C.R.S. § 32-11-670 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 6 / Section 32-11-670
32-11-670. Resolution for reassessment
Status: in_force

32-11-670. Resolution for reassessment. The board of the urban district shall by resolution order and make a new assessment or reassessment, as provided in section 32-11-669, upon the tracts which have been or will be benefited by such project to the extent of their proportionate part of the cost of the project.
C.R.S. § 32-12-119 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 12 / Section 32-12-119
32-12-119. Correction of faulty notices
Status: in_force

32-12-119. Correction of faulty notices. In any case where a notice is provided for in this article, if the court or the board reviewing the proceedings finds for any reason that due notice was not given, said body shall not thereby lose jurisdiction, and the proceedings in question shall not thereby be void or be abated, but said body shall order due notice to be given, shall continue the proceeding until such time as notice is properly given, and thereupon shall proceed as though notice had been properly given in the first instance.
C.R.S. § 32-20-103 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 20 / Section 32-20-103
32-20-103. Definitions
Status: repealed

32-20-103. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

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

(1.5) "Commercial building" means any real property other than a residential building containing fewer than five dwelling units and includes any other improvement or connected land that is billed with the improvement for purposes of ad valorem property taxation.

(2) "District" means the Colorado new energy improvement district created in section 32-20-104 (1).

(3) "District member" means a qualified applicant whose application to join the district, receive reimbursement or a direct payment, and consent to the levying of a special assessment is approved by the district.

(4) "Eligible real property" means a residential or commercial building, located within a county in which the district has been authorized to conduct the program as required by section 32-20-105 (3), on which or in which a new energy improvement to be financed by the district has been or will be completed.

(5) "Energy efficiency improvement" means one or more installations or modifications to eligible real property that are designed to reduce the energy consumption of the property 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 a building;

(e) Caulking and weatherstripping;

(f) Replacement or modification of lighting fixtures to increase the energy efficiency of the system;

(g) Energy recovery systems;

(h) Daylighting systems;

(i) Electric vehicle charging equipment added to the building or its associated parking area; and

(j) Any other modification, installation, or remodeling approved as a utility cost-savings measure by the district, including water conservation fixtures, both indoor and outdoor and for both hot and cold water.

(5.2) "Financing agreement" means an agreement between a qualified applicant and an entity providing private third-party financing pursuant to section 32-20-105 (3)(h).

(6) "Loan balance" means the outstanding principal balance of loans secured by a mortgage or deed of trust with a first or second lien on eligible real property.

(7) "New energy improvement" means one or more on-site energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements, resiliency improvements, or water efficiency improvements made to eligible real property that will reduce the energy consumption of or add energy produced from renewable energy sources with regard to any portion of the eligible real property.

(8) "Program" means the new energy improvement program established by the district in accordance with section 32-20-105.

(9) "Program administrator" or "administrator" means an entity hired by the district to administer the program on behalf of the district to the extent specified in a contract between the district and the administrator. Neither the district nor its program administrator shall offer rebates for the purchase of renewable energy credits. The district's activities shall be limited to funding new energy improvements and to marketing that funding.

(10) "Qualified applicant" means a person who:

(a) Repealed.

(b) Timely submits to the district a complete application, which notes the existence of any first priority mortgage or deed of trust on the eligible real property and the identity of the holder thereof, to join the district, have the eligible real property included in the district's boundaries, receive reimbursement or a direct payment, and consent to the levying of a special assessment on the property. Within thirty days of a person's submission of an application to the district, the district shall provide written notice to the holder of any first priority mortgage or deed of trust on the eligible real property that the person is participating in the district.

(c) Meets any standard of credit-worthiness that the district may establish.

(11) "Reimbursement or a direct payment" means the payment by the district to a district member, or on behalf of a district member to a contractor that has completed a new energy improvement to the district member's eligible real property, of all or a portion of the cost of completing a new energy improvement. Utility rebates offered to program participants by a qualifying retail utility for the purpose of compliance with renewable energy targets established in section 40-2-124, C.R.S., are subject to the retail rate impact cap established pursuant to section 40-2-124 (1)(g)(I), C.R.S.

(12) "Renewable energy improvement" means one or more fixtures, products, systems, or devices, or an interacting group of fixtures, products, systems, or devices, that directly benefit eligible real property through a qualified community location, as defined in section 30-20-602 (4.3), C.R.S., enacted by Senate Bill 10-100, enacted in 2010, or that are installed behind the meter of any eligible real property and that produce energy from renewable resources, including but not limited to photovoltaic, solar thermal, small wind, low-impact hydroelectric, biomass, fuel cell, or geothermal systems such as ground source heat pumps, as may be approved by the district; except that no renewable energy improvement shall be authorized that interferes with a right held by a public utility under a certificate issued by the public utilities commission under article 5 of title 40, C.R.S. Nothing in this article shall limit the right of a public utility, subject to article 3 or 3.5 of title 40, C.R.S., or section 40-9.5-106, C.R.S., to assess fees for the use of its facilities or modify or expand the net metering limitations established in sections 40-9.5-118 and 40-2-124 (7), C.R.S. Primary jurisdiction to hear any disputes as to whether a renewable energy improvement interferes with such a right shall lie:

(a) In the case of a regulated utility, with the public utilities commission; and

(b) In the case of a municipally-owned electric utility, with the governing body of the municipality.

(13) "Residential building" means an improvement to real property that is designed for use predominantly as a place of residency. The term also includes any other improvement or connected land that is billed with the improvement for purposes of ad valorem property taxation.

(13.5) (a) "Resiliency improvement" means one or more installations or modifications to eligible real property, with a useful life not less than ten years, that are designed to improve a property's resiliency by improving the eligible real property's:

(I) Structural integrity for seismic events;

(II) Indoor air quality;

(III) Durability to resist wind, fire, and flooding;

(IV) Ability to withstand an electrical power outage;

(V) Storm water control measures, including structural or nonstructural measures to mitigate storm water runoff;

(VI) Ability to mitigate the effects of extreme temperatures; and

(VII) Ability to mitigate any other environmental hazard identified by the Colorado department of public health and environment.

(b) The district shall develop guidelines that detail the requirements for an installation or modification identified in subsection (13.5)(a) of this section to qualify as a resiliency improvement.

(14) "Special assessment" or "assessment" means a charge levied by the district against eligible real property specially benefited by a new energy improvement for which the district has made or will make reimbursement or a direct payment that is proportional to the benefit received from the new energy improvement and does not exceed the estimated amount of special benefits received or the full cost of completing the new energy improvement.

(15) "Special assessment bond" or "bond" means any bond, note, interim certificate, loan agreement, contract, or other evidence of borrowing of the district issued by the district pursuant to this article that is payable, in whole or in part, from revenues generated by special assessments levied as authorized in this article and, at the discretion of the board, from any other legally available source of moneys lawfully pledged for their repayment.

(16) (a) "Water efficiency improvement" means one or more installations or modifications to eligible real property that are designed to improve water efficiency by:

(I) Reducing water consumption; or

(II) Conserving or remediating water, in whole or in part, on the eligible real property.

(b) The district shall develop guidelines that detail the requirements for an installation or modification identified in subsection (16)(a) of this section to qualify as a water efficiency improvement.
C.R.S. § 32-11-102 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 1 / Section 32-11-102
32-11-102. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

32-11-102. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly hereby determines, finds, and declares that:

(a) All property to be acquired by the district under this article shall be owned, operated, administered, and maintained for and on behalf of all of the people of the district;

(b) The creation of the district by this article promotes the health, comfort, safety, convenience, and welfare of all the people of the state and is of special benefit to the inhabitants of the district and the property therein;

(c) The provisions in this article of the purposes, powers, duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities, and disabilities concerning the district serve a public use;

(d) The district created by this article is a body corporate and politic, a political subdivision of the state, and a municipal corporation with the powers provided in this article;

(e) Any notice provided for in this article for any purpose is reasonably calculated to inform each person of interest in any proceedings under this article which may directly and adversely affect his legally protected interests, if any;

(f) The necessity for this article results from the large population growth in the urban area included by this article within the district constituting a major portion of the state's population, from the numerous capital improvements and large amount of improved real property situated within such urban area, from the torrential storms occurring sporadically and intermittently in the urban area and other areas draining into such urban area, from the increasing danger of floods therein and the resultant risks to the property and to the health and safety of the persons within the urban area, from the division of the urban area into large areas of incorporated areas and unincorporated areas, from the fragmentation and proliferation of powers, rights, privileges, and duties pertaining to water, flood control, and drainage within such urban area among a substantial number of public bodies, and from the resultant inabilities of such public bodies to acquire suitable capital improvements for the alleviation of such dangers and risks;

(g) A general law cannot be made applicable to the district, and to properties, powers, duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities, and disabilities pertaining thereto as provided in this article, because of the number of atypical factors and special conditions concerning them;

(h) The powers, privileges, and rights granted in this article, and the duties, immunities, liabilities, and disabilities provided in this article comply in all respects with any requirement or limitation imposed by any constitutional provision;

(i) For the accomplishment of the purposes provided in this section, the provisions of this article shall be broadly construed;

(j) The experience of the Big Thompson flood of 1976 illustrates the need for Colorado floodplains to be continually kept clear of debris and debris-collecting structures. This need is most apparent in the urban drainage and flood control district which encompasses many different political entities and more than one-half of the entire population of this state. To meet this need, it is the intent of the general assembly that a systematic and uniform program of preventive maintenance be instituted and maintained in the district, which program shall be administered by the board of directors of the district and not by local governments.
C.R.S. § 32-13-104.5 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 13 / Section 32-13-104.5
32-13-104.5. Additional district area - Douglas county
Status: in_force

32-13-104.5. Additional district area - Douglas county. (1) In addition to the areas described in section 32-13-104, all or any portion of the area within the boundaries of Douglas county that is not included in the Denver metropolitan scientific and cultural facilities district but is contiguous with the district may be included in the district if the following requirements are met:

(a) A proposal to include the area proposed to be included in the district is initiated by any of the following methods:

(I) A petition requesting an election for the purpose of including the area proposed to be included in the district is signed by at least five percent of the eligible electors of the unincorporated portion of such area and of each portion of such area that is within a municipality; or

(II) The governing bodies of all municipalities that include portions of the area proposed to be included in the district and the board of county commissioners of Douglas county adopt resolutions requesting an election for the purpose of including the area in the district. The board of county commissioners of Douglas county shall adopt such a resolution only after all municipalities that include portions of the areas proposed to be included have adopted such resolutions.

(b) An election is held and conducted in accordance with articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S., and the following requirements:

(I) The election is held at a general or odd-year election not later than 2025, as determined by intergovernmental agreement of the governing bodies of all municipalities that include portions of the area proposed to be included in the district and the board of county commissioners of Douglas county;

(II) The ballot provides for the eligible electors in the area proposed to be included in the district to vote for or against the inclusion of the proposed area in the district;

(III) The ballot is in a single form determined by intergovernmental agreement of the governing bodies of all municipalities that include portions of the area proposed to be included in the district and the board of county commissioners of Douglas county;

(IV) The ballot contains a description of the area proposed to be included within the district;

(V) The ballot contains the current rates of sales tax levied by the district; and

(VI) The ballot contains the following question: "Shall the area described in the ballot be included in the Denver metropolitan cultural and scientific facilities district?"

(2) The governing bodies of all municipalities that include portions of the area proposed to be included in the district and the board of county commissioners of Douglas county shall, pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement, adopt resolutions calling the election authorized by this section. The resolutions shall state:

(a) The object and purpose of the election;

(b) A description of the area proposed to be included in the district;

(c) The date of the election; and

(d) The name of the designated election official responsible for conducting the election pursuant to articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 32-11-809 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 8 / Section 32-11-809
32-11-809. Investments by public bodies
Status: in_force

32-11-809. Investments by public bodies. It is legal for any public entity, as defined in section 24-75-601 (1), C.R.S., to invest any permanent state funds or other funds available for investment in any of the bonds or other securities authorized to be issued pursuant to the provisions of this article if the securities satisfy the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 32-11-222 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 2 / Section 32-11-222
32-11-222. Powers of public bodies
Status: in_force

32-11-222. Powers of public bodies. (1) The governing body of any public body, upon its behalf and in its name, for the purpose of aiding and cooperating in any project authorized in this article, upon the terms and with or without consideration and with or without an election, as the governing body determines, has power under this article:

(a) To sell, lease, loan, donate, grant, convey, assign, transfer, and otherwise dispose to the district any facilities or any other property, or any interest therein, pertaining to any project (or any combination thereof);

(b) To make available to the district for temporary use, or otherwise to dispose of any machinery, equipment, facilities, and other property, and any agents, employees, persons with professional training, and any other persons, to effect the purposes of this article. Any such property owned and persons in the employ of any public body while engaged in performing for the district any service, activity, or undertaking authorized in this article, pursuant to contract or otherwise, shall have and retain all of the powers, privileges, immunities, rights, and duties of, and shall be deemed to be engaged in the service and employment of, such public body, notwithstanding that such service, activity, or undertaking is being performed in or for the district.

(c) To enter into any agreement or joint agreement between or among the federal government, the district, and any public bodies (or any combination thereof) extending over any period not exceeding fifty years, which is mutually agreed thereby, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, respecting action or proceedings pertaining to any power granted in this article, and the use or joint use of any facilities, project, or other property herein authorized;

(d) To sell, lease, loan, donate, grant, convey, assign, transfer, or pay over to the district any facilities or any project authorized in this article, or any part or parts thereof, or any interest in personal property or real property, or any funds available for acquisition, improvement, or equipment purposes, including the proceeds of any securities issued for acquisition, improvement, or equipment purposes which may be used by the district in the acquisition, improvement, equipment, maintenance, and operation of any facilities or project authorized in this article (or any combination thereof);

(e) To transfer, grant, convey, or assign and set over to the district any contracts which may have been awarded by the public body for the acquisition, improvement, or equipment of any project not begun or, if begun, not completed;

(f) To budget and appropriate, and each public body is required and directed to budget and appropriate from time to time the proceeds of taxes, service charges, and other revenues legally available therefor to pay all obligations arising from the exercise of any powers granted in this article as such obligation accrues and becomes due;

(g) To provide for an agency, by any agreement authorized in this article, to administer or execute that or any collateral agreement, which agency may be one of the parties to the agreement, or a commission or board constituted pursuant to the agreement;

(h) To provide that any such agency shall possess the common power specified in the agreement, and may exercise it in the manner or according to the method provided in the agreement. Such power is subject to the restrictions upon the manner of exercising the power of any one of the contracting parties, which party shall be designated by the agreement.

(i) To continue any agreement authorized in this article for a definite term not exceeding fifty years, or until rescinded or terminated, which agreement may provide for the method by which it may be rescinded or terminated by any party.
C.R.S. § 32-14-131 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 14 / Section 32-14-131
32-14-131. Colorado baseball commission - creation - membership
Status: repealed

32-14-131. Colorado baseball commission - creation - membership. (1) There is hereby created the Colorado baseball commission which shall consist of no fewer than fifteen commissioners but no more than eighteen commissioners. The commission shall be a body corporate and a political subdivision of the state, shall not be an agency of state government, and shall not be subject to administrative direction by any department, commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state. Initial appointments to the commission shall be made within ninety days after June 2, 1989.

(2) Repealed.

(3) (a) Five commissioners shall be appointed by the governor.

(b) Two commissioners shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

(c) Two commissioners shall be appointed by the president of the senate.

(d) Six commissioners shall be appointed as follows:

(I) One commissioner each shall be appointed by the boards of county commissioners of the five counties in the district; and

(II) One commissioner shall be appointed by the city and county of Denver.

(e) The remaining commissioners, if any, shall be appointed by the governor.

(4) All commissioners appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of this section shall reside within the geographical boundaries of the district.

(5) Any appointed commissioner may be removed at any time at the pleasure of the person or governing body who appointed such commissioner. If any appointed commissioner vacates his office, a vacancy on the commission shall exist, and the person or governing body who appointed such commissioner vacating his office shall fill such vacancy by appointment.

(6) The appointed commissioners shall elect such officers as deemed necessary and appropriate from among the appointed membership of the commission.

(7) Commissioners shall receive no compensation for their services but may be reimbursed for their necessary expenses while serving as commissioners.
C.R.S. § 32-1-607 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 1 / Part 6 / Section 32-1-607
32-1-607. Powers
Status: in_force

32-1-607. Powers. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 32-1-602 (2)(e), a consolidated district has all of the rights, powers, and authorities which were granted by statute to each of the special districts which are consolidated and may have the rights, powers, and authorities granted to a metropolitan district. Any consolidated district which embraces any special district is not limited in its exercise of the rights, powers, and authorities granted in this section because the full extent of the purposes and powers to be exercised by the consolidated district was not stated or was stated otherwise in any organization petition, court order, or ballot of any one or more of the special districts so consolidated, but a consolidated district established on or after July 1, 1985, is limited in its exercise of the rights, powers, and authorities granted or validated in this section to the extent the purposes and powers to be exercised by the consolidated district are stated in the consolidation resolution or subsequently approved by a vote of the eligible electors of the consolidated district.

