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CO Code § 31-25-515 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-515. Utility Connections May Be Ordered Before Paving - Costs - Default

 Before paving in any district in pursuance of this part 5, the governing body may order the owners of the abutting property to connect their several premises with the gas or water mains or with any other utility in the street in front of their several premises. Upon default of any owner for thirty days after such order to make such connections, the municipality may contract for and make the connections at such distance, under such regulations, and in accordance with such specifications as may be prescribed by the governing body. The whole cost of each connection shall be assessed against the property with which the connection is made, and the cost shall be paid upon the completion of the work in one sum. The cost shall be assessed, shall become a lien, and shall be collected in the same manner as is provided in this part 5 for the assessment and collection of the cost of other special improvements. Upon default in the payment of any such assessment, the property shall be sold in like manner and with like effect.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1194, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-536 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-514 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
CO Code § 31-25-516 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-516. Contracts for Construction - Bond - Default

  Except as provided in this section, all local improvements made under the provisions of this part 5 shall be constructed by independent contract, and all contracts shall be let by the mayor with the approval of the governing body. All such contracts shall be let to the lowest reliable and responsible bidder after public advertisement once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in such municipality; but, after such advertisement, if it is determined by the governing body that the bids are too high or that the proposed improvement can be made by the municipality for less than the bid of the lowest reliable and responsible bidder, such municipality is hereby empowered to provide for doing the work by hiring labor by the day or otherwise and to arrange for purchasing necessary material, all under the supervision of the governing body.    Except when the municipality does the work, no contract shall be made without a surety bond for its faithful performance with sufficient sureties to be approved by the governing body. No surety shall be accepted or approved by the governing body or mayor, other than a corporate surety company, unless he is the owner of real estate in this state, free and clear of all encumbrances, in double the amount of his liability on all bonds upon which he may then be surety. Upon default in the performance of any contract, the governing body may advertise and relet the remainder of the work in like manner without further ordinance and deduct the cost from the original contract price or, with the approval of the governing body, advance any excess out of the funds of the municipality and recover the same by suit on the original bond. In all advertisements the right shall be reserved to reject any or all bids and, upon rejecting all bids, if deemed advisable by the governing body, other bids may be advertised for.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1195, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-534 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-515 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
CO Code § 31-25-517 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-517. Sidewalks - Water Mains - Sewers

 In ordering the construction of sidewalks, water mains, or sewers, the procedure shall be as required in section 31-25-503 (2) , (3), (4), (5), (6), and (8) but shall not be subject to section 31-25-503 (1)(a) to (1)(c) and (7).   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1195, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-524 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-516 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
CO Code § 31-25-518 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-518. Provisions to Be Inserted

 Every contract shall provide that it is subject to the provisions of the laws under which the municipality exists and of the ordinance authorizing the improvement; that the aggregate payment thereon shall not exceed the amount appropriated; that, upon ten days' written notice by the mayor to the contractor, the work under such contract, without cost or claim against the municipality, may be suspended for substantial cause; and that, upon complaint by any owner of land to be assessed for the improvement that the improvement is not being constructed in accordance with the contract, the governing body may consider the complaint and make such order in the premises as shall be just. Such order shall be final.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1195, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1048, § 6, effective July 1.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-535 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-517 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
CO Code § 31-25-519 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-519. Statement of Expenses - Apportionment

 Upon completion of any local improvement or upon completion from time to time of any part thereof and upon acceptance thereof by the governing body or when the total cost of any improvement or of any such part thereof can be reasonably ascertained, either prior to, during, or subsequent to the construction of the improvements, the governing body shall cause to be prepared a statement showing the whole cost of the improvement, including costs of inspection and collection, capitalized interest on any bonds for such period as the governing body may deem necessary, capitalized bond reserves, and all other incidental costs, the portion thereof, if any, to be paid by the municipality, and the portion thereof to be assessed upon each lot or tract of land to be assessed for the same, which statement shall be filed in the office of the clerk. If the governing body determines that the basis of assessment is inequitable in any case, a just and equitable assessment shall be made upon the basis of benefits accruing to the property assessed by reason of the improvements made.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1195, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1048, § 7, effective July 1.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-514 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-518 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.     ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. Since § 31-25-519 is similar to former § 31-25-514 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.   Generally speaking, only such benefits are to be assessed as it is reasonably apparent the property will receive, other than the general benefit to the community, and nothing is to be considered a benefit which does not enhance the value of the property. Hildreth v. City of Longmont, 47 Colo. 79 , 105 P. 107 (1909).
CO Code § 31-25-520 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-520. Notice of Hearing on Assessments

