C.R.S. § 29-4-205 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 29-4-205
29-4-205. Appointment of commissioners
Status: in_force

29-4-205. Appointment of commissioners. (1) The authority shall consist of commissioners selected by the council in the manner provided in either subsection (2) or (3) of this section.

(2) The council may provide that all members of the governing body of the city shall ex officio be appointed the commissioners of the authority. The terms of office of such commissioners shall be coterminous with their terms of office on the governing body. For the purposes of this subsection (2), the term "governing body" means the mayor and council, board of trustees, board of commissioners, legislative body, or other body charged with governing the city. The mayor or, if the city has no mayor, the president of the council or such other presiding officer of the council shall ex officio be chairman of the commissioners. The commissioners shall select from among their members a vice-chairman.

(3) (a) The council may provide that an authority shall consist of no more than nine commissioners appointed by the mayor or such other appointing authority as is otherwise provided by charter or ordinance; except that the council of a city and county having a population of more than three hundred thousand may provide that such authority shall consist of nine commissioners appointed by the mayor or such other appointing authority as is otherwise provided by charter or ordinance. The council may also provide that the mayor or such other appointing authority as is otherwise provided by charter or ordinance shall designate the first chairman. Not more than one of such commissioners may be a city official. In the event that a city official is appointed as a commissioner of an authority, acceptance or retention of such appointment shall not be deemed a forfeiture of his or her office, or incompatible therewith, or affect his or her tenure or compensation in any way. The term of office of a commissioner of an authority who is a city official shall not be affected or curtailed by the expiration of the term of his or her city office.

(b) The commissioners appointed under this subsection (3) shall be designated by the mayor or such other appointing authority as is otherwise provided by charter or ordinance to serve for terms that are staggered from the date of their appointment such that, to the extent possible, the terms of an equal number of commissioners end each year. Thereafter, the term of office is the number of years as set by the council by resolution, not to exceed five years in length, or, if the council has not so acted, five years. A commissioner shall hold office until his or her successor has been appointed and has qualified. Vacancies other than by reason of expiration of terms shall be filled for the unexpired term. A majority of the commissioners constitutes a quorum. The mayor or such other appointing authority as is otherwise provided by charter or ordinance shall file with the city clerk a certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner, and such certificate is conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of each commissioner. The authority shall select from its members a vice-chairman and a chairman when the office of the first chairman becomes vacant.

(c) Until such time as the council takes action pursuant to subsection (6) of this section, all appointments of the commissioners appointed pursuant to this subsection (3) shall be conditioned upon confirmation by the council as required by section 29-4-204 (4). This paragraph (c) shall apply to original and successor appointments and to appointments to fill vacancies.

(3.5) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, commencing on and after August 2, 2000, as new appointments are made to authorities pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, such appointments shall be made so that not less than one commissioner of each authority shall be an individual who is directly assisted by the authority and who may, if provided in a plan of the authority, be elected by individuals directly assisted by the authority. This subsection (3.5) shall not apply to any authority with fewer than three hundred public housing units if the authority provides reasonable notice to the resident advisory board of the opportunity for not less than one individual to serve as a commissioner of the authority as provided in this subsection (3.5) and, within a reasonable time after receipt by such board of the notice, the authority is not notified of the intention of any such individual to serve as a commissioner.

(4) A commissioner shall receive no compensation for his services but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his official duties.

(5) An authority may employ a secretary who shall be executive director, technical experts, and such other officers, agents, and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require, and shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. An authority may call upon the corporation counsel or chief law officer of the city for such legal services as it may require, or it may employ its own counsel and legal staff. An authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees such powers or duties as it deems proper.

(6) (a) Any council may, by resolution, change the method of appointment of commissioners after a proper notice and hearing and set a date for the changed method to become effective.

(b) Subsequent to the appointment of nine commissioners by the mayor and their confirmation by the council pursuant to section 29-4-204 (4), any council of a city and county having a population of more than three hundred thousand may, by resolution, change the number of commissioners after a proper notice and hearing and set a date for the changed number to become effective.

(7) The terms of office of present commissioners of authorities created under this section shall expire July 1, 1973. Prior to such date, the council shall appoint new commissioners, as provided in either subsection (2) or (3) of this section, such appointments to be effective July 1, 1973.
C.R.S. § 29-20-404 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 20 / Part 4 / Section 29-20-404
29-20-404. Technical support for renewable energy projects - duties of energy and carbon ma
Status: repealed

29-20-404. Technical support for renewable energy projects - duties of energy and carbon management commission - duties of division of parks and wildlife - duties of Colorado energy office - code repository - report - repeal. (1) (a) At the request of a local government or a tribal government, the director of the energy and carbon management commission shall provide technical support to the local government or tribal government concerning:

(I) The development of local codes governing renewable energy projects; or

(II) The review of renewable energy projects for which a local government or a tribal government receives an application for land use approval after June 30, 2024.

(b) When providing technical support as described in subsection (1)(a) of this section, the director of the energy and carbon management commission may collaborate with other state agencies.

(c) In its annual presentation to the legislative committees of reference pursuant to section 2-7-203, the department of natural resources shall include information indicating how many local and tribal governments requested support from the energy and carbon management commission, as described in subsection (1)(a) of this section, during the preceding year.

(2) (a) At the request of a facility owner, local government, or tribal government, the division of parks and wildlife shall provide the facility owner, local government, or tribal government a set of best management practices to avoid, minimize, and mitigate wildlife impacts of renewable energy projects.

(b) The best management practices available at the time of application with a local government or tribal government for land use approval of a renewable energy project may be incorporated into project plans at the discretion of the facility owner.

(c) The best management practices may be considered as conditions of approval by a local government or tribal government with land use authority or regulatory authority over a project for a renewable energy project for which the local government or tribal government receives an application for land use approval after June 30, 2024.

(d) The division of parks and wildlife shall identify high-priority habitats for renewable energy projects based on the best available science and shall update the list of high-priority habitats at least annually and make the list publicly available. A facility owner, local government, or tribal government may consider the high-priority habitats in planning, siting, permitting, and developing renewable energy projects.

(3) On or before June 30, 2025, the Colorado energy office, in cooperation with the department of local affairs and the department of natural resources, shall develop a repository of codes and ordinances that support renewable energy projects and commercial energy transmission facilities for the purpose of providing conceptual frameworks that local governments and tribal governments may consider and adapt to suit local circumstances and address local energy resources.

(4) (a) On or before September 30, 2025, the Colorado energy office shall submit a report to the general assembly. The office shall collaborate with other state agencies, including the department of natural resources, in developing the report. The report must:

(I) Evaluate and assess local government processes for the siting of commercially viable renewable energy projects and commercial energy transmission facilities; and

(II) Evaluate the impact of renewable energy projects and commercial energy transmission facilities on wildlife resources; the use of wildlife mitigation, decommissioning, and community benefit agreements; and the range of fees imposed by local governments.

(b) In preparing the report, the office shall provide opportunities for municipal and county governments; renewable energy project developers; conservation organizations; local stakeholders, including property owners; tribal governments; electric utilities; and labor organizations to provide input and shall allow opportunity for public comment before the final report is completed.

(c) This subsection (4) is repealed, effective July 1, 2026.
C.R.S. § 29-35-210 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 35 / Part 2 / Section 29-35-210
29-35-210. Transit-oriented communities infrastructure grant program - transit-oriented com
Status: in_force

29-35-210. Transit-oriented communities infrastructure grant program - transit-oriented communities infrastructure fund - definitions. (1) Grant program created. The transit-oriented communities infrastructure grant program is created in the department. The purpose of the grant program is to assist local governments in upgrading infrastructure and supporting regulated affordable housing in transit centers and neighborhood centers.

(2) Allowable purposes. Grant recipients may use money received through the grant program to fund:

(a) On-site infrastructure for affordable housing, including regulated affordable housing, within a transit center or neighborhood center;

(b) Public infrastructure projects that are within, or that primarily benefit, a transit center or neighborhood center;

(c) Public infrastructure projects that benefit affordable housing, including regulated affordable housing, in a transit center or neighborhood center;

(d) Activities related to determining where and how best to improve infrastructure to support a transit center or neighborhood center;

(e) Infrastructure project delivery, planning, and community engagement; and

(f) Activities contracted by an area agency on aging, as defined in section 26-11-201 (2), to a transit-oriented community to provide services within, or that benefit, transit centers and neighborhood centers, and that further the goals of this part 2.

(3) Grant program administration. The department shall administer the grant program and, subject to available appropriations, award grants as provided in subsection (7) of this section and provide technical assistance to local governments in complying with the requirements of this part 2.

(4) Grant program policies and procedures. The department shall implement the grant program in accordance with this section. The department shall develop policies and procedures as necessary to implement the grant program.

(5) Grant application. To receive a grant, a local government must submit an application to the department in accordance with policies and procedures developed by the department.

(6) Grant program criteria. The department shall review the applications received pursuant to this section and shall only award grants to certified transit-oriented communities. In awarding grants, the department shall consider the following criteria:

(a) The potential impact of a project that a local government would fund with a grant award on the development of regulated affordable housing, mixed-use development, accessible or visitable housing units, or the creation or enhancement of home ownership opportunities within a transit center or neighborhood center. If a project is a large-scale infill development project, subject to a discretionary approval process, and adjacent to an established neighborhood, the department shall give priority to such a project if a community benefits agreement has been established in connection with the project.

(b) In response to demonstrated needs, the extent to which the local government has:

(I) Integrated mixed-use development by allowing neighborhood commercial uses that have the main purpose of meeting consumer demands for goods and services with an emphasis on serving the surrounding residential neighborhood within one-quarter mile of a transit center or neighborhood center;

(II) Adopted affordability strategies from the affordability strategies menus in section 29-35-208 based on the local government's demonstrated housing needs, including housing needs for rental and for-sale housing and for low-, moderate-, and medium-income households, as designated by the United States department of housing and urban development, and permanent supportive housing;

(III) Adopted displacement mitigation strategies from the displacement mitigation strategies menu in section 29-35-209; and

(IV) Designated neighborhood centers within optional transit areas; and

(c) Information contained in the reports submitted by a local government pursuant to section 29-35-204 that provides evidence that the local government has met the requirements of section 29-35-204.

(7) Grant awards. Subject to available appropriations, the department shall award grants using money in the fund as provided in this section.

(8) Transit-oriented communities infrastructure fund. (a) (I) The transit-oriented communities infrastructure fund is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money transferred to the fund pursuant to subsection (8)(a)(III) of this section, gifts, grants, and donations, and any other money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund. The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the fund.

(II) Money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the department for the purpose of implementing the grant program, and the department may expend up to six percent of any money in the fund for costs incurred by the department in administering the grant program.

(III) On July 1, 2024, the state treasurer shall transfer thirty-five million dollars from the general fund to the fund.

(9) Reporting. (a) On or before January 1, 2025, and each January 1 thereafter for the duration of the grant program, the department shall submit a summarized report to the house of representatives transportation, housing, and local government committee and the senate local government and housing committee, or their successor committees, on relevant information regarding the grant program.

(b) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the reporting requirements set forth in this section continue until all grant program money is fully expended.

(10) Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Fund" means the transit-oriented communities infrastructure fund created in subsection (8)(a) of this section.

(b) "Grant program" means the transit-oriented communities infrastructure grant program created in this section.
C.R.S. § 29-2-115 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 29-2-115
29-2-115. Retail marijuana sales tax - county - municipality - election - legislative decl
Status: in_force

29-2-115. Retail marijuana sales tax - county - municipality - election - legislative declaration - definition. (1) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the special sales tax recognized in this section permits counties and statutory municipalities to enact an additional tax specific to the sale of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products, subject to voter approval. This distinct taxing authority is in addition to the statutory authority for counties and statutory municipalities to impose a general sales tax, while home rule municipalities derive all sales taxing authority from the home rule authority granted by the Colorado constitution.

(b) The general assembly further finds and declares that any special sales tax on retail marijuana and retail marijuana products proposed by counties and statutory municipalities should take into account the total tax rate that would exist if the tax is adopted by voters. It is therefore also the intent of the general assembly in enacting this section to ensure that the imposition of a county special sales tax within a home rule municipality or statutory municipality occurs only when the municipality does not have its own special sales tax, and otherwise only after an intergovernmental agreement with a municipality that does impose, or imposes at any time, its own special sales tax.

(2) For purposes of this section, "special sales tax" means a sales tax imposed by a local government in addition to the general sales tax imposed pursuant to section 29-2-102 or section 29-2-103, as applicable, and in addition to the taxes imposed pursuant to articles 26 and 28.8 of title 39.

(3) (a) Each county in the state is authorized to levy, collect, and enforce a county special sales tax upon all sales of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products, as those terms are defined in section 44-10-103, under the following circumstances:

(I) A county may levy, collect, and enforce a county special sales tax upon all sales of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products pursuant to this subsection (3) in the unincorporated areas of the county;

(II) A county may levy, collect, and enforce a county special sales tax upon all sales of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products pursuant to this subsection (3) in the municipalities within the boundaries of the county, in whole or in part, that do not levy a municipal special sales tax on the sale of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products. The county may levy a special sales tax in a municipality pursuant to this subsection (3)(a)(II) only until the municipality obtains voter approval to levy a municipal special sales tax on retail marijuana and retail marijuana products. If the municipality obtains such voter approval, the county special sales tax authorized by this subsection (3)(a)(II) is invalid within the corporate limits of the municipality unless the county enters into an intergovernmental agreement with the municipality pursuant to subsection (3)(a)(III) of this section that authorizes the county to continue to levy, collect, and enforce the special sales tax on retail marijuana and retail marijuana products within the corporate limits of the municipality.

(III) A county may levy, collect, and enforce a county special sales tax upon all sales of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products pursuant to this subsection (3) in each municipality within the boundaries of the county, in whole or in part, that levies a municipal special sales tax on the sales of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products, if the governing body of the county and the governing body of the municipality enter into an intergovernmental agreement pertaining to the county's levy, collection, and enforcement of a county special sales tax upon all sales of all retail marijuana and retail marijuana products within the corporate limits of the municipality. An intergovernmental agreement pursuant to this subsection (3)(a)(III) may include a provision for the apportionment of a specified percentage of the gross county retail marijuana special sales tax revenue collected by the county to the municipality.

(b) Notwithstanding section 29-2-103 (2), a county may levy, collect, and enforce a special sales tax pursuant to this subsection (3) in less than the entire county when the county satisfies one or more of the conditions of this subsection (3).

(c) No special sales tax shall be levied pursuant to this subsection (3) until the proposal has been referred to and approved by the eligible electors of the county in accordance with this article 2. Any proposal for the levy of a special sales tax in accordance with this subsection (3) may be submitted to the eligible electors of the county only on the date of the state general election or on the first Tuesday in November of an odd-numbered year. Any election on the proposal must be conducted by the county clerk and recorder in accordance with the "Uniform Election Code of 1992", articles 1 to 13 of title 1.

(4) (a) Each municipality in the state is authorized to levy, collect, and enforce a municipal special sales tax upon all sales of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products, as those terms are defined in section 44-10-103.

(b) No special sales tax shall be levied pursuant to subsection (4)(a) of this section until the proposal has been referred to and approved by the eligible electors of the municipality in accordance with article 10 of title 31. Any proposal for the levy of a special sales tax in accordance with subsection (4)(a) of this section must be submitted to the eligible electors of the municipality on the date of the state general election, on the first Tuesday in November of an odd-numbered year, or on the date of a municipal biennial election. Any election on the proposal must be conducted by the clerk of the municipality in accordance with the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965", article 10 of title 31.

(5) If a county or municipality obtained approval from the eligible electors of the county or municipality prior to May 4, 2017, to levy, collect, and enforce a special sales tax on the sale of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products, the special sales tax is valid and the county or municipality is authorized to continue to levy, collect, and enforce the special sales tax; except that, in the case of a county, the county is authorized to continue to levy, collect, and enforce the special sales tax so long as the county complies with subsection (3) of this section. If a county levies, collects, and enforces a special sales tax in a municipality that has already obtained voter approval to levy a municipal special sales tax on the sale of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products, the county special sales tax is invalid within the corporate limits of the municipality unless the county enters into an intergovernmental agreement with the municipality pursuant to subsection (3)(a)(III) of this section that authorizes the county to continue to levy, collect, and enforce the special sales tax on retail marijuana and retail marijuana products within the corporate limits of the municipality.

(6) (a) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (6)(a) is effective until July 1, 2025.] Notwithstanding this article 2, any retail marijuana special sales tax imposed by a county or municipality pursuant to this section shall not be collected, administered, or enforced by the department of revenue, but shall instead be collected, administered, and enforced by the county or municipality imposing the special sales tax.

(6) (a) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (6)(a) is effective July 1, 2025.] Any retail marijuana special sales tax imposed by a county or municipality pursuant to this section shall not be collected, administered, or enforced by the department of revenue pursuant to part 2 of this article 2, but shall instead be collected, administered, and enforced by the county or municipality imposing the special sales tax.

(b) A county or municipality in which a special sales tax is imposed pursuant to this section may authorize a retail marijuana store to retain a percentage of the retail marijuana special sales tax collected pursuant to this section to cover the expenses of collecting and remitting the special sales tax to the county or municipality. The county or municipality shall determine the percentage that a retail marijuana store may retain pursuant to this subsection (6)(b).