(2) The consolidated district, upon order of the court as provided in section 32-1-603 (4), shall immediately become the owner of and entitled to receive, hold, sue for, and collect all moneys, funds, taxes, levies, assessments, fees, and charges and all property and assets of any kind or nature owned, leased, or claimed by or due to any of the special districts so consolidated. The obligations of the special districts, other than bonded indebtedness and elector-approved debt, shall be assumed by the consolidated district and paid by the consolidated district. Inclusions and exclusions of lands to and from the consolidated district shall be governed by the provisions of parts 4 and 5 of this article.

(3) In the case of a district into which services are consolidated, the district shall have all of the rights, powers, and authorities which are granted by statute for each of the consolidated services. Unless all of the rights, powers, and authorities of a metropolitan district are granted pursuant to section 32-1-602 (2)(e), if the consolidated district is authorized to provide two or more of the services specified in section 32-1-1004 (2), the consolidated district shall have only those rights, powers, and authorities granted and shall be subject to the limitations applicable to other single-purpose special districts providing a similar service. Any consolidated district which embraces any special district is not limited in its exercise of the rights, powers, and authorities granted in this section because the full extent of the purposes and powers to be exercised by the consolidated district was not stated or was stated otherwise in any organization petition, court order, or ballot of any one or more of the special districts so consolidated, but the consolidated district is limited in its exercise of the rights, powers, and authorities granted or validated in this section to the extent the purposes and powers to be exercised are stated in the consolidated resolution or subsequently approved by a vote of the eligible electors of the consolidated district.

(4) A consolidated district, upon order of the court as provided in section 32-1-603 (4), shall immediately become the owner of and entitled to receive, hold, sue for, and collect all moneys, funds, levies, assessments, fees, and charges and all properties and assets of any kind or nature owned, leased, or claimed by or due to any of the special districts so consolidated for the services consolidated, subject to the terms of a preconsolidation agreement, contract, or bond covenant affecting the conveyance. The obligations of the special districts for the services consolidated, other than bonded indebtedness and elector-approved debt, shall be assumed by the consolidated district and paid by the district. Inclusions and exclusions of lands to and from the consolidated district shall be governed by the provisions of parts 4 and 5 of this article.

(5) Except as provided in this part 6, any special district which consolidates less than all of its services into a consolidated district may remain in existence and not be affected by the consolidation proceeding or may, on motion of the board after notice to the court and after providing for the payment of any outstanding indebtedness, be dissolved. If the special district remains in existence, such special district shall no longer possess the power to provide the services so consolidated. If such special district is authorized to provide only a single remaining service, it shall have only those rights, powers, and authorities granted and shall be subject to the limitations applicable to other single-purpose special districts providing a similar service.

(6) No consolidation proceeding under this part 6 is subject to the provisions of part 2 of this article; except that any consolidation proceeding under this part 6 that will result in the creation of a consolidated district that will provide new or different services within the boundaries of any existing municipality as compared to the services that are either being provided or that are authorized to be provided to the municipality by one or more of the consolidating special districts as of the commencement of the consolidation proceedings subjects the proposed consolidated district to the provisions of part 2 of this article. In such event, the provisions of part 2 of this article relating to the organization of a proposed special district must be complied with by the special district initiating the consolidation after adoption of the consolidation resolution and concurring resolutions but prior to filing such resolutions with the court as specified in section 32-1-602 (2)(c); except that the provisions of section 32-1-203 (2)(b) are not applicable when existing service is being provided by a consolidating special district. Any such municipality is an interested party and entitled to notice of the proceedings for all of the purposes provided in part 2 of this article and in this part 6. If the board of either the initiating special district or a concurring special district disapproves the final action taken on such service plan, the consolidation proceeding must be terminated.
C.R.S. § 32-10-103 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 10 / Section 32-10-103
32-10-103. Definitions
Status: repealed

32-10-103. Definitions. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 32-14-122 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 14 / Section 32-14-122
32-14-122. Negotiability
Status: in_force

32-14-122. Negotiability. Subject to the payment provisions specifically provided in this article, any special obligation bonds shall be fully negotiable within the meaning of and for all the purposes of article 8 of title 4, C.R.S., except as the board may otherwise provide.
C.R.S. § 32-11.5-501 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11.5 / Part 5 / Section 32-11.5-501
32-11.5-501. Improvement districts, special assessments, and bonds - general authority of dis
Status: in_force

32-11.5-501. Improvement districts, special assessments, and bonds - general authority of district. Subject to the election requirements specified in section 32-11.5-205 (2)(c)(II) and the procedural and other requirements of this part 5, the district may create one or more improvement districts, levy special assessments against all of the assessable property in an improvement district, and cause the assessments to be collected to defray wholly or in part the cost of acquiring, constructing, or improving one or more projects. Subject to the election requirements specified in section 32-11.5-205 (2)(c)(II), the district may also issue bonds to be repaid from the revenues generated by special assessments and, if applicable, any other moneys pledged to secure the payment of the bonds.
C.R.S. § 32-1-1101.7 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 1 / Part 11 / Section 32-1-1101.7
32-1-1101.7. Establishment of special improvement districts within the boundaries of a specia
Status: in_force

32-1-1101.7. Establishment of special improvement districts within the boundaries of a special district. (1) A special district may establish a special improvement district within the boundaries of the special district to finance all or part of the costs of any improvements, including forest health projects, as defined in section 37-95-103 (4.9), that the special district is authorized to finance if the power to levy assessments is authorized in the special district's service plan or statement of purposes or approved in writing by the county or municipality that approved the special district's service plan or accepted the special district's statement of purposes. The name of a special improvement district established on or after August 5, 2015, must include the name of the special district that established the special improvement district.

(2) If a special improvement district is established within the boundaries of a special district, assessments shall be levied on a frontage, area, zone, or other equitable basis and only:

(a) With the written consent of one hundred percent of the owners of the property to be assessed; or

(b) Upon approval of a majority of the eligible electors, as defined in section 32-1-103 (5), within the special improvement district voting thereon.

(3) The method of creating a special improvement district, making the improvements specified for the special improvement district, and the levying and collecting of assessments for the costs of the improvements specified for the special improvement district shall be as provided in part 5 of article 25 of title 31, C.R.S., as amended, subject to the following:

(a) The special district shall have all the rights, powers, and duties of the municipality as set forth in parts 5 and 11 of article 25 of title 31, C.R.S.

(b) The board shall perform the duties of the governing body as set forth in part 5 of article 25 of title 31, C.R.S.

(c) The chairman and president of the special district shall perform the duties of the mayor as set forth in part 5 of article 25 of title 31, C.R.S.

(d) The secretary of the special district shall perform the duties of the municipal clerk as set forth in part 5 of article 25 of title 31, C.R.S.

(e) The board shall appoint a person to perform the duties of the municipal treasurer as set forth in part 5 of article 25 of title 31, C.R.S.

(f) All actions by the board pursuant to the provisions of part 5 of article 25 of title 31, C.R.S., shall be by resolution, notwithstanding any reference in said part 5 to action by ordinance.

(g) Any bonds payable from the assessments shall be approved by a majority of the eligible electors, as defined in section 32-1-103 (5), voting on the question of issuing such bonds. The board may determine by resolution whether the eligible electors voting on the question shall be:

(I) The eligible electors of the special district; or

(II) The eligible electors of the special improvement district.
C.R.S. § 32-11-607 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 6 / Section 32-11-607
32-11-607. Effect of estimates
Status: in_force

32-11-607. Effect of estimates. (1) No estimate of cost required or authorized in this article shall constitute a limitation upon such cost or a limitation upon the rights and powers of the board or of any officers, agents, or employees of the urban district, except as otherwise expressly stated in this article.

(2) No assessment, however, shall exceed the amount of the estimate of maximum special benefits from the project to any tract assessed.
C.R.S. § 32-15-121 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 15 / Section 32-15-121
32-15-121. Management agreement - operation of stadium
Status: in_force

32-15-121. Management agreement - operation of stadium. Upon the approval of the registered electors pursuant to the provisions of section 32-15-107, the board shall negotiate and enter into one or more management agreements for the management and operation of the stadium upon such terms and conditions that the board deems reasonable and necessary. Such agreements shall be legally binding contracts between the district and management organizations that shall contain appropriate and reasonable provisions with respect to termination, default, and legal remedies.
C.R.S. § 32-11-523 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 5 / Section 32-11-523
32-11-523. Temporary bonds
Status: in_force

32-11-523. Temporary bonds. (1) Each temporary bond issued under this article shall set forth substantially the same conditions, terms, and provisions as the definitive bond for which it is exchanged.

(2) Each holder of a temporary bond has all the rights and remedies which he would have as a holder of the definitive bond for which the temporary bond is to be exchanged.
C.R.S. § 32-9-164 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 9 / Section 32-9-164
32-9-164. Custodians
Status: in_force

32-9-164. Custodians. For purposes of making deposits or investments, the board may appoint, by written resolution, one or more persons to act as custodians of the moneys of the district, who shall give surety bonds in such amounts and form and for such purposes as the board requires.
C.R.S. § 32-4-412 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 4 / Part 4 / Section 32-4-412
32-4-412. Exclusion of incorporated areas
Status: in_force

32-4-412. Exclusion of incorporated areas. (1) The governing body of any municipality, which is partly or wholly within the boundaries of the district, may adopt a resolution or enact an ordinance declaring that the public convenience and necessity require the exclusion of the territory within the boundaries of the municipality from the district, which resolution or ordinance shall set forth the boundaries of the territory proposed to be excluded.

(2) If the district has an outstanding bonded indebtedness, the governing body of the municipality, before finally adopting the resolution or enacting the ordinance, shall submit to the electors of the territory proposed to be excluded from the district, at an election held for that purpose, the proposition of excluding the territory from the district. Any election may be held separately or may be held jointly or concurrently with any primary, general, or regular election held under the laws of the state of Colorado. The election shall be held and conducted as provided in articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S., with the governing body of the municipality following the procedures and performing the functions of the board of directors of the district pursuant to the provisions of articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S. The resolution or ordinance calling the election shall recite the objects and purposes for which the indebtedness of the district was incurred, the remaining amount of principal of the indebtedness, and the terms of repayment. The resolution or ordinance shall also designate the date upon which the election shall be held. The form of the ballot shall be as follows: "For Exclusion" and "Against Exclusion". After the results have been surveyed, the clerk of the municipality shall certify the results to the governing body of the municipality who shall certify the results to the board of directors of the district.

(3) In the event that the district has no outstanding indebtedness, the governing body of the municipality, before finally adopting the resolution or enacting the ordinance, shall hold a public hearing thereon, notice of which shall be given by publication in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the municipality or county.

(4) Within sixty days after receipt of a copy of the resolution or certification of survey of votes showing that the exclusion has been approved, the board of directors of the district may enact a resolution setting forth the same boundaries and, upon the taking effect of its resolution, shall forthwith transmit a certified copy of the resolution to the division of local government in the department of local affairs.

(5) The director of the division of local government, upon receipt of a copy of the resolution of the board of directors of the district, shall forthwith issue a certificate reciting that the territory described in the resolution has been duly excluded from the district named, according to the laws of the state of Colorado. The exclusion of the territory shall be deemed effective upon the date of issuance of the certificate, and the validity of the exclusion shall be incontestable in any suit or proceeding which has not been commenced within three months from that date. The division shall forthwith transmit to the governing body of such municipality and to the board of directors of the district a copy of the certificate, and the clerk of the governing body shall forthwith record the copy in the office of the clerk and recorder of the county in which the municipality is located.
C.R.S. § 32-4-530 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 4 / Part 5 / Section 32-4-530
32-4-530. Remedies of security holders
Status: in_force

32-4-530. Remedies of security holders. (1) Subject to any contractual limitations binding upon the holders of any issue or series of securities, or trustee therefor, including but not limited to the restriction of the exercise of any remedy to a specified proportion, percentage, or number of such holders, and subject to any prior or superior rights of others, any holder of securities, or trustee therefor, has the right, for the equal benefit and protection of all holders of securities similarly situated:

(a) By mandamus or other suit, action, or proceeding at law or in equity to enforce his rights against the district and its board and any of its officers, agents, and employees, and to require and compel the district or its board or any such officers, agents, or employees to perform and carry out their duties, obligations, or other commitments under this part 5 and their covenants and agreements with the holder of any security;

(b) By action or suit in equity to require the district and its board to account as if they were the trustee of an express trust;

(c) By action or suit in equity to have appointed a receiver, which receiver may enter and take possession of any system, project, or services, revenues from which are pledged for the payment of the securities, prescribe sufficient fees derived from the operation thereof, and collect, receive, and apply all revenues or other moneys pledged for the payment of the securities in the same manner as the district itself might do in accordance with the obligations of the district;

(d) By action or suit in equity enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holder of any security, and bring suit thereupon.

(2) If a resolution of a district authorizing or providing for the issuance of the securities of any series or any proceedings appertaining thereto contains a provision authorized by section 32-4-529 (1)(r) and shall further provide in substance that any trustee appointed pursuant to said section shall have the powers provided by that section, then such trustee, whether or not all of the bonds of such series have been declared due and payable, shall be entitled as of right to the appointment of a receiver of the sewage disposal system, and such receiver may enter upon and take possession of the sewage disposal system and, subject to any pledge or contract with the holders of such securities, shall take possession of all moneys and other property derived from or applicable to the acquisition, operation, maintenance, or improvement of the sewage disposal system and proceed with such acquisition, operation, maintenance, or improvement which the district is under any obligation to do, and operate, maintain, equip, and improve the sewage disposal system, and fix, charge, collect, enforce, and receive the service charges and all systems revenues thereafter arising, subject to any pledge thereof or contract with the holders of such securities relating thereto, and perform the public duties and carry out the contracts and obligations of the district in the same manner as the district itself might do and under the direction of the court.

(3) Neither the members of the board of directors of a district nor any person executing securities issued pursuant to this part 5 shall be liable personally on the securities by reason of the issuance thereof. Securities issued pursuant to this part 5 shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the state or of any municipality or other public body and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability, or obligation of the state or of any such municipality or other public body, either legal, moral, or otherwise, and nothing in this part 5 contained shall be construed to authorize any district to incur any indebtedness on behalf of, or in any way to obligate, the state or any municipality or other public body, except the district, and except as in this part 5 otherwise expressly stated or necessarily implied.
C.R.S. § 32-1-104.5 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 1 / Part 1 / Section 32-1-104.5
32-1-104.5. Audit and budget requirements - election results - description on state websites
Status: in_force

32-1-104.5. Audit and budget requirements - election results - description on state websites. (1) The division shall post on its official website in a form that is readily accessible to the public:

(a) A general description in plain, nontechnical language of the requirements for a special district to have an annual audit of the district's financial statements prepared in accordance with the "Colorado Local Government Audit Law", part 6 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S., and information about where a copy of the audit report is available for public inspection;

(b) A general description in plain, nontechnical language of the process and requirements for a special district to adopt an annual budget in accordance with the "Local Government Budget Law of Colorado", part 1 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S., and information about where a copy of the budget is available for public inspection; and

(c) The election results certified to the division pursuant to section 1-11-103 (3), C.R.S.

(2) The secretary of state shall provide a link to the election results posted by the division pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section on the official website of the department of state.

(3) (a) Except as provided in subsection (3)(d) of this section, within one year of the date an order and decree has been issued by a district court for a newly organized metropolitan district, or by January 1, 2023, for any metropolitan district that has received an order and decree from the district court in connection with its organization after January 1, 2000, but before January 1, 2022, the metropolitan district shall establish, maintain, and, unless otherwise specified, annually update an official website in a form that is readily accessible to the public that contains the following information:

(I) The names, terms, and contact information for the current directors of the board of the metropolitan district and of the manager of the metropolitan district, if applicable;

(II) The current fiscal year budget of the metropolitan district and, within thirty days of adoption by the board of the metropolitan district, any amendments to the budget;

(III) The prior year's audited financial statements of the metropolitan district, if applicable, or an application for exemption from an audit prepared in accordance with the "Colorado Local Government Audit Law", part 6 of article 1 of title 29, within thirty days of the filing of the application with the state auditor;

(IV) The annual report of the metropolitan district in accordance with section 32-1-207 (3)(c);

(V) By January 30 of each year, the date, time, and location of scheduled regular meetings of the district's board for the current fiscal year;

(VI) If required by section 1-13.5-501 (1.5), by no later than seventy-five days prior to a regular election for an election at which members of a board of directors for a metropolitan district will be considered, the call for nominations pursuant to section 1-13.5-501 (1);

(VII) Not more than thirty days after an election, certified election results for an election conducted within the current fiscal year;

(VIII) A current map depicting the boundaries of the metropolitan district as of January 1 of the current fiscal year; and

(IX) Any other information deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the metropolitan district.

(b) Metropolitan districts serving the same community may establish and maintain a consolidated website provided the website clearly identifies each metropolitan district and provides the required information specified in subsection (3)(a) of this section for each metropolitan district.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a notice of meeting containing the information set forth in section 24-6-402 (2)(c)(III) and posted on the metropolitan district's website no less than twenty-four hours prior to such meeting satisfies the requirements of section 24-6-402 (2)(c)(III).

(d) (I) Any metropolitan district in inactive status pursuant to section 32-1-104 (3) is not required to establish, maintain, or update an official website during inactive status. A metropolitan district returning to active status shall comply with this subsection (3) within ninety days of adoption of a resolution returning to active status.

