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CO Code § 31-35-303 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 3 - Water Mains and Other Improvements - Cities and Towns|§ 31-35-303. Necessity Declared by Ordinance

 When, in the opinion of the governing body, it is necessary to make any public improvement, including the establishment, extending, widening, grading, or improving of any street or alley, or the establishment, construction, extending, enlarging, or completing of any sewer, sidewalk, bridge, or viaduct, or removing any irrigating ditch, it is lawful for said body to declare by ordinance the necessity for such improvement.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1249, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-303 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-304 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 3 - Water Mains and Other Improvements - Cities and Towns|§ 31-35-304. Streets and Alleys - Eminent Domain

 In case such proposed improvements consist of the establishment, opening, extending, or widening of any street or alley in such city or town and it is necessary to take private property to make such improvement, said ordinance shall declare such necessity, specifying and describing the property to be taken. Thereupon such city or town, by its governing body and its duly authorized officers, may exercise the right of eminent domain and may condemn, take, or damage any private property that may be necessarily condemned, taken, or damaged in the making of such improvement. The manner of proceeding in such cases shall be as prescribed by the laws of this state for the condemnation of lands in other cases.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1249, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-304 as it existed prior to 1975.   Cross references:   For proceedings under eminent domain, see article 1 of title 38.
CO Code § 31-35-305 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 3 - Water Mains and Other Improvements - Cities and Towns|§ 31-35-305. Sidewalks - Assessment - Hearing - Lien

 In case such proposed improvement consists of the establishment, construction, extending, or completing of any sidewalk in said city or town, the ordinance shall specify the property in front of which the sidewalk is to be constructed, extended, or completed; the names of the owners of said property; and the length, width, grade, and material of which the sidewalk is to be constructed. The governing body, as soon thereafter as the cost of said improvements can be definitely ascertained, shall assess the cost thereof upon the lots respectively in front of which said sidewalk is to be constructed. Such assessment, when completed, shall be subject to inspection by any interested person. Notice of the making and completion of the assessment shall be given by the publication of a notice to the effect that said assessment has been made upon said lots and is ready for inspection. The notice shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks in some newspaper published or of general circulation in said city or town and shall designate a day upon which the governing body shall sit for the purpose of hearing objections thereto and making corrections therein. Upon the day designated, the governing body shall sit for said purpose and hear any objections that may be made and shall thereupon make any such changes in said assessments as may in their judgment be necessary, equitable, or just and shall thereupon finally determine such assessments. Such assessments, when so finally determined, shall be a lien upon the property so assessed for the purpose of making said improvement. An appeal shall lie to any court of competent jurisdiction from any decision of such governing body.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1250, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-305 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-306 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 3 - Water Mains and Other Improvements - Cities and Towns|§ 31-35-306. Other Laws Not Affected

 Nothing in this part 3 shall abridge or otherwise affect the right to make public improvements by virtue of any other laws of this state.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1250, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-306 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-403 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 31-35-403. Authorization of Facilities and Bonds

  The acquisition, construction, reconstruction, lease, improvement, betterment, or extension of any water facilities or sewerage facilities or both and the issuance, in anticipation of the collection of revenues of such facilities, of bonds to provide funds to pay the cost thereof may be authorized under this part 4 by action of the governing body of the municipality taken at a regular or special meeting by a vote of a majority of the members of the governing body.    The governing body, in determining such cost, may include all costs and estimated costs of the issuance of said bonds; all engineering, inspection, fiscal, and legal expenses; interest which it is estimated will accrue during the construction or other acquisition period and for a period of not exceeding one year thereafter on money borrowed or which it is estimated will be borrowed pursuant to this part 4; any discount on the sale of the bonds; costs of financial, professional, and other estimates and advice; contingencies; any administrative, operating, and other expenses of the municipality prior to and during such acquisition period and for a period of not exceeding one year thereafter, as may be determined by the governing body; all such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing, acquisition, improvement, equipment, and completion of any water or sewerage facilities, joint water and sewer system, or part thereof, and the placing of the same in operation; such provision or reserves for working capital, operation, maintenance, or replacement expenses or for payment or security of principal of or interest on any bonds during or after such an acquisition or improvement and equipment as the governing body may determine; and also reimbursements to the federal government or any agency, instrumentality, or corporation thereof of any moneys theretofore expended for or in connection with any such water or sewerage facilities or both.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1253, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-403 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-405 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 31-35-405. Signatures on Bonds

