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CO Code § 40-18-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 18 - Rail Fixed Guidewaysystem Safety Oversight|§ 40-18-104. Confidential Investigative Reports

 Investigative reports of the commission compiled under this article shall be confidential and shall not be discoverable nor used as evidence in any court or administrative action.   History. Source: L. 97: Entire article added, p. 931, § 1, effective August 6.
CO Code § 40-18-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 18 - Rail Fixed Guidewaysystem Safety Oversight|§ 40-18-105. Calculation and Assessment of Fees

  Repealed.      At each regular session, the general assembly shall determine the amounts to be expended by the commission from the public utilities commission fixed utility fund created in section 40-2-114 for its administrative expenses under this article, including any additional FTE that may be necessary.    The director of the public utilities commission shall provide written notice to the revisor of statutes once the federal grant moneys made available under the “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act”, 49 U.S.C. sec. 5329, have been awarded to the state. This subsection (2) takes effect upon the receipt by the revisor of statutes of such written notice.         History. Source: L. 97: Entire article added, p. 931, § 1, effective August 6. L. 2013: Entire section amended,(HB 13-1103), ch. 96, p. 310, § 3, effective August 7.    Editor's note:    The revisor of statutes received the notice referred to in former subsection (1)(b) that caused the repeal of that provision, effective May 1, 2017. (SeeL. 2013, p. 310.)    The revisor of statutes received the notice referred to in subsection (2)(b) that allowed that provision to become effective May 1, 2017.
CO Code § 40-21-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 21 - General Offices|§ 40-21-101. Domestic Railroads - Headquarters

 Every railroad company chartered by this state shall keep and maintain permanently its general offices within the state of Colorado at the place named in its charter for the location of its general offices; and, if no certain place is named in its charter where its general offices shall be located and maintained, said railroad company shall keep and maintain its general offices at the place within this state where it contracts or agrees for a valuable consideration to locate its general offices; and, if said railroad company has not contracted or agreed for a valuable consideration to maintain its general offices at any certain place within this state, such general offices shall be located and maintained at such place on its line in this state as said railroad company may designate.   History. Source: L. 09: P. 471, § 1. C.L. § 2824. CSA: C. 139, § 10. CRS 53: § 116-2-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-2-1. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 218, § 6, effective March 29. History. Source: L. 09: P. 471, § 1. C.L. § 2824. CSA: C. 139, § 10. CRS 53: § 116-2-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-2-1. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 218, § 6, effective March 29.
CO Code § 40-21-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 21 - General Offices|§ 40-21-102. Officials at General Offices

 It is the duty of said railroad company to keep and maintain at the place within this state where its said general offices are located the office of its president or vice-president, secretary, treasurer, local treasurer, auditor, general freight agent, traffic manager, general manager, general superintendent, general passenger and ticket agent, chief engineer, superintendent of motive power and machinery, master mechanic, master of transportation, fuel agent, and general claim agent; and each of its general offices, by whatsoever name known, shall be so kept and maintained at said place. This article shall apply to every person who performs the duties of any of said offices, by whatever title known, and the railroad company shall not be allowed to have any of the offices usually known as general offices at any other place than the place where it is required by this article to keep its general offices. Where the principal shops of any company are situated on its line in the state at a place other than the place where its general offices are located, the superintendent of motive power and machinery and the master mechanic, either or both, may have his office and residence at the place where such principal shops are located. The public utilities commission of the state of Colorado, where it is made to appear that any officer other than the general officers of any railroad company can more conveniently perform his duties by residing at some place on the line in Colorado other than the place where the general offices are situated, by order entered on its record may authorize any such officer so to reside and keep his office at such place.   History. Source: L. 09: P. 472, § 2. C.L. § 2825. CSA: C. 139, § 11. CRS 53: § 116-2-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-2-2. History. Source: L. 09: P. 472, § 2. C.L. § 2825. CSA: C. 139, § 11. CRS 53: § 116-2-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-2-2.
CO Code § 40-21-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 21 - General Offices|§ 40-21-103. Violation of Article - Penalty

