C.R.S. § 31-25-1221 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 12 / Section 31-25-1221
31-25-1221. Board can issue bonds - form
Status: in_force

31-25-1221. Board can issue bonds - form. To carry out the purposes of this part 12, the board, with the approval of the municipality if the board is appointed pursuant to section 31-25-1209 (1)(b) or (1)(c), is hereby authorized to issue bonds of the district. Such bonds shall bear interest at a rate such that the net effective interest rate of the issue of bonds does not exceed the maximum net effective interest rate authorized, payable at such times as determined by the board, and shall be due and payable in installments at such times as determined by the board extending not more than twenty years from the date of issuance. The form and terms of said bonds, including provisions for their sale, payment, and redemption, shall be determined by the board. If such bonds are payable from the general ad valorem taxes of the district, such bonds shall not be issued unless first approved at an election held pursuant to section 31-25-1222. Bonds payable solely from revenues derived from sources other than the district's general ad valorem tax may be issued without an election. If the board so determines, such bonds may be redeemable prior to maturity, with or without payment of a premium, but no premium shall exceed three percent of the principal thereof. The bonds shall be executed in the name of and on behalf of the district and signed by the presiding officer of the board with the seal of the district affixed thereto and attested by the secretary of the board. Such bonds shall be in such denominations as the board shall determine. Interest coupons, if any, shall bear the original or facsimile signature of the presiding officer of the board. Under no circumstances shall any of said bonds be held to be an indebtedness, an obligation, or a liability of the municipality in which the district is located, and bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this part 12 shall contain a statement to that effect.
C.R.S. § 31-10-103 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 1 / Section 31-10-103
31-10-103. Computation of time
Status: in_force

31-10-103. Computation of time. Calendar days shall be used in all computations of time made under this article 10. In computing time for any act to be done before any municipal election, the first day shall be included, and the last, or election, day shall be excluded. Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays shall be included, but, if the time for any act to be done or the last day of any period is a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, the period is extended to include the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. If the time for ending the circulation of and filing nomination petitions provided by section 31-10-302, the time for withdrawing from nomination provided by section 31-10-303 (1), or the time for filing amended or new petitions to remedy objections as provided by section 31-10-305 falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, such act shall be done upon the preceding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
C.R.S. § 31-31-409 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 4 / Section 31-31-409
31-31-409. Qualification requirements - internal revenue code
Status: repealed

31-31-409. Qualification requirements - internal revenue code. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-23-215 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-215
31-23-215. Procedure - legal effect
Status: in_force

31-23-215. Procedure - legal effect. (1) The commission shall approve or disapprove a plat within thirty days after said plat has been submitted to it; otherwise such plat shall be deemed approved and a certificate to that effect shall be issued by the commission on demand unless the applicant for the commission's approval waives this requirement and consents to an extension of such period. The ground of disapproval of any plat shall be stated upon the records of the commission. No plat shall be acted on by the commission without affording a hearing thereon. Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be sent to mineral estate owners in accordance with article 65.5 of title 24, C.R.S.

(2) Every plat approved by the commission, by virtue of such approval, shall be deemed to be an amendment or an addition to or a detail of the municipal plan and a part thereof. Approval of a plat shall not constitute or effect an acceptance by the public of any street or other open space shown upon the plat. From time to time, the commission may recommend to the governing body amendments of the zoning ordinance or map or additions thereto to conform to the commission's recommendations for the zoning regulations of the territory comprised within approved subdivisions. The commission has the power to impose use, height, area, or bulk requirements or restrictions governing buildings and premises within the subdivision if such requirements or restrictions do not authorize the violation of the then effective zoning ordinance of the municipality. Such requirements or restrictions shall be stated upon the plat prior to the approval and recording thereof, shall have the force of law, and shall be enforceable in the same manner and with the same sanctions and penalties and subject to the same powers of amendment or repeal as though set out as a part of the zoning ordinance or map of the municipality. No action taken under this section shall be binding for any purpose until such action has been approved by the governmental body of the territory affected or any part thereof.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1216 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 12 / Section 31-25-1216
31-25-1216. County officers to levy and collect taxes - lien
Status: in_force

31-25-1216. County officers to levy and collect taxes - lien. It is the duty of the body having authority to levy taxes within such county to levy the taxes certified to it as provided in this part 12. It is the duty of all officials charged with the duty of collecting taxes to collect and enforce such taxes at the time and in the form and manner and with like interest and penalties as other taxes are collected and, when collected, to pay the same to the district ordering its levy and collection. The payment of such collections shall be made monthly to the treasurer of the district and paid into the depository thereof to the credit of the district. All taxes levied under this part 12, together with interest thereon and penalties for default in payment thereof, and all costs of collecting the same shall constitute a lien, until paid, on and against the property taxed, and such lien shall be considered the same type of lien as that for all other general taxes.
C.R.S. § 31-12-102 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 1 / Section 31-12-102
31-12-102. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

31-12-102. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly hereby declares that the policies and procedures in this part 1 are necessary and desirable for the orderly growth of urban communities in the state of Colorado, and to these ends this part 1 shall be liberally construed. The general assembly further declares that it is the purpose of this part 1:

(a) To encourage natural and well-ordered development of municipalities of the state;

(b) To distribute fairly and equitably the costs of municipal services among those persons who benefit therefrom;

(c) To extend municipal government, services, and facilities to eligible areas which form a part of the whole community;

(d) To simplify governmental structure in urban areas;

(e) To provide an orderly system for extending municipal regulations to newly annexed areas;

(f) To reduce friction among contiguous or neighboring municipalities;

(g) To increase the ability of municipalities in urban areas to provide their citizens with the services they require; and

(h) To respect the sovereignty of federally recognized Indian tribes with lands within the exterior boundaries of a federally recognized Indian reservation and within the exterior boundaries of the state, to reduce the jurisdictional complexities that arise when municipalities annex Indian reservation land, and to ensure cooperation and collaboration by municipalities with tribal governments.

(2) The general assembly further declares that:

(a) Section 30 of article II of the state constitution was added to the state constitution as a voter-approved ballot measure in 1980;

(b) Since its adoption, section 30 of article II of the state constitution has been in lawful force and effect. As part of the state constitution, all annexations since its enactment have been or should have been undertaken subject to its terms.

(c) By enacting House Bill 10-1259, enacted in 2010, which amends various provisions of this part 1, the general assembly does not intend to change the law governing annexations in the state but rather to better harmonize the provisions of this part 1 with those of section 30 of article II of the state constitution.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1218 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 12 / Section 31-25-1218
31-25-1218. Reserve fund
Status: in_force

31-25-1218. Reserve fund. When any indebtedness has been incurred by a district, it is lawful for the board to levy taxes and collect revenue for the purpose of creating a reserve fund in such amount as the board may determine, which may be used to meet the obligations of the district for operating charges and depreciation and to provide extensions of and betterments for the improvements of the district.
C.R.S. § 31-20-104 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 31-20-104
31-20-104. Assessor to extend taxes - warrant
Status: in_force

31-20-104. Assessor to extend taxes - warrant. It is the duty of the county assessor, when the assessment roll is prepared each year for the extension of the taxes, to extend the municipal tax upon the tax list in the same manner as other taxes are extended, carrying said municipal tax into the general total of all taxes for the year, and to include said municipal taxes in his general warrant to the county treasurer for collection.
C.R.S. § 31-2-101 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 31-2-101
31-2-101. Petition to district court
Status: repealed

31-2-101. Petition to district court. (1) Whenever the inhabitants of any territory not embraced within the limits of any existing municipality desire to be organized into a city or town, they shall file a petition for incorporation of such city or town with the district court of the county within which such territory, or any part thereof, is situate. The petition shall be signed by not less than one hundred fifty of the registered electors who are landowners and residents within the territory or, in cases where the territory involved is wholly situate in a county having a population of twenty-five thousand or less, signed by forty such registered electors who are landowners and residents and shall:

(a) Describe the territory proposed to be embraced in such city or town, which description shall determine the boundaries thereof;

(b) Have attached thereto an accurate map or plat thereof on a scale no less than one inch to one thousand feet;

(c) State the name proposed for such city or town;

(d) Be accompanied with satisfactory proofs of the number of inhabitants within the territory embraced within the limits of the proposed city or town, which proofs shall be based upon the last preceding federal census, as adjusted according to the records of the county planning office or other county records. At the time of the filing of said petition, the petitioners shall file a bond, in an amount to be determined and approved by the court, to cover the expenses connected with the proceedings in case the incorporation is not effected. In no case shall there be incorporated in such city or town any undivided tract of land consisting of forty or more acres lying within the proposed limits of such city or town without the consent of the owners thereof.

(1.5) The petition may include a request for submission to the electors of the proposed municipality at the incorporation election of any matter permitted to be submitted at the election pursuant to section 31-2-102 (1.5).

(2) No such petition shall be filed where any portion of the boundaries of the proposed city or town is within one mile from the boundaries of any existing municipality, unless the territory proposed to be included within such city or town is composed of three hundred twenty acres or more.

(2.5) (a) In addition to any other notice that may be required under this part 1, whenever the number of registered electors within the area that is the subject of a petition filed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section is less than two thousand five hundred persons, notice of the filing of the petition shall be sent by first-class mail to each person owning real property within the area at the address shown for such owner in the records of the county assessor's office. The cost of mailing the notice required by this paragraph (a) shall be borne by the petitioners.

(b) The notice required by paragraph (a) of this subsection (2.5) shall include the name, address, and telephone number of a contact person who is able to provide information on the petition to the public, the case number of the civil action concerning the petition, and the district court in which the petition is filed. The notice shall also inform the property owner that, if he or she would like to obtain a copy of the petition, the property owner shall submit to the contact person a request for a copy of the petition along with the payment of a fee. The notice shall specify the amount of the fee and instructions as to the manner in which payment shall be made. The fee charged pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall conform to the requirements of section 24-72-205 (5)(a), C.R.S. Upon receipt of payment, the contact person shall mail a copy of the petition to the property owner.

(c) The notice required by paragraph (a) of this subsection (2.5) shall be sent prior to the date on which the district court makes its findings and determination pursuant to section 31-2-102 (1).

(3) (a) No incorporation election shall be held pursuant to section 31-2-102 unless the court finds that the proposed area of incorporation is urban in character and unless the court additionally finds that:

(I) The proposed area of incorporation has an average of at least fifty registered electors residing within the boundaries of the proposed area of incorporation for each square mile of area.

(II) Repealed.

(III) (Repeal provision deleted by revision.)

(b) (I) If the proposed area of incorporation has fewer than five hundred registered electors residing therein, a public hearing shall be held before the board of county commissioners to consider whether the petitioners may hold an incorporation election. Thirty days' notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be given by one publication thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.

(II) After public hearing, the board of county commissioners may refuse to permit the incorporation election to be held if the board finds upon satisfactory evidence that:

(A) Any of the criteria set forth for special districts in section 32-1-203 (2), C.R.S., exist with respect to the area proposed for incorporation;

(B) Annexation to a nearby municipality would avoid unnecessary duplication of the services referred to in sub-subparagraph (A) of this subparagraph (II); and

(C) The proposed incorporation is inconsistent with any applicable county or regional comprehensive plan.

(III) If the proposed area of incorporation includes more than one county, the board of county commissioners of each county included may meet and devise a procedure for a joint hearing to determine whether the petitioners may hold an incorporation election.

(4) If, at any time between the filing of a petition pursuant to this section and not less than ten days prior to the date of the election thereon, there is filed with the court any subsequent petition which meets the requirements of this part 1 and which embraces any of the territory embraced in the initial petition calling for such election, the court may order that all such proposals contained in the said petitions filed with the court be submitted to the registered electors of the territories embraced by such petitions, to be voted on at one election, in the alternative. The court may order the rescission of any prior call of an election, discharge any commissioners previously appointed, and order the appointment of a new commission to call the election on all such proposals, or the court may order the inclusion of the subsequent proposals in the call of an election by the originally appointed commissioners.
C.R.S. § 31-15-603 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 6 / Section 31-15-603
31-15-603. Charging station rules prohibited
Status: in_force

31-15-603. Charging station rules prohibited. (1) Notwithstanding any authority granted to the governing body of a municipality by this part 6, the governing body of the municipality shall not adopt an ordinance or resolution prohibiting the installation of or utilization of electric vehicle charging stations unless the ordinance or resolution is narrowly drafted to address a bona fide safety concern. The governing body of the municipality shall not restrict parking based on a vehicle being a plug-in hybrid vehicle or plug-in electric vehicle.

(2) A municipal official shall not prohibit the installation of or utilization of an electric vehicle charging station, or restrict parking based on a vehicle being a plug-in hybrid vehicle or plug-in electric vehicle, unless expressly authorized by ordinance or resolution.

(3) Any ordinance or resolution promulgated by the governing body of a municipality that prohibits the installation of or utilization of electric vehicle charging stations, or that restricts parking based on a vehicle being a plug-in hybrid vehicle or plug-in electric vehicle, is subject to judicial review in a district court with jurisdiction over the municipality.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-204 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 2 / Section 31-31.5-204
31-31.5-204. Reemployment
Status: in_force

31-31.5-204. Reemployment. (1) An inactive member who is subsequently reemployed shall participate in the plan in the manner prescribed by rules adopted by the board.

(2) (a) The board shall adopt rules regarding the treatment of a member who participates in the statewide retirement plan, incurs a bona fide separation from service, elects a retirement, and subsequently returns to work with an employer who participates in the statewide retirement plan in conformance with the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended.

(b) Such rules must indicate:

(I) Whether the member continues to receive benefit distributions during the reemployment or whether the member's benefit distribution ceases during reemployment;

(II) Whether the member earns additional service credit as determined by the plan in which the subsequent employer participates or whether the member earns additional retirement benefits by participating in an alternate money purchase plan; and

(III) Whether the benefit distribution, if ceased during reemployment, resumes when the member subsequently separates from service.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-406 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 4 / Section 31-31.5-406
31-31.5-406. Optional survivor benefits
Status: in_force

31-31.5-406. Optional survivor benefits. (1) A member eligible for a normal, late, or early retirement pension may elect to receive a reduced pension payable to the member and, upon the member's death a reduced benefit to the member's designated beneficiary. The board shall establish such options by rule in a manner that provides for an actuarial equivalent benefit of the normal or early retirement pension otherwise payable.

(2) If a member reaches age eligibility for a normal, vested, or early retirement pension, and dies before making an election allowed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section or before the first pension payment has been deposited, and is survived by a spouse, dependent child, or designated beneficiary, the member shall be considered to have elected an actuarially reduced pension and retired on the day before the member's death. Payable to the members spouse, dependent child, or designated beneficiary, such reduced pension shall be payable to the member's designated beneficiary. A spouse, dependent child, or designated beneficiary of a member who has not yet reached age eligibility may elect to receive an actuarially reduced benefit beginning on the date that the member would have reached age eligibility in lieu of a death benefit under part 8 of article 31 of this title 31 and in lieu of a refund of member contributions pursuant to section 31-31.5-411.
C.R.S. § 31-35-615 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 6 / Section 31-35-615
31-35-615. Governing body to fix rates and charges
Status: in_force

31-35-615. Governing body to fix rates and charges. The governing body of any municipality or incorporated sewer or sanitary district may by ordinance fix such rates and charges for the connections with and use of the sewer or sewerage systems of said municipalities or districts as may be just, reasonable, and necessary, and it may provide the manner of levying and collecting such rates and charges.
C.R.S. § 31-10-409 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 4 / Section 31-10-409
31-10-409. Compensation for delivery of election returns and other election papers
Status: in_force

31-10-409. Compensation for delivery of election returns and other election papers. The judges of election in each precinct shall select one of their number to deliver the election returns, registration book or list, ballot boxes, if any, and other election papers and supplies to the office of the clerk or to such other place as the clerk may designate as the counting center. The judge so selected shall be paid not more than four dollars for the performance of such service.
C.R.S. § 31-10-102.7 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 1 / Section 31-10-102.7
31-10-102.7. Applicability of the "Uniform Election Code of 1992"
Status: in_force

31-10-102.7. Applicability of the "Uniform Election Code of 1992". Any municipality may provide by ordinance or resolution that it will utilize the requirements and procedures of the "Uniform Election Code of 1992", articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S., in lieu of this article, with respect to any election.
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-604 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 6 / Section 31-30.5-604
31-30.5-604. Firefighters' old hire pension plans - municipalities of at least one hundred th
Status: in_force

31-30.5-604. Firefighters' old hire pension plans - municipalities of at least one hundred thousand in population. (1) In municipalities having a population of at least one hundred thousand, any old hire member of the fire department who has served at least twenty-five years of active duty and has attained the age of fifty years shall be retired within thirty days after making application for retirement, except during periods of national emergency, and such person shall be paid a monthly pension equal to one-half the amount of the monthly salary said person received as a member of said department as of the date of application for retirement. For so long as the old hire member is in retirement, there shall be added to the amount of the member's pension one-half of any increase in salary and longevity or additional pay based on length of service granted to the rank formerly occupied by the member in the department.

