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CO Code § 43-1-210.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 2 - The Highway Law|§ 43-1-210.5. Rights-of-Way Use by Adjacent Landowners

  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the department of transportation controls the use of thousands of acres of rights-of-way in Colorado for highway purposes. The general assembly further finds that, although the primary use of such rights-of-way is for highways, certain rights-of-way could also be used for productive agricultural purposes without reducing the suitability or safety of such rights-of-way for highway purposes and for authorized utility accommodations.    The department of transportation may issue permits to persons who own land adjacent to state highway rights-of-way so that such persons may use such rights-of-way for agricultural purposes. The executive director of the department of transportation, or the director's designee, shall promulgate rules and regulations which describe the terms, conditions, and purposes of such permits. Included in such regulations shall be a definition of adjacent landowner, a description of the types of agricultural uses allowed, the procedure which shall be used to obtain a permit, and any insurance requirements which the executive director finds appropriate. In no event shall a right-of-way permit be entered into which, in the judgment of the department, would not be in the best interests of the state or would be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare or in conflict with any applicable federal, state, or local law or for any agricultural purpose which involves irrigation. No right-of-way permit shall authorize the use for agricultural purposes of any median separating traffic lanes on a state highway, or where ownership of the right-of-way is not of public record.    The department of transportation may charge reasonable and necessary fees for the application and approval of any permits authorized by this section.    Prior to obtaining a permit from the department of transportation, the permittee shall show proof of insurance in the amount required by the department. The department of transportation shall not be liable for any property damage or injury which may result from the permitting of right-of-way as provided for in this section.     History. Source: L. 91: Entire section added, p. 1137, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 43-1-211 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 2 - The Highway Law|§ 43-1-211. Department to Acquire Land - Buildings

 For the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and supervising the public highways of this state, the department of transportation is authorized to purchase land and cause to be erected thereon by a nonprofit corporation or authority buildings suitable for offices or for housing machines, tools, and equipment, or for both of such purposes.   History. Source: L. 51: P. 733, § 1. CSA: C. 143, § 175. CRS 53: § 120-3-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-11. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1093, § 109, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 51: P. 733, § 1. CSA: C. 143, § 175. CRS 53: § 120-3-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-11. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1093, § 109, effective July 1.
CO Code § 43-1-212 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 2 - The Highway Law|§ 43-1-212. Department - Rental Agreements

 The department of transportation is authorized to enter into rental or leasehold agreements under which the department shall acquire title to such buildings within a period not exceeding thirty years upon payment of the stipulated aggregate annual rentals. The plans, specifications, bids, and contracts for such buildings and the terms of all such rental or leasehold agreements shall be approved by the governor, the chief engineer, a majority of the members of the commission, and the director of the office of state planning and budgeting. The rentals shall be paid solely out of the state highway fund, and the obligation to pay such rentals shall not constitute an indebtedness of the state or be paid out of any other fund. Such rental shall be included in the annual budgets of the department and shall be certified, audited, and paid in the same manner as all other accounts and expenditures payable out of said state highway fund.   History. Source: L. 51: P. 733, § 2. CSA: C. 143, § 176. CRS 53: § 120-3-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-12. L. 75: Entire section amended, p. 822, § 20, effective July 18. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 970, § 25, effective July 1, 1984. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1093, § 110, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 51: P. 733, § 2. CSA: C. 143, § 176. CRS 53: § 120-3-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-12. L. 75: Entire section amended, p. 822, § 20, effective July 18. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 970, § 25, effective July 1, 1984. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1093, § 110, effective July 1.
CO Code § 43-1-213 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 2 - The Highway Law|§ 43-1-213. Fees and Taxes - Not Reduced

 The excise fees and taxes payable into the state highway fund shall never be reduced to the extent that amounts payable into such fund are insufficient to comply with the terms of any rental or leasehold agreement entered into pursuant to this part 2.   History. Source: L. 51: P. 734, § 3. CSA: C. 143, § 177. CRS 53: § 120-3-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-13. History. Source: L. 51: P. 734, § 3. CSA: C. 143, § 177. CRS 53: § 120-3-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-13.
CO Code § 43-1-214 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 2 - The Highway Law|§ 43-1-214. Property Exempt From Taxation

 Property acquired or occupied pursuant to this part 2 shall be exempt from taxation so long as it is used for state highway or other public purposes.   History. Source: L. 51: P. 734, § 4. CSA: C. 143, § 178. CRS 53: § 120-3-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-14. History. Source: L. 51: P. 734, § 4. CSA: C. 143, § 178. CRS 53: § 120-3-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-14.
CO Code § 43-1-215 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 2 - The Highway Law|§ 43-1-215. Agreements Enforceable