(7) A county or municipality in which the eligible electors have approved a special sales tax pursuant to this section may credit the revenues collected from the special sales tax to the general fund of the county or municipality or to any special fund created in the county or municipality's treasury. The governing body of a county or municipality may use the revenues collected from the special sales tax imposed pursuant to this section for any purpose as determined by the governing body of the county or the municipality.
C.R.S. § 29-4-705 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 7 / Section 29-4-705
29-4-705. Records of board
Status: in_force

29-4-705. Records of board. All resolutions and orders shall be recorded and authenticated by the signature of the secretary or any assistant secretary of the board. Every legislative act of the board of a general or permanent nature shall be by resolution. The book of resolutions, corporate acts, and orders shall be a public record. A public record shall also be made of all other proceedings of the board, minutes of the meetings, annual reports, certificates, contracts, and bonds given by officers, employees, and any other agents of the authority. The account of all moneys received by and disbursed on behalf of the authority shall also be a public record. All public records of the authority shall be subject to the "Colorado Open Records Act", part 2 of article 72 of title 24, C.R.S. All records shall be subject to the uniform budget and audit laws and shall be subject to regular audit as provided therein.
C.R.S. § 29-11.8-108 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 11.8 / Section 29-11.8-108
29-11.8-108. Suspension and revocation
Status: in_force

29-11.8-108. Suspension and revocation. In addition to any other penalties prescribed by this article 11.8, the local licensing authority has the power, on its own motion or on complaint, after investigation and public hearing at which the licensee shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard, to suspend or revoke any license issued by such authority for any violation by the licensee or by any of its agents, servants, or employees of the provisions of this article 11.8, or of any of the rules or regulations authorized pursuant to this article 11.8, or of any of the terms, conditions, or provisions of the license issued by such authority. The local licensing authority has the power to administer oaths and issue subpoenas to require the presence of persons and production of papers, books, and records reasonably necessary to the determination of any hearing which the local licensing authority conducts.
C.R.S. § 29-4-111 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 29-4-111
29-4-111. Bonds not secured by taxes authorized by resolution
Status: in_force

29-4-111. Bonds not secured by taxes authorized by resolution. (1) The council may authorize the issuance of bonds not payable from or additionally secured by taxes by a resolution which shall state in substance:

(a) The amount or maximum amount of bonds to be issued;

(b) The housing projects for the financing of which such bonds are to be issued;

(c) The rate or maximum rate of interest which such bonds are to bear;

(d) A brief concise statement, which need not go into any detail other than the mere statement of the fact, showing the source of payment and security for such bonds.

(2) Such bonds shall mature at such times, not to exceed sixty years from their respective dates, as the council may provide.
C.R.S. § 29-31-102 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 31 / Section 29-31-102
29-31-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-31-102. Definitions. As used in this article 31, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Agricultural operations" has the same meaning as specified in section 35-3.5-102 (4).

(2) "Farm stand" means a temporary or permanent structure used for the sale and display of agricultural products resulting from agricultural operations that are conducted on the principal use site on which the farm stand is located. A farm stand may sell and display agricultural products resulting from agricultural operations not conducted on the principal use site to the extent permitted by the applicable local government.

(3) "Local government" means a municipality, county, home rule county, or city and county.

(4) "Principal use" means the primary purpose for which a structure or lot is designed, arranged, or intended.

(5) "Principal use site" means the parcel of real property on which a business undertakes its principal use of the property.
C.R.S. § 29-23-102 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 23 / Section 29-23-102
29-23-102. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

29-23-102. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:

(a) Changes in the world's political, social, and economic policies have resulted in changes in the military needs of the United States;

(b) Congress has ordered that certain military installations be closed or realigned pursuant to the "Defense Authorization and Base Realignment and Closure Act", 26 U.S.C. sec. 2687, as amended;

(c) Base closure or realignment has a severe and adverse impact on the economy of the community, region, and state where the installation is located;

(d) The installations ordered closed or realigned represent an investment of millions of dollars in the land, improvements, and equipment located on the installation by the taxpayers of the community, region, state, and nation; and

(e) The land, improvements, and equipment represent a potential economic resource to promote new employment opportunities and, thereby, enhance the state and local tax base.

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

(a) Congress has ordered the Pueblo depot activity to be realigned, then closed, pursuant to the "Defense Authorization and Base Realignment and Closure Act", 26 U.S.C. sec. 2687, as amended;

(b) The Pueblo depot activity encompasses some thirty-four and three-tenths square miles of land in Pueblo county and contains more than one thousand two hundred buildings; and

(c) The creation of a Pueblo depot activity development authority is necessary to provide a public entity which can secure from the Army of the United States the excess and surplus land, buildings, and equipment; enter into cooperative agreements; and acquire, construct, reconstruct, repair, alter, improve, extend, own, lease, operate, and dispose of properties, in an attempt to promote the development of the Pueblo depot activity for the people of this state.

(3) The general assembly further finds and declares that the Pueblo depot activity development authority is created for the benefit and advantage of and to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the state of Colorado and that, as such, it is the intent of the general assembly that this article shall be liberally constructed to effect its purpose.
C.R.S. § 29-22.5-102 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 22.5 / Section 29-22.5-102
29-22.5-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-22.5-102. Definitions. As used in this article 22.5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Director" means the director of the division of fire prevention and control.

(1.3) "Division" means the division of fire prevention and control in the department of public safety created in section 24-33.5-1201, C.R.S.

(1.5) "Fire department" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-33.5-1202 (3.9).

(1.7) "Forest service" means the Colorado state forest service identified in section 23-31-302, C.R.S.

(2) "Incident commander" means the individual responsible for the overall management of the incident including developing incident objectives and managing all incident operations, by virtue of explicit legal, agency, or delegated authority.

(3) "Incident command system" means a standardized, on-scene, all-hazard incident management concept that is an integral part of the national incident management system.

(4) "Local incident management team" means a single or multi-agency team of capable individuals formed and managed at the local or county level and created or activated when necessary to provide the command and control infrastructure required to manage a major or complex incident requiring a significant number of local and mutual aid resources.

(5) "Mutual aid agreement" means a written agreement between or among federal, state, and local agencies in which the agencies agree to assist one another upon request by furnishing such resources as personnel and equipment.

(6) "National incident management system" or "NIMS" means the national command and management system developed by the U.S. department of homeland security. NIMS provides a unified approach to incident management; standard command and management structures; and emphasis on preparedness, mutual aid, and resource management.

(7) "Prescribed fire" means any fire ignited by federal, state, or local forest or land managers or private property owners to meet specific fire protection or mitigation objectives.

(8) "Unified command" means the incident commanders representing agencies or jurisdictions that share responsibility for the incident manage the response from a single incident command post, allowing agencies with different legal, geographic, and functional authorities and responsibilities to work together effectively without affecting individual agency authority, responsibility, or accountability.

(9) "Wildland area" means an area in which development is essentially nonexistent, except for roads, railroads, power lines, and similar infrastructure, and in which structures, if present, are widely scattered.

(10) "Wildland fire" means an unplanned or unwanted fire in a wildland area, including unauthorized human-caused fires, out-of-control prescribed fires, and all other fires in wildland areas where the objective is to extinguish the fire.
C.R.S. § 29-11.8-106 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 11.8 / Section 29-11.8-106
29-11.8-106. Application to local licensing authority - minimum qualifications - issuance - d
Status: in_force

29-11.8-106. Application to local licensing authority - minimum qualifications - issuance - definition. (1) Application for a license under the provisions of this article 11.8 shall be made to the local licensing authority on forms prepared and furnished by the local licensing authority, which shall set forth such information as the local licensing authority may require to enable the authority to determine whether a license should be granted. The information shall include the name and address of the applicant and, if a partnership, also the names and addresses of all the partners and, if a corporation, association, or other organization, also the names and addresses of the president, vice-president, secretary, and managing officer, together with all other information deemed necessary by the local licensing authority. Each application shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of such persons as the local licensing authority may prescribe. The local licensing authority may require payment of a reasonable processing fee with each application, which fee shall not exceed three hundred dollars for an escort bureau license application and two hundred dollars for an escort license application.

(2) (a) No individual shall be issued a license as an escort or as an escort bureau runner unless he or she:

(I) Has attained eighteen years of age;

(II) Is a resident of the state of Colorado.

(b) No person shall be issued a license as an escort bureau, and no person other than an individual shall be issued a license as an escort bureau runner unless:

(I) If an individual, he or she has attained the age of eighteen years; or

(II) If a partnership or limited partnership, all partners have attained the age of eighteen years; or

(III) If a corporation, the directors and all officers of the corporation have attained the age of eighteen years; and

(IV) If an individual, he or she is a resident of this state for six weeks immediately prior to the filing of the application with the local licensing authority; or

(V) If a partnership or limited partnership, all of the partners thereof are residents of this state for six weeks immediately prior to the filing of the application with the local licensing authority; or

(VI) If a corporation, the directors and all of the officers of the corporation are residents of this state for six weeks immediately prior to the filing of the application with the local licensing authority; and

(VII) If a corporation, the corporation is qualified with the secretary of state to do business in this state or is incorporated under the laws of this state.

(3) (a) Before granting or denying any license renewal or new license for which an application has been made, the local licensing authority or one or more of its agents or inspectors may visit and inspect the premises or property in or from which the applicant proposes to conduct his or her business and investigate the fitness to conduct the business of any person, including all officers and directors of any corporation, applying for a license. In investigating the fitness of any applicant, licensee, or employee or agent of the licensee or applicant, the local licensing authority may have access to criminal history record information furnished by criminal justice agencies subject to any restrictions imposed by such agencies. In the event the local licensing authority takes into consideration information concerning the applicant's or licensee's criminal history record, the local licensing authority shall also consider any information provided by the applicant or licensee regarding the criminal history record, including, but not limited to, evidence of mitigating factors, rehabilitation, character references, and educational achievements, especially those items pertaining to the period of time between the applicant's last criminal conviction and the consideration of his or her application for a license or license renewal.

(b) As used in this subsection (3), "criminal justice agency" means any federal, state, or municipal court or any governmental agency or subunit of such agency that performs the administration of criminal justice pursuant to a statute or executive order and that allocates a substantial part of its annual budget to the administration of criminal justice.

(4) Every applicant, licensee, or agent or employee of an applicant or licensee, prior to commencing work for, in, or upon the premises of the escort bureau, shall obtain a photographic identity card from the designated law enforcement agency within the licensing jurisdiction in a form prescribed by the local licensing authority and shall carry the identity card at all times while in or upon the licensed premises or while acting as an escort or escort bureau runner.

(5) No escort bureau or escort bureau runner shall employ the services of any person who has not obtained a valid identity card.
C.R.S. § 29-4-719 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 7 / Section 29-4-719
29-4-719. Special funds - repeal
Status: repealed

29-4-719. Special funds - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 29-23-114 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 23 / Section 29-23-114
29-23-114. Exemption from taxation - securities laws
Status: in_force

29-23-114. Exemption from taxation - securities laws. The income or other revenues of the authority, all property interests of the authority, any bonds issued by the authority, and the transfer of and the income from any bonds issued by the authority shall be exempt from all taxation and assessments of the state. Bonds issued by the authority shall be exempt from the provisions of article 51 of title 11, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 29-4-716 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 7 / Section 29-4-716
29-4-716. Standards for approval of organizations
Status: in_force

29-4-716. Standards for approval of organizations. (1) No sponsor shall be considered eligible to develop housing facilities or provide services in connection therewith pursuant to this part 7 unless it shows to the authority's satisfaction that the organization is incorporated, authorized to do business, or otherwise organized as required by the laws of this state.

(2) The sponsor, as provided in subsection (1) of this section, shall submit full details of its organizational documents, articles, and bylaws to the authority and shall provide and pay for an independent annual audit as may be required by the authority.
C.R.S. § 29-11-102.3 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 11 / Part 1 / Section 29-11-102.3
29-11-102.3. 911 surcharge - imposition - 911 surcharge trust cash fund - rules - report - de
Status: in_force

29-11-102.3. 911 surcharge - imposition - 911 surcharge trust cash fund - rules - report - definition. (1) (a) Effective January 1, 2021, a 911 surcharge, referred to in this section as the "surcharge", is hereby imposed on service users in an amount to be established annually by the commission but not to exceed fifty cents per month per 911 access connection together with the 911 enterprise fee imposed pursuant to section 29-11-108 (8)(a).

(b) On or before October 1, 2020, and on or before October 1 each year thereafter, the commission shall establish, through a public proceeding, the amount of the surcharge for the next calendar year. The amount of the surcharge must be reasonably calculated to meet the needs of governing bodies to pay for basic emergency service and provide emergency telephone service and must take into consideration the amount of the 911 enterprise fee imposed pursuant to section 29-11-108 (8)(a) and the budgetary requirements set forth in this section. Upon establishing the amount of the surcharge, the commission shall send notice of the new amount to all service suppliers. The new amount takes effect on the following January 1.

(c) The amount of the surcharge imposed per 911 access connection must be uniform, regardless of the technology used to provide the 911 access connection.

(2) Each service supplier shall collect the surcharge from its service users. The surcharge must not be combined with the local emergency telephone charge described in section 29-11-102 if it is listed on the service user's monthly bill. The 911 surcharge is the liability of the service user and not of the service supplier; except that the service supplier is liable to remit all 911 surcharges that the service supplier collects from service users.

(3) (a) The service supplier shall remit the collected surcharges to the commission on a monthly basis in a manner established by the commission. The commission shall establish remittance procedures by rule. A service supplier is subject to the penalties and procedures in section 29-11-103 for the failure to collect or correctly remit a surcharge in accordance with this section.

(b) A service supplier may deduct and retain one percent of the surcharges that it collects from its service users if it timely remits the collected surcharges to the commission.

(c) (I) (A) Remittances of surcharges received by the commission are collections for the local governing body, not general revenues of the state, and shall be held in trust in the 911 surcharge trust cash fund, which is hereby created. Except as provided in subsection (3)(c)(II) of this section, the commission shall transmit the money in the 911 surcharge trust cash fund to each governing body within sixty days after the commission receives the money for use by such governing body for the purposes permitted under section 29-11-104.

(B) Remittances of the 911 enterprise fee received by the commission are collections for the enterprise, not general revenue of the state, and must be held in trust in the 911 enterprise fee trust cash fund, which is created in the state treasury. The commission shall transmit the money in the 911 enterprise fee trust cash fund to the state treasurer within sixty days after the commission receives the money, and the state treasurer shall credit the revenue to the enterprise fund.

(II) The commission may expend an amount, not to exceed four percent of the collected surcharges in the 911 surcharge trust cash fund, necessary to reimburse the commission for its direct and indirect costs of administering the collection and remittance of surcharges for the local governing bodies, including costs related to conducting audits of service suppliers in accordance with section 29-11-103 (7).

(III) The commission shall establish a formula for distribution of money from the surcharge to the governing bodies pursuant to subsection (3)(c)(I)(A) of this section based upon the number of concurrent sessions maintained by the PSAPs of each governing body. The commission shall establish the formula by October 1 of each year. The commission shall promulgate rules concerning changes to the number of concurrent sessions for which a governing body is reimbursed under this section. For the purposes of this section, "concurrent session" means a channel for an inbound simultaneous 911 request for assistance.

(4) As part of the report required by section 40-2-131, the commission shall report on the 911 surcharge, including amounts remitted and transmitted to local governing bodies.

(5) This section does not apply to prepaid wireless telecommunications services.
C.R.S. § 29-1-703 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 7 / Section 29-1-703
29-1-703. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-1-703. Definitions. As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Agency of local government" means any municipality, county, home rule county, or home rule city or any agency, department, division, board, bureau, commission, institution, or other authority thereof which is a budgetary unit exercising construction contracting authority or discretion and which is located in a county of thirty thousand persons or more, or a city or town of thirty thousand persons or more, according to the state demographer.

(2) "Construction contract" or "contract" means any agreement to construct, alter, improve, repair, or demolish any state-funded public project of any kind.

(3) "Cost" means the total cost of labor, materials, provisions, supplies, equipment rentals, equipment purchases, insurance, supervision, engineering, and clerical and accounting services; the reasonable value of the use of equipment, including its replacement value, owned by the agency; and the reasonable estimates of other administrative or indirect costs not otherwise directly attributable to the state-funded public project which may be reasonably apportioned to such project in accordance with generally accepted cost-accounting principles and standards. To determine the reasonable value of the use of equipment owned by the agency, the agency may utilize rates established in the department of transportation's published equipment rate schedule in force at the time of the estimate or rates established in any other similar, generally accepted, published equipment rate schedule. To determine administrative and indirect costs, the agency may utilize a good faith percentage estimate of not less than fifteen percent of the total direct costs.

(4) "Defined maintenance project" means any project that involves a significant reconstruction, alteration, or improvement of any existing road, highway, bridge, structure, facility, or other public improvement, including but not limited to repairing or seal coating of roads or highways or major internal or external reconstruction or alteration of existing structures. "Defined maintenance project" does not include routine maintenance activities such as snow removal, minor surface repair of roads or highways, cleaning of ditches, regrading of unsurfaced roads, repainting, replacement of floor coverings, or minor reconstruction or alteration of existing structures.

