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CO Code § 29-15-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 15 - Tax Anticipation Note Act|§ 29-15-101. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Tax Anticipation Note Act”.   History. Source: L. 85: Entire article added, p. 1054, § 1, effective June 6.
CO Code § 29-15-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 15 - Tax Anticipation Note Act|§ 29-15-102. Legislative Declaration

 The general assembly hereby declares that the issuance of tax anticipation notes by any public body as defined in section 29-15-103 (3) , when advantageous to the public body or the citizens thereof, will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, security, and general welfare of the citizens thereof and of the people of the state of Colorado.   History. Source: L. 85: Entire article added, p. 1054, § 1, effective June 6.
CO Code § 29-15-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 15 - Tax Anticipation Note Act|§ 29-15-103. Definitions

 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Governing body” means a city council, a board of trustees, a commission, a board of county commissioners, a board of directors, or any other legislative body in which the legislative powers of a public body are vested.    “Legislative act” means an ordinance adopted by the governing body of a municipality or a resolution adopted by the governing body of any other public body.    “Public body” means any county, any municipality as defined in section 31-1-101 (6), C.R.S., any school district or other district, or any public board, commission, authority, agency, political subdivision, or other public body in the state created pursuant to any general or special law or pursuant to any legislative or home rule charter.    “Tax anticipation note” means any note, interim debenture, warrant, or other security evidencing an obligation and issued pursuant to this article.    “Taxes” means ad valorem taxes on real or personal property.     History. Source: L. 85: Entire article added, p. 1054, § 1, effective June 6.
CO Code § 29-15-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 15 - Tax Anticipation Note Act|§ 29-15-104. Issuance of Tax Anticipation Notes

  Any public body may issue, from time to time, tax anticipation notes without an election if its governing body determines that the taxes to be received by the public body will not be received in time to pay the public body's projected budgeted expenses. Such tax anticipation notes shall be issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes estimated by the governing body to be received within its then current fiscal year.      Tax anticipation notes shall be both issued and made payable within the fiscal year for which such taxes are levied.    The provisions of this subsection (2) limiting the term of tax anticipation notes shall not apply to tax anticipation notes issued by school districts on and after January 1, 1992.       Tax anticipation notes may be paid from the proceeds of ad valorem taxes on real and personal property, investment proceeds on the ad valorem taxes, or the proceeds from the tax anticipation notes.      History. Source: L. 85: Entire article added, p. 1055, § 1, effective June 6. L. 90: (2) amended, p. 1084, § 46, effective May 31.
CO Code § 29-15-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 15 - Tax Anticipation Note Act|§ 29-15-105. Tax Anticipation Note Details

  Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any tax anticipation notes may be issued in one or more series, bear such dates, be in such denomination or denominations, mature on any date or dates occurring on or before the last day of the fiscal year of the public body in which the tax anticipation notes are issued, mature in such amount or amounts, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such form, be payable at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption with or without a premium as the legislative act of the governing body authorizing the issuance of the tax anticipation notes may provide. The tax anticipation notes may be sold at, above, or below the principal amounts thereof whenever such action is in the public interest, as determined by the governing body. The tax anticipation notes may be sold at either a public or a private sale, as determined by the governing body.    Any tax anticipation notes issued by a school district may be issued in one or more series, bear such dates, be in such denomination or denominations, mature on or before August 31 of the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year in which the tax anticipation notes were issued, mature in such amount or amounts, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such form, be payable at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption with or without a premium as the legislative act of the governing body authorizing the issuance of the tax anticipation notes may provide. The tax anticipation notes may be sold at, above, or below the principal amounts thereof whenever such action is in the public interest, as determined by the governing body. The tax anticipation notes may be sold at either a public or a private sale, as determined by the governing body.     History. Source: L. 85: Entire article added, p. 1055, § 1, effective June 6. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 608, § 6, effective May 22.
CO Code § 29-15-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 15 - Tax Anticipation Note Act|§ 29-15-106. Limitation on Issuance of Tax Anticipation Notes

