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CO Code § 37-45-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-110. Bond of Petitioners

 At the time of filing the petition or at any time subsequent thereto and prior to the time of hearing on said petition, a bond shall be filed, with security approved by the court, sufficient to pay all expenses, including any expenses of an election, connected with the proceedings in case the organization of the district is not effected. If at any time during the proceeding the court is satisfied that the bond first executed is insufficient in amount, it may require the execution of an additional bond within a time to be fixed to be not less than ten days distant, and, upon failure of the petitioner to execute the same, the petition shall be dismissed.   History. Source: L. 37: P. 1316, § 5. CSA: C. 173B, § 19. CRS 53: § 149-6-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-5. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1754, § 2, effective June 19. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1316, § 5. CSA: C. 173B, § 19. CRS 53: § 149-6-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-5. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1754, § 2, effective June 19.
CO Code § 37-45-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-113. Provisions for Filing and Recording Decree of Incorporation

 Within thirty days after the district has been declared a corporation by the court, the clerk of the court shall transmit to the division of local government in the department of local affairs and to the county clerk and recorder in each of the counties having lands in said district copies of the findings and the decree of the court incorporating said district. The same shall be filed with said division, and copies shall also be recorded in the office of the county clerk and recorder of each county in which a part of the district may be, where they shall become permanent records.   History. Source: L. 37: P. 1321, § 8. CSA: C. 173B, § 22. CRS 53: § 149-6-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-8. L. 76: Entire section amended, p. 606, § 30, effective July 1. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 1228, § 12, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1321, § 8. CSA: C. 173B, § 22. CRS 53: § 149-6-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-8. L. 76: Entire section amended, p. 606, § 30, effective July 1. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 1228, § 12, effective July 1.    Cross references:   For filing of articles of incorporation, see § 7-102-103 .
CO Code § 37-45-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-115. Organization of the Board of Directors

  Each director shall take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101.    Upon taking the oath, the board shall choose one of its number chairman of the board and president of the district and shall elect some suitable person secretary of the board and of the district who may or may not be a member of the board. Such board shall adopt a seal and shall keep in a visual text format that may be transmitted electronically a record of all of its proceedings, minutes of all meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by employees, and all corporate acts, which shall be open to inspection of all owners of property in the district as well as to all other interested parties.    Each member of the board shall receive as compensation for the member's service such sum as shall be ordered by the court, not in excess of two thousand four hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly, and necessary traveling expenses actually expended while engaged in the performance of the member's duties.    All special and regular meetings of the board shall be held at locations which are within the boundaries of the district or which are within the boundaries of any county in which the district is located, in whole or in part, or in any county so long as the meeting location does not exceed twenty miles from the district boundaries. The provisions of this subsection (4) may be waived only if the following criteria are met:   The proposed change of location of a meeting of the board appears on the agenda of a regular or special meeting of the board; and    A resolution is adopted by the board stating the reason for which a meeting of the board is to be held in a location other than under the provisions of this subsection (4) and further stating the date, time, and place of such meeting.        History. Source: L. 37: P. 1322, § 10. CSA: C. 173B, § 24. CRS 53: § 149-6-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-10. L. 75: (3) amended, p. 1366, § 2, effective July 1. L. 90: (4) added, p. 1504, § 19, effective July 1. L. 2007: (3) amended, p. 357, § 1, effective April 2. L. 2009: (2) amended,(HB 09-1118), ch. 130, p. 563, § 11, effective August 5. L. 2018: (1) amended,(HB 18-1138), ch. 88, p. 701, § 38, effective August 8. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1322, § 10. CSA: C. 173B, § 24. CRS 53: § 149-6-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-10. L. 75: (3) amended, p. 1366, § 2, effective July 1. L. 90: (4) added, p. 1504, § 19, effective July 1. L. 2007: (3) amended, p. 357, § 1, effective April 2. L. 2009: (2) amended,(HB 09-1118), ch. 130, p. 563, § 11, effective August 5. L. 2018: (1) amended,(HB 18-1138), ch. 88, p. 701, § 38, effective August 8.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1138, see section 1 of chapter 88, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
CO Code § 37-45-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-116. Meetings and Records