(II) Any metropolitan district that does not have the power to impose an ad valorem property tax is not required to establish, maintain, or update an official website pursuant to this subsection (3).
C.R.S. § 32-21-114 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 21 / Section 32-21-114
32-21-114. Levy and collection of ad valorem taxes
Status: in_force

32-21-114. Levy and collection of ad valorem taxes. A district created pursuant to this article 21 has the power, upon approval by the eligible electors of the district, to levy and collect ad valorem taxes on and against all taxable property within the district. A tax levied by a district in accordance with this section shall take effect on either January 1 or July 1 of the year specified in the ballot issue submitted to the eligible electors of the district.
C.R.S. § 32-11-601 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 6 / Section 32-11-601
32-11-601. Special assessments
Status: in_force

32-11-601. Special assessments. (1) The board, pursuant to this part 6 and to sections 32-11-803 to 32-11-808, upon the behalf and in the name of the urban district, for the purpose of defraying all the cost of acquiring or improving or acquiring and improving any project authorized by this article, or any portion of the cost thereof not to be defrayed with moneys available therefor from the general fund, any special fund, or otherwise, also has power under this article:

(a) To levy assessments against assessable property within the urban district and to cause the assessments so levied to be collected;

(b) To pledge the proceeds of any assessments levied under this article to the payment of assessment bonds and of assessment debentures and to create liens on such proceeds to secure such payments;

(c) To issue assessment bonds and assessment debentures payable from the assessments and additionally to secure their payment as provided in this article;

(d) To make all contracts, to execute all instruments, and to do all things necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers granted in this article or in the performance of the district's duties or in order to secure the payment of its assessment bonds and assessment debentures, subject to the provisions of sections 32-11-502 to 32-11-526 and 32-11-803 to 32-11-808.
C.R.S. § 32-1-305.5 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 1 / Part 3 / Section 32-1-305.5
32-1-305.5. Organizational election - new special district - first directors
Status: in_force

32-1-305.5. Organizational election - new special district - first directors. (1) In the order authorizing the election, the court shall name either the clerk and recorder of the county in which the district is to be or another eligible elector of the state as the designated election official responsible for the conducting of the election.

(2) At the election, the eligible electors shall vote for or against the organization of the special district and for the members of the board who will serve if the special district is organized. The terms of office of the first directors shall be as follows:

(a) In the case of a five-member board, two directors shall serve until they or their successors are elected and qualified at the next regular special district election occurring in any year following that in which the special district was organized, and three shall serve until they or their successors are elected and qualified at the second regular special district election after organization.

(b) In the case of a seven-member board, three directors shall serve until they or their successors are elected and qualified at the next regular special district election occurring in any year following that in which the special district was organized, and four shall serve until they or their successors are elected and qualified at the second regular special district election after organization.

(3) (a) Except as provided in subsection (3)(b) of this section, the basic term of office for directors, after the original terms provided in subsection (2) of this section, is four years.

(b) The terms of office of the directors elected in the regular special district elections held in 2020 and 2022 are for three years.

(4) A nomination for director to serve for either term may be made by self-nomination and acceptance form or letter, as provided in section 1-13.5-303, C.R.S., with the time and manner of filing such form or letter as directed in the order of the district court authorizing the election.

(5) If, after the results of the election are certified, the court finds that a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of organization, the court shall proceed with the order establishing the special district and shall issue certificates of election for the directors elected.
C.R.S. § 32-4-411 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 4 / Part 4 / Section 32-4-411
32-4-411. Exclusion election
Status: in_force

32-4-411. Exclusion election. Upon receipt of the petition, the board of directors shall certify, by proper resolution, the petition to the district court of the county in which the territory is located, and the district court shall thereupon proceed to the appointment of a designated election official to hold an election, as provided in section 32-4-408 (4). On the effective date of the ordinance or resolution, the clerk of the governing body of the municipality shall forthwith transmit a certified copy thereof to the board of directors of the district and to the division of local government in the department of local affairs.
C.R.S. § 32-14-126.5 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 14 / Section 32-14-126.5
32-14-126.5. Revenue sharing
Status: in_force

32-14-126.5. Revenue sharing. After all the principal, interest, and premium, if any, of the special obligation bonds issued pursuant to this article are paid in full and the levy and collection of sales tax revenues by the district is discontinued, but prior to the repeal of this article, any funds collected by the district which are, in the sole discretion of the board, deemed not to be necessary for the anticipated expenses and reserves of the district shall be credited at least annually to the general fund of each county, city and county, city, and town which is included, in whole or in part, in the district based upon the proportion of the total amount of sales tax revenues collected pursuant to section 32-14-114 within such county, city and county, city, and town to the total amount of sales tax revenues collected pursuant to section 32-14-114 within the district. For purposes of this section, the total amount of sales tax revenues collected within a county shall not include any sales tax revenues collected in any city or town located within such county. In addition, in computing said proportion, any sales tax revenues collected in any county, city, or town which is not included, in whole or in part, within the geographical boundaries of the district shall not be included in the total amount of sales tax revenues collected within the district.
C.R.S. § 32-1-807 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 1 / Part 8 / Section 32-1-807
32-1-807. Nonapplicability of criminal penalties
Status: in_force

32-1-807. Nonapplicability of criminal penalties. Election offenses and penalties prescribed by parts 2 and 3 of article 13 of title 1, C.R.S., do not apply to elections authorized under this title.
C.R.S. § 32-10-159 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 10 / Section 32-10-159
32-10-159. Ballot labels - voting machines
Status: repealed

32-10-159. Ballot labels - voting machines. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 32-11-611 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 6 / Section 32-11-611
32-11-611. Provisional order hearing
Status: in_force

32-11-611. Provisional order hearing. (1) On the date and at the place fixed for the provisional order hearing, any property owners interested in such project may by specific and written complaints, protests, or objections present their views in respect to the proposed project to the board or may present them orally. The board may adjourn the hearing from time to time.

(2) After the hearing has been concluded, after all written complaints, protests, and objections have been read and duly considered, and after all persons desiring to be heard in person have been heard, the board shall consider the arguments, if any, and any other relevant material put forth.

(3) Thereafter if the board determines that it is not for the public interest that the proposed project or a part thereof be made, the board shall make an order by resolution to that effect; and thereupon the proceeding for the project or for any part thereof determined against by such order shall stop and shall not be begun again until the adoption of a new resolution.

(4) Any complaint, protest, or objection to the regularity, validity, and correctness of the proceedings and instruments taken, adopted, or made prior to the date of the hearing shall be deemed waived unless presented in writing on specific grounds at the time and in the manner specified in this article.
C.R.S. § 32-7-116 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 7 / Section 32-7-116
32-7-116. Powers to be exercised without franchise - condition
Status: in_force

32-7-116. Powers to be exercised without franchise - condition. (1) The board has authority, without the necessity of a franchise, to cut into or excavate and use any easements dedicated to a public use, or any public street, road, or highway pursuant to the construction, maintenance, or provision of any service authorized to be provided by the service authority.

(2) The legislative body or other authority having jurisdiction over any such public street, road, or highway has authority to make such reasonable rules as it deems necessary in regard to any such work or use, and may require the payment of such reasonable fees by the service authority as may be fixed by said body to insure proper restoration of such streets, roads, or highways.

(3) When any such fee is paid by the service authority, it shall be the responsibility of the legislative body or other authority to promptly restore such street, road, or highway. If such fee is not fixed or paid, the service authority shall promptly restore any such street, road, or highway to its former condition, as nearly as possible.

(4) In the course of such construction, the service authority shall not impair the normal use of any street, road, or highway more than is reasonably necessary.
C.R.S. § 32-17-108 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 17 / Section 32-17-108
32-17-108. Approval by municipality
Status: in_force

32-17-108. Approval by municipality. If the boundaries of a mental health-care service district proposed pursuant to this article are wholly contained within the boundaries of a municipality, the persons proposing the organization of the district shall comply with the provisions of section 32-1-204.5; except that the service plan submitted to each governing body shall contain the information required by section 32-17-107 (2). The governing body of each municipality shall have the authority set forth in section 32-1-204.5 with regard to the review of the service plan.
C.R.S. § 32-7-143 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 7 / Section 32-7-143
32-7-143. Assumption of services by a service authority in the Denver metropolitan area
Status: in_force

32-7-143. Assumption of services by a service authority in the Denver metropolitan area. (1) In accordance with section 17 (3)(e) of article XIV of the state constitution, after formation of a service authority in the metropolitan area composed of at least that area as specified in section 32-7-104 (2)(b), except for any portion thereof excluded pursuant to section 32-7-104 (3), those special powers, services, rights, and properties and any assets and liabilities of the Denver regional council of governments created pursuant to the provisions of section 30-28-105, C.R.S., shall be transferred to and assumed by the service authority on the first January 1 after formation. The urban drainage and flood control district as created pursuant to article 11 of this title and the metropolitan Denver sewage disposal district no. 1 created pursuant to part 5 of article 4 of this title shall, if the services are approved by a majority of the eligible electors voting thereon in each county within the service authority, be transferred to and assumed by the service authority. The transfer shall be completed by the second January 1 after formation unless an earlier date is agreed to by the board and the respective individual entities.

(2) A service authority assuming the services provided for in this section shall be subject to the following limitations upon ad valorem tax levies incurred by the service authority in furnishing the service, unless a specified greater limit is authorized by the eligible electors of the service authority or by further action of the general assembly:

(a) For the performance of the planning function, assumed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, a levy of two-tenths mill;

(b) For the performance of the duties of urban drainage and flood control, assumed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, a levy of two and one-half mills as provided in section 32-11-217 (1)(d);

(c) For the performance of the duties of the metropolitan Denver sewage disposal district no. 1, assumed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, no mill levy.
C.R.S. § 32-11-104 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 1 / Section 32-11-104
32-11-104. Definitions
Status: repealed

32-11-104. Definitions. As used in this article 11, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Acquisition" or "acquire" means the purchase, construction, reconstruction, lease, gift, transfer, assignment, option to purchase, other contract, grant from the federal government, any public body, or any other person, endowment, bequest, devise, installation, condemnation, and any other acquirement (or any combination thereof) of the facilities, other property, any project, or an interest therein, authorized by this article.

(2) This "article" means the "Urban Drainage and Flood Control Act".

(3) "Assess", "assessment", or "special assessment" means the levy of a special assessment, or the special assessment, against any tract specially benefited in an improvement district by any project, which assessment shall be made on a front-foot, zone, area, or other equitable basis as determined by the board; but in no event shall any assessment exceed the estimated maximum special benefits to the tract assessed as determined by the board, as provided in section 32-11-634 (4).

(4) "Assessable property" means the tracts of land specially benefited in an improvement district by any project the cost of which is wholly or partly defrayed by the urban district by the levy of assessments, except any tract owned by the federal government in the absence of its consent to the assessment of any tract so owned, and except any street, alley, highway, or other public right-of-way of a public body, as provided in section 32-11-660.

(5) "Assessment lien" means a lien on a tract in an improvement district created by resolution of the urban district to secure the payment of an assessment levied against that tract, as provided in section 32-11-645.

(6) "Assessment unit" means a unit or quasi-improvement district designated by the board for the purpose of petition, remonstrance, and assessment in the case of a combination of projects in an improvement district, pursuant to section 32-11-606.

(7) "Board" or "board of directors", when not otherwise qualified, means the board of directors of the urban district.

(8) "Chairman" or "chairman of the board", or any phrase of similar import means the de jure or de facto presiding officer of the board and the urban district, or his successor in functions, if any.

(9) "Commercial bank" means a state or national bank or trust company which is a member of the federal deposit insurance corporation, including without limitation any "trust bank" as defined in this section.

(10) (a) "Condemnation" or "condemn" means the acquisition by the exercise of the power of eminent domain of any property for the facilities, any project, or an interest therein, authorized in this article. The board may exercise on behalf of the district the power of eminent domain or dominant eminent domain within or without or both within and without the district in the manner provided in articles 1 to 7 of title 38, C.R.S., as from time to time amended, except as otherwise provided in this article. The district may take any property necessary to carry out any of the objects or purposes of this article, whether such property is already devoted to the same use by any person other than the federal government in the absence of its consent to any such taking, and may condemn any existing works or improvements of any such person in the district.

(b) The power of eminent domain vested in the board includes the power to condemn, in the name of the district, either the fee simple or any lesser estate or interest in any real property which the board by resolution determines is necessary for carrying out the purposes of this article. Such resolution is prima facie evidence that the taking of the fee simple, easement, or other lesser estate or interest, as the case may be, is necessary.

(c) The district shall not abandon any condemnation proceedings subsequent to the date upon which it has taken possession of the property being acquired.

(d) In the event the construction of any project authorized in this article, or any part thereof, makes necessary the removal and relocation of any public utility, whether on private or public right-of-way, or otherwise, the district shall reimburse the owner of such public utility facility for the expense of such removal and relocation, including the cost of any necessary land or rights in land.

(11) (a) "Corporate district" means any school district, local college district, conservancy district, drainage district, metropolitan district, water district, sanitation district, water and sanitation district, mosquito control district, street improvement district, television relay and translator district, public improvement district, general improvement district, fire protection district, metropolitan recreation district, metropolitan park district, metropolitan recreation and park district, metropolitan water district, health service district, metropolitan sewage disposal district, irrigation district, internal improvement district, water conservation district, water conservancy district, or any other type of district constituting a body corporate and politic and a political subdivision of the state.

(b) "Corporate district" does not include a "district" or "urban district" as defined in this section nor an "improvement district" as defined in this section.

(12) "Cost" or "cost of the project", or any phrase of similar import, means, in addition to the usual connotations thereof, all or any part of the cost of the acquisition, improvement, and equipment (or any combination thereof) of all or any part of a project of the urban district and of all or any property, rights, easements, licenses, privileges, franchises, and other agreements deemed by the urban district to be necessary or useful and convenient therefor or in connection therewith, and all incidental expenses pertaining thereto, including without limitation at the option of the board and as it may from time to time determine:

(a) The cost of demolishing, removing, or relocating any buildings, structures, or other facilities on land acquired;

(b) The cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings, structures, or other facilities may be moved or relocated;

(c) The cost of equipment for the district, including any project;

(d) The cost of installing or relocating or installing and relocating water lines, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, and other utility lines and services;

(e) The costs of restoring any public street, highway, bridge, viaduct, or other public right-of-way, stream of water, watercourse, ditch flume, pipeline, utility transmission line, or other public facilities to their former state of usefulness as nearly as may be;

(f) Condemnation costs, including all preliminary expenses and other incidental expenses pertaining to any condemnation;

(g) The cost of preliminary plans, other plans, specifications, studies, surveys, estimates of project cost and of taxes, revenues, and assessments (or any combination thereof), economic feasibility reports, and any other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of a project;

(h) The cost of other estimates, appraising, printing, advice, inspection, and other services rendered by engineers, architects, financial consultants, attorneys-at-law, clerical help, and other employees and agents of the urban district, and other professional costs;

(i) Court costs and other legal expenses;

(j) The cost of making, publishing, posting, mailing, and otherwise giving any notice, and of filing and recording instruments;

(k) The cost of acquiring any real property, including any easement or other right or interest therein, and including the taking of any option;

(l) The cost of contingencies, operation and maintenance expenses, and other expenses of the district prior to and during the acquisition, improvement, and equipment (or any combination thereof) of any project, and additionally during a period of not exceeding one year after the completion of the project, as may be estimated and determined by the board in any resolution authorizing the issuance of any district securities or other instrument pertaining thereto or in any contract with any public body, the federal government, or otherwise;

(m) Such provision or reserves or both provision and reserves for working capital, operation and maintenance expenses, replacement expenses, or for payment or security of principal of and interest on any district securities during and after the acquisition, improvement, and equipment (or any combination thereof) of any project, as the board may determine;

(n) Reimbursements to the federal government, the state, or any other public body or other person of any moneys theretofore expended for the purposes of the district, including such expenditures for or in connection with a project;

(o) The cost of funding any notes, warrants, or interim debentures as provided in this article;

(p) The preparation of budgets, including without limitation the procedure preliminary thereto;

(q) The levy, collection, and disposition of special assessments, including without limitation the preparation of preliminary rolls and assessment rolls;

(r) The levy, collection, and disposition of taxes;

(s) The fixing, collection, and disposition of revenues;

(t) All such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing, acquisition, improvement, equipment, and completion of the facilities, any project, any part thereof, or the placing of the same in operation.

(13) (a) "County" means the county in the state of Colorado in which is situated any tract assessed or other property to which the term "county" pertains, including without limitation the city and county of Denver and the city and county of Broomfield; and if such property at any time after June 14, 1969, is located in more than one county, "county" means each county in which the property is located.

(b) Whenever the term "county" is used in connection with an election held by the urban district, or taxes levied by the district, or otherwise in connection therewith, the term "county" means each county in which the urban district is located, including without limitation the city and county of Denver.

(14) "County assessor" means the de jure or de facto county assessor of each such county, or his successor in functions, if any.

(15) "County clerk" means the de jure or de facto county clerk of each such county, or his successor in functions, if any.

(16) "County treasurer" means the de jure or de facto county treasurer of each such county, or his successor in functions, if any.

(17) "Director" means a de jure or de facto member of the board.

(18) "Disposal" or "dispose" means the sale, destruction, razing, loan, lease, grant, transfer, assignment, option to sell, other contract, or other disposition (or any combination thereof) of facilities, other property, or an interest therein, authorized in this article.

(19) (a) "District" or "urban district" means the urban drainage and flood control district created by this article.

