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CO Code § 37-44-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-111. Conveyances - Power to Sue

 The board is hereby empowered to take conveyances or assurances for all property acquired by it under the provisions of this article and, in the name of such internal improvement district to and for the purposes expressed in this article, to institute and maintain any action or proceeding necessary or proper in order to fully carry out the provisions of this article or to enforce, maintain, and protect all rights, privileges, and immunities created by this article or acquired in pursuance thereof. In all courts, actions, or proceedings, the board may sue, appear, and defend in person or by attorneys and in the name of such internal improvement district. Judicial notice shall be taken in all actions and judicial proceedings in any court of this state of the organization and existence of any internal improvement district of this state, from and after the filing for record in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the certified copy of the order of the district court creating the same, and a certified copy of said order shall be prima facie evidence in all actions and proceedings in any court of this state of the regularity and legal sufficiency of all acts, matters, and proceedings therein recited.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 496, § 9. CSA: C. 138, § 25. CRS 53: § 149-5-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-9. History. Source: L. 23: P. 496, § 9. CSA: C. 138, § 25. CRS 53: § 149-5-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-9.
CO Code § 37-44-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-113. Sale of Bonds

  The board may sell bonds so issued from time to time in such quantities as necessary and most advantageous to raise the money for the construction of reservoirs or canals, or the purchase of reservoir sites, reservoirs, water rights and works, and otherwise to carry out the objects and purposes of this article. Before making any sale, the board at a meeting shall declare by resolution its intent to sell a specified amount of bonds and the day and hour and place of such sale and shall cause such resolution to be entered in its minutes and a notice of the sale to be published at least twenty days in a daily newspaper published in the city of Denver and in any other newspaper at its discretion. The notice shall state that sealed proposals will be received by the board at its office for the purchase of the bonds until the day and hour named in the resolution. At the time appointed the board shall open the proposals and award the purchase of the bonds to the highest responsible bidder or may reject any and all bids; but said board shall, in no event, sell any of said bonds for less than ninety-five percent of the face value thereof.    The bonds and the interest thereon shall be paid by revenue derived from an annual assessment upon the real property of the district, and the real property of the district shall be and remain liable to be assessed for such payments as provided in this article.     History. Source: L. 23: P. 501, § 11. CSA: C. 138, § 27. CRS 53: § 149-5-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-11. History. Source: L. 23: P. 501, § 11. CSA: C. 138, § 27. CRS 53: § 149-5-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-11.
CO Code § 37-44-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-115. Objections to Classifications

 At the time of said meeting, the board of directors shall hear any objections made by any interested person, and, if satisfied that any injustice has been done in the classification of the tracts of land, it shall correct the same in accordance with what is right, but, if not so satisfied, it shall leave the classification as first made and enter an order to that effect. Any person appearing and urging objections who is not satisfied with the decision of the board of directors may appeal its decision to the district court having original jurisdiction in the formation of said district within ten days after the decision of the board of directors was rendered by filing with the clerk of said court a statement in writing of his objections to the assessment made against him together with a bond with security conditioned to pay such taxes as may be finally levied upon the land in question and the costs occasioned by the appeal if the board of directors is sustained by said court.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 503, § 13. CSA: C. 138, § 29. CRS 53: § 149-5-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-13. History. Source: L. 23: P. 503, § 13. CSA: C. 138, § 29. CRS 53: § 149-5-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-13.
CO Code § 37-44-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-116. Conduct of Appeals

 Appeals taken to the district court under the provisions of section 37-44-115 may be heard at any term thereof at such time as may be fixed by the court, and the cost of such appeal at the discretion of the court may be divided between the internal improvement district and the owner of the land who appeals the classification of the board of directors or assessed against either party. Either party may demand a jury to which shall be submitted all questions of fact as in other civil cases, and said cause shall be heard and determined as other civil causes. The classification as determined and fixed by the court shall be entered in the records of the district in which the lands are situate and thereafter shall be the basis upon which assessments for benefits are made.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 504, § 14. CSA: C. 138, § 30. CRS 53: § 149-5-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-14. History. Source: L. 23: P. 504, § 14. CSA: C. 138, § 30. CRS 53: § 149-5-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-14.
CO Code § 37-44-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-117. Appeal Not to Delay