 Purchase or leasehold agreements entered into by the department of transportation pursuant to this part 2 shall be enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction.   History. Source: L. 51: P. 734, § 5. CSA: C. 143, § 179. CRS 53: § 120-3-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-15. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1094, § 111, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 51: P. 734, § 5. CSA: C. 143, § 179. CRS 53: § 120-3-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-15. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1094, § 111, effective July 1.
CO Code § 43-1-216 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 2 - The Highway Law|§ 43-1-216. Notices and Tenders by Mail

 All notices to landowners referred to in this part 2 may be given by mailing the same to such landowners. All tenders of payment of damages to landowners referred to in this part 2 may be made by mailing to each landowner to whom such tender is to be made a written or printed statement reciting the action of the chief engineer and of the commission relating to the award of damages to such landowner, specifying the amount of damages awarded to him, and stating where and by whom payment of the sum so awarded will be made upon demand of such landowner. Depositing in the general post office in the city of Denver or at the county seat of the county in which the land in controversy is located a written or printed copy of any notice referred to in this section, or any statement tendering payment of damages, signed by the proper officer, enclosed in a sealed envelope with proper postage prepaid, and properly addressed to the landowner at his last known place of residence or address, is sufficient mailing of the same for the purpose of this part 2.   History. Source: L. 21: P. 372, § 22. C.L. § 1406. CSA: C. 143, § 113. CRS 53: § 120-3-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-16. History. Source: L. 21: P. 372, § 22. C.L. § 1406. CSA: C. 143, § 113. CRS 53: § 120-3-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-16.
CO Code § 43-1-218 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 2 - The Highway Law|§ 43-1-218. State and School Lands

 The provisions of this part 2 shall apply to state lands and school lands as well as other lands.   History. Source: L. 21: P. 373, § 24. C.L. § 1408. CSA: C. 143, § 115. CRS 53: § 120-3-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-18. History. Source: L. 21: P. 373, § 24. C.L. § 1408. CSA: C. 143, § 115. CRS 53: § 120-3-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-18.    ANNOTATION   Applied in Martino v. Bd. of County Comm'rs, 146 Colo. 143 , 360 P.2d 804 (1961).
CO Code § 43-1-219 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 2 - The Highway Law|§ 43-1-219. Funds Created

 There are hereby created two separate funds, one to be known as the state highway fund and the other to be known as the state highway supplementary fund. All money paid into either of the funds shall be available immediately, without further appropriation, for the purposes of the fund as provided by law. Money transferred to the state highway fund pursuant to section 24-75-219 (7)(c) and (7)(f) and any interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of such money may be expended for multimodal projects, as defined in section 43-4-1102 (5) . Any sums paid into the state treasury, which by law belong to the state highway fund or to the state highway supplementary fund, shall be immediately placed by the state treasurer to the credit of the appropriate fund. Upon request of the commission or of the chief engineer, it is the duty of the state treasurer to report to the commission or to the chief engineer the amount of money on hand in each of the two funds and the amounts derived from each source from which each such fund is accumulated. All accounts and expenditures from each of the two funds shall be certified by the chief engineer and paid by the state treasurer upon warrants drawn by the controller. The controller is authorized as directed to draw warrants payable out of the specified fund upon such vouchers properly certified and audited. Nothing in this part 2 shall operate to alter the manner of the execution and issuance of transportation revenue anticipation notes provided in part 7 of article 4 of this title 43.   History. Source: L. 21: P. 373, § 25. C.L. § 1409. L. 35: P. 463, § 2. CSA: C. 143, § 116. CRS 53: § 120-3-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-19. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 1119, § 4, effective June 2. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 290, § 44, effective August 8. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-260), ch. 250, p. 1416, § 31, effective June 17. History. Source: L. 21: P. 373, § 25. C.L. § 1409. L. 35: P. 463, § 2. CSA: C. 143, § 116. CRS 53: § 120-3-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-19. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 1119, § 4, effective June 2. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 290, § 44, effective August 8. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-260), ch. 250, p. 1416, § 31, effective June 17.    Cross references:    For the transfer to the state highway supplementary fund of moneys paid to the department of transportation for expenses incurred in conducting the closure of highways for athletic or special events, see § 24-33.5-226 (3)(d).    For the legislative declaration in SB 21-260, see section 1 of chapter 250, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.
CO Code § 43-1-221 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 2 - The Highway Law|§ 43-1-221. Proceeds From Sale of Bonds

