing body so determines, said bonds may be redeemable prior to maturity with or without payment of a premium, not exceeding three percent of the principal thereof. In any event said bonds shall be subject to call commencing not later than fifteen years from the date thereof. The right to redeem all or part of said bonds prior to their maturity, and the order of any such redemption, shall be reserved in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds and shall be set forth on the face of said bonds.

(e) The ordinance or resolution submitting the question of contracting an indebtedness shall contain a statement of the maximum net effective interest rate at which said indebtedness may be incurred. For the purposes of this article:

(I) "Net effective interest rate" of a proposed issue of bonds shall be defined as 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.

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

(f) (I) The governing body, having received approval at an election to issue bonds and having determined that the limitations of the original election question are too restrictive to permit the advantageous sale of the bonds so authorized, may submit, at another regular or special election, either the question of issuing the bonds, or any portion thereof, at a higher maximum net effective interest rate than the maximum interest rate or maximum net effective interest rate approved at the original election or the question of issuing the bonds, or any portion thereof, to mature over a longer period of time than the maximum period of maturity approved at the original election, or the governing body may submit both such questions.

(II) An election held pursuant to this paragraph (f) shall be held in substantially the same manner as an election to authorize bonds initially, except as may be required for the submission of the limited question or questions permitted under this paragraph (f).

(III) At an election held pursuant to this paragraph (f), if the changes submitted are not approved, such result shall not impair the authority of the governing body at a later time to issue the bonds originally approved within the limitations established at the first election.

(7) Officers and employees. To provide by ordinance for the powers, duties, appointment, term of office, removal, and compensation of all officers and employees of the county not otherwise provided for by the state constitution or by statute or by charter and to provide for a retirement plan for such officers and employees;

(8) Supplies. To provide by ordinance that all the paper, printing, stationery, fuel, and other supplies needed for the use of the county shall be furnished by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder;

(9) Charges on land. To prescribe, by general ordinance, the mode in which the charges on the respective owners of lots or lands, and on the lots or lands, shall be assessed and determined for the purposes so authorized by law. Any such charge, when assessed, shall be payable by the owners at the time of the assessment, personally, and also be a lien upon lots or parcels of land from the time of the assessment. Such charge may be collected and such lien enforced by a proceeding in law or in equity, either in the name of such corporation or of any person to whom it shall have directed payment to be made. In any such proceedings where pleadings are required, it shall be sufficient to declare generally for work and labor done and materials furnished on the particular street, alley, or highway, for sewerage, or for water used. Proceedings may be instituted against all the owners, or any of them, to enforce the lien against all the lots or parcels of land, or each lot or parcel, or any number of them embraced in any one assessment; but the judgment or decree shall be for each separately for the amount properly chargeable to each. Any proceedings may be severed in the discretion of the court for the purpose of trial, review, or appeal.

(10) Vacancies. To fill any vacancy occurring by death, removal, or resignation of any member of the governing body or other elective county officer by the appointment of a successor, and such appointee shall hold his office only until the next election, when the vacancy shall be filled by election as in other cases;

(11) Grants of rights-of-way. To grant, by ordinance and upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed therein, rights-of-way through, over, across, and under roads, streets, and alleys;

(Public Works and Services)

(12) Buildings. To construct and maintain public buildings;

(12.5) Energy conservation measures. To enter into installment purchase contracts or shared-savings contracts or otherwise incur indebtedness under section 29-12.5-103, C.R.S., to finance energy conservation and energy saving measures and enter into contracts for an analysis and recommendations pertaining to such measures under section 29-12.5-102, C.R.S.

(13) Streets and public grounds. (a) To plan, establish, open, alter, widen, extend, grade, pave, or otherwise improve roads, streets, alleys, avenues, sidewalks, parks, and public grounds, and vacate the same, and to direct and regulate the landscaping within the rights-of-way of such roads, streets, and, avenues and on public grounds; to regulate the use of the same; to prevent and remove encroachments or obstructions upon the same; to provide for the lighting of the same; and to provide for the maintenance of the same;

(b) To regulate the openings therein for the laying-out of gas or water mains and pipes and the building and repairing of sewers, tunnels, and drains or for any other purpose;

(c) To regulate the use of sidewalks along the streets and alleys, and all structures thereunder, and to require the owner or occupant of any premises to keep the sidewalks free from snow and other obstructions;

(d) To regulate and prevent the throwing or depositing of ashes, garbage, or any offensive matter in, and to prevent any injury to, any road, street, avenue, alley, or public ground;

(e) To provide for and regulate crosswalks, curbs, and gutters;

(f) To regulate and prevent the use of roads, streets, sidewalks, and public grounds for the erection of signs, signposts, awnings, awning posts, and utility poles and for the posting of handbills and advertisements; to regulate and prohibit the exhibition or carrying of banners, placards, advertisements, or handbills upon the streets or public grounds or upon the sidewalks; and to regulate and prevent the flying of flags, banners, or signs across the streets or from houses or other structures;

(g) To regulate the numbering of houses and lots and to name and change the name of any road, street, avenue, alley, or other public place;

(14) Bridges and tunnels. To construct and maintain bridges, viaducts, and tunnels and to regulate the use thereof;

(15) Sewers and water mains. To construct and maintain culverts, drains, sewers, water mains, septic tanks, and cesspools and to regulate their use and to assess, either in whole or in part, the cost of the construction of sewers, water mains, and drains upon the lots or lands adjacent to and opposite the improvements in proportion to the frontage of such lots or lands abutting upon the road, street, or alley wherein such sewer, water main, or drain is to be laid. The benefit to the public generally, if any, shall be determined by ordinance and shall be assessed against the county, and the balance may be assessed against the lots or lands and the owners thereof, according to the frontage.

(16) Lease or purchase of canals. To purchase or lease any canal or ditch already constructed, or which may hereafter be constructed, and all the rights, privileges, and franchises of any person or corporation owning the same or having any interest or right therein, and to hold and operate the same in the same manner as the persons or corporations from whom the same may be purchased or leased might otherwise do, if such purchase or lease is made for the purpose of supplying, by said ditch or canal, water for the use of the people of the county and if a majority of the registered electors of the county voting at any regular election held for the election of county officers vote in favor of said purchase;

(17) Obligations - repair - management. In making a purchase or lease pursuant to subsection (16) of this section, to assume all obligations and other duties which by law devolve upon the owner of such ditch or canal from whom the same may be purchased or leased by virtue of subsection (16) of this section and to repair, improve or enlarge said canal or ditch or any flume, dam, or gate connected therewith and, for such objects, to levy and collect taxes in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected by law. The management of such ditch or canal shall be under the control of the governing body of a home rule county.

(18) Counties may purchase water rights. To purchase water and water rights for the purpose of supplying counties and the inhabitants thereof with water. When deemed necessary and proper, the governing body of a county may purchase and hold the lands with which said water right is connected, whether the same is within or beyond the corporate limits thereof.

(19) May divert waters - sell lands. To divert the waters acquired by purchase, to the amount and extent theretofore lawfully appropriated, for the use of the county and the inhabitants thereof and to sell such lands whenever the governing body of a county may deem such course advisable;

(20) Ratification of prior rights purchased. To exercise the right to hold and retain water rights, or such lands and water rights as may have been purchased prior to June 8, 1981, by any county in this state for the purpose of providing water for the use thereof or for the use of its inhabitants, such right hereby being given and ratified and confirmed to the county; and also to exercise the right to divert the water belonging to such rights for the use of the county and the inhabitants thereof; and to sell and dispose of such lands so purchased separate and apart from the water rights as provided in subsection (19) of this section;

(21) Water pollution control. (a) To cooperate with and report to the water quality control commission and the department of public health and environment concerning any instances of water pollution, but this paragraph (a) shall not be construed to affect any activity conducted in compliance with any valid permit, license, or other authority granted or issued by any agency of the state or federal government;

(b) To apply for and to accept grants or loans or any other aid from the federal or state government or any agent or instrumentality thereof or any private agency;

(c) To construct, reconstruct, lease, improve, better, and extend sewerage facilities and sewage treatment works wholly within or wholly without the county or partially within and partially without the county;

(d) To issue its general obligation bonds or other general obligations for the purpose set forth in, and within the limitations prescribed by, subsection (6) of this section and to issue its revenue bonds or obligations for such purpose in accordance with law;

(e) To provide that such bonds or obligations or any part thereof may be sold to the state of Colorado or the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality of either at private sale and without advertisement;

(f) To cooperate with other local public bodies and with state and federal agencies by contract for the joint construction and financing of sewerage facilities and sewage treatment works and the maintenance and operation thereof;

(g) To enter into joint operating agreements with industrial enterprises and accept gifts or contributions from such industrial enterprises for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, and extension of sewerage facilities and sewage treatment works. When determined by its governing body to be in the public interest and necessary for the protection of the public health, the county is authorized to enter into and perform contracts, whether long-term or short-term, with any industrial establishment for the provision and operation by the county of sewerage facilities to abate or reduce the pollution of waters caused by discharges of industrial wastes by the industrial establishment and the payment periodically by the industrial establishment to the county of amounts at least sufficient, in the determination of such governing body, to compensate the county for the cost of providing, including the payment of the principal and any interest charges, and of operating and maintaining the sewerage facilities serving such industrial establishment.

(22) Firehouses, equipment, and firefighters. To erect firehouses, and provide fire equipment for the extinguishment of fires and to provide for the use and management of the same; to determine the powers and duties of the members of the fire department in taking charge of property to the extent necessary to bring under control and extinguish any fire and to preserve and protect property not destroyed by fire; and to restrain persons from interfering with the discharge of the duties of the members of the fire department in connection with the fighting of any fire;

(23) Hospitals and places of relief. (a) To erect, establish, and maintain public hospitals, medical dispensaries, and other health facilities;

(b) The limitations on borrowing and incurring indebtedness set forth in section 25-3-304 (2), C.R.S., shall not apply to county hospitals established in home rule counties, as that term is defined in part 5 of article 11 of this title. The board of public hospital trustees in such home rule counties shall have the power to borrow money and enter into long term leases even where such indebtedness may not be repaid for more than one year and such indebtedness shall not require the approval of the board of county commissioners of such county unless such power to approve such indebtedness is specifically reserved to the board of county commissioners in the county home rule charter. The home rule county shall incur no liability as a result of the actions to incur indebtedness by such board of public hospital trustees.