(b) "District" or "urban district" does not include the term "corporate district" nor the term "improvement district" as defined in this section.

(20) "District securities" means bonds, temporary bonds, notes, warrants, and interim debentures evidencing loans to or money due from the urban district and authorized to be issued pursuant to the provisions of this article.

(20.3) "Election" or "special election" means any election called by the board:

(a) For the submission of ballot issues as required by and set forth in section 20 of article X of the state constitution, to be held at either the general election or on the first Tuesday in November of odd-numbered years; or

(b) For any other matter permitted or required in this article 11, which may be held on any Tuesday.

(20.5) "Elector" or "registered elector" has the same meaning as specified in section 1-1-104 (35).

(21) "Engineer" means any engineer in the permanent employ of the urban district, or any licensed professional engineer, or firm of such engineers, as from time to time determined by the board:

(a) Who has a wide and favorable repute for skill and experience in the field of designing and in preparing plans and specifications for and supervising the construction of facilities like those which the district is authorized to acquire;

(b) Who is entitled to practice and is practicing under the laws of the state; and

(c) Who is selected, retained, and compensated by the board, in the name and on behalf of the district.

(22) "Equipment" or "equip" means the furnishing of all necessary or desirable, related, or appurtenant machinery, furnishings, apparatus, paraphernalia, and other gear, or any combination thereof, pertaining to any project or other property of the urban district, or any interest therein, authorized in this article, or otherwise relating to the district's facilities.

(23) (a) "Executive officer" means the de jure or de facto mayor, chairman of the board, president of the corporate district, or other titular head or chief official of a "public body" as defined in this section, or his successor in functions, if any.

(b) "Executive officer" does not include a city manager, county manager, or other chief administrator of a public body who is not its titular head.

(24) (a) "Facilities" means the drainage and flood control system of the urban district, consisting of all properties, real, personal, mixed, or otherwise, owned or acquired by the district through purchase, construction, or otherwise, and used in connection with such system of the district, and in any way pertaining thereto, whether situated within or without its limits, or both within and without its limits.

(b) The facilities of the district may, as the board from time to time determines, consist of any natural and artificial watercourses for the collection, channeling, impounding, and disposition of rainfall, other surface and subsurface drainage, and storm and flood waters, including without limitation ditches, ponds, dams, spillways, retarding basins, detention basins, lakes, reservoirs, canals, channels, levees, revetments, dikes, walls, embankments, bridges, inlets, outlets, connections, laterals, other collection lines, intercepting sewers, outfalls, outfall sewers, trunk sewers, force mains, submains, waterlines, sluices, flumes, syphons, sewer lines, pipes, other transmission lines, culverts, pumping stations, gauging stations, stream gauges, rain gauges, engines, valves, pumps, meters, junction boxes, manholes, other inlet and outlet structures, passenger cars, pickups, trucks, and other vehicles, bucket machines, inlet and outlet cleaners, backhoes, draglines, graders, other equipment, apparatus, fixtures, structures, and buildings, flood warning services, and appurtenant telephone, telegraph, radio, and television apparatus, and other water diversion, drainage, and flood control facilities, and all appurtenances and incidentals necessary, useful, or desirable for any such facilities (or any combination thereof), including real and other property therefor.

(25) "Federal government" means the United States, or any department, agency, instrumentality, or corporation thereof.

(26) Repealed.

(27) "Fiscal year" for the purpose of this article means the twelve months commencing on the first day of January of any calendar year and ending on the last day of December of the same calendar year.

(28) "Governing body" means the city council, city commission, board of commissioners, board of trustees, board of directors, or other legislative body of a public body designated in this article in which body the legislative powers of the public body are vested.

(29) "Governor" means the de jure or de facto governor of the state of Colorado, or his successor in functions, if any.

(30) (a) "Gross revenues" or "gross pledged revenues" means all the revenues derived directly or indirectly from service charges by the urban district from the operation and use of and otherwise pertaining to the facilities, or any part thereof, whether resulting from repairs, extensions, enlargements, betterments, or other improvements to the facilities, or otherwise, and includes all revenues received by the district from the facilities, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all fees, rates, and other charges for the use of the facilities, or for any service rendered by the district in the operation thereof, or otherwise pertaining thereto, as received by the urban district and pledged wholly or in part for the payment of any district securities issued under this article.

(b) "Gross revenues" or "gross pledged revenues" does not include:

(I) The proceeds derived from any assessments or taxes;

(II) Any moneys borrowed and used for the acquisition of capital improvements for or other acquisition of the facilities; and

(III) Any moneys received as grants, appropriations, or other gifts from the federal government, the state, or other sources, the use of which is limited by the grantor or donor to the construction of capital improvements for or other acquisition of the facilities, except to the extent any such moneys are received as service charges for the use of or otherwise pertaining to the facilities.

(31) (a) "Hereby", "herein", "hereinabove", "hereinafter", "hereof", "hereunder", "herewith", or any term of similar import, refers to this article and not solely to the particular portion thereof in which such word is used.

(b) "Heretofore" means before the adoption of this article.

(c) "Hereafter" means after the adoption of this article.

(32) "Holder" or any similar term, when used in conjunction with any coupons, any bonds, or any other designated district securities, means the person in possession and the apparent owner of the designated item if such obligation is registered to bearer or is not registered, or the term means the registered owner of any such security which is registrable for payment if it is at the time registered for payment otherwise than to bearer.

(33) "Improvement" or "improve" means the extension, enlargement, betterment, alteration, reconstruction, replacement, and other major improvement (or any combination thereof) of the facilities, any property pertaining thereto, any project, or an interest therein, authorized in this article.

(34) (a) "Improvement district" means the geographical area within the urban district designated and delineated by the board, in which improvement district are located the facilities or project, or an interest therein, the cost of which is to be defrayed wholly or in part by the levy of special assessments, and in which improvement district is located each tract to be assessed therefor. An improvement district may consist of noncontiguous areas. Improvement districts shall be designated by consecutive numbers or in some other manner to identify separately each such district in the urban district.

(b) "Improvement district" does not mean the "urban district" as defined in this section.

(35) (a) "Mailed notice", "notice by mail", or any phrase of similar import means the giving by the engineer, district secretary, district treasurer, county treasurer, any deputy thereof, or other designated person, as determined by the board or as otherwise provided in this article, of any designated written or printed notice addressed to the last-known owner of each tract assessed or to be assessed or other designated person at his last-known address, by deposit at least twenty days prior to the designated hearing or other time or event, in the United States mails, postage prepaid, as first-class mail. The failure to mail any such notice shall not invalidate any proceedings under this article.

(b) The names and addresses of such property owners shall be obtained from the records of the county assessor or from such other source or sources as the engineer, district secretary, district treasurer, county treasurer, any deputy thereof, or other person so giving notice deems reliable. Any list of such names and addresses pertaining to any improvement district may be revised from time to time, but such a list need not be revised more frequently than at twelve-month intervals.

(c) Any mailing of any notice required in this article shall be verified by the affidavit or certificate of the engineer, district secretary, district treasurer, county treasurer, the deputy thereof, or other person mailing the notice, which verification shall be retained in the records of the urban district at least until all assessments and securities pertaining thereto have been paid in full or any claim is barred by a statute of limitations.

(36) (a) "Municipality" means an incorporated town, city and county, or city, whether incorporated and governed under general act or special charter.

(b) "Municipal" pertains to a municipality.

(37) "Net revenues" or "net pledged revenues" means the gross pledged revenues remaining after the deduction of the "operation and maintenance expenses" as defined in this section.

(38) "Newspaper" means a newspaper printed in the English language at least once each calendar week.

(39) (a) "Operation and maintenance expenses", or any phrase of similar import, means all reasonable and necessary current expenses of the district, paid or accrued, of operating, maintaining, and repairing the facilities, including without limitation, at the district's option (except as by contract or otherwise limited by law):

(I) Engineering, auditing, reporting, legal, and other overhead expense of the district directly related to the administration, operation, and maintenance of the facilities;

(II) Property and liability insurance and fidelity bond premiums;

(III) Payments to pension, retirement, health, and hospitalization funds, and other insurance;

(IV) The reasonable charges of any paying agent, any copaying agent, and any other depositary bank pertaining to any project, any bonds or other district securities pertaining thereto, or otherwise relating to the facilities;

(V) Any taxes, assessments, excise taxes, or other charges which may be lawfully imposed on the district or its income or operations of the facilities under its control, or any privilege relating to the facilities or their operation;

(VI) The costs incurred by the district in the collection of any taxes, assessments, and pledged revenues, and in making refunds of any taxes, assessments, or pledged revenues lawfully due to others;

(VII) Expenses in connection with the issuance of district securities evidencing any loan to or other obligation of the district;

(VIII) The expenses and compensation of any trustee, receiver, or other fiduciary under this article or otherwise;

(IX) Contractual services and professional services, salaries, labor, and the cost of materials and supplies used for current operation, ordinary and current rentals of equipment, or other property; and

(X) All other administrative, general, and commercial expenses pertaining to the facilities.

(b) "Operation and maintenance expenses" does not include any allowance for depreciation or any amounts for capital replacements, renewals, major repairs, and maintenance items (or any combination thereof) of a type not recurring annually or at shorter intervals; nor does it include: The costs of extensions, enlargements, betterments, and other improvements (or any combination thereof), or any reserves therefor; any reserves for operation, maintenance, or repair of the facilities; any allowance for the redemption of any bond or other district security evidencing a loan or other obligation of the district, or the payment of any interest thereon, or any reserve therefor; any liabilities incurred in the acquisition or improvement of any properties comprising any project (or any combination thereof) or otherwise pertaining to the facilities, or otherwise; any other grounds of legal liability not based on contract.

(40) "Ordinance" means the formal instrument by the adoption of which a "governing body" of any "public body" as defined in this section takes formal legislative action, whether such instrument is in the form of an ordinance, resolution, or other type of document.

(41) (a) "Person" means a corporation, firm, other body corporate (including the federal government or any public body), partnership, association, or individual, and also includes an executor, administrator, trustee, receiver, or other representative appointed according to law.

(b) "Person" does not include the "urban district" as defined in this section.

(42) "Pledged revenues" or "revenues" means all or a portion of the gross pledged revenues. The designated term indicates a source of revenues and does not necessarily indicate all or any portion or other part of such revenues in the absence of further qualification.

(43) "Project" means such part of the facilities of the district as the board determines to acquire and authorize at one time.

(44) "Property" means personal property and real property, both improved and unimproved.

(45) (a) "Publication" or "publish" means printing one time in one newspaper of general circulation in the district.

(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2018.)

(46) (a) "Public body" means the state of Colorado or any agency, instrumentality, or corporation thereof, or any county, municipality, corporate district, housing authority, county revitalization authority, urban renewal authority, other type of authority, the regents of the university of Colorado, the state board for community colleges and occupational education, or any other body corporate and politic and political subdivision of the state.

(b) "Public body" does not include the "federal government" nor the "urban district" as defined in this section.

(47) "Real property" means:

(a) Land, including land under water;

(b) Buildings, structures, fixtures, and improvements on land;

(c) Any property appurtenant to or used in connection with land; and

(d) Every estate, interest, privilege, leasehold, easement, license, franchise, right-of-way, and other right in land, legal or equitable, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, rights-of-way, terms for years, and liens, charges, or encumbrances by way of judgment, mortgage, or otherwise, and the indebtedness secured by such liens.

(48) "Revenues" means the "pledged revenues" as defined in this section.

(49) "Secretary" means the de jure or de facto secretary of the board and the urban district, or his successor in functions, if any.

(50) "Service charges" means the fees, rates, and other charges for the use of the facilities of the district, or for any service rendered by the district in the operation thereof, or otherwise pertaining thereto, as more specifically provided in section 32-11-306 and elsewhere in this article.

(51) "Special assessments" means "assessment" as defined in this section.

(52) "State" means the state of Colorado; and, where the context so indicates, "state" means the geographical area comprising the state of Colorado.

(53) "Taxes", "taxation", or "tax" means general (ad valorem) taxes.

(54) (a) "Taxpaying elector" means a registered elector who owns taxable real or personal property within the district; except that, to qualify under this article 11 as a taxpaying elector, a person must also be a resident of the district.

(b) A person who is obligated to pay taxes under a contract to purchase property in the district shall be considered as such an owner.

(c) The ownership of any property subject to the payment of a specific ownership tax on a motor vehicle or trailer or of any other excise or property tax other than general (ad valorem) taxes shall not constitute the ownership of property subject to taxation as provided in this article.

(55) (a) "Tract" means any lot or other parcel of land for assessment purposes, whether platted or unplatted, regardless of lot or land lines.

(b) Lots, plots, blocks, and other subdivisions may be designated in accordance with any recorded plat thereof; and all lands, platted and unplatted, shall be designated by a definite description, as provided in section 32-11-659.

(56) "Treasurer" means the de jure or de facto treasurer of the board and the urban district, or his successor in functions, if any.

(57) "Trust bank" means a "commercial bank" as defined in this section, which bank is authorized to exercise and is exercising trust powers, and also means any branch of the federal reserve bank.

(58) "Urban district" means "district" as defined in this section.

(59) "United States" means the United States of America.
C.R.S. § 32-10-145 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 10 / Section 32-10-145
32-10-145. Arrangements for voting
Status: repealed

32-10-145. Arrangements for voting. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 32-12-123 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 12 / Section 32-12-123
32-12-123. Grant of operating privileges and use of railroad and facilities
Status: in_force

32-12-123. Grant of operating privileges and use of railroad and facilities. Except as may be limited by the terms and conditions of any grant, loan, or agreement authorized by this article, a rail district may by contract, lease, or otherwise, for such consideration and term as it may determine, grant to any person the privilege of operating or using any railroad or railroad facilities or property owned or controlled by the rail district. No person may be granted any authority to operate a railroad other than as a common carrier or switching service.
C.R.S. § 32-7-101 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 7 / Section 32-7-101
32-7-101. Short title
Status: in_force

32-7-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Service Authority Act of 1972".
C.R.S. § 32-10-151 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 10 / Section 32-10-151
32-10-151. Disabled voter - assistance
Status: repealed

32-10-151. Disabled voter - assistance. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 32-9-117 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 9 / Section 32-9-117
32-9-117. Compensation of directors
Status: in_force

32-9-117. Compensation of directors. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, effective January 1, 1983, each director shall receive a sum of three thousand dollars per annum.

(2) Effective January 1, 2009, each director elected at the 2008 general election or at any general election thereafter and each director appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term of a director elected at the 2008 general election or any election thereafter shall receive a sum of twelve thousand dollars per annum, payable at the rate of one thousand dollars per month.

(3) No director shall receive any compensation as an officer, engineer, attorney, employee, or any other agent of the district.

(4) Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as preventing the board from authorizing the reimbursement of any director for expenses incurred that appertain to the activities of the district.
C.R.S. § 32-17-101 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 17 / Section 32-17-101
32-17-101. Short title
Status: in_force

32-17-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Mental Health Care Service District Act".
C.R.S. § 32-19-106 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 19 / Section 32-19-106
32-19-106. Service plan required - contents - action on plan
Status: in_force

32-19-106. Service plan required - contents - action on plan. (1) Persons proposing the organization of a district, except for a district that is contained entirely within the boundaries of a municipality and subject to the provisions of section 32-19-107, shall submit a service plan in accordance with the requirements of section 32-1-202 (1) and shall pay any fee required pursuant to section 32-1-202 (3).

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 32-1-202 (2), the service plan for the district shall contain the following information:

(a) (I) If the proposed district is a health assurance district, a description of the proposed health services to be provided and the persons who will be eligible to receive those services; or

(II) If the proposed district is a health service district, a description of the proposed facilities to be established, maintained, or operated;

(b) If the proposed district is a health assurance district, a description of the proposed health services to be provided in conjunction with a health service district, if any, and if the proposed district is a health service district, a description of the proposed health services to be provided in conjunction with a health assurance district;

(c) Quality assurance measures;

(d) A financial plan showing how the proposed services are to be financed, including the proposed operating revenue derived from sales taxes for the first budget year of the district, which shall not be materially exceeded except as authorized pursuant to section 32-1-207. All proposed indebtedness for the district shall be displayed together with a schedule indicating the year in which the debt is scheduled to be issued. The board of directors of the district shall notify the board of county commissioners of the county in which the district will be located or the governing body of the municipality in which the district will be located, whichever is applicable, of any alteration or revision of the proposed schedule of debt issuance set forth in the plan.

(e) A map of the proposed district boundaries;

(f) If the district plans to construct facilities, a general description of the facilities to be constructed and the standards of such construction, including a statement of how the facility and service standards of the proposed district are compatible with facility and service standards of any county or municipality within which all or any portion of the proposed district is to be located;

(g) If applicable, a general description of the estimated cost of acquiring or leasing land or facilities, acquiring engineering, legal, and administrative services, initial proposed indebtedness and estimated proposed maximum interest rates and discounts, and other major expenses related to the organization and initial operation of the district;

(h) A description of any arrangement or proposed agreement with any political subdivision for the performance of any services between the proposed district and such other political subdivision, including the form contract to be used, if available;

(i) Information, along with other evidence presented at the hearing pursuant to section 32-1-204, satisfactory to establish that each of the criteria set forth in section 32-1-203, if applicable, is met; and

(j) Such additional information as the board of county commissioners of the county in which the district will be located or the governing body of the municipality in which the district will be located, whichever is applicable, may require on which to base its findings pursuant to section 32-1-203.