  The bonds and any coupons bearing the signatures of officers in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and binding obligations of the municipality, notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor any or all of the persons whose signatures appear thereon have ceased to be officers of the municipality issuing the same.    Any officer authorized or permitted to sign any bond or interest coupon, at the time of its execution and of the execution of a signature certificate, may adopt as and for his own facsimile signature the facsimile signature of his predecessor in office in the event that such facsimile signature appears upon the bond or coupons appertaining thereto or upon both the bond and such coupons.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1255, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-405 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-406 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 31-35-406. Tax Exemption

 The bonds and the income therefrom are exempt from taxation, except inheritance, estate, and transfer taxes.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1256, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-406 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-408 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 31-35-408. No Municipal Liability on Bonds

 Revenue bonds issued under this part 4 shall not constitute an indebtedness of the municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitations. Each bond issued under this part 4 shall recite in substance that said bond, including interest thereon, is payable solely from the revenues pledged to the payment thereof and that said bond does not constitute a debt of the municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitations.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1257, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-408 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-409 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 31-35-409. Remedies of Bondholders

  Subject to any contractual limitations binding upon the holders of any issue of bonds or the trustee therefor, including but not limited to the restriction of the exercise of any remedy to a specified proportion or percentage of such holders, any holder of bonds or trustee therefor has the right and power, for the equal benefit and protection of all holders of bonds similarly situated:   To enforce his rights against the municipality and its governing body and any of its officers, agents, and employees by an action in the nature of mandamus or other suit, action, or proceeding at law or in equity and to require and compel such municipalities or such governing body or any such officers, agents, or employees to perform and carry out their duties and obligations under this part 4 and their covenants and agreements with the bondholders;    To require the municipality and the governing body thereof to account as if they were the trustee of an express trust by action or suit in equity;    To enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the bondholders by action or suit in equity; and    To bring suit upon the bonds.       No right or remedy conferred by this part 4 upon any holder of bonds or any trustee therefor is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, but each such right or remedy is cumulative and in addition to every other right or remedy and may be exercised without exhausting and without regard to any other remedy conferred by this part 4 or by any other law.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1257, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-409 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-410 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 31-35-410. Construction of Part 4

 The powers conferred by this part 4 are in addition and supplemental to and not in substitution for, and the limitations imposed by this part 4 shall not affect, the powers conferred by any other law. Bonds may be issued under this part 4 without regard to the provisions of any other law. The water facilities or sewerage facilities or both may be acquired, purchased, constructed, reconstructed, improved, bettered, and extended, and bonds may be issued under this part 4 for said purposes, notwithstanding that any law may provide for the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, and extension for like purposes, and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, debt, or other limitations or other provisions contained in any other law, including, but not limited to, any requirement for any restriction or limitation on the incurring of indebtedness or the issuance of bonds. Insofar as the provisions of this part 4 are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this part 4 shall be controlling.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1258, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-410 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Powers in relation to other laws. The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition and supplemental to, and not in substitution for, and the limitations imposed by this article shall not affect the powers conferred by any other law. Town of Glendale v. City & County of Denver, 137 Colo. 188 , 322 P.2d 1053 (1958).   Applied in City of Thornton v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 157 Colo. 188 , 402 P.2d 194 (1965).
CO Code § 31-35-411 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 31-35-411. Pledge of Other Utility Revenues

 Any municipality having surplus and unpledged revenues of any municipal utility has the power to pledge such revenues for and deposit them in the fund created to pay the interest on and principal of revenue bonds issued pursuant to this part 4.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1258, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-411 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-413 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 31-35-413. Incontestable Recital in Bonds

 Any ordinance or resolution authorizing or any trust indenture or other instrument appertaining to any bonds under this part 4 may provide that each bond therein authorized shall recite that it is issued under authority of this part 4. Such recital shall conclusively impart full compliance with all of the provisions of this part 4, and all bonds issued containing such recital shall be incontestable for any cause whatsoever after their delivery for value.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1259, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-413 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-414 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 31-35-414. Application of Bond Proceeds

  All moneys received from the issuance of any bonds authorized in this part 4 shall be used solely for the purpose for which issued and the cost of any project thereby delineated.    Any accrued interest and any premium shall be applied to the payment of the interest on or the principal of the bonds or both interest and principal or shall be deposited in a reserve therefor, as the governing body may determine.    Any unexpended balance of such bond proceeds remaining after the completion of the acquisition or improvement and equipment of the project or the completion of the purpose for which such bonds were issued shall be paid immediately into the fund created for the payment of the principal of said bonds and shall be used therefor, subject to the provisions as to the times and methods for their payment as stated in the bonds and the proceedings authorizing or otherwise appertaining to their issuance, or into a reserve therefor.    The validity of said bonds shall not be dependent on nor affected by the validity or regularity of any proceedings relating to the acquisition or improvement and equipment of the project or the proper completion of any project for which the bonds are issued.    The purchaser of the bonds shall in no manner be held responsible for the application of the proceeds of the bonds by the municipality or any of its officers, agents, and employees.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1259, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-414 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-415 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 31-35-415. Continuing Rights of Bondholders