(2) (a) When, for any reason, the rank or grade within a fire department is abolished or ceases to exist and a retired old hire member of such department, on or after April 30, 1963, is in receipt of a pension or annuity from the fund by reason of retirement in such classification, grade, or rank, such member shall receive the member's regular pension payment for the grade or rank occupied at the time of the member's retirement. In addition, such member of a fire department shall receive additional benefits as follows: The fraction which such member's regular pension payment for the grade or rank occupied at the time of the member's retirement bears to the regular pension payment for the next higher rank at such time shall be computed; and such member shall receive one-half of any increase in salary and longevity pay or additional pay based on length of service granted to the next higher rank or grade in such department multiplied by the fraction as above computed; but if the next higher and next lower ranks or grades of the department receive equal money increases, such member shall receive one-half of any increase without multiplication of the fraction above computed. An old hire member of such department who, on July 1, 1969, is in receipt of a pension or annuity from the fund, by reason of retirement in a rank or grade which has been abolished or has ceased to exist, shall have the member's benefits as above described recomputed, and any additional moneys to which the member is entitled shall be paid to the member as if this provision were in effect at the date of the member's application for retirement.

(b) The provisions of this subsection (2) shall apply alike to all those who retired under this section and to those who retire under the provisions of section 31-30.5-705.
C.R.S. § 31-4-403 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 4 / Section 31-4-403
31-4-403. Lawful pay only for governing bodies
Status: in_force

31-4-403. Lawful pay only for governing bodies. No member of the governing body of any city or town shall receive any compensation for his services as such member except as provided by law.
C.R.S. § 31-23-203 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-203
31-23-203. Personnel of the commission
Status: in_force

31-23-203. Personnel of the commission. (1) The municipal planning commission, referred to in this part 2 as the "commission", shall consist of not less than five nor more than seven members; except that a home rule city or town shall not be limited in the size of its commission. Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, the membership and terms of members shall be as follows:

(a) When the commission is limited to five members, the membership shall consist of the mayor and a member of the governing body as ex officio members and three persons appointed by the mayor, if the mayor is an elective officer; otherwise by such office as the governing body may designate as the appointing power in the ordinance creating the commission.

(b) When the commission consists of seven or more members, there shall be four ex officio members consisting of the mayor, one of the administrative officials selected by the mayor, a member of the governing body selected by the mayor, and a member of the governing body selected by the governing body; the balance of the membership shall be appointed as provided in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1).

(2) All members of such commission shall be bona fide residents of the municipality and, if any member ceases to reside in such municipality, his membership on the commission shall automatically terminate.

(3) All members of the commission shall serve without compensation unless otherwise provided by ordinance and the appointed members shall hold no other municipal office; except that one such appointed member may be a member of the zoning board of adjustment or appeals. The terms of ex officio members shall correspond to their respective official tenures; except that the term of the administrative official selected by the mayor shall terminate with the expiration of the term of the mayor who selected him or her. The term of each appointed member shall be six years or until his or her successor takes office; except that the respective terms of one-third of the members first appointed shall be two years, one-third shall be four years, and one-third shall be six years. Members other than the member representing the governing body may be removed, after public hearings, by the mayor for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office, and the governing body may remove the member representing it for the same reasons. The mayor or the governing body, as the case may be, shall file a written statement of reasons for such removal. Vacancies occurring otherwise than through the expiration of term shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by the mayor in the case of members selected or appointed by the mayor, by the governing body in the case of the member appointed by it, and by the appointing power designated by the governing body in municipalities in which the mayor is not an elective officer.

(4) Notwithstanding any provisions of subsections (1) and (3) of this section to the contrary, the governing body of each municipality may provide by ordinance for the size, membership, designation of alternate membership, terms of members, removal of members pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, and filling of vacancies of the commission.
C.R.S. § 31-35-706 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 7 / Section 31-35-706
31-35-706. Continuing annual charges
Status: repealed

31-35-706. Continuing annual charges. The rates and charges so established shall be annual charges and shall be continuing annual charges from year to year until such ordinance is amended or repealed. The use of said sewerage system on or after the passage of said ordinance shall be conclusive evidence of the assent of the owner of the property to the provisions of said ordinance and of the acceptance of such service on the conditions and terms imposed thereby not in conflict with this part 7.
C.R.S. § 31-25-526 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-526
31-25-526. Collection of assessment payments - by municipal treasurer - by county treasurer
Status: in_force

31-25-526. Collection of assessment payments - by municipal treasurer - by county treasurer. (1) The governing body may, by ordinance, direct the municipal treasurer to collect any amount payable as an assessment pursuant to this part 5 or authorize the municipal treasurer or other appropriate municipal official to enter into contracts with third parties for assistance in the administration and collection of assessments. If the governing body does not direct, by ordinance, that assessment payments be collected by the municipal treasurer, then such payments shall be collected by the county treasurer.

(2) All collections made by the county treasurer upon an assessment roll in any calendar month shall be accounted for and paid over to the municipal treasurer on or before the tenth day of the next succeeding calendar month, with separate statements for all such collections for each improvement.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1104 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 11 / Section 31-25-1104
31-25-1104. Action in rem - lien against property
Status: in_force

31-25-1104. Action in rem - lien against property. (1) In any case of default as provided in section 31-25-1103, the taxing authority may institute a proceeding in the nature of an action in rem, in the district court of the county in which the property is situate, denominated "in the matter of the foreclosure of special assessments for (here insert the nature of the assessment)". In such proceeding, it shall not be necessary to name any property owner or other person.

(2) The petition, when verified by any officer of the taxing authority, shall be deemed sufficient if it includes the following: The nature of the assessment, a list of the property in default, the amount of the delinquent assessment including accrued interest and penalties for nonpayment against each particular lot or tract, and a request that a date of hearing be fixed not less than twenty nor more than forty days after the filing of the complaint and that, unless good cause be shown to the contrary, the court will then enter an order fixing the amount of the delinquency and costs and authorizing the sale of the property for the payment of the amount so fixed.

(3) In such proceeding, the taxing authority may act against all or any part of the property so in default and may elect to proceed with respect to any installment or installments in default or with respect to the entire assessment if the same is in default. The sale for any installment shall not extinguish the lien of any installment subsequently becoming due.
C.R.S. § 31-30-1117 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 11 / Section 31-30-1117
31-30-1117. Exemption from levy
Status: in_force

31-30-1117. Exemption from levy. (1) Except for an assignment for child support purposes as provided in sections 14-10-118 (1) and 14-14-107, as they existed prior to July 1, 1996, and except for income assignments for child support purposes pursuant to section 14-14-111.5, C.R.S., and a writ of garnishment that is the result of a judgment taken for arrearages for child support or for child support debt, no part of the fund, either before or after any order for distribution of the fund to a fire department member, retired fire department member, or beneficiary of the fund or the surviving spouse or guardian of any child of a deceased or disabled fire department member or of a deceased, disabled, or retired fire department member shall be held, seized, taken, subjected to, detained, or levied on by virtue of any attachment, execution, protest, or proceeding of any nature whatsoever issued out of or by any court in this or any other state for the payment or satisfaction of all or part of any debt, damages, claim, demand, judgment, fine, or amercement of the municipality or district or of a fire department member, retired fire department member, or their surviving spouses, dependent children, or designated beneficiaries.

(2) Except as provided in section 31-30-1118, the fund must be kept, secured, and distributed for the purpose of issuing pensions and protecting the persons named in this part 11 and for no other purpose whatsoever; except that the board may annually spend moneys as it deems proper and necessary from the fund for necessary expenses connected with the fund.
C.R.S. § 31-31-1201 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 12 / Section 31-31-1201
31-31-1201. Review of award of benefits and benefit payments
Status: in_force

31-31-1201. Review of award of benefits and benefit payments. (1) At any time, the board may review an award of benefits or a benefit payment under any benefit plan in the defined benefit system, the statewide money purchase plan, or the statewide death and disability plan for the purpose of determining whether there has been fraud, an overpayment, an error, or a mistake.

(2) At any time, the board may review a benefit payment under any benefit plan or compensation plan other than the plans identified in subsection (1) of this section that the board administers for the purpose of determining whether there has been an overpayment, an error, or a mistake.

(3) Based upon a preponderance of the evidence from the review authorized by this section, the board:

(a) May determine that a benefit payment be terminated, diminished, maintained, or increased;

(b) May order a member or beneficiary to repay any overpayments made on or after five years prior to the date of the first notice of overpayment issued by the fire and police pension association; or

(c) Shall order the termination of benefits and the repayment of any past benefits paid to a member or beneficiary where the board finds that the benefits were granted based on false representations or a willful failure to disclose a material fact.

(4) The board shall adopt rules establishing procedures for the review of benefits and payments. The board may delegate the review pursuant to the rules. Any rules established by the board shall provide that a member or beneficiary shall have the opportunity to appeal any adverse action to the board for a final determination.

(5) Any appeal of a final determination by the board shall be in accordance with rule 106 (a)(4) of the Colorado rules of civil procedure.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1533 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1533
31-10-1533. Tampering with registration book, registration list, or pollbook
Status: in_force

31-10-1533. Tampering with registration book, registration list, or pollbook. Any person who mutilates or erases any name, figure, or word on any registration book, registration list, or pollbook, or who removes such registration book, registration list, or pollbook or any part thereof from the place where it has been deposited with an intention to destroy the same, or to procure or prevent the election of any person, or to prevent any registered elector from voting, or who destroys any registration book or pollbook or part thereof commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-301 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 3 / Section 31-31.5-301
31-31.5-301. Defined benefit component minimum contributions
Status: in_force

31-31.5-301. Defined benefit component minimum contributions. (1) Every member covered under the defined benefit component of the statewide retirement plan shall pay into the lifetime benefits account twelve percent of base salary paid or any higher member contribution rate established pursuant to part 6 of this article 31.5. The payment shall be made by the employer by deduction from the salary paid to the member.

(2) (a) Every employer employing members who are covered by the defined benefit component of the statewide retirement plan shall pay into the lifetime benefits account nine percent of the base salary paid to the member or any higher employer contribution rate established pursuant to part 6 of this article 31.5. The employer contribution rate shall increase by three percent to be implemented through six annual increases as follows: Beginning in 2023, and each year thereafter through 2028, the employer contribution rate shall increase by an additional one-half of one percent of base salary until the total employer contribution rate, including the cumulative contribution rate increases, is twelve percent of base salary.

(b) In addition to the rate established in subsection (2)(a) of this section, the employer contribution rate shall be increased by one percent of base salary to be implemented as follows: Beginning in 2029, and continuing through 2030, the employer contribution rate shall increase by an additional one-half of one percent of base salary in each year for a total of a one percent increase in order to pay for the cost of providing the option to retire contained in section 31-31.5-401 (2)(b).

(3) After considering the results of the actuarial valuation conducted pursuant to section 31-31.5-402, if the assets of the lifetime benefit components of the plan combined with projected contributions are sufficient to fully fund the benefits provided for in part 4 of this article 31.5 on an actuarially sound basis plus the projected cost of living adjustments as determined by the board, the board may, in its sole discretion, allocate surplus contributions to the money purchase component pursuant to section 31-31.5-304. The board shall designate whether any such allocation is an employer contribution or a member contribution.
C.R.S. § 31-4-202 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 31-4-202
31-4-202. Petition - election
Status: in_force

31-4-202. Petition - election. (1) When a petition, signed by five percent of the registered electors of the municipality, requesting an election on the question of adopting the city council-city manager form of government is presented to the city council, the city council shall adopt an ordinance calling for an election upon such question to be held within four calendar months from the date of the presentation of such petition. The petition shall state whether the mayor under such form of government shall be elected by and from among the members of the city council or from the city at large by the registered electors of the city at the regular election. The question of adopting such form of government shall be submitted to the registered electors of the city at a special or regular election to be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965".

(2) The mayor or, in case of the disability of the mayor, the mayor pro tem, immediately following the effective date of such ordinance, shall cause notice to be given of such election, which notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965".

(3) (a) If the petition requests that the mayor be elected by and from among the members of the city council, the question to be submitted at such election shall be: "Shall the City of (name of city) reorganize by adopting the City Council-City Manager form of government as provided in part 2 of article 4 of title 31, Colorado Revised Statutes, with the mayor to be elected by and from among the members of the city council?". The form of ballot or voting machine tabs shall be: "For City Council-City Manager Form - Mayor elected by Council" and "Against City Council-City Manager Form - Mayor elected by Council".

(b) If the petition requests that the mayor be elected from the city at large by the registered electors of the city at the regular election, the question to be submitted at such election shall be: "Shall the city of (name of city) reorganize by adopting the City Council-City Manager form of government, as provided in part 2 of article 4 of title 31, Colorado Revised Statutes, with the mayor to be elected by the registered electors of the city at the regular election?". The form of ballot or voting machine tabs shall be: "For City Council-City Manager Form - Mayor elected by Popular Vote" and "Against City Council-City Manager Form - Mayor elected by Popular Vote".

(4) The registered electors of any city which has previously reorganized into the city council-city manager form of government under this part 2 may, at any time, petition in the manner set forth in subsection (1) of this section for an election on:

(a) Returning to the original mayor-council form of government;

(b) Retaining the city council-city manager form of government but with the mayor to be elected by the registered electors of the city at the regular election rather than elected by and from among the members of the city council; or

(c) Retaining the city council-city manager form of government but with the mayor to be elected by and from among the members of the city council.
C.R.S. § 31-11-111 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 11 / Section 31-11-111
31-11-111. Initiatives, referenda, and referred measures - ballot titles
Status: in_force

31-11-111. Initiatives, referenda, and referred measures - ballot titles. (1) After an election has been ordered pursuant to section 31-11-104 or 31-11-105, the legislative body of the municipality or its designee shall promptly fix a ballot title for each initiative or referendum.

(2) The legislative body of any municipality may, without receipt of any petition, submit any proposed or adopted ordinance or resolution or any question to a vote of the registered electors of the municipality. The legislative body of the municipality or its designee shall fix a ballot title for the referred measure.

(3) In fixing the ballot title, the legislative body or its designee shall consider the public confusion that might be caused by misleading titles and shall, whenever practicable, avoid titles for which the general understanding of the effect of a "yes" or "no" vote would be unclear. The ballot title shall not conflict with those titles selected for any other measure that will appear on the municipal ballot in the same election. The ballot title shall correctly and fairly express the true intent and meaning of the measure.

(4) Any protest concerning a ballot title shall be conducted as provided by local charter, ordinance, or resolution.
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-101 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 1 / Section 31-30.5-101
31-30.5-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

31-30.5-101. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly finds and determines that police officers, in saving and protecting the lives and property of the citizens and residents of the state of Colorado, are performing state duties and are rendering services of special benefit to this state and that it is the province, right, and obligation of the state of Colorado to care for members of the police force who are entitled to retirement because of length of service or old age or because they have been injured or disabled in service and also to care for the spouses, dependent parents, and dependent children of such police officers.

(2) The general assembly further finds and determines that the establishment of firefighters' pension plans in this state is a matter of statewide concern that affects the public safety and general welfare.
C.R.S. § 31-1-101 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 1 / Part 1 / Section 31-1-101
31-1-101. Definitions
Status: in_force

31-1-101. Definitions. As used in this title, except where specifically defined, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Ad valorem tax" means only the general property tax levied annually on real or personal property listed with the county assessor.

(2) "City" means a municipal corporation having a population of more than two thousand incorporated pursuant to the provisions of part 1 of article 2 of this title or reorganized pursuant to the provisions of part 3 of article 2 of this title or pursuant to the provisions of any other general law on or after July 3, 1877, and a municipal corporation, regardless of population, organized as a city on December 31, 1980, and choosing not to reorganize as a town pursuant to part 2 of this article, but does not include any city incorporated prior to July 3, 1877, which has chosen not to reorganize nor any city or city and county which has chosen to adopt a home rule charter pursuant to the provisions of article XX of the state constitution.

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

(4) "Governing body" means the city council of a city organized pursuant to part 1 of article 4 of this title, the city council of a city organized pursuant to part 2 of article 4 of this title, the board of trustees of a town, or any other body, by whatever name known, given lawful authority to adopt ordinances for a specific municipality. For purposes of determining a quorum or the required number of votes for any matter, "governing body" includes the total number of seats on the governing body but does not include the seat held by a nonvoting city manager under section 31-4-214.

(5) "Mayor" means the mayor of the municipality; except that in a municipality having a city manager form of government, "mayor" means the presiding officer of the governing body of the municipality.

(6) "Municipality" means a city or town and, in addition, means a city or town incorporated prior to July 3, 1877, whether or not reorganized, and any city, town, or city and county which has chosen to adopt a home rule charter pursuant to the provisions of article XX of the state constitution.

(7) "Qualified elector" means a person who is qualified under the provisions of the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965" to register to vote in elections of the municipality or who, with respect to a proposed city or town or the creation of an improvement district, is qualified to register to vote in the territory involved in the proposed incorporation or district.

(8) "Qualified taxpaying elector" means a qualified elector who, during the twelve months next preceding the election, has paid an ad valorem tax on property owned by him and situated within the municipality or within the territory involved in the proposed incorporation or improvement district.

(9) "Registered elector" means a qualified elector who has registered to vote in the manner required by law.

(10) "Regular election" means:

(a) Before July 1, 2004, the election held in towns on the first Tuesday of April in each even-numbered year; the election held in cities on the first Tuesday of November in each odd-numbered year; and the election held in any other municipality at which the regular election of officers takes place;

(b) On and after July 1, 2004, the election held in any municipality in accordance with paragraph (a) of this subsection (10) unless a majority of the registered electors of the municipality voting on the question have voted to hold the regular election on a date different than specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (10) pursuant to section 31-10-109 (1), in which case "regular election" means, for any particular municipality, the date on which the regular election of officers takes place as determined by the registered electors of the municipality.