(5) "State-funded public project" means any construction, alteration, repair, demolition, or improvement by any agency of local government of any land, structure, facility, road, highway, bridge, or other public improvement suitable for and intended for use in the promotion of the public health, welfare, or safety and any defined maintenance project, which are funded in whole or in part from the highway users tax fund and which may be reasonably expected to exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars in the aggregate for any fiscal year.
C.R.S. § 29-23-101 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 23 / Section 29-23-101
29-23-101. Short title
Status: in_force

29-23-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Pueblo Depot Activity Development Authority Act".
C.R.S. § 29-2-113 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 29-2-113
29-2-113. Sales and use tax simplification task force - repeal of section
Status: repealed

29-2-113. Sales and use tax simplification task force - repeal of section. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 29-27-201 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 27 / Part 2 / Section 29-27-201
29-27-201. Vote - referendum
Status: repealed

29-27-201. Vote - referendum. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 29-4-110 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 29-4-110
29-4-110. Bonds secured by taxes - maturity
Status: in_force

29-4-110. Bonds secured by taxes - maturity. (1) The council shall submit to an election the question of the authorization of the issuance of bonds payable from taxes or additionally secured by taxes. Such bonds shall mature at such times, not exceeding fifteen years from their respective dates, as the council provides. Such election shall be called by the council which shall adopt a resolution, called the "election resolution" in this section, which shall state in substance:

(a) The amount or maximum amount of bonds to be issued;

(b) The housing project for the financing of which such bonds are to be issued;

(c) The rate or maximum rate of interest which such bonds are to bear;

(d) A brief concise statement, which need not go into any detail other than the mere statement of the fact, showing whether such bonds will be payable from taxes, be additionally secured by a pledge of the revenues or a mortgage on any housing project, or be payable from taxes only in the event of a deficiency in the revenues or other sources of payment;

(e) The date on which such election will be held;

(f) The places where votes may be cast; and

(g) The hours between which such polling places will be open.

(2) Such election resolution shall be published in full at least once, not less than ten days nor more than thirty days prior to the date fixed for such election, in a newspaper published in the county and circulating in the city, or, if there is no such newspaper, such election resolution shall be printed in full and posted in three public places in such city not less than ten days nor more than thirty days prior to the date fixed for such election. At such election the ballot shall contain the words "for the bonds" and "against the bonds". Opposite each of said phrases shall be a hollow square, each side of which shall be not less than one-quarter inch nor more than one inch. The elector shall indicate his vote "for the bonds" or "against the bonds" by inserting a mark in the square opposite such phrase. It shall not be necessary to print any question or any other words or figures on any ballot, nor need the ballot be of any particular size, color, or quality, nor need sample ballots be printed, posted, or distributed. At or before the regular meeting of the council next succeeding the date of such election, such council shall canvass the returns and determine and declare the results of the election. Except as otherwise provided in this section, and as far as may be necessary or convenient, the manner of conducting such election, keeping the poll lists, counting and canvassing the votes, certifying the returns, declaring the results, and doing all acts relating to such election shall conform to the mode or method of procedure provided by the laws of the state of Colorado for the qualification of voters and the holding of general elections.
C.R.S. § 29-2-106.2 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 29-2-106.2
29-2-106.2. Location guides - precinct locators - repeal
Status: repealed

29-2-106.2. Location guides - precinct locators - repeal. (1) Each home rule city, town, and city and county collecting its own sales or use tax shall make available to any requesting vendor a map or other location guide showing the boundaries of the municipality. The requesting vendor may rely on the map or other location guide and any update thereof available to the vendor in determining whether to collect a sales or use tax, or both, of the municipality. No penalty shall be imposed or action for deficiency maintained if the requesting vendor in good faith complies with the most recent map or other location guide available to it.

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

(I) "Local taxing entity" means a home rule or statutory municipality, county, city and county, or any other local governmental entity that imposes a sales or use tax.

(II) "Precinct locator" means the record regularly maintained by a county clerk and recorder and used to determine within which jurisdiction or jurisdictions an address is located for voting purposes and, for determining the location of commercial or industrial addresses, shall include the record regularly maintained by the county clerk and recorder and used to determine within which jurisdiction or jurisdictions an address is located for the purpose of properly remitting sales or use tax on motor vehicles.

(b) Any public utility may rely upon the precinct locator maintained by the county clerk and recorder for the county or counties in which a local taxing entity is located in determining whether to collect a sales or use tax, or both, of the local taxing entity.

(c) No penalty shall be imposed upon, interest charged to, or action for deficiency maintained against a public utility in connection with the collection of a sales or use tax, or both, by the public utility if, in determining whether to collect the tax, the public utility relied in good faith upon the most recently updated version of a precinct locator in existence at the time of the taxable transaction. The provisions of this paragraph (c) shall not apply to the extent that the local entity has informed the public utility in writing prior to a taxable transaction that the most recently updated version of the precinct locator is inaccurate and, in such writing, provides the public utility with a corrected copy of the precinct locator information.

(3) This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.
C.R.S. § 29-11-104 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 11 / Part 1 / Section 29-11-104
29-11-104. Use of funds collected
Status: repealed

29-11-104. Use of funds collected. (1) Repealed.

(2) (a) (I) Money collected from the emergency telephone charge imposed pursuant to section 29-11-102, the 911 surcharge imposed pursuant to section 29-11-102.3, and the prepaid wireless 911 charge imposed pursuant to section 29-11-102.5 shall be spent by or on behalf of a governing body solely to pay for:

(A) Costs associated with the lease or purchase, installation, engineering, programming, maintenance, monitoring, security, planning, and oversight of equipment, facilities, hardware, software, and databases used to receive and dispatch 911 calls;

(B) Charges of basic emergency service providers (BESPs) for the provision of basic emergency service;

(C) Costs related to the provision of the emergency notification service and emergency telephone service, including costs associated with total implementation of both services by emergency service providers, including costs for programming, emergency medical services provided by telephone, radio equipment within the PSAP, and training for PSAP personnel including but not limited to emergency communications specialists, technical support personnel responsible for the maintenance of PSAP systems, and other personnel essential to the provision of emergency telephone services, emergency notification services, and emergency medical dispatch;

(D) Costs associated with the operation of emergency telephone service and emergency notification service, including recordkeeping, administrative, and facilities costs, whether the facilities are leased or owned;

(E) Membership fees for state or national industry organizations supporting 911; and

(F) Other costs directly related to the continued operation of the emergency telephone service and the emergency notification service.

(II) If money is available after the costs and charges enumerated in subsection (2)(a)(I) of this section are fully paid in a given year, the money may be expended for:

(A) Public safety radio equipment outside the PSAP; or

(B) Personnel expenses necessarily incurred for a PSAP or the governing body in the provision of emergency telephone service.

(b) Repealed.

(c) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 1880, § 3, effective July 1, 2004.)

(3) A public agency shall credit money from the charges imposed pursuant to sections 29-11-102, 29-11-102.3, and 29-11-102.5 to a cash fund, apart from the general fund of the public agency, for payments pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. Any money remaining in such cash fund at the end of any fiscal year remains in the cash fund for payments during any succeeding year; except that, if such emergency telephone service is discontinued, money remaining in the fund after all payments to the service suppliers, basic emergency service providers, and all equipment suppliers pursuant to subsection (2) of this section have been made shall be transferred to the general fund of the public agency or proportionately to the general fund of each participating public agency.

(4) A wireless carrier or BESP that provides wireless ALI or wireless ANI services at the request of a governing body, and pursuant to a contract between the wireless carrier or BESP and the governing body, shall be reimbursed by such governing body or its designee for the costs incurred in making any equipment changes necessary for the provision of such services.

(5) Each governing body shall include as a part of the audit required by part 6 of article 1 of this title an audit on the use of the funds collected from the charges imposed pursuant to this article for compliance with paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section. A copy of each audit report shall be made available on the governing body's website if the governing body has a website.
C.R.S. § 29-22-109 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 22 / Section 29-22-109
29-22-109. Persons rendering assistance relating to hazardous substance incidents - legisla
Status: in_force

29-22-109. Persons rendering assistance relating to hazardous substance incidents - legislative declaration - exemption from civil liability. (1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that knowledgeable individuals and organizations should be encouraged to lend expert assistance in the event of a hazardous substance incident. The purpose of this section is to so encourage such individuals and organizations to lend assistance by providing them with limited immunity from civil liability.

(2) As used in this section, "person" means individual, government or governmental subdivision or agency, corporation, partnership, or association or any other legal entity.

(3) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person who provides assistance or advice in mitigating or attempting to mitigate the effects of an actual or threatened hazardous substance incident, or in preventing, cleaning up, or disposing of or in attempting to prevent, clean up, or dispose of any such incident, shall not be subject to civil liability for such assistance or advice, except as provided in subsection (4) of this section.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person who provides assistance upon request of any emergency response authority, police agency, fire department, rescue or emergency squad, or any governmental agency in the event of an accident or other emergency involving the use, handling, transportation, transmission, or storage of hazardous substance, when the reasonably apparent circumstances require prompt decisions and actions, shall not be liable for any civil damages resulting from any act of commission or omission on his part in the course of his rendering such assistance, except as provided in subsection (4) of this section.

(4) The exemption from civil liability provided for in this section shall not apply to:

(a) Any person whose act or omission caused in whole or in part such discharge and who would otherwise be liable therefor;

(b) Any person, other than the employee of a governmental subdivision or agency, who receives compensation other than reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses for his assistance or advice;

(c) Any person's gross negligence or reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.

(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed to abrogate or limit the sovereign immunity granted to public entities pursuant to article 10 of title 24, C.R.S., the "Colorado Governmental Immunity Act".
C.R.S. § 29-22-101 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 22 / Section 29-22-101
29-22-101. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-22-101. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Hazardous substance" means any substance, material, waste, or mixture designated as a hazardous material, waste, or substance according to 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 172, as amended, or by section 18-13-112 (2)(b), C.R.S., or as designated pursuant to the federal "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980" (Pub.L. 96-510) as in effect July 1, 1983.

(2) (a) "Hazardous substance incident" means any emergency circumstance involving the sudden discharge of a hazardous substance which threatens immediate and irreparable harm to the environment or the health and safety of any individual other than individuals exposed to the risks associated with hazardous substances in the normal course of their employment. "Hazardous substance incident" includes those incidents of spilling, dumping, or abandonment of a hazardous substance, whether or not such spilling, dumping, or abandonment is found to threaten immediate and irreparable harm, but such term does not include any discharge of a hazardous substance authorized pursuant to any federal, state, or local law or regulation. "Hazardous substance incident" includes those incidents which occur during transportation of a hazardous substance, in which a spill does not occur during the incident but is threatened prior to or during the cleanup period.

(b) As used in this section, "abandonment" means the act of leaving a thing with the intent not to retain possession of or assert ownership or control over it. The intent need not coincide with the act of leaving.

(3) "Person" means any individual, public or private corporation, partnership, association, firm, trust, or estate, the state or any department, institution, or agency thereof, any municipal corporation, county, city and county, or other political subdivision of the state, or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.

(4) "Private property" means any property under the control, management, or operation of any person other than a governmental agency.
C.R.S. § 29-12.5-103 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 12.5 / Section 29-12.5-103
29-12.5-103. Financing energy cost-savings measures - exception to debt limitations
Status: in_force

29-12.5-103. Financing energy cost-savings measures - exception to debt limitations. (1) If the board, after receiving the analysis and recommendations pursuant to section 29-12.5-102, finds that the amount of money the political subdivision would spend on such energy saving measures is not likely to exceed the amount of money it would save in energy costs over the term of the contract, the board may:

(a) Enter into an energy cost-savings contract with any architect, professional engineer, or other person experienced in the design and implementation of energy saving measures for buildings or other facilities owned or rented by the political subdivision, with any person or entity experienced in the calculation and analysis of vehicle fleet operational and fuel cost savings, or with the entity or person who performed the energy analysis and provided recommendations pursuant to section 29-12.5-102; or

(b) Otherwise incur indebtedness to finance energy saving measures.

(2) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2):

(I) No contract entered into or indebtedness incurred pursuant to this section shall constitute or give rise to an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory, or home rule debt limitation; and

(II) Any contract may be entered into and indebtedness incurred without approval of the qualified electors of the political subdivision.

(b) Paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) shall not apply to any indebtedness incurred by contract or otherwise under this section which exceeds or which causes the total outstanding indebtedness so incurred to exceed the following percentage of the latest valuation for assessment of the taxable property in the political subdivision:

(I) One percent for a school district;

(II) One-tenth of one percent for a county, except a home rule county;

(III) One-fifth of one percent for a home rule county; or

(IV) One-fifth of one percent for a municipality.

(3) When an energy saving measure involves a cogeneration system, the sale of excess cogenerated energy shall be subject to the same state and federal regulatory requirements as the sale of all other cogenerated energy.
C.R.S. § 29-1-205 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 2 / Section 29-1-205
29-1-205. List of contracts - contracts establishing power authorities
Status: in_force

29-1-205. List of contracts - contracts establishing power authorities. (1) Within thirty days after receiving a written request from the division of local government, a political subdivision shall provide the division with a current list of all contracts in effect with other political subdivisions. The list must contain the names of the contracting political subdivisions, the nature of the contract, and the expiration date thereof.

(2) Within ten days after the execution of a contract establishing a separate governmental entity pursuant to section 29-1-204, or an amendment or a modification thereof, the contracting local governments shall file a copy of such contract, amendment, or modification with the division.

(3) Failure to make any filing under this section does not invalidate any contract referred to in this section.
C.R.S. § 29-4-204 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 29-4-204
29-4-204. Petition for creation of authority - notice - hearing
Status: in_force

29-4-204. Petition for creation of authority - notice - hearing. (1) Any twenty-five residents of the city may file a petition with the city clerk setting forth that there is a need for an authority to function in the city. Upon the filing of such a petition, the city clerk shall give notice of the time, place, and purposes of a public hearing at which the council will determine the need for such an authority in the city. Such notice shall be given at the city's expense by publishing a notice, at least ten days preceding the day on which the hearing is to be held, in a newspaper having a general circulation in the city, or, if there is no such newspaper, by posting such a notice in at least three public places within the city at least ten days preceding the day on which the hearing is to be held.

(2) Upon the date fixed for said hearing, held upon notice as provided in this section, a full opportunity to be heard shall be granted to all residents and taxpayers of the city and to all other interested persons. After such a hearing, the council shall determine:

(a) Whether unsanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in the city; or

(b) Whether there is a lack of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in the city available for all the inhabitants thereof.

(3) In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or unsanitary, the council shall take into consideration the following: The physical condition and age of the buildings; the degree of overcrowding; the percentage of land coverage; the light and air available to the inhabitants of such dwelling accommodations; the size and arrangement of the rooms; the sanitary facilities; and the extent to which conditions exist in such buildings which endanger life or property by fire.

(4) If it determines that either of the conditions enumerated in subsection (2) of this section exist, the council shall adopt a resolution so finding and shall cause notice of such determination to be given to the mayor or such other appointing authority as is otherwise provided by charter or ordinance who shall thereupon appoint, as provided in section 29-4-205, no more than nine commissioners to act as an authority; except that, in any city and county having a population of more than three hundred thousand, the mayor or such other appointing authority as is otherwise provided by charter or ordinance shall appoint nine commissioners to act as an authority whose appointments shall be conditioned upon confirmation by the council. The number of commissioners shall be specified by the council in the resolution. A certificate signed by such commissioners shall then be filed with the division of local government in the department of local affairs and there remain of record, setting forth that a notice has been given and public hearing has been held, that the council made a determination after such hearing and that the mayor or such other appointing authority as is otherwise provided by charter or ordinance has appointed them as commissioners. Upon the filing of such certificates with said division, the commissioners and their successors shall constitute a housing authority, which shall be a body corporate and politic.

(5) The boundaries of such authority shall include the same geographical area as is then or thereafter included within the boundaries of the city which caused such authority to be created.

(6) If the council determines after a hearing that neither of the conditions enumerated in subsection (2) of this section exist, it shall adopt a resolution denying the petition. After three months have expired from the date of the denial of such petition, subsequent petitions may be filed and new hearings and determinations made thereon.

(7) In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of any bond, contract, mortgage, trust indenture, or other agreement of the authority, the authority shall be conclusively deemed to have been established in accordance with the provisions of this part 2 upon proof of the filing of the aforesaid certificate. A copy of such certificate, duly certified by the division of local government, shall be admissible in evidence in any such suit, action, or proceeding and shall be conclusive proof of the filing and contents thereof.

(8) If the council of any city denies any petition filed for the creation of a housing authority, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (6) of this section, and the residents of such city determine that there is in fact a shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations in the city, a petition may be filed with the council requesting that the question of the approval or disapproval of creating a housing authority be submitted to a vote of the registered electors of such city. If the petition, which may consist of one or more separate copies, contains the signatures and residence addresses of registered electors of such city equal in number to not less than five percent of the votes cast for governor or for president and vice-president of the United States at the last preceding general election held within such city, the council shall cause a special election to be held on the question of the creation of a housing authority. All registered electors within the city shall be eligible to vote at said election, which shall be conducted insofar as possible in accordance with the provisions of sections 29-4-604 to 29-4-607; except that the question to be voted on shall be the creation of a housing authority.
C.R.S. § 29-1-113 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 1 / Section 29-1-113
29-1-113. Filing of budget
Status: in_force

29-1-113. Filing of budget. (1) No later than thirty days following the beginning of the fiscal year of the budget adopted pursuant to section 29-1-108, the governing body shall cause a certified copy of such budget, including the budget message, to be filed in the office of the division. The budget of a special district shall include any resolutions adopting the budget, appropriating moneys, and fixing the rate of any mill levy. Copies of the budget of a local government and of ordinances or resolutions authorizing expenditures or the transfer of funds shall be filed with the officer or employee of the local government whose duty it is to disburse moneys or issue orders for the payment of money.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 29-1-102 (13), budgets shall be filed with the division by home rule cities, cities and counties, and towns and cities operating under a territorial charter for the purpose of information and research.