(24) Cemeteries. To establish and regulate cemeteries within or without the corporation and acquire lands therefor, by purchase or otherwise, and to cause cemeteries to be removed;

(25) Franchise and charges for utilities. When the right to build and operate such water or cable television systems is granted to private individuals or incorporated companies by the county, to make such grant to inure for a term of not more than twenty-five years and to authorize such individuals or company to charge and collect from each person supplied by them with water or such water or cable television charges as may be agreed upon between said person or corporation so building said works and the county; and to enter into a contract with the individual or company constructing said works to supply the county with water for fire purposes and for such other purposes as may be necessary for the health and safety thereof and to pay therefor such sums as may be agreed upon between said contracting parties;

(26) Assessments for utility charges. To assess from time to time, when constructing such water or cable television systems, in such manner as they shall deem equitable upon each tenement or other place supplied with such service, such charges as may be agreed upon by the governing body. At the regular time for levying taxes in each year, said county is hereby empowered to levy and cause to be collected, in addition to the other taxes authorized to be levied, a special tax on taxable property in the county. Such tax, with charges hereby authorized, shall be sufficient to pay the expenses of operating and maintaining such systems. If the right to build, maintain, and operate such systems is granted to private individuals or incorporated companies by the county, and the county shall contract with said individuals or companies for the supplying of such services for any purpose, the county shall levy each year and cause to be collected a special tax as provided for above, sufficient to pay off such charges so agreed to be paid to said individuals or company constructing said systems, but the said special tax shall not exceed the sum of three mills on the dollar for any one year.

(27) Water facilities and taxes. To construct public wells, cisterns, and reservoirs in the roads, streets, and other public and private places within the county, or beyond the limits thereof, and to provide proper pumps and conduits or ditches, for the purpose of supplying such county with water; and to levy an equitable and just tax or charge upon all consumers of water for the purpose of defraying the expense of such improvements;

(28) Supply water to outside consumers. To supply water from their water systems to consumers outside of the county and to collect therefor such charges, upon such conditions and upon such limitations as the county may impose by ordinance;

(29) Parks - recreational facilities - conservation easements. (a) To acquire, establish, and maintain such lands, or interests in land, within the county as in the judgment of the governing body may be necessary, suitable, or proper for boulevards, parkways, avenues, driveways, and roadways or for park or recreational purposes for the preservation or conservation of sites, scenes, open space, and vistas of scientific, historic, aesthetic, or other public interest.

(b) "Interests in land", as used in subsections (29) to (39) of this section, means and includes any and all rights and interests in land less than the full fee interest, including, but not limited to, future interests, easements, covenants, and contractual rights. Every such interest in land held pursuant to this subsection (29), when recorded, shall be deemed to run with the land to which it pertains for the benefit of the county holding such interest and may be protected and enforced by a county in any court of general jurisdiction by any proceeding known at law or in equity.

(c) Any county may unite with any other similarly authorized political subdivision of this state in acquiring, establishing, and maintaining any property which a county is authorized to acquire, establish, or maintain pursuant to this subsection (29).

(30) Lands or interests in land acquired. With respect to lands, or interests in land, for any of the purposes mentioned in subsection (29) of this section, to acquire, either by gift, devise, or purchase, but no land shall be purchased for such purpose until the governing body shall adopt an ordinance authorizing such acquisition and stating the location and legal description of the lands to be acquired and, in case of purchase, the price to be paid and the manner of payment or unless the proposal to acquire such lands shall be submitted upon petition pursuant to subsection (33) of this section and approved by the electors of the county. Lands or interests in land given or devised to a county for the purposes mentioned shall be accepted or refused by ordinance passed by the governing body of the county.

(31) Management - licenses - franchises. Exclusively, to manage and control all parks, pleasure grounds, boulevards, parkways, avenues, driveways, and roads as mentioned in subsection (29) of this section and, exclusively, to lay out, regulate, and improve the same, to prohibit certain or heavy traffic therein and thereon, to grant or refuse licenses to vend goods on the roads, streets, or sidewalks within three hundred feet of any park entrance and on the streets and sidewalks adjoining parks, and to establish and maintain necessary rules and regulations for the proper supervision and government thereof. The county shall have such additional powers relating thereto as may be prescribed by ordinance, and the governing body shall provide, by ordinance, for the enforcement of such rules and orders.

(32) Bequests for park purposes. Upon such trusts or conditions as may be approved by the county real or personal property may be granted, bequeathed, devised, or conveyed to the county for the purpose of the improvement or ornamentation of any park, pleasure ground, boulevard, parkway, avenue, driveway, or road or for the establishment or maintenance in parks or pleasure grounds of museums, zoological or other gardens, collections of natural history, observatories, libraries, monuments, or works of art. All such property or the rents, issues, and profits thereof shall be subject to the exclusive management and control of the county.

(33) Acquisition and bonds submitted to electors. (a) For any of the purposes named in subsection (29) of this section within the county limits, to acquire, by purchase, gift, devise, or exchange, lands, or interests in land, which may be necessary, suitable, or proper. No lands or interests in land shall be so acquired by purchase unless the governing body has adopted an ordinance in accordance with the provisions of subsection (30) of this section. No indebtedness shall be created nor shall any bonds be issued for acquiring such lands or interests in land, unless the question of incurring such debt and issuing such bonds shall have been submitted at a regular election to a vote of those persons qualified to vote on authorization of other bonded indebtedness and approved as required by subsection (6) of this section.

(b) The governing body, upon petition of the registered electors of the county, equal in number to ten percent of the total number of such electors voting at the last regular election of the county, shall submit at the next regular election either or both of the questions of acquisition or of incurring bonded indebtedness by separate ordinance. In the ordinance submitting the question of the acquisition of such lands or interests in land, the governing body shall state the location of the land or interests in land proposed to be acquired, describing the same by legal subdivisions, wherever practicable, and the consideration to be given for the purchase and the manner of payment; and, in the ordinance submitting the question of incurring indebtedness, the governing body shall state the maximum net effective interest rate at which the bonds may be issued. If the only question to be submitted is the acquisition of such properties, the question may be submitted at a regular or special election. If the acquisition or incurring of indebtedness or both have been approved as required by subsection (6) of this section, the governing body shall acquire such lands or interests in land, incur said indebtedness, or both, pursuant to said authorization.

(34) Park fund - certified vouchers. To provide for a park fund which shall consist of moneys levied, collected, and appropriated therefor and coming into the fund by donation or otherwise. All moneys collected and credited to the park fund shall be used for the maintenance and improvement of parks, parkways, boulevards, avenues, driveways, and roads and shall be expended by the county as in their judgment the needs of such property shall require. The same shall be drawn upon the proper officers of the county, upon vouchers properly authenticated.

(35) Maximum tax levy - moneys credited. (a) As a part of the annual levies authorized by law, to annually levy, assess, and collect upon each dollar of taxable property within the county not more than one and one-half mills for the purposes of said park fund, the proceeds of which shall be collected in the same manner as other county taxes and shall be appropriated to the park fund.

(b) All moneys collected or received or levied or appropriated by the county for park purposes shall be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the park fund. Any portion thereof remaining unexpended at the end of any fiscal year or at any other time shall not in any event revert into the general fund nor be subject to appropriation for general purposes.

(36) Acquisition of park land by assessment and bond sale. In addition to the powers conferred to acquire lands for parks and parkways by the sale of the general bonds of the county, to acquire boulevards, parkways, avenues, driveways, and roads, in the manner provided in subsection (37) of this section, the same to be paid for by special assessments upon all the other real estate, except avenues, boulevards, streets, and roads, in the county or partly out of the proceeds of the sale of the general bonds of the county and partly by such assessments as the same may be determined by ordinance.

(37) Acquisition by condemnation. For the purpose of acquiring lands for boulevards, parkways, avenues, driveways, and roads, to select and, by a suitable proceeding in the name of the county and without the passage of any ordinance, to condemn real property, to purchase any real property so selected for one or more boulevards, parkways, avenues, driveways, or roads, and to select routes and streets for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a system of connecting boulevards and pleasure ways or parkways therein. All such condemnation proceedings shall be in accordance with the general laws of the state, so far as the same are applicable, but the benefit to other lands shall be ascertained and assessed.

(38) Park bonds. To pay for the parks and pleasure grounds, boulevards, parkways, avenues, driveways, and roads established by any county, or such part thereof, as may be determined by the county, in park bonds of the county of a date and form prescribed by the county, bearing the name of the county, and payable to bearer at such times and in a sufficient period of years to cover the period of payments provided for, with interest annually at a rate or rates such that the net effective interest rate of the issue of bonds does not exceed the maximum net effective interest rate authorized, as may be determined by the governing body. The bonds shall be signed by the executive officer, countersigned by the county clerk and recorder, and bearing the seal of the county endorsed thereon, the interest to be evidenced by suitable coupons attested by a facsimile of the signature of the county clerk and recorder.

(39) Control of park grounds. In all cases where any home rule county has acquired lands for parks, parkways, boulevards, or roads, to have full police power and jurisdiction and full power and authority in the management, control, improvement, and maintenance of and over any and all such lands so acquired; to have power and authority to provide by ordinance for the regulation and control of its lands so acquired and to prevent the commission of any and all acts which are or may be declared unlawful and to prosecute and punish the violation of any ordinances in its county courts. A county shall have like power and jurisdiction to regulate and prevent the erection, construction, and maintenance, within three hundred feet of any such park, parkway, boulevard, or road, of any advertisement or of any billboard or other structure for advertisements, and the county shall also have like power and jurisdiction over the use of any public roads, boulevards, or parkways within such parks and running over or through or between such lands and any public roads, boulevards, or parkways between any such parks or pleasure ground and its county boundaries.