(11) "Special election" means any election called by the governing body of any municipality or initiated by petition to be held at a time other than the regular election for the purpose of submitting public questions or proposals to the registered electors of the municipality.

(12) "Street" means any street, avenue, boulevard, road, land, alley, viaduct, right-of-way, courtway, or other public thoroughfare or place of any nature open to the use of the municipality or of the public, whether the same was acquired in fee or by grant of dedication or easement or by adverse use.

(13) "Town" means a municipal corporation having a population of two thousand or less incorporated pursuant to the provisions of part 1 of article 2 of this title or reorganized pursuant to the provisions of part 3 of article 2 of this title or pursuant to the provisions of any other general law on or after July 3, 1877, and a municipal corporation, regardless of population, organized as a town on December 31, 1980, and choosing not to reorganize as a city pursuant to part 2 of this article, but does not include any town incorporated prior to July 3, 1877, which has chosen not to reorganize nor any town which has chosen to adopt a home rule charter pursuant to the provisions of article XX of the state constitution.

(14) "Ward" means a district, the boundaries of which have been established pursuant to section 31-2-104 or 31-4-104, from which a member of the governing body of the city or town is elected.
C.R.S. § 31-2-203 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 31-2-203
31-2-203. Definitions
Status: in_force

31-2-203. Definitions. As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Ballot title" means a ballot title as defined in section 31-11-103 (1).

(2) "Publication" means one publication in one newspaper of general circulation within the municipality. If there is no such newspaper, publication shall be by posting in at least three public places within the municipality.
C.R.S. § 31-30-204 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 2 / Section 31-30-204
31-30-204. Removal - public hearings
Status: in_force

31-30-204. Removal - public hearings. The classified civil service of the said city or town shall comprise all members of the fire department. Persons in the classified civil service shall hold their respective positions and be graded according to their competency, which shall be the same for all persons having like duty; except that the members of any paid fire department holding positions on the same at the time said city or town adopts the provisions of this part 2 shall retain their respective positions until removed after a public hearing for good cause shown, as provided in this section. They shall be removed or discharged only upon written charges which shall be filed by the head of the department or by any citizen of the city or town acting for the good of the service, to be promptly acted upon by the commission. All hearings before the commission shall be open to the public. No person shall be discharged for a political or religious reason. In case of emergency, the commission shall authorize the temporary appointment of members to the fire department without competitive tests for a period of not to exceed ninety days.
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-103 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 1 / Section 31-30.5-103
31-30.5-103. Applicability
Status: in_force

31-30.5-103. Applicability. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, every employer in this state shall provide the applicable pension benefits of the old hire police or fire pension plan established by this article for members hired on or before April 7, 1978.

(b) In addition to paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), every employer in this state shall provide the applicable pension benefits of the old hire police or fire pension plan established by this article for members hired on or after April 8, 1978, but before January 1, 1980, if:

(I) The member has prior service as a firefighter or police officer in the state of Colorado;

(II) The current employer approved coverage under its old hire pension plan or any other local plan;

(III) The member contributed to the old hire pension fund of the current employer the amount of money that the member would have paid if all the member's prior service had been as an employee of the current employer, such makeup contribution to have been paid over a three-year period; and

(IV) The member requested such coverage, in writing, on or before December 31, 1981.

(2) The following members, otherwise eligible to participate in an old hire pension plan pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be exempt from participation:

(a) Members covered under an exempt pension plan established by part 8 of this article;

(b) Members who, pursuant to the affiliation of their old hire pension plan with the fire and police pension association as provided by section 31-31-701, elect to become covered under the provisions of the defined benefit component of the statewide retirement plan, established by article 31.5 of this title; and

(c) Members covered under the federal "Social Security Act", unless their employer also provides supplemental retirement benefits under an old hire pension plan.

(3) All members meeting the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, who are not otherwise excluded from an old hire pension plan coverage under subsection (2) of this section, shall be referred to in this article and article 31 of this title as "old hire members".
C.R.S. § 31-4-205 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 31-4-205
31-4-205. Council members - vacancies
Status: in_force

31-4-205. Council members - vacancies. (1) The legislative and corporate authority of cities organized under this part 2 shall be vested in the city council members nominated and elected, two from each ward and one from the city at large, for a term of two years. Members of the city council shall be registered electors of the city who have resided in their respective wards for a period of at least twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the election; except that, in case the boundaries of the ward are changed pursuant to section 31-2-104 or 31-4-104 or as a result of annexation, any person who has resided within territory added to the ward for the time prescribed in this subsection (1) shall be deemed to have met the residence requirements for the ward to which the territory was added.

(2) Within sixty days after a vacancy occurs in the city council, the council shall:

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

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

(3) The city council may provide by ordinance for four-year overlapping terms of office for its members. The city council may reinstate the two-year terms provided in this section by ordinance. Any ordinance passed pursuant to this subsection (3) shall be enacted at least one hundred eighty days before the next regular election and shall be subject, notwithstanding any emergency declaration, to referendum if such is brought pursuant to section 31-11-105 or pursuant to an applicable municipal ordinance enacted in accordance with section 1 of article V of the state constitution. No ordinance enacted pursuant to this subsection (3) shall extend or reduce the term for which any person was elected. Where four-year terms have been provided for council members pursuant to section 31-4-107 (3), council members shall continue to serve four-year terms unless two-year terms are reinstated pursuant to this subsection (3). If any vacancy occurs in the office of council member for which a four-year term is in effect pursuant to this subsection (3), the vacancy shall be filled as provided in subsection (2) of this section. If the office in which the vacancy occurs is not an office for which a successor would otherwise have been elected at the next regular election, the term of office of the successor elected at that regular election shall be shortened so that the following regular election for the office is held at the time at which it would have been held if no vacancy had occurred.

(4) If the city council, at the time a vacancy occurs or within sixty days thereafter, lacks a sufficient number of members to establish a quorum to fill the vacancy as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the city clerk, without further action by the city council, shall call a special election to be held as soon as practicable to fill the vacancy until the term of office of a successor elected at the next regular election has commenced as provided in section 31-4-105. The council may cancel the special election if it is able to fill the vacancy before the date of the special election.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1010 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 10 / Section 31-10-1010
31-10-1010. Emergency absentee voting - definition
Status: in_force

31-10-1010. Emergency absentee voting - definition. (1) (a) If the voter is confined in a hospital or his or her place of residence on election day because of conditions arising after the closing day for absent voters' ballot applications, the voter may request in a written statement, signed by him or her, that the clerk send him or her an absent voter's ballot with the word "EMERGENCY" stamped on the stubs thereof. The clerk shall deliver the emergency absent voter's ballot at his or her office, during the regular hours of business, to any authorized representative of the voter possessing a written statement from the voter's physician, physician assistant authorized under section 12-240-107 (6), advanced practice registered nurse, or practitioner that the voter will be confined in a hospital or his or her place of residence on election day. For the purposes of this subsection (1)(a), "authorized representative" means a person possessing a written statement from the voter containing the voter's signature, name, and address and requesting that the emergency absent voter's ballot be given to the authorized person as identified by name and address. The authorized person shall acknowledge receipt of the emergency ballot with his or her signature, name, and address.

(b) A request for an emergency absent voter's ballot under this section shall be made before, and the ballot shall be returned to the clerk's office no later than, 7 p.m. on election day.

(2) Any voter unable to go to the polls because of conditions arising after the closing day for absent voters' ballot applications which will result in his absence from the precinct on election day may apply at the office of the clerk for an emergency absent voter's ballot. Upon receipt of an affidavit signed by the voter on a form provided by the clerk and attesting to the fact that the voter will be compelled to be absent from his precinct on election day because of conditions arising after the closing day for absent voters' ballot applications, the clerk shall provide the voter with an absent voter's ballot, with the word "EMERGENCY" stamped on the stubs thereof.

(3) After marking his ballot, the voter shall place it in a return envelope provided by the clerk. He shall then fill out and sign the self-affirmation on the envelope, as provided in section 31-10-1003, on or before election day and return it to the office of the clerk. Upon receipt of the envelope, the clerk shall verify the voter's name on the return envelope with that which appears on his office precinct record and, if they compare, shall deliver the envelope to the election judges, as provided in section 31-10-1006.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-403 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 4 / Section 31-31.5-403
31-31.5-403. Defined benefit component benefits
Status: in_force

31-31.5-403. Defined benefit component benefits. (1) In calculating the retirement pension for a member who has service credit in the defined benefit component, the benefit is the sum of the following:

(a) Two percent multiplied by the service credit earned or purchased in the defined benefit component, not to exceed ten years of service credit, multiplied by the average of the member's highest three years' base salary in the defined benefit component; plus

(b) Two and one-half percent multiplied by the service credit earned or purchased in the defined benefit component in excess of ten years multiplied by the average of the member's highest three years' base salary in the defined benefit component.
C.R.S. § 31-31-702 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 7 / Section 31-31-702
31-31-702. Affiliation by local money purchase plans
Status: repealed

31-31-702. Affiliation by local money purchase plans. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-12-118 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 1 / Section 31-12-118
31-12-118. Priority of annexation proceedings
Status: in_force

31-12-118. Priority of annexation proceedings. (1) The purpose of this section is to give a first priority to annexation proceedings unless certain incorporation proceedings described in this section are commenced for all or part of the area subject to such annexation proceedings.

(2) (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), when a governing body receives a petition for annexation pursuant to section 31-12-107 (1) or a petition for an election on the question of annexation pursuant to section 31-12-107 (2), no other proceedings shall be commenced or prosecuted for the annexation or incorporation of the same area or any part thereof and no other proceedings shall be commenced or prosecuted for the creation of any quasi-municipal corporation in the same area or any part thereof until the question of annexing such area pursuant to any such petition has been finally determined. Nothing in this subsection (2) shall prevent a duly established special service district lawfully organized under part 5 or 6 of article 25 of this title, article 8 of title 29, C.R.S., part 2 of article 20 of title 30, C.R.S., or title 32 (except article 8), C.R.S., from receiving and prosecuting a petition for the inclusion of the same area or any part thereof within the boundaries of any such special service district during any pending annexation proceeding.

(b) A governing body shall hold annexation proceedings in abeyance if, on or after the date a petition for annexation pursuant to section 31-12-107 (1) or a petition for an election on the question of annexation pursuant to section 31-12-107 (2) is filed, a petition for incorporation of the same area or any part thereof is filed pursuant to part 1 of article 2 of this title and such area contains more than seventy-five thousand inhabitants.

(3) The fact that proceedings for the incorporation of an area have been commenced prior to the filing of a petition for annexation under section 31-12-107 (1) or prior to the filing of a petition for an election on the question of annexation under section 31-12-107 (2) shall in no way affect such proceedings for the annexation of all or part of the same area, and any such incorporation proceedings shall be held in abeyance until the question of annexation has been finally determined. Similarly the fact that proceedings for the creation of a quasi-municipal corporation have been commenced prior to the filing of a petition for annexation under section 31-12-107 (1) or the filing of a petition for an election on the question of annexation under section 31-12-107 (2) shall in no way affect such proceedings for the annexation of all or part of the same area, and any such proceedings for the creation of quasi-municipal corporations shall be held in abeyance until the question of annexation has been finally determined.

(4) This section shall not apply if the petition for annexation under said section 31-12-107 (1) or the petition for an election on the question of annexation under said section 31-12-107 (2) is first filed with the governing body within the ten days next preceding the date set for an election on the question of incorporation or an election on the question of the creation of a quasi-municipal corporation in part or all of the same area, nor shall this section apply to any incorporation petition involving an area which contains more than ten thousand inhabitants.

(5) In the event of any lawsuit challenging the provisions of this section or their applicability to any situation, such legal proceedings shall be advanced on the docket as a matter of immediate public interest and concern and shall be heard at the earliest practical moment.
C.R.S. § 31-15-803 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 8 / Section 31-15-803
31-15-803. Enforceability
Status: in_force

31-15-803. Enforceability. Purchase or leasehold agreements entered into by any municipality pursuant to this part 8 shall be enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction.
C.R.S. § 31-35-501 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 5 / Section 31-35-501
31-35-501. Creation of board
Status: in_force

31-35-501. Creation of board. (1) The governing body of any city or town, organized under a special act or home rule charter or under the general laws of the state, has the power to create, by ordinance, a nonpolitical local legislative body designated as a board of commissioners, referred to in this part 5 as the "board", to have complete charge and control of the sewerage facilities or water facilities or joint water and sewer system of such city or town, as designated in such ordinance, in which board are vested all powers, rights, privileges, and duties vested in the city or town creating the board and pertaining to the type of facilities or system designated in such ordinance.

(2) The exercise of any and all executive, administrative, and ministerial powers may be delegated and redelegated by the board to officials and employees of the city or town employed by the board.

(3) The board shall indicate the capacity in which the city or town is acting when such actions are taken by the board, e.g., "the city (town) of ................, acting by and through its board of water and sewer commissioners".
C.R.S. § 31-10-1518 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1518
31-10-1518. Delivering and receiving ballots at polls
Status: in_force

31-10-1518. Delivering and receiving ballots at polls. (1) No voter shall receive an official ballot from any person except one of the judges of election, and no person other than a judge of election shall deliver an official ballot to a voter.

(2) No person except a judge of election shall receive from any voter a ballot prepared for voting.

(3) Any voter who does not vote the ballot received by him shall return his ballot to the judge of election from whom he received the same before leaving the polling place.

(4) Each violation of the provisions of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 31-35-701 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 7 / Section 31-35-701
31-35-701. Cities or towns may provide service outside boundaries
Status: in_force

31-35-701. Cities or towns may provide service outside boundaries. Any city or town owning an established sewerage system may, by ordinance, fix just, reasonable, and necessary rates for the connection with and use of the sewerage system, directly or indirectly, by owners of property situated in unincorporated territory without the boundaries of said city or town.
C.R.S. § 31-25-504 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-504
31-25-504. Municipality may establish sewer systems
Status: in_force

31-25-504. Municipality may establish sewer systems. Any municipality may establish and maintain sewer systems and sewage disposal plants for sanitary or storm drainage.
C.R.S. § 31-4-505 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 5 / Section 31-4-505
31-4-505. Recall after six months - second petition
Status: in_force

31-4-505. Recall after six months - second petition. (1) A recall petition shall not be circulated or filed and no pending recall proceedings may be continued against any officer until the officer has actually held the office for at least six months following the officer's election or reelection, or six months following the assumption of office by an appointed official.

(2) After one recall petition and election, no further petition shall be filed against the same officer during the term for which he or she was elected or appointed unless the petitioners signing said petition equal fifty percent of all ballots cast for that office at the last preceding regular election.

(3) A recall petition may not be circulated or filed against an elected officer whose office is up for election within six months.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1303 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 13 / Section 31-10-1303
31-10-1303. Filing statement - contents
Status: in_force

31-10-1303. Filing statement - contents. The contestor shall file in the office of the clerk of the district court, within ten days after the expiration of the period within which a recount may be requested pursuant to section 31-10-1207 (2), or within ten days after the conclusion of a recount conducted pursuant to section 31-10-1207, whichever is later, a written statement of the contestor's intention to contest the election, setting forth the name of the contestor, that the contestor is a registered elector of the municipality, the name of the contestee, the office contested, the time of election, and the particular causes of the contest. The statement shall be verified by the affidavit of the contestor or some registered elector of the municipality that the causes set forth in such statement are true to the best of the affiant's knowledge and belief.
C.R.S. § 31-15-1004 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 10 / Section 31-15-1004
31-15-1004. Department of public health and environment rules
Status: in_force

31-15-1004. Department of public health and environment rules. The department of public health and environment may promulgate rules for the engineering design and operation of solid waste-to-energy incineration systems, and any such system shall comply with such rules before beginning operations.
C.R.S. § 31-25-212 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 2 / Section 31-25-212
31-25-212. Expenditures for park purposes
Status: in_force

31-25-212. Expenditures for park purposes. The commission, with the approval of the mayor, shall have full, complete, and exclusive power and authority to expend, for and on behalf of the city, all sums of money that may be raised by general taxation for park purposes, all other sums of money appropriated by the governing body from the general revenues for the same purposes, and all moneys that may be realized by the commission from the sale of privileges in or near the parks of the city or realized from the sale of the general bonds of the city and set apart for park purposes or from the sale of the park bonds provided for in section 31-25-203 (2).
C.R.S. § 31-31-410 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 4 / Section 31-31-410
31-31-410. Purchased or rolled-over service credit - repeal
Status: repealed

31-31-410. Purchased or rolled-over service credit - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-10-1519 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1519
31-10-1519. Voting twice
Status: in_force

31-10-1519. Voting twice. Any person who votes more than once or, having voted once, offers to vote again or offers to deposit in the ballot box more than one ballot commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 31-31-101 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 1 / Section 31-31-101
31-31-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

31-31-101. Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby declares that the establishment of police officers' and firefighters' pension plans in this state is a matter of statewide concern that affects the public safety and general welfare, that the ability of pension funds to pay earned benefits to present and future members is a necessary corollary to the establishment of pension plans, and that statewide pension plans establishing pension benefits that can be fully funded with local moneys will permit the continuation of pension plans for police officers and firefighters in this state. In addition, the general assembly declares that any pension plan must be actuarially sound in order to assure the security of the pension system and that this article is enacted to provide for the stability and security of police officers' and firefighters' pension plans in this state. The general assembly further declares that state moneys provided to municipalities, fire protection districts, and county improvement districts do not constitute a continuing obligation of the state to participate in the ongoing normal costs of pension plan benefits, except for state funding of death and disability benefits as specified in this article, but are provided in recognition that the local governments are currently burdened with financial obligations relating to pensions in excess of their present financial capacities. It is the intent of the general assembly in providing state moneys to assist the local governments that state participation decrease annually, terminating at the earliest possible date.
C.R.S. § 31-12-305 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 3 / Section 31-12-305
31-12-305. Question submitted to registered electors
Status: in_force

31-12-305. Question submitted to registered electors. The governing body of such city or town shall, by ordinance and within a reasonable time to be fixed by the court in said order, direct that an election be held to submit the question of the dissolution and annexation to a vote of the registered electors. If the order of the district court is served more than thirty days and less than one hundred twenty days prior to the next regular election of such city or town, the question shall be submitted to a vote of the registered electors at such regular election; otherwise, the question shall be submitted at a special election to be called and held for that purpose. Such election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965".
C.R.S. § 31-35-409 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 4 / Section 31-35-409
31-35-409. Remedies of bondholders
Status: in_force

31-35-409. Remedies of bondholders. (1) Subject to any contractual limitations binding upon the holders of any issue of bonds or the trustee therefor, including but not limited to the restriction of the exercise of any remedy to a specified proportion or percentage of such holders, any holder of bonds or trustee therefor has the right and power, for the equal benefit and protection of all holders of bonds similarly situated:

(a) To enforce his rights against the municipality and its governing body and any of its officers, agents, and employees by an action in the nature of mandamus or other suit, action, or proceeding at law or in equity and to require and compel such municipalities or such governing body or any such officers, agents, or employees to perform and carry out their duties and obligations under this part 4 and their covenants and agreements with the bondholders;

(b) To require the municipality and the governing body thereof to account as if they were the trustee of an express trust by action or suit in equity;

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

(d) To bring suit upon the bonds.