(3) Except as provided in section 32-19-107, the board of county commissioners of each county that has territory included within the proposed district shall constitute the approving authority for the proposed district and shall review any service plan filed by the petitioners of a proposed district in accordance with the provisions of section 32-1-203. The provisions of section 32-1-203 (3.5)(a) shall not apply to a district proposed pursuant to this article.
C.R.S. § 32-8-114 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 8 / Section 32-8-114
32-8-114. Hearings - notice - appeal - assessments conclusive evidence
Status: repealed

32-8-114. Hearings - notice - appeal - assessments conclusive evidence. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 32-14-128 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 14 / Section 32-14-128
32-14-128. Limitations upon liabilities
Status: in_force

32-14-128. Limitations upon liabilities. Neither the directors nor any person executing any obligations issued pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be personally liable on the obligations by reason of the issuance thereof. Obligations issued pursuant to this article shall not in any way create or constitute any indebtedness, liability, or obligation of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, except the district, and nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize the district to incur any indebtedness on behalf of or in any way to obligate the state or any political subdivision thereof, except the district, and nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize the district to incur any indebtedness on behalf of or in any way to obligate the state or any political subdivision thereof, except as specifically provided in this article.
C.R.S. § 32-14-112 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 14 / Section 32-14-112
32-14-112. Consultation with urban land institute - Colorado baseball commission - consider
Status: in_force

32-14-112. Consultation with urban land institute - Colorado baseball commission - consideration of recommendations. The board shall consult with and shall consider any recommendations made by the urban land institute or by the Colorado baseball commission in regard to the duties of the board, including but not limited to the selection of a stadium site, the planning and design of the stadium, and the financing of the stadium site acquisition and the construction of the stadium.
C.R.S. § 32-11-677 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 6 / Section 32-11-677
32-11-677. Appeal to district court
Status: in_force

32-11-677. Appeal to district court. Any person who has filed objections to such new assessment or reassessment, as provided in this article, has the right to appeal to the district court of this state in and for the county and district in which the tract assessed is situated, as provided and subject to the limitations in section 32-11-640.
C.R.S. § 32-10-119 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 10 / Section 32-10-119
32-10-119. Construction of facilities - duties
Status: repealed

32-10-119. Construction of facilities - duties. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 32-9-104 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 9 / Section 32-9-104
32-9-104. Liberal construction
Status: in_force

32-9-104. Liberal construction. This article being necessary to secure and preserve the public health, safety, and general welfare, the rule of strict construction shall have no application to this article, but it shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes and objects for which this article is intended.
C.R.S. § 32-1-1005 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 1 / Part 10 / Section 32-1-1005
32-1-1005. Park and recreation districts - additional powers - limitations
Status: in_force

32-1-1005. Park and recreation districts - additional powers - limitations. (1) In addition to the powers specified in section 32-1-1001, the board of any park and recreation district has the following powers for and on behalf of such district:

(a) To operate a system of television relay and translator facilities and to use, acquire, equip, and maintain land, buildings, and other recreational facilities therefor;

(b) To use the power granted in section 32-1-1001 (1)(f) for the establishment of recreational facilities, including leases, easements, and other interests in land for the preservation or conservation of sites, scenes, open space, and vistas of recreational, scientific, historic, aesthetic, or other public interest. "Interests in land", as used in this paragraph (b), means any rights and interests in land less than the full fee interest, including but not limited to future interests, easements, covenants, and contractual rights. Every such interest in land, held pursuant to this paragraph (b), when recorded shall be deemed to run with the land to which it pertains for the benefit of the park and recreation district and may be protected and enforced by such district in any court of general jurisdiction by any proceeding known at law or in equity.

(c) To have and exercise the power of eminent domain and, in the manner provided by article 1 of title 38, C.R.S., to take any property necessary to the exercise of the powers granted, both within and without the special district, only for the purposes of television relay and translator facilities, and, within the boundaries of the district, only for the purpose of easements and rights-of-way for access to park and recreational facilities operated by the special district and only where no other access to such facilities exists or can be acquired by other means.

(2) (a) No district shall construct, own, or operate any bowling alley, roller skating rink, batting cage, golf course on which the game is played on an artificial surface, or an amusement park which has water recreation as its central theme, unless the board of such district receives approval for such project from the board of county commissioners of each county which has territory included in the district. The board of county commissioners shall disapprove the facility or service unless evidence satisfactory to the board of each of the following is presented:

(I) The facility or service is not adequately provided in the district by private providers;

(II) There is sufficient existing and projected need for the facility or service within the district;

(III) The existing facilities or services in the district are inadequate for present and projected needs;

(IV) The district has or will have the financial ability to discharge any proposed indebtedness on a reasonable basis; and

(V) The facility or service will be in the best interests of the district and of the residents of the district.

(b) In addition to any existing notice requirements, notice of the hearing of the board of county commissioners on the proposal of the district to construct, own, or operate a facility or to provide a service pursuant to this subsection (2) shall be sent by the district to all providers of the same or similar type of facility or service located within two miles of the proposed facility or service no later than ten days prior to such hearing. The notice required by this paragraph (b) will be deemed to have been sent to all required providers if said notice has been sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all such providers listed in a current classified telephone directory and to all such providers whose names are provided to the district by the appropriate trade association.
C.R.S. § 32-1-1006 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 1 / Part 10 / Section 32-1-1006
32-1-1006. Sanitation, water and sanitation, or water districts - additional powers - speci
Status: in_force

32-1-1006. Sanitation, water and sanitation, or water districts - additional powers - special provisions. (1) In addition to the powers specified in section 32-1-1001, the board of any sanitation, water and sanitation, or water district has the following powers for and on behalf of such district:

(a) (I) To compel the owner of premises located within the boundaries of any such district, whenever necessary for the protection of public health, to connect such owner's premises, in accordance with the state plumbing code, to the sewer, water and sewer, or water lines, as applicable, of such district within twenty days after written notice is sent by registered mail, if such sewer or water line is within four hundred feet of such premises. If such connection is not begun within twenty days, the board may thereafter connect the premises to the sewer, water and sewer, or water system, as applicable, of such district and shall have a perpetual lien on and against the premises for the cost of making the connection, and any such lien may be foreclosed in the same manner as provided by the laws of this state for the foreclosure of mechanics' liens.

(II) Nothing in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (a) authorizes the board of any sanitation, water and sanitation, or water district to compel any connection with the sewer, water and sewer, or water lines, as applicable, of such district, by any owner of premises located outside of such district who utilizes private or nongovernmental persons, services, systems, or facilities including an on-site wastewater treatment system, for the provision of sewer, water and sewer, or water lines to such premises.

(b) (I) To divide such district into areas according to the water or sanitation services furnished or to be furnished therein. The board has the power to fix different rates, fees, tolls, or charges and different rates of levy for tax purposes against all of the taxable property within the several areas of such district according to the services and facilities furnished or to be furnished therein within a reasonable time. In addition, if the board finds it infeasible, impracticable, or undesirable for the good of the entire district to extend water or sewer lines and facilities to any part of such district, the board may designate by resolution such area not to be served with water or sanitation service, but such area designated not to be served shall be at least ten acres in extent.

(II) If the board divides a special district into areas according to the facilities and services furnished or to be furnished, to determine the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation within each such area, taking into consideration other sources of revenue within the area, and to fix a levy which, when levied upon every dollar of the valuation for assessment of taxable property within such area of the special district, will supply funds for the payments of the costs of acquiring, operating, and maintaining the services or facilities furnished in such area and will pay promptly, when due, the principal or interest on bonds or other obligations issued and its pro rata share of the general operating expenses of the district.

(c) (I) To establish, construct, operate, and maintain works and facilities across or along any public street or highway, and in, upon, or over any vacant public lands, which public lands are the property of the state of Colorado, and across any stream of water or watercourse. The board of county commissioners of any county in which any public streets or highways are situated which are to be cut into or excavated in the construction or maintenance of any such facilities has authority to adopt by resolution such rules as it deems necessary in regard to any such excavations and may require the payment of reasonable fees by such district as may be fixed by the board of county commissioners to insure proper restoration of such streets or highways.

(II) When such fee is paid, it is the responsibility of the board of county commissioners to promptly restore such street or highway to its former state. If the fee is not fixed and paid, such district shall promptly restore any such street or highway to its former state of usefulness as nearly as may be and shall not use the same in such manner as to completely or unnecessarily impair the usefulness thereof.

(III) This grant of authority is not and shall not be construed as a limitation upon the existing powers of any municipality to regulate works and facilities in public streets or highways.

(d) To assess reasonable penalties for delinquency in the payment of rates, fees, tolls, or charges or for any violations of the rules and regulations of the special district together with interest on delinquencies from any date due at not more than one percent per month or fraction thereof, and to shut off or discontinue water or sanitation service for such delinquencies and delinquencies in the payment of taxes or for any violation of the rules and regulations of the special district, and to provide for the connection with and the disconnection from the facilities of such district;

(e) To acquire water rights and construct and operate lines and facilities within and without the district;

(f) To have and exercise the power of eminent domain and dominant eminent domain and, in the manner provided by article 1 of title 38, C.R.S., to take any property necessary to the exercise of the powers granted, both within and without the special district, except for the acquisition of water rights;

(g) To fix and from time to time to increase or decrease tap fees. The board may pledge such revenue for the payment of any indebtedness of the special district.

(h) (I) To assess availability of service or facilities charges subject to the following provisions:

(A) No fee, rate, toll, or charge for connection to or use of services or facilities of such district shall be considered an availability of service or facilities charge.

(B) Any availability of service or facilities charges shall be made only when a notice, stating that such availability of service or facilities charges are being considered and stating the date, time, and place of the meeting at which they are to be considered, has been mailed by first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, to each taxpaying elector of such district at his last-known address, as disclosed by the tax records of the county or counties within which such district is located.

(C) Availability of service or facilities charges shall be assessed solely for the purpose of paying principal of and interest on any outstanding indebtedness or bonds of such district and shall not be used to pay any operation or maintenance expenses of, nor capital improvements within or for, such district.

(D) Availability of service or facilities charges shall be assessed only where water, sewer, or both water and sewer lines are installed and ready for connection within one hundred feet of any property line of the residential lot or residential lot equivalent to be assessed, but to one or both of which line or lines the particular lot or lot equivalent to be assessed is not connected.

(E) Availability of service or facilities charges shall be a percentage, not to exceed fifty percent, of the fees, rates, tolls, or charges for use of services or facilities of such district, said percentage to be determined by the board. If the fees, rates, tolls, or charges for the use of services or facilities vary dependent upon quantities of usage, the availability of service or facilities charges shall be a percentage, not to exceed fifty percent, of the average usage derived by dividing the total usage quantity for such district for the last preceding fiscal year by the total number of users in such district, said percentage to be determined by the board. In addition the aggregate amount of revenue budgeted and expected to be derived from availability of service or facilities charges shall not exceed the total amount of principal of and interest on the outstanding indebtedness or bonds of such district for such service currently budgeted for and to mature or accrue during the annual period within which such availability of service or facilities charges are payable, less the amount budgeted and expected to be produced during such period by the mill levy allocable to such service then being budgeted for and levied and assessed by such district.

(II) Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (h), any metropolitan district providing water or sanitation or water and sanitation services which, prior to July 1, 1981, has imposed an availability of service charge pursuant to section 31-35-402 (1)(f), C.R.S., and has pledged such availability of service charges to the payment of outstanding bonds may continue such charge until such bonds are retired.

(1.5) (a) No water and sanitation district or water district shall furnish water service or water supply to any property located outside of the district's boundaries if such property is within the legal boundaries of another special district that has been organized with the power to furnish water facilities or water services, unless:

(I) In compliance with the provisions of this title and with the consent of the special district within whose boundaries such property is located, such property is included within the boundaries of the district seeking to provide water service or water supply; or

(II) After April 15, 1996, in lieu of inclusion pursuant to subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (a), the special district within whose boundaries such property is located gives consent to the provision of such water service or water supply.

(b) In the absence of such inclusion or consent, no water and sanitation district or water district shall have any right or power, however derived, to provide water service or water supply to any property outside of that district's boundaries and within the boundaries of another special district that has been organized with the power to furnish water facilities or water services.

(c) As used in this subsection (1.5), "water facilities" has the same meaning as in section 31-35-401 (7), C.R.S.

(2) (a) A special district organized for water or sanitation or for water and sanitation purposes, upon the filing of a resolution of the board with the court and after an election held pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), may become a water and sanitation or metropolitan district, respectively, possessing all the rights, powers, and authority of such a district if there is not then pending a petition for the organization of a water and sanitation or metropolitan district, partially or wholly within the water or sanitation or water and sanitation district, and if a metropolitan district does not already exist wholly or partly within the boundaries of the sanitation or water or water and sanitation district.

(b) (I) After a hearing on the resolution, the court shall direct that the question of conversion of the special district be submitted to the eligible electors of the special district and shall appoint the secretary as the designated election official responsible for the calling and conducting of the election according to article 13.5 of title 1.

(II) If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of conversion and the court determines the election was held in accordance with article 13.5 of title 1, the court shall enter an order including any conditions so prescribed and converting the special district.

(3) Taxpaying electors of any area of five acres or more within or without a special district furnishing sanitation or water services or facilities or sanitation and water services or facilities or any area regardless of size immediately contiguous to such district may agree among themselves for the construction of water or sanitation facilities or water and sanitation facilities within such area, and the board of such district has the authority to enter into a contract with such taxpaying electors to allow any portion of revenue derived from water or sanitation charges and fees from such area or from special charges assessed against users of such sanitation or water facilities to be applied on the payment of the cost of the construction of such water or sanitation facilities. Such payment shall be made without interest and upon such terms as the parties may agree upon, but payment shall not extend over fifteen years. Such contracts shall not be included within the dollar limitation of debts provided by this article and shall not require approval of the electors of the special district.

(4) Any dispute involving a special district furnishing sanitation or water services or facilities or sanitation and water services or facilities and any customer of such district in which physical damage to the property of the customer in the amount of ten thousand dollars or less is alleged to have been caused by the actions of such special district may be submitted with the consent of the district and the customer to alternative dispute resolution procedures pursuant to the "Dispute Resolution Act", part 3 of article 22 of title 13, C.R.S., if such procedures are available in the judicial district where a complaint in such dispute would be filed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, once a party to such dispute has properly submitted the dispute to alternative dispute resolution procedures pursuant to this section, neither party shall remove the dispute from the alternative dispute resolution forum without the consent of the other party.

(5) The governing body of each special district providing water or sanitation services which implements an industrial wastewater pretreatment program pursuant to the federal act, as defined in section 25-8-103 (8), C.R.S., may seek such relief and impose such penalties as are required by such federal act and its implementing regulations for such programs.

(6) The board of a sanitation district or water and sanitation district may provide collection and transportation of solid waste, including residential waste services as defined in section 30-15-401 (7.5)(d), for and on behalf of the district, including but not limited to the financing thereof, by either contracting with a third-party service provider pursuant to this section or providing such waste services pursuant to section 30-15-401 (7.5) and (7.7). The board may impose fees, rates, penalties, or charges for such service pursuant to section 32-1-1001 (1)(j)(I), and the board may require that the district residents use or pay user charges for residential waste services. If the board contracts with a third-party service provider, the board shall publish a notice for bids or a request for proposals no less than thirty days prior to awarding the contract. If the board decides to proceed with its own proposal to directly provide residential waste services rather than enter into a contract with a third-party service provider, the board shall request proposals to provide such services within a designated area of the district by publishing notice and awarding a contract in accordance with the procedures specified in section 30-15-401 (7.5)(c) and (7.7). The board shall not award a contract that exceeds three years in duration. The board may not provide collection and transportation of solid waste services within the boundaries of any municipality, city and county, or county that is providing solid waste services without the consent of the municipality, city and county, or county.

(7) The board of any sanitation district or water and sanitation district may provide solid waste disposal facilities, including but not limited to the financing thereof, for and on behalf of such district. Any service or facility pursuant to this subsection (7) shall be subject to part 1 of article 20 of title 30, C.R.S.

(8) (a) A water district or a water and sanitation district may provide park and recreation improvements and services in connection with a water reservoir owned by the district and adjacent land if such improvements and services are not already being provided by another entity with respect to the reservoir and adjacent land.

(b) Once the board of a water district or a water and sanitation district adopts a resolution to provide improvements and services pursuant to this subsection (8), no other entity may provide park and recreation improvements and services with respect to the reservoir and adjacent land without the consent of the board.

(c) The district may exercise any powers that a park and recreation district has in connection with the provision of park and recreation improvements and services, including imposing rates, fees, and charges in connection with the improvements and services. The district may use any district revenues to provide the improvements and services. The provision of improvements and services pursuant to this subsection (8) is not a material modification of the service plan of the district.
C.R.S. § 32-11-203 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 2 / Section 32-11-203
32-11-203. Board of directors
Status: repealed

32-11-203. Board of directors. (1) All powers, rights, privileges, and duties vested in or imposed upon the urban district shall be exercised and performed by and through a local legislative body designated as the board of directors.

(2) The board of directors of the district may create an executive committee of the board and may delegate and redelegate to such committee such power to act on behalf of the district as the board may determine by resolution.

(3) The exercise of all executive, administrative, and ministerial powers may be delegated and redelegated by the board to officials and employees of the district.

(4) Repealed.

