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CO Code § 29-1-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 1 - Budget and Services|Part 2 - Intergovernmental Relationships|§ 29-1-202. Definitions

 As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Government” means any political subdivision of the state, any agency or department of the state government or of the United States, a federally recognized tribal entity, and any political subdivision of an adjoining state.    “Political subdivision” means a county, city and county, city, town, service authority, school district, local improvement district, law enforcement authority, city or county housing authority, or water, sanitation, fire protection, metropolitan, irrigation, drainage, or other special district, or any other kind of municipal, quasi-municipal, or public corporation organized pursuant to law.     History. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 955, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-2-2. L. 99: (2) amended, p. 128, § 1, effective March 24. L. 2000: (1) amended, p. 4, § 1, effective March 2. History. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 955, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-2-2. L. 99: (2) amended, p. 128, § 1, effective March 24. L. 2000: (1) amended, p. 4, § 1, effective March 2.    ANNOTATION   Applied in People v. Bailey, 41 Colo. App. 504, 595 P.2d 252 (1978).
CO Code § 29-1-203 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 1 - Budget and Services|Part 2 - Intergovernmental Relationships|§ 29-1-203. Government May Cooperate or Contract - Contents

  Governments may cooperate or contract with one another to provide any function, service, or facility lawfully authorized to each of the cooperating or contracting units, including the sharing of costs, the imposition of taxes, or the incurring of debt, only if such cooperation or contracts are authorized by each party thereto with the approval of its legislative body or other authority having the power to so approve. Any such contract providing for the sharing of costs or the imposition of taxes may be entered into for any period, notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the length of any financial contracts or obligations of governments.    Any such contract shall set forth fully the purposes, powers, rights, obligations, and the responsibilities, financial and otherwise, of the contracting parties.    Where other provisions of law provide requirements for special types of intergovernmental contracting or cooperation, those special provisions shall control.    Any such contract may provide for the joint exercise of the function, service, or facility, including the establishment of a separate legal entity to do so.    Any separate legal entity formed pursuant to the provisions of this part 2 may make loans to any government which enters into any contract pursuant to the provisions of this section, which loans may be secured by loan and security agreements, leases, or any other instruments upon such terms and conditions, including, without limitation, the terms and conditions authorized by section 31-35-402 (1)(h), C.R.S., as the board of directors of such intergovernmental entity shall determine.    The provisions of articles 10.5 and 47 of title 11, C.R.S., shall apply to moneys of such separate legal entities.     History. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 956, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-2-3. L. 88: (5) added, p. 1098, § 1, effective April 13; (6) added, p. 429, § 8, effective April 20. L. 2005: (1) amended, p. 1352, § 1, effective June 3. History. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 956, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-2-3. L. 88: (5) added, p. 1098, § 1, effective April 13; (6) added, p. 429, § 8, effective April 20. L. 2005: (1) amended, p. 1352, § 1, effective June 3.    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Cooperative Management of Urban Growth Areas Through IGAs”, see 29 Colo. Law. 85 (Nov. 2000).
CO Code § 29-1-205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 1 - Budget and Services|Part 2 - Intergovernmental Relationships|§ 29-1-205. List of Contracts - Contracts Establishing Power Authorities

  Within thirty days after receiving a written request from the division of local government, a political subdivision shall provide the division with a current list of all contracts in effect with other political subdivisions. The list must contain the names of the contracting political subdivisions, the nature of the contract, and the expiration date thereof.    Within ten days after the execution of a contract establishing a separate governmental entity pursuant to section 29-1-204, or an amendment or a modification thereof, the contracting local governments shall file a copy of such contract, amendment, or modification with the division.    Failure to make any filing under this section does not invalidate any contract referred to in this section.     History. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 956, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-2-4. L. 75: Entire section amended, p. 958, § 3, effective May 20. L. 2013: Entire section amended,(HB 13-1203), ch. 31, p. 75, § 1, effective August 7. History. Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 956, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-2-4. L. 75: Entire section amended, p. 958, § 3, effective May 20. L. 2013: Entire section amended,(HB 13-1203), ch. 31, p. 75, § 1, effective August 7.    Editor's note:   This section was originally numbered as § 29-1-204 in C.R.S. 1973 but was renumbered on revision in the 1977 replacement volume for ease of location.
CO Code § 29-1-206 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 1 - Budget and Services|Part 2 - Intergovernmental Relationships|§ 29-1-206. Law Enforcement Agreements