(3) If the governing body of a local government fails to file a certified copy of the budget with the division as required by this section, the division, after notice to the affected local government, may notify any county treasurer holding moneys of the local government generated pursuant to the taxing authority of such local government and authorize the county treasurer to prohibit release of any such moneys until the local government complies with the provisions of this section.
C.R.S. § 29-8-113 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 8 / Section 29-8-113
29-8-113. Waiver of objections
Status: in_force

29-8-113. Waiver of objections. Every person who has real property within the boundaries of the district and who fails to appear before the governing body at the hearing and make any objection he may have to the creation of the district, the making of the improvements, and the inclusion of his real property in the district shall be deemed to have waived every such objection. Such waiver shall not, however, preclude his right to object to the amount of the assessment at the hearing for which provision is made in section 29-8-117.
C.R.S. § 29-35-404 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 35 / Part 4 / Section 29-35-404
29-35-404. Accessory dwelling unit supportive jurisdiction report - certification of a juri
Status: in_force

29-35-404. Accessory dwelling unit supportive jurisdiction report - certification of a jurisdiction as an accessory dwelling unit supportive jurisdiction. (1) (a) In order to be certified as an accessory dwelling unit supportive jurisdiction by the department, a local government must submit to the department, in a form and manner determined by the department, a report demonstrating evidence of the local government:

(I) Complying with section 29-35-403 as a subject jurisdiction or, if the local government is not a subject jurisdiction, as if the local government were a subject jurisdiction for purposes of section 29-35-403; and

(II) Implementing one or more of the following strategies:

(A) Waiving, reducing, or providing financial assistance for accessory dwelling unit-related fees that are incurred by low- and moderate-income households;

(B) Enacting local laws or programs that incentivize the affordability of certain accessory dwelling units including accessory dwelling units used primarily to house the local workforce;

(C) Providing pre-approved plans for the construction of accessory dwelling units;

(D) Implementing a program to provide education and technical assistance to homeowners to construct or convert an accessory dwelling unit;

(E) Implementing a program to regulate the use of accessory dwelling units for short-term rentals;

(F) Enacting local laws that incentivize the construction and conversion of accessible and visitable accessory dwelling units;

(G) Assisting property owners with ensuring that pre-existing accessory dwelling units comply with local laws;

(H) Enabling a pathway for the separate sale of an accessory dwelling unit;

(I) Enacting local laws that encourage the construction of accessory dwelling units that are factory-built residential structures, as defined in section 24-32-3302 (10); or

(J) Any other strategy that is approved by the department and that encourages the construction, conversion, or use of accessory dwelling units.

(b) (I) On or before June 30, 2025, a subject jurisdiction shall submit the report described in subsection (1)(a) of this section.

(II) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(b)(I) of this section, the department may allow a subject jurisdiction to submit the report described in subsection (1)(a) of this section no more than six months after the deadline described in subsection (1)(b)(I) of this section if the subject jurisdiction demonstrates, in a form and manner determined by the department, that the subject jurisdiction has:

(A) Initiated a process to update its local laws as necessary to comply with the requirements of the report described in subsection (1)(a) of this section;

(B) A plan and timeline to update its local laws as necessary to comply with the requirements of the report described in subsection (1)(a) of this section; and

(C) Provided an explanation for not being able to meet the deadline described in subsection (1)(b)(I) of this section.

(c) If a local government that is not a subject jurisdiction submits a report pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section, that local government shall, as part of the report, submit evidence of complying with the requirements for a subject jurisdiction described in section 29-35-403.

(2) (a) Within ninety days of receiving a local government's report submitted pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section, the department shall review the report, either approve or reject the report, and provide feedback to the local government on the report.

(b) If the department approves a local government's report submitted pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section, the department shall issue to that local government a certificate indicating that the local government qualifies as an accessory dwelling unit supportive jurisdiction. The department may revoke such a certificate if a local government does not satisfy the requirements of subsection (1)(a) of this section.

(c) If the department rejects a local government's report submitted pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section, the department may grant the local government an additional one hundred twenty days to correct any deficiencies identified in the report and resubmit an amended report. Within ninety days of receiving an amended report, the department shall review the amended report, either approve or reject the amended report, and provide feedback on the amended report.

(3) The department, in consultation with the department of transportation, the Colorado energy office, and the Colorado office of economic development, may develop policies and procedures as necessary to implement this section.
C.R.S. § 29-4-105 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 29-4-105
29-4-105. Eminent domain
Status: in_force

29-4-105. Eminent domain. (1) Every city has the right to acquire by eminent domain any property, real or personal, which it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this part 1 after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the property described therein is in the public interest and necessary for public use. Every city may exercise the power of eminent domain pursuant to the provisions of either sections 38-1-101 to 38-1-115, article 3 of title 38, and section 38-5-106 or article 6 of title 38, C.R.S.

(2) Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired, but no property belonging to any government may be acquired without its consent and no property belonging to a public utility corporation may be acquired without the approval of the public utilities commission or other officer or tribunal having regulatory power over such corporation.
C.R.S. § 29-5.5-105 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 5.5 / Section 29-5.5-105
29-5.5-105. Appeals
Status: in_force

29-5.5-105. Appeals. (1) An applicant who believes that the applicant is entitled to, but has not received, the veterans preference points required by article XII, section 15 of the Colorado constitution may, within thirty days after the notice of the hiring decision, submit to the hiring authority of the political subdivision of the state a written request for a notice of whether the applicant has been awarded the veterans preference points. The hiring authority of the political subdivision of the state shall respond within fifteen days to the request.

(2) The hiring authority of the political subdivision of the state or, at the political subdivision of the state hiring authority's discretion, a three-member panel shall hear any appeal concerning the awarding of veterans preference points as required by the article XII, section 15 of the Colorado constitution. Such hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(3) The selection and examination process action shall be overturned if the hiring authority of the political subdivision of the state finds that:

(a) The applicant has not been awarded the preference points specified in article XII, section 15 of the Colorado constitution; and

(b) The applicant, if awarded the preference points specified in article XII, section 15 of the Colorado constitution would have otherwise obtained the position.
C.R.S. § 29-2-201 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 29-2-201
29-2-201. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-2-201. Definitions. [Editor's note: This section is effective July 1, 2025.] As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Department" means the department of revenue.

(2) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.

(3) "Governing body" means the governing body of a statutory local government, home rule jurisdiction, or special district.

(4) "Home rule jurisdiction" means any home rule city, town, county, or city and county organized pursuant to article XX of the state constitution.

(5) "Liaison" means any person delegated by the governing body to coordinate with the department on any sales or use tax matters.

(6) "Retailer" or "vendor" has the same meaning as set forth in section 39-26-102 (8).

(7) "Requesting home rule jurisdiction" means a home rule jurisdiction that requests that the department collect its sales tax pursuant to section 29-2-204.

(8) "Sales or use tax" includes the:

(a) County lodging tax imposed pursuant to section 30-11-107.5;

(b) Marketing and promotion tax imposed pursuant to section 29-25-112 (1)(a);

(c) Visitor benefit tax imposed pursuant to section 43-4-605 (1)(i.5);

(d) Prepaid wireless 911 charge imposed pursuant to section 29-11-102.5;

(e) Prepaid wireless TRS charge imposed pursuant to section 29-11-102.7; and

(f) Prepaid wireless 988 charge imposed pursuant to section 27-64-103 (4)(b).

(9) "Special district" means any political subdivision of the state that is not a home rule jurisdiction or a statutory local government with authority to impose a sales or use tax.

(10) "Statutory local government" means a county, municipality, city and county, district, or other political subdivision of the state of Colorado organized or acting pursuant to the provisions of title 29, title 30, and title 31.
C.R.S. § 29-1-105 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 1 / Section 29-1-105
29-1-105. Budget estimates
Status: in_force

29-1-105. Budget estimates. On or before a date to be determined by the governing body of each local government, all spending agencies shall prepare and submit to the person appointed to prepare the budget estimates of their expenditure requirements and their estimated revenues for the budget year, and, in connection therewith, the spending agency shall submit the corresponding actual figures for the last completed fiscal year and the estimated figures projected through the end of the current fiscal year and an explanatory schedule or statement classifying the expenditures by object and the revenues by source. In addition to the other information required by this section, every office, department, board, commission, and other spending agency of any local government shall prepare and submit to the person appointed to prepare the budget the information required by section 29-1-103 (3)(d). No later than October 15 of each year, the person appointed to prepare the budget shall submit such budget to the governing body.
C.R.S. § 29-15-106 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 15 / Section 29-15-106
29-15-106. Limitation on issuance of tax anticipation notes
Status: in_force

29-15-106. Limitation on issuance of tax anticipation notes. (1) For all public bodies except school districts, the amount of tax anticipation notes issued by a public body in any fiscal year shall not exceed fifty percent of all taxes estimated to be received by such governing body in its current fiscal year, as shown by its then current budget.

(2) For school districts, the amount of tax anticipation notes issued by the school district in any fiscal year shall not exceed seventy-five percent of all taxes estimated to be received by such school district in its current fiscal year, as shown by its then current budget.
C.R.S. § 29-25-106 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 25 / Section 29-25-106
29-25-106. Hearing - findings - when action barred
Status: in_force

29-25-106. Hearing - findings - when action barred. (1) On the date fixed for any hearing or at any adjournment thereof, the governing body or governing bodies of each member of the combination shall ascertain, from the tax rolls of where the district is located, the total valuation for assessment of the taxable real and personal property in the service area. If it appears that said petition is not signed in conformity with this article, the petition shall be dismissed and the cost adjudged against those executing the bond or depositing the cash filed to pay such costs. Nothing in this section shall prevent the filing of a subsequent petition for a similar district.

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

(3) Prior to the organization of the district, the governing body or governing bodies may exclude property from the service area or boundaries of the district if deemed to be in the best interests of the district.

(4) If it appears that an organization petition has been duly signed and presented in conformity with this article, that the allegations of the organization petition are true, and that the types of services to be provided by the proposed district are those services that best satisfy the purposes set forth in this article, the governing body or bodies, upon the completion of the hearings, shall by ordinance, resolution, or contract adjudicate all questions of jurisdiction and may, exercising discretion, declare the district organized, describe the boundaries and service area of the district, and give it the corporate name specified in the petition by which, in all subsequent proceedings, it shall thereafter be known.

(5) Such resolution, ordinance, or contract shall finally and conclusively establish the regular organization of the district against all persons unless an action, including an action for certiorari review, attacking the validity of the district is commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction within sixty days after the effective date of such resolution, ordinance, or contract. Thereafter, any such action shall be perpetually barred. The organization of said district shall not be directly or collaterally questioned in any suit, action, or proceeding, except as provided in this subsection (5).
C.R.S. § 29-22-106.5 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 22 / Section 29-22-106.5
29-22-106.5. Hazardous substances planning and response assistance fund - creation - acceptan
Status: repealed

29-22-106.5. Hazardous substances planning and response assistance fund - creation - acceptance of gifts, grants, and donations - grants to local government. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 29-4-202 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 29-4-202
29-4-202. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

29-4-202. Legislative declaration. (1) It is hereby declared:

(a) That unsanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations exist in various cities and that such unsafe or unsanitary conditions arise from overcrowding and concentration of population, the obsolete and poor condition of buildings, improper planning, excessive land coverage, lack of proper light, air, and space, unsanitary design and arrangement, lack of proper sanitary facilities, and the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes;

(b) That in all such cities persons of low income are forced to reside in unsanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations; that in various cities there is a lack of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available to all the inhabitants thereof and that consequently persons of low income are forced to occupy overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations;

(c) That these conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the citizens of the state, and impair economic values; that the aforesaid conditions also exist in certain areas surrounding such cities, and that these conditions cannot be remedied by the ordinary operations of private enterprises;

(d) That the clearance, replanning, and reconstruction of the areas in which unsanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations on such financial terms that enable persons who now live in unsafe or unsanitary dwelling accommodations or in overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations to afford to live in safe and sanitary or uncongested dwelling accommodations, are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired;

(e) That, in order to remedy these conditions, a housing authority with the boundaries, powers, and duties provided in this part 2 shall be established for each city and that it is in the public interest that work on such projects be instituted as soon as possible in order to relieve unemployment which now constitutes an emergency.

(2) The necessity in the public interest for the provisions enacted in this part 2 is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
C.R.S. § 29-15-102 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 15 / Section 29-15-102
29-15-102. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

29-15-102. Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby declares that the issuance of tax anticipation notes by any public body as defined in section 29-15-103 (3), when advantageous to the public body or the citizens thereof, will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, security, and general welfare of the citizens thereof and of the people of the state of Colorado.
C.R.S. § 29-15-103 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 15 / Section 29-15-103
29-15-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-15-103. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

(3) "Public body" means any county, any municipality as defined in section 31-1-101 (6), C.R.S., any school district or other district, or any public board, commission, authority, agency, political subdivision, or other public body in the state created pursuant to any general or special law or pursuant to any legislative or home rule charter.

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

(5) "Taxes" means ad valorem taxes on real or personal property.
C.R.S. § 29-4-312 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 3 / Section 29-4-312
29-4-312. Appropriations by municipality
Status: in_force

29-4-312. Appropriations by municipality. The rehabilitation of a substandard or unsanitary area, as defined in section 29-4-302, may be aided by appropriations to be made from time to time by the city council of a municipality from the general revenues of the municipality.
C.R.S. § 29-4-402 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 4 / Section 29-4-402
29-4-402. Cities and towns empowered to create housing authorities
Status: in_force

29-4-402. Cities and towns empowered to create housing authorities. All cities and towns, however organized, by ordinance may create veterans' housing authorities and provide their duties and powers and give preferences to veterans as to all housing constructed, purchased, or leased by or under the direction of such veterans' housing authorities.
C.R.S. § 29-4-607 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 6 / Section 29-4-607
29-4-607. Count of ballots - canvass - results of election
Status: in_force

29-4-607. Count of ballots - canvass - results of election. At the hour designated for closing in the election resolution, the ballot boxes or voting machines in the several polling places shall be closed, the ballots counted, and the returns thereof made to the council, board of commissioners, or other governing body calling the election. At or before the next regular meeting of the council, board of commissioners, or other governing body calling the election, next succeeding the date of such election, such council, board of commissioners, or governing body shall canvass the returns and determine and declare the results of the election, and if a majority of the votes cast at such election have been cast in favor of an act which has been so proposed, the city, city and county, authority, housing authority, or county housing authority shall be deemed to have proper authority to proceed with the same in accordance with the authority so granted, but not otherwise.
C.R.S. § 29-4-304 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 3 / Section 29-4-304
29-4-304. Preparation of development plan
Status: in_force

29-4-304. Preparation of development plan. (1) The planning commission of a municipality either on its own initiative or at the request of the city council of a municipality may prepare a suggested plan for the rehabilitation of any substandard or unsanitary area as defined in section 29-4-302.

(2) The preparation of the suggested plan shall include but shall not be limited to:

(a) Making a survey of the locality under consideration to determine its needs;

(b) Making a preliminary determination of the lands to be included in the proposed area;

(c) Making a suggested plan for the development of the proposed area;

(d) Preparing estimates of the cost of the acquisition of the land in the proposed area, of demolishing the structures thereon, and of doing the necessary improvement of the public grounds to be included therein;

(e) Making the necessary plans for the financing of the proposed enterprise, including contacting and negotiating with agencies which might be interested in the financing thereof; and

(f) The preparation of a report to the city council of the municipality on the proposed area.
C.R.S. § 29-1-301.1 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 3 / Section 29-1-301.1
29-1-301.1. Levies reduced - limitation - 1988
Status: repealed

29-1-301.1. Levies reduced - limitation - 1988. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 29-11.8-103 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 11.8 / Section 29-11.8-103
29-11.8-103. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-11.8-103. Definitions. As used in this article 11.8, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Escort" means any person who, for a salary, fee, commission, hire, or profit, makes himself or herself available to the public for the purpose of accompanying other persons for companionship.

(2) "Escort bureau" means any business, agency, or person who, for a fee, commission, hire, or profit, furnishes or arranges for persons to accompany other persons for companionship.

(3) "Escort bureau runner" means any person who, for a salary, fee, hire, or profit, acts in the capacity of an agent for an escort bureau by contacting or meeting with escort patrons whether or not the person is employed by such escort bureau or by another business or is self-employed.

(4) "Escort patron" means any person who seeks the services of an escort, escort bureau, or escort bureau runner.

(5) "Licensed premises" means that single, discrete, identifiable location at which a licensed activity is permitted and, in fact, is conducted under the authority of any one license.

(6) "Local licensing authority" means the governing body of a municipality or city and county, the board of county commissioners of a county, or any authority designated by municipal or county charter, municipal resolution or ordinance, or county resolution or ordinance.