 Each railroad company chartered by this state or owning, operating, or controlling any line of railroad within this state which violates any of the provisions of this article shall forfeit to the state of Colorado the charter or right by which it operates its railroad in this state and be subject to a penalty of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars for each and every day in which it violates any of the provisions of this article, to be recovered by suit in the name of the state of Colorado prosecuted by the district attorney of any judicial district in which any violation occurs to recover the penalty provided in this section for such violation. Any money recovered from any railroad company under the provisions of this article shall be paid into the state treasury and become a part of the available public school fund.   History. Source: L. 09: P. 473, § 3. C.L. § 2826. CSA: C. 139, § 12. CRS 53: § 116-2-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-2-3. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 218, § 7, effective March 29. History. Source: L. 09: P. 473, § 3. C.L. § 2826. CSA: C. 139, § 12. CRS 53: § 116-2-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-2-3. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 218, § 7, effective March 29.
CO Code § 40-22-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 22 - Consolidation|§ 40-22-101. Consolidation of Roads - Restrictions

 It is lawful for any railroad company or corporation, organized or existing under the laws of this state, and whose line or road is made or is in the process of construction to the boundary line of the state or to any point either in or out of the state, under authority of its laws, to merge and consolidate its capital stock, franchises, and property into and with the capital stock, franchises, and property of any other railroad company or corporation organized and existing under the laws of any adjoining state whenever the two or more railroads of the companies or corporations so to be consolidated form a continuous line of railroad with each other or by means of any intervening railroad; and roads running to the bank of a river which is not bridged shall be held to be continuous. Nothing in this article shall be taken to authorize the consolidation of any company or corporation of this state with that of any other state, unless the laws of such other state authorize such consolidation; but parallel or competing lines of railroad shall not be consolidated.   History. Source: L. 1883: P. 117, § 1. G.S. § 353. R.S. 08: § 5421. C.L. § 2827. CSA: C. 139, § 13. CRS 53: § 116-3-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-3-1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1006, § 3, effective August 7. History. Source: L. 1883: P. 117, § 1. G.S. § 353. R.S. 08: § 5421. C.L. § 2827. CSA: C. 139, § 13. CRS 53: § 116-3-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-3-1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1006, § 3, effective August 7.
CO Code § 40-22-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 22 - Consolidation|§ 40-22-103. Result of Consolidation

 Upon making and perfecting the agreement and act of consolidation and filing the same or a copy with the secretary of state, the several corporations which are parties thereto shall be deemed to be one corporation by the name provided in said agreement, possessing within this state all the rights, privileges, and franchises, and subject to all the restrictions, disabilities, and duties of each of such corporations so consolidated.   History. Source: L. 1883: P. 119, § 3. G.S. § 355. R.S. 08: § 5423. C.L. § 2829. CSA: C. 139, § 15. CRS 53: § 116-3-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-3-3. History. Source: L. 1883: P. 119, § 3. G.S. § 355. R.S. 08: § 5423. C.L. § 2829. CSA: C. 139, § 15. CRS 53: § 116-3-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-3-3.    Cross references:   For merger and consolidation of domestic corporations, see article 111 of title 7.
CO Code § 40-22-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 22 - Consolidation|§ 40-22-104. Property of Each Transferred

