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CO Code § 40-9.5-109.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 1 - Generally|§ 40-9.5-109.5. Election Policy - Adoption - Publication - Contents

  The board of directors of each cooperative electric association shall adopt a written policy governing the election of directors. The association shall post the policy on the association's website, provide notice of the policy at the time a person becomes a member, and provide a copy of the policy to a member upon request. The election policy shall contain true and complete information on the following subjects:   The procedure and timing for a member to become a candidate for the board of directors and the process by which elections for the board of directors are held;    The qualifications for candidates and requirements for appearing on the ballot;    The date of the election, which shall be fixed, posted on the association's website, and otherwise publicized no less than six months before the election;    Who is entitled to vote in an election, including how joint members may vote; and    How a member may obtain and cast a ballot.       In addition to the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, information on how to become a candidate and the schedule for elections shall be posted on the association's website and otherwise publicized based on a member's preferred method of communication no less than two months before petitions to become a candidate are due.    The deadline to return ballots shall be posted on the website at least two months before the deadline and shall remain so posted until after the election.     History. Source: L. 2010: Entire section added, (HB 10-1098), ch. 424, p. 2194, § 2, effective August 11. L. 2021: IP(1), (2), and (3) amended and (1)(d) and (1)(e) added, (HB 21-1131), ch. 65, p. 262, § 4, effective September 7.
CO Code § 40-9.5-109.7 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 1 - Generally|§ 40-9.5-109.7. Electronic Participation - Meetings - Elections Conducted by Mail or Electronic Means - Definition

  A cooperative electric association may adopt provisions in its bylaws authorizing members to participate electronically in member meetings of the association.      Notwithstanding section 7-55-110 or any other provision of law to the contrary, a cooperative electric association may adopt provisions in its bylaws authorizing members to vote electronically in an election of directors of the board or in an election on any matter requiring a vote of the membership. If authorized by its bylaws, the association may establish a secure and verifiable electronic transmission system through which a member may apply for, receive, and return a ballot in an election.    As used in this section, “secure and verifiable electronic transmission system” means a system that saves and is capable of producing the records necessary to audit the operation of the electronic transmission, including a paper record of all ballots sent and received.       Notwithstanding section 7-55-119, a member who registers in person or electronically at any cooperative electric association meeting or who casts a vote through mail ballot or a secure electronic transmission system if authorized by the association's bylaws is considered present in person for the purpose of determining a quorum for action by the membership.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a cooperative electric association may adopt provisions in its bylaws allowing directors on the board of directors to participate and vote electronically in meetings of the board of directors. A meeting of the board of directors that is conducted electronically must allow members of the association an opportunity to address the board in accordance with section 40-9.5-108 (2)(b).      History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1131), ch. 65, p. 263, § 5, effective September 7.
CO Code § 40-9.5-110.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 1 - Generally|§ 40-9.5-110.5. Directors - Required Policies

  The board of each cooperative electric association shall adopt written policies concerning:   The compensation provided to directors on the board of directors, including information on any authorized per diem amounts, and the value of any other benefits, services, or goods that directors receive;    The requirements and procedures for a director on the board of directors to disclose in writing any conflicts of interest. At a minimum, an association's policy must require disclosure when a decision before the board could provide directly and as a proximate result of the decision a financial or other material benefit to:   The director, if the benefit is unique to that director and not shared by similarly situated cooperative members;    A parent, grandparent, spouse, partner in a civil union, child, or sibling of the director, if the benefit is unique to that person and not shared by similarly situated cooperative members; or    An entity in which the director is an officer or director or has a financial interest unique to that director.            Subject to subsection (2)(b) of this section, a director on the board of directors shall at all times fulfill the director's duty of loyalty to the association and shall not allow a conflict of interest to impair the director's loyalty to the association.    Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if an individual is a director on the board of directors of both a distribution cooperative electric association and a generation and transmission cooperative electric association, the director owes fiduciary duties to both associations and shall not be required to give priority to a fiduciary duty the director owes to one association over the duties the director owes to the other association.         History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1131), ch. 65, p. 264, § 7, effective September 7.
CO Code § 40-9.5-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 1 - Generally|§ 40-9.5-111. Notice of Meeting - Agenda

