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CO Code § 29-8-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-107. Bond of Petitioners

 At the time that action is commenced under section 29-8-106 , or at any time prior to the time of the hearing provided for in section 29-8-112 , and if requested by the governing body or public utility, a bond shall be filed, with security approved by the governing body or cash deposit made sufficient to pay all expenses of the governing body connected with the proceedings and of the public utilities for actual time and expenses incurred in regard to the cost and feasibility study 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, on its own initiative or at the request of a public utility, 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. 71: P. 990, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-7. History. Source: L. 71: P. 990, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-7.
CO Code § 29-8-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-108. Costs and Feasibility Report

  The public utility report shall set forth an estimate of the total underground conversion costs and shall also indicate the costs of underground conversion of facilities of the public utility located within the boundaries of the various parcels or lots then receiving service. The report shall also contain the public utility's recommendations concerning the feasibility of the project for the district proposed insofar as the physical characteristics of the district are concerned. The report shall make recommendations by the public utility concerning inclusion or exclusion of areas within the district or immediately adjacent to the district.    The governing body shall give careful consideration to the public utility's recommendations concerning feasibility, recognizing its expertise in this area, and it may amend the boundaries of the proposed improvement district provided that the costs and feasibility report of the public utility contains a cost figure on the district as amended, or it may request a new costs and feasibility report from the public utility concerned on the basis of the amended district.    The cost estimate contained in the report shall not be considered binding on the public utility if construction is not commenced within six months of the submission of the estimate, for reasons not within the control of the public utility. Should such a delay result in a significant increase of the conversion cost, new hearings shall be held on the creation of the district. If only a minor increase results, only the hearing on the assessments need be held again.     History. Source: L. 71: P. 990, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-8. History. Source: L. 71: P. 990, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-8.
CO Code § 29-8-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-109. Resolution Declaring Intention to Create District

 On the filing with the clerk of any governing body of the cost and feasibility report by the public utility, as provided in section 29-8-108 and after considering the same, the governing body may, at any regular or special meeting, pass a resolution declaring its intention to create a local improvement district. The resolution shall state: That the costs and expenses of the district created are, except as otherwise provided for, to be levied and assessed upon the abutting, adjoining, and adjacent lots and lands along or upon which improvements are to be made, and upon lots and lands benefited by such improvements and included in the improvement district created; that it is the intention of the governing body to make such improvement which will promote public convenience, necessity, and welfare; and the area and boundaries of the proposed improvement district, the character of the proposed improvement, the estimated total cost of the same, and the intention of the governing body to hold a public hearing on the proposed improvement.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 991, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-9. History. Source: L. 71: P. 991, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-9.
CO Code § 29-8-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-110. Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed Improvement - Contents

  Following the passage of the resolution in section 29-8-109, the governing body shall cause a notice of a public hearing on the proposed improvement to be given in the manner provided in section 29-8-111. Such notice shall:   Describe the boundaries or area of the district with sufficient particularity to permit each owner of real property therein to ascertain that his property lies in the district;    Describe in a general way the proposed improvement, specifying the streets or property along which it will be made and the nature of the benefits to the property within the district;    State the estimated cost, as determined from the costs and feasibility report, and including the cost of the improvement and the cost of engineering and clerical service, advertising, inspection, collection of assessments, interests upon bonds, if issued, and for legal services for preparing proceedings and advising in regard thereto;    State that it is proposed to assess the real property in the district to pay all or a designated portion of the cost of the improvement according to the benefits to be derived by each tract, block, lot, and parcel of land within the district, and the proposed means of apportioning such cost;    State the time and place at which the governing body will conduct a public hearing upon the proposed improvement and on the question of benefits to be derived by the real property in the district;    State that all interested persons will be heard and that any property owner will be heard on the question of whether his property will be benefited by the proposed improvement.        History. Source: L. 71: P. 991, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-10. History. Source: L. 71: P. 991, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-10.
CO Code § 29-8-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-111. Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed Improvement - Manner of Giving

 Such notice shall be published in full one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the district or, if there is no such newspaper, by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, city, or town in which said district is located. A copy of such notice shall be mailed to the last known address of each owner of land within the proposed district whose property will be assessed for the cost of the improvement. The address to be used for said purpose shall be that last appearing on the real property records in the office of the county treasurer of the county wherein said property is located. In addition, a copy of such notice shall be addressed to “owner” and shall be so mailed, addressed to the street number of each piece of improved property to be affected by the assessment. Mailed notices and the published notice shall state where a copy of the resolution creating the district will be available for inspection by any interested parties.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 992, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-11. History. Source: L. 71: P. 992, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-11.
CO Code § 29-8-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-113. Waiver of Objections

 Every person who has real property within the boundaries of the district and who fails to appear before the governing body at the hearing and make any objection he may have to the creation of the district, the making of the improvements, and the inclusion of his real property in the district shall be deemed to have waived every such objection. Such waiver shall not, however, preclude his right to object to the amount of the assessment at the hearing for which provision is made in section 29-8-117 .   History. Source: L. 71: P. 993, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-13. History. Source: L. 71: P. 993, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-13.
CO Code § 29-8-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-114. Proposed Assessment List