  Upon the consummation of said act of consolidation, all the rights, privileges, and franchises of each of said corporations, parties to the same, and all the property, real, personal, and mixed, and all debts due on whatever account, as well as stock subscriptions and other things in action, belonging to each of such corporations shall be deemed to be transferred to and vested in such new corporation without further act or deed. All property, all rights-of-way, and every other interest shall be as effectually the property of the new corporation as they were of the former corporations.    The title to real estate, either by deed or otherwise, under the laws of this state or of the United States, vested in any of such corporations, shall not be deemed to revert or be in any way impaired by reason of this article, nor shall the lien, operation, or effect of any trust deed or mortgage executed by any of the corporations so consolidating be in any way divested, impaired, or affected. The new corporation shall have the right to execute any future trust deed or mortgage upon its property, as shall be provided in the agreement of consolidation, not inconsistent with the laws of this state, and all debts, liabilities, and duties of either of said companies shall attach to said new corporation, and be enforced against it, to the same extent as if said debts, liabilities, and duties had been incurred or contracted by it.     History. Source: L. 1883: P. 120, § 4. G.S. § 356. R.S. 08: § 5424. C.L. § 2830. CSA: C. 139, § 16. CRS 53: § 116-3-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-3-4. History. Source: L. 1883: P. 120, § 4. G.S. § 356. R.S. 08: § 5424. C.L. § 2830. CSA: C. 139, § 16. CRS 53: § 116-3-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-3-4.
CO Code § 40-22-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 22 - Consolidation|§ 40-22-105. Offices - One in This State

 Such new company, as soon as convenient after such consolidation, shall establish such offices as may be desired, one of which shall be at some point in this state on the line of its road, and may change the same to any other point in this state at pleasure, giving public notice thereof in some newspaper published in this state.   History. Source: L. 1883: P. 120, § 5. G.S. § 357. R.S. 08: § 5425. C.L. § 2831. CSA: C. 139, § 17. CRS 53: § 116-3-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-3-5. History. Source: L. 1883: P. 120, § 5. G.S. § 357. R.S. 08: § 5425. C.L. § 2831. CSA: C. 139, § 17. CRS 53: § 116-3-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-3-5.    Cross references:   For the duty of railroad companies to maintain general offices in this state, see § 40-21-101 .
CO Code § 40-22-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 22 - Consolidation|§ 40-22-106. Consolidation of Domestic and Foreign Corporation

 If any railroad company organized under the laws of this state consolidates with any railroad company organized under the laws of any other state or of the United States, the same shall not become a foreign corporation, and the courts of this state shall retain jurisdiction in all cases which may arise, as if said consolidation had not taken place.   History. Source: L. 1883: P. 121, § 6. G.S. § 358. R.S. 08: § 5426. C.L. § 2832. CSA: C. 139, § 18. CRS 53: § 116-3-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-3-6. History. Source: L. 1883: P. 121, § 6. G.S. § 358. R.S. 08: § 5426. C.L. § 2832. CSA: C. 139, § 18. CRS 53: § 116-3-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-3-6.
CO Code § 40-22-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 22 - Consolidation|§ 40-22-107. Taxation

 The portion of the road of such consolidated company in this state and all its real estate and other property shall be subject to like taxation and assessed in the same manner and with like effect as property of other railroad companies within this state.   History. Source: L. 1883: P. 121, § 7. G.S. § 359. R.S. 08: § 5427. C.L. § 2833. CSA: C. 139, § 19. CRS 53: § 116-3-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-3-7. History. Source: L. 1883: P. 121, § 7. G.S. § 359. R.S. 08: § 5427. C.L. § 2833. CSA: C. 139, § 19. CRS 53: § 116-3-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-3-7.    Cross references:   For the taxation of railroads, see article 4 of title 39.
CO Code § 40-23-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 23 - Reorganization|§ 40-23-101. Right to Reorganize

 Whenever the railroads, property, and franchises of any railroad company, organized and existing under the laws of this state, are sold and conveyed under or by virtue of any power contained in any trust deed or mortgage or pursuant to the judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, it is lawful to organize a railroad company under the laws of this state for the purpose of purchasing, maintaining, operating, extending, or completing the railroads, property, and franchises so sold and conveyed.   History. Source: L. 1885: P. 150, § 1. R.S. 08: § 5428. C.L. § 2834. CSA: C. 139, § 20. CRS 53: § 116-4-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-4-1. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1807, § 33, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 1885: P. 150, § 1. R.S. 08: § 5428. C.L. § 2834. CSA: C. 139, § 20. CRS 53: § 116-4-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-4-1. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1807, § 33, effective July 1.
CO Code § 40-23-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 23 - Reorganization|§ 40-23-102. Power of Company So Organized

