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CO Code § 30-20-403 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 30-20-403. Authorization of Facilities and Bonds

  The acquisition, construction, reconstruction, lease, improvement, betterment, or extension of any water facilities or sewerage facilities, or both, and the issuance in anticipation of the collection of revenues of such facilities of bonds to provide funds to pay the cost thereof may be authorized under this part 4 by action of the board of county commissioners taken at a regular or special meeting by a vote of a majority of the members of the board.    The board, in determining such cost, may include all costs and estimated costs of the issuance of said bonds; all engineering, inspection, fiscal, and legal expenses; interest which it is estimated will accrue during the construction or other acquisition period and for a period of not exceeding one year thereafter on money borrowed or which it is estimated will be borrowed pursuant to this part 4; any discount on the sale of the bonds; costs of financial, professional, and other estimates and advice; contingencies; any administrative, operating, and other expenses of the county prior to and during such acquisition period and for a period of not exceeding one year thereafter, as may be determined by the board; and all other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing, acquisition, improvement, equipment, and completion of any water or sewerage facilities, joint water and sewer system, or part thereof, and the placing of the same in operation; and also such provision or reserves for working capital, operation, maintenance, or replacement expenses or for payment or security of principal of or interest on any bonds during or after such an acquisition or improvement and equipment as the board may determine; and also reimbursements to the federal government, or any agency, instrumentality, or corporation thereof, of any moneys theretofore expended for or in connection with any such water or sewerage facilities, or both.     History. Source: L. 71: P. 357, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-29-3 .
CO Code § 30-20-405 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 30-20-405. Signatures on Bonds

  The bonds and any coupons bearing the signatures of officers in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and binding obligations of the county, notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor any or all of the persons whose signatures appear thereon shall have ceased to be officers of the county issuing the same.    Any officer authorized or permitted to sign any bond or interest coupon, at the time of its execution and of the execution of a signature certificate, may adopt as and for his own facsimile signature the facsimile signature of his predecessor in office in the event that such facsimile signature appears upon the bond or coupons appertaining thereto, or upon both the bond and such coupons.     History. Source: L. 71: P. 359, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-29-5 .
CO Code § 30-20-406 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 30-20-406. Tax Exemption

 The bonds and the income therefrom shall be exempt from taxation, except inheritance, estate, and transfer taxes.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 359, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-29-6 .
CO Code § 30-20-408 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 30-20-408. No County Liability on Bonds

 Revenue bonds issued under this part 4 shall not constitute an indebtedness of the county within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitations. Each bond issued under this part 4 shall recite in substance that said bond, including interest thereon, is payable solely from the revenues pledged to the payment thereof and that said bond does not constitute a debt of the county within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitations.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 361, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-29-8 .
CO Code § 30-20-409 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 30-20-409. Remedies of Bondholders

  Subject to any contractual limitations binding upon the holders of any issue of bonds, or trustee therefor, including but not limited to the restriction of the exercise of any remedy to a specified proportion or percentage of such holders, any holder of bonds, or trustee therefor, shall have the right and power, for the equal benefit and protection of all holders of bonds similarly situated:   By mandamus or other suit, action, or proceeding at law or in equity to enforce his rights against the county and its board and any of its officers, agents, and employees and to require and compel such county or such board or any such officers, agents, or employees to perform and carry out their duties and obligations under this part 4 and their covenants and agreements with the bondholders;    By action or suit in equity to require the county and the board thereof to account as if they were the trustee of an express trust;    By action or suit in equity to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the bondholders; and    To bring suit upon the bonds.       No right or remedy conferred by this part 4 upon any holder of bonds or any trustee therefor is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, but each such right or remedy is cumulative and in addition to every other right or remedy and may be exercised without exhausting and without regard to any other remedy conferred by this part 4 or by any other law.     History. Source: L. 71: P. 361, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-29-9 .
CO Code § 30-20-411 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 30-20-411. Incontestable Recital in Bonds

