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CO Code § 30-8-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 8 - Location and Removal of County Seats|§ 30-8-106. Election Contests - Laws Applicable

 All laws governing contests of elections shall be applicable to contests of county seat elections; except that the board of county commissioners of the county shall in all cases be the contestee, and that the contest shall be conducted in the district court of the proper county. Such district court may appoint a magistrate to take testimony in relation to the grounds of contest alleged by the contestor, which magistrate may sit to take evidence in any precinct of his county.   History. Source: L. 1881: P. 104, § 6. G.S. § 1289. R.S. 08: § 1176. C.L. § 8654. CSA: C. 44, § 97. CRS 53: § 34-3-6 . C.R.S. 1963: § 34-3-6 . L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 365, § 40, effective April 9.    Cross references:   For the laws governing contests of elections, see § 1-11-201 et seq.   ANNOTATION   The territorial statute made no provision for a contest of an election upon the removal of a county seat. People v. Bd. of County Comm'rs, 6 Colo. 202 (1882).   A statement of contest of an election for the removal of a county seat which fails to enumerate a single qualified voter who was denied the right to vote or the name of any person who voted without possessing the necessary qualifications, held bad under the facts and circumstances disclosed. People ex rel. Roberg v. Bd. of Comm'rs, 86 Colo. 249 , 281 P. 117 (1929).
CO Code § 30-8-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 8 - Location and Removal of County Seats|§ 30-8-108. Commissioners' Surveys - County Buildings

 The board of county commissioners has the power to make all needful arrangements for having such county seat surveyed into lots, squares, streets, and alleys, selling and disposing of the same, and erecting a jailhouse, courthouse, or other county buildings as to the board seems best.   History. Source: R.S. P. 163, § 44. G.L. § 372. G.S. § 687. R.S. 08: § 1169. C.L. § 8656. CSA: C. 44, § 99. CRS 53: § 34-3-8 . C.R.S. 1963: § 34-3-8 .
CO Code § 30-8-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 8 - Location and Removal of County Seats|§ 30-8-109. Attached Territory - Tax Liability

 No tax shall be levied against the people of any county to erect any public building in another county, in the same judicial district.   History. Source: G.L. § 568. G.S. § 561. R.S. 08: § 1184. C.L. § 8657. CSA: C. 44, § 100. CRS 53: § 34-3-9 . C.R.S. 1963: § 34-3-9 .
CO Code § 30-24-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 24 - County Agricultural Research|§ 30-24-101. Legislative Declaration

 Agricultural crop and livestock producers are constantly faced with the problem of new insects, diseases, depletion of soil fertility, lack of information as to market demands and preferences, and of other distributive practices. Some counties have need for more research work than others. Such counties, if placed in a position to provide for agricultural research work with laboratory facilities, management, and some labor, would be able to cooperate with the technical personnel of the state and federal research agencies and better meet these local demands for research work.   History. Source: L. 41: P. 88, § 1. CSA: C. 5, § 105. CRS 53: § 6-6-1 . C.R.S. 1963: § 6-6-1 .
CO Code § 30-24-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 24 - County Agricultural Research|§ 30-24-102. Authority of County Commissioners

  For the purposes set forth in this article, the boards of county commissioners of the several counties of the state are authorized to:   Purchase or rent land for use in county agricultural research work;    Purchase or rent laboratory facilities for use in county agricultural research work;    Purchase or rent laboratory equipment and supplies for use in county agricultural research work;    Employ such management and common labor as they consider necessary to provide for the proper efficiency of the county agricultural research work;    Make provision for a county agricultural research advisory committee, to serve without compensation, composed of members representing the different agricultural groups in the county and elected by such agricultural groups under such procedure and policy as the board of county commissioners may determine;    Enter into cooperative agreements with the boards of county commissioners of other counties to economically carry out the purposes of this article;    Enter into cooperative agreements with the board of governors of the Colorado state university system for the assistance of Colorado state university, including all of its agencies, in the developing and financing of the projects to be included in the operations of the county agricultural research work each year;    Enter into cooperative agreements through Colorado state university with the proper federal research agencies.        History. Source: L. 41: P. 88, § 2. CSA: C. 5, § 106. CRS 53: § 6-6-2 . C.R.S. 1963: § 6-6-2 . L. 2002: (1)(g) amended, p. 1247, § 22, effective August 7.
CO Code § 30-24-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 24 - County Agricultural Research|§ 30-24-103. Appropriation