  For all public bodies except school districts, the amount of tax anticipation notes issued by a public body in any fiscal year shall not exceed fifty percent of all taxes estimated to be received by such governing body in its current fiscal year, as shown by its then current budget.    For school districts, the amount of tax anticipation notes issued by the school district in any fiscal year shall not exceed seventy-five percent of all taxes estimated to be received by such school district in its current fiscal year, as shown by its then current budget.     History. Source: L. 85: Entire article added, p. 1055, § 1, effective June 6. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 809, § 16, effective April 27.
CO Code § 29-15-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 15 - Tax Anticipation Note Act|§ 29-15-107. Payment of Tax Anticipation Notes

 All ad valorem taxes on real and personal property, investment, proceeds on the ad valorem taxes, or the proceeds from tax anticipation notes received by the public body after the issuance of the tax anticipation notes, except taxes collected for retirement of existing debt, shall be paid into a special fund to be known as the tax anticipation note principal and interest redemption fund until such time as the moneys in such fund are sufficient to pay when due the principal of and the premiums, if any, and interest on the tax anticipation notes. All moneys in such fund not in excess of the amount required for such purpose shall be used to pay the principal of and the premiums, if any, and interest on the tax anticipation notes and shall be used for no other purpose.   History. Source: L. 85: Entire article added, p. 1055, § 1, effective June 6.
CO Code § 29-15-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 15 - Tax Anticipation Note Act|§ 29-15-108. No Impairment of Contract

 As long as any tax anticipation notes are outstanding, this article and the provisions of law authorizing the levy of taxes shall not be repealed or amended in such a manner as would materially impair the contractual rights and remedies of the holders of the tax anticipation notes.   History. Source: L. 85: Entire article added, p. 1055, § 1, effective June 6.
CO Code § 29-15-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 15 - Tax Anticipation Note Act|§ 29-15-109. No Action Maintainable

 No action or proceeding, at law or in equity, to review any act or proceeding, or to question the validity or enjoin the performance of any act or the issuance of any tax anticipation notes authorized by this article, or to obtain any other relief against any acts or proceedings done or had under this article, whether based upon irregularities or jurisdictional defects, shall be maintained unless such action or proceeding is commenced within thirty days after the performance of the act or the effective date of the legislative act complained of; otherwise, it shall be thereafter perpetually barred.   History. Source: L. 85: Entire article added, p. 1056, § 1, effective June 6.
CO Code § 29-15-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 15 - Tax Anticipation Note Act|§ 29-15-110. Independent Authority

 The authority granted by this article shall constitute separate and independent authority for the powers granted in this article and shall be effective without reference to the powers or limitations contained in any other law, and the provisions of this article shall not be deemed to constitute limitations on the powers granted to public bodies under any other law.   History. Source: L. 85: Entire article added, p. 1056, § 1, effective June 6.
CO Code § 29-15-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 15 - Tax Anticipation Note Act|§ 29-15-111. Application to Certain Public Bodies

 It is the intent of the general assembly that the provisions of this article shall apply to home rule municipalities except insofar as such provisions may be superseded by their charters or any legislative acts passed pursuant to such charters and also shall apply to special territorial charter municipalities.   History. Source: L. 85: Entire article added, p. 1056, § 1, effective June 6.
CO Code § 29-21-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 21 - Conservation Trust Funds|§ 29-21-102. Certification - Monitoring - Enforcement - Rules

  The treasurer of a municipality or special district, the chief financial officer, or the official custodian of the conservation trust fund of an eligible entity shall annually review and certify to the division that the eligible entity's self-reported conservation trust fund expenditures comply with the requirements of this article and of rules promulgated pursuant to this article.    The division may require eligible entities to file such annual reports as it deems necessary, and shall review the annual reports submitted pursuant to this article. The review may be conducted by the division's own permanent staff, through a personal services contract, or by delegating responsibility to an independent third party. If the division determines that an eligible entity has violated this article, the division shall take such enforcement measures as it deems necessary to ensure compliance with this article.    By September 1, 2004, the director of the division shall promulgate rules as necessary to carry out this article, including:   Procedures necessary to allow the division or its agents to monitor eligible entities' compliance with the requirements of this article and of rules promulgated pursuant to this article, including annual reporting and entry and inspection of records regarding accounting and expenditures of revenues from the conservation trust fund;    Procedures necessary to allow the division to enforce eligible entities' compliance with this article, including penalties, forfeiture of shares previously distributed, issuance of an order after a hearing held pursuant to section 24-4-105, C.R.S., to repay to a state or local conservation trust fund specific revenues from a conservation trust fund that were expended for purposes that are not authorized by this article, and, if the eligible entity fails to timely comply with the order, issuance of an order to the treasurer holding moneys of the eligible entity that were generated pursuant to the taxing authority of the eligible entity to prohibit the release of any such moneys until the eligible entity complies with the order, and the ability to treat a noncompliant eligible entity as though it were an ineligible entity; and    Guidance regarding allowable expenditures of conservation trust fund revenues to facilitate eligible entities' compliance with this article.       The division shall afford to any eligible entity written notice and an opportunity for a hearing before taking any enforcement action pursuant to this article.     History. Source: L. 2004: Entire section added, p. 1885, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 29-22-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 22 - Hazardous Substance Incidents|§ 29-22-101. Definitions