(Building and Zoning Regulations)

(40) Planning and zoning. To exercise the powers of planning and zoning pursuant to the provisions of article 28 of this title;

(Condemnation Powers)

(41) Streets and sewers. To extend, by condemnation or otherwise, any road, street, alley, or highway, over or across, or to construct any sewer under or through any railroad track, right-of-way, or land of any railroad company, within the county jurisdiction, but, where no compensation is made to such railroad company, the county shall restore such railroad track, right-of-way, or land to its former condition or in a sufficient manner not to have impaired its usefulness;

(42) Public transportation - rights-of-way. To grant the use of, or right to lay down, any railroad track in any road or street of the county to any public transportation company;

(43) Utilities. To condemn and appropriate so much private property as shall be necessary for the construction and operation of sewers in such manner as may be prescribed by law;

(Ordinance Power)

(44) Power and penalties. To pass all ordinances and rules and make all regulations proper or necessary to carry into effect the powers granted to home rule counties, with such fines and penalties as the governing body shall deem proper, but no fine or penalty shall exceed three hundred dollars, and no imprisonment shall exceed ninety days for one offense;

(45) Enforcement. To enact and provide for the enforcement of all county ordinances necessary to protect life, health, and property; to prevent and remove nuisances defined by statute and upon complaint to the district attorney; to preserve the general welfare, order, and security of the county and its inhabitants;

(46) Parking - facilities. To provide, by ordinance, for the construction, maintenance, and operation of public parking facilities, buildings, stations, or lots by the county and to pay for the cost thereof by general tax levy or otherwise or by the issuance of bonds of the county, 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.
C.R.S. § 30-26-301 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 26 / Part 3 / Section 30-26-301
30-26-301. Creation of debt for buildings, roads - election - definitions
Status: in_force

30-26-301. Creation of debt for buildings, roads - election - definitions. (1) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective until July 1, 2025.] When the board of county commissioners of any county deems it necessary to create an indebtedness for the purpose of erecting necessary public buildings, making or repairing public roads or bridges, developing, maintaining, and operating mass transportation systems, acquiring or building or acquiring and building airports and landing strips including the necessary land therefor and approaches thereto, by an order entered of record specifying the amount required and the object for which such debt is created, they shall submit the question to a vote at a general or special election. The general or special election provided for under this part 3 may be combined with the election on a proposal for a countywide sales tax, use tax, or both, provided for in article 2 of title 29, C.R.S. The board shall cause to be posted a notice of such order, which states, among other things, the maximum net effective interest rate at which such bonds may be issued, in some conspicuous place in each voting precinct in the county, for at least thirty days preceding the election, and all persons voting on that question shall vote by separate ballot whereon are placed the words "for county indebtedness" or "against county indebtedness", such ballots to be deposited in a box provided by the board of county commissioners for that purpose.

(1) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective July 1, 2025.] When the board of county commissioners of any county deems it necessary to create an indebtedness for the purpose of erecting necessary public buildings, making or repairing public roads or bridges, developing, maintaining, and operating mass transportation systems, acquiring or building or acquiring and building airports and landing strips including the necessary land therefor and approaches thereto, by an order entered of record specifying the amount required and the object for which such debt is created, they shall submit the question to a vote at a general or special election. The general or special election provided for under this part 3 may be combined with the election on a proposal for a countywide sales tax, use tax, or both, provided for in part 1 of article 2 of title 29. The board shall cause to be posted a notice of such order, which states, among other things, the maximum net effective interest rate at which such bonds may be issued, in some conspicuous place in each voting precinct in the county, for at least thirty days preceding the election, and all persons voting on that question shall vote by separate ballot whereon are placed the words "for county indebtedness" or "against county indebtedness", such ballots to be deposited in a box provided by the board of county commissioners for that purpose.

(2) (a) No county shall contract any debt by loan in any form unless the proposition to create such debt shall first be submitted to and approved by the registered qualified electors of the county.

(b) If a majority of those electors of the county voting at such election vote in favor of the proposition to contract said debt, the board of county commissioners is authorized to contract said debt.

(c) The board of county commissioners of any county shall submit to the registered qualified electors of the county the question of contracting a bonded indebtedness for any one or more of the purposes authorized by law. As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires, "registered qualified elector" means a person who is legally qualified to register to vote in this state and in the county wherein his vote is offered and who has complied with the registration provisions of the "Uniform Election Code of 1992".

(d) The order submitting the question of contracting an indebtedness shall contain a statement of the maximum net effective interest rate at which said indebtedness may be incurred. As used in articles 11, 15, and 17, parts 1, 3 to 6, and 8 of article 20, articles 25 and 26, and part 2 of article 28 of this title 30 and part 2 of article 6 of title 25, article 3 of title 29, part 5 of article 15 of this title 30, and article 5 of title 41, unless the context otherwise requires:

(I) "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.

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

(e) (I) The board of county commissioners of any county, having received approval at an election to issue bonds and having determined that the limitations of the original election question are too restrictive to permit the advantageous sale of the bonds so authorized, may submit at another general or special election either the question of issuing the bonds, or any portion thereof, at a higher maximum net effective interest rate than the maximum interest rate or maximum net effective interest rate approved at the original election, or the question of issuing the bonds, or any portion thereof, to mature over a longer period of time than the maximum period of maturity approved at the original election, or both such questions.

(II) An election held pursuant to this paragraph (e) shall be held in substantially the same manner as an election to authorize bonds initially, except as may be required for the submission of the limited question or questions permitted under this paragraph (e).

(III) If the changes submitted are not approved at an election held pursuant to this paragraph (e), such result shall not impair the authority of the board at a later time to issue the bonds originally approved within the limitations established at the first election.

(3) If, upon canvassing the vote, which shall be canvassed in the same manner as the vote for county officers, it appears that a majority of all the votes cast are for county indebtedness, the board of county commissioners shall be authorized to contract the debt in the name of the county. The aggregate amount of indebtedness of any county shall not be in excess of three percent of the actual value, as determined by the assessor, of the taxable property in the county.
C.R.S. § 30-10-311 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 10 / Part 3 / Section 30-10-311
30-10-311. Bonds or insurance of county commissioners
Status: in_force

30-10-311. Bonds or insurance of county commissioners. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, each county commissioner of the several counties of this state is required to execute a bond, payable to the people of the state of Colorado, conditioned that the commissioner will faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of the office of county commissioner so long as the commissioner continues in office, and that the commissioner will not, either directly or indirectly, misappropriate, or permit to be misappropriated, any of the funds or property of said county while in office; that the commissioner will not, while in office, be interested or concerned in any manner, directly or indirectly, in any sale, purchase, bargain, or contract whereby any sum of money or thing in action becomes due to such commissioner from such county, or from any person from such county; and that the commissioner will at all times transact the business of such county economically, and to the best of the commissioner's ability, for the best interest of such county.

(2) In lieu of the bond required by subsection (1) of this section, a county may purchase crime insurance coverage on behalf of the county commissioner to protect the people of the county from any malfeasance on the part of the commissioner while in office.
C.R.S. § 30-35-904 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 35 / Part 9 / Section 30-35-904
30-35-904. Formation of districts
Status: in_force

30-35-904. Formation of districts. (1) Special taxing districts may be established pursuant to the provisions of this section.

(2) (a) The governing body of a home rule county may by resolution propose the formation of such district which resolution shall designate the proposed boundaries thereof, specify the proposed service or services, and set forth the methods of financing proposed for such district.

(b) The governing body shall present the proposal at a public hearing to be held within sixty days after introduction of such resolution, with notice thereof to be published not less than fifteen days before the date set for hearing.

(c) At such hearing any registered elector of the county may be heard on the proposal, including questions of inclusion in or exclusion from the district, and all such objections shall be determined by the governing body on the basis of the public interest, taking into consideration the needs of the people and the availability of the service to the territory which is the subject of any such objection.

(d) The governing body may continue the hearing as necessary and may, after the conclusion thereof, enact the proposed resolution, with or without amendments, or may reject the proposed resolution.

(e) Decisions of the governing body concerning the formation of a special taxing district are not subject to review unless action is instituted by a registered elector to review such proceedings within forty-five days after passage of the resolution. Any such review shall extend only to the question of whether the governing body exceeded its jurisdiction or abused its discretion. If the court so finds, it shall remand the matter to the governing body for further proceedings, consistent with such findings.

(3) (a) A petition, signed by at least eight percent of the registered electors in the proposed district, shall be sufficient to require the governing body of a home rule county to pass a resolution creating the proposed special taxing district.

(b) At the top of each page of the petition must be printed, in plain red letters no smaller than the impression of ten-point, bold-faced type, the following:

WARNING:

IT IS AGAINST THE LAW:

For anyone to sign this petition with any name other than his own, or to knowingly sign his name more than once for the same measure, or to sign such petition when not a registered elector.

DO NOT SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS

YOU ARE A REGISTERED ELECTOR

TO BE A REGISTERED ELECTOR, YOU MUST BE:

1. At least eighteen years of age.

2. A citizen of the United States.

3. A resident of the state of Colorado for at least twenty-two days.

4. A resident of the precinct in which you live.

5. Registered to vote in the county.

Do not sign this petition unless you have read or had read to you the proposal in its entirety and understand its meaning.

(c) The petition shall only be signed by registered electors of the proposed district with their own signatures, after which shall be written their residence addresses, including street and number, if any, city or town, and the date of signing.

(d) To each petition there shall be attached an affidavit of the person who circulated the petition, which shall state the person's address, that he or she is a resident of the state, a citizen of the United States, and at least eighteen years of age, that each signature thereon was affixed in his or her presence, that each signature thereon is the signature of the person whose name it purports to be, that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief each of the persons signing the petition was at the time of signing a registered elector of the proposed district, and that he or she has not or will not in the future pay any money or thing of value to any signer for the purpose of inducing the signer to affix his or her signature to the petition.

(e) The petition shall contain all the information required by subsection (2)(a) of this section.

(f) The petition shall be on pages eight and one-half inches wide by fourteen inches long with a margin of two inches at the top for binding. The signature sheets shall have ruled lines and be numbered consecutively.

(4) No restraining order or temporary injunction pending final judgment of the district court and enjoining the formation of, the inclusion or exclusion of territory in, or the operation of the special taxing district may be issued. Any final judgment which has the effect of enjoining the formation of, the inclusion or exclusion of territory in, or the operation of a special taxing district shall automatically be stayed upon the filing of any appeal of such decision, and no application for supersedeas shall be necessary. Such stay shall continue in full force and effect pending final disposition of the proceedings.