 The proceeds from the sale of any bonds that may be authorized for state highways shall be expended only for such purposes as are specified in the law authorizing the issue of the bonds and not more than ten percent of any bond issue for administrative and engineering purposes.   History. Source: L. 21: P. 376, § 28. C.L. § 1412. CSA: C. 143, § 119. CRS 53: § 120-3-21. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-21. History. Source: L. 21: P. 376, § 28. C.L. § 1412. CSA: C. 143, § 119. CRS 53: § 120-3-21. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-21.
CO Code § 43-1-222 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 2 - The Highway Law|§ 43-1-222. Cash Available for Small Payments

 In order that the chief engineer may make immediate cash payment to laborers and in other instances where, in his or her judgment, it is advantageous or necessary for the conducting of the work supervised by the chief engineer to make such payments, the state treasurer shall deposit in a bank in the city and county of Denver, Colorado, from the state highway fund, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, which must be made payable upon order of the chief engineer in the form of a voucher check, the voucher to show to whom and for what payment is made. A duplicate of all such vouchers shall be retained in the office of the chief engineer. An amount equal to the checks returned and found in proper form shall thereupon be deposited by the state treasurer to the credit of such special fund from the state highway fund. Voucher checks drawn upon the special fund shall not be used to pay salaries of officers or regular employees of the department.   History. Source: L. 21: P. 377, § 31. C.L. § 1415. CSA: C. 143, § 122. CRS 53: § 120-3-22. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-22. L. 65: P. 159, § 11. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1094, § 113, effective July 1. L. 2015: Entire section amended, (HB 15-1209), ch. 64, p. 176, § 7, effective March 30. History. Source: L. 21: P. 377, § 31. C.L. § 1415. CSA: C. 143, § 122. CRS 53: § 120-3-22. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-22. L. 65: P. 159, § 11. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1094, § 113, effective July 1. L. 2015: Entire section amended, (HB 15-1209), ch. 64, p. 176, § 7, effective March 30.
CO Code § 43-1-223 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 2 - The Highway Law|§ 43-1-223. Supervision of Construction

 If, as the result of any agreement made by the department of transportation on behalf of the state and any branch of the federal government, there is undertaken actual construction or improvement of highways in the state, the letting of contracts and preparation and approval of specifications and plans, together with supervision of construction, shall, on behalf of the state, be under the direct control of the chief engineer, subject to the terms of the agreement so made. No agreement or contract shall be made which requires the expenditure of funds greater than that included in the budget for the current fiscal year plus additional advances from the federal government and from private investors made after the date of the budget.   History. Source: L. 21: P. 378, § 32. C.L. § 1416. L. 35: P. 468, § 6. CSA: C. 143, § 123. L. 36, 2nd Ex. Sess.: P. 21, § 4. CRS 53: § 120-3-23. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-23. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1095, § 114, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 21: P. 378, § 32. C.L. § 1416. L. 35: P. 468, § 6. CSA: C. 143, § 123. L. 36, 2nd Ex. Sess.: P. 21, § 4. CRS 53: § 120-3-23. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-23. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1095, § 114, effective July 1.
CO Code § 43-1-224 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 2 - The Highway Law|§ 43-1-224. Cooperation With Federal Departments

 The department of transportation is further authorized to cooperate in such manner as it may consider for the public benefit with any department of the federal government in undertaking any experiments or collecting any data that has to do with public highways.   History. Source: L. 21: P. 378, § 33. C.L. § 1417. CSA: C. 143, § 124. CRS 53: § 120-3-24. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-24. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1095, § 115, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 21: P. 378, § 33. C.L. § 1417. CSA: C. 143, § 124. CRS 53: § 120-3-24. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-24. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1095, § 115, effective July 1.
CO Code § 43-1-226 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 2 - The Highway Law|§ 43-1-226. Legislative Declaration

 It is declared to be the purpose of the general assembly in the passage of section 43-1-225 that the state of Colorado may more fully avail itself of the benefits of funds apportioned for expenditure on federal-aid primary or secondary systems and on the interstate system, including extensions thereof within urban areas, in conformance with the “Federal-Aid Road Act”, approved July 11, 1916, and all acts of the congress amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.   History. Source: L. 65: P. 957, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-26. History. Source: L. 65: P. 957, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-3-26.    Cross references:   For the “Federal-Aid Road Act”, actually titled “An act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes.”, see 39 Stat. 355. For current provisions pertaining to the “Federal-Aid Road Act”, see 23 U.S.C. §§ 101, 202, 204, 205.
CO Code § 43-1-401 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 4 - Roadside Advertising|§ 43-1-401. Short Title

