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CO Code § 32-22-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 22 - Front Range Passenger Rail District|§ 32-22-102. Definitions

 As used in this article 22, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Board” means the board of directors of the district.    “Bond” means any bond, note, interim certificate, contract, or other obligation of the district authorized by and issued pursuant to this article 22.    “Construct” or “construction” means the planning, designing, engineering, acquisition, installation, construction, or reconstruction of a passenger rail system.    “District” means the front range passenger rail district created in section 32-22-103.    “Front range” means the area that comprises the district.    “Local government” means a county, a city and county, a municipality, and any other political subdivision of the state and does not include the state or any state department, division, or other agency.    “Metropolitan planning organization” means a metropolitan planning organization under the “Federal Transit Act of 1998”, 49 U.S.C. sec. 5301 et seq., as amended.    “Passenger rail station” means a station on a passenger rail system where trains stop so that passengers can board and get off of the trains and includes related or connected infrastructure and facilities.    “Passenger rail system” means a rail system, including related or connected infrastructure and facilities, that is used for passenger service and is competitive in terms of travel time with other modes of surface transportation within the district. A passenger rail system shall not be used to transport freight.    “Public-private partnership” means an agreement between the district and one or more private or public entities that provides for:   Acceptance of a private contribution to the construction of all or a portion of a passenger rail system in exchange for a public benefit concerning the system other than only a money payment;    Sharing of resources and the means of constructing all or a portion of a passenger rail system; and    Cooperation in researching, developing, constructing, operating, or maintaining all or a portion of a passenger rail system.       “Regional planning commission” means a regional planning commission formed under section 30-28-105 that prepares and submits a transportation plan pursuant to section 43-1-1103.    “Regional transportation district” means the regional transportation district created in section 32-9-105.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-238), ch. 401, p. 2656, § 1, effective June 30.
CO Code § 32-22-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 22 - Front Range Passenger Rail District|§ 32-22-105. Board of Directors - Powers and Duties

     Except as otherwise specifically provided in this article 22, the board, acting by a majority vote of a quorum of its total membership, shall exercise and perform all powers, privileges, and duties vested in or imposed upon the district pursuant to this article 22. The board may delegate any of its powers to its officers and employees; except that, to ensure that the public interest is represented in policy decisions, the board shall not delegate any of the following:   Adoption of board policy and procedures;    Approval of passenger rail routes and station locations with collaboration of local governments, as provided in section 32-22-106 (1)(h), with respect to specific locations;    Ratification of land acquisition by negotiated sale;    Institution of an eminent domain action, which must be at a public hearing;    Initiating or continuing legal action;    Establishment of fares and other user fee policies;    Referral of ballot issues seeking voter approval for the district to levy taxes or issue or refinance bonds; and    The power to enter into contracts on behalf of the district, including but not limited to intergovernmental agreements and contracts for public-private partnerships.       The board shall promulgate and adhere to policies and procedures that govern its conduct and provide meaningful opportunities for public input. The policies must include standards and procedures for calling an emergency meeting.       In addition to all other powers of the district granted by this article 22 to be exercised by the board on behalf of the district, the board has the following powers:   To elect a chairperson and vice-chairperson from among its membership;    To adopt bylaws;    To fix the time and place of its meetings and, consistent with the provisions of part 4 of article 6 of title 24, the method of providing notice of the meetings;    To make and pass orders and resolutions necessary for the government and management of the affairs of the district and the execution of the district's powers and duties;    To adopt and use a seal;    To maintain offices at any place or places within the district that it may designate;    To appoint, hire, retain, and terminate employees, agents, engineers, attorneys, accountants, auditors, financial advisers, investment bankers, and other professional consultants;    To prescribe methods for auditing and allowing or rejecting claims and demands; for the letting of contracts for the construction of improvements, works, or structures; for the acquisition of equipment; or for the performance or furnishing of labor, materials, or supplies that may be required to carry out the purposes of this article 22; and    To appoint subcommittees of the board and advisory committees and define the duties of such subcommittees and advisory committees.        History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-238), ch. 401, p. 2663, § 1, effective June 30.
CO Code § 32-22-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 22 - Front Range Passenger Rail District|§ 32-22-107. Station Area Improvement Districts

 With the approval of each county or municipality having jurisdiction over the area of such a district, the district may establish a station area improvement district to finance the construction, operation, or maintenance of a station for a passenger rail system. A station area improvement district may consist only of all or a portion of the area within a two-mile radius of the station to be funded by the station area improvement district, and the general assembly finds that the area within a two-mile radius of a passenger rail station, or any portion of such an area that the board may designate as a station area improvement district, is an area that will be especially benefited by the construction, operation, or maintenance of such a station. The board shall not establish a station area improvement district unless it receives a petition signed by the owners of property that will bear a majority of the proposed assessments and by a petition signed by the lesser of a majority of the registered electorate in the proposed station area improvement district or one thousand registered electors in the proposed station area improvement district. The method of creating a station area improvement district, making improvements, assessing the costs of improvements made against property, and levying a sales tax shall be as provided in part 6 of article 20 of title 30; except that the board shall perform the duties of the board of county commissioners under said part 6 and the improvements shall be limited to the construction, operation, or maintenance of a passenger rail station.   History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-238), ch. 401, p. 2667, § 1, effective June 30.
CO Code § 32-22-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 22 - Front Range Passenger Rail District|§ 32-22-109. Taxes, Assessments, and Multiple-Fiscal Year Borrowing - Voter Approval Required