 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Hazardous substance” means any substance, material, waste, or mixture designated as a hazardous material, waste, or substance according to 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 172, as amended, or by section 18-13-112 (2)(b), C.R.S., or as designated pursuant to the federal “Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980” (Pub.L. 96-510) as in effect July 1, 1983.      “Hazardous substance incident” means any emergency circumstance involving the sudden discharge of a hazardous substance which threatens immediate and irreparable harm to the environment or the health and safety of any individual other than individuals exposed to the risks associated with hazardous substances in the normal course of their employment. “Hazardous substance incident” includes those incidents of spilling, dumping, or abandonment of a hazardous substance, whether or not such spilling, dumping, or abandonment is found to threaten immediate and irreparable harm, but such term does not include any discharge of a hazardous substance authorized pursuant to any federal, state, or local law or regulation. “Hazardous substance incident” includes those incidents which occur during transportation of a hazardous substance, in which a spill does not occur during the incident but is threatened prior to or during the cleanup period.    As used in this section, “abandonment” means the act of leaving a thing with the intent not to retain possession of or assert ownership or control over it. The intent need not coincide with the act of leaving.       “Person” means any individual, public or private corporation, partnership, association, firm, trust, or estate, the state or any department, institution, or agency thereof, any municipal corporation, county, city and county, or other political subdivision of the state, or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.    “Private property” means any property under the control, management, or operation of any person other than a governmental agency.      History. Source: L. 83: Entire article R&RE, p. 1216, § 1, effective July 1. L. 92: (2)(a) amended, p. 1338, § 1, effective May 29. L. 93: (2)(a) amended, p. 1739, § 33, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 29-22-101 as it existed prior to 1983.   Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the act amending subsection (2)(a) in 1993, see section 41 of chapter 292, Session Laws of Colorado 1993.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Local Governments and the Environment: Part I, CERCLA”, see 17 Colo. Law. 1997 (1988). For article, “Local Governments and the Environment: Part II, RCRA”, see 17 Colo. Law. 2159 (1988).
CO Code § 29-22-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 22 - Hazardous Substance Incidents|§ 29-22-105. Additional Reimbursement for Costs of Assistance - Subrogation of Rights - Recovery of Reimbursements by Attorney General

 Whenever any fire department or other public agency provides assistance to a designated emergency response authority, as provided in section 29-22-103 or 29-22-104 , outside of the area of its jurisdiction, whenever assistance to a designated emergency response authority is provided pursuant to a mutual aid agreement, or whenever the department of public health and environment or the county, district, or municipal public health agency provides services such as laboratory analyses, waste removal, transportation, storage, or disposal, the reasonable documented costs of the equipment, supplies, analyses, and personnel provided by such fire department or public agency may be reimbursed, subject to guidelines by the executive director of the department of public safety. Reimbursement shall be for costs not recovered pursuant to section 29-22-104 and shall be out of any moneys made available by legislative appropriation therefor. In the event of such reimbursement, the state of Colorado shall be subrogated to any rights of such fire department or public agency with respect to the amounts so reimbursed. The attorney general shall pursue all available remedies to recover any moneys paid out pursuant to this section from the person responsible for said incident. Any moneys recovered by the attorney general shall be transmitted to the state treasurer. Nothing in this article shall be construed to enlarge or impair any right of recovery or subrogation arising under any other provision of law. The attorney general shall not attempt to recover any moneys from any person responding to a hazardous substance incident pursuant to a mutual aid agreement or to any provision of this article.   History. Source: L. 83: Entire article R&RE, p. 1219, § 1, effective July 1. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 721, § 3, effective April 11. L. 2010: Entire section amended,(HB 10-1422), ch. 419, p. 2117, § 160, effective August 11.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 29-22-105 as it existed prior to 1983.
CO Code § 29-22-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 22 - Hazardous Substance Incidents|§ 29-22-108. Criminal Penalties

