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CO Code § 25-8.5-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8.5 - Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority|§ 25-8.5-109. Meetings

  The board shall fix the time and place at which its regular meetings shall be held and provide for the calling and holding of special meetings.    Notice of the time and place designated for all regular meetings shall be posted at the office of the county clerk and recorder of each of the counties included within the authority. Such notices shall remain posted and shall be changed in the event that the time or place of such regular meetings is changed.    Special meetings of the board shall be held at the call of the chairman or upon request of two board members. The authority shall inform all board members five calendar days before the special meeting and shall post notice in accordance with subsection (2) of this section at least three days before the special meeting of the date, time, and place of such special meeting and the purpose for which it is called.    All business of the board shall be conducted only during said regular or special meetings, and all said meetings shall be open to the public, but the board may hold executive sessions as provided in part 4 of article 6 of title 24, C.R.S.     History. Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 1034, § 1, effective April 28. L. 91: (4) amended, p. 821, § 5, effective June 1.
CO Code § 25-8.5-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8.5 - Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority|§ 25-8.5-110. Powers of Board - Organization - Administration

  The board has the following powers relating to carrying on the affairs of the authority:   To organize, adopt bylaws and rules of procedure, and select a chairman and chairman pro tempore;    To make and pass resolutions and orders which are necessary for the governance and management of the affairs of the authority, for the execution of the powers vested in the authority, and for carrying out the provisions of this article;    To fix the location of the principal place of business of the authority and the location of all offices maintained under this article;    To prescribe by resolution a system of business administration, to create any and all necessary offices, to establish the powers and duties and compensation of all employees, and to require and fix the amount of all official bonds necessary for the protection of the funds and property of the authority;    To appoint and retain employees, agents, and consultants to make recommendations, coordinate authority activities, conduct routine business of the authority, and act on behalf of the authority under such conditions and restrictions as shall be fixed by the board;    To prescribe a method of auditing and allowing or rejecting claims and demands and a method for the letting of contracts on a fair and competitive basis for the construction of works, structures, or equipment or for the performance or furnishing of such labor, materials, or supplies as may be required for the carrying out of any of the purposes of this article.        History. Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 1034, § 1, effective April 28.
CO Code § 25-8.5-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8.5 - Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority|§ 25-8.5-112. Power to Issue Bonds

 To carry out the purposes of this article, the board is authorized to issue revenue or assessment bonds of the authority. Bonds shall bear interest at a rate such that the net effective interest rate of the issue of bonds does not exceed the maximum interest rate set forth in the resolution adopted by the board authorizing the issuance of the bonds, payable semiannually, and shall be due and payable serially, either annually or semiannually, commencing not later than three years after date of issuance. The form and terms of said bonds, including provisions for their payment and redemption, shall be determined by the board. If the board so determines, such bonds may be redeemable prior to maturity upon payment of a premium not exceeding three percent of the principal thereof. Said bonds shall be executed in the name and on behalf of the authority, signed by the chairman of the board with the seal of the authority affixed thereto, and attested by the secretary of the board. Said bonds shall be in such denominations as the board shall determine, and the bonds and coupons shall bear the original or facsimile signature of the chairman of the board.   History. Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 1036, § 1, effective April 28.
CO Code § 25-8.5-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8.5 - Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority|§ 25-8.5-113. Revenue Refunding Bonds

 Any revenue bonds issued by the authority may be refunded by the authority, or by any successor thereof, in the name of the authority, subject to the provisions concerning their payment and to any other contractual limitations in the proceedings authorizing their issuance or otherwise appertaining thereto, by the issuance of bonds to refund, pay, and discharge all or any part of such outstanding bonds, including any interest on the bonds in arrears or about to become due, for the purpose of avoiding or terminating any default in the payment of the interest on and principal of the bonds, of reducing interest costs or effecting other economies, or of modifying or eliminating restrictive contractual limitations appertaining to the issuance of additional bonds or to any system appertaining thereto or for any combination of such purposes. Refunding bonds may be delivered in exchange for the outstanding bonds refunded or may be sold as provided in this article for an original issue of bonds.   History. Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 1036, § 1, effective April 28.
CO Code § 25-8.5-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8.5 - Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority|§ 25-8.5-114. Use of Proceeds of Revenue Refunding Bonds