(5) (a) Except for the initial appointments of directors, or for any director chosen to fill any unexpired term, and except as otherwise provided in section 32-11-204 (1) and (5.5), the term of each director shall commence on February 1 of a designated year as provided in this article and shall be for two years.

(b) Each director shall be chosen to serve such a two-year term ending on the last day of January of such a year; and each director whose term so ends and otherwise remains qualified to serve as a director shall serve until his successor has been duly chosen and qualified.

(c) Each director, before entering upon the director's official duties, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before an officer authorized to administer oaths that he or she will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution and laws of the state, and that he or she will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his or her office to the best of his or her ability, which oath or affirmation shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.

(6) The board of directors shall institute and maintain a systematic and uniform program of preventive maintenance in the district, which program shall be administered by said board of directors and not by local governments.
C.R.S. § 32-11-801 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 8 / Section 32-11-801
32-11-801. Budgets, accounts, and audits
Status: in_force

32-11-801. Budgets, accounts, and audits. The district shall adopt a budget for each fiscal year, shall maintain accounts, and shall cause an annual audit to be made pertaining to the financial affairs of the district as respectively provided in the local government budget law of Colorado, the Colorado local government uniform accounting law, and the Colorado local government audit law, as from time to time amended, except as otherwise provided in this article.
C.R.S. § 32-9-107.7 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 9 / Section 32-9-107.7
32-9-107.7. Regional fixed guideway mass transit systems - construction - front range passen
Status: repealed

32-9-107.7. Regional fixed guideway mass transit systems - construction - front range passenger rail service - authorization - completion of northwest rail fixed guideway corridor - limited operations outside district. (1) Any action of the board relating to the authorization of the construction of a regional fixed guideway mass transit system in any corridor shall require the affirmative vote of a two-thirds majority of the board membership. The board shall take no action relating to the construction of a regional fixed guideway mass transit system until after such system has been approved by the designated metropolitan planning organization. Each component part or corridor of such system shall be separately approved by the metropolitan planning organization. Such action shall include approval of the method of financing and the technology selected for such projects.

(2) Repealed.

(3) The district may extend construction and operations of the northwest rail fixed guideway corridor beyond the boundaries of the district if any and all capital and operating expenses that it undertakes outside the district are fully accounted for and reimbursed to the district by a public body.
C.R.S. § 32-1-204 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 1 / Part 2 / Section 32-1-204
32-1-204. Public hearing on service plan - procedures - decision
Status: in_force

32-1-204. Public hearing on service plan - procedures - decision. (1) The board of county commissioners shall provide written notice of the date, time, and location of the hearing to the petitioners and the governing body of any existing municipality or special district that has levied an ad valorem tax within the next preceding tax year and that has boundaries within a radius of three miles of the proposed special district boundaries, which governmental units shall be interested parties for the purposes of this part 2. The board of county commissioners shall make publication of the date, time, location, and purpose of the hearing, the first of which shall be at least twenty days prior to the hearing date. The board of county commissioners shall include in the notice a general description of the land contained within the boundaries of the proposed special district and information outlining methods and procedures pursuant to section 32-1-203 (3.5) concerning the filing of a petition for exclusion of territory; except that, if the hearing is to review a service plan for a health service district, health assurance district, or early childhood development service district, the notice shall not include information regarding filing a petition for exclusion of territory. The publications shall constitute constructive notice to the residents and property owners within the proposed special district who shall also be interested parties at the hearing.

(1.5) Not more than thirty days nor less than twenty days prior to the hearing held pursuant to this section, the petitioners for the organization of the special district shall send letter notification of the hearing to the property owners within the proposed special district as listed on the records of the county assessor on the date requested unless the petitioners represent one hundred percent of the property owners. The notification shall indicate that it is a notice of a hearing for the organization of a special district and shall indicate the date, time, location, and purpose of such hearing, a reference to the type of special district, the maximum mill levy, if any, or stating that there is no maximum that may be imposed by the proposed special district, and procedures for the filing of a petition for exclusion pursuant to section 32-1-203 (3.5). Except when no mailing is required, the mailing of the letter notification to all addresses or post office box addresses within the proposed special district shall constitute a good-faith effort to comply with this subsection (1.5), and failure to notify all electors thereby shall not provide grounds for a challenge to the hearing being held.

(2) (a) If there is a county planning commission or a regional planning commission in lieu thereof, the service plan submitted by the petitioners for the organization of the proposed special district shall be delivered by the county clerk and recorder to such planning commission. The county planning commission or regional planning commission shall study such service plan and present its recommendations consistent with this part 2 to the board of county commissioners within thirty days following the filing of the service plan with the county clerk and recorder.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(a) of this section, the service plan of a proposed health service district, health assurance district, or early childhood development service district shall not be delivered to the planning commission for study or recommendations unless specifically requested by the petitioners. If the petitioners do not request that the service plan be delivered to the planning commission, the clerk and recorder shall deliver the service plan to the board of county commissioners and the planning commission shall not be required to study the service plan or to present recommendations to the board of county commissioners pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section.

(3) The hearing held by the board of county commissioners shall be open to the public, and a record of the proceedings shall be made. All interested parties as defined in this section shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard under such rules of procedure as may be established by the board of county commissioners. Any testimony or evidence which in the discretion of the board of county commissioners is relevant to the organization of the proposed special district shall be considered.

(4) Within twenty days after the completion of the hearing, the board of county commissioners shall advise the petitioners for the organization of the proposed special district in writing of its action on the service plan. If the service plan is approved as submitted, a resolution of approval shall be issued to the petitioners. If the service plan is disapproved, the specific detailed reasons for such disapproval shall be set forth in writing. If the service plan is conditionally approved, the changes or modifications to be made in, or additional information relating to, the service plan, together with the reasons for such changes, modifications, or additional information, shall also be set forth in writing, and the proceeding shall be continued until such changes, modifications, or additional information is incorporated in the service plan. Upon the incorporation of such changes, modifications, or additional information in the service plan of the proposed special district, the board of county commissioners shall issue a resolution of approval to the petitioners.
C.R.S. § 32-12-122 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 12 / Section 32-12-122
32-12-122. Inclusion of additional territory in existing rail district - procedures
Status: in_force

32-12-122. Inclusion of additional territory in existing rail district - procedures. (1) Proceedings for inclusion of a portion of a county or portions of two or more counties or an entire additional county, counties, or a municipality, or portion thereof, in a rail district shall be in accordance with the provisions of part 4 of article 1 of this title, subject to the provisions of this article. Inclusion may be initiated by petitions signed by eligible electors in an amount equal to at least five percent of the total number of electors who cast votes in the area seeking to be included for all candidates for the office of secretary of state at the last preceding general election.

(2) The board shall initiate negotiations for the purchase and operation of the additional rail facilities in the newly included area.

(3) If negotiations fail to acquire any additional authorized railroad facilities, upon petition by the board, the court shall order the newly expanded portion of the rail district excluded.
C.R.S. § 32-11-555 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 5 / Section 32-11-555
32-11-555. Liens on pledged revenues
Status: in_force

32-11-555. Liens on pledged revenues. (1) Revenues pledged for the payment of any securities, as received by or otherwise credited to the district, shall immediately be subject to the lien of each such pledge without any physical delivery thereof, any filing, or further act.

(2) The lien of each such pledge and the obligation to perform the contractual provisions made in the authorizing resolution or other instrument pertaining thereto has priority over any other obligations and liabilities of the district, except as may be otherwise provided in this article or in the resolution or other instrument, and subject to any prior pledges and liens theretofore created.

(3) The lien of each such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all persons having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the district irrespective of whether such persons have notice thereof.
C.R.S. § 32-11-520 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 5 / Section 32-11-520
32-11-520. Investments and reinvestments
Status: in_force

32-11-520. Investments and reinvestments. (1) The board, subject to any contractual limitations from time to time imposed upon the district by any resolution authorizing the issuance of the district's outstanding securities or by any trust indenture or other proceedings pertaining thereto, may cause to be invested and reinvested any proceeds of taxes, any proceeds of assessments, any pledged revenues, and any proceeds of bonds or other district securities issued under this article in securities meeting the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S., and may cause such proceeds of taxes, assessments, revenues, district securities, and other securities to be deposited in any trust bank within or without or both within and without this state and secured in such manner and subject to such terms and conditions as the board may determine, with or without the payment of any interest on such deposit, including without limitation time deposits evidenced by certificates of deposit.

(2) Any such securities and any certificates of deposit thus held may from time to time be sold, and the proceeds may be so reinvested or redeposited as provided in this section.

(3) Sales and redemptions of any such securities and certificates of deposit thus held shall from time to time be made in season so that the proceeds may be applied to the purposes for which the money with which such securities and certificates of deposit were originally acquired was placed in the district treasury.

(4) Any gain from any such investments or reinvestments may be credited to any fund or account pledged for the payment of any securities issued under this article, including any reserve therefor, or any other fund or account pertaining to a project or the facilities or the district's general fund, subject to any contractual limitations in any proceedings pertaining to outstanding district securities.

(5) Any commercial bank incorporated under the laws of this state which may act as depository of the proceeds of any securities issued under this article, any other securities owned by the district, any proceeds of taxes, any proceeds of assessments, any pledged revenues, and any moneys otherwise pertaining to a project or the facilities, or any combination thereof, may furnish such indemnifying bonds or may pledge such securities as may be required by the board.
C.R.S. § 32-8-124.5 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 8 / Section 32-8-124.5
32-8-124.5. Rules - right to construct and repair
Status: repealed

32-8-124.5. Rules - right to construct and repair. (1) The executive director of the department is authorized to adopt reasonable rules relating to the Moffat tunnel subject to the provisions of this article and subject to existing contractual rights and obligations of the users. All rules of the board shall be repealed upon the adoption of rules by the executive director relating to the Moffat tunnel pursuant to this subsection (1).

(2) As provided through any existing contractual rights and in accordance with reasonable rules of the department, users shall have the right to construct and repair, for their own benefit and at their sole cost, betterments or improvements on or to the Moffat tunnel relating to their respective uses, as long as the betterments or improvements do not interfere with other existing uses.
C.R.S. § 32-1-801 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 1 / Part 8 / Section 32-1-801
32-1-801. Legislative declaration - applicability
Status: in_force

32-1-801. Legislative declaration - applicability. It is hereby declared that the orderly conduct of elections of special districts will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, security, and general welfare of the people of the state of Colorado. Therefore, all elections shall be held pursuant to articles 1 to 13.5 of title 1, C.R.S., unless otherwise provided.
C.R.S. § 32-19-112 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 19 / Section 32-19-112
32-19-112. Sales tax imposed - collection - administration of tax
Status: in_force

32-19-112. Sales tax imposed - collection - administration of tax. (1) (a) Upon the approval of the eligible electors in the district at an election held in accordance with section 20 of article X of the state constitution and part 8 of article 1 of this title, the district shall have the power to levy a uniform sales tax throughout the entire geographical area of the district upon every transaction or other incident with respect to which a sales tax is levied by the state pursuant to the provisions of article 26 of title 39, C.R.S.; except that such sales tax shall not be levied on the sale of cigarettes.

(b) The sales tax imposed pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) is in addition to any other sales tax imposed pursuant to law.

(2) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is effective until July 1, 2025.] (a) The collection, administration, and enforcement of the sales tax shall be performed by the executive director of the department of revenue in the same manner as that for the collection, administration, and enforcement of the state sales tax imposed pursuant to article 26 of title 39, C.R.S., including, without limitation, the retention by a vendor of the percentage of the amount remitted to cover the vendor's expense in the collection and remittance of the sales tax as provided in section 39-26-105, C.R.S. The executive director shall make monthly distributions of sales tax collections to the district. The district shall pay the net incremental cost incurred by the department in the administration and collection of the sales tax.

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

(II) A qualified purchaser that provides a direct payment permit number to a vendor or retailer shall be liable and responsible for the amount of sales tax levied on a sale made to the qualified purchaser pursuant to the provisions of this article in the same manner as liability would be imposed on a qualified purchaser for state sales tax pursuant to section 39-26-105 (3), C.R.S.

(2) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is effective July 1, 2025.] (a) The collection, administration, and enforcement of the sales tax shall be performed by the executive director of the department of revenue pursuant to part 2 of article 2 of title 29. The district shall pay the net incremental cost incurred by the department in the administration and collection of the sales tax.

(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2024.)
C.R.S. § 32-4-508 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 4 / Part 5 / Section 32-4-508
32-4-508. Organization
Status: in_force

32-4-508. Organization. (1) A district shall be organized in the following manner:

(a) The governing body of any municipality may enact an ordinance declaring that the public health, safety, and general welfare require the organization of a district, which ordinance shall set forth, among other things, the following:

(I) The name of the proposed district;

(II) The municipalities proposed to be included in the proposed district;

(III) The municipalities which shall be required to take action to be included within the district before the district becomes organized. This requirement may be met by designating by name those municipalities which are required to take action to be included within the district before the district shall be organized or by designating alternative groups of municipalities which are required to take action to be included within the district before the district shall be organized, or by designating a percentage of those municipalities named which shall be required to take action to be included within the district before the district shall be organized.

(IV) The time limit within which action must be taken by the municipalities so named to be included within the district, which time shall not exceed six months from the final adoption of the initiating ordinance.

(b) Upon the final adoption of an initiating ordinance, the clerk of the governing body shall mail a certified copy thereof to each municipality named therein and to the division of local government in the department of local affairs.

(c) After receipt of a copy of such ordinance from the initiating governing body, the governing body of any municipality, which is named in the ordinance proposing the district, and which desires to include such municipality within the district, may enact an ordinance setting forth:

(I) A copy of the initiating ordinance;

(II) That such a district will serve a public use and will promote the public health, safety, and general welfare;

(III) That the municipality shall be included in said district if and when the same is organized as set forth in the initiating ordinance.

(d) Before final adoption of any ordinance under paragraphs (a) to (c) of this subsection (1), the governing body of each such municipality shall hold a public hearing thereon, notice of which shall be given by publication, which publication shall be complete at least ten days before the hearing.

(e) The clerk of each governing body, upon the final adoption of such ordinance, shall forthwith transmit a certified copy thereof to the governing body of every other municipality named in the initiating ordinance, including the municipality which adopted the initiating ordinance, and to the division of local government.

(f) (I) The division of local government, upon receipt of a certified copy of such ordinance from the clerk of the governing body of each of those municipalities which satisfy the requirements for organization as set forth in the initiating ordinance, shall forthwith issue a certificate reciting that the district named in the ordinance has been duly organized according to the laws of the state of Colorado, and setting forth the names of the municipalities which are included within the district. The organization of any district shall be deemed effective upon the date of issuance of such certificate, and the validity of the organization of any such district shall be incontestable in any suit or proceeding which shall not be commenced within three months from such date.

(II) The division of local government shall forthwith transmit to the governing body of each municipality which has certified an adopting ordinance three copies of such certificate, and the clerk of each such governing body shall forthwith record a copy in the offices of the clerk and recorder of the county or counties in which the municipality is wholly or partly located and shall forthwith file a copy of said certificate in the office of the county assessor and county treasurer of each county in which said municipality is located. Additional copies of such certificate shall be issued by said division upon request.

(g) Only such municipalities as enact an ordinance to become a part of the district shall be joined therein. No district shall be deemed to have been organized unless those municipalities which are required by the initiating ordinance to take action to be included within the district take such action within the limit of time specified in the initiating ordinance.
C.R.S. § 32-8-122 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 8 / Section 32-8-122
32-8-122. Board empowered to invest funds - repeal
Status: repealed

32-8-122. Board empowered to invest funds - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 32-18-106 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 18 / Section 32-18-106
32-18-106. Financial powers
Status: in_force

32-18-106. Financial powers. (1) In addition to the general financial powers specified in section 32-1-1101, the board has the power, for and on behalf of the district, to:

(a) Levy and collect a sales tax in accordance with section 32-18-107, subject to the requirements of section 20 of article X of the state constitution; and

(b) Pledge sales tax revenues or any portion thereof for the payment of any indebtedness of the district.

(2) The ordinance or resolution proposing the creation of a forest improvement district may specify a limit on the amount of revenue that a district may receive.
C.R.S. § 32-11-217 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 2 / Section 32-11-217
32-11-217. Financial powers of district
Status: in_force

32-11-217. Financial powers of district. (1) The district also has the following powers:

(a) To borrow money and to issue district securities evidencing any loan to or amount due by the district, to provide for and secure the payment of any district securities and the rights of the holders thereof, and to purchase, hold, and dispose of district securities, as provided in this article;

(b) To fund or refund any loan or obligation of the district, and to issue funding or refunding securities to evidence such loan or obligation without any election, except as provided in this article;

(c) (I) To levy and cause to be collected taxes on and against all taxable property within the district; except that any levy, except as provided in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (c), in excess of one mill shall require the favorable vote of a majority of the electors of the district voting on the question, subject to the limitations provided in paragraph (d) of this subsection (1), by certifying, in accordance with the schedule prescribed by section 39-5-128, C.R.S., in each year in which the board determines to levy taxes, to the body having authority to levy taxes within each county wherein the district has any territory, the rate so fixed, with directions that, at the time and in the manner required by law for levying taxes for other purposes, such body having authority to levy taxes shall levy such taxes upon the valuation for assessment of all taxable property within the district, in addition to such other taxes as may be levied by such body, as provided in this section. Not more than one-tenth of a mill shall be used for engineering and operations of the district, not more than four-tenths of a mill shall be used for capital construction, and not more than four-tenths of a mill shall be used for maintenance and preservation of floodways and floodplains.

