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CO Code § 31-20-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 2 - Finance - General|§ 31-20-202. Publication - Penalty

  It is the duty of the governing body of each city and town, except cities over ten thousand population, those operating under special charters, and those which have determined by election pursuant to subsection (1.5) of this section not to publish, to publish such of their proceedings as relate to the payment of bills, stating for what the same are allowed, the name of the person to whom allowed, and to whom paid. They shall also publish a statement concerning all contracts awarded and rebates allowed. (1.5) Any city or town subject to this section may determine at a regular or special election not to publish their proceedings relating to payment of bills and statements concerning their contracts. However, no city or town shall call a special election for the sole purpose of determining whether the city or town shall publish their proceedings relating to payment of bills and statements concerning their contracts. Any city or town whose citizens elect not to publish may provide an alternative for distribution of the information.    Such publication shall be made within twenty days after the adjournment of each regular or special meeting in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or town where such meeting is held. If there is no reliable newspaper published within said city or town, said publication shall be made in some newspaper of general circulation nearest to said city or town within the county and the clerk shall furnish copy of such proceedings for publication.    Any mayor, member of the governing body, or clerk who fails or refuses to make such publication shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than three hundred dollars and the costs of the suit for each offense; except that these penalties do not apply to the officials of any city or town which has elected pursuant to subsection (1.5) of this section not to make such publication.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1129, § 1, effective July 1. L. 92: (1) and (3) amended and (1.5) added, p. 1054, § 4, effective January 1, 1993.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former §§ 31-20-202 to 31-20-204 as they existed prior to 1975.   Cross references:   For duty of towns and cities to have an annual audit, see part 6 of article 1 of title 29.
CO Code § 31-20-301 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 3 - Finance - Treasurer|§ 31-20-301. Bond of Treasurer - Waiver - Duties

  The treasurer shall give a bond to the city or town in its corporate name with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by vote of the governing body in such sum as it requires, conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties as treasurer of such city or town so long as he shall serve as such treasurer and requiring that, when he vacates such office, he will turn over and deliver to his successor all moneys, books, papers, property, or things belonging to such city or town and remaining in his charge as such treasurer. The governing body of the city or town may waive the requirement of a bond.    The treasurer shall:   Receive all moneys belonging to the city or town and shall keep his books and accounts in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance. Such books and accounts shall always be subject to the inspection of any member of the governing body.    Keep a separate account of each fund or appropriation and the debits and credits belonging thereto;    Give every person paying money into the treasury a receipt therefor specifying the date of payment and upon what account paid, and he shall also file statements of such receipts with the city or town clerk on the date of his monthly report;    Render an account to the governing body or such officer as may be designated by ordinance, at the end of each month and more often if required, showing the state of the treasury at the date of such account and the balance of money in the treasury. He shall also accompany such accounts with a statement of all moneys received into the treasury and on what account during the preceding month, together with all warrants redeemed and paid by him. Said warrants, with any vouchers held by the treasurer, shall be delivered to the clerk and filed with his account in the clerk's office upon every day of such statement. He shall return all warrants paid by him stamped or marked “paid”. He shall keep a register of all warrants redeemed and paid, which shall describe such warrants and show the date, amount, number, the fund from which paid, and the name of the person to whom and when paid.        History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1129, § 1, effective July 1. L. 89: (1) amended, p. 1293, § 17, effective April 6.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former §§ 31-20-301 to 31-20-305 as they existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Applied in Manitou v. First Nat'l Bank, 37 Colo. 344 , 86 P. 75 (1906); Pub. Serv. Co. v. City of Loveland, 79 Colo. 216 , 245 P. 493 (1926).
CO Code § 31-20-302 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 3 - Finance - Treasurer|§ 31-20-302. Penalty for Using Municipal Funds

 The treasurer is expressly prohibited from using, either directly or indirectly, the municipal money or warrants in his custody and keeping them for his own use or benefit or that of any other person. Any violation of this provision shall subject him to immediate removal from office by the governing body which is authorized to declare said office vacant, in which case his successor shall be appointed and shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term of such officer so removed.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1130, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-20-306 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   A city treasurer who deposits the money of the city in a bank is liable therefor if lost by the failure of the bank. Babcock v. City of Rocky Ford, 25 Colo. App. 312, 137 P. 899 (1914).   Except when bank specified by ordinance. Where an ordinance of a Colorado city of the second class expressly made it the duty of and ordered the city treasurer to remit certain moneys to a bank named in the ordinance for the purpose of paying interest on bonds issued by the city, and moneys so remitted by the city treasurer in compliance with the ordinance were lost due to the failure of the bank, such city treasurer, together with the surety upon his official bond was not liable to the city on account of such loss. McBride v. People ex rel. City of Trinidad, 111 Colo. 577 , 144 P.2d 777 (1943).
CO Code § 31-20-304 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 3 - Finance - Treasurer|§ 31-20-304. Reports - Annual Account - Publication