  The clerk shall give notice that the assessment roll has been completed and of a hearing on the assessment roll by publication in an issue of a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, the publication to be at least fifteen days prior to the date of hearing. The same notice of the hearing shall be mailed by first-class mail to each property owner to be assessed for the cost of the improvements who is included within the district. The mailed notice shall be made on or about the date of the publication of the notice of hearing. The notices shall specify: The whole cost of the improvement; the portion, if any, to be paid by such municipality; the share apportioned to each lot or tract of land; that any complaints or objections that may be made in writing by the property owners or any citizen to the governing body, and filed in writing on or prior to the date of the hearing, will be heard and determined by the governing body before the passage of any ordinance assessing the cost of said improvements; and the date when and the place where such complaints or objections will be heard.    Any district formed for the purpose of encouraging, accommodating, and financing improvements as authorized in section 31-25-502 (2) shall not be required to provide a notice of the hearing on assessments by publication; rather, such notice, if any, may be provided in the time and manner set forth in the contract or agreement entered into by the owner for each property included in the district.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1196, § 1, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 1280, § 3, effective May 22. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1303, § 27, effective May 27.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-515 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-519 in House Bill 75-1089 and House Bill 75-1377 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.     ANNOTATION   For necessity of giving landowner opportunity to be heard, see City & County of Denver v. State Inv. Co., 49 Colo. 244 , 112 P. 789 (1910) (decided prior to L. 23, p. 634 , § 17, the earliest source of former section).
CO Code § 31-25-523 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-523. Assessment Roll

 The clerk 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 part 5, the same is payable in installments, and the date when each installment will become due. The assessment roll shall have suitable columns for use in case of payment of the whole amount or of any installment or penalty. The clerk shall deliver the assessment roll, duly certified, under the corporate seal, to the municipal treasurer for collection.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1197, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-507 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-522 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
CO Code § 31-25-524 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-524. Payment - Assessment Roll Returned

  Payment may be made to the municipal treasurer at any time within thirty days after the final publication of the assessing ordinance.    At the expiration of said thirty-day period, the municipal treasurer shall return the local assessment roll to the clerk, therein showing all payments made with the date of each payment. Said roll shall thereafter be certified by the clerk under the seal of the municipality and delivered by him to the county treasurer of the same county with his warrant for the collection of the same. The county treasurer shall receipt for the same, and all such rolls shall be numbered for convenient reference.    If the municipal treasurer is directed by ordinance to collect assessment payments as provided in section 31-25-526 (1), in lieu of the procedure specified in subsection (2) of this section, the municipal treasurer may keep the assessment roll, numbered for convenient reference, in such a manner as to best facilitate the collection and recording of assessment payments.    All special assessments for local improvements authorized in section 31-25-502 (2) may be due and payable at such alternate time or times as set forth in the assessing ordinance.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1197, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entitle section amended, p. 1049, § 9, effective July 1. L. 90: (1) amended, p. 1474, § 9, effective October 1. L. 2008: (4) added, p. 1304, § 29, effective May 27.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-520 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-523 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
CO Code § 31-25-525 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-525. 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 charge of the roll.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1197, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-523 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-524 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
CO Code § 31-25-526 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-526. Collection of Assessment Payments - by Municipal Treasurer - by County Treasurer

  The governing body may, by ordinance, direct the municipal treasurer to collect any amount payable as an assessment pursuant to this part 5 or authorize the municipal treasurer or other appropriate municipal official to enter into contracts with third parties for assistance in the administration and collection of assessments. If the governing body does not direct, by ordinance, that assessment payments be collected by the municipal treasurer, then such payments shall be collected by the county treasurer.    All collections made by the county treasurer upon an assessment roll in any calendar month shall be accounted for and paid over to the municipal treasurer on or before the tenth day of the next succeeding calendar month, with separate statements for all such collections for each improvement.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1197, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1049, § 8, effective July 1. L. 2008: (1) amended, p. 1304, § 30, effective May 27.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-510 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-525 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
CO Code § 31-25-527 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-527. When Assessments Payable - Installments

