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CO Code § 31-12-302 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 3 - Dissolution and Annexation (Special Charters)|§ 31-12-302. Petition - Order of Court

 A petition signed by not less than twenty percent of the qualified taxpaying electors of such city or town for the dissolution of such city or town and the annexation of the same to the city existing under a special charter may be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court for the county in which the city or town is situated. The petition, or any part thereof, shall be accompanied by an affidavit of one or more of the petitioners showing that the signers are qualified taxpaying electors of such city or town and shall be prima facie evidence of the matters therein set forth. Upon the filing of such petition and upon the consent of the special charter city being shown by published ordinance, the district court shall make an order reciting the substance of the petition and requiring the governing body of such city or town to submit the question of such dissolution and annexation at the next regular election or at a special election of such city or town, as provided in section 31-12-305 , to a vote of the registered electors thereof. The order shall be served by delivering a copy thereof to any member of the governing body of such city or town and shall be filed in the office of the clerk of such city or town.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1093, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-202 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. Since § 31-12-302 is similar to former § 31-8-202 prior to the 1975 repeal and reenactment of this title, and laws antecedent thereto, relevant cases construing those provisions have been included in the annotations to this section.   Special statutory proceeding. The proceeding which this section requires shall be instituted, carried on, and consummated, as the means of dissolving one municipality and annexing the same to another, is unquestionably a special statutory proceeding as distinguished from an ordinary action at law, or suit in equity, but it is a judicial proceeding, manifestly a proceeding in the court and by the court. Martin v. Simpkins, 20 Colo. 438 , 38 P. 1092 (1895).   A petition conforming to this section constitutes prima facie evidence of the essential and controlling facts. Such status continues until overthrown by evidence received in support of the challenge thereof. In re City of Westwood, 115 Colo. 224 , 171 P.2d 770 (1946).   Validity of signatures. A showing that many of the signers of one small section of a petition were disqualified did not warrant the trial court's conclusion that the petition otherwise, signed by other petitioners and whose competence was supported by affidavits of various affiants, was insufficient. In re City of Westwood, 115 Colo. 224 , 171 P.2d 770 (1946).   Applied in Valverde v. Shattuck, 19 Colo. 104 , 34 P. 947, 41 Am. St. R. 208 (1893); Perry v. City of Denver, 27 Colo. 93 , 59 P. 747 (1899).
CO Code § 31-12-303 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 3 - Dissolution and Annexation (Special Charters)|§ 31-12-303. Annexation Consented to by Ordinance - Indebtedness

 No order shall be made by any district court requiring the submission of the question of dissolution and annexation to any election held pursuant to this part 3 until the city existing under a special charter to which it is proposed that such annexation be made has consented to such annexation by ordinance duly passed and published. In case of the annexation of any city or town to any city existing under a special charter, as provided in section 31-12-301 , neither the indebtedness of the city or town so annexed nor that of the city to which the same shall be annexed shall become a common indebtedness. Such indebtedness shall be paid by general taxation upon all the taxable property within the city or town in and by which the indebtedness was created.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1094, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-210 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-12-304 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 3 - Dissolution and Annexation (Special Charters)|§ 31-12-304. School Districts - Annexation of Area to Another School District - Applicability

  When the dissolution and annexation of any city or town under the provisions of this part 3 will result in the detachment of an area from any school district and the attachment of such area to another school district, no petition under section 31-12-302 is valid unless accompanied by a resolution of the board of directors of the school district to which such area will be attached approving such annexation. If there are any school facilities located within the detached area, the school district owning such facilities shall receive just compensation from the school district that acquires them. Such compensation shall be determined by mutual agreement of the school boards involved or in accordance with the applicable provisions of articles 1 to 7 of title 38, C.R.S. As used in this section, the term “facilities” is limited to school buildings and the real property on which they are situate. Any moneys received by a school district as compensation for such school facilities shall be treated as proceeds from sales of assets pursuant to section 22-45-112, C.R.S.    The provisions of this section shall apply to any annexation or dissolution and annexation proceedings which have not been completed prior to May 22, 1971.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1094, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-211 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-12-305 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 3 - Dissolution and Annexation (Special Charters)|§ 31-12-305. Question Submitted to Registered Electors

 The governing body of such city or town shall, by ordinance and within a reasonable time to be fixed by the court in said order, direct that an election be held to submit the question of the dissolution and annexation to a vote of the registered electors. If the order of the district court is served more than thirty days and less than one hundred twenty days prior to the next regular election of such city or town, the question shall be submitted to a vote of the registered electors at such regular election; otherwise, the question shall be submitted at a special election to be called and held for that purpose. Such election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the “Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965”.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1094, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-203 as it existed prior to 1975.   Cross references:   For the “Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965”, see article 10 of this title.
CO Code § 31-12-306 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 3 - Dissolution and Annexation (Special Charters)|§ 31-12-306. Notice of Election