(7) "Person" means a natural person, partnership, association, company, corporation, or organization or a managing agent, servant, officer, partner, owner, operator, or employee of any of them.
C.R.S. § 29-4-123 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 29-4-123
29-4-123. Supplemental nature of article
Status: in_force

29-4-123. Supplemental nature of article. The powers conferred by this part 1 shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law and not in substitution for the powers conferred by any other law. Bonds may be issued under this part 1 for any housing project notwithstanding that any other law may provide for the issuance of bonds by the city or an authority for like purposes and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, or procedural provisions contained in any other law. Bonds may be issued under this part 1 notwithstanding any debt or other limitation prescribed by any other law. Any proceedings taken prior to April 19, 1935, by any municipality relating to the subject matters of this part 1, whether or not commenced under any other law, may be continued under this part 1, or, at the option of the council, may be discontinued and new proceedings instituted under this part 1.
C.R.S. § 29-6.5-102 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 6.5 / Section 29-6.5-102
29-6.5-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-6.5-102. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Charitable organization" has the same meaning as set forth in section 6-16-103 (1), C.R.S.

(2) "Charitable purpose" has the same meaning as set forth in section 6-16-103 (2), C.R.S.

(3) "Local government" means any county, town, city, city and county, municipality, or other local entity having the authority to enact local ordinances.
C.R.S. § 29-2-112 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 29-2-112
29-2-112. Sales and use tax revenue bonds
Status: in_force

29-2-112. Sales and use tax revenue bonds. (1) Subject to the approval of the registered electors of a county, city, or incorporated town pursuant to section 20 of article X of the state constitution, any county, city, or incorporated town may, in anticipation of collection of sales or use tax revenues, issue revenue bonds payable from the revenues for the purpose of financing capital improvements.

(2) The revenue bonds may be authorized and issued by ordinance or resolution of the governing body of the county, city, or incorporated town.

(3) The revenue 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 semiannually or annually, and such interest shall be evidenced by one or two sets of coupons, if any, executed with the facsimile or manually executed signature of any official of the county, city, or incorporated town; except that the first coupon appertaining to any bond may evidence interest not in excess of one year. The resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds shall specify the maximum net effective interest rate. Such bonds may be issued in one or more series, may bear such date, may mature at such time as determined by the governing body but in no event beyond thirty years from their respective dates, may be in such denomination, may be payable in such medium of payment, at such place within or without the state, including but not limited to the office of the county treasurer, may carry such registration privileges, may be subject to such terms of prior redemption in advance of maturity in such order or by lot or otherwise at such time with or without a premium, may be executed in such manner, may bear such privileges for reissuance in the same or other denomination, may be so reissued, without modification of maturities and interest rates, and may be in such form, either coupon or registered, as may be provided by the governing body.

(4) (a) The governing body may provide for preferential security for any bonds, both principal and interest, to the extent deemed feasible and desirable by such governing body over any bonds that may be issued thereafter.

(b) The revenue bonds may be sold at, above, or below the principal amounts thereof, but they may not be sold at a price such that the net effective interest rate of the issue of bonds exceeds the maximum net effective interest rate authorized.

(c) The revenue bonds may be sold at either public or private sale.

(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing body in any proceedings authorizing bonds under this section may:

(a) Provide for the initial issuance of one or more bonds, referred to in this subsection (5) as a "bond", aggregating the amount of the entire issue;

(b) Make such provision for installment payments of the principal amount of any such bond as it may consider desirable;

(c) Provide for the making of any such bond, payable to bearer or otherwise, registrable as to principal or interest or both and, where interest accruing thereon is not represented by interest coupons, for the endorsing of payments of interest on such bond; and

(d) Make further provision in any such proceedings for the manner and circumstances in and under which any such bond may in the future, at the request of the holder thereof, be converted into bonds of smaller denominations, which bonds of smaller denominations may in turn be either coupon bonds or bonds registrable as to principal or principal and interest, or both.

(6) (a) The revenue bonds and any coupons bearing the facsimile or manual signatures of officers in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and binding obligations of the county, city, or incorporated town, notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor any or all of the persons whose signatures appear thereon have ceased to be officers of the entity issuing the same.

(b) Any officer authorized or permitted to sign any bond or interest coupon, at the time of its execution and of the execution of a signature certificate, may adopt, as and for his or her own facsimile signature, the facsimile signature of his or her predecessor in office in the event that such facsimile signature appears upon the bond or coupons appertaining thereto, or upon both the bond and such coupons.

(7) The clerk of the county, city, or incorporated town may cause the seal of such entity to be printed, engraved, stamped, or otherwise placed in facsimile on any bond. The facsimile seal has the same legal effect as the impression of the seal.

(8) The revenue bonds and the income therefrom are exempt from taxation, except inheritance, estate, and transfer taxes.

(9) The revenue bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness of the county, city, or incorporated town within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or provision. Each bond issue under this section shall recite in substance that said bonds, including the interest thereon, are payable solely from the sales and use tax revenues and that said bonds do not constitute a debt within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation.

(10) Any ordinance or resolution authorizing any bonds under this section may provide that each bond therein authorized shall recite that it is issued under authority of this section. Such recital shall conclusively impart full compliance with all of the provisions of this section, and all bonds issued containing such recital shall be incontestable for any cause whatsoever after their delivery for value.

(11) A home rule municipality may elect to issue sales or use tax revenue bonds pursuant to this section unless a provision of the municipal charter prohibits the issuance of such bonds.
C.R.S. § 29-25-115 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 25 / Section 29-25-115
29-25-115. Dissolution procedure
Status: in_force

29-25-115. Dissolution procedure. Any district organized pursuant to this article may be dissolved pursuant to the resolution, ordinance, or contract creating the district or pursuant to the provisions of this section. Under this section, any such district may be dissolved after notice is given, publication is made, and a hearing is held in the manner prescribed by sections 29-25-105 and 29-25-106. The dissolution of the district may be initiated by filing in the office of the clerk of the governing body or bodies either a petition signed by the persons described in section 29-25-105 (2) or, in the case of a district that has not filed an operating plan as required by section 29-25-110 for two years, a resolution of the governing body or bodies. After hearing any protests against or objections to dissolution and if the governing body or bodies determines that it is for the best interests of all concerned to dissolve the district, the body or bodies shall so provide by an effective resolution or ordinance, a certified copy of which shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and recorder in each of the counties in which the district or any part of the district is located. Upon such filing, the dissolution shall be complete. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, upon petition of persons who own real or personal property in the service area of the proposed district having a valuation for assessment of not less than fifty percent of the valuation for assessment of all real and personal property in the service area of the proposed district and who own at least fifty percent of the acreage in the proposed district, the district shall impose its existing taxes solely to meet any existing financial obligations, and shall be dissolved as soon as the district has no outstanding financial obligations.
C.R.S. § 29-5-402 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 5 / Part 4 / Section 29-5-402
29-5-402. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-5-402. Definitions. As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Cancer" means cancer that originates as a cancer of the brain, skin, digestive system, hematological system, or genitourinary system or as defined by the trust.

(2) "Covered individual" means a firefighter, hazardous materials trooper, part-time firefighter, or volunteer firefighter who meets the coverage requirements in section 29-5-403 (12).

(3) "Employer" means a municipality, special district, fire authority, or county improvement district that employs one or more firefighters, part-time firefighters, or volunteer firefighters. Beginning July 1, 2020, "employer" also means the division of fire prevention and control created in section 24-33.5-1201 and the department of public safety created in section 24-33.5-103. "Employer" does not include a power authority created pursuant to section 29-1-204 or a municipally owned utility.

(4) "Firefighter" means a full-time, active employee of an employer who regularly works at least one thousand six hundred hours in any calendar year and whose duties are directly involved with the provision of fire protection services, and who is not a volunteer firefighter.

(4.5) "Hazardous materials trooper" means a person employed by the Colorado state patrol to support the regulation of hazardous materials on highways in the state.

(5) "Part-time firefighter" means an active employee of an employer who regularly works less than one thousand six hundred hours in any calendar year, whose duties are directly involved with the provision of fire protection services, and who is not a volunteer firefighter.

(6) "Trust" means a multiple employer health trust described in section 10-3-903.5 (7)(b)(I), established for the purposes of this part 4.

(7) "Volunteer firefighter" means a volunteer firefighter as defined in section 31-30-1102, including a person meeting this definition who provides volunteer services to a fire authority created by an intergovernmental agreement providing fire protection.
C.R.S. § 29-8-142 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 8 / Section 29-8-142
29-8-142. Liberal construction
Status: in_force

29-8-142. Liberal construction. This article, being necessary to secure and preserve the public health, safety, and general welfare, shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose.
C.R.S. § 29-1-1203 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 12 / Section 29-1-1203
29-1-1203. Applicability to other local laws
Status: in_force

29-1-1203. Applicability to other local laws. This part 12 shall not be construed to affect the enactment or enforcement of laws generally regulating traffic, parking, excessive noise, or other adverse conditions affecting the health, welfare, and safety of citizens of a local government.
C.R.S. § 29-2-216 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 29-2-216
29-2-216. Department rulemaking
Status: in_force

29-2-216. Department rulemaking. [Editor's note: This section is effective July 1, 2025.] The executive director may promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this part 2.
C.R.S. § 29-11-100.2 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 11 / Part 1 / Section 29-11-100.2
29-11-100.2. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

29-11-100.2. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that dialing 911 is the most effective and familiar way the public has of seeking emergency assistance. Basic emergency service and public safety is fundamentally a government concern and the exercise of police powers for the protection and betterment of the health, safety, security, and welfare of the public. This part 1 as amended by House Bill 20-1293, enacted in 2020, is intended to provide funding mechanisms for the continued technological advancement of emergency telephone service for all users of the system.

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

(a) In order to provide for the future of 911 technology advancement in Colorado, local funding and local control must be maintained, while at the same time, additional funding for projects, programs, and services must also be provided. It is therefore the intent of the general assembly to maintain and strengthen the existing local funding structure for emergency telephone service in the state while also creating a new funding mechanism for local expenditures that will improve the quality of the emergency telephone service statewide.

(b) Nothing in this part 1 should be construed:

(I) To alter the method of regulation or deregulation of providers of telecommunications service as set forth in article 15 of title 40; and

(II) To impose a tax. The primary purpose of the charges and surcharges authorized in this part 1 is to defray the reasonable direct and indirect costs of providing emergency telephone service. The charges authorized in this part 1 do not raise revenue for the general expenses of government.
C.R.S. § 29-11.7-101 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 11.7 / Section 29-11.7-101
29-11.7-101. Legislative declaration
Status: repealed

29-11.7-101. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly hereby finds that:

(a) Section 3 of article II of the state constitution, the article referred to as the state bill of rights, declares that all persons have certain inalienable rights, which include the right to defend their lives and liberties;

(b) Section 13 of article II of the state constitution protects the fundamental right of a person to keep and bear arms and implements section 3 of article II of the state constitution;

(c) The general assembly recognizes a duty to protect and defend the fundamental civil rights set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection (1);

(d) The state has an interest in the regulation of firearms due to the ease of transporting firearms between local jurisdictions; and

(e) Officials of local governments are uniquely equipped to make determinations as to regulations necessary in their local jurisdictions.

(f) and (g) Repealed.

(2) Based on the findings specified in subsection (1) of this section, the general assembly concludes that the regulation of firearms is a matter of state and local concern.
C.R.S. § 29-14-109 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 14 / Section 29-14-109
29-14-109. Effect of and limitations upon validation
Status: in_force

29-14-109. Effect of and limitations upon validation. This article shall operate to supply such legislative authority as may be necessary to validate any such bond anticipation notes issued prior to July 1, 1981, of such public bodies and any acts and proceedings taken appertaining to the issuance of such bond anticipation notes by such public bodies or otherwise prior to said date which the general assembly could have supplied or provided for in the law under which such bond anticipation notes were issued or such other contracts were executed and such acts or proceedings where taken; but this article shall be limited to the validation of such bond anticipation notes, acts, and proceedings to the extent to which the same can be effectuated under the state and federal constitutions. This article shall not operate to validate, ratify, approve, confirm, or legalize any bond anticipation note or coupon, act, proceeding, or other matter, the legality of which is being contested or inquired into in any legal proceeding now pending and undetermined, and shall not operate to confirm, validate, or legalize any bond anticipation note or coupon, act, proceeding, or other matter which, prior to July 1, 1981, has been determined in any legal proceeding to be illegal, void, or ineffective.
C.R.S. § 29-11.5-102 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 11.5 / Section 29-11.5-102
29-11.5-102. Acceptance of alternative forms of payment for the payment of moneys payable to
Status: in_force

29-11.5-102. Acceptance of alternative forms of payment for the payment of moneys payable to local governments - allocation of costs. (1) Any local governmental entity responsible for the collection of moneys payable to a local governmental entity may accept one or more alternative forms of payment for the payment of such moneys in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(2) A collector local governmental entity that chooses to accept one or more alternative forms of payment for the payment of moneys payable to a local governmental entity that the collector local governmental entity must remit to one or more other governmental entities shall either:

(a) Remit to such other governmental entities the gross amount of any payments made by alternative forms of payment that the collector local governmental entity is required to remit to such other governmental entities notwithstanding the deduction of any moneys from such gross amount by any provider of alternative forms of payment pursuant to a master agreement or other agreement authorized by this article; or

(b) Enter into an intergovernmental agreement with each such other governmental entity regarding the allocation of the costs of accepting such alternative forms of payment.
C.R.S. § 29-1-705 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 7 / Section 29-1-705
29-1-705. Agency of local government to submit cost estimate
Status: in_force

29-1-705. Agency of local government to submit cost estimate. (1) Whenever an agency of local government proposes to undertake the construction of a state-funded public project, by any means or method other than by a contract awarded by competitive bid, it shall prepare and submit a cost estimate in the same manner as other bidders. Such agency of government itself may not undertake the proposed state-funded public project unless it shows the lowest and most responsive cost estimate.

(2) Agencies of local government shall not be required to be bonded when performing the work on a state-funded public project.
C.R.S. § 29-4-115 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 29-4-115
29-4-115. Mortgage when financed by government
Status: in_force

29-4-115. Mortgage when financed by government. (1) In connection with any housing project financed in whole or in part by a government, every city also has power to mortgage all or any part of such housing project, the construction of which was financed with the proceeds of its bonds or with such proceeds supplemented by the proceeds of a grant from the federal government, and by such mortgage:

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

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

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

(d) To vest in an obligee, including a government, the right in foreclosing any mortgage as aforesaid to foreclose such mortgage as to all or such part of the property covered by such mortgage as such obligee, in its absolute discretion, elects; such institution, prosecution, and conclusion of any such proceedings or the sale of such parts of the mortgaged property shall not affect in any manner or to any extent the lien of the mortgage on the parts of the mortgaged property not included in such proceedings or not sold.
C.R.S. § 29-5-215 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 29-5-215
29-5-215. Protect public workers
Status: in_force

29-5-215. Protect public workers. On and after the effective date of article 33 of this title 29, firefighters shall have all the rights and protections enumerated under article 33 of this title 29.
C.R.S. § 29-5-210 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 29-5-210
29-5-210. Impasse resolution
Status: in_force

29-5-210. Impasse resolution. (1) At any time after thirty days from the start of the bargaining process, either party may declare an impasse in negotiations. If an impasse is declared, an advisory fact-finder must be appointed in the manner described in subsection (2) of this section.

(2) (a) Within three days after an impasse is declared, the exclusive representative or the public employer shall notify the American arbitration association, a successor organization, or a similar organization agreed upon by both parties, referred to in this section as the "arbitration organization", and request the arbitration organization to submit simultaneously to each party within fourteen days an identical list of seven persons qualified to serve as an advisory fact-finder. The parties may agree upon an advisory fact-finder that is not on the list requested.

(b) Within ten days after the arbitration organization delivers the list to the parties pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), each party may strike two names from the list, rank the remaining names in order of preference, and return the list to the arbitration organization. If a party does not return the list within the specified time, all persons named in the list are deemed acceptable to that party.

(c) Within ten days after the last list is returned to the arbitration organization pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), or within ten days after the time the list must be returned by the parties, whichever is earlier, the arbitration organization shall appoint one advisory fact-finder from the persons who have been approved on both lists and shall notify the parties of the appointment.

(3) The advisory fact-finder shall hold a hearing on the unresolved issues between the parties within thirty days after being appointed. The advisory fact-finder shall give written notice of the time and place of the hearing to the parties no later than ten days before the hearing. The hearing must be informal, and the rules of evidence prevailing in judicial proceedings are not binding. The advisory fact-finder may receive into evidence any documentary evidence and other information deemed relevant by the advisory fact-finder. The advisory fact-finder may administer oaths and require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, records, and other evidence relevant to the issues presented for determination. If a person refuses to obey a subpoena, take an oath, or testify, or if any witness, party, or attorney is guilty of contempt while in attendance at a hearing, the advisory fact-finder may, or the attorney general shall, if requested, invoke the aid of the district court of the county in which the hearing is being held, and the court shall issue an appropriate order. The court may punish a failure to obey the order as contempt.

(4) The hearing conducted by the advisory fact-finder must be concluded within ten days after the hearing begins. With notice to the advisory fact-finder at the conclusion of the hearing, a party may submit a written brief to the advisory fact-finder within ten days after the conclusion of the hearing.