 All special assessments for local improvements shall be due and payable within thirty days after the final publication of the assessing ordinance without demand; but all such assessments may be paid, at the election of the owner, in installments with interest as provided in section 31-25-528 . All special assessments for local improvements authorized in section 31-25-502 (2) may be due and payable at such alternate time or times as set forth in the assessing ordinance.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1197, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1304, § 31, effective May 27.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-509 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-526 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
CO Code § 31-25-528 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-528. How Installments Paid - Interest

 In case of such election to pay in installments, the assessments shall be payable in two or more installments of principal with interest in all cases on the unpaid principal. The first installment shall be payable as prescribed by the governing body in not more than five years, and the last installment shall be payable in not more than twenty years. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the number, amounts, and times of payment of installments, the period of payment, and the rate and times of payment of interest shall be determined by the governing body and set forth in the assessing ordinance. If assessments are to be collected by the county treasurer, the times of payment of installments shall be the same as the times of payment of installments of property taxes as specified in section 39-10-104.5 (2) , C.R.S.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1197, § 1, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 1280, § 4, effective May 22. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1050, § 11, effective July 1. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 1474, § 10, effective October 1. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 2184, § 64, effective June 2.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-517 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-527 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
CO Code § 31-25-529 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-529. Effect of Payment in Installments

 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 installments. All persons so electing to pay in installments shall be conclusively considered to have consented to said improvements. Such election shall be conclusively considered to be a waiver of any right to question the power or jurisdiction of the municipality to construct the improvements, the quality of the work, the regularity or sufficiency of the proceedings, the validity or the correctness of the assessments, or the validity of the lien thereof; except that, with respect to local improvements authorized in section 31-25-502 (2) , the owner for each property included in the district shall retain all rights otherwise existing by contract or by law against parties other than the county with respect to the financed energy efficiency improvement or renewable energy improvement.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1197, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1304, § 32, effective May 27.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-518 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-528 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
CO Code § 31-25-530 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-530. Penalty for Default - Payment of Balance

 Failure to pay any installment, whether of principal or interest, when due shall cause the whole of the unpaid principal to become due and collectible immediately, and the whole amount of the unpaid principal and accrued interest shall thereafter draw interest at the rate established pursuant to section 5-12-106 (2) and (3), C.R.S., 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 the penalty rate set by the assessing ordinance, and all penalties and costs of collection accrued and shall thereupon be restored to the right thereafter to pay in installments in the same manner as if default had not been suffered. The owner of any property not in default as to any installment or payment may, at any time, pay the whole of the unpaid principal with the interest accruing to the maturity of the next installment of interest or principal; except that any owner who pays the whole of the unpaid balance pursuant to this section may be assessed a prepayment premium not to exceed three percent of the unpaid principal, the amount of which premium shall be specified in the ordinance imposing the assessment.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1198, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section R&RE, p. 1057, § 22, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 274, § 15, effective August 7.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-519 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-529 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.     ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Survey of Colorado Tax Liens”, see 14 Colo. Law. 1765 (1985).
CO Code § 31-25-531 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-531. Sale of Property for Nonpayment

  The county treasurer or the municipal treasurer pursuant to section 31-25-526 shall receive payment of all assessments appearing upon the assessment roll with interest.    In case of default in the payment of any installment of principal or interest on assessed property when due:   The municipal treasurer, if collecting assessment payments pursuant to section 31-25-526, shall certify to the county treasurer the whole amount of the unpaid assessments; and    The county treasurer shall advertise and sell all property concerning which such default is suffered for the payment of the whole of the unpaid assessments thereon, plus penalties and costs of collection.       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 the general property tax.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1198, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1049, § 10, effective July 1.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-521 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-530 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.     Cross references:   For the sale of tax liens, see article 11 of title 39.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Survey of Colorado Tax Liens”, see 14 Colo. Law. 1765 (1985).