(2) No right or remedy conferred by this part 4 upon any holder of bonds or any trustee therefor is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, but each such right or remedy is cumulative and in addition to every other right or remedy and may be exercised without exhausting and without regard to any other remedy conferred by this part 4 or by any other law.
C.R.S. § 31-25-512 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-512
31-25-512. Cost assessed in proportion to area
Status: in_force

31-25-512. Cost assessed in proportion to area. The costs of any district sanitary sewer, including inlets, manholes, connecting mains, and appurtenances, with interest, and of district storm sewers may be assessed by ordinance upon all the real estate in the district, in proportion as the area of each piece of real estate in the district bears to the area of all the real estate in the district, exclusive of public highways.
C.R.S. § 31-11-102 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 11 / Section 31-11-102
31-11-102. Applicability of article
Status: in_force

31-11-102. Applicability of article. This article shall apply to municipal initiatives, referenda, and referred measures unless alternative procedures are provided by charter, ordinance, or resolution.
C.R.S. § 31-11-116 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 11 / Section 31-11-116
31-11-116. Enforcement
Status: in_force

31-11-116. Enforcement. (1) Any person may file with the district attorney an affidavit stating the name of any person who has violated any of the provisions of this article and stating the facts that constitute the alleged offense. Upon the filing of such affidavit, the district attorney shall forthwith investigate, and, if reasonable grounds appear therefor, the district attorney shall prosecute the same.

(2) The attorney general of the state shall have equal power with district attorneys to file information or complaints against any person for violating any provision of this article.
C.R.S. § 31-25-204 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 2 / Section 31-25-204
31-25-204. Acquisition by condemnation
Status: in_force

31-25-204. Acquisition by condemnation. (1) For the purpose of acquiring lands for parks, pleasure grounds, boulevards, parkways, avenues, driveways, and roads, the park commission is authorized, with the approval of the mayor, to select and, by a suitable proceeding in the name of the city, without the passage of any ordinance, condemn real estate or, with the approval of the mayor, to purchase any real estate so selected for one or more parks, pleasure grounds, 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 insofar as the same are applicable, but the benefit to other lands shall be ascertained and assessed.

(2) Payment for any acquisition provided in subsection (1) of this section may be paid for by special assessments upon all the other real estate, except parks, pleasure grounds, avenues, boulevards, streets, and roads in such city or partly out of the proceeds of the sale of the general bonds of the city, in accordance with the powers conferred by this part 2, and partly by such assessments, as the same may be determined by the mayor and park commission.
C.R.S. § 31-12-303 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 3 / Section 31-12-303
31-12-303. Annexation consented to by ordinance - indebtedness
Status: in_force

31-12-303. Annexation consented to by ordinance - indebtedness. No order shall be made by any district court requiring the submission of the question of dissolution and annexation to any election held pursuant to this part 3 until the city existing under a special charter to which it is proposed that such annexation be made has consented to such annexation by ordinance duly passed and published. In case of the annexation of any city or town to any city existing under a special charter, as provided in section 31-12-301, neither the indebtedness of the city or town so annexed nor that of the city to which the same shall be annexed shall become a common indebtedness. Such indebtedness shall be paid by general taxation upon all the taxable property within the city or town in and by which the indebtedness was created.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1521.5 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1521.5
31-10-1521.5. Anonymous statements concerning candidates or issues - penalties
Status: repealed

31-10-1521.5. Anonymous statements concerning candidates or issues - penalties. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-4-107 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 31-4-107
31-4-107. Appointment of officers - terms
Status: in_force

31-4-107. Appointment of officers - terms. (1) The members of the city council elected for each city at the meeting at which their terms commence, as provided in section 31-4-105, shall organize the city council. A majority of the total number of members is necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. They shall be judges of the election returns and qualification of their own members, and they shall determine the rules of their own proceedings. The city clerk shall keep a record of the proceedings, in such form as determined by the city council, which shall be open to the inspection and examination of any citizen. The councilmen may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as they think fit to prescribe and shall elect from their own body a temporary president.

(2) (a) Upon taking office, or at such other time as may be provided by ordinance or resolution, the city council shall appoint a city attorney and shall appoint or provide for the appointment of such other officers as may be required by statute or ordinance and may appoint such other officers, including a city administrator, as may be necessary or desirable. One or more municipal judges shall be appointed in accordance with section 13-10-105 (1), C.R.S.

(b) One person may hold two or more appointive offices if provided by ordinance and if compatible with the interest of the city government as determined by the council. All officers of the city are subject to the control and direction of the mayor and may be removed by a vote of a majority of all members elected to the city council if appointed to serve at the pleasure of the city council or by such a vote on charges of incompetence, unfitness, neglect of duty, or insubordination, duly made and sustained, if appointed to serve for a term prescribed by ordinance; except that a municipal judge may be removed during his term of office only for cause, as set forth in section 13-10-105 (2), C.R.S. The council may provide by ordinance for the removal or suspension of any officer or employee, except the mayor, councilmen, clerk, treasurer, city administrator, city attorney, and municipal judge, by administrative proceeding presided over by a city officer or employee.

(3) The city council may provide by ordinance for four-year overlapping terms of office for council members. The ordinance may also provide for four-year terms for the mayor and other elective officers. The city council may reinstate the two-year terms provided in this section by ordinance. Any ordinance passed pursuant to this subsection (3) shall be enacted at least one hundred eighty days before the next regular election and shall be subject, notwithstanding an emergency declaration, to referendum if the referendum is brought pursuant to section 31-11-105 or pursuant to an applicable municipal ordinance enacted in accordance with section 1 of article V of the state constitution. No ordinance enacted pursuant to this subsection (3) shall extend or reduce the term for which any person was elected. If any vacancy occurs in an office for which a four-year term is in effect pursuant to this subsection (3), such vacancy shall be filled as provided in sections 31-4-106 and 31-4-108 (2)(b). If the office in which the vacancy occurs is not an office for which a successor would otherwise have been elected at the next regular election, the term of office of the successor elected at that regular election shall be shortened so that the following regular election for said office is held at the time at which it would have been held if no vacancy had occurred.

(4) (a) The city council may submit, by ordinance or resolution, for the approval of the registered electors at a regular or special election a proposal that the position of city clerk or city treasurer, or both such positions, be made appointive rather than elective, the appointments to be made by the city council. Such measure shall be made to take effect in such manner as to avoid shortening or extending the terms of any persons elected to such offices. If approved, appointments to either of such offices shall be in the manner provided for other appointive offices.

(b) The city council may also, by ordinance or resolution, submit for the approval of the registered electors a proposal for returning the office of clerk or treasurer, or both, from appointive to elective status. No such proposal, if approved, shall extend or reduce the term for which any person holds office.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1504 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1504
31-10-1504. Penalties for election offenses
Status: in_force

31-10-1504. Penalties for election offenses. In all cases where an offense is denominated by this article as being a misdemeanor and no penalty is specified, the offender, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C.R.S. § 31-25-815 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 8 / Section 31-25-815
31-25-815. Employees - duties - compensation
Status: in_force

31-25-815. Employees - duties - compensation. (1) The board shall employ and fix the compensation, subject to the approval of the governing body, of the following, who shall serve at the pleasure of the board:

(a) A director, who shall be a person of good moral character and possessed of a reputation for integrity, responsibility, and business ability. No member of the board shall be eligible to hold the position of director. The director shall take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101. The director shall be the chief executive officer of the authority. Subject to the approval of the board and directed by it when necessary, the director shall have general supervision over and be responsible for the preparation of plans and the performance of the functions of the authority in the manner authorized by this part 8. The director shall attend all meetings of the board and shall render to the board and to the governing body a regular report covering the activities and financial condition of the authority. In the absence or disability of the director, the board may designate a qualified person to perform the duties of the office as acting director. The director shall furnish the board with such information or reports governing the operation of the authority as the board may from time to time require.

(b) A treasurer, who shall keep the financial records of the authority and who, together with the director, shall approve all vouchers for the expenditure of funds of the authority. He shall perform such other duties as may be delegated to him by the board.

(c) A secretary, who shall maintain custody of the official seal and of all records, books, documents, or other papers not required to be maintained by the treasurer. He shall attend all meetings of the board and keep a record of all its proceedings. He shall perform such other duties as may be delegated to him by the board.

(d) Upon recommendation of the director, such clerical, technical, and professional assistants, including but not limited to persons in the fields of engineering, planning, and economic research, as shall, in the opinion of the board, be necessary to provide for the efficient performance of the functions of the board.

(2) Any provision of this section and section 31-25-807 to the contrary notwithstanding and subject to any limitations in the ordinance creating the authority or in any amendments thereto, the board may by resolution establish alternate administrative provisions relating to the administrative organization and structure of the authority and responsibilities of board members, officers, and employees.
C.R.S. § 31-35-703 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 7 / Section 31-35-703
31-35-703. Publication of ordinance
Status: in_force

31-35-703. Publication of ordinance. Notice of such rates shall be given by publication of the ordinance fixing the same, to which publication there shall be appended a special notice to owners of property in unincorporated territory without the boundaries of said city or town and using the sewerage system especially directing attention to said ordinance.
C.R.S. § 31-31-403 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 4 / Section 31-31-403
31-31-403. Normal retirement - statewide defined benefit plan - repeal
Status: repealed

31-31-403. Normal retirement - statewide defined benefit plan - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-16-108 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 16 / Part 1 / Section 31-16-108
31-16-108. Majority of all members required - record
Status: in_force

31-16-108. Majority of all members required - record. On the adoption of an ordinance, resolution, or order for the appropriation of money or the entering into of a contract by the governing body of any city or town, the yeas and nays shall be called and recorded, and the concurrence of a majority of the governing body shall be required.
C.R.S. § 31-21-406 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 21 / Part 4 / Section 31-21-406
31-21-406. Suit by bondholder - city or town to protect
Status: in_force

31-21-406. Suit by bondholder - city or town to protect. In the event that any action, suit, or proceeding is brought by any bondholder, creditor, or other person, wherein it is sought to compel the levy of any further bond tax on property which has been discharged from said tax by payment in full, the city or town shall take all necessary steps to protect said property on which the tax has been paid in full by purchasing property sold for the nonpayment of such tax in the event that there are no other purchasers and by making ample provisions for the payment of delinquent bond taxes or the installments thereof out of the general fund or any other available fund, the intention being that, as between the city or town and the taxpayer, any particular property may be fully discharged and relieved from the lien of such tax or the levy of any further tax for the same purpose by payment in full of its proportionate share thereof at the time of payment.
C.R.S. § 31-10-109 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 1 / Section 31-10-109
31-10-109. Submission of question on regular election date for municipalities
Status: in_force

31-10-109. Submission of question on regular election date for municipalities. (1) (a) Pursuant to section 31-11-111 (2), the governing body of each municipality, in consultation with the clerk and recorder of the county in which the municipality is located, may submit to a vote of the registered electors of the municipality for placement on the ballot the question of whether the regular election date of such municipality shall be changed to either the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November in each odd-numbered year or the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November in each even-numbered year.

(b) Where a majority of the registered electors voting on the question submitted in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) approve a change in the regular election date of the municipality, the governing body of the municipality shall by ordinance establish its new regular election date in accordance with the vote of the registered electors and may include in the ordinance any alteration in the terms of office of officials that may be necessary to accomplish the change in election dates in an orderly manner. In no event shall the ordinance shorten the term of any elected official in office at the time of its adoption.

(2) Procedures for submitting the question described in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section to the registered electors of the municipality shall follow the procedures set forth in article 11 of this title pertaining to municipal initiatives.

(3) Any municipality that has changed its regular election date in accordance with the requirements of this section may change its regular election date pursuant to the procedures specified in subsection (1) of this section for the sole purpose of making the regular election date of the municipality the regular election date in effect prior to the change in such date commenced under this section.
C.R.S. § 31-25-627 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 6 / Section 31-25-627
31-25-627. Early hearings
Status: in_force

31-25-627. Early hearings. All actions in which there arises a question of the validity of the organization of a district or a question of the validity of any proceeding under this part 6 shall be advanced as a matter of immediate public interest and concern and shall be heard at the earliest practicable moment.
C.R.S. § 31-35-606 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 6 / Section 31-35-606
31-35-606. Assessments payable - proviso
Status: in_force

31-35-606. Assessments payable - proviso. The assessment shall be due and payable within thirty days after final publication of the assessing ordinance without demand; except that all assessments, at the election of the owner, may be paid in installments, as provided in section 31-35-608.
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-603 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 6 / Section 31-30.5-603
31-30.5-603. Police officers' old hire pension plans - municipalities of at least one hundred
Status: in_force

31-30.5-603. Police officers' old hire pension plans - municipalities of at least one hundred thousand in population. In municipalities having a population of at least one hundred thousand, any old hire member of the police department who has attained the age of sixty years is entitled to a monthly pension equal to one-half the amount of the average salary said member received as a member of said department for one year before retirement. Any old hire member of the police department of such municipality having served twenty-five years or more in such police department, other than an old hire member who has arrived at the age of sixty years and retired, is entitled to a monthly pension equal to one-half the amount of the average salary said member received as a member of said department for one year before the time of retirement.
C.R.S. § 31-15-403 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 4 / Section 31-15-403
31-15-403. Prohibition against the use of restraints on pregnant women in custody
Status: in_force

31-15-403. Prohibition against the use of restraints on pregnant women in custody. A municipality that chooses to establish and operate a jail, as authorized in section 31-15-401 (1)(j), shall comply with the provisions of section 17-26-104.7, C.R.S., concerning the use of restraints on pregnant women in custody.
C.R.S. § 31-30-1121 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 11 / Section 31-30-1121
31-30-1121. Disability pension - rules - hearing
Status: in_force

31-30-1121. Disability pension - rules - hearing. (1) If a volunteer firefighter is injured while in the line of duty as a volunteer firefighter, the board shall pay to the volunteer firefighter:

(a) A short-term disability monthly annuity for not more than one year in an amount it determines is proper and equitable, considering the financial condition of the fund, but not more than one-half the amount paid by the board pursuant to section 31-30-1122 (1) or two hundred twenty-five dollars, whichever is greater; or

(b) A long-term disability monthly annuity for a disability that deprives the volunteer firefighter of an earning capacity and that extends beyond one year in an amount it determines is proper and necessary but not more than the amount paid by the board pursuant to section 31-30-1122 (1) or four hundred fifty dollars, whichever is greater. Any increase in the benefits in a municipality under this paragraph (b) shall be approved by the municipality's governing body.

(2) Disability-pension applicants shall be examined by one or more physicians selected by the board and may be examined by one or more physicians selected by the applicant. The board shall pay from the fund the expenses of the physician chosen by the board.

(3) The board shall adopt rules it deems proper concerning the examination of persons who are receiving disability benefits under this section to determine periodically the fitness of these persons. A person who is receiving benefits under this section and who is either fifty years of age or has completed twenty years of active duty in the fire department before the date disability benefits under this section are first provided shall not be reexamined. A person receiving benefits under this section shall not be examined before one year after the date disability benefits under this section are first provided and not more often than annually after this date.