 The proceeds of revenue refunding bonds shall either be immediately applied to the retirement of the bonds being refunded or be placed in escrow in any state or national bank within the state which is a member of the federal deposit insurance corporation to be applied to the payment of the bonds being refunded upon their presentation therefor; but, to the extent any incidental expenses have been capitalized, such refunding bond proceeds may be used to defray such expenses, and any accrued interest and any premium appertaining to a sale of refunding bonds may be applied to the payment of the interest thereon or the principal thereof, or both interest and principal, or may be deposited in a reserve therefor, as the board may determine. Any such escrow shall not necessarily be limited to proceeds of refunding bonds but may include other moneys available for its purpose. Any proceeds in escrow, pending such use, may be invested or reinvested in securities meeting the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S. Such proceeds and investments in escrow, together with any interest to be derived from any such investment, shall be in an amount at all times sufficient as to principal, interest, any prior redemption premium due, and any charges of the escrow agent payable therefrom to pay the bonds being refunded as they become due at their respective maturities or due at any designated prior redemption dates in connection with which the board shall exercise a prior redemption option. Any purchase of any refunding bond issued under this article shall in no manner be responsible for the application of the proceeds thereof by the authority or any of its officers, agents, or employees.   History. Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 1037, § 1, effective April 28. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 1111, § 18, effective July 1.
CO Code § 25-8.5-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8.5 - Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority|§ 25-8.5-115. Facilities - Comprehensive Program

  The authority, acting by and through the board, may acquire, construct, lease, rent, improve, equip, relocate, maintain, and operate water quality control facilities, any project, or any part thereof for the benefit of the authority and the inhabitants thereof, after the board has made such preliminary studies and otherwise taken such action as it determines to be necessary or desirable.      The authority shall develop a comprehensive program for the water quality control facilities specified in subsection (1) of this section. A comprehensive program may consist of one project or more than one project.    A hearing on the proposed comprehensive program shall be scheduled, and notice of the hearing shall be given by publication and posted in the office of the county clerk and recorder of each member county. Upon closure of the hearing, the board may either require changes to be made in the comprehensive program or the board may approve or reject the comprehensive program as prepared.    If any substantial changes to the comprehensive program are ordered at any time, a further hearing shall be held pursuant to notice which shall be given by publication.         History. Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 1037, § 1, effective April 28.
CO Code § 25-8.5-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8.5 - Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority|§ 25-8.5-116. Coordination With Drainage and Flood Control Measures

  Any exercise by the authority of the powers granted by section 25-8.5-111 or 25-8.5-115 which affects drainage and flood control shall be consistent with and conform to the drainage and flood control program of the urban drainage and flood control district adopted pursuant to section 32-11-214, C.R.S., the resolutions, rules, regulations, and orders of the district issued pursuant to section 32-11-218 (1)(e), C.R.S., and any flood plain zoning resolutions, rules, regulations, and orders of any public body having jurisdiction to adopt the same.    Construction by the authority of drainage or water quality control facilities which might or will affect drainage or flood control within the boundaries of the urban drainage and flood control district shall not be undertaken until a proposal therefor has been presented to and approved by the board of directors of said district. Such proposal shall demonstrate compliance with the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, and the board shall apply the same standards of flood control and drainage criteria for approval thereof as it applies for review of proposals presented for approval pursuant to section 32-11-221, C.R.S. The provisions of section 32-11-221, C.R.S., shall apply to the presentation, consideration, and determination by said board of directors of any such proposal or modification thereof.     History. Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 1038, § 1, effective April 28.
CO Code § 25-8.5-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8.5 - Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority|§ 25-8.5-117. Transfer of Powers

  Upon the adoption of the board of directors of the urban drainage and flood control district and the board of directors of the authority created herein of a joint resolution delegating the agreed-upon responsibility to the urban drainage and flood control district for carrying out and meeting, within the district's boundaries, the compliance requirements and the permitting requirements imposed with respect to storm water runoff quality by the federal “Water Quality Act of 1987” and any regulations and standards adopted pursuant thereto or pursuant to state law, all powers contained in this act to deal with water quality control and compliance relating to the agreed-upon aspects of storm water runoff and nonpoint sources of pollution, including financial powers and special assessment powers but not including ad valorem taxation powers, shall be transferred to the urban drainage and flood control district.    Upon the transfer of powers as provided in subsection (1) of this section, any allocation of waste loads affecting storm water runoff or nonpoint sources of pollution proposed or adopted by the authority shall be effective only upon adoption thereof or concurrence therewith by the board of directors of the urban drainage and flood control district.    If the urban drainage and flood control district accepts the responsibility and the transfer of powers as provided in subsection (1) of this section, after completion of a plan for water quality controls by the authority which involves storm drainage runoff or nonpoint sources and after commencement of implementation of such plan, the district shall be bound to carry out the plan as it relates to the storm water and nonpoint source powers transferred to it within the time requirements, if any, of the plan.     History. Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 1038, § 1, effective April 28.
CO Code § 25-8.5-118 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8.5 - Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority|§ 25-8.5-118. Power to Levy Special Assessments