 Any resolution authorizing, or any trust indenture or other instrument appertaining to, any bonds under this part 4 may provide that each bond therein authorized shall recite that it is issued under authority of this part 4. Such recital shall conclusively impart full compliance with all of the provisions of this part 4, and all bonds issued containing such recital shall be incontestable for any cause whatsoever after their delivery for value.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 363, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-29-11 .
CO Code § 30-20-412 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 30-20-412. Application of Bond Proceeds

  All moneys received from the issuance of any bonds authorized in this part 4 shall be used solely for the purpose for which issued and the cost of any project thereby delineated.    Any accrued interest and any premium shall be applied to the payment of the interest on or the principal of the bonds, or both interest and principal, or shall be deposited in a reserve therefor, as the board may determine.    Any unexpended balance of such bond proceeds remaining after the completion of the acquisition or improvement and equipment of the project or the completion of the purpose for which such bonds were issued shall be paid immediately into the fund created for the payment of the principal of said bonds and shall be used therefor, subject to the provisions as to the times and methods for their payment as stated in the bonds and the proceedings authorizing or otherwise appertaining to their issuance, or into a reserve therefor.    The validity of said bonds shall not be dependent on nor affected by the validity or regularity of any proceedings relating to the acquisition or improvement and equipment of the project or the proper completion of any project for which the bonds are issued.    The purchaser of the bonds shall in no manner be responsible for the application of the proceeds of the bonds by the county or any of its officers, agents, and employees.     History. Source: L. 71: P. 363, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-29-12 .
CO Code § 30-20-413 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 30-20-413. Continuing Rights of Bondholders

 The failure of any holder of any bond or coupon issued under this part 4 to proceed, as provided in section 30-20-409 , or in any proceedings appertaining to the issuance of such bond or coupon, shall not relieve the county, its board, or any of its officers, agents, and employees of any liability for failure to perform or carry out any duty, obligation, or other commitment.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 363, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-29-13 .
CO Code § 30-20-414 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 30-20-414. Validation

 All revenue bonds or other obligations payable solely from revenues of a water or sewer system, and any coupons appertaining thereto, appertaining to a water system, sewer system, or joint water and sewer system issued or purportedly issued prior to June 2, 1971, and all acts and proceedings had or taken or purportedly had or taken before that date, by or on behalf of any county under law or under color of law, preliminary to and in the authorization, execution, sale, and issuance of all water revenue bonds, sewer revenue bonds, and joint water and sewer revenue bonds, including any coupons appertaining thereto, the authorization and execution of all other contracts, and the exercise of other powers in this part 4, are validated, ratified, approved, and confirmed, except as provided in section 30-20-415 , notwithstanding any lack of power, authority, or otherwise, other than constitutional, and notwithstanding any defects and irregularities, other than constitutional, in such securities, acts, and proceedings in such authorization, execution, sale, and issuance and in such exercise of powers; and such securities and other contracts are and shall be binding, legal, valid, and enforceable obligations of such county to which they appertain in accordance with their terms and their authorization proceedings.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 363, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-29-14 .
CO Code § 30-20-415 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 30-20-415. Effect of and Limitations Upon Validation

 This part 4 shall operate to supply such legislative authority as may be necessary to validate any such securities issued prior to June 2, 1971, and other contracts of such counties executed before said date and any acts and proceedings taken before said date appertaining to the issuance of such securities or execution of other contracts by such counties or otherwise which the general assembly could have supplied or provided for in the law under which such securities were issued or such other contracts were executed and such acts or proceedings were taken; but this part 4 shall be limited to the validation of such securities, other contracts, acts, and proceedings to the extent to which the same can be effectuated under the state and federal constitutions. This part 4 shall not operate to validate, ratify, approve, confirm, or legalize any bond or coupon, other contract, act, proceedings, or other matter the legality of which is being contested or inquired into in any legal proceeding now pending and undetermined, and it shall not operate to confirm, validate, or legalize any bond or coupon, other contract, act, proceedings, or other matter which was determined in any legal proceeding prior to June 2, 1971, to be illegal, void, or ineffective.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 364, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-29-15 .
CO Code § 30-20-416 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 30-20-416. Compulsory Sewer Connections - Owner to Be Notified