  Notice of the time and place of a meeting of the board of directors and a copy of the agenda for such meeting shall be posted in every service office maintained by the association at least ten days before the meeting. The agenda shall specifically designate the issues or questions to be discussed, or the actions to be taken, at the meeting. Copies of the agenda shall be available at each service office for members and consumers.    The date, time, location, and agenda of every meeting of the board of directors shall be posted on the association's website no less than ten days before the meeting in the case of regular meetings and as soon as the meeting is scheduled in the case of special meetings. If a meeting is postponed or canceled, notice of the postponement or cancellation shall immediately be posted on the website.     History. Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1571, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (HB 10-1098), ch. 424, p. 2196, § 4, effective August 11.
CO Code § 40-9.5-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 1 - Generally|§ 40-9.5-112. Provisions Applicable to Cooperative Electric Associations

  Except as otherwise provided in this part 1, the provisions of article 55 of title 7 shall apply to cooperative electric associations. In the case of any irreconcilable conflict between said article 55 and this part 1, this part 1 shall control.    Notwithstanding any provision of article 55 of title 7, a cooperative electric association may authorize joint memberships in its bylaws.    Section 40-4-105 shall apply to cooperative electric associations with respect to crossing of railroad rights-of-way.     History. Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1571, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1163, § 8, effective May 27. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1948, § 4, effective June 8. L. 2010: Entire section amended,(HB 10-1098), ch. 424, p. 2197, § 5, effective August 11. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(HB 21-1131), ch. 65, p. 265, § 8, effective September 7.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 350, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.
CO Code § 40-9.5-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 1 - Generally|§ 40-9.5-113. Method of Reimposing Public Utilities Commission Regulation

 Any cooperative electric association may vote no more than once a year to place said association under the regulation of the public utilities commission, as provided in the “Public Utilities Law”, articles 1 to 7 of this title. Said question shall only be submitted to the member-consumers of the association if at least five percent of the member-consumers of the association sign a petition requesting such an election and if such signatures are gathered within a six-month period immediately preceding the submission of the petition to the association's board of directors. No petition circulated pursuant to this section shall be valid unless the petition sponsor notifies the board in writing prior to circulation for signatures. Such petition shall be submitted to, and signatures certified by, the board at a regular scheduled meeting. Such certification shall include a determination as to whether the signatures on the petition were gathered within a six-month period immediately preceding the submission of the petition to the board. After the petition has been certified by the board, the commission shall conduct an election within forty-five days on the question. If a majority of the persons voting at the election vote in favor of placing their association under commission regulation, the commission shall reassert its regulation upon determination of the election results.   History. Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1571, § 1, effective July 1. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 1302, § 5, effective April 5. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 330, § 1, effective April 20.
CO Code § 40-9.5-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 1 - Generally|§ 40-9.5-114. Public Utilities Commission - Fees

 No cooperative electric association which has voted to exempt itself from the “Public Utilities Law”, articles 1 to 7 of this title, and to be subject to the provisions of this part 1 shall be required to pay to the public utilities commission the fees imposed by the provisions of article 2 of this title; except that, for any year in which the commission is required, pursuant to section 40-9.5-105 or 40-9.5-113 , to act with respect to an exempt cooperative electric association, such exempt association shall pay to the commission actual and necessary costs not to exceed twenty-five percent of the fees that it would have been liable for under the provisions of article 2 of this title if regulated by the commission.   History. Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1572, § 1, effective July 1. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 1304, § 1, effective April 30. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1163, § 9, effective May 27.
CO Code § 40-9.5-114.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 1 - Generally|§ 40-9.5-114.5. Applicability of Sections 40-9.5-108 to 40-9.5-112