  The board, in the name of the authority, for the purpose of defraying all the cost of acquiring or constructing, or both, any project or facility authorized by this article, or any portion of the cost thereof not to be defrayed with moneys available therefor from its own funds, any special funds, or otherwise, also has the power under this article:   To levy assessments against all or portions of the property within the authority and to provide for collection of the assessments pursuant to part 6 of article 20 of title 30, C.R.S.;    To pledge the proceeds of any assessments levied under this article to the payment of assessment bonds and to create liens on such proceeds to secure such payments;    To issue assessment bonds payable from the assessments, which assessment bonds shall constitute special obligations of the authority and shall not be a debt of the authority; and    To make all contracts, to execute all instruments, and to do all things necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers granted in this article or in the performance of the authority's duties or in order to secure the payment of its assessment bonds.       The authority shall give notice, by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in the authority, to the owners of the property to be assessed, which shall include:   The kind of improvements proposed;    The number of installments and the time in which the cost of the project will be payable;    A description of the properties which will be assessed;    The probable cost per acre or other unit basis which, in the judgment of the authority, reflects the benefits which accrue to the properties to be assessed; except that no benefit shall accrue to agricultural lands;    The time, not less than thirty days after the publication, when a resolution authorizing the improvements will be considered;    A map of the properties to be assessed, together with an estimate and schedule showing the approximate amounts to be assessed, and a statement that all resolutions and proceedings are on file and may be seen and examined by any interested person at the office of the authority or other designated place at any time within said period of thirty days; and    A statement that all complaints and objections by the owners of property to be assessed in writing concerning the proposed improvements will be heard and determined by the authority before final action thereon.       The finding, by resolution, of the board that said improvements were ordered after notice given and after hearing held and that such proposal was properly initiated by the said authority shall be conclusive of the facts so stated in every court or other tribunal.    Any resolution or order regarding the assessments or improvements may be modified, confirmed, or rescinded at any time prior to the passage of the resolution authorizing the improvements.     History. Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 1039, § 1, effective April 28.
CO Code § 25-8.5-120 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 8.5 - Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority|§ 25-8.5-120. Exclusion of Property

  Any owner of property within the boundaries of the authority may petition to be excluded from the authority.    In order for such property to be excluded, the board must determine that the property does not receive wastewater treatment services or have an on-site wastewater treatment system located within the authority and either:   Was improperly included within the authority; or    Is not tributary to the basin, waters, or watersheds governed by the authority or will not benefit from projects or improvements provided by the authority.       Any petition for exclusion shall specify the property to be excluded and evidence that the property complies with the criteria of subsection (2) of this section.    The authority shall provide notice of the date, time, and place of the authority's meeting to consider the petition for exclusion.    The authority may approve, modify, or deny a petition for exclusion.    If the authority approves a petition for exclusion of property, the authority shall file a copy of said resolution with the division of local government and with the county, municipality, or special district authority members which includes within its boundaries the excluded property, record a copy of the resolution in the office of the county clerk and recorder in the county in which said excluded property is located, and file a copy with the county assessor in such county.     History. Source: L. 88: Entire article added, p. 1041, § 1, effective April 28. L. 2012: IP(2) amended, (HB 12-1126), ch. 137, p. 499, § 6, effective August 8.
CO Code § 25-9-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 9 - Water and Wastewater Treatmentfacility Operators|§ 25-9-101. Legislative Declaration