(4) The board shall terminate the disability benefits under this section of a person who the board finds has recovered sufficiently from the disability that resulted in the receipt of these benefits, is under the age of fifty years, and has served less than twenty years of active duty. A person whose benefits are terminated under this subsection (4) may file a written protest within thirty days after the termination date stating the objection to the termination and requesting a hearing. The decision of the board is suspended pending a hearing on the protest. At the hearing, the member may appear and be represented by counsel.
C.R.S. § 31-10-808 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 8 / Section 31-10-808
31-10-808. Cards of instruction
Status: in_force

31-10-808. Cards of instruction. (1) The clerk shall furnish to the judges of election of each precinct a sufficient number of instruction cards for the guidance of voters in preparing their ballots. The election judges shall post at least one card in each polling place on the day of election. Such cards shall be printed in large, clear type and shall contain full instructions to the voter as to what should be done:

(a) To obtain a ballot for voting;

(b) To prepare the ballot for deposit in the ballot box;

(c) To obtain a new ballot in the place of one spoiled by accident or mistake; and

(d) To obtain assistance in marking ballots.
C.R.S. § 31-2-219 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 31-2-219
31-2-219. Additional petition requirements
Status: in_force

31-2-219. Additional petition requirements. Any petition to initiate the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a municipal home rule charter, including the formation of a new charter commission, shall be subject to the provisions of sections 31-2-220 to 31-2-225, in addition to any other requirements imposed by this part 2. Any such petition which fails to conform to the requirements of this part 2 or is circulated in a manner other than that permitted in this part 2 is invalid.
C.R.S. § 31-25-1106 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 11 / Section 31-25-1106
31-25-1106. Publication of notice - copy mailed
Status: in_force

31-25-1106. Publication of notice - copy mailed. The notice required by section 31-25-1105 shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the proceeding is instituted. The fact of such publication shall be conclusively established by the publisher's affidavit of publication. The first publication of such notice shall be more than ten days and the last publication within five days before the date set for the hearing. In addition to such published notice, the clerk of the court shall mail a copy of such notice to each record owner of the property described in such notice and to every mortgagee, lien claimant, or other person having any right, title, or interest in or to said property as disclosed by the records on file in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the particular county. Copies of such notice shall be sent to such owners and persons at their last-known addresses. If addresses of such owners and persons are unknown to the clerk, notices shall be directed to the post office nearest to the property described in said notice. Also, the clerk of the district court shall cause a copy of the notice to be served on some person occupying the property described in such notice, if there are any. The mailing and serving of notices shall be completed at least ten days before the date of the hearing specified in the notice. Affidavit thereof shall be filed in the clerk's office, which affidavit shall be prima facie evidence of the fact of such mailing and service.
C.R.S. § 31-25-806 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 8 / Section 31-25-806
31-25-806. Board membership - qualifications - nominations - rules - removal
Status: in_force

31-25-806. Board membership - qualifications - nominations - rules - removal. (1) Each appointed member of the board, except any member from the governing body, shall reside, be a business lessee, or own real property in the downtown development district within the municipality in which the authority is located. A manager, as that term is defined in section 7-90-102, C.R.S., an agent, or an employee of an entity, as that term is defined in section 7-90-102, C.R.S., having its place of business in the downtown development district shall be eligible for appointment to the board. No officer or employee of the municipality where the authority is located, other than any appointee from the governing body, shall be eligible for appointment to the board. Within thirty days after the occurrence of a vacancy, the governing body, except as provided in section 31-25-805 (3), shall appoint a successor.

(2) Before assuming the duties of the office, each appointed member shall qualify by taking and subscribing to the oath of office required of officials of the municipality.

(3) The board shall adopt and promulgate rules governing its procedure, including election of officers, and said rules shall be filed in the office of the clerk. The board shall hold regular meetings in the manner provided in the rules of the board. Special meetings may be held when called in the manner provided in the rules of the board. All meetings of the board shall be open to the public except those dealing with land acquisition or sales, personnel matters, or legal matters. Members of the board shall serve without compensation, but they may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses.

(4) After notice and an opportunity to be heard, an appointed member of the board may be removed for cause by the governing body.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-310 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 3 / Section 31-31.5-310
31-31.5-310. Service credit purchases
Status: in_force

31-31.5-310. Service credit purchases. Members participating in the lifetime benefit components may purchase, including by rollover or transfer of funds, additional defined benefit service credit for other public employment within the United States not covered by the plan, United States uniformed military service, or up to five years of private employment, subject to the limits established by the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, and as may be allowed under the rules and regulations adopted by the board.
C.R.S. § 31-4-207 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 31-4-207
31-4-207. Mayor - selection
Status: in_force

31-4-207. Mayor - selection. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, if the mayor is to be elected by and from among the members of the city council, then at the meeting of the city council at which their terms commence, as provided in section 31-4-105, the city council shall choose, by a majority vote, for a term of two years, one of its members as chairperson, who shall have the title of mayor, and shall also choose, by a majority vote, for a term of two years, one of its members as vice-chairperson, who shall act as mayor pro tem. In case of a vacancy in the office of the mayor, the city council shall choose a successor for the unexpired term.

(2) If the mayor is to be elected from the city at large, the mayor must be elected by the registered electors of the city at the regular election in the city. The mayor must be a registered elector who has resided within the limits of the city for a period of at least twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the date of the election; except that, in the case of annexation, any person who has resided within the annexed territory for the time prescribed in this subsection (2) shall be deemed to have met the residence requirements for the city to which the territory was annexed. The mayor shall assume office at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the city council following the mayor's election or upon such earlier date as the council may specify. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, the mayor holds office for a term of two years. At the same meeting of the city council, the city council shall choose, by a majority vote, one of its members to act as mayor pro tem in the temporary absence of the mayor. The city council may appoint one of its members acting mayor if both the mayor and the mayor pro tem are temporarily absent from the city or unable to perform the duties of the mayor. In case of a vacancy in the office of the mayor, the city council shall choose the mayor's successor for the unexpired term in the manner provided in section 31-4-205 for filling a vacancy in the office of council member.

(3) The city council may provide, by ordinance, four-year terms for the office of the mayor. The city council may reinstate two-year terms provided in this section by ordinance. Any ordinance passed pursuant to this subsection (3) shall be enacted at least one hundred eighty days before the next regular election and shall be subject, notwithstanding any emergency declaration, to referendum brought pursuant to section 31-11-105 or pursuant to an applicable ordinance enacted in accordance with section 1 of article V of the state constitution. No ordinance enacted pursuant to this subsection (3) shall extend or reduce the term for which any person was elected. If a vacancy occurs in the office of the mayor for which a four-year term is in effect pursuant to this subsection (3), the vacancy shall be filled as provided in subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
C.R.S. § 31-25-632 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 6 / Section 31-25-632
31-25-632. Exemption from taxation - securities laws
Status: in_force

31-25-632. Exemption from taxation - securities laws. The income or other revenues of the district, any property owned by the district, any bonds issued by the district, and the transfer of and any income from any bonds issued by the district shall be exempt from all taxation and assessments by the state. In the resolution authorizing the bonds, the district may waive the exemption from federal income taxation for any interest on the bonds.
C.R.S. § 31-15-802 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 8 / Section 31-15-802
31-15-802. Tax exemption
Status: in_force

31-15-802. Tax exemption. Property acquired or occupied pursuant to this part 8 shall be exempt from taxation so long as used for authorized governmental or proprietary functions of municipalities.
C.R.S. § 31-25-203 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 2 / Section 31-25-203
31-25-203. Acquisition by purchase - petition of electors - bonds - park bonds
Status: in_force

31-25-203. Acquisition by purchase - petition of electors - bonds - park bonds. (1) 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 has 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 section 31-15-302 (1)(d).

(2) The governing body, upon petition of the registered electors of such city equal in number to at least one-tenth of the number of such registered electors voting at the last regular election of such city, 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 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 section 31-15-302 (1)(d), the governing body shall acquire such lands or interests in land, incur said indebtedness, or both, pursuant to said authorization.

(3) The parks, pleasure grounds, boulevards, parkways, avenues, driveways, and roads established in any such city, or such part thereof as may be determined by the mayor and park commission, may be paid for in park bonds of the city of date and form prescribed by the park commission, bearing the name of the city, 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 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 commission. The bonds shall be signed by the mayor, countersigned by the auditor, treasurer, or finance director, and attested by the clerk and have the seal of the city with the approval of the president of the park commission, if such commission exists, endorsed thereon. The interest shall be evidenced by suitable coupons attested by a facsimile of the signature of the city clerk.

(4) For the purposes of this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires, "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. "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.
C.R.S. § 31-15-201 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 2 / Section 31-15-201
31-15-201. Administrative powers
Status: in_force

31-15-201. Administrative powers. (1) The governing bodies in municipalities shall have the following general powers in relation to the administration of the municipality's affairs:

(a) To fill, by appointment, any vacancy occurring by death, removal, or resignation of any member of the governing body. Such appointee shall receive a majority vote of the remaining members of the governing body and shall hold his office only until the next regular election when the vacancy shall be filled by election as in other cases.

(b) To provide by ordinance for the appointment, term of office, removal, powers, duties, and compensation of all officers not otherwise provided for and of all employees;

(c) To appoint a board of health and prescribe its powers and duties;

(d) To provide for the taking of the municipal census, but no such census shall be taken by authority of the governing body more often than once between the years prescribed by law for the United States census to be taken;

(e) To provide by ordinance that all the paper, printing, stationery, blanks, fuel, and all the supplies needed for the use of the municipality shall be furnished by contract let to the lowest bidder;

(f) To organize, own, operate, control, direct, manage, contract for, or furnish ambulance service;

(g) To provide for the management and operation of any municipally owned hospital by any entity, public or private, profit or nonprofit, which the municipality determines will provide adequate and efficient administration for the operation of such hospital and to enter into contracts relating to such municipally owned hospital as authorized by part 1 of article 3 of title 25.5, C.R.S.;

(h) To authorize the use of electronic records or signatures and adopt rules, standards, policies, and procedures for use of electronic records or signatures pursuant to article 71.3 of title 24, C.R.S.;

(i) To establish an affordable housing dwelling unit advisory board for the municipality in accordance with the requirements of article 26 of title 29, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 31-31-704.6 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 7 / Section 31-31-704.6
31-31-704.6. Social security supplemental plan - creation - management - repeal
Status: repealed

31-31-704.6. Social security supplemental plan - creation - management - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-25-521 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 5 / Section 31-25-521
31-25-521. Hearing on objections
Status: in_force

31-25-521. Hearing on objections. At the time specified in said notice or at some adjourned time, the governing body shall hear and determine all such complaints and objections and may make such modifications and changes as may seem equitable and just or may confirm the first apportionment. The governing body shall by ordinance assess the cost of said improvements, and the passage of such ordinance shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that the property assessed is benefited in the amount of the assessments and that such assessments have been lawfully levied.
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-201 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 2 / Section 31-30.5-201
31-30.5-201. Funds created
Status: in_force

31-30.5-201. Funds created. (1) There is created and established in each employer having fire department old hire members, a pension fund to be known as the "firefighters' old hire pension fund".

(2) There is created and established in each employer having police department old hire members, a pension fund to be known as the "police officers' old hire pension fund".
C.R.S. § 31-30-1122 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 11 / Section 31-30-1122
31-30-1122. Retirement pension
Status: in_force

31-30-1122. Retirement pension. (1) The board of a municipality, with the prior consent of the municipality's governing body, or the board of a fire protection district or county improvement district may pay a retirement pension to a volunteer firefighter who has twenty years of active service and who is over the age of fifty years. The retirement pension shall be an amount determined by the board of not more than one hundred dollars per month, unless an actuarial review indicates a higher payment is actuarially sound; except that any such amount determined by the board of a municipality shall be made with the prior consent of the municipality's governing body. Pensions that make payments in excess of three hundred dollars per month are subject to the state contribution limitation specified in section 31-30-1112 (2)(b). Except as provided in section 31-30-1132, a volunteer firefighter shall not receive a retirement pension for service in a fire department while the firefighter is an active member of that department. A volunteer firefighter shall maintain a minimum training participation in the fire department of thirty-six hours each year to qualify for retirement benefits. A volunteer firefighter who has served twenty years and who has not reached the age of fifty years may be granted a leave of absence and retain all rights to a retirement pension and is entitled to the retirement pension when the firefighter is fifty years of age.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the board may pay a retirement pension to a volunteer firefighter who has less than twenty years of active service if the municipality's or district's fund is actuarially sound. The board shall determine the period of active service necessary to qualify for this retirement pension, but in no event shall such period be less than ten years of active service. The board shall not pay this retirement pension until the volunteer firefighter is fifty years of age. The amount of this retirement pension shall be determined by prorating the amount of the retirement pension under subsection (1) of this section based on the volunteer firefighter's years of service.

(3) Whenever the board increases the retirement pension benefit payable pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, such increase may also be applied to the pension benefit of any retired volunteer firefighter receiving the pension benefit specified in subsection (1) of this section at the time of such increase. The applicable pro rata share of any such increase, based upon the number of years of service, may also be applied to the pension benefit of any retired volunteer firefighter receiving the pension benefit specified in subsection (2) of this section at the time of such increase. Whenever the board elects to apply any retirement pension increase permitted under this subsection (3), the board shall apply such increase to the retirement pension of all retired volunteer firefighters in a fire department who are eligible for such increase under this subsection (3). Any actuarial review required under subsection (1) of this section shall include the cost of any retirement pension increase permitted under this subsection (3).
C.R.S. § 31-23-309 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 3 / Section 31-23-309
31-23-309. Conflict with other laws
Status: in_force

31-23-309. Conflict with other laws. When the regulations made under authority of this part 3 require a greater width or size of yards or courts, or require a lower height of building or a less number of stories, or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or impose higher standards than are required in any other statute or local ordinance or regulation, the provisions of the regulations made under authority of this part 3 shall govern. Wherever the provisions of any other statute, local ordinance, or regulation require a greater width or size of yards or courts, or require a lower height of building or a less number of stories, or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or impose higher standards than are required by the regulations made under authority of this part 3, the provisions of such statute or local ordinance or regulation shall govern.
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-304 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 3 / Section 31-30.5-304
31-30.5-304. Limitation on existing funds - procedures
Status: repealed

31-30.5-304. Limitation on existing funds - procedures. (1) On and after January 1, 1982, every state-assisted old hire police officers' or firefighters' pension plan created pursuant to this article shall be financed in accordance with minimum funding standards prescribed in this part 3. Contributions made pursuant to this section include municipal, special district, and county improvement district contributions, the established employee contribution, and any state contribution.

(2) (a) Annual contributions to state-assisted old hire police officers' and firefighters' pension funds shall be made in at least the amount determined by the policy set by the board of the fire and police pension association that balances the following considerations: Stabilization of the amount of the annual required contributions over time; keeping the funded ratio of the pension fund from declining; and reducing or eliminating contributions as may be prudent based on actuarial experience. The unfunded accrued liabilities of the plan may be amortized over a period not to exceed the lesser of twenty years or the number of years equal to the average remaining life expectancy of the pension fund's members.

(b) In addition to the contributions required by paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), the employer shall annually pay any required dollar amount of contributions necessary to fund additional plan benefits adopted under section 31-30.5-210 (2), as established by supplemental actuarial studies on such funds.

(3) and (3.5) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2014.)

(4) Repealed.

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

(6) All municipalities, fire protection districts, and county improvement districts, including both paid firefighters and volunteer firefighters in their pension plans, shall segregate the pension funds for paid firefighters and volunteer firefighters on an equitable basis for accounting and actuarial purposes, and said segregation shall be considered in all actuarial reports applicable to such funds. In computing the portion of the fund attributable to volunteer firefighters, the benefits of such volunteer firefighters shall not be reduced or otherwise changed.

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

(8) Every employee employed as a firefighter or police officer for the first time after April 7, 1978, is covered by the benefit provisions set forth in or authorized by article 31 of this title.

(9) Volunteer firefighters and volunteer firefighter pension funds are exempt from all provisions of this section except subsection (6) of this section.

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

(11) Repealed.

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

(13) The board of any state-assisted old hire pension plan may take, by gift, grant, devise or bequest, any money, personal property, or real estate, or interest therein, as trustees for the uses and purposes for which the fund is created.
C.R.S. § 31-2-220 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 31-2-220
31-2-220. Warning on petition - signatures - affidavits - circulators
Status: in_force

31-2-220. Warning on petition - signatures - affidavits - circulators. (1) At the top of each page of a petition to initiate the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a municipal home rule charter, including the formation of a new charter commission, 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 any petition with any name other than his or her own or to knowingly sign his or her 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:

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

(2) Any such petition shall be signed only by registered electors by their own signatures to which shall be attached the residence addresses of such persons, including street and number, if any, city or town, and the date of signing the same. To each such petition shall be attached an affidavit of the person who circulated the petition stating the affiant's address, that the affiant is eighteen years of age or older, that the affiant circulated the said petition, that each signature thereon was affixed in the affiant's presence, that each signature thereon is the signature of the person whose name it purports to be, that to the best of the knowledge and belief of the affiant each of the persons signing said petition was at the time of signing a registered elector, and that the affiant has not paid or will not in the future pay and that the affiant believes that no other person has so paid or will pay, directly or indirectly, any money or other thing of value to any signer for the purpose of inducing or causing such signer to affix the signer's signature to such petition. No petition shall be accepted for filing that does not have attached thereto the affidavit required by this section.

