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CO Code § 32-15-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 15 - Metropolitan Football Stadium District Act|§ 32-15-101. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Metropolitan Football Stadium District Act”.   History. Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 1054, § 1, effective May 23.
CO Code § 32-15-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 15 - Metropolitan Football Stadium District Act|§ 32-15-102. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that:   There is a question of whether Mile High stadium is viable physically and economically;    The general assembly and the public are in need of a full and objective review of the viability of Mile High stadium and the possible need for renovating Mile High stadium or for constructing a new football stadium, including the costs and benefits associated with the renovation of Mile High stadium or the construction and operation of a new football stadium in the metropolitan Denver area;    This needed review is best accomplished by an independent body, the metropolitan football stadium district.       Therefore, the general assembly has enacted this article creating the metropolitan football stadium district.     History. Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 1054, § 1, effective May 23. L. 97: (1)(b) amended, p. 1487, § 1, effective June 3.
CO Code § 32-15-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 15 - Metropolitan Football Stadium District Act|§ 32-15-103. Definitions

 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Board” means the board of directors of the metropolitan football stadium district created in section 32-15-105.    “Commission” means the football stadium site selection commission created in section 32-15-128.    “Director” means a member of the board.    “District” means the metropolitan football stadium district created in section 32-15-104.    “Franchise” means the contractual right granted to any individual, group of individuals, or entity to own and operate a national football league team in a specified location. (5.5) “Renovate” means a substantial addition to, or to substantially remodel, redevelop, or otherwise improve, Mile High stadium for use as a stadium, as defined in this section.    “Special obligation bonds” means the bonds issued by the district pursuant to the provisions of section 32-15-113.    “Stadium” means a sports facility that is designed for use primarily as a national football league football stadium, which meets criteria established by the board, which meets criteria that may be established by the national football league, and that may include, but is not limited to, such features as parking areas, sky boxes, and press boxes that are necessary or desirable for such sports facility.     History. Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 1055, § 1, effective May 23. L. 97: (5.5) added, p. 1487, § 2, effective June 3.
CO Code § 32-15-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 15 - Metropolitan Football Stadium District Act|§ 32-15-104. Creation of District - Area of District

  There is hereby created a district to be known and designated as the metropolitan football stadium district. The district shall be a body corporate and politic and a political subdivision of the state. Except as provided in subsection (1.5) of this section, the area comprising the district shall consist of:   That area comprising the regional transportation district, as specified in section 32-9-106 as it existed on May 23, 1996; and    That area comprising the regional transportation district as specified in sections 32-9-106.3, 32-9-106.4, and 32-9-106.6 as said sections existed on May 23, 1996, unless rejected by the eligible electors as provided in said sections. Except as otherwise provided by law, the area shall not include areas included in the regional transportation district pursuant to section 32-9-106.7. (1.5) On and after April 22, 1998, the district shall, in addition to any areas listed under subsection (1) of this section, consist of the following areas:   That area within the city of Lone Tree, state of Colorado, that, as of April 22, 1998, is zoned for commercial use and is within sections 3, 4, and 5, township 6 south, range 67 west of the sixth principal meridian, county of Douglas, state of Colorado; and    That area east of Yosemite street, south of County Line road, west of Interstate 25 and within section 3, township 6 south, range 67 west of the sixth principal meridian, county of Douglas, state of Colorado.          Each of the directors, officers, and employees of the district shall be a public employee for purposes of the “Colorado Governmental Immunity Act”, article 10 of title 24, C.R.S.     History. Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 1055, § 1, effective May 23. L. 98: IP(1) amended and (1.5) added, p. 499, § 1, effective April 22. L. 99: (1)(b) amended, p. 420, § 6, effective April 30. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 835, § 9, effective May 14.    Editor's note:   The Douglas county district court ruled that subsection (1.5)(a), which included the commercial areas of the city of Lone Tree in the stadium district, was unconstitutional. The court's order was not appealed. City of Lone Tree v. Metropolitan Football Stadium District, Case No. 98 CV 349, Douglas county district court, order dated October 28, 1998.
CO Code § 32-15-104.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 15 - Metropolitan Football Stadium District Act|§ 32-15-104.5. Annexation of Enclaves

