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CO Code § 31-12-408 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 4 - Consolidation and Annexation - Statutory Cities and Towns|§ 31-12-408. Bonded and Floating Indebtedness

 All bonded indebtedness due or owing by any city or town prior to consolidation shall remain, after consolidation, the debt of that portion of the consolidated city or town comprised within the former limits of the city or town which owed such indebtedness prior to consolidation. No tax shall be levied or collected for the payment of the principal and interest of such indebtedness, except upon and from persons or property residing or situated within the former limits of the town or city owing such indebtedness. The governing body of the consolidated city or town shall make such levies and take such other measures for the payment of the principal and interest out of the property within such limits as it would have been the duty or within the power of the governing body of the city or town owing such indebtedness to do had no such consolidation taken place. If any of the cities or towns consolidated owed any floating indebtedness at the date of consolidation, the governing body of the consolidated city or town shall ascertain the amount of such indebtedness owed by each of said cities or towns prior to consolidation and, at the next annual levy of taxes succeeding consolidation, shall make a special levy upon property situated within the former limits of the city or town owing such indebtedness sufficient for the payment of the same. The terms of consolidation may make other provisions for said bonded or floating indebtedness. Any such bonded indebtedness may be refunded by the consolidated city or town under the provisions of the laws of Colorado existing at the time of such refunding providing for the refunding of bonds of cities and towns.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1098, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-309 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-12-409 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 4 - Consolidation and Annexation - Statutory Cities and Towns|§ 31-12-409. Property Belongs to Consolidated Cities or Towns

 All property, real or personal, belonging to any of the cities or towns prior to consolidation, unless the agreement for consolidation otherwise provides, immediately upon the accomplishment of consolidation, shall vest in and become the property of the consolidated city or town. All indebtedness, claims, demands, or rights owing or belonging to any of said cities or towns prior to consolidation in like manner shall vest in and become due to the consolidated city or town, which shall thereafter have the right to demand, have, sue for, recover, and enforce the same in its own name.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1098, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-310 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Applied in Donahue v. Morgan, 24 Colo. 389 , 50 P. 1038 (1897).
CO Code § 31-12-410 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 4 - Consolidation and Annexation - Statutory Cities and Towns|§ 31-12-410. Suits - Special Tax

 If any actions, suits, or proceedings are pending against any one of the cities or towns at the time of the consolidation, the consolidated city or town shall be substituted as plaintiff or defendant in such action, suit, or proceeding. The same shall thenceforth proceed as if the claim, right, debt, or demand upon which said action, suit, or proceeding was founded had originally existed in favor of or against such consolidated town or city. In like manner, any person who, at the date of consolidation, has any claim, demand, or right of action against any one or more of the cities or towns so consolidating may bring any action, suit, or proceeding necessary for the collection or enforcement thereof after such consolidation against the consolidated city or town in the same manner as though the claim, demand, or right of action had originally existed against such consolidated city or town. In no case shall any tax be levied upon or liability incurred by any property or persons on account of such actions, suits, proceedings, debts, liabilities, or rights of action, except those persons and property which would have been liable for the same in case no consolidation had taken place. The governing body of the consolidated city or town has the power to levy a special tax upon persons and property within the former limits of the city or town against which such action, suit, proceeding, claim, demand, or right of action existed for the payment, liquidation, or settlement thereof or of any judgment founded thereon. The terms of consolidation may make other provisions for the payment of such demands, liabilities, and judgments.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1099, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-311 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-12-411 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 4 - Consolidation and Annexation - Statutory Cities and Towns|§ 31-12-411. Collection of Prior Taxes - Disposition

 The county treasurer shall proceed to collect all taxes assessed against persons or property within the limits of the cities or towns consolidating prior to such consolidation in the same manner as if no such consolidation had taken place. All moneys in the hands of the county treasurer at the date of consolidation belonging to any of the consolidating cities or towns and all moneys thereafter collected by him on account of any of such consolidating cities or towns shall be turned over by him to the proper officers of the consolidated city or town. In the same manner, if there are, at the date of consolidation, any moneys in the hands of any officer of any of the consolidating cities or towns belonging to his city or town, he shall forthwith turn over such moneys, upon the accomplishment of consolidation, to the proper officers of the consolidated city or town. The moneys thus obtained shall be applied to the payment of the indebtedness of the city or town from which they were derived, and the balance, if any, shall be used for the purpose of the consolidated city or town, unless the terms of consolidation otherwise provide.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1099, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-312 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-12-412 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 4 - Consolidation and Annexation - Statutory Cities and Towns|§ 31-12-412. Annexing Cities and Towns