(5) Changes in the boundaries or major changes in the basic or essential nature of services or financing of a special taxing district may be initiated by resolution of the governing body or by petition signed by five percent of the registered electors of the district, and such proposals shall be considered in the same manner as provided in this section for proposals for the original formation of a district.

(6) Upon adoption of a resolution forming a district, the governing body of the home rule county shall function as the governing board of such district.
C.R.S. § 30-35-403 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 35 / Part 4 / Section 30-35-403
30-35-403. Notice - hearing
Status: in_force

30-35-403. Notice - hearing. After the first reading of the adopting ordinance and of the code to be adopted thereby, and of any secondary codes therein adopted by reference, the governing body shall schedule a public hearing thereon. Notice of the hearing shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the adopting county, 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 also copies of the secondary codes, if any, being considered for adoption are on file with the county clerk and recorder 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 code and of any secondary code incorporated therein by reference, the subject matter of each such code, the name and address of the agency by which each has been promulgated, or, if a municipality or county, the corporate name of such municipality or county which has enacted such code, and the date of publication of such code or codes, and in the case of a code of any municipality or county the notice shall contain specific reference to code or codes of a given municipality or county as they existed and were effective at a given date.
C.R.S. § 30-10-721 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 10 / Part 7 / Section 30-10-721
30-10-721. Investigation of accounts - report
Status: repealed

30-10-721. Investigation of accounts - report. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 30-1-107 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 1 / Section 30-1-107
30-1-107. Penalty for violation - duties
Status: in_force

30-1-107. Penalty for violation - duties. Any sheriff who violates section 30-1-106 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars for each offense and is liable to any person aggrieved to pay all loss, damage, and expenses, including attorney fees in prosecuting or suing such officer, which such aggrieved person may sustain by reason of such violation. The sheriff and the sheriff's deputies shall be subject to section 30-1-106.
C.R.S. § 30-26-503 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 26 / Part 5 / Section 30-26-503
30-26-503. Definitions
Status: in_force

30-26-503. Definitions. As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Board" means the board of county commissioners or other governing body of any county.

(2) "Bonds" means any revenue bonds or other obligations issued by a county pursuant to this part 5 but does not include general obligation bonds.

(3) "County" means any county within this state.

(4) "County capital improvement trust fund" means any one or more of the county capital improvement trust funds established pursuant to this part 5.

(5) "Obligations" means notes, contracts, leases, and refunding obligations issued by a county pursuant to this part 5.

(6) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation or two or more or any combination of such entities.

(7) "Political subdivision" means counties, special districts, water conservation districts, irrigation districts, municipal corporations, school districts, and all other political subdivisions of the state.

(8) "Project" means any land, building, facility, or other improvement and all real or personal property, and any undivided or other interest in any of the foregoing, which is acquired, constructed, or improved or which is to be acquired, constructed, or improved by any county with the proceeds of any bonds issued by such county pursuant to this part 5 or with the principal of any county capital improvement trust fund expended by such county pursuant to this part 5, to the extent and only to the extent that such county is authorized to undertake any acquisition, construction, or improvement of such project under the laws of this state.
C.R.S. § 30-26-506 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 26 / Part 5 / Section 30-26-506
30-26-506. Pledge of revenues, funds, or other property lien
Status: in_force

30-26-506. Pledge of revenues, funds, or other property lien. Any pledge of revenues, moneys, funds, or other property made by a county pursuant to the provisions of this part 5 shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made; the revenues, moneys, funds, or other property so pledged and thereafter received by such county shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the county, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Any resolution or any other instrument by which a pledge of revenues, moneys, or funds is created shall be filed or recorded with the county.
C.R.S. § 30-20-104.5 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 30-20-104.5
30-20-104.5. Closure and postclosure care estimates - corrective action cost estimates - fina
Status: in_force

30-20-104.5. Closure and postclosure care estimates - corrective action cost estimates - financial assurance requirements - rules. (1) The solid and hazardous waste commission shall promulgate rules that implement financial assurance requirements for the final closure of solid wastes disposal sites and facilities, the conduct of postclosure care for such sites and facilities, and the undertaking of any corrective action made necessary by the migration of contaminants from such sites and facilities into groundwater. Such rules shall include, but are not limited to, the following requirements:

(a) That the owner or operator of any solid wastes disposal site and facility shall maintain:

(I) A detailed written estimate of the cost of hiring a third party to close the largest area of such site and facility which has or will require a cover during the active life of such site and facility; and

(II) A detailed written estimate of the cost of hiring a third party to conduct postclosure care at such site and facility;

(b) That the owner or operator of any solid wastes disposal site and facility that is required to undertake a corrective action program pursuant to the requirements of subpart E of the federal regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of subtitle D of the federal "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976", as amended, shall maintain a detailed written estimate of the cost of hiring a third party to perform such corrective action;

(c) That the owner or operator of any solid wastes disposal site and facility shall notify the department when the cost estimates required by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection (1) have been placed in the operating file for such site and facility;

(d) That the owner or operator of any solid wastes disposal site and facility shall:

(I) Express the cost estimates required by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection (1) in current dollars;

(II) Annually adjust such cost estimates to account for inflation; and

(III) Increase such cost estimates under the following circumstances:

(A) The cost estimate for the cost of hiring a third party to close such site and facility maintained pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (I) of paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) shall be increased if changes to the closure plan for such site and facility or changes in the conditions of such site and facility increase the maximum cost of closure at any time during the remaining active life of such site and facility.

(B) The cost estimate for the cost of hiring a third party to conduct postclosure care for such site and facility maintained pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (II) of paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) shall be increased if changes to the postclosure plan for such site and facility or changes in the conditions of site and facility increase the maximum cost of postclosure care for such site and facility.

(C) The cost estimate, if any, for the cost of hiring a third party to undertake corrective action for such site and facility maintained pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subsection (1) shall be increased if changes in the corrective action program for such site and facility or changes in the conditions of such site and facility increase the maximum cost of corrective action for such site and facility.

(e) That the owner or operator of any solid wastes disposal site and facility shall comply with the financial assurance requirements mandated by the rules of the solid and hazardous waste commission promulgated pursuant to subsection (3) of this section.

(2) The owner or operator of a solid wastes disposal site and facility may reduce the amount of a cost estimate maintained pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) of this section if such cost estimate exceeds the maximum cost of completing the actions contemplated by such cost estimate.

(3) (a) The solid and hazardous waste commission shall promulgate rules that require the owner or operator of a solid wastes disposal site and facility to establish sufficient financial assurance to pay for the cost estimates required by paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of this section. No solid wastes disposal site and facility shall operate without being in compliance with the financial assurance requirements contained in such rules. Such rules shall include, but shall not be limited to, provisions that define the mechanisms that may be used by the owner or operator of a solid wastes disposal site and facility to establish sufficient financial assurance pursuant to this section. The mechanisms to establish financial assurance that are defined by the commission shall include, but are not limited to, those mechanisms authorized by the federal regulations promulgated pursuant to subtitle D of the federal "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976", as amended.

(b) (I) The sufficiency of the financial assurance provided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) for any proposed solid wastes disposal site and facility shall be reviewed as part of the department's review of the application for such proposed site and facility pursuant to the provisions of this section.

(II) The sufficiency of the financial assurance provided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) for any solid wastes disposal site and facility that is in existence at the time the applicable regulations of the department become effective shall be reviewed pursuant to the procedures established by the department. Such review may be performed either by the department or by a private contractor hired by the department for the purpose of completing such review. The department is authorized to impose a fee for any such review that is performed by the department; except that such fee shall not exceed the actual documented costs incurred by the department in the performance of such review. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any such review that is performed by a private contractor shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of section 30-20-103.7.

(3.5) The department, pursuant to the provisions of part 14 of article 30 of title 24, C.R.S., is authorized to contract with one or more private contractors for the purpose of conducting the third-party closure, postclosure care, or corrective action at a solid waste facility as may be necessary. The department is authorized to expend such moneys for closure, postclosure care, or corrective action as is made available to the department by operation of law from the financial assurance mechanisms provided by the owner or operator of the solid wastes site and facility. Any such contract shall be between the department and the private contractor. The owner or operator shall not be a party to such contract. The department may disallow a contractor because of conflicts of interest or other reasons. The department may contract with the governing body that issued the certificate of designation to conduct such closure, postclosure care, or corrective action.

(4) The rules promulgated by the solid and hazardous waste commission pursuant to this section shall comply with the federal regulations promulgated pursuant to subtitle D of the federal "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976", as amended. Such rules shall require that all solid wastes disposal sites and facilities be fully in compliance with such rules by the date established in the federal "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976", as amended, and its regulations.
C.R.S. § 30-35-901 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 35 / Part 9 / Section 30-35-901
30-35-901. Special taxing districts authorized
Status: in_force

30-35-901. Special taxing districts authorized. In accordance with the provisions of section 18 of article XIV of the state constitution, the governing body of a home rule county may establish special taxing districts within the county to facilitate the furnishing of services and the collection of ad valorem taxes or charges for such services, or both such taxes and charges.
C.R.S. § 30-20-1417 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 20 / Part 14 / Section 30-20-1417
30-20-1417. Decals - manifests
Status: in_force

30-20-1417. Decals - manifests. (1) Decals. (a) A person shall not store in Colorado ten or more waste tires for any purpose unless:

(I) The department has issued a decal pursuant to this section; and

(II) The person has, pursuant to rules promulgated pursuant to section 30-20-1401 (2), affixed the decal to a uniform location at the address used to store the waste tires or the vehicle used to haul waste tires or processing equipment.

(b) The department shall issue a decal to a person if the person has submitted an application to the department containing all information required by rule promulgated pursuant to section 30-20-1401 (2) and is not in violation of any requirement of this part 14.

(c) Decals are valid for a period determined by the commission by rule. A decal issued pursuant to this section must contain the information required by rule promulgated pursuant to section 30-20-1401 (2), including at least an expiration date and the decal number.

(2) Uniform manifests. (a) A person shall not accept for transportation ten or more waste tires unless the person has completed a uniform manifest, available from the department's website, in a form established by the department containing the information specified by rule promulgated pursuant to section 30-20-1401 (2), including at least the following:

(I) The manifest number;

(II) The decal number of the vehicle used to transport the tires;

(III) The person's name, address, telephone number, and signature, under penalty of perjury;

(IV) The current date; the waste tire registration number, name, address, and telephone number of the source of the tires; and the waste tire registration number, name, address, and telephone number of the facility to which the waste tires will be transported; and

(V) The number or weight of tires in the load.