  When any unincorporated territory is entirely contained within the boundaries of the district, the board may, by resolution, annex the territory to the district. The board shall give notice of a proposed annexation resolution by publishing a copy of the resolution once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory proposed to be annexed. The board shall also send a copy of the proposed annexation resolution by registered mail to the board of county commissioners and county attorney of the county containing the territory to be annexed, to any special district or school district having territory within the territory to be annexed, and to the executive director of the department of revenue. The first publication of the notice and the mailing of the proposed annexation resolution shall occur at least thirty days prior to the final adoption of the resolution, and the board shall allow interested persons to testify for or against the resolution at a public hearing held prior to the final adoption of the resolution.    No territory may be annexed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section if any part of the district boundary or area surrounding the territory consists of public rights-of-way, including streets and alleys, that are not immediately adjacent to the district on the side of the right-of-way opposite to the territory.     History. Source: L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 822, § 3, effective August 8.
CO Code § 32-15-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 15 - Metropolitan Football Stadium District Act|§ 32-15-105. Board of Directors - Membership - Qualifications

  The district shall be governed by a board of directors which shall consist of nine directors as follows:   Six directors representing the counties and the city and county of Denver in the metropolitan Denver area of which one director shall be appointed by the county commissioners of each of the counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas, and Jefferson and one director shall be appointed by the mayor and the city council of the city and county of Denver;    Two directors at large appointed by the governor; and    The chairperson of the board of directors of the Denver metropolitan major league baseball stadium district created in section 32-14-106.       Initial appointments to the board shall be made within forty-five days after May 23, 1996. The directors shall be appointed for four-year terms.    All directors appointed pursuant to paragraph   of subsection (1) of this section shall reside within the geographical boundaries of the district. No director shall be a paid employee of the franchise.       All directors appointed pursuant to paragraphs   and (b) of subsection (1) of this section shall have expertise in one or more areas that are relevant to the performance of the powers and duties of the board. Such areas of expertise may include, but are not limited to: Public finance; private finance; commercial law; commercial real estate; real estate development; general contracting; architecture; and administration of football operations.       The directors shall elect a chairperson and a vice-chairperson from among the membership of the board.    All business of the board shall be conducted at regular or special meetings that shall be held within the geographical boundaries of the district and that shall be open to the public. The provisions of this subsection (6) and part 4 of article 6 of title 24, C.R.S., shall apply to all meetings of the board.    Board action shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the total membership of the board.    Directors of the board shall receive no compensation for their services but may be reimbursed for their necessary expenses while serving as directors of the board.     History. Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 1055, § 1, effective May 23.
CO Code § 32-15-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 15 - Metropolitan Football Stadium District Act|§ 32-15-108. Position of Trust - Conflicts of Interest

  The position of director, employee, adviser, or agent of the district is declared to be a position of public trust, and, therefore, in order to ensure the confidence of the people of the state in the integrity of the district and the board, the directors, employees, advisers, and agents of the district shall be subject to this section. While serving as director, employee, adviser, or agent of the district, no person or any member of such person's family shall be interested directly or indirectly in any contract, subcontract, or transaction with the district or in the profits thereof.    For purposes of this section, “family” means a person's spouse, child, parent, or sibling.    No director, employee, adviser, or agent of the district shall accept employment with the franchise within one year after the director, employee, adviser, or agent of the district has terminated service with the district.     History. Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 1066, § 1, effective May 23.
CO Code § 32-15-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 15 - Metropolitan Football Stadium District Act|§ 32-15-109. Records of Board - Audits - Legislative Oversight - Powers and Duties of State Auditor

