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CO Code § 31-16-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 16 - Ordinances - Penalties|Part 1 - Procedure for Adoption|§ 31-16-107. Reading - Adoption of Code

 Whenever the reading of an ordinance or of a code which is to be adopted by reference is required by statute, any such requirement shall be deemed to be satisfied if the title of the proposed ordinance is read and the entire text of the proposed ordinance or of any code which is to be adopted by reference is submitted in writing to the governing body before adoption.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1124, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 31-16-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 16 - Ordinances - Penalties|Part 1 - Procedure for Adoption|§ 31-16-109. Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures

 All fines and forfeitures for the violation of ordinances and all moneys collected for licenses or otherwise shall be paid into the treasury of the city or town at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance, or, if there is no ordinance referring to the case, it shall be paid to the treasurer at once.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1124, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-12-307 as it existed prior to 1975.   Cross references:   For disposition of fines and forfeitures involving the operation of motor vehicles, see § 42-1-217 .   ANNOTATION   Applied in Orman v. City of Pueblo, 8 Colo. 292 , 6 P. 931 (1885).
CO Code § 31-16-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 16 - Ordinances - Penalties|Part 1 - Procedure for Adoption|§ 31-16-110. County Officers May Serve Process

 Any sheriff of any county or city and county of this state may serve, within such sheriff's county, any process issued from any court or may make any arrest within such sheriff's county, authorized by law to be made by any municipal officers; but the only process or warrant for the arrest of any person charged with a violation of a municipal ordinance which shall be valid and executed outside the municipality where said violation occurred is that for the violation of an ordinance of any municipality in this state which is a criminal or quasi-criminal offense. For the purposes of this section, traffic offenses shall not be considered to be criminal or quasi-criminal offenses unless penalty points may be assessed under section 42-2-127 (5)(a) to (5)(r), (5)(w), and (5)(x), C.R.S.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1124, § 1, effective July 1. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 795, § 9, effective June 3. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2565, § 78, effective January 1, 1995.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-12-308 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-16-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 16 - Ordinances - Penalties|Part 1 - Procedure for Adoption|§ 31-16-111. One-Year Limitation of Suits

 All suits for the recovery of any fine and prosecutions for the commission of any offense made punishable under any ordinance of any municipality shall be barred one year after the commission of the offense for which the fine is sought to be recovered.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1125, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-12-309 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-16-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 16 - Ordinances - Penalties|Part 2 - Ordinance Codes Adopted by Reference|§ 31-16-201. Definitions

 As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Adopting municipality” means any municipality which has adopted or is in the process of adopting an ordinance pursuant to the provisions of this part 2.    “Code” means any published compilation of statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, or standards adopted by the federal government or the state of Colorado, by an agency of either of them, or by any municipality or other political subdivision in this state. The term includes any codification or compilation of existing ordinances of the adopting municipality. The term “code” also means published compilations of any nongovernmental organization or institution which may embrace any of the following subjects: The construction, alteration, repair, removal, demolition, equipment, use, occupancy, location, maintenance, or other matters related to buildings or other erected structures including, but not limited to, building codes, fire or fire prevention codes, plumbing codes, housing codes, mechanical codes, and electrical codes.    “Municipality” means any city or any town operating under general or special laws of the state of Colorado or any home rule city or town, the charter or ordinances of which contain no provisions inconsistent with provisions of this part 2.    “Primary code” means any code which is directly adopted by reference in whole or in part by any ordinance passed pursuant to this part 2.    “Published” means issued in printed, lithographed, multigraphed, mimeographed, or similar form.    “Secondary code” means any code which is incorporated by reference, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part in any primary code or in any secondary code.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1125, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-12-401 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Adoption by Reference in Municipal Ordinances”, see 22 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 69 (1949).
CO Code § 31-16-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 16 - Ordinances - Penalties|Part 2 - Ordinance Codes Adopted by Reference|§ 31-16-202. Adoption by Reference - Title