  In addition to the powers already had by counties, they have the following powers as enumerated below:   Whenever the board of county commissioners of a county having a public sewerage system determines that the county sewer line is within four hundred feet of the boundary line of any premises located within the county and the board deems it necessary for the protection of public health that the owners of one or more of such premises shall connect their premises with the public sewer, thirty days' notice in writing shall be given to said owners, by registered mail, notifying them to connect their premises with the sewer, the date of the notice to begin as of the date of registering the same for mailing.    If the work of making the connection is not begun within thirty days, the board shall notify the county engineer to prepare plans and specifications for making the connection with the public sewer, including water and service pipe for flushing purposes, if the owner has given notice and proof to said board of his financial inability to make the connection himself and if it is only for the necessary connection of a water closet or of a privy in an outhouse or both.        History. Source: L. 71: P. 364, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-29-16 .
CO Code § 30-20-417 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 30-20-417. Resolution Adopted

 The plans or specifications shall be filed in the county clerk and recorder's or engineer's office, and a resolution shall be adopted by the board ordering or prescribing in general terms the contemplated sewerage connections, giving location of the premises and the name of the owner and authorizing the county clerk and recorder to advertise for bids. The advertisement for bids shall be the same as is now provided for in other cases wherein counties receive bids. The board of county commissioners shall let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who shall furnish satisfactory security, but it shall have the right to reject all bids.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 364, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-29-17 .
CO Code § 30-20-418 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 30-20-418. Cost of Connection

 The entire costs of all sewerage and water connections, closets, equipment pipe, sewer pipe, labor, and necessary engineering, legal, and publication expenses shall be ascertained by the board of county commissioners, including an amount of six percent additional for costs of inspection, collections, and other incidentals. The cost to each owner shall be determined according to the material used and work done under the contract in connecting such property to the public sewer and water main. The engineering, legal, and publication expenses shall be charged in proportion as each connection bears to the whole. The cost to each owner shall be billed to him and if unpaid shall be collected in the same manner as other rates, fees, tolls, and charges of the system.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 365, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-29-18 .
CO Code § 30-20-419 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 30-20-419. Appropriation From System

 The board of county commissioners may make adequate appropriations from the revenues of the system to defray such costs until such time as the charges are received, and, when received, the system shall be reimbursed to the amount of any such appropriation.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 365, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-29-19 .
CO Code § 30-20-420 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 30-20-420. Failure to Pay Rates and Charges - Lien

 In the event any user of the system neglects, fails, or refuses to pay the rates, fees, tolls, and charges fixed by the board of county commissioners for the connection with and use of the system, said user shall not be disconnected from said system or refused the use of said system unless the user is outside the boundaries of the county, but the rates, fees, tolls, and charges due therefor may be certified by the county clerk and recorder to the board of county commissioners of the county in which said delinquent user's property is located and shall become a lien upon the real property so served by said system and collected in the manner as though they were part of the taxes.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 365, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-29-20 .
CO Code § 30-20-421 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 30-20-421. Prior Rates and Charges Declared Valid

 Any such rates and charges for the connections with, and use of, the system of any county declared or established prior to June 2, 1971, by resolution of the board of county commissioners are, and the same are declared to be, valid and ratified.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 365, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-29-21 .
CO Code § 30-20-422 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 30-20-422. Construction of This Part 4

 The powers conferred by this part 4 shall be in addition and supplemental to and not in substitution for, and the limitations imposed by this part 4 shall not affect, the powers conferred by any other law. Bonds may be issued under this part 4 without regard to the provisions of any other law. The water facilities or sewerage facilities, or both, may be acquired, purchased, constructed, reconstructed, improved, bettered, and extended, and bonds may be issued under this part 4 for said purposes, notwithstanding that any law may provide for the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, and extension for like purposes, and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, debt, or other limitations or other provisions contained in any other law, including, but not limited to, any requirement for any restriction or limitation on the incurring of indebtedness or the issuance of bonds. Insofar as the provisions of this part 4 are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this part 4 shall be controlling.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 365, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-29-22 .
CO Code § 30-20-501 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - County Public Improvement District Act|§ 30-20-501. Short Title