(5) Within thirty days after receipt of the last written brief from a party, or within thirty days after the conclusion of the hearing if neither party notified the advisory fact-finder of its intent to file a written brief, the advisory fact-finder shall render a decision recommending a peaceful and just settlement of the unresolved issues between the exclusive representative and the public employer. The decision is limited to a recommendation of which portion of the final offers made by each party on each issue in dispute should be accepted. The decision must include written findings and a written opinion on the issues presented. The advisory fact-finder shall mail or otherwise deliver a copy of the written decision to the exclusive representative and the public employer.

(6) In arriving at a decision, the advisory fact-finder shall consider:

(a) The interests and welfare of the public;

(b) The compensation, hours, and terms and conditions of employment of the firefighters involved in the collective bargaining in comparison with the compensation, hours, and terms and conditions of employment, including firefighter safety issues, of other firefighters in comparable communities as determined by the advisory fact-finder;

(c) Stipulations of the parties;

(d) The lawful authority of the public employer;

(e) The financial ability of the public employer to meet the costs of any proposed settlement;

(f) Changes in the cost of living; and

(g) Other factors that are normally or traditionally taken into consideration in the determination of compensation, hours, and terms and conditions of employment through voluntary collective bargaining, interest arbitration, or otherwise between parties in public or private employment.

(7) The advisory fact-finder shall give due weight to each factor listed in subsection (6) of this section. If the advisory fact-finder determines that a factor listed in subsection (6) of this section is not relevant, the advisory fact-finder shall state in the findings the specific reason why the factor is not relevant to the advisory fact-finder's determination.

(8) The exclusive representative and the public employer shall equally bear the cost of the advisory fact-finder and related hearings.

(9) (a) The public employer and the exclusive representative have fourteen days after the issuance of the advisory fact-finder's decision to consider the recommendations and further negotiate the disputed issues. No later than the end of the fourteen-day period, the public employer and the exclusive representative shall notify the other party whether it accepts or rejects the recommendations on each of the remaining unresolved issues. If either party rejects any of the recommendations, the final offers of the parties on all of the issues remaining unresolved shall be submitted as alternative single measures to a vote of the registered electors of the public employer at a special election. The registered electors shall select either the final offer of the public employer or the final offer of the exclusive representative, as presented to the advisory fact-finder. Issues agreed to during the fourteen-day period specified in this subsection (9) must not be included in the final offers submitted to the registered electors. The party that refuses to accept the recommendations of the advisory fact-finder shall pay the cost of the special election. If both parties refuse to accept the advisory fact-finder's recommendations, the public employer and the exclusive representative shall pay the cost of the special election equally.

(b) The special election must not be held in conjunction with, or on the same day as, any other election and may be held on any date set by the public employer as long as it is held no more than ninety days after the date of the rejection of an advisory fact-finder's recommendation and at least thirty days' notice is given.

(10) Nothing in this part 2 prohibits or impedes a public employer and an exclusive representative from continuing to bargain in good faith or from using the services of a mediator at any time during collective bargaining. If at any point in the advisory fact-finding proceedings the parties are able to conclude the dispute, or any portion thereof, with a voluntarily reached agreement, the parties shall notify the advisory fact-finder of the agreement, and the advisory fact-finder shall terminate the proceedings or discontinue the consideration of an issue resolved by the agreement. If an agreement is reached after a special election has been scheduled and the election cannot be canceled or issues cannot be removed from the ballot, the votes on the final offers of the public employer and the exclusive representative shall not be counted.

(11) During impasse resolution proceedings conducted pursuant to this section, existing compensation, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment may not be changed except by an agreement between the public employer and the exclusive representative, but any such agreement must be without prejudice to either party's rights or position in the advisory fact-finder's hearing. Any changes in the collective bargaining agreement from the expired agreement must be retroactive to January 1 unless the parties agree otherwise.

(12) The parties may agree to extend any of the time limits specified in this part 2 except the date for beginning bargaining.

(13) The public employer shall modify any adopted budget to comply with the results of accepted recommendations from an advisory fact-finder or of a special election held pursuant to this section.
C.R.S. § 29-5-604 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 5 / Part 6 / Section 29-5-604
29-5-604. Employer participation in health trust required - cardiovascular screening for p
Status: in_force

29-5-604. Employer participation in health trust required - cardiovascular screening for peace officers. (1) An employer shall participate in a trust in order to provide the program specified in this section for its peace officers. If at any time the funding provided pursuant to subsection (3) of this section is insufficient to cover the cost of the program required by this section, the requirement to participate in the program becomes optional pursuant to section 29-1-304.5.

(2) A trust must provide a program that is planned, organized, operated, and maintained to cover the costs associated with cardiovascular screenings, at a minimum, and other health screenings and prevention, as practicable, for peace officers.

(3) (a) (I) The general assembly shall appropriate money from the general fund or any other authorized source to the division of criminal justice within the department of public safety for the purpose of reimbursing a multiple employer health trust for the direct costs of providing a program as required by this part 6 as follows:

(A) For the state fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2024, the general assembly shall appropriate two hundred thousand dollars from the general fund to the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety to be used for the purpose set forth in this subsection (3)(a)(I);

(B) For the state fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2025, the general assembly shall appropriate two hundred fifty thousand dollars from the general fund to the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety to be used for the purpose set forth in this subsection (3)(a)(I);

(C) For the state fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2026, the general assembly shall appropriate three hundred fifty thousand dollars from the general fund to the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety to be used for the purpose set forth in this subsection (3)(a)(I);

(D) For the state fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2027, the general assembly shall appropriate five hundred thousand dollars from the general fund to the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety to be used for the purpose set forth in this subsection (3)(a)(I); and

(E) For the state fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2028, the general assembly shall appropriate one million dollars from the general fund, and on each July 1 thereafter, the general assembly shall appropriate sufficient funds, subject to annual appropriation, to the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety to be used for the purpose set forth in this subsection (3)(a)(I).

(II) The division of criminal justice may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources for the purposes of this part 6.

(b) The division of criminal justice shall use money appropriated pursuant to subsection (3)(a)(I) of this section or received through gifts, grants, or donations pursuant to subsection (3)(a)(II) of this section to reimburse a multiple employer health trust for the direct costs of providing a program as required by this part 6.

(4) An employer may consent to participate in a voluntary health screening and prevention program, if the program becomes optional pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, by contributing into a multiple employer health trust as set forth in section 10-3-903.5 (7)(b)(I), which trust is established for the purposes of this part 6. The contribution levels and award level definitions will be set by the trust.
C.R.S. § 29-4-713 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 7 / Section 29-4-713
29-4-713. Power of the board - home improvement loans
Status: in_force

29-4-713. Power of the board - home improvement loans. (1) The board may cause the executive director to formulate and from time to time modify a plan for the provision of home improvement loans upon a finding by the board that the provision of such loans is necessary for any one or more of the following purposes:

(a) To bring housing facilities for low- or moderate-income families into compliance with state, county, or municipal building, housing maintenance, fire, health, or similar codes and standards applicable to housing, including standards adopted by the authority under section 29-4-714;

(b) To reduce the total energy requirements of such housing facilities;

(c) To improve such housing facilities to a more livable and maintainable condition as part of a program or plan to arrest deterioration by means of neighborhood conservation and upgrading.

(2) If the board ascertains that private financing for home improvement loans is not available on reasonably equivalent terms and conditions and that the necessary means of financing such plan are available to the authority, the board may approve such plan.
C.R.S. § 29-12.5-101 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 12.5 / Section 29-12.5-101
29-12.5-101. Definitions
Status: repealed

29-12.5-101. Definitions. As used in this article 12.5:

(1) "Board" means a governing body of any municipality or home rule county, a board of county commissioners of any county, a special district, or a board of education of any school district.

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2002, p. 1027, § 55, effective June 1, 2002.)

(2.5) "Energy cost-savings contract" means a utility cost-savings contract or a vehicle fleet operational and fuel cost-savings contract.

(3) "Energy performance contract" means a contract for evaluations, recommendations, or implementation of one or more energy saving measures designed to produce utility cost savings, operation and maintenance cost savings, or vehicle fleet operational and fuel cost savings, which contract:

(a) Sets forth savings attributable to the calculated energy cost savings or operation and maintenance cost savings for each year during the contract period;

(b) Provides that the amount of actual savings for each year during the contract period shall exceed annual contract payments, including maintenance costs, to be made during such year by the board contracting for energy cost-savings measures;

(c) Requires the party entering into such contract with the board to provide a written guarantee that the sum of energy cost savings and operation and maintenance cost savings for each year during the first three years of the contract period shall not be less than the calculated savings for that year set forth pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (3);

(d) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2001, p. 1093, § 4, effective August 8, 2001.)

(e) Provides that, if all payments, except payments for maintenance and repairs and obligations on the termination of the contract prior to expiration, made by such board during any year subject to the guarantee in subsection (3)(c) of this section exceed the sum of energy cost savings and operation and maintenance cost savings for that year, such party shall forfeit to such board that portion of such moneys equal to the amount by which such payments exceeded such savings.

(f) Requires a board, upon termination or expiration of the contract, to return to the party any money that the party deposited with the board and did not forfeit to the board pursuant to subsection (3)(e) of this section; and

(g) Repealed.

(h) Requires that the maximum term of the payments that the board makes must be less than the cost-weighted average useful life of energy cost-savings equipment for which the contract is made, not to exceed twenty-five years.

(4) "Energy saving measure" means:

(a) The acquisition and installation, by purchase, lease, financed purchase of an asset, certificate of participation, or installment purchase, of a utility cost-savings measure and any attendant architectural and engineering consulting services;

(b) Architectural and engineering consulting services related to utility cost savings; or

(c) The acquisition and installation, by purchase, lease, financed purchase of an asset, certificate of participation, or installment purchase of a vehicle fleet operational and fuel cost-savings measure.

(4.1) "Increase in meter accuracy" means a guaranteed increase in efficiency or accuracy of utility metering or related equipment, systems, or processes or procedures that is calculated or determined by using applicable industry engineering standards.

(4.3) "Meter guarantee" means a stipulated or agreed upon increase in billable revenues to result from the guaranteed increase in meter accuracy, based on stipulated or agreed upon components of a billable revenue calculation in a utility cost-savings measure.

(4.5) "Operation and maintenance cost savings" means a measurable decrease in net operation and maintenance costs that is a direct result of the implementation of one or more utility cost savings measures or one or more vehicle fleet operational and fuel cost-savings measures. The savings shall be calculated in comparison with an established baseline of net operation and maintenance costs.

(5) "Political subdivision" means a municipality, county, special district, or school district.

(6) "Shared-savings contract" means a contract for one or more energy saving measures, which contract:

(a) Provides that all payments to be made by the board contracting for the energy saving measures shall be a stated percentage of calculated savings of energy costs attributable to such measures over a defined period of time and that such payments shall be made only to the extent that such savings occur; except that this paragraph (a) shall not apply to payments for maintenance and repairs and obligations on termination of the contract prior to its expiration;

(b) Provides for an initial contract period of no longer than ten years; and

(c) Requires no additional capital investment or contribution of funds from such board or the political subdivision, other than funds available from state or federal energy grants.

(7) "Utility cost savings" means:

(a) A cost savings caused by a reduction in metered or measured physical quantities of a bulk fuel or utility resulting from the implementation of one or more utility cost savings measures when compared with an established baseline of usage; or

(b) A decrease in utility costs as a result of changes in applicable utility rates or utility service suppliers. The savings shall be calculated in comparison with an established baseline of utility costs, excepting other available capital contributions provided by the political subdivision.

(8) "Utility cost-savings contract" means an energy performance contract or a shared-savings contract or any other agreement in which utility cost savings are used to pay for services or equipment.

(9) "Utility cost-savings measure" means an installation, modification, or service that is designed to reduce energy consumption or to increase related operation and maintenance cost savings in buildings and other facilities and includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(a) Insulation in walls, roofs, floors, and foundations and in heating and cooling distribution systems;

(b) Storm windows and doors, multiglazed windows and doors, heat absorbing or heat reflective glazed and coated window and door systems, additional glazing, reductions in glass area, and other window and door system modifications that reduce energy consumption;

(c) Automatic energy control systems;

(d) Heating, ventilating, or air conditioning and distribution system modifications or replacements in buildings or central plants;

(e) Caulking and weatherstripping;

(f) Replacement or modification of lighting fixtures to increase the energy efficiency of the system without increasing the overall illumination of a facility unless such increase in illumination is necessary to conform to the applicable building code for the proposed lighting system;

(g) Energy recovery systems;

(h) Cogeneration systems that produce steam or forms of energy such as heat, as well as electricity, for use primarily within a building or complex of buildings;

(i) Renewable energy and alternate energy systems;

(j) Devices that reduce water consumption or sewer charges;

(k) Changes in operation and maintenance practices;

(l) Procurement of low-cost energy supplies of all types, including electricity, natural gas, and other fuel sources, and water;

(m) Indoor air quality improvements that conform to applicable building code requirements;

(n) Daylighting systems;

(o) Building operation programs that reduce utility and operating costs including, but not limited to, computerized energy management and consumption tracking programs, staff and occupant training, and other similar activities;

(p) Services to reduce utility costs or to increase operation and maintenance cost savings by identifying utility errors, optimizing rate schedules, or increasing meter accuracy; or

(q) Any other modification, installation, or remodeling approved as a utility cost-savings measure by the board.

(10) "Vehicle fleet operational and fuel cost savings" means a measurable decrease in the operation and maintenance costs of state vehicles that is associated with fuel or maintenance based on higher efficiency ratings or alternative fueling methods, including but not limited to savings from the reduction in maintenance requirements and a reduction in or the elimination of projected fuel purchase expenses as a direct result of investment in higher efficiency or alternative fuel vehicles or vehicle or charging infrastructure.

(11) "Vehicle fleet operational and fuel cost-savings contract" means an energy performance contract or shared-savings contract or any other agreement in which vehicle fleet operational and fuel cost savings are used to pay for the cost of the vehicle or associated capital investments.

(12) "Vehicle fleet operational and fuel cost-savings measure" means any installation, modification, or service that is designed to reduce energy consumption and related operating costs in vehicles and includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(a) Vehicle purchase or lease costs either in full or in part; and

(b) Charging or fueling infrastructure to appropriately charge or fuel alternative fuel vehicles included in an energy cost-savings contract.
C.R.S. § 29-5-108 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 29-5-108
29-5-108. Liability of requesting jurisdiction
Status: in_force

29-5-108. Liability of requesting jurisdiction. (1) During the time that a police officer or deputy sheriff, as applicable, of a town, city, city and county, county, or of a state institution of higher education employing a peace officer in accordance with article 7.5 of title 24 is assigned to temporary duty within the jurisdiction of another town, city, city and county, county, or of another state institution of higher education employing a peace officer in accordance with article 7.5 of title 24, as provided in sections 29-5-103, 29-5-104, and 29-5-106, any liability that accrues under the provisions of article 10 of title 24, on account of the negligent or otherwise tortious act of the police officer or deputy sheriff while performing the duty is imposed upon the requesting town, city, city and county, county, or state institution of higher education, and not upon the assigning jurisdiction.

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2021.)
C.R.S. § 29-11.5-103 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 11.5 / Section 29-11.5-103
29-11.5-103. Limitations on convenience fees for the use of alternative forms of payment
Status: in_force

29-11.5-103. Limitations on convenience fees for the use of alternative forms of payment.

(1) and (2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2003, p. 1442, § 2, effective April 29, 2003.)

(3) A local governmental entity may impose a convenience fee on persons who use alternative forms of payment, but the amount of any convenience fee imposed on or after April 29, 2003, shall not exceed the actual additional cost incurred by the local governmental agency to process the transaction by alternative form of payment. Any convenience fee on a transaction involving an alternative form of payment shall be imposed in accordance with the rules of the alternative payment provider.
C.R.S. § 29-20-105.6 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 20 / Part 1 / Section 29-20-105.6
29-20-105.6. Notification to military installations by local governments of land use changes
Status: in_force

29-20-105.6. Notification to military installations by local governments of land use changes - legislative declaration - definitions. (1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that it is desirable for local governments in the state to cooperate with military installations located within the state in order to encourage compatible land use, help prevent incompatible urban encroachment upon military installations, and facilitate the continued presence of major military installations within the state.

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

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

(b) "Military installation" means:

(I) A base, camp, post, station, airfield, yard, center, or any other land area under the jurisdiction of the United States department of defense, including any leased facility, the total acreage of which installation is in excess of five hundred acres; or

(II) The Greeley Air National Guard station.

(3) Each local government whose territorial boundaries are within two miles of all or any portion of a military installation shall timely provide to the installation commanding officer and the flying mission commanding officer, or their designees, information relating to proposed zoning changes, and amendments to the local government's comprehensive plan, or land development regulations that, if approved, would affect the use of any area within two miles of the military installation. Nothing in this subsection (3) is intended to require submission of any information in connection with a site-specific development application under consideration by the local government.