 The treasurer shall report to the governing body, as often as required, a full and detailed account of all receipts and expenditures of the city or town as shown by his books up to the time of said report. Annually, by March 1 after the close of the fiscal year, he shall make out and file with the clerk a full and detailed account of all such receipts and expenditures and of all his transactions as such treasurer during the preceding fiscal year and shall show in such account the state of the treasury at the close of the fiscal year, which account the clerk shall immediately cause to be published in a newspaper printed in such city or town if there is one and, if not, by posting the same in a public place in the clerk's office.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1131, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-20-308 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-20-305 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 3 - Finance - Treasurer|§ 31-20-305. Collector to Keep Warrants - Books - Pay Over Weekly - Receipt

 It is the duty of the collector, if anyone except the treasurer is specially appointed, or the person acting in that capacity to preserve all warrants returned into his hands, and he shall keep such books and his accounts in such manner as the governing body prescribes. Such warrants, books, and all papers pertaining to his office at all times shall be open to the inspection of and subject to the examination of the mayor, any member of the governing body, or any committee thereof. He shall pay over to the treasurer weekly, and more often if required by the governing body, all moneys collected by him, taking such treasurer's receipt therefor, which receipt he shall immediately file with the clerk. The clerk, at the time of filing or on demand, shall give such collector a copy of any such receipt so filed.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1131, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-20-309 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Collector appointment optional. This section, with the two sections immediately following, refer to the office of city collector and prescribe the duties of such officer; but it is optional with the council whether a collector, as such shall be appointed, because they may leave the duties of the collector with the treasurer; they may specially appoint a collector; or they may authorize different officers to receive moneys, the payment of which arises from or in connection with a performance of the duties of their respective offices, and if no one be specially appointed collector, and if no other officer be authorized to receive funds in a particular instance, under the law the treasurer is the person to whom corporation moneys must be paid. Orman v. City of Pueblo, 8 Colo. 292 , 6 P. 931 (1885).
CO Code § 31-20-306 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 3 - Finance - Treasurer|§ 31-20-306. Collector to Report - Annual Statement - Publication

 The collector shall make a written report to the governing body, or any officer designated by it, of all moneys collected by him, the account whereon collected, or of any other matter connected with his office when required by the governing body or by any ordinance of the town or city. He shall also annually, by March 1 after the close of the fiscal year, file with the clerk a statement of all moneys collected by him during the year, the particular warrant, special assessment, or account on which collected, the balance of moneys uncollected on all warrants in his hands, and the balance remaining uncollected at the time of the return on all warrants which he returned during the preceding fiscal year to the clerk. The clerk shall publish or post the same as required to be done by section 31-20-304 in regard to the annual report of the treasurer.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1132, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-20-310 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-20-307 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 3 - Finance - Treasurer|§ 31-20-307. Keeping Moneys - Inspection of Books - Paying Over

 The collector is expressly prohibited from keeping the moneys of the city or town in his hands or in the hands of any person for his use beyond the time prescribed for the payment of the same to the treasurer. Any violation of this provision will subject him to immediate removal from office. All the city or town collector's papers, books, warrants, and vouchers may be examined at any time by the mayor, clerk, or any member of the governing body. The collector shall pay over every two weeks, or more often if the governing body so directs, all money collected by him from any persons or associations to the treasurer taking his receipt therefor in duplicate, one of which receipts he shall at once file in the office of the clerk.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1132, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-20-311 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-20-401 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 4 - Finance - Warrants|§ 31-20-401. Warrants Signed - Countersigned - Fund

 All warrants drawn upon the treasurer shall be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the clerk and shall state the particular fund or appropriation to which the same is chargeable and the person to whom payable. No money shall be drawn except as provided in this part 4; except that the governing body of a municipality may provide for the disbursement of money by check in lieu of by warrant.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1132, § 1, effective July 1. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 1187, § 1, effective May 18.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-20-401 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-20-402 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 4 - Finance - Warrants|§ 31-20-402. Funds - How Used

 All moneys received on any special assessment shall be held by the treasurer as a special fund to be applied to the payment of the improvement for which the assessment was made. Said money shall be used for no purpose whatever other than to reimburse the city or town for money expended for such improvement. All moneys received for account of the general fund shall be held by the treasurer in the general fund and shall be used for no purpose other than that for which they were appropriated, collected, or received except to reimburse any special fund to which the general fund may be indebted.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1132, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-20-402 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-20-403 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 4 - Finance - Warrants|§ 31-20-403. Warrant Endorsed When No Funds - New Warrant