  The meetings of the board of directors of a water conservancy district shall be subject to the requirements of part 4 of article 6 of title 24, C.R.S.    A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum, and a concurrence of a majority of those in attendance, in any matter within their duties, shall be sufficient for its determination, except as otherwise provided in this article.    The board shall keep written minutes of its proceedings. The minutes of the board, as approved by the board, shall constitute prima facie evidence of the acts of the board recorded therein, and, when duly certified by the board's president or the board's secretary, copies of such minutes shall be received as evidence of the acts of the board in all courts equally and with like effect as the originals. The records of a water conservancy district shall be public records as defined by section 24-72-202 (6), C.R.S.     History. Source: L. 37: P. 1323, § 11. CSA: C. 173B, § 25. CRS 53: § 149-6-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-11. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 1150, § 2, effective June 6. L. 91: (1) amended, p. 822, § 10, effective June 1. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1323, § 11. CSA: C. 173B, § 25. CRS 53: § 149-6-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-11. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 1150, § 2, effective June 6. L. 91: (1) amended, p. 822, § 10, effective June 1.
CO Code § 37-45-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-117. Employment of Agents

 The secretary shall be custodian of the records of the district and of its corporate seal, and shall assist the board in such particulars as it may direct in the performance of its duties. The secretary shall attest, under the corporate seal of the district, all certified copies of the official records and files of the district that may be required of him by this article, or by any person ordering the same and paying the reasonable cost of transcription, and any portion of the record so certified and attested shall prima facie import verity. The secretary shall serve as treasurer of the district, unless a treasurer is otherwise provided for by the board. The board may also employ a chief engineer who may be an individual, partnership, or corporation; an attorney, and such other engineers, attorneys, and other agents and assistants as may be necessary; and may provide for their compensation which, with all other necessary expenditures, shall be taken as a part of the cost or maintenance of the improvement. The chief engineer shall be superintendent of all the works and improvements, and shall make a full report to the board each year, or oftener if required by the board, and may make such suggestions and recommendations to the board as he may deem proper. The secretary and treasurer and such other agents or employees of the district as the court may direct, shall furnish corporate surety bonds, at the expense of the district, in amount and form fixed and approved by the court, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their respective duties.   History. Source: L. 37: P. 1323, § 12. CSA: C. 173B, § 26. CRS 53: § 149-6-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-12. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1323, § 12. CSA: C. 173B, § 26. CRS 53: § 149-6-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-12.
CO Code § 37-45-119 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-119. Power to Acquire Rights-of-Way

 Whenever, pursuant to this article, the electors of a water conservancy district have authorized a contract with the United States for construction and acquisition of works and water rights, which contract has obligated the district to acquire rights-of-way therefor to be conveyed by the district to the United States upon reimbursement by the United States, then the district, without further election and through its board of directors, has power to do all acts for acquiring such rights-of-way, including borrowing of and paying interest upon such sums of money as shall be required to make deposits fixed by the court for possession and to pay awards on condemnation of said rights-of-way as well as amounts up to the appraised values of the particular rights-of-way as have been fixed by the appraisers for the United States in each instance of negotiated purchases, notwithstanding the sum borrowed shall be greater than the ordinary annual incomes and revenues of the district; and all debts incurred, and interest payments made prior to February 5, 1943, for the aforesaid purposes, are expressly authorized, ratified, and approved.   History. Source: L. 43: P. 641, § 1. CSA: C. 173B, § 27(1). CRS 53: § 149-6-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-14. History. Source: L. 43: P. 641, § 1. CSA: C. 173B, § 27(1). CRS 53: § 149-6-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-14.    Cross references:   For the ”Colorado River Compact“, see article 61 of this title; for the ”Boulder Canyon Project Act“, see 43 U.S.C. §§ 617 to 617v; for eminent domain proceedings, see articles 1 to 7 of title 38.
CO Code § 37-45-120 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-120. Subdistricts

  Subdistricts may be organized upon the petition of the owners of real property, within or partly within and partly without the district, which petition shall fulfill the same requirements concerning the subdistricts as the petition outlined in section 37-45-109 is required to fulfill, concerning the organization of the main district, and shall be filed with the clerk of the court, and shall be accompanied by a bond as provided for in section 37-45-110. All proceedings relating to the organization of such subdistricts shall conform in all things to the provision of this article relating to the organization of districts; except that not more than a majority of the owners of lands, having one-half or more of the aggregate valuation for assessment of the lands in the proposed subdistrict, shall be required to sign the petition for the creation of a subdistrict and not more than twenty-five percent of the owners of lands in the proposed subdistrict shall be required to sign the protesting petition against the creation of such subdistrict.    Whenever the court declares and decrees by its order duly entered of record such subdistricts to be organized, the clerk of said court shall thereupon give notice of such order to the directors of the district who shall thereupon act also as directors of the subdistrict. Thereafter, the proceedings in reference to the subdistrict in all matters shall conform to the provisions of this article; except that, in the appraisal of benefits for the purpose of such subdistricts, in the issuance of bonds, in levying of assessments, and in all other matters affecting only the subdistrict, the provisions of this article shall apply to the subdistrict as though it were an independent district, and it shall not in these things be amalgamated with the main district.    The petition for organization of a subdistrict shall also contain a statement of the amount or quantity of water for which said subdistrict desires to acquire the perpetual use and the amount of money that said subdistrict is willing to pay therefor, and, prior to the entry of its decree organizing any territory into a subdistrict, the court shall obtain the verified consent of the board to furnish such perpetual use of water for the purposes therein specified to such subdistrict at a price and upon the terms mentioned in the petition. The court shall then be authorized to enter its decree of organization of such subdistrict.     History. Source: L. 37: P. 1331, § 14. CSA: C. 173B, § 28. CRS 53: § 149-6-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-15. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1331, § 14. CSA: C. 173B, § 28. CRS 53: § 149-6-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-15.    ANNOTATION   Applied in Colo. River Water Conservation Dist. v. Municipal Subdistrict, 198 Colo. 352 , 610 P.2d 81 (1979).
CO Code § 37-45-126 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-126. Levies Cover Defaults and Deficiencies