 After a decision is made by a governing body to proceed with the district and project, it shall cause to be prepared an assessment list detailing the total amount to be assessed, the specific properties assessed, and the amount of assessment on each piece of property.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 993, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-14. History. Source: L. 71: P. 993, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-14.
CO Code § 29-8-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-115. Proposed Assessment Resolution

 After the preparation of the proposed assessment list, the governing body shall cause to be prepared for adoption at the hearing provided for in section 29-8-117 , a resolution declaring the entire cost of improvement, including the cost of construction as determined from the costs and feasibility report, other incidental costs, legal and fiscal fees and costs, the cost of the publication of notices, and all other costs properly incident to the construction of the improvement and the financing and collecting thereof. Such resolution shall specify what share, if any, of the total cost is payable from sources other than the imposition of assessments, and shall incorporate the proposed assessment list provided for in section 29-8-114 .   History. Source: L. 71: P. 993, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-15. History. Source: L. 71: P. 993, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-15.
CO Code § 29-8-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-116. Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed Assessments

  After the preparation of the aforesaid resolution, notice of a public hearing on the proposed assessments shall be given. Such notice shall be published one time in a newspaper in which the first notice of hearing was published at least twenty days before the date fixed for the hearing, and shall be mailed not less than fifteen days prior to the date fixed for such hearing to each owner of real property whose property will be assessed for part of the cost of the improvement at the last known address of such owner, using for such purpose the names and addresses appearing on the last completed real property assessment rolls of the county wherein said affected property is located. In addition, a copy of such notice shall be addressed to “owner” and shall be so mailed, addressed to the street number of each piece of improved property to be affected by such assessment.    Each notice shall state that at the specified time and place the governing body will hold a public hearing upon the proposed assessments and shall state that any owner of any property to be assessed pursuant to the resolution will be heard on the question of whether his property will be benefited by the proposed improvement to the amount of the proposed assessment against his property and whether the amount assessed against his property constitutes more than his proper proportional share of the total cost of the improvement.    The notice shall further state where a copy of the resolution proposed to be adopted levying the assessments against all real property in the district will be on file for public inspection, and that subject to such changes and corrections therein as may be made by the governing body, it is proposed to adopt the resolution at the conclusion of the hearing.    The public notice shall describe the boundaries or area of the district with sufficient particularity to permit each owner of real property therein to ascertain that his property lies in the district. The mailed notice may refer to the district by name and date of creation and shall state the amount of the assessment proposed to be levied against the real property of the person to whom the notice is mailed. In the absence of fraud, the failure to mail any notice does not invalidate any assessment or any proceeding under this article.     History. Source: L. 71: P. 993, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-16. History. Source: L. 71: P. 993, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-16.
CO Code § 29-8-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-117. Public Hearing on Proposed Assessment Resolution

  On the date and at the time and place specified in the aforesaid notice, the governing body shall, in open and public session, hear all arguments relating to the benefits accruing to any tract, block, lot, or parcel of land therein and the amounts proposed to be assessed against any such tract, block, lot, or parcel. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time to a fixed future time and place. After the hearing has been concluded and all persons desiring to be heard have been heard, the governing body shall consider the arguments presented and shall make such corrections in the assessment list as may be considered just and equitable. Such corrections may eliminate, may increase, or may decrease the amount of the assessment proposed to be levied against any piece of property. However, no increase of any proposed assessment shall be valid unless the owner of the property is given notice and an opportunity to be heard.    After such corrections have been made, the governing body shall make a specific finding that no proposed assessment on the corrected assessment list exceeds the benefit to be derived from the improvement by the piece of property to be so assessed and that no piece of property so listed will bear more than its proper proportionate share of the cost of such improvement.     History. Source: L. 71: P. 994, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-17. History. Source: L. 71: P. 994, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-17.
CO Code § 29-8-118 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-118. Adoption of the Assessment Resolution

 After the public hearing has been concluded and all corrections made to the assessment list, the governing body shall proceed to adopt the assessment resolution. The adoption of such resolution shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that the property assessed is benefited in the amount of the assessments and that such assessments have been lawfully levied.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 995, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-18. History. Source: L. 71: P. 995, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-18.
CO Code § 29-8-119 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-119. Assessment Roll

 The clerk of the governing body shall prepare a local assessment roll in book form showing in suitable columns each piece of land assessed, the total amount of assessment, the amount of each installment of principal and interest if, in pursuance of this article, the same is payable in installments, and the date when each installment will become due, with suitable columns for use, in case of payment of the whole amount or of any installment or penalty, and he shall deliver the same, duly certified, under seal as appropriate, to the proper officer for collection.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 995, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-19. History. Source: L. 71: P. 995, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-19.
CO Code § 29-8-120 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-120. Payment of Assessment

 All assessments shall be due and payable within thirty days after the final publication of the assessing resolution without demand; except that all such assessments may be paid, at the election of the owner, in installments, with interest, as provided in section 29-8-121 .   History. Source: L. 71: P. 995, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-20. History. Source: L. 71: P. 995, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-20.
CO Code § 29-8-121 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-121. Installment Payments