(3) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2000, p. 792, § 7, effective August 2, 2000.)

(4) The clerk shall inspect timely filed petitions and attached affidavits to ensure compliance with subsection (2) of this section. Such inspection may consist of an examination of the information on the signature lines for patent defects, a comparison of the information on the signature lines with a list of registered electors provided by the county, or any other method of inspection reasonably expected to ensure compliance with subsection (2) of this section.
C.R.S. § 31-11-103.5 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 11 / Section 31-11-103.5
31-11-103.5. Computation of time
Status: in_force

31-11-103.5. Computation of time. Except as otherwise provided in this article, calendar days shall be used in all computations of time made under the provisions of this article. In computing time for any act to be done before any municipal election, the first day shall be included, and the last or election day shall be excluded. Except when computing business days, Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays shall be included, but, if the time for any act to be done or the last day of any period is a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, the period is extended to include the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. If the time for an act to be done under this article is referred to in business days, the time shall be computed by excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays.
C.R.S. § 31-15-905 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 9 / Section 31-15-905
31-15-905. Regulation of pesticide use - definitions
Status: in_force

31-15-905. Regulation of pesticide use - definitions. (1) The governing body of a municipality that adopts an ordinance that concerns pesticides, including an ordinance adopted pursuant to section 31-15-707 (1)(b), shall file the following with the commissioner of agriculture in accordance with section 35-10-112.5 (4):

(a) A certified copy of the ordinance; and

(b) A map or legal description of the geographic area that the governing body intends to regulate under the ordinance.

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

(a) "Commissioner of agriculture" means the commissioner of the department of agriculture appointed pursuant to section 35-1-107 (1) or the commissioner's designee.

(b) "Pesticide" has the meaning set forth in section 35-10-103 (10).
C.R.S. § 31-10-106 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 1 / Section 31-10-106
31-10-106. Copies of election laws and manual provided
Status: in_force

31-10-106. Copies of election laws and manual provided. At least sixty days before any regular election, the secretary of state shall provide each municipal clerk a copy of the municipal election laws of the state.
C.R.S. § 31-20-302 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 20 / Part 3 / Section 31-20-302
31-20-302. Penalty for using municipal funds
Status: in_force

31-20-302. Penalty for using municipal funds. The treasurer is expressly prohibited from using, either directly or indirectly, the municipal money or warrants in his custody and keeping them for his own use or benefit or that of any other person. Any violation of this provision shall subject him to immediate removal from office by the governing body which is authorized to declare said office vacant, in which case his successor shall be appointed and shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term of such officer so removed.
C.R.S. § 31-10-613 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 6 / Section 31-10-613
31-10-613. Judges' certificate
Status: in_force

31-10-613. Judges' certificate. (1) As soon as all the votes have been read and counted, the judges of election shall make a certificate, stating the name of each candidate, designating the office for which such person received votes, and stating the number of votes he received, the number being expressed in words at full length and in numerical figures, such entry to be made as nearly as circumstances will admit, in the following form:

"At an election held at .... in .... precinct in the municipality of .... and state of Colorado, on the .... day of ...., in the year ...., the following named persons received the number of votes annexed to their respective names for the following described offices: Total number of votes cast were ...., A.B. had seventy-two (72) votes for mayor; C.D. had seventy-one (71) votes for mayor; N.O. had seventy-two (72) votes for councilman or trustee; P.Q. had seventy-one (71) votes for councilman or trustee (and in the same manner for any other persons voted for).

Certified by us:

E.F. ) Judges

)

G.H. ) of

)

I.J. ) Election"

(2) In addition, the judges of election shall make a statement in writing showing the number of ballots voted, making a separate statement of the number of unofficial and substitute ballots voted, the number of ballots delivered to voters, the number of spoiled ballots, the number of ballots not delivered to voters, and the number of ballots returned, identifying and specifying the same. All unused ballots, spoiled ballots, and stubs of ballots voted shall be returned with such statement.
C.R.S. § 31-3-103 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 3 / Part 1 / Section 31-3-103
31-3-103. Return - canvass - costs
Status: in_force

31-3-103. Return - canvass - costs. The vote for this purpose shall be taken, canvassed, and returned in the same manner as in other municipal elections. All expenses of the same shall be paid by the city or town when the result of the vote is "Against the incorporation" but by the petitioners when the result is "For incorporation".
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-502 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 5 / Section 31-30.5-502
31-30.5-502. Insurance - investment by banks and trust companies
Status: in_force

31-30.5-502. Insurance - investment by banks and trust companies. (1) Notwithstanding any restrictions on investments of old hire police officers' or firefighters' pension funds contained in any laws of this state, it is lawful for the board of trustees of any such pension fund, with the consent in writing of a majority of the active old hire members of the police department or fire department for the benefit of which the pension fund is maintained, to:

(a) Insure the old hire members of any such police department or fire department by the purchase of policies of individual, group, or blanket life, endowment, disability, or annuity insurance, or variable annuity insurance in and from companies authorized to do business in Colorado and to expend any portion of such pension fund for the purpose of paying the premiums on any such insurance policies; or

(b) Establish a noninsured trust pension plan with a bank or trust company authorized to exercise trust powers in this state as trustee, invested by the trustee pursuant to the provisions of part 3 of article 1 of title 15, C.R.S.; but the trustee shall at all times hold fixed income obligations having a book value or cost of not less than sixty percent of the total contributions made to the trust less the amounts paid out.

(2) If any old hire member of such police department, fire department, or association is receiving any pension, benefit, or award made prior to April 9, 1965, by such board of trustees, no such part of said fund shall be expended for purchasing said insurance as will impair the ability of said fund to meet the requirements of such pensions, benefits, and awards. The board of trustees of the old hire pension fund shall be the beneficiary of any such insurance policies, and the proceeds thereof shall be paid to the board of trustees as an addition to the old hire pension fund.
C.R.S. § 31-15-704 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 7 / Section 31-15-704
31-15-704. Collection of assessments
Status: in_force

31-15-704. Collection of assessments. When the cost of any improvement provided for in sections 31-15-702 (1)(b) and 31-15-703 is assessed against the owners of adjacent or abutting property and the assessment is not paid within thirty days, the clerk shall certify said assessment to the treasurer of the county who shall extend said assessment upon his tax roll and collect it in the same manner as other taxes assessed upon said property.
C.R.S. § 31-25-631 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 6 / Section 31-25-631
31-25-631. Confirmation of board actions and powers
Status: in_force

31-25-631. Confirmation of board actions and powers. (1) In its discretion, the board may file a petition at any time in the district court in any county in which the district or a portion thereof is located for a judicial examination and determination of any power conferred, any securities issued by the district or authorized to be issued by the district, any taxes, assessments, or service charges levied or otherwise made by the district or contracted to be levied by the district or otherwise made by the district, or of any other act, proceeding, or contract of the district whether or not such act, proceeding, or contract has been taken or executed, including proposed contracts for any improvement, proposed securities of the district to defray in whole or in part the cost of the project, the proposed acquisition, improvement, equipment, maintenance, operation, or disposal of any property pertaining thereto, or any combination thereof.

(2) A petition filed under subsection (1) of this section shall set forth the facts upon which the validity of such power, securities, taxes, assessments, charges, act, proceeding, or contract is founded. The presiding officer of the district shall verify the petition before it is filed with the district court by signing said petition.

(3) Any action filed under this section shall be in the nature of a proceeding in rem. The district court shall have jurisdiction over all parties interested in the proceeding upon the publication and posting of a notice in accordance with this part 6.

(4) The clerk of the district court in which a petition is filed shall provide notice of such filing. The notice shall include a brief outline of the contents of the petition; the time, date, and location of the hearing; and the location where a complete copy of any documents at issue in the petition may be examined. The clerk shall serve the notice by:

(a) Publishing the notice at least once a week for five consecutive weeks by five weekly insertions in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipalities and counties in which the district is located; and

(b) Posting the notice in the office of the district at least thirty days prior to the date of the hearing on the petition.

(5) Any owner of property within the boundaries of the district or any other person interested in the petition filed by the board may appear at the hearing by either filing a motion to dismiss or an answer to the petition at least five days prior to the hearing date or within such time as the court may allow. The petition shall be taken as confessed by all persons who fail to appear.

(6) The petition and notice shall be sufficient to give the district court jurisdiction, and, upon hearing, the district court shall examine and determine all matters affecting the question submitted, shall make such findings with reference thereto, and shall render such judgment and decree thereon as the case warrants.

(7) Unless otherwise specified in this part 6, the Colorado rules of civil procedure shall govern any actions filed under this section in matters of pleading and practice.

(8) Costs may be divided or apportioned among any contesting parties in the discretion of the district court.

(9) Review of the judgment of the district court may be had as in other similar cases; except that such review shall be applied for within thirty days after the time of the rendition of such judgment or within such additional time as may be allowed by the court within thirty days.

(10) The district court shall disregard any error, irregularity, or omission that does not affect the substantial rights of the parties.

(11) All cases in which there may arise a question of validity of any matter provided for under this section shall be advanced as a matter of immediate public interest and concern and shall be heard at the earliest practicable moment.
C.R.S. § 31-23-109 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 1 / Section 31-23-109
31-23-109. Plats shall be evidence
Status: in_force

31-23-109. Plats shall be evidence. All such original plats, the record thereof, or copies therefrom, certified by the county clerk and recorder of such county, shall be evidence in all courts and places.
C.R.S. § 31-2-212 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 31-2-212
31-2-212. Initiative, referendum, and recall
Status: in_force

31-2-212. Initiative, referendum, and recall. Every charter shall contain procedures for the initiative and referendum of measures and for the recall of officers.
C.R.S. § 31-25-403 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 4 / Section 31-25-403
31-25-403. Definitions
Status: in_force

31-25-403. Definitions. As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Improvements" means improvements of any kind or nature necessary or convenient to the operation of municipal streets as a pedestrian mall, including but not limited to paving, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, sewers, drainage works, street lighting facilities, fire protection facilities, flood protection facilities, water distribution facilities, ponds, lakes, vehicular parking areas, retaining walls, landscaping, tree planting, statuaries, fountains, commercial buildings and facilities, decorative structures, benches, rest rooms, child care facilities, display facilities, information booths, public assembly facilities, and other structures, works, or improvements necessary or convenient to serve members of the public using such pedestrian mall and including the reconstruction or relocation of existing municipally-owned works, improvements, or facilities on such municipal streets.

(2) "Intersecting street" means any street which meets or crosses a pedestrian mall at a mall intersection but includes only those portions thereof on either side of a mall intersection which lie between the mall intersection and the first intersection of the intersecting street with a municipal street or highway open to vehicular traffic. If any portion of a pedestrian mall terminates on a street at a place thereon other than a place of intersection with a municipal street or state highway open to vehicular traffic, "intersecting street" also includes that portion of any street which lies between such place of termination and the first intersection of such street with a municipal street or state highway open to vehicular traffic. "Intersecting street" also includes any other street or portion thereof which the governing body, in a measure duly adopted as provided in this part 4, declares to be such.

(3) "Mall intersection" means any intersection of a municipal street which constitutes a part of a pedestrian mall with any other street, which intersection is itself part of the pedestrian mall.

(4) "Municipal street" means a street which exists within the municipal boundaries of a municipality except those designated as state highways by a duly constituted authority. If a state highway is contemplated to be used as part of a pedestrian mall, the transportation commission is authorized to remove the classification of a state highway from such part to be used as a pedestrian mall and to cede complete jurisdiction to the municipality by resolution duly adopted if it is satisfied that satisfactory provisions for the routing of traffic through the municipality can be provided by an alternate route or that the part of the state highway proposed for a pedestrian mall is no longer necessary for state highway purposes.

(5) "Public mall", referred to in this part 4 as "pedestrian mall", means one or more municipal streets or portions thereof on which vehicular traffic is or is to be restricted in whole or in part and which is or is to be used exclusively or primarily for pedestrian travel, although such mall may have other improvements constructed upon it for appearance and utility.

(6) "Streets", as used in the definitions of the terms "municipal street", "mall intersection", and "intersecting street" in this section, means any public street, road, highway, alley, lane, sidewalk, right-of-way, court, way, or place of any nature open to the use of the public and held by the public for street and road purposes, whether the same was acquired in fee or by grant of dedication or easement or by adverse use.
C.R.S. § 31-30.5-601 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30.5 / Part 6 / Section 31-30.5-601
31-30.5-601. Police officers' old hire pension plans - municipalities under one hundred thous
Status: in_force

31-30.5-601. Police officers' old hire pension plans - municipalities under one hundred thousand in population. (1) In municipalities having a population of less than one hundred thousand and making contributions from general funds into the police officers' old hire pension fund of their respective municipalities, any old hire member of such police department who has reached the age of fifty-five years and who has served for a period of twenty years in any such department in the state of Colorado or who in the alternative has completed twenty-five years in any such department in the state of Colorado, regardless of age, is entitled to a monthly pension equal to one-half the amount of the average salary the member received as a member of said department for one year before the time of granting the member's application. Such payment shall be made regardless of income or earnings that the said retired old hire member receives from any source.

(2) In municipalities having a population of less than one hundred thousand and not making contributions into their respective police officers' old hire pension fund, any old hire member of the police department who has reached the age of sixty years and who has served for a period of twenty years in any such department in the state of Colorado is entitled to a monthly pension equal to one-half of the amount of the average salary the member received as a member of said department for one year before the time of granting the member's application. If, thereafter, such member accepts a salaried position paying a salary of sixty dollars or more per month, the payment of the member's pension shall be suspended during the period the member holds such position.
C.R.S. § 31-2-216 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 31-2-216
31-2-216. Change in classification of municipalities
Status: in_force

31-2-216. Change in classification of municipalities. Notwithstanding the provisions of part 2 of article 1 of this title, a town having a population exceeding two thousand may reclassify itself as a city, and a city having a population of two thousand or less may reclassify itself as a town, upon adoption of a home rule charter without otherwise complying with the procedures in said part 2.
C.R.S. § 31-25-630 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 6 / Section 31-25-630
31-25-630. Method not exclusive
Status: in_force

31-25-630. Method not exclusive. No part of this part 6 shall repeal or affect any other law or any part thereof, it being intended that this part 6 shall provide a separate method of accomplishing its objects and not an exclusive one.
C.R.S. § 31-25-210 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 2 / Section 31-25-210
31-25-210. Office of commission - supplies
Status: in_force

31-25-210. Office of commission - supplies. The city shall provide the commission with convenient offices, stationery, and the facilities necessary for the performance of its duties as the commission deems necessary and advisable.
C.R.S. § 31-30-106 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 1 / Section 31-30-106
31-30-106. Police to provide identification cards to retired peace officers upon request -
Status: in_force

31-30-106. Police to provide identification cards to retired peace officers upon request - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Peace officer" means a certified peace officer described in section 16-2.5-102, C.R.S.

(b) "Photographic identification" means a photographic identification that satisfies the description at 18 U.S.C. sec. 926C (d).

(2) Except as described in subsection (3) of this section, on and after August 7, 2013, if a police department of a city or town has a policy, on August 7, 2013, of issuing photographic identification to peace officers who have retired from the police department, and the police department discontinues said policy after August 7, 2013, the police department shall continue to provide such photographic identification to peace officers who have retired from the police department if:

(a) The peace officer requests the identification;

(b) The peace officer retired from the police department before the date upon which the police department discontinued the policy; and

(c) The peace officer is a qualified retired law enforcement officer, as defined in 18 U.S.C. sec. 926C (c).

(3) Before issuing or renewing a photographic identification to a retired law enforcement officer pursuant to this section, a law enforcement agency of the state shall complete a criminal background check of the officer through a search of the national instant criminal background check system created by the federal "Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act", Pub.L. 103-159, the relevant portion of which is codified at 18 U.S.C. sec. 922 (t), and a search of the state integrated criminal justice information system. If the background check indicates that the officer is prohibited from possessing a firearm by state or federal law, the law enforcement agency shall not issue the photographic identification.

(4) The police department may charge a fee for issuing a photographic identification to a retired peace officer pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, which fee shall not exceed the direct and indirect costs assumed by the police department in issuing the photographic identification.

(5) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, a police department shall not be required to issue a photographic identification to a particular peace officer if the chief administrative officer of the police department elects not to do so.

(6) If a police department denies a photographic identification to a retired peace officer who requests a photographic identification pursuant to this section, the police department shall provide the retired peace officer a written statement setting forth the reason for the denial.
C.R.S. § 31-12-602 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 6 / Section 31-12-602
31-12-602. Contents of petition
Status: in_force

31-12-602. Contents of petition. (1) The petition shall contain the following:

(a) A description of the land sought to be disconnected;

(b) An allegation that the land contains in the aggregate an area of twenty or more acres and is located upon or adjacent to the border of the city;

(c) An allegation that no part of the land has been duly platted into lots and blocks as a part of or addition to the city;

(d) An acknowledgment that, for a period of six years after the effective date of the disconnection, the land shall not be subdivided into lots or plats of smaller area than is required during such period for lots within the city adjoining the land sought to be disconnected under the applicable ordinances or regulations of such city;

(e) An acknowledgment that the land shall not be used during said six-year period for industrial or commercial uses if, during such period, the applicable ordinances of the city prohibit such uses upon the area within the city adjoining such land;

(f) An allegation that all taxes or assessments lawfully due upon the land up to the time of the filing of the petition have been fully paid.