 The board, in making the annual assessments and levies, shall take into account the maturing indebtedness for the ensuing year as provided in its contracts or the maturing of bonds and interest on all bonds and deficiencies and defaults of prior years and shall make ample provision for the payment thereof. In case the proceeds of such levies and assessments made under the provisions of this article, together with other revenues of the district, are not sufficient to punctually pay the annual installments on its contracts or bonds and interest thereon and to pay defaults and deficiencies, then the board shall make such additional levies of taxes or assessments as may be necessary for such purposes; and, notwithstanding any limitations by contract, order, tax lien, or otherwise, such taxes and assessments shall be made and shall continue until the indebtedness of the district is fully paid; except that the additional levies authorized by this section may not be made to cover defaults and deficiencies with respect to evidences of indebtedness authorized and issued by a district pursuant to any law if such evidences of indebtedness declare on their faces that they are payable solely from revenues derived from payments made with respect to contracts which are entered into pursuant to this article and further except that the amount of such additional levies of taxes under class A shall not in any one year exceed an amount that would be raised by a levy of one-half mill against the valuation for assessment of such property as fixed for general tax purposes and further except that such levies for defaults and deficiencies shall not, at any time, be made to impose upon class A payments in excess of twenty-five percent of the anticipated revenue from all sources to be raised for the specific purpose of payment of existing defaults and deficiencies and further except that, in making such additional levies or assessments, the board shall take into account all sources of revenue and equitably distribute the burden of such defaults and deficiencies according to the uses and benefits as provided in this article.   History. Source: L. 37: P. 1341, § 20. CSA: C. 173B, § 34. CRS 53: § 149-6-21. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-21. L. 75: Entire section amended, p. 1367, § 3, effective July 1. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1757, § 1, effective May 27. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1341, § 20. CSA: C. 173B, § 34. CRS 53: § 149-6-21. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-21. L. 75: Entire section amended, p. 1367, § 3, effective July 1. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1757, § 1, effective May 27.
CO Code § 37-45-128 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-128. Officers Levy and Collect Taxes and Assessments

 It is the duty of the officer or body having authority to levy taxes within each county, city and county, or town to levy the taxes and special assessments as provided in this article, and it is the duty of all county or city and county officials charged with the duty of collecting taxes to collect such taxes and special assessments in the time, form, and manner and with like interest and penalties as county or city and county taxes are collected and, when collected, to pay the same to the district ordering its levy or collection, and the payment of such collections shall be made through the secretary of the district and paid into the depository thereof to the credit of the district. All taxes and assessments made under this article together with all interest thereon and penalties for default in payment thereof, and all costs in collecting the same, until paid, shall constitute a perpetual lien on a parity with the tax lien of general, state, county, city, town, or school taxes, and no sale of such property to enforce any general, state, county, city, town, or school tax or other liens shall extinguish the perpetual lien of such taxes and assessments.   History. Source: L. 37: P. 1344, § 22. CSA: C. 173B, § 36. CRS 53: § 149-6-23. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-23. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1344, § 22. CSA: C. 173B, § 36. CRS 53: § 149-6-23. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-23.    ANNOTATION   Perpetual lien status of unpaid assessments and taxes is not subject to challenge. The provision of this section that all taxes and assessments are, until paid, a perpetual lien on a party with other tax liens, as they pertain to the general ad valorem tax, is not subject to challenge. People ex rel. Rogers v. Letford, 102 Colo. 284 , 79 P.2d 274 (1938).
CO Code § 37-45-129 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-129. Sale for Delinquencies