(b) A waste tire hauler or mobile processor shall retain one copy of the manifest and, within a time period established by the commission by rule, shall provide one copy of the manifest to:

(I) The source of the waste tire; and

(II) The facility to which the waste tires are transported.

(c) (I) The waste tire hauler or mobile processor, the source of the waste tire, and the facility to which the waste tires are transported shall each keep a copy of the manifest for at least three years after the date stated on the manifest.

(II) The department may enter and inspect the facility of any of the entities named on the manifest during normal business hours and may request a copy of the manifest. Failure to keep the manifest as required by this subparagraph (II) or to produce the manifest upon request by the department or the department's agent is a violation of this section.
C.R.S. § 30-10-312 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 10 / Part 3 / Section 30-10-312
30-10-312. Amount of bond or insurance - county commissioners
Status: in_force

30-10-312. Amount of bond or insurance - county commissioners. The bond executed by the county commissioners in counties with a population of ten thousand or more persons pursuant to section 30-10-311 (1) or the insurance purchased by the county on behalf of the county commissioners pursuant to section 30-10-311 (2) shall be in the sum of ten thousand dollars and in counties with a population under ten thousand persons shall be in the sum of five thousand dollars.
C.R.S. § 30-20-1201 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 20 / Part 12 / Section 30-20-1201
30-20-1201. Short title
Status: in_force

30-20-1201. Short title. This part 12 shall be known and may be cited as the "Rural Clean Energy Project Finance Program Act".
C.R.S. § 30-28-138 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 28 / Part 1 / Section 30-28-138
30-28-138. Referral to municipality
Status: in_force

30-28-138. Referral to municipality. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the board of county commissioners shall refer any proposed land use decision that involves a business or agricultural activity identified in section 31-15-501 (1)(a) and (1)(d), C.R.S., to the governing body of a municipality for review and comment if such business or agricultural activity lies wholly or partially within one mile of the corporate limits of the municipality.
C.R.S. § 30-20-521 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 20 / Part 5 / Section 30-20-521
30-20-521. Liability of property
Status: in_force

30-20-521. Liability of property. All property included within or excluded from a district shall thereafter be subject to the levy of taxes for the payment of its proportionate share of any indebtedness of the district outstanding at the time of inclusion or exclusion.
C.R.S. § 30-11-125 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 11 / Part 1 / Section 30-11-125
30-11-125. Licensing program for building contractors - contents of program - requirements
Status: in_force

30-11-125. Licensing program for building contractors - contents of program - requirements - exceptions - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) (I) "Building contractor" means a building contractor who for compensation directs, supervises, or undertakes any work for which a county building permit is required. A county licensing program established in accordance with the provisions of this section shall exclude from the definition of "building contractor" any person whose sole function in the work for which a county building permit is required is to perform labor under the supervision or direction of a building contractor.

(II) "Building contractor" shall not include an electrician required to be licensed by the state pursuant to article 115 of title 12 or a plumber required to be licensed by the state pursuant to article 155 of title 12.

(b) "County" means any county or city and county in the state.

(c) "Municipality" means any home rule or statutory city or town in the state.

(d) "Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, or other legal entity.

(2) Subject to the requirements of this section, any county that has adopted a building code may establish a licensing program to require a person who engages in the business of being a building contractor within the unincorporated areas of the county to obtain a license from the county prior to engaging in the business. The county may develop the licensing program in accordance with the requirements of this section, and any such program may include one or more of the following:

(a) Procedures that a building contractor would follow in order to obtain or renew a license, including the submission of any documentation or information as may be required by the county;

(b) A requirement that the building contractor achieve a passing grade on a nationally recognized examination promulgated by the international code council that is commonly used and accepted in the industry;

(c) Specification of the duration of the license issued by the county;

(d) Subject to the requirements of subsection (3) of this section, the imposition of a reasonable fee to be charged by the county to a building contractor to cover the costs of any testing required to be performed by the county, the processing of the application, or any other costs incurred by the county in connection with the issuance or renewal of a license; or

(e) Grounds for the revocation or suspension of a license issued by the county, grounds for the revocation or suspension of a building permit issued for a project for which the building contractor is found not to be in compliance with the county's licensing requirements, or grounds for the imposition of any lesser sanction, which shall be based on objective standards and criteria developed from the county building code, and procedures to be followed by the county in carrying out the revocation, suspension, or other sanction based upon such grounds, including a process for appealing any sanction so imposed.

(3) Any county that establishes a licensing program pursuant to this section shall issue a license to a building contractor holding a valid license issued by another county or municipality in the state without requiring the building contractor to take or achieve a passing grade on any examination conducted by the county if the license issued by such other county or municipality required the building contractor to achieve a passing grade on a nationally recognized examination promulgated by the international code council commonly used and accepted in the industry. In the case of a building contractor holding a valid license issued by another county or municipality in the state, the fee charged by a secondary county for issuance or renewal of a license in accordance with the requirements of this section shall be reasonable and limited to costs incurred by the secondary county in processing the application and otherwise administering the issuance or renewal of a license required by this section.

(4) If a building contractor applying for a license complies with the requirements for obtaining a license established by the county, the county shall issue a provisional license to the building contractor no later than seven business days after the building contractor has submitted a complete application. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (5) of this section, any failure on the part of the county to issue a nonprovisional license within forty-five days after submission of a complete application to a building contractor who has otherwise satisfied all other requirements for obtaining a license shall not preclude the building contractor from engaging in the business of being a building contractor and applying for a building permit for unincorporated areas of the county.

(5) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, no person shall engage in the business of being a building contractor within the unincorporated areas of any county that has adopted a licensing program created pursuant to this section unless the person holds a valid license issued or recognized by the county in accordance with the requirements of this section.

(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section:

(a) The provisions of this section shall apply to any licensing program operated or administered by a county that is in existence as of August 3, 2007. Any licensing program operated or administered by a county as of August 3, 2007, that satisfies or is amended to satisfy the requirements of this section is hereby ratified as compliant with the requirements of this section and need not be reestablished by the county.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any individual to hold a license to perform repair or maintenance work on his or her own property, nor shall it prevent a person from employing an individual on either a full-time or a part-time basis to perform repair or maintenance work on his or her own property who is not licensed under the provisions of this section.
C.R.S. § 30-35-705 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 35 / Part 7 / Section 30-35-705
30-35-705. Exchange - sale - proceeds - amounts
Status: in_force

30-35-705. 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 or prices 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 as 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 accruing and having accrued thereon in accordance with this article.
C.R.S. § 30-10-409 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 10 / Part 4 / Section 30-10-409
30-10-409. Reception book - form - contents - acceptance for recording
Status: in_force

30-10-409. Reception book - form - contents - acceptance for recording. (1) The county clerk and recorder shall also keep a reception book, each page of which shall be divided into five columns, with heads to the respective columns as follows:

Time Names Names To

of of of Whom Fees

Reception Grantors Grantees Delivered Received

(2) When any document has been accepted by the clerk and recorder for recording and the proper fee has been paid, such document shall be deemed to be recorded for all purposes. After a document has been received, the clerk and recorder shall endorse upon such document information, which may be in electronic form, noting the day, hour, and minute of its acceptance for recording, the index or reception number, the volume, film or page where recorded, if such are used, and the fee received for recording the same and shall immediately make an entry of the same in the reception book, under the appropriate heading, with the amount paid as fee for recording the same. A document shall be deemed accepted as of the date and time of its endorsement. The clerk and recorder's endorsement may be done electronically. When such endorsement is made electronically, the endorsement shall be immediately perceptible and reproducible. Any document, except those filed and recorded pursuant to section 38-29-205, C.R.S., that is received by 1 p.m. on a business day shall be endorsed by the end of that day. Any document that is received after 1 p.m. on a business day shall be endorsed by 5 p.m. on the following business day. Those documents received pursuant to section 38-29-205, C.R.S., shall be endorsed by the clerk and recorder within three business days. After a document has been endorsed and processed for recording, the clerk and recorder, without additional fee or charge, shall deliver it by regular mail, electronic delivery, or personal delivery to the person authorized to receive the same, writing the name of the person to whom it is delivered in an appropriate column in the reception book.

(3) In counties with the capability, the county clerk and recorder may substitute printouts, microfiches, aperture cards, or other legible photographic or electronic processes for the reception book required by this section; except that proper audit controls of cash receipts shall be maintained in compliance with governmental audit procedures.

(4) No clerk and recorder shall be bound to perform any of the duties required to be performed for which a fee is required unless such fee has been paid or tendered.

(5) A clerk and recorder who decides to accept electronic filings shall establish procedures for such electronic filings that are consistent with any standards or rules established by the electronic recording technology board pursuant to section 24-21-403, C.R.S. No electronic filings shall be accepted by the clerk and recorder until the clerk and recorder has established and made publically available the procedures for electronic filings. Nothing in this article shall be interpreted to require any clerk and recorder to accept electronic filings. Nothing in this article shall abridge the power of any clerk and recorder to accept or reject electronic filings in accordance with the provisions of section 38-35-202, C.R.S.

(6) (a) The deadlines set forth in sections 30-10-407 (4.3) and 30-10-408 (2.5) and subsection (2) of this section shall be extended for a reasonable period of time if an extenuating circumstance prevents the clerk and recorder from meeting such deadlines.

(b) As used in this subsection (6), "extenuating circumstance" means a disaster, as defined in section 24-33.5-703 (3), C.R.S., or a technical difficulty related to computer hardware or software that is outside the control of the clerk and recorder.

(c) No deadline shall be extended pursuant to this subsection (6), unless the clerk and recorder makes a written finding of extenuating circumstances that is available to the public. Such finding shall include the deadline that has been extended, the reason for the extension, and the period of the extension.