 The railroad company so organized has the power to acquire and purchase the property and franchises so sold and conveyed, and to take, hold, exercise, and enjoy all the estate, franchises, rights, powers, privileges, and claims or demands at law or in equity of the corporation whose property and franchises have been so sold and conveyed; and, in payment of the price therefor, such railroad company may issue its capital stock and bonds and may mortgage its property and franchises with such classification of capital stock and bonds as may be agreed upon by and between such railroad company and the parties who may be beneficially interested or who may have the ownership and control of such property and franchises.   History. Source: L. 1885: P. 150, § 2. R.S. 08: § 5429. C.L. § 2835. CSA: C. 139, § 21. CRS 53: § 116-4-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-4-2. History. Source: L. 1885: P. 150, § 2. R.S. 08: § 5429. C.L. § 2835. CSA: C. 139, § 21. CRS 53: § 116-4-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-4-2.
CO Code § 40-24-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 24 - Electric and Street Railroads|§ 40-24-102. Grant Right-of-Way - Condemnation

 The boards of county commissioners in their respective counties in the state of Colorado, with the written consent of a majority of the holders of property (measured by the front foot) abutting on each side of such county roads, have the power to grant to any person, company, corporation, or association outside of cities and towns the right-of-way and franchise for the construction, operation, or maintenance of any electric railroad over, along, and across any county road in their respective counties, upon the terms and conditions provided in section 40-24-103 ; and, when necessary to enter upon and use private property in the construction and operation of such roads, such person, company, corporation, or association has the same power of operation and condemnation that the railroad companies have.   History. Source: L. 07: P. 407, § 1. R.S. 08: § 5432. C.L. § 2836. CSA: C. 139, § 22. CRS 53: § 116-5-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-5-2. History. Source: L. 07: P. 407, § 1. R.S. 08: § 5432. C.L. § 2836. CSA: C. 139, § 22. CRS 53: § 116-5-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-5-2.    Cross references:   For condemnation of rights-of-way, see article 2 of title 38.
CO Code § 40-24-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 24 - Electric and Street Railroads|§ 40-24-103. Petition for Right-of-Way

 Any person, company, corporation, or association desiring in good faith to construct, maintain, and operate an electric railroad over, along, or across any county road within any county in this state may petition the board of county commissioners of such county for a franchise and right-of-way for the construction, maintenance, and operation of an electric railroad. The board of county commissioners, in accordance with the conditions provided in this section, may grant said right-of-way and franchise for a period not exceeding twenty years. Before any such person, company, association, or corporation commences the construction of any such electric railroad, there shall be filed with and approved by the board of county commissioners of any such county specifications and surveys with maps, showing all grades and curves of such proposed line of road, together with the exact location and description of all tracks, culverts, bridges, and poles, and the difference, if any, in all grades between such county road and the said proposed line of railroad. Before such specifications, surveys, or maps shall be so approved, at least ten days' public notice of the filing thereof shall be given by such board of county commissioners by publication in some newspaper of general circulation in such county and by the posting of a copy thereof in the office of the county clerk and recorder of such county.   History. Source: L. 07: P. 407, § 2. R.S. 08: § 5433. C.L. § 2837. CSA: C. 139, § 23. CRS 53: § 116-5-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-5-3. History. Source: L. 07: P. 407, § 2. R.S. 08: § 5433. C.L. § 2837. CSA: C. 139, § 23. CRS 53: § 116-5-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-5-3.
CO Code § 40-24-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 24 - Electric and Street Railroads|§ 40-24-104. Railroad to Maintain and Keep Joint Road and Bridges in Good Repair