 The taking of an appeal by any person as provided in section 37-44-115 shall not operate to delay the collection of any assessment from which no appeal has been taken or to delay the progress of the work or the issuing of any bonds.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 505, § 15. CSA: C. 138, § 31. CRS 53: § 149-5-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-15. History. Source: L. 23: P. 505, § 15. CSA: C. 138, § 31. CRS 53: § 149-5-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-15.
CO Code § 37-44-118 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-118. Modification of Classification

 The board of directors shall modify such classification so that the same conforms to the changes made therein in the hearings before said board, and the secretary of the district shall certify and file said classification of property of the district so modified, properly tabulated or shown by a map or both, with the county clerk and recorder of each county into which said district extends. If on appeal said classification is modified, the board shall then modify the classification, and the secretary of the district shall certify and file the same with the clerk of each county in which the district is located.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 505, § 16. CSA: C. 138, § 32. CRS 53: § 149-5-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-16. History. Source: L. 23: P. 505, § 16. CSA: C. 138, § 32. CRS 53: § 149-5-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-16.
CO Code § 37-44-119 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-119. Apportionment of Levy

  On or before July 1 in each year, the board of directors shall determine the amount of money required to meet the current expenses of the district for the coming year, including the cost of construction, maintenance, including maintenance of drainage works, operating expenses, and any deficiencies in the payment of expenses already incurred, and bond interest unpaid, and also the amount of bonded indebtedness and the principal or interest which will fall due during the coming year and, by resolution, shall order such an amount of money to be raised by special assessment upon the lands of the district as may be necessary to raise the sum of money so determined, and such amount shall be apportioned among the several tracts in the name of the owner, when known, according to the acreage of each at its figure or classification on the graduated scale so that each tract may bear its equal burden proportionate to benefits.    The secretary of the district shall make out a special assessment roll, hereinafter designated ”assessment list“, setting down in opposite columns the owners, names when known, and when unknown stating unknown, a description of the land, and the number denoting the classification of the assessment, which is current expenses and which is bonded indebtedness and interest thereon in separate columns.     History. Source: L. 35: P. 959, § 5. CSA: C. 138, § 33. CRS 53: § 149-5-17. C.R.S. 1963: § 154-4-17. History. Source: L. 35: P. 959, § 5. CSA: C. 138, § 33. CRS 53: § 149-5-17. C.R.S. 1963: § 154-4-17.
CO Code § 37-44-120 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-120. Assessment

 The assessment list shall be completed on or before July 15, and, on the first Tuesday in August in each year and from day to day thereafter, Sundays excepted, the board of directors shall sit to hear complaints and to correct errors in such assessments until all complaints filed with the secretary are presented to the board of directors and have had an opportunity to be heard and have been determined. The classification of any lands on the graduated scale shall not be changed or determined at said hearings.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 506, § 18. CSA: C. 138, § 34. CRS 53: § 149-5-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-18. History. Source: L. 23: P. 506, § 18. CSA: C. 138, § 34. CRS 53: § 149-5-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-18.
CO Code § 37-44-121 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-121. Assessment List - Collection

 On or before September 1 in each year, the secretary shall transmit to the county assessor of each county in which said district is located, a certified copy of so much of said assessment book as relates to land within said county together with a certified copy of the order of the board of directors, and the county assessor shall attach his warrant for the collection of said amounts and deliver said certified copy of the warrant to the county treasurer of his county at the same time that the tax roll of the county is delivered, and the county treasurer shall collect said assessments as taxes are collected as a part of the tax roll of that year.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 506, § 19. CSA: C. 138, § 35. CRS 53: § 149-5-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-19. History. Source: L. 23: P. 506, § 19. CSA: C. 138, § 35. CRS 53: § 149-5-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-19.    Cross references:   For collection of taxes, see article 10 of title 39.
CO Code § 37-44-122 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-122. Assessment Book

 The secretary of the board of directors shall deliver the assessment book duly certified together with a copy of the order of the board of directors, levying said assessment, to the district treasurer of said internal improvement district.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 507, § 20. CSA: C. 138, § 36. CRS 53: § 149-5-20. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-20. History. Source: L. 23: P. 507, § 20. CSA: C. 138, § 36. CRS 53: § 149-5-20. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-20.
CO Code § 37-44-123 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-123. Assessments Affect Land Benefited