 This part 4 shall be known and may be cited as the “Outdoor Advertising Act”.   History. Source: L. 81: Entire part R&RE, p. 2006, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 43-1-401 as it existed prior to 1981.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “The Case for Billboard Control: Precedent and Prediction”, see 36 Dicta 461 (1959). For article, “Colorado Needs a Constitutional and Effective Roadside Sign Law”, see 36 Dicta 475 (1959).   Regulatory scheme for the control of outdoor advertising which imposed permit requirement and set limitations on placement of roadside signs is not violative of due process, but is reasonably related to the achievement of a legitimate state interest. Orsinger Outdoor Adv. v. State Dept. of Highways, 752 P.2d 55 (Colo. 1988).   Regulatory rule adopted under this act which distinguishes between incorporated and unincorporated areas does not violate equal protection because relevant differences are real in fact and related to legitimate state interests. Orsinger Outdoor Adv. v. State Dept. of Highways, 752 P.2d 55 (Colo. 1988).   The outdoor advertising act is, in essence, a rezoning statute, restricting the use of outdoor advertising on property adjacent to state and federal highways. State Dept. of Hwys. v. Pigg, 656 P.2d 46 (Colo. App. 1982).   This act supersedes conflicting municipal regulation of outdoor advertising signs that are along state highway system within a home-rule municipality, because regulation of such signs is a matter of mixed local and statewide concern. Nat. Advertising Co. v. State Dept. of Highways, 751 P.2d 632 (Colo. 1988).   A city's sign code was invalid to the extent it conflicted with this act where the sign code required removal or modification of nonconforming signs and contained a five-year amortization period within which to remove the nonconforming signs. Root Outdoor Advertising v. Fort Collins, 759 P.2d 59 (Colo. App. 1988).   Applied in State Dept. of Hwys. v. Davis, 626 P.2d 661 (Colo. 1981).
CO Code § 43-1-402 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 4 - Roadside Advertising|§ 43-1-402. Legislative Declaration

     It is declared to be the purpose of the general assembly in the passage of this part 4 to control the existing and future use of advertising devices in areas adjacent to the state highway system in order to protect and promote the health, safety, and welfare of the traveling public and the people of Colorado and such purposes are declared to be of statewide concern. The general assembly finds and declares that the enactment of this part 4 is necessary to further the following substantial state interests:   Protection of the public investment in the state highway system;    Promotion of safety upon the state highway system;    Promotion of the recreational value of public travel;    Promotion of public pride and spirit both on a statewide and local basis;    Preservation and enhancement of the natural and scenic beauty of this state;    Broadening the economic well-being and general welfare by attracting to this state tourists and other travelers;    Providing the traveling public with information as to necessary goods and services in the immediate vicinity of the traveler;    Protection and encouragement of local tourist-related businesses for the general economic well-being of this state;    Insuring that Colorado receives its full share of funds to be apportioned by the congress of the United States for expenditures on federal-aid highways.       In furtherance of the substantial state interests stated in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), it is the intent of the general assembly that Colorado comply with the federal “Highway Beautification Act of 1965” and rules and regulations adopted thereunder.       The general assembly further finds and declares that this part 4, taken as a whole, represents a balancing of the above-stated substantial state interests.     History. Source: L. 81: Entire part R&RE, p. 2006, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 43-1-407 as it existed prior to 1981.   Cross references:   For the “Highway Beautification Act of 1965”, see Pub.L. 89-285, codified at 23 U.S.C. § 131 et seq.   ANNOTATION   Scope of act not limited to commercial advertising. Both legislative declaration and included definitions demonstrate that outdoor advertising act was intended to provide for the regulation of more than just commercial advertising. Pigg v. State Dept. of Highways, 746 P.2d 961 (Colo. 1987).   Advertising restriction not admissible in condemnation proceeding relative to value of remaining property. Evidence regarding advertising restriction by zoning ordinance is not admissible as one factor establishing the diminished market value of a landowner's remaining property in a condemnation proceeding. State Dept. of Hwys. v. Davis, 626 P.2d 661 (Colo. 1981) (decided under prior law).
CO Code § 43-1-405 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 43 - Transportation|Article 1 - General and Administrative|Part 4 - Roadside Advertising|§ 43-1-405. Informational Sites Authorized

     The department may erect, administer, and maintain informational sites for the display of advertising and information of interest to the traveling public, provided the lease fees are sufficient to pay the costs of erecting, administering, and maintaining the sites.    The department may issue leases for plaques in informational sites.    Leases shall be issued for a period of one year, beginning each January 1, without proration for periods less than a year. Each application for an initial lease or for a renewal of an existing lease shall be accompanied by a fee determined by the department, not to exceed one hundred dollars.       The department may enter into agreements with any governmental entity to lease land in rest areas for the construction, maintenance, and administration of informational sites.     History. Source: L. 81: Entire part R&RE, p. 2009, § 1, effective July 1.