 If all the procedures and requirements of this part 2 are complied with, any municipality may enact any ordinance which adopts any code by reference in whole or in part, and such primary code thus adopted may in turn adopt by reference, in whole or in part, any secondary codes duly described therein. However, every primary code which is incorporated in any such adopting ordinance shall be specified in the title of the ordinance. Notwithstanding the procedures and requirements of this part 2, a municipality may enact any ordinance which adopts by reference any statute, rule, regulation, or standard adopted by the federal government or the state of Colorado, or by any agency of either of them, solely by referring to such statute, rule, regulation, or standard in the text of such ordinance.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1125, § 1, effective July 1. L. 88: Entire section amended, p. 1125, § 7, effective April 4.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-12-402 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-16-203 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 16 - Ordinances - Penalties|Part 2 - Ordinance Codes Adopted by Reference|§ 31-16-203. Notice - Hearing

 After the introduction of the adopting ordinance, the governing body of any municipality shall schedule a public hearing thereon. Notice of the hearing shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the adopting municipality, once at least fifteen days preceding the hearing, and once at least eight days preceding it. If there is no such newspaper, the notice shall be posted in the same manner as provided for the posting of a proposed ordinance. The notice shall state the time and place of the hearing. It shall also state that copies of the primary code and copies of the secondary codes, if any, being considered for adoption are on file with the clerk and are open to public inspection. The notice shall also contain a description which the governing body deems sufficient to give notice to interested persons of the purpose of the primary code, the subject matter of the code, the name and address of the agency by which it has been promulgated or, if a municipality, the corporate name of such municipality which has enacted such code, and the date of publication of such code, and, in the case of a code of any municipality, the notice shall contain a specific reference to the code of a given municipality as it existed and was effective at a given date. The requirements as to the reading of the adopting ordinance are as provided in section 31-16-107 .   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1125, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-12-403 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-16-204 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 16 - Ordinances - Penalties|Part 2 - Ordinance Codes Adopted by Reference|§ 31-16-204. Adopting Ordinance - Adoption of Penalty Clauses by Reference Prohibited

 After the hearing, the governing body may amend, adopt, or reject the adopting ordinance in the same manner in which it is empowered to act in the case of other ordinances; but nothing in this part 2 shall permit the adoption by reference of any penalty clauses which may appear in any code which is adopted by reference. Any such penalty clauses may be enacted only if set forth in full and published in the adopting ordinance. All changes or additions to any code made by the governing body shall be published in the manner which is required for ordinances; except that changes or additions which are not substantive in nature made in connection with any codification or compilation of existing ordinances of the adopting municipality may be posted at the municipal offices in lieu of publication of such changes or additions.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1126, § 1, effective July 1. L. 88: Entire section amended, p. 1126, § 8, effective April 4.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-12-404 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-16-205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 16 - Ordinances - Penalties|Part 2 - Ordinance Codes Adopted by Reference|§ 31-16-205. Publication of Ordinance

 Nothing in this part 2 shall relieve any municipality from the requirement of publishing in full the ordinance which adopts any such code, and all provisions applicable to such publication shall be fully carried out. The adopting ordinance shall contain the same description of the primary adopted code as required in the notice of hearing in section 31-16-203 .   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1126, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-12-405 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-16-206 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 16 - Ordinances - Penalties|Part 2 - Ordinance Codes Adopted by Reference|§ 31-16-206. Filing of Public Record - Sale of Copies

 Not less than one copy of each primary code adopted by reference and of each secondary code pertaining thereto, all certified to be true copies by the mayor and the clerk, shall be filed in the office of the clerk at least fifteen days preceding the hearing and shall be kept there for public inspection while the ordinance is in force. After the adoption of the code by reference, a copy of the primary code and of each secondary code may be kept in the office of the chief enforcement officer instead of in the office of the clerk. Following the adoption of any code, the clerk shall at all times maintain a reasonable supply of copies of the primary code available for purchase by the public at a moderate price.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1126, § 1, effective July 1. L. 88: Entire section amended, p. 1126, § 9, effective April 4.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-12-406 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-16-207 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 16 - Ordinances - Penalties|Part 2 - Ordinance Codes Adopted by Reference|§ 31-16-207. Amendments