 All districts organized under authority of this article shall be special or local improvement districts. The assessments levied by, for, or on behalf of any such district shall be local or special improvement assessments. Such assessments shall be determined and levied according to the benefits to accrue to each tract of land included in any such district and not otherwise. No tract of land so included shall be burdened by cumulative levies or otherwise for the payment of delinquencies or defaults in the payment of assessments levied against other lands in such district.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 507, § 21. CSA: C. 138, § 37. CRS 53: § 149-5-21. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-21. History. Source: L. 23: P. 507, § 21. CSA: C. 138, § 37. CRS 53: § 149-5-21. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-21.
CO Code § 37-44-125 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-125. Where Office of District Kept

 The office of the district shall be kept at such place as the board of directors may designate in the county where the petition for the formation of said district was originally filed.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 509, § 23. CSA: C. 138, § 39. CRS 53: § 149-5-23. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-23. History. Source: L. 23: P. 509, § 23. CSA: C. 138, § 39. CRS 53: § 149-5-23. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-23.
CO Code § 37-44-126 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-126. Election of Officers - Oath or Affirmation - Bond

  The regular election of the district for the purpose of electing a board of directors shall be held on the first Monday after the first Tuesday in December of each year, at which time one director shall be elected for a term of five years; except that, at the first election held to choose the first board of directors after the organization of any internal improvement district has been effected, the person having the highest number of votes shall continue in office for the full term of five years, the next highest four years, the next highest three years, the next highest two years, and the next highest one year. If two or more persons in the same precinct have the same number of votes, their term shall be determined by lot under the direction of the judge of the district court having original jurisdiction of the formation of the said district. The person receiving the highest number of votes for any office to be filled is elected thereto.    After receiving their certificates of election provided for in section 37-44-135, said officers shall take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101. Each member of the board of directors shall execute an official bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, which bond shall be approved by the judge of the district court of the county wherein such organization was effected and shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and recorder thereof. All official bonds shall be in the form prescribed by law for official bonds for county commissioners; except that the obligee named in said bonds shall be the internal improvement district and shall be filed with the county clerk and recorder at the same time as the filing of the oath or affirmation required by this section.     History. Source: L. 23: P. 509, § 24. CSA: C. 138, § 40. CRS 53: § 149-5-24. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-24. L. 2018: (2) amended,(HB 18-1138), ch. 88, p. 701, § 37, effective August 8. History. Source: L. 23: P. 509, § 24. CSA: C. 138, § 40. CRS 53: § 149-5-24. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-24. L. 2018: (2) amended,(HB 18-1138), ch. 88, p. 701, § 37, effective August 8.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1138, see section 1 of chapter 88, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
CO Code § 37-44-127 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-127. Notices of Election of Officers

 Fifteen days prior to any election held under the provisions of this article and after the organization of an internal improvement district, the secretary shall cause notices specifying the polling place of each precinct to be posted in three public places in each precinct, giving the hour and place of holding the election, and at the same time shall post a general election notice of the election in the office of said internal improvement district.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 510, § 25. CSA: C. 138, § 41. CRS 53: § 149-5-25. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-25. History. Source: L. 23: P. 510, § 25. CSA: C. 138, § 41. CRS 53: § 149-5-25. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-25.
CO Code § 37-44-128 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-128. Judges and Clerk of Election

 Prior to the time for posting said notices, the board of directors shall appoint three judges of election in each precinct, each of whom shall be a landowner within said precinct, and one of whom shall act as clerk of the election.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 511, § 26. CSA: C. 138, § 42. CRS 53: § 149-5-26. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-26. History. Source: L. 23: P. 511, § 26. CSA: C. 138, § 42. CRS 53: § 149-5-26. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-26.
CO Code § 37-44-129 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-129. Voters to Appoint Judges if Necessary

 If the board of directors fails to appoint judges or the appointees fail to attend at the hour designated for opening the polls on the morning of election, the voters of the precinct present at that hour may appoint one or more judges to supply the places of those absent.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 511, § 27. CSA: C. 138, § 43. CRS 53: § 149-5-27. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-27. History. Source: L. 23: P. 511, § 27. CSA: C. 138, § 43. CRS 53: § 149-5-27. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-27.
CO Code § 37-44-130 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-130. Administration of Oath