 When a city or town warrant is received by the treasurer or collector and there is no money in the treasury to pay the same, he is directed to endorse on it the amount for which it was received and the date thereof, and from that date the warrant is to be regarded as canceled and cannot be reissued; but when the warrant amounts to more than is to be paid by the person presenting it, the treasurer or collector shall give him a certificate of the balance due him, which certificate, on presentation to the board authorized to audit claims for the city or town, entitles the holder to receive a new warrant for the amount specified therein.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1133, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-20-403 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-20-404 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 4 - Finance - Warrants|§ 31-20-404. Registry of Orders - Contents - Inspection

 Every treasurer of any city or town shall keep in his office a book, to be called the registry of city or town orders, in which shall be entered, at the date of the presentation thereof and without any interval or blank line between any such entry and the one preceding it, every city or town order, warrant, or other certificate of such town or city indebtedness presented to such town or city treasurer at any time for payment, whether the same is paid at the time of presentation or not, the number and date of such order, warrant, or certificate, the amount, the date of presentation, the name of the person presenting the same, and the particular fund, if any, upon which the order is drawn. Every such registry of city or town orders shall be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection and examination of any person desiring to inspect or examine the same.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1133, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-20-404 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Applicable to Denver. This and the following section providing for the registration and order of payment of city and town warrants were applicable to the city of Denver, although it was operating under a special charter. First Nat'l Bank v. Arthur, 10 Colo. App. 283, 50 P. 738 (1897).
CO Code § 31-20-405 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 4 - Finance - Warrants|§ 31-20-405. Order Warrants Paid

 Every fund in the hands of any treasurer of any such city or town of this state for disbursement shall be paid out in the order in which the orders drawn thereon, payable out of the same, are presented for payment.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1133, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-20-405 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-20-406 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 4 - Finance - Warrants|§ 31-20-406. Redemption of Warrants

 When the treasurer of any city or town has any city or town funds on hand in cash to the amount of five hundred dollars or over, it is his duty to immediately apply all such funds to the redemption of an equal amount of such outstanding city or town warrants, certificates, or orders, with the interest due thereon, as may be entitled to a preference as to payment according to the order of time in which they were previously presented to the treasurer of such city or town, as evidenced by the registry of the orders of such city or town kept in his office as provided by law. For this purpose, he shall cause to be advertised for thirty days in some newspaper published in or nearest such city or town a notice that he will redeem such certain city or town orders, certificates, or warrants with interest due thereon, stating their number and amounts on presentation at the treasury of such city or town, and that, at the expiration of thirty days from the date of such notice, such orders, certificates, or warrants shall cease to bear interest.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1133, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-20-406 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-20-407 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 4 - Finance - Warrants|§ 31-20-407. Neglect in Keeping Register or Paying - Penalty

 [ ] Any city or town treasurer, or his deputy, who fails or neglects to keep such registry or who fails or neglects to register any warrant or certificate of indebtedness of such city or town as is entitled to registry or neglects or refuses to pay such warrants or certificates in order of payments, there being then money in the treasury applicable to the payment thereof or from which the same ought to be paid, commits a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1133, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3256, § 542, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-20-407 as it existed prior to 1975.    Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 31-20-407 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 20 - Taxation and Finance|Part 4 - Finance - Warrants|§ 31-20-407. Neglect in Keeping Register or Paying - Penalty

 [ ] Any city or town treasurer, or city or town treasurer's deputy, who fails or neglects to keep such registry or who fails or neglects to register any warrant or certificate of indebtedness of such city or town as is entitled to registry or neglects or refuses to pay such warrants or certificates in order of payments, there being then money in the treasury applicable to the payment thereof or from which the same ought to be paid, commits a class 2 misdemeanor.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1133, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3256, § 542, effective March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 31-21-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 21 - Bonds|Part 1 - Funding - Floating Debt|§ 31-21-101. Definitions

 As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Floating indebtedness” means all obligations of the municipality to pay money, of whatever kind or character, except indebtedness evidenced by outstanding negotiable interest-bearing bonds of the municipality.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1134, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-21-101 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   By the term “floating debt” is meant that mass of lawful and valid claims against the corporation, for the payment of which there is no money in the corporate treasury specifically designed, nor any taxation or other means of providing money to pay, particularly provided. Thomas S. Hayden Realty Co. v. Town of Aurora, 62 Colo. 563 , 163 P. 843 (1917) (decided prior to L. 17, p. 520 , § 2, the earliest source of former section).
CO Code § 31-21-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 21 - Bonds|Part 1 - Funding - Floating Debt|§ 31-21-102. Funding Bonds - Determination of Indebtedness

 The governing body of any municipality may issue negotiable coupon bonds, to be denominated funding bonds, for the purpose of funding any of the legal floating indebtedness of such municipality existing at any time. The specific indebtedness to be funded and the amount of such funding bonds to be issued under the provisions of this part 1 shall first be determined by such governing body and a certificate of such determination shall be made and entered in the records of the municipality prior to the issuance of said funding bonds. Nothing in this part 1 shall be construed to repeal or amend any law limiting the indebtedness of municipalities.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1134, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-21-102 as it existed prior to 1975.