 The boards of county commissioners of the several counties are authorized to appropriate from the county general fund such money as may be necessary to pay the obligations for county agricultural extension and research work as may be authorized.   History. Source: L. 41: P. 89, § 3. CSA: C. 5, § 107. L. 51: P. 296, § 7. CRS 53: § 6-6-3 . C.R.S. 1963: § 6-6-3 .
CO Code § 30-24-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 24 - County Agricultural Research|§ 30-24-104. County Agricultural Fund

 The boards of county commissioners of the several counties are authorized to establish a county agricultural fund. This fund may be created out of the county general fund, and repayment of this fund may be made through a county agricultural research tax levy.   History. Source: L. 41: P. 89, § 4. CSA: C. 5, § 108. CRS 53: § 6-6-4 . C.R.S. 1963: § 6-6-4 .
CO Code § 30-29-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 29 - Apportionment of Federal Moneys From Public Lands|§ 30-29-102. Receipts From Flood Control Projects

  All moneys received by the state treasurer from the federal government under provisions of Public Law 526, 79th Congress, Second Session, approved July 24, 1946, relating to flood control projects, shall be credited to a clearing account.    As soon as practicable after receipt of the moneys specified in subsection (1) of this section, the state treasurer shall pay over said moneys to the treasurers of the several counties of the state in which flood control projects are located, in accordance with information provided by the appropriate federal agency as to location and amount.    The boards of county commissioners of the counties receiving the payments specified in subsection (2) of this section shall allocate twenty-five percent thereof to the county road and bridge fund and seventy-five percent thereof to the public schools of the county. If there is more than one school district in the county, the amount allocated to each district shall be in the proportion which its pupil enrollment during the preceding school year bears to the aggregate pupil enrollment in all districts in the county during said preceding school year.     History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1141, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-9-2. L. 90: (3) amended, p. 1848, § 45, effective May 31. History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1141, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-9-2. L. 90: (3) amended, p. 1848, § 45, effective May 31.
CO Code § 30-30-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 30 - Control of Stream Flow|§ 30-30-101. Definitions

 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:    ”Channel“ means that area of a stream where water normally flows between banks and not that area beyond where vegetation exists.    ”Obstruction“ means sandbars formed by the natural flow of a stream, temporary structures, planks, snags, and debris in and along the existing channel which cause a flood hazard.     History. Source: L. 74: Entire article added, p. 230, § 1, effective May 14.
CO Code § 30-30-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 30 - Control of Stream Flow|§ 30-30-103. Contracts and Agreements

 The board of county commissioners of a county may enter into contracts and agreements with adjoining counties, the state of Colorado or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or the United States or any agency or political subdivision thereof for the purpose of implementing or carrying out the purposes of this article.   History. Source: L. 74: Entire article added, p. 231, § 1, effective May 14.
CO Code § 30-30-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 30 - Control of Stream Flow|§ 30-30-104. Adoption of Plan

 A board of county commissioners may by resolution adopt a plan to carry out the purposes of this article.   History. Source: L. 74: Entire article added, p. 231, § 1, effective May 14.
CO Code § 30-30-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 30 - Control of Stream Flow|§ 30-30-105. Colorado Water Conservation Board - Grants to Counties

 The Colorado water conservation board may make grants to counties, out of moneys appropriated by the general assembly or other funds available for such purpose, to assist them in removing stream flow obstructions in accordance with section 30-30-102 , C.R.S. Grants under this section shall be made upon application by the county therefor and on the basis of the urgency of the flood control problem in the county and the county's financial need.   History. Source: L. 74: Entire article added, p. 231, § 1, effective May 14.
CO Code § 31-11-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 11 - Municipal Initiatives, Referenda, and Referred Measures|§ 31-11-101. Legislative Declaration

 It is the intention of the general assembly to set forth in this article the procedures for exercising the initiative and referendum powers reserved to the municipal electors in subsection (9) of section 1 of article V of the state constitution. It is not the intention of the general assembly to limit or abridge in any manner these powers but rather to properly safeguard, protect, and preserve inviolate for municipal electors these modern instrumentalities of democratic government.   History. Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 422, § 1, effective May 8.    ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. For cases construing a similar provision that applied to state and municipal elections, see § 1-40-101 .
CO Code § 31-11-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 11 - Municipal Initiatives, Referenda, and Referred Measures|§ 31-11-102. Applicability of Article