 If the taxes or assessments levied are not paid, then the real property shall be sold at the regular tax sale for the payment of said taxes and assessments, interest, and penalties in the manner provided by the statutes of the state of Colorado for selling property for payment of general taxes. If there are no bids at said tax sale for the property so offered under class A and class B, said property shall be struck off to the county, and the county shall account to the district in the same manner as provided by law for accounting for school, town, and city taxes. If there are no bids for the property so offered under class C and class D, said property shall be struck off to the district, and the tax certificate shall be issued in the name of the district, and the board shall have the same power with reference to sale of said tax certificate as vested in county commissioners and county treasurers when property is struck off to the counties.   History. Source: L. 37: P. 1345, § 23. CSA: C. 173B, § 37. CRS 53: § 149-6-24. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-24. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1345, § 23. CSA: C. 173B, § 37. CRS 53: § 149-6-24. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-24.    Cross references:   For tax sales, see article 11 of title 39.
CO Code § 37-45-130 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-130. Exemptions

 All property of whatever kind and nature owned by the state and by towns, cities, school districts, drainage districts, irrigation districts, park districts, water districts, or any other governmental agency within said district shall be exempt from assessment and levy by the board as provided by this article for the purposes of this article.   History. Source: L. 37: P. 1346, § 24. CSA: C. 173B, § 38. CRS 53: § 149-6-25. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-25. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1346, § 24. CSA: C. 173B, § 38. CRS 53: § 149-6-25. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-25.
CO Code § 37-45-131 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-131. Sale of Water by Contract

 The board may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the use of water or capacity in works by term contracts or by contracts for the perpetual use of the water or works to public corporations, districts, as that term is defined in section 37-45.1-102 (1) , utilities, persons, mutual ditch companies, water users' associations, and other private corporations for irrigation, domestic, municipal, industrial, commercial, or other authorized uses as provided by contracts, in writing, authorized and entered into by the board. The board shall require that security be given to secure the payments to be made under the contracts, which security may include the security specified in section 37-45-132 or such other security as the board determines to be appropriate. The contracts may include the contractual provisions specified in section 31-35-402 (1)(h) as determined by the board.   History. Source: L. 37: P. 1346, § 25. CSA: C. 173B, § 39. CRS 53: § 149-6-26. L. 60: P. 223, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-26. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (HB 18-1073), ch. 64, p. 615, § 1, effective August 8. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1346, § 25. CSA: C. 173B, § 39. CRS 53: § 149-6-26. L. 60: P. 223, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-26. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (HB 18-1073), ch. 64, p. 615, § 1, effective August 8.
CO Code § 37-45-132 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-132. Contracts - Security - Enforcement

  To meet the annual installments as provided in contracts for the use of water:   A water users' association may bind itself to levy an annual assessment on the use of water and to secure same by liens on land and water rights or in such manner as may be provided by law;    A mutual ditch or irrigation company may bind itself by mortgage upon its irrigation works and system or to levy annual assessments upon its stockholders;    Any person or corporation landowner may create a mortgage lien upon lands or give other security satisfactory to the board; and all such contracts shall provide for forfeiture of the use of water for nonpayment of assessments or installments in the same manner and procedure as provided by statute for forfeiture of stock in a mutual ditch company;    A public corporation shall meet the annual installments as provided in sections 37-45-123 and 37-45-124.        History. Source: L. 37: P. 1346, § 26. CSA: C. 173B, § 40. CRS 53: § 149-6-27. L. 60: P. 223, § 4. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-27. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1346, § 26. CSA: C. 173B, § 40. CRS 53: § 149-6-27. L. 60: P. 223, § 4. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-27.    Cross references:   For forfeiture of stock in a ditch company, see § 7-42-104 (4) .
CO Code § 37-45-133 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 45 - Water Conservancy Districts|§ 37-45-133. Sinking Fund

 Whenever a contract of indebtedness has been created by the district, it shall be lawful for the board to make the annual levy of taxes and special assessments in such amount as will create a surplus of funds to meet the annual installments of indebtedness or the payment of bonds and interest and the necessary maintenance and operating charges, and the board shall cause such surplus funds to be placed in a sinking fund which may be used for the payments of contingencies, defaults, and delinquencies and to pay the future annual installments of indebtedness on contract or bonds and interest.   History. Source: L. 37: P. 1347, § 27. CSA: C. 173B, § 41. CRS 53: § 149-6-28. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-28. History. Source: L. 37: P. 1347, § 27. CSA: C. 173B, § 41. CRS 53: § 149-6-28. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-5-28.