 Failure to pay the whole assessment within said period of thirty days shall be conclusively considered to be an election on the part of all persons interested, whether under disability or otherwise, to pay in such installments. In case of such election, the assessment shall be payable in equal annual or semiannual installments of principal, the first of which installments shall be payable as prescribed by the governing body, and the last installment within not more than twenty years, with interest in all cases on the unpaid principal, payable annually or semiannually at a rate not exceeding the maximum net effective interest rate authorized by the governing body. The number of installments, the period of payments, the date of the initial payment, and the maximum net effective interest rate shall be determined by the governing body and set forth in the resolution required by section 29-8-115 .   History. Source: L. 71: P. 995, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-21. History. Source: L. 71: P. 995, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-21.
CO Code § 29-8-122 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-122. Failure to Pay Installments

 Failure to pay any installment, whether of principal or interest, when due shall cause the whole of the unpaid principal to become due and collectable immediately, and the whole amount of the unpaid principal and accrued interest shall thereafter draw interest at the rate of one percent per month or fraction of a month until the day of sale; but at any time prior to the day of sale, the owner may pay the amount of all unpaid installments, with interest at one percent per month or fraction of a month, and all penalties accrued, and shall thereupon be restored to the right thereafter to pay in installments in the same manner as if the default had not been suffered.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 995, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-22. History. Source: L. 71: P. 995, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-22.    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Survey of Colorado Tax Liens”, see 14 Colo. Law. 1765 (1985).
CO Code § 29-8-123 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-123. Discount - Assessment Roll Returned

 Payment may be made to the city or town treasurer at any time within thirty days after the final publication of the assessing resolution and an allowance of five percent shall be made on all payments made during such period, but not thereafter. In the case of cities and towns, at the expiration of said thirty-day period, the city or town treasurer shall return the local assessment roll to the clerk, therein showing all payments made thereon, with the date of each payment. Said roll shall be certified by the city or town clerk under the seal of the city or town, and be hand delivered to the county treasurer of the same county, with his warrant for the collection of the same. The county treasurer shall show receipt for the same and all such rolls shall be numbered for convenient reference.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 995, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-23. History. Source: L. 71: P. 995, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-23.
CO Code § 29-8-124 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-124. Sale of Property for Nonpayment

 The county treasurer shall receive payment of all installment payments of assessments appearing upon the assessment roll, with interest. In case of default in the payment of any installment of principal or interest when due, the county treasurer shall advertise and sell any property concerning which such default is suffered for the payment of the whole of the unpaid assessment thereon. Said advertisements and sales shall be made at the same times, in the same manner, under all the same conditions and penalties, and with the same effect as provided by general law for sales of real estate in default of payment of general taxes.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 996, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-24. History. Source: L. 71: P. 996, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-24.
CO Code § 29-8-125 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-125. Owner of Interest May Pay Share

 The owner of any divided or undivided interest in the property assessed may pay his share of any assessment, upon producing evidence of the extent of his interest, satisfactory to the treasurer having the roll in charge.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 996, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-25. History. Source: L. 71: P. 996, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-25.
CO Code § 29-8-126 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-126. When Collections Paid City

 In the case of improvement districts located within cities or towns, all collections made by the county treasurer upon such assessment roll in any calendar month shall be accounted for and paid over to the city or town treasurer on or before the tenth day of the next succeeding calendar month, with separate statements for all such collections for each improvement district.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 996, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-26. History. Source: L. 71: P. 996, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-26.
CO Code § 29-8-127 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-127. Assessment Lien

 All assessments made under this article, together with all interest thereon and penalties for default in payment thereof, and all costs in collecting the same, shall constitute, from the date of the final publication of the assessing resolution, a perpetual lien in the several amounts assessed against each lot or tract of land, and shall have priority over all other liens excepting general tax liens. No sale of property for the nonpayment of taxes or other special assessments shall extinguish the lien of other than the taxes or special assessments for the nonpayment of which such sale is had.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 996, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-27. History. Source: L. 71: P. 996, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-27.    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Survey of Colorado Tax Liens”, see 14 Colo. Law. 1765 (1985).
CO Code § 29-8-128 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities|§ 29-8-128. Advance Payment of Assessment Installments

 The governing body may, in the resolution levying the assessments, provide that all unpaid installments of assessments levied against any piece of property may (but only in their entirety) be paid prior to the dates on which they become due, if the property owner paying such installments pays all interest which would accrue thereon to the next succeeding date on which interest is payable on the bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of the assessments. In addition, the property owner must pay such additional amount of interest as in the opinion of the governing body is necessary to assure the availability of money fully sufficient to pay interest on the bonds as interest becomes due, and any redemption premiums which may become payable on the bonds in order to retire, in advance of maturity, bonds in a sufficient amount to utilize the assessments thus paid in advance. If no bonds have been issued, then all unpaid installments of assessments levied against any piece of property may be paid in their entirety prior to the date upon which they become due by paying the principal amount due and the interest accrued thereon to the date of payment.   History. Source: L. 71: P. 996, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-28. History. Source: L. 71: P. 996, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-23-28.