 Notice of the submission of the question at a regular or special election shall be given by the clerk in the manner provided in the “Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965” and shall state the substance of the proposition as submitted by the ordinance. The clerk shall forthwith file in the office of the clerk of the district court a certificate under the seal of such city or town, containing a copy of said notice and specifying the time when and the places where such notices were posted and the newspapers in which said notices were published; and the same shall be prima facie evidence of the matters set forth therein.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1095, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-204 as it existed prior to 1975.   Cross references:   For the “Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965”, see article 10 of this title.
CO Code § 31-12-307 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 3 - Dissolution and Annexation (Special Charters)|§ 31-12-307. Ballots

 All ballots or voting machine tabs prepared for use pursuant to this part 3 shall contain the propositions “For Annexation” and “Against Annexation”. If the question is submitted on paper ballots, such ballots shall be deposited in a separate ballot box used for that purpose only.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1095, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-205 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. Since § 31-12-307 is similar to former § 31-8-205 prior to the 1975 repeal and reenactment of this title, and laws antecedent thereto, a relevant case construing a prior provision has been included in the annotations to this section.   This section prescribes the only method in which the ballots can be prepared, evidently two simple tickets, one for, the other against, annexation. Phillips v. Corbin, 8 Colo. App. 346, 46 P. 224 (1896).
CO Code § 31-12-309 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 3 - Dissolution and Annexation (Special Charters)|§ 31-12-309. Termination of Offices

 If the question so submitted is submitted at a regular election of such city or town and it appears from the canvass that a majority of the votes cast at such election upon the question are “For Annexation”, all votes for officers of such city or town, or upon any other question submitted at said election, and all certificates of election issued in pursuance thereof shall be of no force or effect. In such case, upon the approval of the report by the district court, the terms of office of the dissolved city or town shall cease.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1095, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-207 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-12-310 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 3 - Dissolution and Annexation (Special Charters)|§ 31-12-310. Rights Become Property of City Enlarged - Utilities Not Curtailed

 When in pursuance of this part 3 any city or town is annexed to any city existing under a special charter, all rights, causes of action, records, uncollected revenues, and other property of the city or town so annexed shall accrue to and become the property of the annexing city. At least a proportionate share of the moneys of the annexing city available for water service, lights, and other public improvements shall be expended each year within the area formerly included within the city or town so annexed, based upon the valuation for assessment thereof. The water and light service of any city or town so annexed shall not be curtailed after such annexation.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1096, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-208 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. Since § 31-12-310 is similar to former § 31-8-208 prior to the 1975 repeal and reenactment of this title, and laws antecedent thereto, a relevant case construing a prior provision has been included in the annotations to this section.   Assessment property of annexing city. It is conceded that the special assessment made by the city of Highlands became, by the act of annexation, an asset of the city of Denver, and whatever power exists to enforce collection thereof was transferred to the latter municipality. City & County of Denver v. Keeler, 48 Colo. 54 , 108 P. 998 (1910).
CO Code § 31-12-311 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 3 - Dissolution and Annexation (Special Charters)|§ 31-12-311. Validity Not Questioned After Ninety Days

 The validity of any proceeding to dissolve and annex any city or town by virtue of this part 3 shall not be questioned in any action or proceeding commenced more than ninety days after such dissolution and annexation is effected.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1096, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-209 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-12-401 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 4 - Consolidation and Annexation - Statutory Cities and Towns|§ 31-12-401. Consolidation of Contiguous Cities or Towns

  When two or more contiguous cities or towns desire to consolidate with each other, the governing body of each such city or town shall appoint from the officers or citizens thereof a total of three commissioners. The commissioners shall confer together and thereafter report to each governing body the terms and conditions of the proposed consolidation. Such report shall contain, in addition to any other matters which the commissioners may desire to insert therein, the following:   The name for the proposed consolidated city or town;    The number of wards into which the new city shall be divided, in the case of a proposed consolidated city, together with the boundaries of such wards.       In fixing the number of wards, the commissioners shall not select a number which exceeds the entire number of wards contained in all of the cities and towns proposed to be consolidated; except that one ward may be allowed for each town proposed to be consolidated with a city.    If the governing body of each such city or town approves the terms and conditions contained in the report, it shall so declare by proper ordinance which may be passed at any one regular or special meeting called for the purpose. Thereupon the governing body of each such city or town shall submit, by ordinance, the question of consolidation upon the terms and conditions so proposed to the registered electors of its respective city or town.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1096, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-301 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Applied in Donahue v. Morgan, 24 Colo. 389 , 50 P. 1038 (1897).
CO Code § 31-12-402 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 4 - Consolidation and Annexation - Statutory Cities and Towns|§ 31-12-402. Election - Notice - Ballot