(d) In the case of an extension related to a technical difficulty related to computer hardware or software, the period of extension shall not exceed seven days.
C.R.S. § 30-20-1412 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 20 / Part 14 / Section 30-20-1412
30-20-1412. Waste tire processors - requirements
Status: in_force

30-20-1412. Waste tire processors - requirements. (1) A waste tire processor shall, as specified by the commission by rule:

(a) Establish and maintain financial assurance;

(b) Register with the department;

(c) Affix a decal required pursuant to section 30-20-1417 (1) to the required location;

(d) Develop, maintain, keep available for inspection, and comply with an engineering design and operations plan, including a fire prevention and control plan, and a plan for emergency response;

(e) Maintain records, including the manifests required by section 30-20-1417 (2), relating to the collection of waste tires;

(f) Develop and maintain a closure plan;

(g) Submit an annual report to the department; and

(h) Complete and submit self-certification documentation as required by the department.

(2) A waste tire processor is subject to the following:

(a) A waste tire processor that is not also registered as a waste tire monofill shall not have at the processing facility at any one time more than the lesser of:

(I) One hundred thousand waste tires;

(II) The amount of waste tires allowed under local requirements; or

(III) The amount of waste tires anticipated in the waste tire processor's financial assurance instrument.

(b) Following a one-year accumulation period, the weight or volume of waste tires that are processed must be at least seventy-five percent of the total weight or volume of waste tires received and currently in storage over a three-year rolling average. The calculation and accumulation period specified in this paragraph (b) must be based on a measure approved by the commission by rule.

(3) The department may issue a waiver relating to any requirement of this section.
C.R.S. § 30-28-213 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 28 / Part 2 / Section 30-28-213
30-28-213. Electric motor vehicle charging systems - county permitting procedures - permit
Status: in_force

30-28-213. Electric motor vehicle charging systems - county permitting procedures - permit application - approval process - definitions. (1) Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Administrative review process" means a process:

(I) In which an EV charger permit is approved, approved with conditions, or denied by administrative staff of a county permitting agency based solely on the application's compliance with objective standards set forth in county zoning laws or other county laws; and

(II) That does not require a public hearing, a recommendation, or a decision by an elected or appointed public body or hearing officer except as provided in subsection (4)(d) of this section.

(b) "Colorado energy office" means the Colorado energy office created in section 24-38.5-101.

(c) (I) "County permitting agency" means the entity or entities for a county that are responsible for issuing an EV charger permit for the construction of an electric motor vehicle charging system.

(II) "County permitting agency" may include:

(A) A county building department or agency;

(B) A county planning department or agency; or

(C) A county public works or road and bridge department or agency.

(d) "Disproportionately impacted community" has the meaning set forth in section 24-4-109 (2)(b)(II).

(e) "Electric motor vehicle charging system" or "charging system" has the meaning set forth in section 38-12-601 (6)(a).

(f) "EV charger permit" means the final approval of an application for installation of an electric motor vehicle charging system that a county may require to authorize an applicant to commence construction of the charging system and a permit application for an electrical permit established under article 115 of title 12 and issued by the state electrical board.

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

(I) Is uniformly verifiable and ascertainable by reference to an available external or uniform benchmark or criterion by the applicant and county permitting agency staff prior to the applicant's filing of an EV charger permit application; and

(II) Does not require county permitting agency staff to make a subjective determination concerning an EV charger permit application.

(2) (a) On or before December 31, 2025, the board of county commissioners of a county with a population of twenty thousand or more according to the 2020 federal census shall do one of the following:

(I) Adopt an ordinance or resolution to incorporate the same standards and permitting process or less restrictive standards and permitting process as the standards and permitting process described in the EV charger permitting model code developed by the Colorado energy office pursuant to subsection (3) of this section;

(II) (A) Adopt an ordinance or resolution that establishes objective standards and an administrative review process to be used by the county permitting agency during the county's review of applications for EV charger permits in accordance with subsections (4) and (5) of this section.

(B) An ordinance or resolution adopted by the county pursuant to this subsection (2)(a)(II) shall be developed in consultation with the local fire department or fire district, any electric utilities serving the county, and other relevant stakeholders, as determined by the county.

(III) Adopt an ordinance or resolution that establishes that the county does not intend to adopt an ordinance or resolution in accordance with subsection (2)(a)(I) or (2)(a)(II) of this section and that the county permitting agency will continue to utilize the county's existing permitting review process for EV charger permit applications.

(b) On or before March 1, 2026, a county that is subject to the requirements of subsection (2)(a) of this section shall submit a report to the Colorado energy office describing the county's compliance with subsection (2)(a) of this section.

(c) On or before January 31, 2027, a county subject to the requirements of subsection (2)(a) of this section shall submit a report to the Colorado energy office regarding each application for an EV charger permit that was received by the county permitting agency between December 31, 2025, and December 1, 2026. The report must include:

(I) The final determination made by the county permitting agency for each EV charger permit application; and

(II) For each EV charger permit application submitted to the county permitting agency, the duration between the date that the EV charger permit application was deemed complete by the county permitting agency and the date that the county permitting agency made a final determination on the EV charger permit application.

(d) If the board of county commissioners of a county adopts the EV charger permitting model code pursuant to subsection (2)(a)(I) of this section or adopts an ordinance or resolution in accordance with subsection (2)(a)(III) of this section, the requirements of subsections (4) and (5) of this section do not apply to the county.

(3) (a) On or before March 31, 2025, the Colorado energy office shall publish an EV charger permitting model code that contains guidelines for the adoption of EV charger permit standards and permitting processes for counties.

(b) The EV charger permitting model code developed by the Colorado energy office pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section must be developed in consultation with counties, representatives from disproportionately impacted communities, public electric utilities, and other relevant stakeholders, as determined by the Colorado energy office.

(c) The EV charger permitting model code developed by the Colorado energy office in accordance with this subsection (3) shall only apply to a county's land use and zoning permitting processes and shall not contravene:

(I) State electrical permitting requirements or procedures;

(II) County electrical permitting requirements or procedures;

(III) State electrical inspection requirements;

(IV) County electrical inspection requirements; or

(V) National electric code requirements or regulations related to electric motor vehicle charging systems.

(d) The EV charger permitting model code developed by the Colorado energy office in accordance with this subsection (3) shall not contain required timelines that a county permitting agency must comply with for the review, approval, or denial of EV charger permit applications.

(4) (a) A county permitting agency shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny an application for an EV charger permit using the county's administrative review process to determine if the proposed electric motor vehicle charging system is in compliance with the county's objective standards.

(b) A county permitting agency shall not deny or place conditions on an EV charger permit application unless the denial or conditions are for the purpose of reasonably protecting public health or safety.

(c) If a county permitting agency denies an application for an EV charger permit, the county permitting agency shall make written findings that the proposed electric motor vehicle charging system would violate the county's objective standards or would not be reasonably protective of public health or safety and send those written findings to the applicant within three business days after the date the county permitting agency denies the application.

(d) An applicant for an EV charger permit that is denied a permit or has conditions placed on the approval of an EV charger permit by a county permitting agency may appeal the county permitting agency's decision to the board of county commissioners of the county.

(e) The requirements of this subsection (4) do not apply to counties that adopt the EV charger permitting model code pursuant to subsection (2)(a)(I) of this section or adopt an ordinance or resolution in accordance with subsection (2)(a)(III) of this section.

(5) (a) The county permitting agency must make available to prospective applicants for EV charger permits a checklist of all requirements that must be included in an application for an EV charger permit.

(b) A county permitting agency shall review an application for an EV charger permit to confirm that the application sufficiently meets the requirements of the checklist described in subsection (5)(a) of this section.

(c) A county permitting agency shall consider an application for an EV charger permit that satisfies the requirements of the checklist described in subsection (5)(a) of this section a complete application.

(d) If an applicant for an EV charger permit submits an application that does not meet all the requirements of the checklist described in subsection (5)(a) of this section, the county permitting agency shall, within three business days after the date the county permitting agency determines the application is not sufficient, send a written notice to the applicant that details all of the deficiencies with the application and any additional information required for the application to be considered complete.

(e) The requirements of this subsection (5) do not apply to counties that adopt the EV charger permitting model code pursuant to subsection (2)(a)(I) of this section or adopt an ordinance or resolution in accordance with subsection (2)(a)(III) of this section.

(6) (a) The Colorado energy office shall provide technical assistance to counties to assist a county in complying with the requirements of this section, including providing:

(I) Support for the development and adoption of county codes; and

(II) Materials and support for training county permitting agency staff with interpreting and applying EV charger permit standards and processes.

(b) The Colorado energy office shall use money in the electric vehicle grant fund, created in section 24-38.5-103, to provide technical assistance to counties in accordance with this subsection (6).

(c) The Colorado energy office shall prioritize providing technical assistance to counties that have a significant number of disproportionately impacted communities.

(7) Regardless of the ordinance or resolution adopted by a board of county commissioners in accordance with subsection (2)(a) of this section, a county permitting agency shall, within three business days after the date the county permitting agency makes the determination to approve, conditionally approve, or deny an application, send notice to an applicant for an EV charger permit that states the county permitting agency's determination on the applicant's EV charger permit application.
C.R.S. § 30-15-402 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 15 / Part 4 / Section 30-15-402
30-15-402. Violations - penalty - surcharges - victim and witness assistance - brain injury
Status: in_force

30-15-402. Violations - penalty - surcharges - victim and witness assistance - brain injury trust fund. (1) Any person who violates any county ordinance adopted pursuant to this part 4 commits a civil infraction or, in the case of traffic offenses, commits a traffic infraction, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars for each separate violation. If authorized by the county ordinance, the penalty assessment procedure provided in section 16-2-201 may be followed by any arresting law enforcement officer for any such violation. As part of said county ordinance authorizing the penalty assessment procedure, the board of county commissioners may adopt a graduated fine schedule for such violations. Such graduated fine schedule may provide for increased penalty assessments for repeat offenses by the same individual. In the case of county traffic ordinance violations, the provisions of sections 42-4-1701 and 42-4-1703, and sections 42-4-1708 to 42-4-1718, shall apply; except that the fine or penalty for a violation charged and the surcharge thereon if authorized by county ordinance shall be paid to the county.

(2) In addition to the penalties prescribed in subsection (1) of this section, persons convicted of a violation of any ordinance adopted pursuant to this part 4 are subject to:

(a) A surcharge of ten dollars that shall be paid to the clerk of the court by the defendant. Each clerk shall transmit the moneys to the court administrator of the judicial district in which the offense occurred for credit to the victims and witnesses assistance and law enforcement fund established in that judicial district pursuant to section 24-4.2-103, C.R.S.