(4) Upon submission of the information required to be provided pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, the military installation shall have fourteen business days within which to review the information and submit comments to the local government on the impact the proposed changes may have on the mission of the military installation. Such comments may include:

(a) If the military installation has an airfield, whether the proposed changes will be compatible with the safety and noise standards contained in the air installation compatible use zone recommended by United States department of defense instruction 4165.57 for that airfield;

(b) Whether the proposed changes are compatible with the installation environmental noise management program of the military installation;

(c) Whether the proposed changes are compatible with any joint land use study for the area within which the changes are to take place, if such study has been completed; or

(d) Whether the military installation's mission will be adversely affected by the proposed changes.

(5) The local government shall review any comments received from the commanding officer or the flying mission commanding officer, or their designees, pursuant to subsection (4) of this section when considering approval of a comprehensive plan, amendments to the plan, or its land development regulations. The local government shall forward a copy of any such comments received to the office of smart growth created in section 24-32-3203 (1)(a), C.R.S.

(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, nothing in this section is intended or shall be construed to require a local government to prepare a new master plan in effect as of August 11, 2010, in order to satisfy any of the requirements of this section.
C.R.S. § 29-35-304 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 35 / Part 3 / Section 29-35-304
29-35-304. Minimum parking requirements for housing developments
Status: in_force

29-35-304. Minimum parking requirements for housing developments. (1) Notwithstanding section 29-35-303, a local government may impose or enforce a minimum parking requirement in connection with a housing development project that is intended to contain twenty units or more or contain regulated affordable housing by requiring no more than one parking space per dwelling unit in the housing development.

(2) (a) In order to impose a minimum parking requirement pursuant to subsection (1) of this section in connection with a housing development project, a local government must, no later than ninety days after receiving a completed application for the housing development project, publicly publish written findings that find that not imposing or enforcing a minimum parking requirement in connection with the housing development project would have a substantial negative impact.

(b) A local government's written findings published pursuant to subsection (2)(a) must:

(I) Be supported by substantial evidence that supports the finding of a substantial negative impact on:

(A) Safe pedestrian, bicycle, or emergency access to the housing development project; or

(B) Existing on- or off-street parking spaces within one eighth-mile of the housing development project;

(II) Be reviewed and approved by a professional engineer, as defined in section 12-120-202 (7).

(III) Include parking utilization data collected from the area within one eighth-mile of the housing development project; and

(IV) Demonstrate that the local government implementation of strategies to manage demand for on-street parking for the area within one eighth-mile of the housing development project would not be effective to mitigate a substantial negative impact found pursuant to this section.

(3) On or before December 31, 2026, and every December 31st thereafter, if applicable, a local government shall, in a form and manner determined by the department of local affairs, submit information regarding a minimum parking requirement imposed or enforced pursuant to this section to the department of local affairs.

(4) The department of local affairs may issue policies and procedures as necessary to implement this section.
C.R.S. § 29-2-111 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 29-2-111
29-2-111. Pledging of sales and use tax for capital improvements
Status: repealed

29-2-111. Pledging of sales and use tax for capital improvements. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 29-25-107 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 25 / Section 29-25-107
29-25-107. Boundaries - exclusion proviso
Status: in_force

29-25-107. Boundaries - exclusion proviso. The boundaries of a district may consist of contiguous or noncontiguous tracts or parcels of property.
C.R.S. § 29-23-112 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 23 / Section 29-23-112
29-23-112. Investments
Status: in_force

29-23-112. Investments. The authority may invest or deposit any funds in the manner provided by part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S. In addition, the authority may direct a corporate trustee which holds funds of the authority to invest or deposit such funds in investments or deposits other than those specified by such part 6 if the board determines, by resolution, that such investment or deposit meets the standard established in section 15-1-304, C.R.S., the income is at least comparable to income available on investments or deposits specified by such part 6, and such investment will assist the authority in the financing, construction, maintenance, or operation of the Pueblo depot activity.
C.R.S. § 29-4-724 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 7 / Section 29-4-724
29-4-724. Refunding bonds
Status: in_force

29-4-724. Refunding bonds. (1) The board may provide for the issuance of refunding obligations of the authority for the purpose of refunding any obligations then outstanding that have been issued under this part 7 or issued by other public entities, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of such obligations, and for any corporate purpose of the authority.

(2) Refunding obligations issued as provided in subsection (1) of this section may be sold or exchanged for outstanding obligations being refunded, and, if sold, the proceeds thereof may be applied, in addition to any other authorized purposes, to the purchase, redemption, or payment of such outstanding obligations. Pending the application of the proceeds of any such refunding obligations, with any other available funds, to the payment of the principal, the accrued interest, and any redemption premium on the obligations being refunded and, if so provided or permitted in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such refunding obligations or in the trust agreement securing the same, to the payment of any interest on such refunding obligations and any expenses in connection with such refunding, such proceeds may be invested in securities meeting the investment requirements established by the authority, which shall mature or which shall be subject to redemption by the holders thereof, at the option of such holders, not later than the respective dates when the proceeds, together with the interest accruing thereon, will be required for the purposes intended.
C.R.S. § 29-4-211 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 29-4-211
29-4-211. Eminent domain
Status: in_force

29-4-211. Eminent domain. (1) The authority has the right to acquire by eminent domain any property, real or personal, which it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this part 2 after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the property described therein is in the public interest and necessary for public use. The authority may exercise the power of eminent domain pursuant to the provisions of either sections 38-1-101 to 38-1-115, article 3 of title 38, and section 38-5-106 or article 6 of title 38, C.R.S.

(2) Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired; but no property belonging to the city or to any government may be acquired without its consent, and no property belonging to a public utility corporation may be acquired without the approval of the commission or other officer or tribunal having regulatory power over such corporation.
C.R.S. § 29-15-111 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 15 / Section 29-15-111
29-15-111. Application to certain public bodies
Status: in_force

29-15-111. Application to certain public bodies. It is the intent of the general assembly that the provisions of this article shall apply to home rule municipalities except insofar as such provisions may be superseded by their charters or any legislative acts passed pursuant to such charters and also shall apply to special territorial charter municipalities.
C.R.S. § 29-15-104 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 15 / Section 29-15-104
29-15-104. Issuance of tax anticipation notes
Status: in_force

29-15-104. Issuance of tax anticipation notes. (1) Any public body may issue, from time to time, tax anticipation notes without an election if its governing body determines that the taxes to be received by the public body will not be received in time to pay the public body's projected budgeted expenses. Such tax anticipation notes shall be issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes estimated by the governing body to be received within its then current fiscal year.

(2) (a) Tax anticipation notes shall be both issued and made payable within the fiscal year for which such taxes are levied.

(b) The provisions of this subsection (2) limiting the term of tax anticipation notes shall not apply to tax anticipation notes issued by school districts on and after January 1, 1992.

(3) Tax anticipation notes may be paid from the proceeds of ad valorem taxes on real and personal property, investment proceeds on the ad valorem taxes, or the proceeds from the tax anticipation notes.
C.R.S. § 29-1-604 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 6 / Section 29-1-604
29-1-604. Exemptions
Status: in_force

29-1-604. Exemptions. (1) Any local government where neither revenues nor expenditures exceed one hundred thousand dollars in any fiscal year commencing on or after January 1, 1998, may, with the approval of the state auditor, be exempt from the provisions of section 29-1-603.

(2) (a) Any local government where revenues or expenditures for any fiscal year commencing on or after January 1, 2004, but prior to January 1, 2015, are at least one hundred thousand dollars but not more than five hundred thousand dollars may, with the approval of the state auditor, be exempt from the provisions of section 29-1-603.

(b) Any local government where revenues or expenditures for any fiscal year commencing on or after January 1, 2015, are at least one hundred thousand dollars but not more than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars may, with the approval of the state auditor, be exempt from the provisions of section 29-1-603.

(3) The governing body of any local government wishing to claim exemption from the audit requirements pursuant to subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall file an application for exemption from audit. Any application filed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be prepared by a person skilled in governmental accounting. Any application filed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section shall be prepared by an independent accountant with knowledge of governmental accounting. Any application filed pursuant to this subsection (3) shall be completed in accordance with regulations issued by the state auditor and shall be personally reviewed, approved, and signed by a majority of the members of the governing body. The application is to be filed with the state auditor within three months after the close of the local government's fiscal year. No exemption shall be granted prior to the close of said fiscal year. Failure to file such application shall cause the local government to lose its exemption from the provisions of section 29-1-603 for that fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal year.
C.R.S. § 29-4-221 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 29-4-221
29-4-221. Limitations on remedies of obligee
Status: in_force

29-4-221. Limitations on remedies of obligee. No interest of the authority in any property, real or personal, shall be subject to sale by the foreclosure of a mortgage thereon, either through judicial proceedings or the exercise of a power of sale contained in such mortgage, except in the case of the mortgages provided for in section 29-4-217. All property of the authority is exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same. No judgment against the authority shall be a charge or lien upon its property, real or personal. The provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the rights of obligees to foreclose any mortgage of the authority provided for in section 29-4-217, and, in case of a foreclosure sale thereunder, to obtain a judgment or decree for any deficiency due on the indebtedness secured thereby which was issued on the full faith and credit of the authority. Such deficiency judgment or decree shall be a lien and charge upon the property of the authority which may be levied on and sold by virtue of an execution or other judicial process for the purpose of satisfying such deficiency judgment or decree.
C.R.S. § 29-26-102 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 26 / Section 29-26-102
29-26-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-26-102. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Affordable housing dwelling unit" means a residential structure that is purchased or rented by and is occupied as a primary residence by one or more income eligible households, or a comparable definition as established by a local government that is consistent with the purposes of this article.

(2) "Board" means an affordable housing dwelling unit advisory board established pursuant to this article.

(3) "Local government" means a county, home rule or statutory city, territorial charter city, town, or city and county.

(4) "Local housing authority" means the housing authority of a local government.

(5) "Ordinance" means any ordinance, resolution, statute, regulation, or rule promulgated by a local government pursuant to this article.
C.R.S. § 29-2-108 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 29-2-108
29-2-108. Limitation on amount
Status: repealed

29-2-108. Limitation on amount. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 29-1-1702 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 17 / Section 29-1-1702
29-1-1702. Property tax limit imposition - temporary property tax credit - refund
Status: in_force

29-1-1702. Property tax limit imposition - temporary property tax credit - refund. (1) For property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2025, a local governmental entity's qualified property tax revenue for a property tax year must not increase by more than the property tax limit.

(2) (a) To prevent the local governmental entity's qualified property tax revenue from exceeding the property tax limit, a local governmental entity's governing body shall either:

(I) Enact a temporary property tax credit that is up to the number of mills necessary to prevent the local governmental entity's qualified property tax revenue from exceeding the property tax limit; or

(II) Temporarily reduce the mill levy imposed by the local government entity.

(b) Neither a temporary property tax credit enacted by a local governmental entity pursuant to subsection (2)(a)(I) of this section nor a temporary reduction by a local governmental entity pursuant to subsection (2)(a)(II) of this section of the mill levy imposed by the local governmental entity changes the underlying mill levy imposed by a local governmental entity. Therefore, reducing or eliminating a temporary property tax credit or a temporary mill levy reduction does not require prior voter approval under section 20 (4)(a) of article X of the state constitution.

(3) If a local governmental entity's qualified property tax revenue exceeds the property tax limit for a property tax year and the local governmental entity does not comply with subsection (2) of this section, then the local governmental entity shall refund any qualified property tax revenue in excess of the property tax limit for the property tax year.
C.R.S. § 29-5-503 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 5 / Part 5 / Section 29-5-503
29-5-503. Authority of the trust - rules - report
Status: in_force

29-5-503. Authority of the trust - rules - report. (1) In addition to any other authority given to the trust, the trust has the authority to:

(a) Create a program description to further define the services available pursuant to this part 5;

(b) Structure the services provided under the program based on actuarial recommendations and with input from a committee of the trust consisting of representatives of labor, management, administration, and employers serving different sized populations; and

(c) Adopt policies and procedures for the administration of the trust.

(2) On or before October 1, 2024, the trust, together with the division of fire prevention and control in the department of public safety, shall submit a report to the wildfire matters review committee on the implementation of this part 5. The report must, at a minimum:

(a) Discuss the extent to which the program provided under this part 5 is meeting the behavioral health-care needs of firefighters in the state;

(b) Assess the ongoing funding needs of the trust and whether the available funding is sufficient to allow the trust to meet the behavioral health-care needs of firefighters; and

(c) Recommend any changes needed to more effectively meet the behavioral health-care needs of firefighters across the state.
C.R.S. § 29-4-729 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 7 / Section 29-4-729
29-4-729. Reporting
Status: in_force

29-4-729. Reporting. (1) The authority shall submit to the governor and the health, environment, welfare, and institutions committees of the house of representatives and the senate within six months after the end of the fiscal year a report that shall set forth a complete and detailed operating and financial statement of the authority during such year. Also included in the report shall be any recommendations with reference to additional legislation or other action that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the authority.

(2) On or before December 31, 2001, the authority, acting through the program, created and administered by the authority, commonly known as E-Star Colorado, or the successor to such program, shall submit to the governor and general assembly an assessment of existing energy conservation and efficiency programs and standards established by the state, local governmental entities, or private entities. The assessment shall include a comparison of such programs and standards to similar programs and standards adopted in other states, as well as an evaluation of the effectiveness of voluntary performance programs and other financial incentives. The authority, on behalf of E-Star Colorado, may accept and expend moneys from gifts, grants, and donations to help defray the expenses of providing the assessment required under this subsection (2).
C.R.S. § 29-4-708 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 7 / Section 29-4-708
29-4-708. General powers of the authority
Status: repealed

29-4-708. General powers of the authority. (1) In addition to any other powers granted to the authority in this part 7, the authority has the following powers:

(a) To have the duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities, and disabilities of a body corporate and political subdivision of the state;

(b) To have perpetual existence and succession;

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

(d) To sue and be sued;

(e) To enter into any contract or agreement not inconsistent with this part 7 or the laws of this state;

(f) To borrow money and to issue bonds evidencing the same;

(g) To purchase, lease, trade, exchange, or otherwise acquire, maintain, hold, improve, mortgage, lease, and dispose of real property and personal property, whether tangible or intangible, and any interest therein;

(h) To acquire office space, equipment, services, supplies, and insurance necessary to carry out the purposes of this part 7;

(i) To deposit any moneys of the authority in any banking institution within or without the state or in any depository authorized in section 24-75-603, C.R.S., and to appoint, for the purpose of making such deposits, one or more persons to act as custodians of the moneys of the authority, who shall give surety bonds in such amounts and form and for such purposes as the board requires;

(j) To disburse any moneys in the revolving fund established pursuant to section 29-4-728 in accordance therewith;

(k) To contract for and to accept any gifts, grants, and loans of funds, property, or any other aid in any form from the federal government, the state, any state agency, or any other source, or any combination thereof, and to comply, subject to the provisions of this part 7, with the terms and conditions thereof;

(l) To act as agent for federal, state, or local government or for qualified organizations or corporations in connection with the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, leasing, operation, or management of a housing facility or project or any part thereof or the furnishing of capital to business enterprises;

(m) To authorize the executive director to enter into contracts, execute all instruments, and do all things necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers granted in this part 7 and to secure the payment of bonds;

(n) To have and exercise all rights and powers necessary or incidental to or implied from the specific powers granted in this part 7, which specific powers shall not be considered as a limitation upon any power necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of this part 7;

(o) To fix the time and place or places at which its regular and special meetings are to be held. Meetings shall be held on the call of the chairman, but no less than eight meetings shall be held annually.

(p) To adopt and from time to time amend or repeal bylaws and rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this part 7;

(q) To elect one director as chairman of the board and another director as chairman pro tem of the board and to appoint one or more persons as secretary and treasurer of the board and such other officers as the board may determine and provide for their duties and terms of office;

(r) To appoint an executive director and such other agents, employees, and professional and business advisers as may from time to time be necessary in its judgment to accomplish the purposes of this part 7, and to fix the compensation of such employees, agents, and advisers, and to establish the powers and duties of all such officers, agents, and employees and other persons contracting with the authority;

(s) To provide a method for sponsors to let contracts on a fair and equitable basis for the construction of housing facilities or projects or the performance or furnishing of labor, materials, or supplies as required in this part 7;

(t) To the extent permitted under its contract with the holders of bonds, to enter into contracts containing provisions permitting the reduction of the rental or carrying charges to persons unable to pay the regular schedule of charges where, by reason of other income or payment by any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States or this state, such reduction can be made without jeopardizing the economic stability of the housing facility being financed;

(u) To protect the interest of the authority in housing facilities, projects, and loans to and equity investments in business enterprises for capital made under this part 7 by such action as is in the best interests of the authority, including, without limitation, taking assignment of leases, rentals, and other revenues and assets and proceeding with foreclosure, repossession, purchase, sale, or other means of acquisition of such facilities or projects or other security and, in the case of equity investments, taking any action permitted by law or pursuant to any subscription, partnership, or other instrument, certificate, or document related to such investment;

(v) To act as a coinsurer with any department or agency of the federal government with respect to a loan to finance housing facilities for low- or moderate-income families;

(w) To waive, by such means as the authority deems appropriate, the exemption from federal income taxation of interest on the authority's bonds, notes, or other obligations provided by the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, or any other federal statute providing a similar exemption;

(x) To make and execute agreements, contracts, and other instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers and functions of the authority under this part 7, including but not limited to contracts with any person, firm, corporation, municipality, state agency, county, or other entity. All municipalities, counties, and state agencies are hereby authorized to enter into and do all things necessary to perform any such arrangement or contract with the authority.