  In case the ordinance of approval is passed by the governing body less than one hundred twenty days and more than thirty days prior to the regular election in such city or town, the submission to the electors shall be at such regular election; otherwise, the governing body, in the ordinance of approval, shall order a special election, to be held not less than thirty days nor more than forty days after that date for the purpose of determining the question of such consolidation. Such election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the “Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965”.    The mayor or, in case there is no mayor, the presiding officer of the governing body shall cause notice of the election to be given, which notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by the “Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965”.    The form of the ballots or voting machine tabs at such election shall be: “For Consolidation” and “Against Consolidation”. If a majority of the votes cast at such election in each of the cities or towns proposed to be consolidated are for consolidation, the proposition shall be carried. If a majority of the votes cast at such election in any of the cities or towns proposed to be consolidated are against consolidation, the proposition shall be defeated, and such question shall not be submitted again for one year.    If any one or more of the cities or towns proposed to be consolidated was a city, the consolidated corporation shall be a city.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1096, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-302 as it existed prior to 1975.   Cross references:   For the “Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965”, see article 10 of this title.   ANNOTATION   Applied in Donahue v. Morgan, 24 Colo. 389 , 50 P. 1038 (1897).
CO Code § 31-12-403 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 4 - Consolidation and Annexation - Statutory Cities and Towns|§ 31-12-403. Election of Officers After Consolidation

 In case the proposition for consolidation is carried in all of said cities or towns, the mayors or presiding officers of the governing bodies shall at once issue a joint proclamation announcing an election of officers of the consolidated city or town. Notice of the election shall be given in the manner prescribed by the “Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965”. At said election there shall be chosen a board of trustees if the consolidated corporation is a town, and, if it is a city, there shall be chosen a mayor and two councilmen for each ward of the consolidated city. There shall be elected, in addition, such other officers as under the law are or may be elected by the electors in cities or towns. Such election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the “Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965” insofar as practicable under the direction of the clerks and governing bodies of the cities and towns which were consolidated.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1097, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-303 as it existed prior to 1975.   Cross references:   For the “Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965”, see article 10 of this title.
CO Code § 31-12-404 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 4 - Consolidation and Annexation - Statutory Cities and Towns|§ 31-12-404. Tenure of Officers

 All officers chosen at such election, including councilmen, shall hold their respective offices until the next regular election. At the first regular election succeeding the consolidation and at each succeeding regular election thereafter, there shall be elected two councilmen for each ward of said city, each of whom shall hold office for a term of two years.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1097, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-304 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-12-405 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 4 - Consolidation and Annexation - Statutory Cities and Towns|§ 31-12-405. Consolidation Complete

 The members of the governing body elected at such election, on the second Monday after the election, shall meet and organize the governing body of the consolidated city or town and shall file two certified copies of the notice of the consolidation with a legal description accompanied by a map of the area concerned by the consolidated city or town with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such action has taken place, and from that time the consolidation shall be deemed complete. The county clerk and recorder shall file the second certified copy of such notice with the division of local government in the department of local affairs, as provided by section 24-32-109 , C.R.S. The consolidated city or town shall thenceforth exist with the same powers and duties and subject to the same regulations as other cities or towns. The cities or towns so consolidated shall then be merged in the consolidated corporation, and the terms of office of all of the officers of the cities and towns so consolidated shall cease.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1097, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-306 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-12-406 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 4 - Consolidation and Annexation - Statutory Cities and Towns|§ 31-12-406. First Ordinances - Appropriation

 The governing body of the consolidated city or town may pass, at the first meeting or as soon thereafter as possible, a resolution adopting in a body the ordinances of some one of the cities or towns forming the consolidated town or city as such ordinances existed at the date of consolidation. Upon the passage of the resolution, the whole of the ordinances of the city or town so designated as they existed at the date of consolidation shall become the ordinances of the consolidated city or town in the same manner as if they had been regularly passed and published by the governing body of the consolidated city or town and shall so remain until amended or repealed. They shall also make appropriation, by ordinance, for the expense of the then unexpired portion of the current fiscal or municipal year.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1098, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-307 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-12-407 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 12 - Annexation- Consolidation - Disconnection|Part 4 - Consolidation and Annexation - Statutory Cities and Towns|§ 31-12-407. Licenses

 All licenses or other privileges issued or granted by any of the consolidated towns or cities prior to consolidation shall remain in full force and effect until the expiration of the same according to the terms thereof.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1098, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-8-308 as it existed prior to 1975.