(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 1012, § 1, effective August 4, 2004.)

(3) In addition to the penalties prescribed in subsection (1) of this section, persons convicted of operating a vehicle in excess of the speed limit in violation of an ordinance adopted pursuant to section 30-15-401 (1)(h) are subject to a surcharge of twenty dollars that shall be paid to the clerk of the court by the defendant. Each clerk shall transmit the money to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the Colorado brain injury trust fund created pursuant to section 26-1-309.
C.R.S. § 30-10-309 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 10 / Part 3 / Section 30-10-309
30-10-309. County commissioner vacancies
Status: repealed

30-10-309. County commissioner vacancies. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 30-20-1203 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 20 / Part 12 / Section 30-20-1203
30-20-1203. Eligible clean energy project financing - county approval - private activity bon
Status: in_force

30-20-1203. Eligible clean energy project financing - county approval - private activity bond financing. (1) An eligible applicant may apply to the board of the county or city and county in which it proposes to construct, expand, or upgrade an eligible clean energy project for assistance in the financing of the project. Subject to the requirements and limitations specified in federal law, the "Colorado Private Activity Bond Ceiling Allocation Act", part 17 of article 32 of title 24, C.R.S., and subsection (2) of this section, if the board approves the application, it may provide financing assistance by issuing tax-exempt private activity bonds in a minimum amount of five hundred thousand dollars for a geothermal energy project and one million dollars for any other type of eligible clean energy project on behalf of the eligible applicant.

(2) A board shall issue tax-exempt private activity bonds on behalf of an eligible applicant to finance an eligible clean energy project subject to the following requirements and limitations:

(a) The board shall enter into agreements with the eligible applicant under which:

(I) The board agrees to loan to the eligible applicant the net proceeds of the bonds issued so that the eligible applicant can finance all or a portion of the eligible clean energy project; and

(II) The eligible applicant agrees that it has the sole responsibility to pay, either directly or indirectly through the board or a bond trustee, all financial obligations owed to bondholders and that it shall provide and maintain any reserve deemed necessary by the board to ensure that the financial obligations are paid;

(b) The bonds issued shall specify that bondholders may not look to any county or city and county revenues for repayment of the bonds. The bonds shall further specify that the only sources of repayment for the bonds are revenues provided by the eligible applicant, property of the eligible applicant, or credit enhancement obtained by the eligible applicant that may be pledged to the payment of the bonds; and

(c) The repayment term for the bonds issued shall not exceed fifteen years for a geothermal energy project and ten years for any other type of eligible clean energy project and may, for a geothermal energy project only, be correlated to the revenue stream of the eligible clean energy project being financed by the bonds so long as the amount of scheduled bond payments for any fiscal year does not exceed seventy-five percent of the estimated amount of project revenues for the fiscal year.

(3) Because private activity bonds are payable only from the sources specified in paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of this section, such bonds shall not be deemed to create county or city and county indebtedness or a multiple-fiscal year obligation within the meaning of any provision of the state constitution or the laws of this state, and a board may issue such bonds without voter approval.

(4) The rates charged by an eligible applicant for the delivery of clean energy produced by an eligible clean energy project shall be set to allow recovery of all costs necessarily incurred to deliver the clean energy to a market, including, but not limited to, the costs of substation upgrades, transmission lines to the point of entry to the power grid of a cooperative electric association, and any wheeling charges imposed by a cooperative electric association.
C.R.S. § 30-10-415 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 10 / Part 4 / Section 30-10-415
30-10-415. Tax sales excepted
Status: in_force

30-10-415. Tax sales excepted. Nothing in this article shall be construed to require the recording of certificates of sale or redemption of land for taxes.
C.R.S. § 30-31-104 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 31 / Section 30-31-104
30-31-104. County revitalization authority
Status: in_force

30-31-104. County revitalization authority. (1) (a) Any twenty-five registered electors of a county may file a petition with the governing body or its designee, or the governing body may adopt a resolution, setting forth that there is a need for a county revitalization authority in the county.

(b) (I) Upon the filing of a petition or the adoption of a resolution described in subsection (1)(a) of this section, a county shall give notice of the time, place, and purpose of a public hearing where the governing body will determine the need for the county revitalization authority in the county. This notice must also include a general description of the land that would be part of the county revitalization area. The county must give this notice to every municipality within three miles of the proposed authority at least thirty days before the hearing.

(II) A county shall provide the notice described in this subsection (1)(b) at its own expense by publishing the notice at least thirty days preceding the day on which the hearing is to be held in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county or, if there is no such newspaper, by posting the notice in at least three public places within the county at least thirty days preceding the day on which the hearing is to be held.

(III) At the hearing held pursuant to the notice described in this subsection (1)(b), the governing body shall grant a full opportunity to be heard to all county residents, taxpayers, municipalities within three miles of the proposed authority, and other interested persons.

(c) After the hearing held pursuant to the notice described in subsection (1)(b) of this section, the governing body shall adopt a resolution finding a need for and creating the county revitalization authority if the governing body:

(I) Determines that there are one or more revitalization areas in the county outside of existing urban renewal authorities;

(II) Determines that the acquisition, clearance, rehabilitation, conservation, development, redevelopment, or any combination thereof of such revitalization areas is necessary and in the interest of the public health, safety, or welfare of the county residents; and

(III) Declares it to be in the public interest that the county revitalization authority be created and exercises the powers provided in this article 31.

(d) (I) If the governing body adopts a resolution in accordance with subsection (1)(c) of this section, the governing body shall appoint authority commissioners as provided in subsection (2) of this section.

(II) If the governing body, after a hearing held pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of this section, determines that it cannot make the determinations and declaration enumerated in subsection (1)(c) of this section, it shall adopt a resolution denying the petition filed pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section. Only beginning six months after the denial of such a petition may registered electors file subsequent petitions with the governing body or its designee, setting forth that there is a need for the county revitalization authority in the county.

(2) (a) (I) An authority consists of no fewer than three and no more than eight authority commissioners.

(II) (A) If at least one taxing entity has joined the authority pursuant to subsection (6) of this section, one authority commissioner must be a board member of a special district selected by agreement of the special districts levying a mill levy within the boundaries of the county revitalization authority area that have joined the county revitalization authority.

(B) If no special district appoints an authority commissioner, then the special district appointment remains vacant until the applicable appointing authority makes the appointment pursuant to this subsection (2)(a).

(III) If the governing body appoints an even number of authority commissioners, the governing body shall designate an authority commissioner as the authority commissioner who casts the deciding vote in the case of an otherwise tie vote.

(b) (I) Authority commissioner terms are for four years; except that the governing body shall assign terms of four years or fewer for the initial authority commissioners so that authority commissioners serve for staggered terms.

(II) The governing body shall fill authority commissioner vacancies, other than those that occur due to the expiration of terms, for the remaining unexpired term; except that a vacancy of the special district-appointed seat must be filled by agreement of the affected special districts.

(III) An authority commissioner holds office until the governing body appoints the authority commissioner's qualified successor.

(c) (I) The governing body shall designate the chairperson for the first year of the authority. When the office of the first chairperson of the authority becomes vacant and annually thereafter, the authority shall select a chairperson and vice-chairperson from among its members.

(II) An authority may employ a secretary, an executive director, technical experts, and such other officers, agents, and employees as it may require and shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation.

(III) An authority may call upon the county attorney and employ its own counsel and legal staff for legal services.

(IV) An authority may delegate powers and duties to one or more of its agents or employees as it deems proper.

(d) The governing body shall file with the county clerk and recorder a certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any authority commissioner, and the certificate is conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of the authority commissioner.

(e) An authority commissioner receives no compensation for services rendered, but is entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of the duties described in this article 31.

(f) A majority of the authority commissioners constitutes a quorum.

(3) (a) (I) Upon appointment as an authority commissioner, an authority commissioner shall file a certificate with the division of local government in the department of local affairs setting forth that the governing body, after the hearing required by subsection (1)(b) of this section, made the findings and declaration required in subsection (1)(c) of this section and appointed the authority commissioner.

(II) Upon an authority commissioner filing such a certificate, the authority commissioner and any successor constitutes the county revitalization authority, which is a body corporate and politic.

(b) 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 must be conclusively deemed to have been established in accordance with the provisions of this article 31 upon proof of the filing of the certificate described in this subsection (3). A copy of the certificate, duly certified by the director of the division of local government in the department of local affairs, is admissible in evidence in any such suit, action, or proceeding.

(4) (a) (I) Neither any authority commissioner, authority officer, or employee of an authority nor any immediate family member of any such authority commissioner, officer, or employee may acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any county revitalization project or in any property included or planned to be included in any county revitalization project.

(II) An authority commissioner shall not 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 county revitalization project.

(b) (I) (A) If an authority commissioner, authority officer, or employee of an authority owns or controls an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included or planned to be included in the county revitalization project, the authority commissioner shall immediately disclose the interest in writing to the authority. The disclosure must be entered upon the minutes of the authority.

(B) Upon a disclosure made pursuant to subsection (4)(b)(I)(A) of this section, the authority commissioner, officer, or other employee shall not participate in any action by the authority affecting the carrying out of the county revitalization project planning or the undertaking of the project, unless the authority determines that, notwithstanding the personal interest, the participation of the authority commissioner, officer, or employee would not be contrary to the public interest.

(II) Acquisition or retention of any interest described in subsection (4)(b)(I)(A) of this section without a determination by the authority that the interest is not contrary to the public interest or willful failure to disclose any such interest constitutes misconduct in office.

(5) (a) The governing body may remove an authority commissioner for inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office only after the authority commissioner has been given a copy of the charges that the governing body made against the authority commissioner and the authority commissioner has had an opportunity to be heard in person or through counsel before the governing body.

(b) If any authority commissioner is removed, the governing body shall file a record of the proceedings, together with the charges made against the authority commissioner and any related findings, in the office of the county clerk and recorder.

(6) (a) Any taxing entity, other than a school district or the county, that levies taxes in an area that would fall under the county revitalization plan proposed by the authority may file a petition with the authority requesting to join the authority.

(b) Within thirty days of receiving the notice described in subsection (6)(a) of this section, the authority shall hold a public hearing to determine whether the taxing entity that filed a petition should be included in the authority.