 To assure adequate operation of water and wastewater facilities, and to preserve the public peace, health, and safety, this article 9 and any rules authorized pursuant thereto are enacted to provide for the examination, classification, and certification of water and wastewater facility operators and to establish minimum standards therefor based upon their knowledge and experience, to provide procedures for certification, to encourage career and technical education for such operators, to provide a penalty for the wrongful use of the title “certified operator”, to require each water and wastewater facility to be under the supervision of a certified operator, to provide for the classification of all water and wastewater facilities in the state, and to provide a penalty for the operation of a water or wastewater facility without supervision of a certified operator.   History. Source: L. 73: P. 747, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-38-1. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 767, § 1, effective May 23. L. 2017: Entire section amended,(SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1409, § 91, effective May 25. History. Source: L. 73: P. 747, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-38-1. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 767, § 1, effective May 23. L. 2017: Entire section amended,(SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1409, § 91, effective May 25.    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “1974 Land Use Legislation in Colorado”, see 51 Den. L.J. 467 (1974).
CO Code § 25-9-104.2 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 9 - Water and Wastewater Treatmentfacility Operators|§ 25-9-104.2. Contracting - Rules

  The board may select and appoint one or more independent nonprofit corporations to carry out the administration of the program and examinations. The board may promulgate a rule establishing the scope and standards of the independent nonprofit corporation's duties. The contract must specifically address each duty or function required by law.    To qualify for consideration to administer the duties of this section, a nonprofit corporation must have expertise in training and testing procedures as well as demonstrated knowledge of water and wastewater treatment, collection, and distribution systems.    With the prior approval of the board for each agreement, a nonprofit corporation contracted by the board may enter into subsidiary agreements with other nonprofit corporations, educational institutions, and for-profit corporations to carry out the duties assigned by the board.    The board is responsible for and retains the final authority for all actions and decisions carried out on behalf of the board by a nonprofit corporation, educational institution, or for-profit corporation. The board may modify, suspend, or reverse any action or decision of any nonprofit corporation, educational institution, or for-profit corporation.     History. Source: L. 2013: Entire section added, (SB 13-150), ch. 391, p. 2273, § 5, effective July 1.
CO Code § 25-9-104.3 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 9 - Water and Wastewater Treatmentfacility Operators|§ 25-9-104.3. Duties of the Division - Investigations

 The division shall investigate instances of possible misconduct by water and wastewater facility operators, report the results of any investigation to the board, and make recommendations regarding appropriate disciplinary action to the board.   History. Source: L. 2013: Entire section added, (SB 13-150), ch. 391, p. 2274, § 5, effective July 1.
CO Code § 25-9-104.4 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 9 - Water and Wastewater Treatmentfacility Operators|§ 25-9-104.4. Exemptions

  The board may exempt wastewater facilities or classes of facilities from the requirement to operate under the supervision of a certified operator if the exemption does not endanger the public health or the environment. In determining whether to provide such an exemption, the board may consider the following criteria:   Discharges of limited duration;    The sensitivity of the receiving waters;    The level of toxic pollutants in the discharge; and    Situations where chemical, mechanical, or biological treatment techniques are not required to meet permit limits, including sedimentation ponds at mining operations for construction materials, as defined by section 34-32.5-103 (3), C.R.S.       The board may exempt water facilities or classes of facilities from the requirement to operate under the supervision of a certified operator if the exemption does not endanger public health or the environment. In determining whether to provide such an exemption, the board may consider:   The classification of the facility as public or nonpublic under the Colorado primary drinking water regulation;    The applicability of the Colorado primary drinking water regulation to the facility or class of facilities; and    A distribution system having a minimal number of connections.        History. Source: L. 2013: Entire section added, (SB 13-150), ch. 391, p. 2274, § 5, effective July 1.
CO Code § 25-9-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25 - Public Health and Environment|Article 9 - Water and Wastewater Treatmentfacility Operators|§ 25-9-105. Water Treatment Facility Operator

  Persons who by specifically relevant examination, education, and experience are found to be qualified for certification as water treatment facility operators or water distribution system operators shall be certified as having the minimum qualifications required for each of the respective classes as established by the board by rules promulgated in accordance with article 4 of title 24, C.R.S.            (Deleted by amendment,L. 2000, p. 771, § 5, effective May 23, 2000.)        History. Source: L. 73: P. 749, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-38-5. L. 96: IP(1) and (1)(d) amended, p. 358, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2000: (1) amended, p. 771, § 5, effective May 23. History. Source: L. 73: P. 749, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-38-5. L. 96: IP(1) and (1)(d) amended, p. 358, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2000: (1) amended, p. 771, § 5, effective May 23.