  All resolutions and orders shall be recorded and authenticated by the signature of the chairperson of the board and the secretary. Every legislative act of the board of a general or permanent nature shall be by resolution. The book of resolutions and orders shall be a public record. A record shall also be made of all other proceedings of the board, minutes of the meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by directors, employees, and any other agents of the district, and all corporate acts, and said record shall be a public record. The board shall keep an account of all moneys received by and disbursed on behalf of the district, and said account shall also be a public record. Any public record of the district shall be open for inspection by any registered elector of the district, by any official representative of the state, or by any official representative of any county, city and county, city, or town included, in whole or in part, within the district. All records shall be subject to audit as provided by part 6 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S., for political subdivisions.      In addition to the audit authorized in subsection (1) of this section, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the legislative audit committee created pursuant to section 2-3-101, C.R.S., it shall be the duty of the state auditor to conduct or cause to be conducted audits of the district.    In conducting an audit pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), the state auditor or the state auditor's designated representative shall have access at all times, except as otherwise provided in sections 39-1-116, 39-4-103, and 39-5-120, C.R.S., to all of the books, accounts, reports, including confidential reports, vouchers, or other records or information of the district. Nothing in this paragraph (b) shall be construed as authorizing or permitting the publication of information prohibited by law. Any director, employee, or agent who fails or who interferes in any way with such examination commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501, C.R.S.    In verifying any of the audits made, the state auditor shall have the right to ascertain the amounts on deposit in any bank or other depository belonging to the district. In addition, the state auditor shall have the right to audit said account or the books of any such bank or depository. No bank or other depository shall be liable for making available to the state auditor any of the information required pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (c).         History. Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 1066, § 1, effective May 23. L. 2002: (2)(a) amended, p. 867, § 6, effective August 7; (2)(b) amended, p. 1543, § 291, effective October 1.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending subsection (2)(b), see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.
CO Code § 32-15-110.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 15 - Metropolitan Football Stadium District Act|§ 32-15-110.5. Admissions Tax Imposed - Collection - Discontinuance

     Upon the approval of the registered electors pursuant to the provisions of section 32-15-107, the board shall have the power to levy an admissions tax upon the adoption of a resolution for a period not to extend beyond January 1, 2012, upon every purchase of an admission to a new stadium constructed by the district pursuant to this article. The amount of the tax shall not exceed ten percent of the price of each admission. The board shall have the authority to determine whether to levy an admissions tax pursuant to this section, and nothing in this article shall be construed to require the district to levy such a tax.    Every vendor making a sale to a purchaser that is taxable under the provisions of this section is required at the time of making such sale to collect the tax imposed by this section from the purchaser. The tax to be collected as provided in this section shall be conspicuously, indelibly, and separately stated and charged from the sales price on the ticket or card evidencing the sale and shown separately from the sales price on any record made thereof at the time of the sale or at the time when evidence of the sale is first issued or employed by the vendor; except that, when added, such tax shall constitute a part of such purchase or charge and shall be a debt from the purchaser to the vendor until paid and shall be recoverable at law in the same manner as other debts. The tax shall be paid by the purchaser to the vendor who, as trustee for and on account of the district, shall be liable to the district for the collection and return thereof.    The district may prescribe forms and procedures in conformity with this section for the adding of the admissions tax to the purchase price of an admission, for the making of returns, for the ascertainment, assessment, and collection of the tax imposed pursuant to this section, and for the proper administration and enforcement thereof.       In no case shall the admissions tax authorized by this section be levied for a period of time longer than is necessary to generate revenues sufficient to pay the principal, interest, and prepayment premium, if any, on outstanding special obligation bonds issued by the board pursuant to the provisions of this article and for such other purposes specified in section 32-15-111. Unless ended earlier, such admissions tax shall not continue beyond January 1, 2012.     History. Source: L. 98: Entire section added, p. 507, § 6, effective April 22.
CO Code § 32-15-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 15 - Metropolitan Football Stadium District Act|§ 32-15-111. Sales Tax and Admissions Tax Revenues - Use

  Sales tax revenues and admissions tax revenues levied and collected pursuant to the provisions of sections 32-15-110 and 32-15-110.5 shall be used by the board for the following purposes:   To pay the principal, interest, and prepayment premium, if any, on outstanding special obligation bonds issued by the board pursuant to the provisions of this article;    Upon the approval of the registered electors of the ballot question set forth in section 32-15-107 (1)(d)(I)(B), to acquire a site within the district that shall be suitable for construction of a stadium;    To plan, design, and renovate Mile High stadium or to plan, design, and construct a stadium and all facilities incidental thereto;    To reimburse the board for the day-to-day operating costs incurred in the administration of the district; however, such costs shall not exceed three-fourths of one percent of the amount of sales tax and admissions tax revenues collected annually;    To reimburse the board for any loans made to the board or any direct out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the board on and after May 23, 1996, for matters directly related to the duties of the board prior to the time that sales tax or admissions tax revenues were available for use by the board;    To reimburse the commission for expenses incurred on and after May 23, 1996, in the investigation, study, evaluation, and selection of a stadium site;    To reimburse the board for preconstruction planning of the design and renovation of Mile High stadium or the construction of a new stadium and for the hiring of professionals to assist in these and other related activities.       If sales tax revenues and admissions tax revenues levied and collected pursuant to the provisions of sections 32-15-110 and 32-15-110.5 and the operating revenues generated by the district are insufficient for all of the purposes set forth in subsection (1) of this section, the purpose set forth in paragraph   of said subsection (1) shall have first priority of such sales and admissions tax revenues.        History. Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 1069, § 1, effective May 23. L. 97: (1)(b), (1)(c), and (1)(g) amended, p. 1496, § 5, effective June 3. L. 98: IP(1), (1)(d), (1)(e), and (2) amended, p. 508, § 7, effective April 22.
CO Code § 32-15-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 15 - Metropolitan Football Stadium District Act|§ 32-15-112. Operating Revenues - Use