 Any person, company, corporation, or association to whom any such right-of-way and franchise is granted shall construct and maintain its railroad on either side of the county road, and, at its own expense and in good substantial manner, shall strengthen and repair all bridges and culverts on said county road which are used or occupied jointly by said electric railroad and the traveling public, and, thereafter during the existence of said franchise, shall contribute and pay not less than one-half of the necessary expense of keeping said bridges and culverts in good repair, and shall pay all expense of keeping public and private crossings planked and in good repair, and, at its own expense, shall widen to not less than twenty-four feet all bridges, culverts, cuts, and embankments on said public highway which are used or occupied jointly by said electric railroad and the traveling public.   History. Source: L. 07: P. 408, § 3. R.S. 08: § 5434. C.L. § 2838. CSA: C. 139, § 24. CRS 53: § 116-5-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-5-4. History. Source: L. 07: P. 408, § 3. R.S. 08: § 5434. C.L. § 2838. CSA: C. 139, § 24. CRS 53: § 116-5-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-5-4.
CO Code § 40-24-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 24 - Electric and Street Railroads|§ 40-24-105. New Bridges - Construction and Maintenance

 Whenever it becomes necessary to build or construct any new bridges or culverts on any county road over or along which any person, company, corporation, or association is operating and maintaining an electric railroad, said person, company, corporation, or association shall pay to the party constructing or erecting the same one-half of the expense for the erection and construction of the bridges or culverts which are used jointly by the public and said railroad and shall thereafter pay one-half of the necessary expense of keeping said bridges or culverts used jointly by the public and said railroad in good repair; and the county in which said county road is situated shall contribute and pay out of the county road fund the other one-half of the expense for the construction and maintenance thereafter of any such culverts or bridges. Said bridges or culverts shall be constructed under the joint supervision of the owner or operator of said electric railroad and the board of county commissioners of such county.   History. Source: L. 07: P. 409, § 4. R.S. 08: § 5435. C.L. § 2839. CSA: C. 139, § 25. CRS 53: § 116-5-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-5-5. History. Source: L. 07: P. 409, § 4. R.S. 08: § 5435. C.L. § 2839. CSA: C. 139, § 25. CRS 53: § 116-5-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-5-5.
CO Code § 40-24-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 24 - Electric and Street Railroads|§ 40-24-106. Width of Joint Bridges

 Any bridge or culvert constructed upon any county road or public highway which is to be used jointly by any electric railroad and the traveling public shall not be less than twenty-four feet in width.   History. Source: L. 07: P. 409, § 5. R.S. 08: § 5436. C.L. § 2840. CSA: C. 139, § 26. CRS 53: § 116-5-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-5-6. History. Source: L. 07: P. 409, § 5. R.S. 08: § 5436. C.L. § 2840. CSA: C. 139, § 26. CRS 53: § 116-5-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-5-6.
CO Code § 40-24-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 24 - Electric and Street Railroads|§ 40-24-107. Forfeiture of Right-of-Way - Cause

 Whenever any person, company, corporation, or association obtains a franchise and right-of-way to operate an electric railroad over or along any county road in any county in this state and fails, refuses, or neglects, for a period of six months after the granting of any such franchise, to commence the work of constructing such electric railroad and in good faith to continuously prosecute the construction thereof to a final completion or fails, refuses, or neglects to operate or maintain said railroad in good condition and in good faith, for a period of one year at any one time after the granting of said franchise or right-of-way, such person, company, corporation, or association or its assigns shall forfeit all its right, title, and interest in and to such franchise and right-of-way, and the same shall become null and void; and it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of the county granting such franchise and the district attorney of the judicial district in which the county is situated to immediately institute the proper legal proceedings to cancel said franchise and all right, title, and interest of said person, company, corporation, or association or its assigns to use or occupy any portion of said county road.   History. Source: L. 07: P. 409, § 6. R.S. 08: § 5437. C.L. § 2841. CSA: C. 139, § 27. CRS 53: § 116-5-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-5-7. History. Source: L. 07: P. 409, § 6. R.S. 08: § 5437. C.L. § 2841. CSA: C. 139, § 27. CRS 53: § 116-5-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 116-5-7.    Cross references:   For the penalty for failure of railroad company to commence construction, see § 40-20-105 .