(c) The incremental property tax revenue of a taxing entity that either does not file a petition in accordance with subsection (6)(a) of this section or that the authority decides not to include in the authority during a hearing held in accordance with subsection (6)(b) of this section shall not be allocated under the county revitalization plan proposed by the authority.
C.R.S. § 30-10-716 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 10 / Part 7 / Section 30-10-716
30-10-716. Treasurer to assess property, when
Status: in_force

30-10-716. Treasurer to assess property, when. It is the duty of the county treasurer to assess, at a fair value, the property of any person liable to pay taxes which the county assessor has failed to assess, to place the same on the tax roll, and to collect taxes on the same in the manner provided by law. Such treasurer shall not be compelled to assess such property in person; and he is authorized to administer oaths to such persons, or any others, touching the value of said property.
C.R.S. § 30-28-313 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 28 / Part 3 / Section 30-28-313
30-28-313. Severability
Status: in_force

30-28-313. Severability. If any section, clause, provision, or portion of this part 3 shall be found unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this part 3 shall not be affected.
C.R.S. § 30-20-201 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 20 / Part 2 / Section 30-20-201
30-20-201. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

30-20-201. Legislative declaration. It is declared that the creation of disposal districts, having purposes and powers provided in this part 2, will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security, and general welfare of the inhabitants of said districts.
C.R.S. § 30-10-720 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 10 / Part 7 / Section 30-10-720
30-10-720. Committee to investigate accounts of treasurer
Status: repealed

30-10-720. Committee to investigate accounts of treasurer. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 30-10-306 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 10 / Part 3 / Section 30-10-306
30-10-306. Commissioners' districts - vacancies - definitions
Status: in_force

30-10-306. Commissioners' districts - vacancies - definitions. (1) Each county must be divided into three compact districts by the board of county commissioners. Each district must be as nearly equal in population as possible based on the redistricting population data prepared by staff of the legislative council and office of legislative legal services, or any successor offices, in accordance with section 2-2-902. In no event shall there be more than five percent deviation between the most populous and the least populous district in each county, at the time such district boundaries are adopted. Each district must be numbered consecutively and must not be subject to alteration more often than once every two years. One county commissioner must be elected from each of such districts by the voters of the whole county. If any county commissioner, during his or her term of office, moves from the district in which he or she resided when elected, his or her office thereupon becomes vacant. All proceedings by the board of county commissioners in formation of such districts not inconsistent with this section are confirmed and validated.

(2) Each county having a population of seventy thousand or more that has chosen to increase the members of the board of county commissioners from three to five must be divided into three or five districts by the board of county commissioners according to the method of election described in section 30-10-306.5 (5) or (6) or section 30-10-306.7. When applicable, the board of county commissioners shall divide the county into districts in accordance with the final redistricting plan approved in accordance with section 30-10-306.4. The districts must be as nearly equal in population as possible based on the redistricting population data prepared by staff of the legislative council and office of legislative legal services, or any successor offices, in accordance with section 2-2-902. In no event shall there be more than five percent deviation between the most populous and the least populous district in each county, at the time such district boundaries are adopted. Each district must be numbered consecutively and is not subject to alteration more often than once every two years; except that, notwithstanding subsection (3) of this section, the board may alter the districts to conform to precinct boundaries that are changed in accordance with section 1-5-103 (1), based on the division of the state into congressional districts or an approved plan for redistricting of the members of the general assembly when necessary to ensure that no precinct is located in more than one district. County commissioners are elected at large or from districts according to the method of election described in section 30-10-306.5 (5) or (6) or section 30-10-306.7. If any county commissioner required to be resident in a district moves during his or her term of office from the district in which he or she resided when elected, his or her office thereupon becomes vacant. All proceedings by the board of county commissioners in formation of such districts not inconsistent with this section are confirmed and validated.

(3) When a board of county commissioners determines to change the boundaries of commissioner districts or when new districts are created, such changes or additions must be made only in odd-numbered years and, if made, must be completed by July 1 of such year, except in cases of changes resulting from either changes in county boundaries or from a final redistricting plan in accordance with section 30-10-306.4.

(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (3) of this section, after each federal census of the United States, each commissioner district must be established, revised, or altered to assure that such districts are as nearly equal in population as possible based on the redistricting population data prepared by staff of the legislative council and office of legislative legal services, or any successor offices, in accordance with section 2-2-902. In no event shall there be more than five percent deviation between the most populous and the least populous district in each county, at the time such district boundaries are adopted. The establishment, revision, or alteration of districts required by this subsection (4) must be completed by September 30 of the second odd-numbered year following such census. If a district is revised or altered in accordance with this subsection (4) in a manner that excludes the residence of a county commissioner elected to represent the district, the county commissioner remains eligible and may continue to hold the office of county commissioner until his or her term of office expires.

(5) No less than thirty days before adopting any resolution to change the boundaries of commissioner districts, or create new commissioner districts, unless the board of county commissioners is making such changes in accordance with a final redistricting plan in accordance with section 30-10-306.4, the board of county commissioners shall hold a public hearing on the proposed district boundaries.

(6) As used in this section and sections 30-10-306.1 to 30-10-306.4, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Advisory committee" means a group of persons who are not nonpartisan staff of the county who are assigned to assist the commission by the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners may delegate any functions but the final adoption of a plan to the advisory committee. The advisory committee must be composed of an equal number of members who are affiliated with the state's largest political party, affiliated with the state's second largest political party, and not affiliated with any political party. For purposes of this subsection (6)(a), the state's two largest political parties shall be determined by the number of registered electors affiliated with each political party in the state according to voter registration data published by the secretary of state for the earliest day in January of the redistricting year for which such data is published.

(b) "Commission" means a county commissioner district redistricting commission, whether the commission is an independent county commissioner district redistricting commission or not. A county commissioner district redistricting commission can be made up solely of the members of a county's board of county commissioners.

(c) (I) "Community of interest" means any group in a county that shares one or more substantial interests that may be the subject of action by the board of county commissioners, is composed of a reasonably proximate population, and should be considered for inclusion within a single district for purposes of ensuring its fair and effective representation.

(II) Such interests include but are not limited to matters reflecting:

(A) Shared public policy concerns of urban, rural, agricultural, industrial, or trade areas; and

(B) Shared public policy concerns such as education, employment, environment, public health, transportation, water needs and supplies, and issues of demonstrable regional significance.

(III) Groups that may comprise a community of interest include racial, ethnic, and language minority groups, subject to compliance with sections 30-10-306.3 (1)(b) and (4)(b), which subsections protect against the denial or abridgement of the right to vote due to a person's race or language minority group.

(IV) "Community of interest" does not include relationships with political parties, incumbents, or political candidates.

(d) "Independent commission" means an independent county commissioner district redistricting commission created in accordance with section 30-10-306.1 (2).

(e) "Plan" means a depiction of the boundaries of county commissioner districts.

(f) "Population" means the total population data referenced in section 2-2-901 and prepared by the staff of the legislative council and office of legislative legal services, or any successor offices, in accordance with section 2-2-902 (4).

(g) "Race" or "racial" means a category of race or ethnic origin documented in the federal decennial census.

(h) "Redistricting year" means the second odd-numbered year following the year in which the federal decennial census is taken or the year following a county electing to have any number of its county commissioners not elected by the voters of the whole county.

(i) "Staff" means the nonpartisan staff of the county who are assigned to assist the commission by the board of county commissioners.
C.R.S. § 30-10-306.4 — CO Code / Title 30 / Article 10 / Part 3 / Section 30-10-306.4
30-10-306.4. Deadlines for preparation, amendment, and approval of plans
Status: in_force

30-10-306.4. Deadlines for preparation, amendment, and approval of plans. (1) The board of county commissioners shall establish deadlines to ensure that the board of county commissioners shall adopt a plan for the redrawing of county commissioner districts no later than September 30 of the redistricting year. These deadlines must include dates by which the following must be accomplished:

(a) The designation of a commission, in accordance with section 30-10-306.1;

(b) The appointment of staff and an advisory committee as needed to assist the commission and the acquisition of all necessary resources to enable the commission to begin its work, in accordance with section 30-10-306.2 (1);

(c) The creation of a website and a method for county residents to present testimony, in accordance with section 30-10-306.2 (3);

(d) The submission of written comments to staff or an advisory committee by any member of the public and any member of the commission on the creation of not less than three plans for county commissioner districts, created by staff or an advisory committee alone, and on communities of interest that require representation in one or more specific areas of the county. Staff or an advisory committee shall consider such comments in creating the plans, and such comments shall be part of the record of the commission's activities and proceedings. Staff and the advisory committee shall keep each plan confidential until it is published online or by a comparable means of communicating with the public using generally available technologies. The commission may provide direction for the development of these plans through the adoption of standards, guidelines, or methodologies to which staff and the advisory committee shall adhere, including standards, guidelines, or methodologies to be used to evaluate a plan's competitiveness, consistent with section 30-10-306.3 (3)(d).

(e) The creation, presentation to the commission, and publishing online of the plans. At public hearings at which the plans are presented, staff or an advisory committee shall explain how the plans were created, how the plans address the categories of public comments received, and how the plans comply with the criteria prescribed in section 30-10-306.3.

(f) Three public hearings on the plans, in accordance with 30-10-306.2 (3)(b), in which the commission solicits feedback from the county;

(g) The request by any member of the commission or group of members of the commission for staff or an advisory committee to prepare additional plans or amendments to plans. Any such request must be made in a public hearing of the commission but does not require commission approval.

(h) The adoption of a final plan by the commission.

(2) The commission may adjust the deadlines specified in subsection (1) of this section, if conditions outside of the commission's control require such an adjustment to ensure that the board of county commissioners can approve a plan for the redrawing of county commissioner districts no later than September 30 of the redistricting year.

(3) The commission may grant its staff the authority to make technical de minimis adjustments to the adopted plan.

(4) Upon adoption of the plan approved by the commission, the commission shall provide copies of the published plan to the secretary of state and the department of local affairs.

(5) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a county commissioner may remain on the board of county commissioners, even if he or she no longer resides in the district he or she represents, until the expiration of his or her term of office, so long as the county commissioner resided in the district he or she represented immediately before a plan for the redrawing of county commissioner districts was adopted in accordance with this section.