 If at any time any code which any municipality has previously adopted by reference is amended by the agency or municipality which originally promulgated, adopted, or enacted it, the governing body may adopt such amendment by reference through the same procedure as required for the adoption of the original code, or an ordinance may be enacted in the regular manner setting forth the entire text of such amendment.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1126, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-12-407 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-16-208 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 16 - Ordinances - Penalties|Part 2 - Ordinance Codes Adopted by Reference|§ 31-16-208. Use as Evidence

 Copies of such codes in published form, duly certified by the clerk and mayor of the municipality, shall be received without further proof as prima facie evidence of the provisions of such codes or public records in all courts and administrative tribunals of this state.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1127, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-12-408 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. Since § 31-16-208 is similar to former § 31-12-408 prior to the 1975 repeal and reenactment of this title, and laws antecedent thereto, a relevant case construing a prior provision has been included in the annotations to this section.   Municipal courts may take judicial notice of the municipal ordinances that fall within their jurisdiction. City of Pueblo v. Murphy, 189 Colo. 559 , 542 P.2d 1288 (1975).   And a county court may take judicial notice of municipal ordinances when an appeal is taken from the municipal court to the county court for a trial de novo. City of Pueblo v. Murphy, 189 Colo. 559 , 542 P.2d 1288 (1975).   However, courts of general jurisdiction may not take judicial notice of the ordinances of municipal corporations in civil or criminal cases. City of Pueblo v. Murphy, 189 Colo. 559 , 542 P.2d 1288 (1975).
CO Code § 31-20-101.3 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 1 - Taxation and Assessment Collection|§ 31-20-101.3. Incentives for Installation of Renewable Energy Fixtures - Definitions

  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a governing body of any municipality may offer an incentive, in the form of a municipal property tax or sales tax credit or rebate, to a residential or commercial property owner who installs a renewable energy fixture on his or her residential or commercial property.    For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “renewable energy fixture” means any fixture, product, system, device, or interacting group of devices that produces energy, including but not limited to alternating current electricity, from renewable resources, including, but not limited to, photovoltaic systems, solar thermal systems, small wind systems, biomass systems, or geothermal systems.     History. Source: L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 489, § 3, effective August 3. L. 2009: (2) amended,(HB 09-1126), ch. 254, p. 1147, § 2, effective May 15.    Cross references:   For the short title contained in the 2007 act enacting this section, see section 1 of chapter 130, Session Laws of Colorado 2007.
CO Code § 31-20-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 1 - Taxation and Assessment Collection|§ 31-20-102. Assessor to Designate Property

 It is the duty of the county assessor each year, in making his return, to designate the property situated within the limits of any municipality in such county.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1127, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-20-102 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Mandatory duty presumed discharged. The county assessor each year has the mandatory duty to designate the property situate in the towns of the county, and it is presumed, as the supreme court has many times held, that public officials properly discharge their duties. Town of Frisco v. Brower, 171 Colo. 441 , 467 P.2d 801 (1970).   Applied in Boston & Colo. Smelting Co. v. Elder, 20 Colo. App. 96, 77 P. 258 (1904).
CO Code § 31-20-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 1 - Taxation and Assessment Collection|§ 31-20-103. Committee to Appear Before Board of Equalization

 Any governing body of any municipality has the authority to appoint a committee from its members to appear before the board of county commissioners, sitting as a board of equalization, and to recommend to said board such amendments and additions to or changes in the assessment made by the county assessor of the property or any portion thereof within the limits of such municipality as such committee may deem just.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1127, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-20-103 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-20-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 1 - Taxation and Assessment Collection|§ 31-20-104. Assessor to Extend Taxes - Warrant