(2) Any decree of disconnection entered pursuant to this part 6 shall restrict the use of the land in the manner set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (1) of this section, but such restrictions shall not continue to apply to any land which, within six years after the effective date of the disconnection, is annexed back into the city.
C.R.S. § 31-31-1102 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 11 / Section 31-31-1102
31-31-1102. Statewide hybrid plan - creation - management - repeal
Status: repealed

31-31-1102. Statewide hybrid plan - creation - management - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-35-512 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 5 / Section 31-35-512
31-35-512. Additional powers of municipality
Status: in_force

31-35-512. Additional powers of municipality. (1) The municipality, acting by and through the board, has the following powers:

(a) To have the duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities, and disabilities pertaining to a body corporate and politic and constituting a municipal corporation and political subdivision of the state established as an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental and proprietary functions to provide for the public health, safety, and general welfare;

(b) To have perpetual existence and succession;

(c) To adopt, have, and use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;

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

(e) To commence, maintain, intervene in, defend, comprise, terminate by settlement or otherwise, otherwise participate in, and assume the cost and expense of any and all actions and proceedings pertaining to the municipality, its board, its officers, agents, or employees, or any of the municipality's powers, duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities, and disabilities, the facilities or joint system, or any project pertaining thereto or any property of the municipality;

(f) To enter into contracts and agreements, including but not limited to contracts with the federal government, the state, and any other public body; and

(g) To trade, exchange, purchase, condemn, or otherwise acquire, operate, maintain, and dispose of real property and personal property, including interest therein, either within or without or both within and without the territorial limits of the municipality.
C.R.S. § 31-30-1119 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 11 / Section 31-30-1119
31-30-1119. Board report - municipality
Status: in_force

31-30-1119. Board report - municipality. The board shall make a report to the governing body of the municipality on the condition of the fund. The board shall submit the report to the governing body before the last meeting in February and the last meeting in August of each year.
C.R.S. § 31-25-216 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 2 / Section 31-25-216
31-25-216. Cities control park grounds outside limits
Status: in_force

31-25-216. Cities control park grounds outside limits. (1) In all cases where any city, or any city or city and county organized under a special charter or created under the state constitution, has acquired lands outside its municipal limits for parks, parkways, boulevards, or roads, said city or city and county has full police power and jurisdiction and full municipal control and full power and authority in the management, control, improvement, and maintenance of and over any such lands so acquired. It has power and authority to provide by ordinance for the regulation and control of its lands so acquired, to prevent the commission of any acts which are or may be declared unlawful pursuant to the provisions of this part 2, and to prosecute and punish the violation of any ordinances in its municipal courts. Such city or city and county also has like power and jurisdiction to prevent pollution of the water in all reservoirs, streams, and pipes which may be included within any such parks, parkways, boulevards, or roads and over the stream or source from which such water is taken as far as ten miles above the point from which it is diverted. Such city or city and county has 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 outside its municipal limits, of any advertisement or of any billboard or other structure for advertisements. Such city or city and county also has 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 park or pleasure ground and its municipal boundaries and not included within the municipal limits of any incorporated city or town.

(2) In all cases where the right to take private property for public use without the owner's consent or to acquire lands for parks, parkways, boulevards, or roads outside the municipal limits of any such city or city and county is conferred by general laws or by the charter of any such city or city and county, it is lawful for any such city or city and county, or the department or branch thereof having authority in the premises, to take, by right of eminent domain, the property so sought to be taken and appropriated, such condemnation proceedings to be in accordance with the general laws of the state, insofar as the same are applicable, relating to any such city or city and county. The power and authority to so acquire lands for such purposes outside the municipal limits of any such city or city and county by gift, devise, purchase, or right of eminent domain is granted by this section, subject to the limitation imposed by section 31-25-201 (1).
C.R.S. § 31-10-1501 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1501
31-10-1501. District attorney or attorney general to prosecute
Status: in_force

31-10-1501. District attorney or attorney general to prosecute. (1) Any person may file with the district attorney an affidavit stating the name of any person who has violated any of the provisions of this article and stating the facts which constitute the alleged offense. Upon the filing of such affidavit, the district attorney shall forthwith investigate, and, if reasonable grounds appear therefor, he shall prosecute the same.

(2) The attorney general of the state shall have equal power with district attorneys to file informations or complaints against any person for violating any provision of this article.
C.R.S. § 31-25-201 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 2 / Section 31-25-201
31-25-201. Cities may establish parks - recreational facilities - conservation easements
Status: in_force

31-25-201. Cities may establish parks - recreational facilities - conservation easements. (1) Any city has authority, in the manner provided in this part 2, to establish, maintain, and acquire by gift, devise, purchase, or right of eminent domain such lands or interest in land, within or without the municipal limits of such city, as in the judgment of the governing body of such city 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. The power of eminent domain granted by this section, with respect to the acquisition of lands for parks or recreational purposes for the preservation or conservation of sites, scenes, open space, and vistas of scientific, historic, aesthetic, or other public interest may not be used by any city or city and county to condemn property lying five miles or further from its corporate limits, unless:

(a) The exercise of its power of eminent domain to condemn property outside its corporate limits is required as a condition of a state or federal permit for construction of a new public facility; or

(b) The use of the power of eminent domain to condemn property is necessary for the acquisition of conservation sites on or contiguous to reservoir sites owned by any city or city and county; or

(c) The use of the power of eminent domain to condemn property is predicated on the prior written approval of the board of county commissioners of the county or counties in which such property is located, in instances not covered by paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection (1) when the city or city and county has notified such board or boards. The board has sixty days from such notification to deliver its approval or disapproval. If the board fails to take any action or fails to so notify the city or city and county, the city or city and county may proceed with the exercise of its power; or

(d) The land to be condemned is subject to a single comprehensive plan which includes provision of recreational facilities within the county and which has been adopted by both the county and the city seeking to condemn.

(2) "Interests in land", as used in this part 2, means 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 subsection (1) of this section, when recorded, shall run with the land to which it pertains for the benefit of the city holding such interest and may be protected and enforced by such city in any court of general jurisdiction by any proceeding at law or in equity.

(3) Any city may unite with any other similarly authorized political subdivision of this state in acquiring, establishing, and maintaining any property which a city is authorized to acquire, establish, or maintain pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
C.R.S. § 31-35-108 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 1 / Section 31-35-108
31-35-108. Acts of board - meetings - vacancies - compensation and bond
Status: in_force

31-35-108. Acts of board - meetings - vacancies - compensation and bond. No members of the board of trustees shall have any authority to act on behalf of the board except in pursuance of an order regularly made at a meeting of the board. No action of the board shall be binding unless authorized by a majority of the trustees at a regular meeting or a duly called special meeting. Meetings of the board of trustees shall be held at the office of the waterworks and shall be open to the public. A record of the meetings shall be kept by the secretary in a book provided for that purpose, which book, together with all contracts, maps, plans, and documents relating to the management and operation of the waterworks, shall be open to public inspection at reasonable hours. No member of said board shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract relating to the waterworks or in any contract providing for the expenditure of any moneys in relation thereto. Any such trustee shall be considered as vacating his office in the event of his violating this section or accepting the nomination or becoming a candidate for any other public office. In the event of a vacancy by death, resignation, or otherwise, the board shall fill said vacancy by electing some qualified person to fill the vacancy until the next election at which time the vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term. Trustees under this part 1 shall receive five hundred dollars per year for their services, and each of said trustees shall enter into a bond of two thousand dollars to the people of the district for the faithful performance of their duties and the proper accounting of all moneys that may come into their hands as trustees.
C.R.S. § 31-25-115 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 1 / Section 31-25-115
31-25-115. Transfer - abolishment
Status: in_force

31-25-115. Transfer - abolishment. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part 1, the governing body of a municipality may designate itself as the authority when originally establishing said authority. A transfer of an existing authority to the governing body may be accomplished only by majority vote at a regular election.

(1.5) When the governing body of a municipality designates itself as the authority or transfers an existing authority to the governing body pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, one such commissioner on the authority must be appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the territorial boundaries of the urban renewal authority area are located, one such commissioner must also be a board member of a special district selected by agreement of the special districts levying a mill levy within the boundaries of the urban renewal authority area, and one commissioner must also be an elected member of a board of education of a school district levying a mill levy within the boundaries of the urban renewal authority area. Appointments made pursuant to this subsection (1.5) must be made in accordance with the procedures specified in section 31-25-104 (2).

(2) The governing body of a municipality may by ordinance provide for the abolishment of an urban renewal authority, provided adequate arrangements have been made for payment of any outstanding indebtedness and other obligations of the authority. Any such abolishment shall be effective upon a date set forth in the ordinance, which date shall not be less than six months from the effective date of the ordinance.
C.R.S. § 31-31-1103 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 11 / Section 31-31-1103
31-31-1103. Entry into the statewide defined benefit plan
Status: repealed

31-31-1103. Entry into the statewide defined benefit plan. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-12-308 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 3 / Section 31-12-308
31-12-308. Report - approval by court
Status: in_force

31-12-308. Report - approval by court. (1) Following the canvass and certification of the results of the election, the clerk shall forthwith prepare a report, which shall be signed by the mayor and attested by the clerk under the seal of such city or town, containing a copy of the ordinance under which the question was submitted and of the certified statement and determination of the result of such vote, and he shall file said report in the office of the clerk of the district court.

(2) The court shall examine the report and hear any objections and evidence that may be offered concerning the regularity or irregularity of the proceedings. If the court finds the proceedings irregular, the court shall disapprove said report and order a new election in accordance with the provisions of this part 3. If the court finds that the proceedings were substantially regular, the court shall approve the report. If a majority of the votes cast are against annexation, the question shall not again be submitted at any election held within twelve months thereafter. If a majority of the votes so cast are for annexation, from the approval of such report, such city or town shall be dissolved, and the area then included within the boundaries thereof shall be annexed to and become part of the city existing under a special charter upon the filing of two certified copies of notice of the completion of such action with a legal description accompanied by a map of the area concerned by the special charter city with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such action has taken place. The county clerk and recorder shall file the second certified copy of such notice with the division of local government of the department of local affairs, as provided by section 24-32-109, C.R.S. Appeals may be made from judgments of the district court in such proceedings as in other civil cases.

(3) When residence or the payment of taxes is required by law as a qualification to vote or to hold office in the city existing under a special charter, residence and the payment of taxes in any area so annexed shall constitute such qualifications to the same extent as if the same had been in the city existing under a special charter during the same period.
C.R.S. § 31-3-201 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 3 / Part 2 / Section 31-3-201
31-3-201. Procedure for determination of abandonment
Status: in_force

31-3-201. Procedure for determination of abandonment. (1) When any town has failed, for a period of five years or longer immediately prior to the filing of the application under this section, to hold any regular or special election or to elect officers and to maintain any town government, such town may be determined to be abandoned as follows:

(a) The county attorney of the county in which the town is located or any owner of land in such town may make application to the secretary of state to determine that the town is abandoned.

(b) The secretary of state shall forthwith cause notice of the filing of such application to be published once in some newspaper of general circulation in the county and, where possible, to be posted in at least two conspicuous locations within the town. The notice shall specify the date, time, and place where said application will be heard, which date shall be not less than twenty days after the date of such publication.

(c) The secretary of state shall hear such application and, after receiving evidence thereon, shall determine whether or not said town has been abandoned. If he determines that the town is abandoned, a copy of such determination shall be filed with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which said town was located. Thereupon, said town shall cease to exist.

(d) The books, documents, records, papers, and corporate seal of any town so abandoned shall be deposited with the county clerk and recorder of the county within which the town or any part thereof is located, for safekeeping and reference in the future.
C.R.S. § 31-31-408 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 4 / Section 31-31-408
31-31-408. Modification of state plan by the board - repeal
Status: repealed

31-31-408. Modification of state plan by the board - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-10-1511 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 15 / Section 31-10-1511
31-10-1511. Custody and delivery of ballots and other election papers
Status: in_force

31-10-1511. Custody and delivery of ballots and other election papers. (1) Any election official having charge of official ballots, tally sheets, the registration book or list, and the pollbook who destroys, conceals, or suppresses the same, except as expressly permitted by this article 10, commits a class 1 misdemeanor.

(2) Any election official who has undertaken to deliver the official ballots, the tally sheets, the registration book or list, and the pollbook to the clerk and who neglects or refuses to do so within the time prescribed by law or who fails to account fully for all official ballots and other papers in the election official's charge commits a class 1 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-410 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 4 / Section 31-31.5-410
31-31.5-410. Cost of living adjustments - definitions
Status: in_force

31-31.5-410. Cost of living adjustments - definitions. (1) Cost of living adjustments payable under the lifetime benefit components of the plan, if any, may be paid effective October 1 each year. To be eligible to receive a cost of living adjustment, the benefits must have been paid for at least twelve calendar months prior to the effective date of the cost of living adjustment. Subject to the limits set forth in subsection (2) of this section, the board has the authority to determine the form in which a cost of living adjustment may be paid. This includes the frequency of payment, whether the payment is compounded or noncompounded, and any other form in which to pay a cost of living adjustment.

(2) (a) Any cost of living adjustment made pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be determined by the board in its discretion as a fiduciary of the statewide retirement plan after considering the funding level of the lifetime benefit components, the cost of the adjustment, the components' ability to fund future benefits, and any other factors that the board deems appropriate. The cost of living adjustment shall not exceed the greater of:

(I) One hundred three percent of the benefits paid for the prior twelve-month period; or

(II) The benefits paid during the prior twelve-month period multiplied by a fraction using the consumer price index for the immediately preceding calendar year as the numerator and the consumer price index for the calendar year prior to the immediately preceding calendar year as the denominator.

(b) As used in this section, "consumer price index" means the national consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers prepared by the United States department of labor.
C.R.S. § 31-23-310 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 3 / Section 31-23-310
31-23-310. Racial restrictions
Status: in_force

31-23-310. Racial restrictions. This part 3 shall not be construed, in the case of any municipality, to confer or enlarge any authority or power to establish any restriction based upon race or color.
C.R.S. § 31-23-204 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-204
31-23-204. Organization and rules
Status: in_force

31-23-204. Organization and rules. The commission shall elect its chairman from among the non ex officio members and shall create and fill such other of its offices as it may determine. The term of the chairman shall be one year, with eligibility for reelection. The commission shall hold at least one regular meeting in each month. It shall adopt rules for transaction of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations, which record shall be a public record.
C.R.S. § 31-15-1002 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 15 / Part 10 / Section 31-15-1002
31-15-1002. Definitions
Status: in_force

31-15-1002. Definitions. As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Solid waste-to-energy incineration system" means the use of flammable waste material as a primary or supplemental fuel for the conversion of heat into steam, electrical power, or any other form of energy.
C.R.S. § 31-23-223 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 23 / Part 2 / Section 31-23-223
31-23-223. Appeal from awards
Status: in_force

31-23-223. Appeal from awards. Within twenty days after the approval of any such report by the governing body, any person dissatisfied with the award of compensation may file with the clerk notice of appeal to the district court of the county in which the appellant's land is located. Within ten days of such notice, the clerk shall file with the clerk of the district court the report of the board of appraisers approved by the governing body, together with certified copies of the resolution thereof and of the notice of appeal. Thereafter the procedure shall be in accordance with the procedure specified by law.
C.R.S. § 31-16-104 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 16 / Part 1 / Section 31-16-104
31-16-104. Ordinances approved by mayor
Status: in_force

31-16-104. Ordinances approved by mayor. Only if an ordinance adopted pursuant to section 31-4-102 (3) or 31-4-302 so provides, any ordinance adopted and all resolutions authorizing the expenditure of money or the entering into of a contract require the approval and signature of the mayor before they become valid, except as otherwise provided in this section. Such ordinance or resolution shall be presented to the mayor within forty-eight hours after the action of the governing body for his signature approving the same. If he disapproves, he shall return such ordinance or resolution to the governing body at its next regular meeting with his objections in writing. The governing body shall cause such objections to be entered at large upon the record and shall proceed at the same or next subsequent meeting to consider the question: "Shall the ordinance or resolution, notwithstanding the mayor's objections, be passed?" If two-thirds of the members of the governing body vote in the affirmative, such resolution shall be valid, and such ordinance shall become a law the same as if it had been approved by the mayor. If the mayor fails to return to the next subsequent meeting of the governing body any resolution or ordinance presented to him for his approval, the same shall become a valid ordinance or resolution, as the case may be, in like manner as if it had been approved by him.
C.R.S. § 31-32-105 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 32 / Part 1 / Section 31-32-105
31-32-105. Cities or towns may erect utilities
Status: in_force

31-32-105. Cities or towns may erect utilities. Nothing in this part 1 shall be construed as in any way modifying or restricting the right of cities or towns to purchase or erect electric light works, heating and cooling works and distribution systems for the distribution of heat and cooling obtained from geothermal resources, solar or wind energy, hydroelectric or renewable biomass resources, including waste and cogenerated heat, or gasworks in the manner provided for by law.
C.R.S. § 31-31.5-401 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31.5 / Part 4 / Section 31-31.5-401
31-31.5-401. Vesting and benefit eligibility
Status: in_force

31-31.5-401. Vesting and benefit eligibility. (1) A member with five years of service credit in one or a combination of more than one of the lifetime benefit components is considered vested for purposes of a pension payable from the lifetime benefit components of the statewide retirement plan.