  Any county in this state that shares a common border with a county in another state, and any municipality located in such a bordering county of this state, may enter into an agreement with the bordering county of the other state or with a municipality located in the bordering county of the other state to provide for reciprocal law enforcement between the entities. The agreement shall meet the requirements of section 29-1-203 and shall include, but shall not be limited to, an additional requirement that any person who is assigned to law enforcement duty in this state pursuant to such intergovernmental agreement and section 29-5-104 (2) shall be certified as a peace officer in the other state and shall apply to the peace officers standards and training board created pursuant to section 24-31-302, C.R.S., for recognition prior to an assignment in Colorado.    Repealed.     History. Source: L. 93: Entire section added, p. 245, § 1, effective March 31. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1574, § 7, effective June 3. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 43, § 4, effective March 10. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 698, § 1, effective May 1.    Editor's note:   Subsection (2)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (2), effective September 15, 2008. (See L. 2008, p. 698 .)
CO Code § 29-1-206.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 1 - Budget and Services|Part 2 - Intergovernmental Relationships|§ 29-1-206.5. Emergency Services - Agreements - Immunity From Liability - Definitions

  Any county, municipality, or designated special district in this state may enter into an agreement with a county, municipality, or special district from a state bordering this state to provide emergency services. The agreement must meet the requirements of section 29-1-203.    If the governor declares an emergency and activates the “Emergency Management Assistance Compact”, part 29 of article 60 of title 24, C.R.S., any provision of an agreement authorized under this section that conflicts with a provision of the compact or a procedural plan or program created in accordance with the compact is void and unenforceable.      Any person from another state who is performing a function in this state under an agreement to provide emergency services authorized in this section has the same immunity from liability as a person from the county, municipality, or designated special district of this state performing the same function.    Any person from this state who is performing a function in another state under an agreement to provide emergency services authorized in this section has the same immunity from liability in the other state that he or she would have when performing the same function in this state.       As used in this section, “designated special district” means a fire protection district, fire protection authority, ambulance district, or health service district.      History. Source: L. 2016: Entire section added, (SB 16-063), ch. 51, p. 119, § 1, effective August 10.
CO Code § 29-1-304.7 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 1 - Budget and Services|Part 3 - Annual Levy - Increase or Reduction - Limitation|§ 29-1-304.7. Programs Delegated by the General Assembly - Termination or Reduction - Requirements

  Any local government which, pursuant to section 20 (9) of article X of the state constitution, intends to reduce or terminate its subsidy to any program delegated to such local government by the general assembly for administration shall provide written notice of such intention to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairman of the joint budget committee of the general assembly, and the head of any state department or agency affected.    The notice required by this section shall contain information sufficient to identify the program and shall state whether the local government intends to reduce or terminate its subsidy to the program. If a reduction is intended, the notice shall also specify the amount of such reduction.    The notice may specify an effective date for such reduction or termination; except that in no event shall the reduction or termination take effect prior to ninety days after receipt of the notice by all of the parties named in subsection (1) of this section.    Any reduction or termination for which notice is given pursuant to this section shall take place over a three-year period in three equal annual amounts.    The director of the division of local government of the department of local affairs is authorized and empowered, after consultation with the affected departments or agencies, if any, to promulgate, adopt, amend, and repeal such rules and regulations, as may be necessary for the implementation and administration of this section.     History. Source: L. 93: Entire section added, p. 5, § 1, effective February 16.
CO Code § 29-1-304.8 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 1 - Budget and Services|Part 3 - Annual Levy - Increase or Reduction - Limitation|§ 29-1-304.8. Programs Not Delegated by the General Assembly