 It is the duty of the county assessor, when the assessment roll is prepared each year for the extension of the taxes, to extend the municipal tax upon the tax list in the same manner as other taxes are extended, carrying said municipal tax into the general total of all taxes for the year, and to include said municipal taxes in his general warrant to the county treasurer for collection.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1127, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-20-104 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Applied in Elder v. Fox, 18 Colo. App. 263, 71 P. 398 (1903); Boston & Colo. Smelting Co. v. Elder, 20 Colo. App. 96, 77 P. 258 (1904).
CO Code § 31-20-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 1 - Taxation and Assessment Collection|§ 31-20-105. Municipality May Certify Delinquent Charges

 Any municipality, in addition to the means provided by law, if by ordinance it so elects, may cause any or all delinquent charges, assessments, or taxes made or levied to be certified to the treasurer of the county and be collected and paid over by the treasurer of the county in the same manner as taxes are authorized to be by this title.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1127, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-20-105 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Authority to collect. When the municipality by ordinance so provides, this section and said ordinance together constitute the authority, and the only authority, which the treasurer has for collecting said delinquent municipal assessments, in the same manner as he collects state, county, and municipal taxes; and when the municipality furnishes to the treasurer, with proof of the passage of an appropriate ordinance, the treasurer, without any other warrant, has the authority to collect the delinquent municipal assessment in the same manner as he collects other taxes. City of Highlands v. Johnson, 24 Colo. 371 , 51 P. 1004 (1897).   Priority. A municipality may not impose a “superpriority lien” for nuisance abatement expenses except as specifically authorized by statute. Gold Vein LLC v. Cripple Creek, 973 P.2d 1286 (Colo. App. 1999).   Applied in Elder v. Fox, 18 Colo. App. 263, 71 P. 398 (1903).
CO Code § 31-20-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 1 - Taxation and Assessment Collection|§ 31-20-107. Municipality to Pay Share of County Expenses

 The governing body of said municipality shall make in each year such allowance to be paid out of the general fund to the county as shall be a reasonable and just compensation for the extra labor imposed by this part 1 and shall also make an allowance, to be paid out of the general fund to the county in which said municipality is located, for the municipality's proportion of the expense of advertising the sale of lands for delinquent taxes in each year, the amount to be certified to the governing body by the county clerk and recorder of the proper county.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1128, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-20-107 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   By virtue of this section the council or board of trustees was undoubtedly constituted a quasi-judicial body, to which was intrusted, and on which was imposed the duty to determine the allowance which the assessor should receive for doing the work prescribed by the revenue act, and which was essential to facilitate the collection of city taxes and enable the municipality to determine the property which was liable to taxation and the amounts collectible by the city. Walpole v. City of Pueblo, 12 Colo. App. 151, 54 P. 910 (1898).
CO Code § 31-20-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 2 - Finance - General|§ 31-20-201. Fiscal Procedures - Budgeting - Appropriations

 The provisions of part 1 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S., shall govern fiscal procedures, budgeting, and appropriations of towns and cities organized under this title.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1129, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-20-201 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Bonds issued by a municipality for the purchase of water rights, for the purpose of supplying water to its inhabitants, were not within the provisions of this section and former CSA, C. 163, § 201. City of Cripple Creek v. Adams, 36 Colo. 320 , 85 P. 184 (1906).   The defense that there was no compliance with this and repealed CSA, C. 163, § 200, was an affirmative defense. Morrison v. Burke, 103 Colo. 167 , 84 P.2d 461 (1938).   Applied in Sullivan v. City of Leadville, 11 Colo. 483 , 18 P. 736 (1888); Rizer v. People, 18 Colo. App. 40, 69 P. 315 (1902); Bd. of Trustees v. Endner, 18 Colo. App. 65, 70 P. 152 (1902).