 This part 5 shall be known and may be cited as the ”County Public Improvement District Act of 1968“.   History. Source: L. 68: P. 162, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-25-2 .
CO Code § 30-20-502 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - County Public Improvement District Act|§ 30-20-502. Legislative Declaration

 It is hereby declared that the organization of public improvement districts, having the purposes and powers provided in this part 5, shall serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security, and general welfare of the inhabitants of said districts.   History. Source: L. 68: P. 162, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-25-1 .
CO Code § 30-20-504 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - County Public Improvement District Act|§ 30-20-504. Authority of Governing Body

  Within the unincorporated territory of any county, the governing body of such county is hereby vested with jurisdiction, power, and authority to establish districts for the acquisition, construction, installation, operation, or maintenance of improvements or the provision of services authorized by this part 5. The governing body of a county may establish a district wholly or partially within the boundaries of any municipality or partially within the unincorporated territory of another county if such municipality or county consents by resolution to the establishment of such district.    If a municipality annexes or incorporates any territory within an established district, such territory shall remain in the district unless the municipality notifies the district's board of the municipality's intent to exclude the territory annexed or incorporated from the district. If the municipality notifies the board of its intent to exclude such territory, such exclusion shall take effect January 1 of the year following such notice. Any property excluded from the district under this subsection (2) shall remain subject to payment of its share of any indebtedness or bonds that are outstanding on the date of such exclusion.    At such time as all of the territory included within an existing district that has no outstanding indebtedness or bonds is annexed or incorporated into a municipality, the governing body of the municipality shall exercise all duties of the governing body of the district but continue to act under this section as if it were the board of county commissioners. The presiding officer of the governing body of the municipality shall be ex officio the presiding officer of the board, the clerk of the municipality shall be ex officio the secretary of the board, and the treasurer of the municipality shall be ex officio the treasurer of the board and district.     History. Source: L. 68: P. 163, § 4. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-25-4 . L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 507, § 2, effective April 30. L. 2002: (3) added, p. 268, § 3, effective August 7.
CO Code § 30-20-506 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - County Public Improvement District Act|§ 30-20-506. Bond of Petitioners

 At the time of filing the petition or at any time prior to the time of hearing on said petition a bond shall be filed, with security approved by the governing body, or cash deposit made sufficient to pay all expenses connected with the proceedings in case the organization of the district is not effected. If at any time during the organization proceedings the governing body is satisfied that the bond first executed or the amount of cash deposited is insufficient in amount, it may require the execution of an additional bond or the deposit of additional cash within a time to be fixed, not less than ten days distant, and upon failure of the petitioners to file or deposit the same, the petition shall be dismissed.   History. Source: L. 68: P. 164, § 6. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-25-6 .
CO Code § 30-20-507 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 20 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - County Public Improvement District Act|§ 30-20-507. Notice of Hearing

 As soon as possible after the filing of such petition, the governing body shall fix, by order, a place and time, not less than twenty days nor more than forty days after the petition is filed, for a hearing thereon. Thereupon the clerk of the governing body shall cause notice by publication to be made of the pendency of the petition, of the purposes and boundaries of the proposed district, and of the time and place of hearing thereon. The clerk shall also forthwith cause a copy of said notice to be mailed to each elector of the district at the elector's last-known address, as disclosed by the tax records of the counties and the last official voter registration lists. The clerk shall also cause a copy of said notice to be mailed to each municipality located within three miles of the boundaries of the proposed district at the same time notice is mailed to the electors of the district.   History. Source: L. 68: P. 164, § 7. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-25-7 . L. 70: P. 142, § 12. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 509, § 4, effective April 30.