 The failure of any holder of any bond or coupon issued under this part 4 to proceed as provided in section 31-35-409 or in any proceedings appertaining to the issuance of such bond or coupon shall not relieve the municipality, its governing body, or any of its officers, agents, and employees of any liability for failure to perform or carry out any duty, obligation, or other commitment.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1260, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-415 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-416 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 31-35-416. Validation

 All revenue bonds and any coupons appertaining thereto relating to a water system, sewer system, or joint water and sewer system issued or purportedly issued prior to March 13, 1962, and all acts and proceedings had or taken or purportedly had or taken prior to said date by or on behalf of municipalities, under law or under color of law, preliminary to and in the authorization, execution, sale, and issuance of all water revenue bonds, sewer revenue bonds, and joint water and sewer revenue bonds, including any coupons appertaining thereto, the authorization and execution of all other contracts, and the exercise of other powers in this part 4 are validated, ratified, approved, and confirmed by this section except as provided in section 31-35-417 , notwithstanding any lack of power, authority, or otherwise, other than constitutional, and notwithstanding any defects and irregularities, other than constitutional, in such securities, acts, and proceedings, in such authorization, execution, sale, and issuance, and in such exercise of powers; and such securities and other contracts are and shall be binding, legal, valid, and enforceable obligations of such municipality to which they appertain in accordance with their terms and their authorization proceedings.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1260, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-416 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-417 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 4 - Sewer and Water Systems|§ 31-35-417. Effect of and Limitations Upon Validation

 This part 4 shall operate to supply such legislative authority as may be necessary to validate any such securities issued and other contracts executed prior to March 13, 1962, of such municipalities and any acts and proceedings taken appertaining to the issuance of such securities or execution of other contracts by such municipalities or otherwise prior to said date which the general assembly could have supplied or provided for in the law under which such securities were issued or such other contracts were executed and such acts or proceedings were taken; but this part 4 shall be limited to the validation of such securities, other contracts, acts, and proceedings to the extent to which the same can be effectuated under the state and federal constitutions. This part 4 shall not operate to validate, ratify, approve, confirm, or legalize any bond or coupon, other contract, act, proceeding, or other matter, the legality of which is being contested, or inquired into in any legal proceeding now pending and undetermined and shall not operate to confirm, validate, or legalize any bond or coupon, other contract, act, proceeding, or other matter which, prior to March 13, 1962, has been determined in any legal proceeding to be illegal, void, or ineffective.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1260, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-417 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-501 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 5 - Municipal Water and Sewer Boards|§ 31-35-501. Creation of Board

  The governing body of any city or town, organized under a special act or home rule charter or under the general laws of the state, has the power to create, by ordinance, a nonpolitical local legislative body designated as a board of commissioners, referred to in this part 5 as the “board”, to have complete charge and control of the sewerage facilities or water facilities or joint water and sewer system of such city or town, as designated in such ordinance, in which board are vested all powers, rights, privileges, and duties vested in the city or town creating the board and pertaining to the type of facilities or system designated in such ordinance.    The exercise of any and all executive, administrative, and ministerial powers may be delegated and redelegated by the board to officials and employees of the city or town employed by the board.    The board shall indicate the capacity in which the city or town is acting when such actions are taken by the board, e.g., “the city (town) of ................, acting by and through its board of water and sewer commissioners”.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1261, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-418 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-502 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 5 - Municipal Water and Sewer Boards|§ 31-35-502. Board - Appointments - Removal - Bonds - Meetings

 The municipality shall by ordinance prescribe the number of commissioners, their qualifications, their terms of office, methods for their election or appointment or removal, the amount and nature of any fidelity bond required to be given, the number of meetings required to be held, their compensation, if any, the selection and term of office of its officers, and such other matters concerning the board as are not in conflict with this part 5.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1261, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-419 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-503 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 5 - Municipal Water and Sewer Boards|§ 31-35-503. Oath - Officers

 Each commissioner, before assuming the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before an officer authorized to administer oaths that he will support the constitutions and laws of the United States and of this state and that he will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his office to the best of his ability. Such oath or affirmation shall be filed in the office of the clerk or secretary of the municipality.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1261, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-420 as it existed prior to 1975.