 This article shall apply to municipal initiatives, referenda, and referred measures unless alternative procedures are provided by charter, ordinance, or resolution.   History. Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 422, § 1, effective May 8.    ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. For cases construing a similar provision that applied to state and municipal elections, see § 1-40-103 .
CO Code § 31-11-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 11 - Municipal Initiatives, Referenda, and Referred Measures|§ 31-11-103. Definitions

 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Ballot title” means the language that is printed on the ballot that is comprised of the submission clause and the title.    “Final determination of petition sufficiency” means the date following passage of the period of time within which a protest must be filed pursuant to section 31-11-110 or the date on which any protest filed pursuant to section 31-11-110 results in a finding of sufficiency, whichever is later.    “Petition section” means the stapled or otherwise bound package of documents described in section 31-11-106.    “Submission clause” means the language that is attached to the title to form a question that can be answered by “yes” or “no”.    “Title” means a brief statement that fairly and accurately represents the true intent and meaning of the proposed initiative, referendum, or referred measure.     History. Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 422, § 1, effective May 8. L. 96: (2) amended, p. 1770, § 67, effective July 1.    ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. For cases construing a similar provision that applied to state and municipal elections, see § 1-40-102 .
CO Code § 31-11-103.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 11 - Municipal Initiatives, Referenda, and Referred Measures|§ 31-11-103.5. Computation of Time

 Except as otherwise provided in this article, calendar days shall be used in all computations of time made under the provisions of this article. In computing time for any act to be done before any municipal election, the first day shall be included, and the last or election day shall be excluded. Except when computing business days, Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays shall be included, but, if the time for any act to be done or the last day of any period is a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, the period is extended to include the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. If the time for an act to be done under this article is referred to in business days, the time shall be computed by excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays.   History. Source: L. 2000: Entire section added, p. 799, § 22, effective August 2.
CO Code § 31-11-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 11 - Municipal Initiatives, Referenda, and Referred Measures|§ 31-11-104. Ordinances - Initiative - Conflicting Measures

  Any proposed ordinance may be submitted to the legislative body of any municipality by filing written notice of the proposed ordinance with the clerk and, within one hundred eighty days after approval of the petition pursuant to section 31-11-106 (1), by filing a petition signed by at least five percent of the registered electors of the city or town on the date of such notice. The proposed ordinance may be adopted without alteration by the legislative body within twenty days following the final determination of petition sufficiency. If vetoed by the mayor, the proposed ordinance may be passed over the mayor's veto within ten days after the veto. If the proposed ordinance is not adopted by the legislative body, the legislative body shall forthwith publish the proposed ordinance as other ordinances are published and shall refer the proposed ordinance, in the form petitioned for, to the registered electors of the municipality at a regular or special election held not less than sixty days and not more than one hundred fifty days after the final determination of petition sufficiency, unless otherwise required by the state constitution. The ordinance shall not take effect unless a majority of the registered electors voting on the measure at the election vote in favor of the measure.    Alternative ordinances may be submitted at the same election, and, if two or more conflicting measures are approved by the people, the one that receives the greatest number of affirmative votes shall be adopted in all particulars as to which there is a conflict.     History. Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 423, § 1, effective May 8. L. 96: (1) amended, p. 1770, § 68, effective July 1. L. 2000: (1) amended, p. 799, § 23, effective August 2.
CO Code § 31-11-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 11 - Municipal Initiatives, Referenda, and Referred Measures|§ 31-11-105. Ordinances - When Effective - Referendum

  No ordinance passed by the legislative body of any municipality shall take effect before thirty days after its final passage and publication, except an ordinance calling for a special election or necessary to the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, and not then unless the ordinance states in a separate section the reasons why it is necessary and unless it receives the affirmative vote of three-fourths of all the members elected to the legislative body taken by ayes and noes.    Within thirty days after final publication of the ordinance, a referendum petition protesting against the effect of the ordinance or any part thereof may be filed with the clerk. The petition must be signed during the thirty-day period by at least five percent of the registered electors of the municipality registered on the date of final publication.    If a referendum petition is filed, the ordinance or part thereof protested against shall not take effect, and, upon a final determination of petition sufficiency, the legislative body shall promptly reconsider the ordinance. If the petition is declared not sufficient by the clerk or found not sufficient in a protest, the ordinance shall forthwith take effect, unless otherwise provided therein.    If, upon reconsideration, the ordinance or part thereof protested is not repealed, the legislative body shall submit the measure to a vote of the registered electors at a regular or special election held not less than sixty days and not more than one hundred fifty days after the final determination of petition sufficiency, unless otherwise required by the state constitution. The ordinance or part thereof shall not take effect unless a majority of the registered electors voting on the measure at the election vote in favor of the measure.     History. Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 423, § 1, effective May 8.
CO Code § 31-11-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 11 - Municipal Initiatives, Referenda, and Referred Measures|§ 31-11-107. Circulators - Requirements