  Any operating revenues generated by the district, including, but not limited to, lease payments, fees, rentals, rates, tolls, penalties, and charges for services, programs, or facilities furnished by the district, shall be used by the board for the following purposes:   To pay the principal, interest, and prepayment premium, if any, on outstanding special obligation bonds issued by the board pursuant to the provisions of this article;    To pay for the expenses incurred by the board in the general operation of the stadium;    To provide for the repair and maintenance of the stadium;    To provide for capital improvements to the stadium;    To provide the counties within the district and the city and county of Denver with a benefit from the revenues, other than sales tax revenues or admissions tax revenues, derived from the operation of the stadium during the period of time the district is collecting the sales tax.       If operating revenues and sales tax revenues are insufficient for all of the purposes set forth in subsection (1) of this section, the purpose set forth in paragraph   of said subsection (1) shall have first priority of such operating revenues if such operating revenues are pledged to secure the payment of the special obligation bonds.        History. Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 1069, § 1, effective May 23. L. 98: (1)(e) amended, p. 508, § 8, effective April 22.
CO Code § 32-15-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 15 - Metropolitan Football Stadium District Act|§ 32-15-114. Pledge of Sales and Admissions Tax Revenues and Net Operating Revenues

 The payment of special obligation bonds may be secured by the specific pledge of sales tax revenues and admissions tax revenues of the district, operating revenues of the district, or moneys or assets of the district held in escrow, as the board, in its discretion, may determine. Operating revenues, sales tax revenues, admissions tax revenues, or moneys or assets held in escrow pledged for the payment of any special obligation bonds, as received by the district, shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge, without any physical delivery thereof, any filing, or further act, and the lien of such pledge and the obligation to perform the contractual provisions made in the authorizing resolution or other instrument relating thereto shall have priority over all other obligations and liabilities of the district, except as may be otherwise provided in this article or in such resolution or instrument, and subject to any prior pledges and liens previously created. The lien of such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all persons having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the district, regardless of whether such persons have notice thereof.   History. Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 1071, § 1, effective May 23. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 509, § 10, effective April 22.
CO Code § 32-15-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 15 - Metropolitan Football Stadium District Act|§ 32-15-115. Payment, Recital, and Securities

 Special obligation bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this article and constituting special obligations shall recite in substance that the obligations and the interest thereon are payable solely from operating revenues of the district, sales tax revenues of the district, admissions tax revenues of the district, or moneys or assets of the district held in escrow, as the case may be, pledged to the payment thereof.   History. Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 1072, § 1, effective May 23. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 509, § 11, effective April 22.
CO Code § 32-15-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 15 - Metropolitan Football Stadium District Act|§ 32-15-116. Incontestable Recital in Securities

 Any authorizing resolution, or other instrument relating thereto pursuant to the provisions of this article, may provide that each security therein designated shall recite that it is issued pursuant to the authority of this article. Such recital shall conclusively impart full compliance with all of the provisions of this article, and all securities issued containing such recital shall be incontestable for any cause whatsoever after their delivery for value.   History. Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 1072, § 1, effective May 23.
CO Code § 32-15-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 15 - Metropolitan Football Stadium District Act|§ 32-15-117. Limitation Upon Payment

 The payment of special obligation bonds shall not be secured by any encumbrance, mortgage, or other pledge of property of the district, other than operating revenues, sales tax revenues, admissions tax revenues, or moneys or assets held in escrow. No property of the district, subject to this exception, shall be liable to be forfeited or taken in payment of the special obligation bonds.   History. Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 1072, § 1, effective May 23. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 509, § 12, effective April 22.