  Any person who intentionally causes or substantially contributes to the occurrence of a hazardous substance incident in violation of the provision of this article commits a class 4 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S.    Any person who willfully, recklessly, or with criminal negligence as defined in section 18-1-501, C.R.S., causes or substantially contributes to the occurrence of a hazardous substance incident in violation of the provisions of this article commits a class 5 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S.     History. Source: L. 83: Entire article R&RE, p. 1222, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1542, § 285, effective October 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 29-22-108 as it existed prior to 1983.   Cross references:    For the penalty for abandonment of a vehicle containing hazardous waste or the intentional spilling of hazardous waste on streets or highways, see § 18-13-112; for the penalty for hazardous waste violations, see § 25-15-310; for the penalty for abandonment of a vehicle containing hazardous materials or the intentional spilling of hazardous materials on streets or highways, see § 42-20-113; for penalties for violations of the “Hazardous Materials Transportation Act of 1987”, see §§ 42-20-106, 42-20-109, 42-20-111, 42-20-113, 42-20-204, and 42-20-305.    For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.
CO Code § 29-22-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 22 - Hazardous Substance Incidents|§ 29-22-109. Persons Rendering Assistance Relating to Hazardous Substance Incidents - Legislative Declaration - Exemption From Civil Liability

  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that knowledgeable individuals and organizations should be encouraged to lend expert assistance in the event of a hazardous substance incident. The purpose of this section is to so encourage such individuals and organizations to lend assistance by providing them with limited immunity from civil liability.    As used in this section, “person” means individual, government or governmental subdivision or agency, corporation, partnership, or association or any other legal entity.      Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person who provides assistance or advice in mitigating or attempting to mitigate the effects of an actual or threatened hazardous substance incident, or in preventing, cleaning up, or disposing of or in attempting to prevent, clean up, or dispose of any such incident, shall not be subject to civil liability for such assistance or advice, except as provided in subsection (4) of this section.    Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any person who provides assistance upon request of any emergency response authority, police agency, fire department, rescue or emergency squad, or any governmental agency in the event of an accident or other emergency involving the use, handling, transportation, transmission, or storage of hazardous substance, when the reasonably apparent circumstances require prompt decisions and actions, shall not be liable for any civil damages resulting from any act of commission or omission on his part in the course of his rendering such assistance, except as provided in subsection (4) of this section.       The exemption from civil liability provided for in this section shall not apply to:   Any person whose act or omission caused in whole or in part such discharge and who would otherwise be liable therefor;    Any person, other than the employee of a governmental subdivision or agency, who receives compensation other than reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses for his assistance or advice;    Any person's gross negligence or reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.       Nothing in this section shall be construed to abrogate or limit the sovereign immunity granted to public entities pursuant to article 10 of title 24, C.R.S., the “Colorado Governmental Immunity Act”.      History. Source: L. 83: Entire article R&RE, p. 1222, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 29-22-109 as it existed prior to 1983.
CO Code § 29-22-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 22 - Hazardous Substance Incidents|§ 29-22-110. Colorado State Patrol to Provide Information

 The Colorado state patrol shall compile and maintain information on the emergency response capabilities of public and private agencies throughout the state to enable the state patrol to answer any inquiry concerning the nearest agencies or entities available to contribute equipment and personnel to aid in the emergency response to any hazardous substance incident. The state patrol shall also compile and maintain information regarding which local, state, or federal agencies or entities should be notified of any hazardous substance incident. The state patrol shall establish, maintain, and publicize a telephone service to make such information available to the public twenty-four hours each day and shall notify each emergency response authority designated in or pursuant to section 29-22-102 as responsible for the emergency response to a hazardous substance incident of such service. With respect to the powers and duties specified in this section, the state patrol shall have no rule-making authority and shall avail itself of all available private resources. The state patrol shall coordinate its activities pursuant to this section with the department of public health and environment and the department of local affairs.   History. Source: L. 99: Entire section added, p. 437, § 6, effective April 30.