 The circulation of any petition section other than personally by a circulator is prohibited. No section of a petition for any initiative or referendum measure shall be circulated by any person who is not at least eighteen years of age at the time the section is circulated.   History. Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 426, § 1, effective May 8. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 801, § 25, effective August 2.
CO Code § 31-11-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 11 - Municipal Initiatives, Referenda, and Referred Measures|§ 31-11-108. Signatures

 Any initiative or referendum petition shall be signed only by registered electors who are eligible to vote on the measure. Each registered elector shall sign his or her own signature and shall print his or her name, the address at which he or she resides, including the street number and name, the city or town, the county, and the date of signing. Each registered elector signing a petition shall be encouraged by the circulator of the petition to sign the petition in ink. In the event a registered elector is physically disabled or is illiterate and wishes to sign the petition, the elector shall sign or make his or her mark in the space so provided. Any person, but not a circulator, may assist the disabled or illiterate elector in completing the remaining information required by this section. The person providing assistance shall sign his or her name and address and shall state that such assistance was given to the disabled or illiterate elector.   History. Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 426, § 1, effective May 8.    ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. For cases construing a similar provision that applied to state and municipal elections, see § 1-40-111 .
CO Code § 31-11-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 11 - Municipal Initiatives, Referenda, and Referred Measures|§ 31-11-109. Signature Verification - Statement of Sufficiency

  The clerk shall inspect timely filed initiative or referendum petitions and the attached affidavits, and may do so by examining the information on signature lines for patent defects, by comparing the information on signature lines against a list of registered electors provided by the county, or by other reasonable means.    After examining the petition, the clerk shall issue a statement as to whether a sufficient number of valid signatures have been submitted. A copy of the statement shall be mailed to the persons designated as representing the petition proponents pursuant to section 31-11-106 (2).    The statement of sufficiency or insufficiency shall be issued no later than thirty calendar days after the petition has been filed. If the clerk fails to issue a statement within thirty calendar days, the petition shall be deemed sufficient.     History. Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 427, § 1, effective May 8.    ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. For cases construing a similar provision that applied to state and municipal elections, see §§ 1-40-116 and 1-40-117 .
CO Code § 31-11-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 11 - Municipal Initiatives, Referenda, and Referred Measures|§ 31-11-110. Protest

  Within forty days after an initiative or referendum petition is filed, a protest in writing under oath may be filed in the office of the clerk by any registered elector who resides in the municipality, setting forth specifically the grounds for such protest. The grounds for protest may include, but shall not be limited to, the failure of any portion of a petition or circulator affidavit to meet the requirements of this article. No signature may be challenged that is not identified in the protest by section and line number. The clerk shall forthwith mail a copy of such protest to the persons designated as representing the petition proponents pursuant to section 31-11-106 (2) and to the protester, together with a notice fixing a time for hearing such protest that is not less than five or more than ten days after such notice is mailed.    The county clerk shall furnish a requesting protester with a list of the registered electors in the municipality and shall charge a fee to cover the cost of furnishing the list.    Every hearing shall be held before the clerk with whom such protest is filed. The clerk shall serve as hearing officer unless some other person is designated by the legislative body as the hearing officer, and the testimony in every such hearing shall be under oath. The hearing officer shall have the power to issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses. The hearing shall be summary and not subject to delay and shall be concluded within sixty days after the petition is filed. No later than five days after the conclusion of the hearing, the hearing officer shall issue a written determination of whether the petition is sufficient or not sufficient. If the hearing officer determines that a petition is not sufficient, the officer shall identify those portions of the petition that are not sufficient and the reasons therefor. The result of the hearing shall be forthwith certified to the protester and to the persons designated as representing the petition proponents pursuant to section 31-11-106 (2). The determination as to petition sufficiency may be reviewed by the district court for the county in which such municipality or portion thereof is located upon application of the protester, the persons designated as representing the petition proponents pursuant to section 31-11-106 (2), or the municipality, but such review shall be had and determined forthwith.     History. Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 427, § 1, effective May 8. L. 2000: (1) amended, p. 801, § 26, effective August 2.    ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. For cases construing a similar provision that applied to state and municipal elections, see §§ 1-40-118 and 1-40-119 .