 Any judge or clerk of election may administer and certify oaths required to be administered during the progress of an election. Before opening the polls each judge and clerk shall take and subscribe an oath to faithfully perform the duties imposed upon him by law. Any qualified elector of the precinct may administer and certify said oath.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 511, § 28. CSA: C. 138, § 44. CRS 53: § 149-5-28. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-28. History. Source: L. 23: P. 511, § 28. CSA: C. 138, § 44. CRS 53: § 149-5-28. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-28.
CO Code § 37-44-131 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-131. Hours Polls Open

 The polls shall be open at 8 a.m. and be kept open until 6 p.m. of the day of election.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 511, § 29. CSA: C. 138, § 45. CRS 53: § 149-5-29. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-29. History. Source: L. 23: P. 511, § 29. CSA: C. 138, § 45. CRS 53: § 149-5-29. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-29.
CO Code § 37-44-132 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-132. Count of Ballots - Certificate of Returns

 After closing the polls the judges of election shall forthwith proceed to count the ballots and make returns of the results of the election. It is the duty of the clerk forthwith to deliver the returns duly certified to the board of directors of the internal improvement district, together with the ballots cast.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 511, § 30. CSA: C. 138, § 46. CRS 53: § 149-5-30. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-30. History. Source: L. 23: P. 511, § 30. CSA: C. 138, § 46. CRS 53: § 149-5-30. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-30.
CO Code § 37-44-133 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-133. Canvass of Returns - Result

 The board of directors shall meet at the office of the internal improvement district on the first Monday after an election and canvass the returns. If at the time of the meeting the returns have been received from all the precincts, the board of directors shall then proceed to canvass the returns. If returns have not been received from all precincts, the canvass shall be postponed from day to day until the returns have all been received or until six postponements have been had. The canvass shall be made in public by opening the returns and counting the votes of the district for each person voted for and for or against each question submitted at such election and declaring the results thereof. The board shall declare elected the person receiving the highest number of votes for each office and shall declare the result of the vote on any question submitted to the voters.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 511, § 31. CSA: C. 138, § 47. CRS 53: § 149-5-31. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-31. History. Source: L. 23: P. 511, § 31. CSA: C. 138, § 47. CRS 53: § 149-5-31. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-31.
CO Code § 37-44-134 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-134. Procedure in Case of Tie

 In the event that at any regular or special election two or more persons receive the same number of votes and one is elected thereby, the election shall be determined by lot under direction of the county judge of the county in which the office of the internal improvement district is kept.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 512, § 32. CSA: C. 138, § 48. CRS 53: § 149-5-32. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-32. History. Source: L. 23: P. 512, § 32. CSA: C. 138, § 48. CRS 53: § 149-5-32. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-32.
CO Code § 37-44-135 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-135. Certificate of Election

 The secretary shall forthwith deliver to each person elected a certificate of election, signed by the secretary and authenticated with the seal of the internal improvement district.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 512, § 33. CSA: C. 138, § 49. CRS 53: § 149-5-33. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-33. History. Source: L. 23: P. 512, § 33. CSA: C. 138, § 49. CRS 53: § 149-5-33. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-33.
CO Code § 37-44-136 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-136. Filling Vacancy

 In case of vacancy in the board of directors, by death, removal, or inability from any cause to properly discharge the duties of a director, the board of county commissioners of the county where the office of said district is located shall appoint a director who shall hold his office until the next regular election in said district and until his successor is elected and qualified.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 512, § 34. CSA: C. 138, § 50. CRS 53: § 149-5-34. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-34. History. Source: L. 23: P. 512, § 34. CSA: C. 138, § 50. CRS 53: § 149-5-34. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-34.
CO Code § 37-44-137 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 44 - Internal Improvement Districts Law of 1923|§ 37-44-137. Collection of Assessments

 The revenue laws of this state for the assessment and collection of taxes on real estate for county purposes, except as modified by this article, shall be effective for the purposes of this article, including the enforcement of penalties and forfeitures for delinquent taxes.   History. Source: L. 23: P. 513, § 35. CSA: C. 138, § 51. CRS 53: § 149-5-35. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-35. History. Source: L. 23: P. 513, § 35. CSA: C. 138, § 51. CRS 53: § 149-5-35. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-35.    Cross references:   For the assessment and collection of property taxes, see articles 1 to 14 of title 39.