(y) To arrange for guaranties or insurance of its bonds, notes, or other obligations by the federal government or by any private insurer, and to pay any premiums therefor;

(z) To enter into agreements to pay annual sums in lieu of taxes to any county, municipality, or other taxing entity with respect to any real property which is owned by the authority and is located in such county, municipality, or other taxing entity;

(aa) To provide financial advice and counseling with respect to business enterprises and to provide for guaranties, insurance, coinsurance, or reinsurance against risks of loss on loans to business enterprises to finance projects or provide capital.

(bb) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 29-22.5-103 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 22.5 / Section 29-22.5-103
29-22.5-103. Wildland fires - general authority and responsibilities
Status: in_force

29-22.5-103. Wildland fires - general authority and responsibilities. (1) (a) The chief of the fire department is responsible for the management of wildland fires that occur within the jurisdictional boundaries of the chief's department and that are within the capability of the fire department to control or extinguish in accordance with the provisions of section 32-1-1002 (3)(a).

(b) The fire chief may utilize mutual aid agreements with neighboring fire departments to suppress and control fires that cross or threaten to cross jurisdictional boundaries.

(c) The fire chief may transfer any duty or responsibility the fire chief may assume under this section to the county sheriff with the concurrence of the sheriff.

(d) The fire chief shall not seek reimbursement from the county for expenses incurred by the district for their own apparatus, equipment, and personnel used in containing or suppressing a wildfire occurring on private property within the boundaries of the district, except as provided in section 30-10-513 (3)(b).

(2) (a) The sheriff is the fire warden of the county and is responsible for the planning for, and the coordination of, efforts to suppress wildfires occurring in the unincorporated area of the county outside the boundaries of a fire department or that exceed the capabilities of the fire department to control or extinguish in accordance with the provisions of section 30-10-513.

(b) In the case of a wildfire that exceeds the capabilities of the fire department to control or extinguish and that requires mutual aid and outside resources, the sheriff shall appoint an incident commander to provide the command and control infrastructure required to manage the fire. The sheriff shall assume financial responsibility for fire fighting efforts on behalf of the county and the authority for the ordering and monitoring of resources.

(c) In the case of a wildfire that exceeds the capability of the county to control or extinguish, the sheriff is responsible for seeking the assistance of the state, by requesting assistance from the division. The sheriff and the director shall enter into an agreement concerning the transfer of authority and responsibility for fire suppression and the retention of responsibilities.

(3) (a) The division is the lead state agency for wildland fire response and suppression.

(b) The forest service may provide land management and the division may provide wildland fire management services to other state agencies by means of memoranda of understanding or related forms of cooperative agreements.

(c) In case of a wildland fire that exceeds the capability of the county to control or extinguish, the division may assist the sheriff in controlling or extinguishing such fires, and may assume command of such incidents with the concurrence of the sheriff.

(d) At the request of the sheriff, the division may assist in the development or modification of the county wildfire preparedness plan.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to the provisions of any local or regional mutual aid agreements or plans for wildland fire response, the first emergency response agency to arrive at the scene of a wildland fire, regardless of whether the incident occurs within its jurisdiction, shall act as incident commander and be responsible for the initial emergency action necessary to control the wildland fire or to protect life or property until the emergency response agency that has jurisdiction over the incident site arrives.

(5) The agency that has jurisdiction over any wildland fire in the state shall manage the fire using the incident command system.
C.R.S. § 29-4-707 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 7 / Section 29-4-707
29-4-707. Disclosure of interests required
Status: in_force

29-4-707. Disclosure of interests required. Any board member, employee, or other agent or adviser of the authority, who has a direct or indirect interest in any contract or transaction with the authority, shall disclose this interest to the authority. This interest shall be set forth in the minutes of the authority, and no board member, employee, or other agent or adviser having such interest shall participate on behalf of the authority in the authorization of any such contract or transaction.
C.R.S. § 29-4-502 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 5 / Section 29-4-502
29-4-502. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-4-502. Definitions. As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Authority" or "housing authority" means any of the county housing authorities created by this part 5.

(2) "Board" means the board of county commissioners of any county.

(3) "County" means any county within the state of Colorado.

(4) "Federal government" means the United States, the federal emergency administrator of public works, or any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States.

(5) "Project" means all real and personal property, buildings and improvements, stores, offices, lands for farming and gardening, commercial facilities, and community facilities acquired or constructed or to be acquired or constructed pursuant to a single plan or undertaking, to demolish, clear, remove, alter, or repair unsanitary or unsafe housing or to provide dwelling accommodations on financial terms within the means of persons of low income. The term "project" also applies to the planning of the buildings and improvements, the acquisition of property, the demolition of existing structures, the construction, reconstruction, alteration, and repair of the improvements, and all other work in connection therewith. The term "project" also applies to the provision of dwelling accommodations to persons, without regard to income, as long as the project substantially benefits persons of low income as determined by an authority.

(6) "State" means the state of Colorado.
C.R.S. § 29-1-102 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 1 / Part 1 / Section 29-1-102
29-1-102. Definitions
Status: in_force

29-1-102. Definitions. As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Appropriation" means the authorization by ordinance or resolution of a spending limit for expenditures and obligations for specific purposes.

(2) "Basis of budgetary accounting" means any one of the following methods of measurement of timing when revenue and other financing sources and expenditures and other financing uses are recognized for budget purposes:

(a) Cash basis (when cash is received and disbursed);

(b) Modified accrual basis (when revenue and other financing sources are due and available and when obligations or liabilities are incurred for expenditures and other financing uses, except for certain stated items such as, but not limited to, prepaids, inventories of consumable goods, and interest payable in a future fiscal year); or

(c) Encumbrance basis (the modified accrual basis, but including the recognition of encumbrances).

(3) "Budget" means the complete estimated financial plan of the local government.

(4) "Budget year" means the ensuing fiscal year.

(5) "Certified" means a written statement by a member of the governing body or a person appointed by the governing body that the document being filed is a true and accurate copy of the action taken by the governing body.

(6) "Division" means the division of local government in the department of local affairs.

(7) "Encumbrance" means a commitment related to unperformed contracts for goods or services.

(8) (a) "Expenditure" means any use of financial resources of the local government consistent with its basis of accounting for budget purposes for the provision or acquisition of goods and services for operations, debt service, capital outlay, transfers, or other financial uses.

(b) "Expenditure" shall not include the payment or transfer of moneys by the office of the public trustee created in section 38-37-101, C.R.S., that are received from and required to be paid to another person or entity pursuant to the requirements of article 37, 38, or 39 of title 38, C.R.S., including, but not limited to, recording fees and publication costs pursuant to sections 38-38-101 and 38-39-102, C.R.S., and transfers of excess funds to the county treasurer made pursuant to section 38-37-104 (3), C.R.S.

(9) "Fiscal year" means the period commencing January 1 and ending December 31; except that "fiscal year" may mean the federal fiscal year for water conservancy districts which have contracts with the federal government.

(10) "Fund" means a fiscal and accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts in which cash and other financial resources, all related liabilities and residual equities or balances, and changes therein are recorded and segregated to carry on specific activities or to attain certain objectives in accordance with special regulations, restrictions, or limitations.

(11) "Fund balance" means the balance of total resources available for subsequent years' budgets consistent with the basis of accounting elected for budget purposes.

(12) "Governing body" means a board, council, or other elected or appointed body in which the legislative powers of the local government are vested.

(13) "Local government" means any authority, county, municipality, city and county, district, or other political subdivision of the state of Colorado; any institution, department, agency, or authority of any of the foregoing; and any other entity, organization, or corporation formed by intergovernmental agreement or other contract between or among any of the foregoing. The office of the county public trustee shall be deemed an agency of the county for the purposes of this part 1. "Local government" does not include the Colorado educational and cultural facilities authority, the university of Colorado hospital authority, collegeinvest, the Colorado health facilities authority, the Colorado housing and finance authority, the Colorado agricultural development authority, the Colorado sheep and wool authority, the Colorado beef council authority, the Colorado horse development authority, the fire and police pension association, any public entity insurance or investment pool formed pursuant to state law, any county or municipal housing authority, any association of political subdivisions formed pursuant to section 29-1-401, or any home rule city or town, home rule city and county, cities and towns operating under a territorial charter, school district, or local college district.

(14) "Object of expenditure" means the classification of fund data by character of expenditure. "Object of expenditure" includes, but is not limited to, personal services, purchased services, debt service, supplies, capital outlay, grants, and transfers.

(15) "Objection" means a written or oral protest filed by an elector of the local government.

(16) "Revenue" means all resources available to finance expenditures.

(17) "Spending agency", as designated by the local government, means any office, unit, department, board, commission, or institution which is responsible for any particular expenditures or revenues.
C.R.S. § 29-4-226 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 29-4-226
29-4-226. Exemption from special assessments
Status: in_force

29-4-226. Exemption from special assessments. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, the following are exempt from the payment of any special assessments to the state, any county, city and county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state:

(a) A housing authority;

(b) The property of a housing authority;

(c) All property leased to a housing authority; and

(d) The portion of a project that is not used as a store, office, or other commercial facility that is occupied by persons of low income and that is owned by or leased to an entity:

(I) That is wholly owned by an authority;

(II) In which an authority has an ownership interest; or

(III) In which an entity wholly owned by an authority has an ownership interest.

(2) The exemptions from the payment of special assessments set forth in subsection (1) of this section do not preclude a housing authority, the owner of property that is leased to or from a housing authority, or an entity in which an authority has an ownership interest from voluntarily applying to include its eligible real property, as defined in section 32-20-103 (4), into the boundaries of the Colorado new energy improvement district created in section 32-20-104 (1) and accepting the levying by the district of a special assessment, as defined in section 32-20-103 (14), against the eligible real property.
C.R.S. § 29-5-205 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 29-5-205
29-5-205. Obligation to meet and confer
Status: in_force

29-5-205. Obligation to meet and confer. (1) Unless the public employer and its firefighters are already party to a collective bargaining agreement or the public employer has opted into the collective bargaining provisions of this part 2, if requested to do so by the firefighters or their employee organization, a public employer has the obligation to meet and confer with its firefighters or their employee organization to discuss policies and other matters relating to their employment, including safety and equipment, but not including compensation.

(2) The obligation to meet and confer does not include the obligation to engage in collective bargaining unless approved by the voters pursuant to section 29-5-206. The obligation to meet and confer includes the obligation to recognize the employee organization that requests the meet and confer process.
C.R.S. § 29-5.5-104 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 5.5 / Section 29-5.5-104
29-5.5-104. Veterans preference points
Status: in_force

29-5.5-104. Veterans preference points. Each applicant for appointment or employment in any civil service, merit, or personnel system of a political subdivision of the state that is comparable to that of the state shall be awarded, at a minimum, the appropriate veterans preference points pursuant to article XII, section 15 of the Colorado constitution.
C.R.S. § 29-4-117 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 29-4-117
29-4-117. Additional remedies
Status: in_force

29-4-117. Additional remedies. (1) Any city has power by its trust indenture, mortgage, lease, or other contract relating to a housing project to confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, leases, or other obligations, the right, in the event of default, as defined in such instrument:

(a) By suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain the appointment of a receiver of any housing project of the city or any part thereof. If such receiver is appointed, he may enter and take possession of such project or any part thereof, operate and maintain the same, collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or other charges arising therefrom in the same manner as the city or the authority might do, and shall keep all such moneys in a separate account and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of the city as the court directs.

(b) By suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to require the city and the officers thereof to account as if they were the trustees of an express trust.
C.R.S. § 29-2-103.5 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 29-2-103.5
29-2-103.5. Sales tax for mass transit
Status: in_force

29-2-103.5. Sales tax for mass transit. (1) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), in addition to any sales tax imposed pursuant to section 29-2-103, each county in this state which lies outside the jurisdiction of the regional transportation district is authorized to levy a county sales tax, use tax, or both of up to one-half of one percent for the purpose of financing, constructing, operating, or maintaining a mass transportation system within the county.

(b) On and after July 1, 2001, in addition to any sales tax imposed pursuant to section 29-2-103, each county in this state that lies outside the jurisdiction of the regional transportation district is authorized to levy a county sales tax, use tax, or both of up to one percent for the purpose of financing, constructing, operating, or maintaining a mass transportation system within the county.

(c) [Editor's note: Subsection (1)(c) is effective July 1, 2025.] The sales or use tax allowed pursuant to this subsection (1) shall be collected, administered, enforced, and distributed by the department of revenue as specified in part 2 of this article 2.

(2) (a) Any county in which such mass transportation system is based may enter into intergovernmental agreements with any municipality or other county or may enter into contractual agreements with any private carrier for the purpose of providing mass transportation services either within the county or in a county in which the county mass transportation system is permitted to operate.

(b) Any county which uses sales tax revenues which are imposed pursuant to this section for the provision of mass transportation services shall establish standards for such service.

(c) The county shall issue a request for proposals for such service in order to compare the costs of a private carrier in providing such service with the costs of the county, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, in providing such service directly.

(d) If the costs to the county are less when the service is provided by the private carrier, the county shall contract with the private carrier for the mass transportation service.

(e) Any private carrier selected to provide mass transportation service pursuant to this subsection (2) shall provide such performance bond or other surety as the county may reasonably require.

(f) In the event that no private carriers are able to provide mass transportation services, the county shall provide such services.

(g) In contracting with a private carrier, the county shall require that the carrier not use the contract to cross-subsidize any other services provided by the carrier.

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

(b) During the calendar year 1990, the proposal for a sales or use tax increase pursuant to this section may be submitted at the primary election held on the first Tuesday in August of each even-numbered year or at the next general election. For any year thereafter, such sales and use tax increase proposal may only be submitted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each year and shall be conducted by the county clerk and recorder in accordance with the "Uniform Election Code of 1992", articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S.

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

(5) All revenues collected from such county sales tax shall be credited to a special fund in the county treasury known as the county mass transportation fund. The fund shall be used only for the financing, constructing, operating, or maintaining of a mass transportation system within the county.
C.R.S. § 29-4-717 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 7 / Section 29-4-717
29-4-717. Findings - percentage of low-income families required
Status: in_force

29-4-717. Findings - percentage of low-income families required. (1) Prior to the authority's making or committing to make a housing facility loan for a housing facility with more than five dwelling units under this part 7, the board shall find:

(a) That low-income families can afford, on the basis of the use of not more than thirty percent of annual income as determined in accordance with rules and regulations of the authority, the adjusted rentals set for no less than twenty percent of the dwelling units in such proposed housing facility;

(b) That the number of units intended for occupancy by low- and moderate-income families shall approximate seventy-five percent of the total number of units available;

(c) That such housing facility will not create or contribute to an undue concentration of low-income families in any one neighborhood.

(2) Prior to the authority's making or committing to make any housing facility loan, the authority shall find:

(a) That, with respect to the housing facility, no restrictions are imposed as to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, creed, color, religion, ancestry, or national origin of occupants;

(b) That such housing facility is designed to house families of varied economic means and will not create or contribute to an undue concentration of low-income families in any one neighborhood.
C.R.S. § 29-4-604 — CO Code / Title 29 / Article 4 / Part 6 / Section 29-4-604
29-4-604. Election - resolution
Status: in_force

29-4-604. Election - resolution. (1) When, pursuant to the provisions of this part 6, an election of the registered electors of a city, city and county, authority, housing authority, or county housing authority is required in order to authorize any proposed act, said election may be held either concurrently with any general election held under the laws of the state of Colorado throughout the area of the city, city and county, authority, housing authority, or county housing authority calling the election or at a special election called for such purpose. The council, board of commissioners, or other governing body of the city, city and county, authority, housing authority, or county housing authority shall call such election by resolution, which resolution shall:

(a) Specify the objects and purposes of the election, including specifically the particular act which is proposed and which requires the approval of the registered electors;

(b) Specify the day and hours of such election, which day and hours may be the same as those of any concurrent general election;

(c) Provide for the appointment and compensation of judges of election, and if the election is to be held concurrently with a general election, the resolution shall recite that the judges of the concurrent general election shall serve as the judges for the election held in accordance with this part 6 and provide for the additional compensation, if any, which such persons are to receive as judges of the election held in accordance with this part 6;

(d) Designate the precincts and polling places for such election. All precincts and polling places for a concurrent general election which are located within the boundaries of the city, city and county, authority, housing authority, or county housing authority calling the election under this part 6 shall likewise be designated as the precincts and polling places of the election under this part 6. In the event that a portion of any precinct for the concurrent general election extends beyond the boundaries of the city, city and county, authority, housing authority, or county housing authority calling the election under this part 6, and in the event that the polling place for such precinct is beyond such boundaries, such polling place may nevertheless be designated as a polling place for the election under this part 6. No judge of the concurrent general election, serving at a polling place so designated as a polling place for the election under this part 6, shall be disqualified from also serving as a judge of this election by reason of the fact that he or she resides in the portion of the precinct which is beyond the boundaries of the city, city and county, authority, housing authority, or county housing authority calling the election.

(e) Set forth the question to be submitted to the registered electors and the form of the ballot. The question to be submitted shall be worded in a clear and concise manner.

(f) Specify the estimated cost of the proposed construction or acquisition;

(g) Set forth the location of the proposed project, housing project, addition, or improvement.