  A local district, within the meaning of section 20 (2) of article X of the state constitution, shall not reduce or end its subsidy pursuant to section 20 (9) of said article to any program if:   The program is one of the inherent powers, duties, or functions of an officer whose office is created as a county office by the state constitution, including but not limited to the county clerk and recorder, the county sheriff, the county coroner, the county treasurer, the county surveyor, the county assessor, and the county attorney; or    The program is required by the state constitution to be administered by the local district, including but not limited to duties related to the maintenance of the state court system and the equalization of property tax assessments.       Nothing in the general assembly's enactment of a requirement that a local district contribute toward the funding of a program operated by an agency or officer which is not under the jurisdiction of that local district, including but not limited to the requirement that counties pay a portion of the costs of maintaining the office of the district attorney, shall imply that the general assembly has delegated the program to the local district for administration within the meaning of section 20 (9) of article X of the state constitution.    A board of county commissioners shall not cease exercising or performing its inherent legislative, executive, or quasi-judicial powers, duties, or functions in the guise of reducing or ending its subsidy to a program pursuant to the provisions of section 20 (9) of article X of the state constitution.    As used in this section:   “Administration” means the executive management or superintendence of public affairs, as distinguished from policy-making.    “Inherent” means in the essential character of or belonging by nature or settled habit to.        History. Source: L. 93: Entire section added, p. 1517, § 21, effective June 6.
CO Code § 29-1-304.9 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 1 - Budget and Services|Part 3 - Annual Levy - Increase or Reduction - Limitation|§ 29-1-304.9. Fiscal Note

  For any proposed legislation introduced after December 31, 2009, that may have a fiscal impact on a county, school district, or board of cooperative services, the staff of the legislative council shall consider and provide in the local government impact section of the accompanying fiscal note, when possible, taking into account reasonable time constraints, the following:   A reasonable and timely estimate of the fiscal impact on the counties, school districts, or boards of cooperative services chosen in accordance with subsection (2) of this section that would result from the proposed legislation; and    Potential staffing and other administrative aspects of the proposed legislation.       In order to compile the information required by subsection (1) of this section, the staff of the legislative council shall request from a statewide association of county commissioners or the department of education fiscal information regarding the impact of the proposed legislation on certain counties to be determined by the association, school districts, or boards of cooperative services, to be determined by the department of education.    The staff of the legislative council shall consider the information received from the association, school districts, or boards of cooperative services, if any, when completing the local government impact section of any fiscal note.     History. Source: L. 2009: Entire section added, (HB 09-1200), ch. 163, p. 701, § 1, effective August 5. L. 2011: Entire section amended, (HB 11-1277), ch. 306, p. 1503, § 29, effective August 10.
CO Code § 29-1-401 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 1 - Budget and Services|Part 4 - Associations of Political Subdivisions|§ 29-1-401. Associations Formed - Purpose

 Two or more of the political subdivisions of the state may, in their discretion and in addition to powers granted before April 22, 1957, form and maintain associations for the purposes of promoting through investigation, discussion, and cooperative effort interests and welfare of the several political subdivisions of the state of Colorado and to promote a closer relation between the several political subdivisions of the state.   History. Source: L. 57: P. 522, § 1. CRS 53: § 88-3-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-4-1. History. Source: L. 57: P. 522, § 1. CRS 53: § 88-3-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-4-1.
CO Code § 29-1-402 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 1 - Budget and Services|Part 4 - Associations of Political Subdivisions|§ 29-1-402. Instrumentality of Subdivision

 Any such association so formed shall be an instrumentality of the political subdivisions which are members thereof.   History. Source: L. 57: P. 522, § 2. CRS 53: § 88-3-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-4-2. History. Source: L. 57: P. 522, § 2. CRS 53: § 88-3-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-4-2.
CO Code § 29-1-403 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 1 - Budget and Services|Part 4 - Associations of Political Subdivisions|§ 29-1-403. Legislative Representation - Expenses - Definitions

  The legislative bodies of local, political subdivisions may enter into associations and, through a representative of the association, attend the general assembly of the state of Colorado and the United States Congress and any committees thereof, and present information to aid the passage of legislation which the association deems beneficial to the local agencies in the association or to prevent the passage of legislation which the association deems detrimental to the local agencies in the association. The cost and expense incident thereto are proper charges against the local agencies comprising the association; but proper expenditures of the association shall include only the actual and necessary expenses for one representative of each association and shall not include any expenditures for expenses, travel, or entertainment of any persons other than the representative of the association.    “Local agency”, as used in this part 4, means county, city, or city and county. “Legislative body”, as used in this part 4, means board of county commissioners in the case of a county or city and county and city council or board of trustees in the case of a city or town.     History. Source: L. 57: P. 522, § 3. CRS 53: § 88-3-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-4-3. L. 72: P. 611, § 128. History. Source: L. 57: P. 522, § 3. CRS 53: § 88-3-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-4-3. L. 72: P. 611, § 128.
CO Code § 29-1-501 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 1 - Budget and Services|Part 5 - Local Government Uniform Accounting Law|§ 29-1-501. Short Title