  When any city or town desires to be annexed to another contiguous city or town, the governing body of each such city or town shall appoint a total of three commissioners to arrange and report to such governing body respectively the terms and conditions on which the proposed annexation can be made. If the governing body of each such city or town approves of the terms and conditions proposed, it shall so declare by proper ordinance. Thereupon, the governing body of each such city or town, by ordinance passed at least thirty days prior to the regular election therein or at least thirty days prior to a special election for that specific purpose, may submit the question of such annexation upon the terms and conditions so proposed to the registered electors of its respective city or town. Such election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the “Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965”.    If a majority of the registered electors of each city or town vote in favor of such annexation, the governing body of each shall so declare by proper ordinance. A certified copy of the whole proceedings for annexation of the city or town to be annexed shall be filed with the clerk of the city or town to which the annexation is made, and the latter shall file two certified copies of the notice of such action with a legal description accompanied by a map of the area concerned with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such action has taken place. The county clerk and recorder shall file the second certified copy of such notice with the division of local government in the department of local affairs, as provided by section 24-32-109, C.R.S.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1099, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-313 as it existed prior to 1975.   Cross references:   For the “Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965, see article 10 of this title.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. Since § 31-12-412 is similar to former § 31-8-313 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.   Complies with constitutional requirement. This statutory provision complied with the constitutional requirement that the general assembly provide by general law for the organization of cities and towns. Griffin v. City of Canon City, 147 Colo. 15 , 362 P.2d 200 (1961).
CO Code § 31-12-413 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 4 - Consolidation and Annexation - Statutory Cities and Towns|§ 31-12-413. Annexation Complete - Rights - Liabilities

 When certified copies of the proceedings for annexation are filed as contemplated in section 31-12-412 , the annexation shall be complete, and the city or town to which the annexation is made has the power to pass such ordinances, not inconsistent with law, as will carry into effect the terms of such annexation. Thereafter, the city or town annexed shall be governed as part of the city or town to which it is annexed. Such annexation shall not affect or impair any rights or liabilities then existing for or against either of such cities or towns, and they may be enforced the same as if no such annexation had taken place.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1100, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-314 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. Since § 31-12-413 is similar to former § 31-8-314 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.   Complies with constitutional requirement. This statutory provision complied with the constitutional requirement that the general assembly provide by general law for the organization of cities and towns. Griffin v. City of Canon City, 147 Colo. 15 , 362 P.2d 200 (1961).   Collateral attack limited. Unless proceedings for the annexation of territory to a municipal corporation are wholly void for want of authority or jurisdiction, their validity is not subject to collateral attack. Griffin v. City of Canon City, 147 Colo. 15 , 362 P.2d 200 (1961).   When the annexation has been completed and a de facto, if not a de jure, corporation is created only quo warranto would lie, thereby foreclosing a collateral attack on the validity of the annexation. Griffin v. City of Canon City, 147 Colo. 15 , 362 P.2d 200 (1961).
CO Code § 31-12-414 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 4 - Consolidation and Annexation - Statutory Cities and Towns|§ 31-12-414. School Districts - Annexation of Area to Another School District - Applicability

  When any consolidation under this part 4 will result in the detachment of an area from any school district and the attachment of such area to another district, the provisions of section 31-12-304 shall apply with respect to the approval of the board of directors of the school district to which such area will be attached and with respect to the compensation required to be paid by the school district which acquires school facilities located within the detached area.    The provisions of this section shall apply to any consolidation proceedings which have not been completed prior to May 22, 1971.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1100, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-315 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-12-502 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 5 - Disconnection by Ordinance - Statutory Cities and Towns|§ 31-12-502. Liability for Taxes

 The land so disconnected shall not thereby be exempt from the payment of any taxes lawfully assessed against it for the purpose of paying any indebtedness lawfully contracted by the governing body of such municipality while such land was within the limits thereof and which remains unpaid and for the payment of which said land could be lawfully taxed.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1101, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2016: Entire part amended,(HB 16-1272), ch. 82, p. 210, § 1, effective August 10.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-602 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-12-503 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 5 - Disconnection by Ordinance - Statutory Cities and Towns|§ 31-12-503. Future Levies - Prepayment

 When the governing body of such municipality levies a tax upon the property within such municipality for the purpose of paying such indebtedness or any part thereof or interest thereon, such governing body may levy a tax at the same rate and for the same purpose on the land so disconnected. The county treasurer shall pay over to such municipality all moneys collected by the treasurer on account of such tax, to be applied only to the payment of such indebtedness. In case the owner of any land so disconnected pays off and discharges a portion of such indebtedness equal in amount to the same proportion of the indebtedness which the valuation for assessment of the land bears to the entire valuation for assessment of all the property subject to taxation for the payment of such indebtedness, calculated according to the last assessment previous to such payment, said land is exempted from further taxation to pay such indebtedness. Upon such payment being made, the canceled bonds or other evidences of payment of such portion of said indebtedness must be deposited with the treasurer of such municipality, and a certificate shall be given by the treasurer stating that such payment has been made.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1101, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2016: Entire part amended,(HB 16-1272), ch. 82, p. 210, § 1, effective August 10.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-603 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-12-604 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 6 - Disconnection by Court Decree - Statutory Cities|§ 31-12-604. Lands Subject to Tax for Prior Indebtedness