(2) A member is eligible for a normal retirement when:

(a) The member has accumulated at least twenty-five years of service credit and has attained age fifty-five; or

(b) The member has attained age fifty, the member's combined age and years of accrued service is equal to at least eighty, and the member is not receiving benefits pursuant to section 31-31-803.

(3) A vested member who attains age fifty-five is eligible to terminate service and begin receiving an unreduced benefit. A member who terminates employment before attaining age fifty-five and who has at least five years of service credit may leave contributions in the plan and begin receiving an unreduced benefit upon attaining age fifty-five.

(4) An active or inactive vested member who is not eligible for normal retirement, who has attained age fifty, who is not receiving or has terminated benefits pursuant to section 31-31-803, and who has terminated employment is eligible for an early retirement pension. The early retirement pension for a member is the benefit that the member would have received at age fifty-five reduced on an actuarial equivalent basis to reflect the early receipt of the benefit as determined by the board.

(5) Subject to rules adopted by the board, years of service credit of a member who is employed by successive employers may be aggregated for determining eligibility and benefits provided by the lifetime benefit components of the statewide retirement plan if the service for each employer was rendered while the employer covered its members under the statewide retirement plan, the predecessor statewide defined benefit plan, or the defined benefit component of the predecessor statewide hybrid plan.
C.R.S. § 31-10-407 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 4 / Section 31-10-407
31-10-407. Oath of judges
Status: in_force

31-10-407. Oath of judges. (1) Before any votes are taken at any municipal election, the judges of election shall severally take an oath or affirmation in the following form:

"I, ...., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States and the state of Colorado; that I am a registered elector in Colorado; that I will perform the duties of judge according to law and the best of my ability; that I will studiously endeavor to prevent fraud, deceit, and abuse in conducting the same; that I will not try to ascertain how any elector voted, nor will I disclose how any elector voted if, in the discharge of my duties as judge, such knowledge shall come to me, unless called upon to disclose the same before some court; and that I will not disclose the result of the votes until the polls have closed."

(2) The judges of election may administer the oaths or affirmations to each other. Each judge shall record and sign any such oaths or affirmations administered by him and shall attach the record to the pollbook.
C.R.S. § 31-31-803.5 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 8 / Section 31-31-803.5
31-31-803.5. Supplemental disability benefit program
Status: repealed

31-31-803.5. Supplemental disability benefit program. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 31-35-505 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 5 / Section 31-35-505
31-35-505. Meetings of board
Status: in_force

31-35-505. Meetings of board. (1) All meetings of the board shall be held within the municipality and shall be open to the public.

(2) No business of the board shall be transacted except at a regular or special meeting at which a quorum consisting of at least a majority of the total membership of the board is present.

(3) Any action of the board shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present and voting thereon.

(4) A smaller number of directors than a quorum may adjourn from time to time and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as the board may provide by resolution or by law.
C.R.S. § 31-1-205 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 1 / Part 2 / Section 31-1-205
31-1-205. Organization after change
Status: in_force

31-1-205. Organization after change. As soon as the statement is published, as provided in section 31-1-204, showing that any town is entitled to be organized into a city, the proper authorities of such town may adopt and publish such ordinances as may be necessary to perfect such organization with respect to the election, duties, and compensation of officers and with respect to all other necessary matters. All previously adopted ordinances of any town shall remain in force after its organization as a city so far as such ordinances may be applicable.
C.R.S. § 31-25-613 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 6 / Section 31-25-613
31-25-613. Determining and fixing rate of levy
Status: in_force

31-25-613. Determining and fixing rate of levy. The board shall determine the amount of money necessary to be raised by a levy on the taxable property in the district, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the district, and shall fix a rate of levy which, when levied upon every dollar of the valuation for assessment of taxable property within the district and with other revenues, shall raise the amount required by the district during the ensuing fiscal year to supply funds for paying expenses of organization and the costs of acquiring, constructing, installing, operating, and maintaining the improvements or works of the district or providing the services of the district and promptly to pay in full when due all interest on and principal of general obligation bonds, indebtedness, and other obligations of the district. In the event of accruing defaults or deficiencies, additional levies may be made as provided in section 31-25-614. In accordance with the schedule prescribed by section 39-5-128, C.R.S., the board shall certify to the board of county commissioners of each county in which the district or a portion thereof lies the rate so fixed in order that, at the time and in the manner required by law for the levying of taxes, such board of county commissioners shall levy such tax upon the valuation for assessment of all taxable property within the district.
C.R.S. § 31-10-206 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 2 / Section 31-10-206
31-10-206. Delivery and custody of registration book or list
Status: in_force

31-10-206. Delivery and custody of registration book or list. (1) Prior to the delivery of the registration books or registration lists to the judges of election for use on election day, the clerk shall attach to each book or list his certificate stating that such book or list contains the registration records or names of all registered electors residing in the municipal election precinct and stating the total number of registration records or names contained therein.

(2) At such time as may be set by the clerk, but at least one day prior to the election, one of the judges of election from each precinct may call in person at the office of the clerk for the purpose of receiving the registration book or list and election supplies, or the clerk may deliver the same to one of said judges. The registration book or list shall be delivered to said judge in a sealed envelope or container. Said judge shall have custody of the registration book or list and shall give his receipt therefor. After the closing of the polls on the day of election, he shall seal the registration book or list and deliver it to the election judge selected to deliver the election returns, registration book or list, ballot boxes, if any, and other election papers and supplies to the office of the clerk or to such other place as the clerk may designate as the counting center.
C.R.S. § 31-10-803 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 8 / Section 31-10-803
31-10-803. Ballots - electronic voting
Status: in_force

31-10-803. Ballots - electronic voting. (1) Ballot pages or ballot cards placed upon voting devices shall be, so far as practicable, in the same order of arrangement as provided by section 31-10-902 for paper ballots; except that they shall be of the size and design required by the vote recorder or the electronic vote counting equipment, or both the vote recorder and the electronic vote counting equipment, and may be printed on a number of separate pages which are placed on the voting device or on one or more ballot cards.

(2) If votes are recorded on a ballot card, a separate write-in ballot may be provided, which may be in the form of a paper ballot or envelope on which the voter may write in the titles of the office and the names of persons not on the printed ballot for whom he wishes to vote.
C.R.S. § 31-21-302 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 21 / Part 3 / Section 31-21-302
31-21-302. Ordinance - taxes - interest - disposition
Status: in_force

31-21-302. Ordinance - taxes - interest - disposition. The issuance of any bonds in accordance with this part 3 shall be authorized by an ordinance, subject to and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of section 31-15-302 (1)(d). Such bonds shall bear interest at a rate and shall be exchanged or sold at a price such that the net effective interest rate of the issue of bonds does not exceed the maximum net effective interest rate authorized. Interest shall be paid semiannually at such place, in such denominations, and by such officers as may be prescribed in such ordinance. Such bonds may be exchanged for outstanding matured and overdue special assessment bonds or obligations and interest thereon, or they may be sold and the proceeds thereof used for the purpose specified in this part 3.
C.R.S. § 31-4-213 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 31-4-213
31-4-213. Duties of city manager
Status: in_force

31-4-213. Duties of city manager. It is the duty of the city manager to act as chief conservator of the peace within the city; to supervise the administration of the affairs of the city; to see that the ordinances of the city and the applicable laws of the state are enforced; to make such recommendations to the city council concerning the affairs of the city as seem desirable to him; to keep the city council advised of the financial conditions and future needs of the city; to prepare and submit to the city council the annual budget estimate; to prepare and submit to the city council such reports as are required by that body; to prepare and submit each month to the city council a detailed report covering all activities of the city, including a summary statement of revenues and expenditures for the preceding month, detailed as to appropriations and funds in such a manner as to show the exact financial condition of the city and of each department and division thereof as of the last day of the previous month; and to perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this part 2 or required of him by ordinance or resolution of the city council.
C.R.S. § 31-12-108 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 1 / Section 31-12-108
31-12-108. Setting hearing date - notice given
Status: in_force

31-12-108. Setting hearing date - notice given. (1) As a part of the resolution initiating annexation proceedings by the municipality or of a resolution finding substantial compliance of an annexation petition or of a petition for an annexation election, the governing body of the annexing municipality shall establish a date, time, and place that the governing body will hold a hearing to determine if the proposed annexation complies with section 30 of article II of the state constitution and sections 31-12-104 and 31-12-105 or such provisions thereof as may be required to establish eligibility under the terms of this part 1. The hearing shall be held not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days after the effective date of the resolution setting the hearing. This hearing need not be held if the municipality has determined conclusively that the requirements of section 30 of article II of the state constitution and sections 31-12-104 and 31-12-105 have not been met.

(2) The clerk shall give notice as follows: A copy of the resolution or the petition as filed (exclusive of the signatures) together with a notice that, on the given date and at the given time and place set by the governing body, the governing body shall hold a hearing upon said resolution of the annexing municipality or upon the petition for the purpose of determining and finding whether the area proposed to be annexed meets the applicable requirements of section 30 of article II of the state constitution and sections 31-12-104 and 31-12-105 and is considered eligible for annexation. Said notice shall be published once a week for four successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the area proposed to be annexed. The first publication of such notice shall be at least thirty days prior to the date of the hearing. The proof of publication of the notice and resolution or petition, or the summary thereof, shall be returned when the publication is completed, the certificate of the owner, editor, or manager of the newspaper in which said notice is published shall be proof thereof, and a hearing shall then be held as provided in said notice. A copy of the published notice, together with a copy of the resolution and petition as filed, shall also be sent by registered mail by the clerk to the board of county commissioners and to the county attorney of the county wherein the territory is located and to any special district or school district having territory within the area to be annexed at least twenty-five days prior to the date fixed for such hearing. The notice required to be sent to the special district or school district by this subsection (2) shall not confer any right of review in addition to those rights provided for in section 31-12-116.

(3) The governing body of the annexing municipality, from time to time, may continue the hearing to another date without additional notice if the volume of material to be received cannot be presented within the available time for any given session; except that no session of a hearing shall be so continued unless at least one hour of testimony has been heard.
C.R.S. § 31-25-217 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 25 / Part 2 / Section 31-25-217
31-25-217. Management - licenses - franchises
Status: in_force

31-25-217. Management - licenses - franchises. (1) The commission shall have exclusive management and control of all parks, pleasure grounds, boulevards, parkways, avenues, driveways, and roads, as mentioned in section 31-25-201, and exclusive power to lay out, regulate, and improve the same, to prohibit certain or heavy traffic therein and thereon, and to grant or refuse licenses to sell goods on the streets or sidewalks within three hundred feet of any park entrance and on the streets and sidewalks adjoining parks. The commission shall establish and maintain necessary rules and regulations for the proper supervision and government thereof and shall have such additional powers as may be prescribed by ordinance. The governing body shall provide, by ordinance, for the enforcement of the rules and orders of the commission.

(2) No franchise, license, or permit for the construction or maintenance of any railway shall ever be granted within the limits of any park or pleasure ground or lengthwise upon any boulevard, parkway, avenue, driveway, or road, nor shall any franchise for the maintenance of any other special privilege within any park or pleasure ground be granted.
C.R.S. § 31-10-1202 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 12 / Section 31-10-1202
31-10-1202. Imperfect returns
Status: in_force

31-10-1202. Imperfect returns. When the clerk and his assistant find that the returns from any precinct do not strictly conform to the requirements of law in making, certifying, and returning the same, the votes cast in such precinct nevertheless shall be canvassed and counted if such returns are sufficiently explicit to enable such persons authorized to canvass votes and returns to determine therefrom how many votes were cast for the several candidates.
C.R.S. § 31-12-306 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 12 / Part 3 / Section 31-12-306
31-12-306. Notice of election
Status: in_force

31-12-306. Notice of election. Notice of the submission of the question at a regular or special election shall be given by the clerk in the manner provided in the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965" and shall state the substance of the proposition as submitted by the ordinance. The clerk shall forthwith file in the office of the clerk of the district court a certificate under the seal of such city or town, containing a copy of said notice and specifying the time when and the places where such notices were posted and the newspapers in which said notices were published; and the same shall be prima facie evidence of the matters set forth therein.
C.R.S. § 31-31-1203 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 31 / Part 12 / Section 31-31-1203
31-31-1203. False statement - felony
Status: in_force

31-31-1203. False statement - felony. If, for the purpose of obtaining any order, benefit, award, compensation, or payment pursuant to articles 30, 30.5, and 31 of this title 31, either for self-gain or for the benefit of any other person, a person willfully makes a false statement or representation material to the claim, the person commits a class 6 felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, and the person forfeits all right to compensation pursuant to articles 30 and 30.5 of this title 31 and this article 31.
C.R.S. § 31-10-905 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 9 / Section 31-10-905
31-10-905. Substitute ballots
Status: in_force

31-10-905. Substitute ballots. If the ballots to be furnished to any election judge are not delivered by 8 p.m. on the Monday before election day or if after delivery they are destroyed or stolen, the clerk shall cause other ballots to be prepared, as nearly in the form prescribed as practicable, with the word "substitute" printed in brackets immediately under the facsimile signature of the clerk. Upon receipt of ballots thus prepared, accompanied by a written and sworn statement of the clerk that the same have been so prepared and furnished by him and that the original ballots have so failed to be received or have been destroyed or stolen, the election judges shall cause the ballots so substituted to be used at the election. If from any cause none of the official ballots or substitute ballots prepared by the clerk are ready for distribution at any polling place or if the supply of ballots is exhausted before the polls are closed, unofficial ballots, printed or written, made as nearly as possible in the form of the official ballots, may be used until substitutes prepared by the clerk are printed and delivered.
C.R.S. § 31-16-205 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 16 / Part 2 / Section 31-16-205
31-16-205. Publication of ordinance
Status: in_force

31-16-205. Publication of ordinance. Nothing in this part 2 shall relieve any municipality from the requirement of publishing in full the ordinance which adopts any such code, and all provisions applicable to such publication shall be fully carried out. The adopting ordinance shall contain the same description of the primary adopted code as required in the notice of hearing in section 31-16-203.
C.R.S. § 31-35-304 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 3 / Section 31-35-304
31-35-304. Streets and alleys - eminent domain
Status: in_force

31-35-304. Streets and alleys - eminent domain. In case such proposed improvements consist of the establishment, opening, extending, or widening of any street or alley in such city or town and it is necessary to take private property to make such improvement, said ordinance shall declare such necessity, specifying and describing the property to be taken. Thereupon such city or town, by its governing body and its duly authorized officers, may exercise the right of eminent domain and may condemn, take, or damage any private property that may be necessarily condemned, taken, or damaged in the making of such improvement. The manner of proceeding in such cases shall be as prescribed by the laws of this state for the condemnation of lands in other cases.
C.R.S. § 31-35-415 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 35 / Part 4 / Section 31-35-415
31-35-415. Continuing rights of bondholders
Status: in_force

31-35-415. Continuing rights of bondholders. The failure of any holder of any bond or coupon issued under this part 4 to proceed as provided in section 31-35-409 or in any proceedings appertaining to the issuance of such bond or coupon shall not relieve the municipality, its governing body, or any of its officers, agents, and employees of any liability for failure to perform or carry out any duty, obligation, or other commitment.
C.R.S. § 31-10-907 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 10 / Part 9 / Section 31-10-907
31-10-907. Definitions
Status: in_force

31-10-907. Definitions. As used in sections 31-10-908 to 31-10-913, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Eligible elector" means a person who is a registered elector, as defined in section 31-1-101 (9).

(2) "Mail ballot election" means an election for which eligible electors may cast ballots by mail and in accordance with this part 9.

(3) "Mail ballot packet" means the packet of information provided by the clerk to eligible electors in a mail ballot election. The packet includes the ballot, instructions for completing the ballot, a secrecy envelope, and a return envelope.

(4) "Return envelope" means an envelope that is printed with spaces for the name and address of, and a self-affirmation to be signed by, an eligible elector voting in a mail ballot election, that contains a secrecy envelope and ballot, and that is designed to allow election officials, upon examining the signature, name, and address on the outside of the envelope, to determine whether the enclosed ballot is being submitted by an eligible elector who has not previously voted in that particular election.

(5) "Secrecy envelope" means the envelope or sleeve used for a mail ballot election that contains the eligible elector's ballot for the election and that is designed to conceal and maintain the confidentiality of the elector's vote until the counting of votes for that particular election.
C.R.S. § 31-30-103 — CO Code / Title 31 / Article 30 / Part 1 / Section 31-30-103
31-30-103. Purpose
Status: in_force

31-30-103. Purpose. It is the intent of this part 1 to enable the governing body of any city or town within this state to adopt by ordinance such civil service system for fire, police, or street departments as may be adaptable to the size and type of city or town involved and consist of a comprehensive civil service system as in the sound discretion of said governing body may be for the best interests of the public service in said city or town. The provisions of this part 1 shall not apply to or in any way annul, repeal, or set aside the civil service provisions in force on or before May 17, 1939, in any city or town.