 Sections 40-9.5-108 to 40-9.5-112 apply to all cooperative electric associations, whether regulated under this part 1 or the “Public Utilities Law”, articles 1 to 7 of this title 40. Notwithstanding section 40-9.5-102 (1) , sections 40-9.5-109 , 40-9.5-110.5 , and 40-9.5-111 apply to a nonprofit generation and transmission cooperative electric association that provides wholesale electric service directly to Colorado cooperative electric associations that are its members.   History. Source: L. 85: Entire section added, p. 1299, § 2, effective May 31. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1163, § 10, effective May 27. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 2072, § 35, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (HB 21-1131), ch. 65, p. 265, § 9, effective September 7.
CO Code § 40-9.5-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 1 - Generally|§ 40-9.5-116. Investment in Public-Private Transportation Facilities

  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the board of directors of a cooperative electric association may consider investing in one or more of the following:   Any public-private initiative with the department of transportation, as defined in section 43-1-1201 (3), C.R.S.;    Bonds issued for turnpikes in accordance with part 2 of article 3 of title 43, C.R.S.;    Repealed.    Any other public-private initiative program for transportation system projects in Colorado authorized by law.       The board of directors of a cooperative electric association may give preference to the investments described in subsection (1) of this section if such investments are in the interest of the cooperative electric association's members and are consistent with sound investment policy.     History. Source: L. 98: Entire section added, p. 446, § 8, effective August 5. L. 2005: (1)(c) repealed, p. 289, § 41, effective August 8.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 1998 act enacting this section, see section 1 of chapter 154, Session Laws of Colorado 1998.
CO Code § 40-9.5-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 1 - Generally|§ 40-9.5-117. Surcharge for Underground Conversion of Facilities

 The board of directors of a cooperative electric association may adopt a resolution to impose a surcharge on those consumers within the service area of the cooperative electric association who derive a direct benefit from the conversion of overhead electric and communication facilities to underground locations. Such surcharge shall be limited to costs related to the conversion of overhead electric and communication facilities to underground locations.   History. Source: L. 99: Entire section added, p. 373, § 3, effective April 22.
CO Code § 40-9.5-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 2 - Service Territories Within Municipalities Owning and Operating Electric Utilities|§ 40-9.5-201. Legislative Declaration

 The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the provisions of article XXV of the Colorado constitution allow the public utilities commission to establish exclusive service territories for utilities as provided in article 5 of this title and that it has been the policy of the state of Colorado to establish exclusive service territories for cooperative electric associations. The general assembly further finds and declares that, if a cooperative electric association has been granted an exclusive service territory that is within a municipality that operates an electric utility or within an area annexed by a municipality that operates an electric utility, the municipality has taken private property and shall pay just compensation for the electric distribution facilities and certificate of public convenience and necessity of the association located within the municipality. Therefore, it is declared to be a matter of statewide concern and to be the purpose of this part 2 to establish a procedure to be followed when the certificated service territory of a cooperative electric association is included within a municipality that operates an electric utility or within an area annexed by a municipality that operates an electric utility.   History. Source: L. 86: Entire part added, p. 1159, § 1, effective May 27.
CO Code § 40-9.5-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 2 - Service Territories Within Municipalities Owning and Operating Electric Utilities|§ 40-9.5-202. Definitions

 As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Cooperative electric association” shall have the same meaning as in section 40-9.5-102.    “Electric distribution facilities” means all or any portion of the electric lines and facilities of a cooperative electric association used or capable of being used in serving ultimate consumers, but the term does not include transmission lines, feeder lines, and substation facilities, or portions thereof, which are necessary for the integration and operation of portions of the association's electric system which are located outside a municipality or the area annexed by a municipality, nor does the term include transformers, meters, and associated metering equipment.    “Municipality” means a statutory or home rule town, city, or city and county.     History. Source: L. 86: Entire part added, p. 1160, § 1, effective May 27.
CO Code § 40-9.5-203 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 2 - Service Territories Within Municipalities Owning and Operating Electric Utilities|§ 40-9.5-203. Service Rights and Facilities of Cooperative Electric Associations Within Municipalities or Within Areas to Be Annexed by Municipalities Which Own and Operate Electric Utilities