 The land so disconnected is not exempt from the payment of any taxes lawfully assessed against it for the purpose of paying any indebtedness lawfully contracted by the governing body of such city while such land was within the limits thereof and which remains unpaid and for the payment of which said land could be lawfully taxed.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1102, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-404 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. Since § 31-12-604 is similar to former § 31-8-404 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.   Change in form of debt inconsequential. The plaintiff contends that this section is so worded that the change of the form of the indebtedness precludes a taxation of the disconnected land that otherwise was within the contemplation of the section. What possible bearing the change in form of the debt would have, we are unable to conceive. The section says that the disconnected lands shall not be exempt from taxes for the purposes of paying any indebtedness lawfully contracted while the lands are within the limits of the town. The indebtedness now evidenced by the refunding bonds, was contracted while plaintiff's land was within these limits, and it makes no difference that the original form of the debt has been changed into a judgment, then into funding, and then into refunding, bonds. Town of Aurora v. Watkins, 77 Colo. 234 , 236 P. 556 (1925).   When the purchasers of the original bond issue acquired the water bonds the law was, and the bonds so stated, that all the property within the limits of the town was subject to taxation for raising a fund to pay the bonded debt, and even had the general assembly explicitly enacted a disconnecting statute that property within the town when the debt was contracted shall, after disconnection, be exempt from taxation for the purpose of paying the bonded debt, the act would be unconstitutional. Town of Aurora v. Watkins, 77 Colo. 234 , 236 P. 556 (1925).
CO Code § 31-12-605 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 6 - Disconnection by Court Decree - Statutory Cities|§ 31-12-605. Copy of Decree Filed

 Two copies of the order or decree of said court disconnecting any land described in said petition from any city, certified by the clerk of said court, shall be filed for record in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such disconnected land, or any part thereof, is situated. The county clerk and recorder shall file the second certified copy with the division of local government in the department of local affairs, as provided by section 24-32-109 , C.R.S. Such record or a copy of such order or decree, certified by the clerk of said court, shall be proof of the disconnection of such land.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1102, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-405 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-12-701 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 7 - Disconnection by Court Decree - Statutory Towns|§ 31-12-701. Part 7 Relates to Towns Only

 This part 7 shall relate to towns only and shall not be construed to affect the disconnection of area from cities.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1102, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-501 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Applied in Burton v. Sheridan, 80 Colo. 361 , 251 P. 725 (1926).
CO Code § 31-12-705 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 7 - Disconnection by Court Decree - Statutory Towns|§ 31-12-705. Land Not Exempt From Prior Taxes

 The land so disconnected shall not be exempt from the payment of any taxes lawfully assessed against it for the purpose of paying any indebtedness lawfully contracted by the governing body of said town while said land was within the limits thereof and which remains unpaid and for the payment of which said land could be lawfully taxed.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1104, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-505 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-12-706 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 7 - Disconnection by Court Decree - Statutory Towns|§ 31-12-706. Land Subject to Tax for Prior Indebtedness

 When the governing body of such town levies a tax upon the property within such town for the purpose of paying such indebtedness or any part thereof and interest thereon, such governing body shall have the authority to levy a tax at the same rate and for the same purpose on the land so disconnected. The county treasurer shall pay over to such town all moneys collected by him on account of such tax, to be applied only to the payment of such indebtedness. In case the owner of any land so disconnected pays off and discharges a portion of such indebtedness equal in amount to the same proportion of the indebtedness which the valuation for assessment of his land bears to the entire valuation for assessment of all the property subject to taxation for the payment of such indebtedness, calculated according to the last assessment previous to such payment, said land shall be exempted from further taxation to pay such indebtedness. Upon such payment being made, the canceled bonds or other evidences of payment of such portion of said indebtedness shall be deposited with the treasurer of such town, and a certificate shall be given by him stating that such payment has been made.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1104, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-506 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-12-707 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 7 - Disconnection by Court Decree - Statutory Towns|§ 31-12-707. Decree Recorded - Proof

 Two copies of the order or decree of said district court disconnecting any land described in said petition from any town, certified by the clerk of said district court, shall be filed for record in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such disconnected land is situated. The county clerk and recorder shall file the second certified copy with the division of local government in the department of local affairs, as provided by section 24-32-109 , C.R.S. Such record or a copy of such order or decree, certified by the clerk of said district court, shall be proof of the disconnection of such land.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1104, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-507 as it existed prior to 1975.