(I.5) In addition to the financial powers and limitations set forth in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (c) and notwithstanding the limitations set forth in paragraph (d) of this subsection (1), the district shall have the power to levy and cause to be collected an additional tax not to exceed one-tenth of a mill upon the valuation for assessment of all taxable property within those portions of Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson counties lying within the district. The additional tax shall be collected in the manner set forth in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (c). The funds derived from such levy shall be used for the maintenance of and any improvements on that portion of the South Platte river which lies within the district.

(II) No levy authorized by this article for the payment of the principal of, any prior redemption premiums due in connection with, or the interest on any bonds or other securities issued under this article, whether general obligations or special obligations, shall be subject to the election requirements of subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (c), but all such levies shall be subject to the limitations provided in paragraph (d) of this subsection (1).

(d) To levy taxes for any fiscal year without limitation as to rate or amount for the payment of any debt of the district authorized at an election as provided in this article, except as otherwise provided by sections 32-11-564 and 32-11-566, in accordance with section 32-11-533, and evidenced by the district's interim debentures, bonds, or other contract constituting a general obligation of the district, for a term exceeding one year, and between the district and the federal government or any public body (or any combination thereof), as provided in this section, but otherwise to levy taxes for any fiscal year subject to the following limitations:

Purpose of levy Mill limitation

To defray operation and maintenance expenses: one-half mill

To defray costs of capital improvements: one mill

To accumulate funds as additional security

for payment of assessment bonds: one mill

Maximum annual nondebt levy: two and one-half mills;

(e) To fix, from time to time increase or decrease, collect, and cause to be collected rates, fees, and other service charges pertaining to the facilities of the district, including without limitation minimum charges and charges for availability of the facilities or services relating thereto; to pledge such revenues for the payment of district securities; and to enforce the collection of such revenues by civil action or by any other means provided by law;

(f) To levy, collect, and cause to be collected assessments fixed against specially benefited real property in any improvement district within the urban district as provided in this article;

(g) To deposit any moneys of the district in any depository authorized in section 24-75-603, C.R.S.;

(h) To invest and reinvest any surplus money in the district's treasury, including such moneys in a sinking or reserve fund established for the purpose of retiring any district securities, not required for the immediate necessities of the district in securities meeting the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S., by direct purchase of any issue of such securities, or part thereof, at the original sale of the same, or by the subsequent purchase of such securities, except as otherwise provided in section 32-11-520 or elsewhere in this article;

(i) To redeem at maturity and to sell from time to time such securities thus purchased and held, so that the proceeds may be applied to the purposes for which the money with which such securities were originally purchased was placed in the treasury of the district;

(j) To reinvest the proceeds of any such sale in securities as provided in paragraph (h) of this subsection (1) and otherwise in this article.
C.R.S. § 32-10-166 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 10 / Section 32-10-166
32-10-166. Recount of votes - board to conduct
Status: repealed

32-10-166. Recount of votes - board to conduct. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 32-4-520 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 4 / Part 5 / Section 32-4-520
32-4-520. Correction of faulty notices
Status: in_force

32-4-520. Correction of faulty notices. In any case where a notice is provided for in this part 5, if the board, governing body, or court having jurisdiction of the matter finds for any reason that due notice was not given, the board, governing body, or court shall not thereby lose jurisdiction, and the proceeding in question shall not thereby be void or be abated, but the board, governing body, or court shall order due notice to be given, and shall continue the hearing until such time as notice shall be properly given, and thereupon shall proceed as though notice had been properly given in the first instance.
C.R.S. § 32-9-153 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 9 / Section 32-9-153
32-9-153. Polling places
Status: repealed

32-9-153. Polling places. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 32-11-302 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 3 / Section 32-11-302
32-11-302. Levies to cover deficiencies
Status: in_force

32-11-302. Levies to cover deficiencies. (1) The board, in certifying annual levies, shall take into account the maturing obligations for the ensuing year as provided in its contracts, maturing securities, and interest on securities, and deficiencies and defaults in prior years, and shall make ample provision for the payment thereof.

(2) In case the moneys produced from such levies, together with the revenues and any other moneys of the district, are not sufficient punctually to pay the annual installments of its contracts or securities and interest thereon, and to pay defaults and deficiencies, the board shall make such additional levies of taxes as may be necessary for such purposes, and notwithstanding any limitations, except the limitations in section 32-11-217 (1)(d), such taxes shall be made and continue to be levied until the obligations of the district payable from taxes are fully paid.
C.R.S. § 32-9-154 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 9 / Section 32-9-154
32-9-154. Election supplies
Status: repealed

32-9-154. Election supplies. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 32-4-531 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 4 / Part 5 / Section 32-4-531
32-4-531. Cancellation of paid securities
Status: in_force

32-4-531. Cancellation of paid securities. Whenever the treasurer of the district redeems and pays any of the securities issued under the provisions of this part 5, he shall cancel the same by writing across the face thereof or stamping thereon the word "Paid", together with the date of the payment, sign his name thereto, and transmit the same to the secretary of the district, taking his receipt therefor, which receipt shall be filed in the records of the district. The secretary shall credit the treasurer on his books for the amount so paid.
C.R.S. § 32-11.5-511 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11.5 / Part 5 / Section 32-11.5-511
32-11.5-511. Division of tract
Status: in_force

32-11.5-511. Division of tract. If a tract is divided after a special assessment has been levied and divided into installments and before the collection of all the installments, the board may require the county assessor to apportion the uncollected amounts upon the several parts of the tract so divided proportionally based upon their valuation for assessment for taxes. The apportionment shall be conclusive on all parties, and all subsequent assessments shall be according to the apportionment.
C.R.S. § 32-8-105 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 8 / Section 32-8-105
32-8-105. Tunnel - location - construction
Status: repealed

32-8-105. Tunnel - location - construction. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 32-4-402 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 4 / Part 4 / Section 32-4-402
32-4-402. Definitions
Status: in_force

32-4-402. Definitions. As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "District" means a metropolitan water district organized under this part 4 either as originally organized or as changed from time to time.

(1.5) "Eligible elector" has the meaning specified in section 32-1-103 (5).

(2) "Governing body" means the city council of a city, the board of trustees of an incorporated town, or the board of directors of a water and sanitation district, or any organization by law authorized to obligate itself for the purposes contemplated by this part 4.

(3) "Municipality" means city, incorporated town, or water or water and sanitation districts; but in no event shall the word "municipality" include or refer to a city with a population in excess of three hundred thousand. The population of municipalities or unincorporated areas shall be determined by the latest federal census or state census or a local census directed by a city or a metropolitan water district.

(4) "Ordinance" means a resolution in the case of water and sanitation districts.

(5) "Publication" has the meaning specified in section 32-1-103 (15).

(6) (a) "Taxpaying elector" means "taxpaying elector" as defined in section 32-1-103 (23).

(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 92, p. 890, § 130, effective January 1, 1993.)
C.R.S. § 32-15-102 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 15 / Section 32-15-102
32-15-102. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

32-15-102. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that:

(a) There is a question of whether Mile High stadium is viable physically and economically;

(b) The general assembly and the public are in need of a full and objective review of the viability of Mile High stadium and the possible need for renovating Mile High stadium or for constructing a new football stadium, including the costs and benefits associated with the renovation of Mile High stadium or the construction and operation of a new football stadium in the metropolitan Denver area;

(c) This needed review is best accomplished by an independent body, the metropolitan football stadium district.

(2) Therefore, the general assembly has enacted this article creating the metropolitan football stadium district.
C.R.S. § 32-8-101 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 8 / Section 32-8-101
32-8-101. Purpose of tunnel
Status: in_force

32-8-101. Purpose of tunnel. The purpose of this article is to facilitate transportation and communication between the eastern and western portions of the state through the efficient operation and maintenance of the existing Moffat tunnel under the continental divide and to promote the health, comfort, safety, convenience, and welfare of the people of the state, with special benefit to the property within the boundaries of the improvement district created in this article.
C.R.S. § 32-8-107 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 8 / Section 32-8-107
32-8-107. Powers of department
Status: in_force

32-8-107. Powers of department. (1) The department has power on behalf of said district:

(a) To employ a chief engineer, and such other engineers, assistants, and employees as may be necessary, and to provide for their compensation;

(b) To secure the services of attorneys and provide for their compensation;

(c) To preserve, operate, and maintain, or contract for the preservation, operation, and maintenance of the Moffat tunnel and its approaches and all necessary works incidental thereto; to equip and electrify the tunnel, its approaches and connections, and to construct and maintain power plants for the lighting, equipment, and electrifying of the tunnel, its approaches and connections;

(d) To enter into and execute all contracts, leases, and other instruments in writing necessary or proper to the accomplishment of the purposes of this article;

(e) and (f) (Deleted by amendment, L. 96, p. 1050, § 5, effective May 23, 1996.)

(g) To adopt bylaws not in conflict with the constitution and laws of the state, in carrying out the purposes of this article;

(h) To exercise all powers necessary and requisite for the accomplishment of the purposes for which this district is organized and capable of being delegated by the general assembly of the state of Colorado; and no enumeration of particular powers granted shall be construed to impair any general grant of power contained in this article, nor to limit any such grant to powers of the same class as those so enumerated;

(i) To receive on behalf of the district aid or donations from any person or corporation or from the United States government for the purpose of preserving, operating, or maintaining the tunnel and its approaches and equipment;

(j) To deposit moneys of the district that are not required to be transferred to each of the counties of the district or to the city and county of Denver pursuant to section 32-8-124 and that are not needed in the conduct of district affairs in any depository authorized in section 24-75-603, C.R.S. For the purpose of making such deposits, the board may appoint, by written resolution, one or more persons to act as custodians of the moneys of the district. Such persons shall give surety bonds in such amounts and form and for such purposes as the board requires.

(k) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2002, p. 1071, § 3, effective August 7, 2002.)
C.R.S. § 32-1-103 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 1 / Part 1 / Section 32-1-103
32-1-103. Definitions
Status: repealed

32-1-103. Definitions. As used in this article 1, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Ambulance district" means a special district which provides emergency medical services and the transportation of sick, disabled, or injured persons by motor vehicle, aircraft, or other form of transportation to and from facilities providing medical services. For the purpose of this subsection (1), "emergency medical services" means services engaged in providing initial emergency medical assistance, including, but not limited to, the treatment of trauma and burns and respiratory, circulatory, and obstetrical emergencies.

(1.5) "Board" means the board of directors of a special district.

(2) "Court" means the district court in any county in which the petition for organization of the special district was originally filed and which entered the order organizing said district or the district court to which the file pertaining to the special district has been transferred pursuant to section 32-1-303 (1)(b).

(2.5) "Depository institution" means:

(a) A person that is organized or chartered, or is doing business or holds an authorization certificate, under the laws of a state or of the United States which authorize the person to receive deposits, including deposits in savings, shares, certificates, or other deposit accounts, and that is supervised and examined for the protection of depositors by an official or agency of a state or the United States; and

(b) A trust company or other institution that is authorized by federal or state law to exercise fiduciary powers of the type that a national bank is permitted to exercise under the authority of the comptroller of the currency and that is supervised and examined by an official or agency of a state or the United States. The term does not include an insurance company or other organization primarily engaged in the insurance business.

(3) "Director" means a member of the board.

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

(4.5) "Early childhood development service district" means a special district created pursuant to article 21 of this title 32 to provide, directly or indirectly, early childhood development services to children from birth through eight years of age.

(5) (a) "Eligible elector" means a person who, at the designated time or event, is registered to vote pursuant to the "Uniform Election Code of 1992", articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S., and:

(I) Who is a resident of the special district or the area to be included in the special district; or

(II) Who, or whose spouse or civil union partner, owns taxable real or personal property situated within the boundaries of the special district or the area to be included in the special district, whether said person resides within the special district or not.

(b) A person who is obligated to pay taxes under a contract to purchase taxable property situated within the boundaries of the special district or the area to be included within the special district shall be considered an owner within the meaning of this subsection (5).

(c) Repealed.

(d) For all elections and petitions that require ownership of real property or land, the ownership of a mobile home as defined in section 38-12-201.5 (5) or 5-1-301 (29), or a manufactured home as defined in section 42-1-102 (48.8), is sufficient to qualify as ownership of real property or land for the purpose of voting rights and petitions.

(e) In the event that the board, by resolution, ends business personal property taxation by the district pursuant to subsection (8)(b) of section 20 of article X of the state constitution, persons owning such property and spouses or civil union partners of such persons shall not be eligible electors of the district on the basis of ownership of such property.

(6) Repealed.

(6.5) "Financial institution or institutional investor" means any of the following, whether acting for itself or others in a fiduciary capacity:

(a) A depository institution;

(b) An insurance company;

(c) A separate account of an insurance company;

(d) An investment company registered under the federal "Investment Company Act of 1940";

(e) A business development company as defined in the federal "Investment Company Act of 1940";

(f) Any private business development company as defined in the federal "Investment Company Act of 1940";

(g) An employee pension, profit-sharing, or benefit plan if the plan has total assets in excess of five million dollars or its investment decisions are made by a named fiduciary, as defined in the federal "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974", that is a broker-dealer registered under the federal "Securities Exchange Act of 1934", an investment adviser registered or exempt from registration under the federal "Investment Advisers Act of 1940", a depository institution, or an insurance company;

(h) An entity, but not an individual, a substantial part of whose business activities consists of investing, purchasing, selling, or trading in securities of more than one issuer and not of its own issue and that has total assets in excess of five million dollars as of the end of its last fiscal year; and

(i) A small business investment company licensed by the federal small business administration under the federal "Small Business Investment Act of 1958".

(7) "Fire protection district" means a special district which provides protection against fire by any available means and which may supply ambulance and emergency medical and rescue services.

(7.5) "Forest improvement district" means a special district created pursuant to article 18 of this title that protects communities from wildfires and improves the condition of forests in the district.

(8) "Governing body" means a city council or board of trustees and includes a body or board where the operation and management of service is under the control of a municipal body or board other than a city council or board of trustees.

(8.5) "Health assurance district" means a special district that is created to organize, operate, control, direct, manage, contract for, furnish, or provide, directly or indirectly, health-care services to residents of the district and family members of such residents who are in need of such services.

(9) "Health service district" means a special district that may establish, maintain, or operate, directly or indirectly through lease to or from other parties or other arrangement, public hospitals, convalescent centers, nursing care facilities, intermediate care facilities, emergency facilities, community clinics, or other facilities licensed or certified pursuant to section 25-1.5-103 (1)(a), C.R.S., providing health and personal care services and may organize, own, operate, control, direct, manage, contract for, or furnish ambulance service.

(9.3) "Inactive special district" means a special district in a predevelopment stage that has no residents other than those who lived within the district boundaries prior to the formation of the district, no business or commercial ventures or facilities within its boundaries, has not issued any general obligation or revenue debt and does not have any financial obligations outstanding or contracts in effect that require performance by the district during the time the district is inactive, has not imposed a mill levy for tax collection in that fiscal year, anticipates no receipt of revenue and has no planned expenditures, except for statutory compliance, in that fiscal year, has no operation or maintenance responsibility for any facilities, has initially filed a notice of inactive status pursuant to section 32-1-104 (3), and, each year thereafter, has filed a notice of continuing inactive status pursuant to section 32-1-104 (4).

(9.5) "Mental health-care service district" means a special district created pursuant to this article to provide, directly or indirectly, mental health-care services to residents of the district who are in need of mental health-care services and to family members of such residents.

(10) "Metropolitan district" means a special district that provides for the inhabitants thereof any two or more of the following services:

(a) Fire protection;

(b) Mosquito control;

(c) Parks and recreation;

(d) Safety protection;

(e) Sanitation;

(f) Solid waste disposal facilities or collection and transportation of solid waste;

(g) Street improvement;

(h) Television relay and translation;

(i) Transportation;

(j) Water.

(11) "Municipality" means a municipality as defined in section 31-1-101 (6), C.R.S.

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

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

(14) "Park and recreation district" means a special district which provides parks or recreational facilities or programs within said district.

(14.5) "Property owners list" means the list furnished by the county assessor in accordance with section 1-5-304, 1-13.5-204, or 1-13.5-1105 (2)(a) and (2)(b) showing each property owner within the district, as shown on a deed or contract of record.

(15) "Publication" means printing one time, in one newspaper of general circulation in the special district or proposed special district if there is such a newspaper, and, if not, then in a newspaper in the county in which the special district or proposed special district is located. For a special district with territory within more than one county, if publication cannot be made in one newspaper of general circulation in the special district, then one publication is required in a newspaper in each county in which the special district is located and in which the special district also has fifty or more eligible electors.

(16) "Quorum" means more than one-half of the number of directors serving on the board of a special district.

(17) "Regular special district election" means the election on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of May in every odd-numbered year, held for the purpose of electing members to the boards of special districts and for submission of other public questions, if any.

(17.5) (Deleted by amendment, L. 92, p. 874, § 105, effective January 1, 1993.)

(18) "Sanitation district" means a special district that provides for storm or sanitary sewers, or both, flood and surface drainage, treatment and disposal works and facilities, or solid waste disposal facilities or waste services, and all necessary or proper equipment and appurtenances incident thereto.

(19) "Secretary" means the secretary of the board.