  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, if a cooperative electric association has certificated service territory within a municipality which after May 27, 1986, commences operation of its own electric utility or has certificated service territory within an area annexed after May 27, 1986, by a municipality which owns and operates an electric utility, the municipality shall pay just compensation for the electric distribution facilities of the cooperative electric association located within the territory, together with the association's certificate of public convenience and necessity constituting its rights to serve such territory.    No later than thirty days prior to final action on each annexation ordinance, the municipality shall notify the affected cooperative electric association in writing of the boundaries of the municipality or the annexed area within which certificated service territory of the association is included and shall indicate such boundaries or area on appropriate maps.     History. Source: L. 86: Entire part added, p. 1160, § 1, effective May 27.
CO Code § 40-9.5-205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 2 - Service Territories Within Municipalities Owning and Operating Electric Utilities|§ 40-9.5-205. Purchase by Cooperative Electric Association of Electric Distribution Facilities and Service Rights of Municipality

 If any municipality changes its boundaries so as to exclude from its corporate limits any territory previously served by a cooperative electric association, such municipality shall give, within thirty days, written notice to the association of such exclusion of territory, and the cooperative electric association, within one hundred twenty days after receipt of such notice, shall purchase the municipality's electric distribution facilities and service rights within the excluded area. Section 40-9.5-204 shall apply to acquisitions by a cooperative electric association pursuant to this section.   History. Source: L. 86: Entire part added, p. 1161, § 1, effective May 27.
CO Code § 40-9.5-206 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 2 - Service Territories Within Municipalities Owning and Operating Electric Utilities|§ 40-9.5-206. Provisions on Purchase Nonexclusive - No Effect on Existing Contracts

  Nothing contained in this part 2 shall prohibit a municipality and a cooperative electric association from buying, selling, or exchanging electric distribution facilities, service rights, and other rights, property, and assets by mutual agreement.    Nothing in this part 2 shall impair the obligations of existing contracts.     History. Source: L. 86: Entire part added, p. 1161, § 1, effective May 27.    ANNOTATION   Statute reflects legislative intent to articulate and affirm state policy that a municipality may purchase the service rights and facilities of cooperative public utilities. City of Colo. Springs v. Mtn. View Elec. Ass'n, Inc., 925 P.2d 1378 (Colo. App. 1995).
CO Code § 40-9.5-207 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 9.5 - Cooperative Electric Associations|Part 2 - Service Territories Within Municipalities Owning and Operating Electric Utilities|§ 40-9.5-207. Applicability

  This part 2 shall apply to all cooperative electric associations which have electric distribution facilities, franchises, certificates of public convenience and necessity, rights-of-way, or appurtenances to facilities which are included in the boundaries of a municipality which after May 27, 1986, commences operation of its own electric utility or are included in an area annexed by a municipality which owns and operates an electric utility.    Notwithstanding any statutory provision to the contrary, the procedures in this part 2 relating to the allocation and conveyance of property and property rights of any cooperative electric association to any municipality or of any municipality to any cooperative electric association shall be exclusively available to such municipality and to such cooperative electric association.     History. Source: L. 86: Entire part added, p. 1161, § 1, effective May 27.
CO Code § 40-10.1-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 10.1 - Motor Carriers|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-10.1-102. Powers of Commission

  The commission has the power to and shall administer and enforce this article, including the right to inspect the motor vehicles, facilities, and records and documents, regardless of the format, of the motor carriers and persons involved.    The Colorado state patrol has the power to monitor and enforce compliance with the certificate and permit requirements of this article and article 10.5 of this title.     History. Source: L. 2011: Entire article added,(HB 11-1198), ch. 127, p. 397, § 1, effective August 10. L. 2012: (2) amended,(HB 12-1019), ch. 135, p. 465, § 7, effective July 1.    ANNOTATION   Jurisdiction is expressly conferred on the commission by this section. Eveready Freight Serv., Inc. v. Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 131 Colo. 172 , 280 P.2d 442 (1955) (decided prior to 2011 reorganization of motor carrier statutes).