 This part 5 shall be known and may be cited as the “Colorado Local Government Uniform Accounting Law”.   History. Source: L. 65: P. 857, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-5-1. History. Source: L. 65: P. 857, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-5-1.
CO Code § 29-1-502 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 1 - Budget and Services|Part 5 - Local Government Uniform Accounting Law|§ 29-1-502. Definitions

 As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Local government” means any authority, county, municipality, city and county, district, or other political subdivision of the state of Colorado, any institution, department, agency, or authority of any of the foregoing, including any county or municipal housing authority; and any other entity, organization, or corporation formed by intergovernmental agreement or other contract between or among any of the foregoing. Effective January 1, 1990, the office of the county public trustee shall be deemed an agency of the county for the purposes of this part 5. “Local government” does not include the fire and police pension association, any public entity insurance pool formed pursuant to state law, the university of Colorado hospital authority created in section 23-21-503, or any association of political subdivisions formed pursuant to section 29-1-401.     History. Source: L. 65: P. 857, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-5-2. L. 81: (2)(e) added, p. 1401, § 1, effective April 24. L. 89: (2) R&RE, p. 1256, § 3, effective May 2. L. 91: (2) amended, p. 588, § 13, effective October 1. L. 2017: Entire section amended,(SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1411, § 100, effective May 25. History. Source: L. 65: P. 857, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-5-2. L. 81: (2)(e) added, p. 1401, § 1, effective April 24. L. 89: (2) R&RE, p. 1256, § 3, effective May 2. L. 91: (2) amended, p. 588, § 13, effective October 1. L. 2017: Entire section amended,(SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1411, § 100, effective May 25.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the act amending subsection (2), see section 1 of chapter 99, Session Laws of Colorado 1991.
CO Code § 29-1-503 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 1 - Budget and Services|Part 5 - Local Government Uniform Accounting Law|§ 29-1-503. Appointment of Advisory Committee - Powers and Duties

  The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint an advisory committee on governmental accounting to assist the state auditor in formulating and prescribing a classification of accounts, which advisory committee consists of six members, one of whom must be a member of the Colorado society of certified public accountants and the remaining five of whom must be active in finance matters either as elected officials or finance officers employed by a unit of local government as defined in section 29-1-502 and each of whom shall represent one of the following levels of local government: Counties, cities and counties, cities and towns, school districts and junior college districts, and local improvement or special service districts and other local entities having authority under the general laws of this state to levy taxes or impose assessments.    Prior to June 15, 1987, the terms of the members shall be six years, except for initial appointments when two members shall be appointed for terms of two years, two members shall be appointed for terms of four years, and two members shall be appointed for terms of six years. Persons holding office on June 15, 1987, are subject to the provisions of section 24-1-137, C.R.S. Thereafter, members shall be appointed for terms of four years each.    The state auditor and the controller shall be ex officio nonvoting members of the advisory committee on governmental accounting; except that the state auditor shall act as chairman of the committee and shall cast a vote only in the case of a tie.    Any decision shall be adopted only upon the majority vote of the members present.    (Deleted by amendment,L. 93, p. 674, § 10, effective May 1, 1993.)     History. Source: L. 65: P. 857, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-5-3. L. 86: (5) added, p. 423, § 51, effective March 26. L. 87: (2) amended, p. 912, § 24, effective June 15. L. 93: (5) amended, p. 674, § 10, effective May 1. L. 2017: (1) amended, (SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1412, § 101, effective May 25. History. Source: L. 65: P. 857, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 88-5-3. L. 86: (5) added, p. 423, § 51, effective March 26. L. 87: (2) amended, p. 912, § 24, effective June 15. L. 93: (5) amended, p. 674, § 10, effective May 1. L. 2017: (1) amended, (SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1412, § 101, effective May 25.