(19.5) "Solid waste" shall have the same definition as specified in section 30-20-101 (6), C.R.S.

(20) "Special district" means any quasi-municipal corporation and political subdivision organized or acting pursuant to the provisions of this article. "Special district" does not include any entity organized or acting pursuant to the provisions of article 8 of title 29, article 20 of title 30, article 25 of title 31, or articles 41 to 50 of title 37, C.R.S.

(21) "Special election" means any election called by the board for submission of public questions and other matters. The election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February, May, October, or December, in November of even-numbered years or on the first Tuesday in November of odd-numbered years. Any special district may petition a district court judge who has jurisdiction in such district for permission to hold a special election on a day other than those specified in this subsection (21). The district court judge may grant permission only upon a finding that an election on the days specified would be impossible or impracticable or upon a finding that an unforeseeable emergency would require an election on a day other than those specified.

(22) "Taxable property" means real or personal property subject to general ad valorem taxes. "Taxable property" does not include the ownership of property on which a specific ownership tax is paid pursuant to law.

(23) (a) "Taxpaying elector" means an eligible elector of a special district who, or whose spouse or civil union partner, owns taxable real or personal property within the special district or the area to be included in or excluded from the special district, whether the person resides within the special district or not.

(b) A person who is obligated to pay taxes under a contract to purchase taxable property within the special district shall be considered an owner within the meaning of this subsection (23).

(c) For all elections and petitions that require ownership of real property or land, the ownership of a mobile home as defined in section 38-12-201.5 (5) or 5-1-301 (29), or a manufactured home as defined in section 42-1-102 (48.8), is sufficient to qualify as ownership of real property or land for the purpose of voting rights and petitions.

(23.2) "Tunnel" means one or more holes under or through the ground, mountains, rock formations, or other natural or man-made material, including roads, railroads, pipelines, and other means of transporting vehicles, people, or goods through any such tunnel, whether located in the tunnel or, to the extent the same connects the tunnel to other similar facilities, located outside the tunnel. "Tunnel" also means any ventilation, drainage, and support facilities, toll collection facilities, administrative facilities, and other facilities necessary or convenient to the acquisition, construction, improvement, equipping, operation, or maintenance of the tunnel or to the operation of the tunnel district, whether located within or without the tunnel.

(23.5) "Tunnel district" means a special district which provides a tunnel.

(24) "Water and sanitation district" means a special district which provides both water district and sanitation district services.

(25) "Water district" means a special district which supplies water for domestic and other public and private purposes by any available means and provides all necessary or proper reservoirs, treatment works and facilities, equipment, and appurtenances incident thereto.
C.R.S. § 32-10-155 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 10 / Section 32-10-155
32-10-155. Return of ballot box, pollbook, and registration list
Status: repealed

32-10-155. Return of ballot box, pollbook, and registration list. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 32-11-401 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 4 / Section 32-11-401
32-11-401. Elections
Status: in_force

32-11-401. Elections. (1) Wherever in this article 11 an election is permitted or required, the election may be held independently at a special election held and conducted under article 13.5 of title 1 or may be held in coordination with the clerk and recorders of counties included within the district under articles 1 to 13 of title 1.

(2) If an election is held in coordination with the clerk and recorders of counties included within the district, the district shall pay the district's costs of conducting a nonpartisan election in accordance with section 1-7-116 (2).
C.R.S. § 32-11-540 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 5 / Section 32-11-540
32-11-540. Payments from general fund
Status: in_force

32-11-540. Payments from general fund. Any sums coming due on any general obligation district securities at any time when there are not on hand from such tax levy or levies sufficient funds to pay the same shall be promptly paid when due from the general fund of the district, reimbursement to be made to such general fund in the sums thus advanced when the taxes provided for in this article have been collected.
C.R.S. § 32-7-117 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 7 / Section 32-7-117
32-7-117. Revenues of service authority - collection
Status: in_force

32-7-117. Revenues of service authority - collection. (1) In any service authority, all rates, fees, tolls, and charges shall constitute a perpetual lien on and against the property served until paid, and any such lien may be enforced and foreclosed by certification of the delinquent amounts due, within one hundred twenty days after the due date of such rates, fees, tolls, or charges, to the board of county commissioners of the county in which said property is located. The officials of said county shall collect and remit such delinquent amounts to the service authority in the manner provided by law for the collection of general property taxes.

(2) The board may discontinue service for delinquencies in the payment of such rates, fees, tolls, or charges or in the payment of taxes levied pursuant to this article and shall prescribe and enforce rules and regulations for the connection with and the disconnection from the facilities of the service authority.
C.R.S. § 32-9-129 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 9 / Section 32-9-129
32-9-129. Issuance of temporary bonds
Status: in_force

32-9-129. Issuance of temporary bonds. The district may, without an election, issue temporary bonds, pending preparation of definitive bonds and exchangeable for the definitive bonds when prepared, as the board may determine. Each temporary bond shall set forth substantially the same conditions, terms, and provisions as the definitive bond for which it is exchanged. Each holder of a temporary bond shall have all the rights and remedies which he would have as a holder of the definitive bond.
C.R.S. § 32-10-173 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 10 / Section 32-10-173
32-10-173. Election offenses - penalties
Status: repealed

32-10-173. Election offenses - penalties. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 32-11-813 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 8 / Section 32-11-813
32-11-813. Tax exemptions
Status: in_force

32-11-813. Tax exemptions. (1) The effectuation of the powers authorized in this article are in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and for the increase of their commerce and prosperity.

(2) The urban district shall not be required to pay any taxes upon any property pertaining to the facilities of the district or any project authorized in this article and acquired within the state, nor the district's interest in any such property.
C.R.S. § 32-14-107 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 14 / Section 32-14-107
32-14-107. Board of directors - powers and duties
Status: in_force

32-14-107. Board of directors - powers and duties. (1) In addition to any other powers specifically granted to the board in this article, the board shall have the following powers and duties:

(a) To fix the time and place at which its regular and special meetings shall be held within the geographical boundaries of the district;

(b) To adopt and from time to time amend or repeal rules of procedure and bylaws not in conflict with the constitution and laws of the state;

(c) To hire such permanent and temporary staff as may be necessary to assist the board in its duties;

(d) To promote the acquisition of a major league baseball franchise and the construction of a stadium within the district;

(e) To sue and be sued;

(f) To decide at which general, primary, or special election the question specified in section 32-14-105 (1) shall be submitted to the registered electors within the geographical boundaries of the district;

(g) To contract for the construction, equipment, preservation, operation, and maintenance of a stadium and all necessary works incidental thereto;

(h) To enter into such contracts as may be authorized in this article including, but not limited to, contracts for the lease and sale of a stadium;

(i) To enter into and execute all contracts, leases, intergovernmental agreements, and other instruments in writing necessary or proper to the accomplishment of the purposes of this article, including, but not limited to, intergovernmental agreements concerning revenue sharing;

(j) To conduct such investigations and studies as may be necessary in order to evaluate sites within the district which are suitable for the construction of a stadium including, without limitation, a study of major league baseball stadiums in other cities. In connection with such evaluation process, the board shall consult with representatives of any city, town, city and county, or county included, in whole or in part, in the district, the chambers of commerce located within the district, the Denver baseball commission, and any other individuals, groups of individuals, or entities which may provide any relevant expertise concerning the evaluation of stadium sites. In addition, the board shall consult with the urban land institute pursuant to the provisions of section 32-14-112 concerning the evaluation of stadium sites.

(k) To establish criteria for a stadium site and a stadium;

(l) Upon the approval of the registered electors pursuant to the provisions of section 32-14-105, to select a single site within the district for the location of a stadium after consideration of any recommendations made by the urban land institute pursuant to the provisions of section 32-14-112 concerning such selection;

(m) To acquire on behalf of the district the selected stadium site and such other lands and interests in real and personal property as may be necessary, by gift, contract, or other means. The board may acquire on behalf of the district such lands and interests in real and personal property as may be necessary for parking facilities, stadium facilities, and stadium site access by gift, contract, or other means or through the exercise of the power of eminent domain, pursuant to the applicable provisions of articles 1 to 7 of title 38, C.R.S.; except that the board shall not be authorized to commence an action on behalf of the district to exercise the power of eminent domain after April 30, 1995, and that the board may only exercise the power of eminent domain with respect to real property which is located within the lesser of one thousand feet of the nearest boundary of real property which, as of January 31, 1993, was owned by or under contract to be acquired by the district or to the center line of Blake street or to the center line of 19th street. Any lands and interest in real and personal property acquired by the board through the exercise of the power of eminent domain shall not be sold, leased, rented, or given away except in connection with the sale or lease of the entire stadium; except that this restriction shall not apply to any agreement with the major league baseball franchise which is located in the district.

(n) To maintain an office at such place as it may designate within the geographical boundaries of the district;

(o) To exercise all powers necessary and requisite for the accomplishment of the purposes for which the district is organized and capable of being delegated by the general assembly; and no enumeration of particular powers granted shall be construed to impair any general grant of power contained in this article or to limit any such grant to powers of the same class as those so enumerated;

(p) To arrange with the city, town, city and county, or county in which the selected stadium site is located to plan, replan, zone, or rezone any part of the selected stadium site, in connection with the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of the stadium proposed or being undertaken by the district pursuant to the provisions of this article;

(q) To borrow money, contract to borrow money for the purpose of issuing special obligation bonds, and issue obligations for any of its corporate purposes and to fund such obligations and to refund such obligations as provided in this article;

(r) To engage the services of private consultants and legal counsel to render professional and technical assistance and advice in carrying out the purposes of this article;

(s) To procure insurance against any loss in connection with its property and other assets and liability for personal injury to or damage to property of others in such amounts and from such insurers as are necessary and reasonable for governmental entities owning similar facilities in the district;

(t) To procure insurance or guarantees from any public or private entity, including but not limited to the state, any city, town, city and county, or county, or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States of America, for payment of any obligations issued by the district, including the power to pay premiums on any such insurance;

(u) To receive and accept from any source aid or contributions of money, property, labor, or other things of value to be held, used, and applied to carry out the purposes of this article subject to the conditions upon which the grants or contributions are made, including, but not limited to, gifts or grants from the state, any city, town, city and county, or county, and any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States of America for any purpose consistent with the provisions of this article;

(v) To acquire, dispose of, and encumber real and personal property including, without limitation, rights and interests in property, leases, and easements necessary to the functions or the operation of the district;

(w) To fix and from time to time to increase or decrease fees, rentals, rates, tolls, penalties, or other charges for services, programs, or facilities furnished by the district in connection with the operation of the stadium, and the board may pledge such revenues or any portion thereof for the payment of any indebtedness of the district as provided in this article;

(x) To levy and collect a sales tax pursuant to the provisions of this article, and the board may pledge such sales tax revenues or any portion thereof for the payment of any indebtedness of the district;

(y) To invest moneys received by the district pursuant to the provisions of this article in accordance with the provisions of part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S.;

(z) To administer and use moneys received by the district in accordance with the provisions of this article;

(aa) To develop reporting and review requirements governing the receipt and expenditures of any moneys received by the district pursuant to this article;

(bb) To deposit any moneys of the district in any banking institution or savings and loan association within the state as authorized in section 24-75-603, C.R.S., and to appoint, for purposes of making such deposits, one or more persons to act as custodians of the moneys of the district, who may be required to give surety bonds in such amounts and form and for such purposes as the board may require.
C.R.S. § 32-11-506 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 5 / Section 32-11-506
32-11-506. Details of securities
Status: in_force

32-11-506. Details of securities. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this article and in any other law, the provisions of which are relevant by express reference in this article thereto, any district securities issued under this article, as may be provided by the board in a resolution authorizing their issuance and in any indenture or other proceedings pertaining thereto, may be:

(a) In such form, issued in such manner, and issued with such provisions:

(I) For the application of any accrued interest and any premium from the sale of any bonds or other district securities under this article as provided in section 32-11-516;

(II) For the registration of the bonds or other securities for payment as to principal only, or as to both principal and interest, at the option of any holder of a bond or other security, or for registration for payment only in either manner designated;

(III) For the endorsement of payments of interest on the bonds or other securities or for reconverting the bonds or other securities into coupon bonds or other coupon securities, or both for such endorsement and such reconversion, where any bond or other security is registered for payment as to interest; and where interest accruing on the securities is not represented by interest coupons, the securities may provide for the endorsing of payments of interest thereon;

(IV) For the endorsement of payments of principal on the bonds or other securities, where any bond or other securities are registered for payment as to principal;

(V) For the initial issuance of one or more bonds or other securities aggregating the amount of the entire issue or any portion thereof, and the endorsement of payments of interest or principal or both interest and principal on the securities;

(VI) For the manner and circumstances in and under which any such bond or other securities may in the future, at the request of the holder thereof, be converted into bonds or other securities of smaller or larger denominations, which bonds or other securities of smaller or larger denominations may in turn be either coupon bonds or other coupon securities or bonds or other securities registered for payment, or coupon bonds or other coupon securities with provisions for registration for payment;

(VII) For the reissuance of any outstanding bonds or other securities, and the terms and conditions thereof, whether lost, apparently destroyed, wrongfully taken, or for any other reason, as provided in the "Uniform Commercial Code - Investment Securities", being article 8 of title 4, C.R.S., or otherwise;

(VIII) For the deposit of moneys, federal securities, or other securities of the federal government, or both moneys and all such securities, with and securing their repayment by a commercial bank within or without or both within and without this state; and

(IX) For the payment of costs or expenses incident to the enforcement of the securities or of the provisions of the resolution or of any covenant or contract with the holders of the securities.

(b) Issued otherwise with such recitals, terms, covenants, conditions, and other provisions as the board may provide.
C.R.S. § 32-11-510 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 11 / Part 5 / Section 32-11-510
32-11-510. Interest coupons
Status: in_force

32-11-510. Interest coupons. Any bonds issued under this article (except temporary bonds) shall have one or two sets of interest coupons, bearing the number of the bond to which they are respectively attached, numbered consecutively in regular numerical order, and attached in such manner that they may be removed upon the payment of the installments of interest without injury to the bonds, except as otherwise provided in this article.
C.R.S. § 32-13-110 — CO Code / Title 32 / Article 13 / Section 32-13-110
32-13-110. Tax imposed - collection - administration of tax - use
Status: in_force

32-13-110. Tax imposed - collection - administration of tax - use. (1) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective until July 1, 2025.] Upon the approval of the registered electors pursuant to the provisions of section 32-13-108, the board shall have the power to levy such uniform sales tax throughout the district upon every transaction or other incident with respect to which a sales tax is levied by the county, pursuant to the provisions of article 2 of title 29, C.R.S.

(1) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective July 1, 2025.] Upon the approval of the registered electors pursuant to the provisions of section 32-13-108, the board shall have the power to levy such uniform sales tax throughout the district upon every transaction or other incident with respect to which a sales tax is levied by the county, pursuant to the provisions of part 1 of article 2 of title 29.

(2) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is effective until July 1, 2025.] (a) If such sales tax is levied pursuant to the provisions of this article, the collection, administration, and enforcement of said sales tax shall be performed by the executive director of the department of revenue in the same manner as that for the collection, administration, and enforcement of the state sales tax imposed under article 26 of title 39, C.R.S., including, without limitation, the retention by a vendor of the percentage of the amount remitted to cover the vendor's expense in the collection and remittance of said tax as provided in section 39-26-105, C.R.S. The executive director shall make monthly distributions of such sales tax collections to the district. The district shall pay the net incremental cost incurred by the department of revenue in the administration and collection of such sales taxes; except that in no event shall any district pay in any given fiscal year commencing after the first full fiscal year of operation more than an amount equal to the amount paid by the district in the first full fiscal year of operation, as adjusted in accordance with changes in the consumer price index for the Denver-Boulder consolidated metropolitan statistical area. The department may make expenditures for such costs subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly.

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

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

(2) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is effective July 1, 2025.] (a) If such sales tax is levied pursuant to the provisions of this article, the collection, administration, enforcement, and distribution of said sales tax shall be performed by the executive director of the department of revenue pursuant to part 2 of article 2 of title 29. The district shall pay the net incremental cost incurred by the department of revenue in the administration and collection of such sales taxes; except that in no event shall any district pay in any given fiscal year commencing after the first full fiscal year of operation more than an amount equal to the amount paid by the district in the first full fiscal year of operation, as adjusted in accordance with changes in the consumer price index for the Denver-Boulder consolidated metropolitan statistical area. The department may make expenditures for such costs subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly.

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

(3) The proceeds of such sales tax collections shall be used by the board to assist scientific and cultural facilities within the district. After deducting any costs incurred by the district for the administration of such moneys, distributions shall be made by the board, in accordance with any formula or criteria, if any, contained in the petition or resolution pursuant to section 32-13-108 (2)(b), to scientific and cultural facilities which meet the criteria, if any, specified in such petition or resolution, and which meet the following criteria:

(a) Any such facility shall be a nonprofit organization which meets the requirements of section 501 (c)(3) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, with the primary purpose of enlightening and entertaining the public through the production, presentation, exhibition, advancement, or preservation of visual arts, performing arts, cultural history, natural history, or natural sciences including earth, life, or physical sciences, as such terms are defined by the board, or shall be an agency of local government that has such primary purpose; and

(b) Any such facility shall have its principal office within the district, shall conduct the majority of its activities within the state of Colorado, and shall principally benefit the residents of the district.