  No action by the district to establish or increase any tax and no action of the governing body of any station area improvement district to establish or increase any tax or any special assessment on real property authorized by this article 22 shall take effect unless it is first submitted, as applicable, to a vote of the registered electors of the district or of the station area improvement district in which the assessment or tax is proposed to be collected. Before submitting a question to establish any district tax to the registered electors of the district, the district shall:   Publish a proposed service development plan, an operating plan, and a detailed financing plan. The service development plan must identify the route and phasing of the passenger rail system to be funded by the tax. The financing plan must identify committed and potential financial partners, including but not limited to the regional transportation district, the federal government, Amtrak, and private partners; and    Adopt a resolution certifying that the district has made every reasonable effort to secure federal funding to support the development, financing, construction, operation, or maintenance of the passenger rail system; and    Approve the submission of the question by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of all voting directors of the board.       No action by the district creating a multiple-fiscal year debt or other financial obligation that is subject to section 20 (4)(b) of article X of the state constitution shall take effect unless first submitted to a vote of the registered electors of the district.    Ballot issues proposed to the registered electors as required by subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall be submitted in accordance with the requirements of section 20 of article X of the state constitution. The action shall not take effect unless a majority of the registered electors voting on the ballot issue vote to approve the ballot issue. The election shall be conducted in substantially the same manner as county elections, and the county clerk and recorder of each county in which the election is conducted shall assist the district in conducting the election. The district shall pay the costs incurred by each county in conducting such an election. No public money of the district may be used to urge or oppose passage of a ballot issue submitted for voter approval as required under this section.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-238), ch. 401, p. 2670, § 1, effective June 30.
CO Code § 32-22-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 22 - Front Range Passenger Rail District|§ 32-22-110. District - Successor to Southwest Chief and Front Range Passenger Rail Commission - Additional Authority to Succeed Prior Entity - Assumption of Rights, Obligations, and Liabilities

  The district is the successor to the contractual rights and obligations of the southwest chief and front range passenger rail commission as the commission existed before its authorizing statutes were repealed and the commission was terminated by Senate Bill 21-238, enacted in 2021, and, to the extent permitted by federal law, also is the successor to the commission for the purpose of pursuing pending commission applications for and receiving federal grants.    The district may contract with any existing nonprofit corporation, agency, or other entity organized to evaluate the feasibility of, advocate for, promote, develop, finance, construct, operate, or maintain a passenger rail system to be the successor to the corporation, agency, or other entity. Upon execution of such a contract, the district shall assume all contractual rights, privileges, obligations, and liabilities of the corporation, agency, or other entity under its existing contracts; except that the district may not assume any multiple-fiscal year direct or indirect district debt or other financial obligation whatsoever for which voter approval in advance is required under section 20 (4)(b) of article X of the state constitution unless the corporation, agency, or other entity that originally incurred the debt or financial obligation obtained voter approval before doing so or the district obtains voter approval in advance to assume the debt or financial obligation. The assumption of obligations and liabilities by the district pursuant to this section does not create any new debt or obligation for purposes of the state constitution or the laws of the state.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-238), ch. 401, p. 2670, § 1, effective June 30.
CO Code § 32-22-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 22 - Front Range Passenger Rail District|§ 32-22-111. Agreement of the State Not to Limit or Alter Rights of Obligees

 The state hereby pledges and agrees with the holders of any bonds issued under this article 22 and with any parties who enter into contracts with the district pursuant to this article 22 that the state will not impair the rights vested in the district or the rights or obligations of any person with which the district contracts to fulfill the terms of any agreements made pursuant to this article 22. The state further agrees that it will not impair the rights or remedies of the holders of any bonds of the district until the bonds have been paid or until adequate provision for payment has been made. The district may include this provision and undertaking for the state in such bonds.   History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-238), ch. 401, p. 2671, § 1, effective June 30.
CO Code § 32-22-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 22 - Front Range Passenger Rail District|§ 32-22-112. Investments

 The district may invest or deposit any money of the district in the manner provided by part 6 of article 75 of title 24. In addition, the district may direct a corporate trustee that holds district money to invest or deposit the money in investments or deposits other than those specified by said part 6 if the board determines, by resolution, that the investment or deposit meets the standard established in section 15-1-304 , the income is at least comparable to income available on investments or deposits specified by said part 6, and the investment will assist the district in the financing, construction, operation, or maintenance of a passenger rail system.   History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-238), ch. 401, p. 2671, § 1, effective June 30.
CO Code § 32-22-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 22 - Front Range Passenger Rail District|§ 32-22-113. Bonds Eligible for Investment

 All banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, executors, administrators, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any money within their control in any bonds issued pursuant to this article 22. Public entities, as defined in section 24-75-601 (1) , may invest public money in the bonds only if the bonds satisfy the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24.   History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-238), ch. 401, p. 2672, § 1, effective June 30.
CO Code § 32-22-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 22 - Front Range Passenger Rail District|§ 32-22-114. Exemption From Taxation - Securities Laws

 The income or other revenue of the district, all properties at any time owned by the district, any bonds issued by the district, and the transfer of and the income from any bonds issued by the district are exempt from all taxation and assessments in the state. In the resolution or indenture authorizing the bonds, the district may waive the exemption from federal income taxation for interest on the bonds.   History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-238), ch. 401, p. 2672, § 1, effective June 30.
CO Code § 32-22-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 22 - Front Range Passenger Rail District|§ 32-22-115. No Action Maintainable

 An action or proceeding at law or in equity to review any acts or proceedings or to question the validity or enjoin the performance of any act or proceedings or the issuance of any bonds or for any other relief against or from any acts or proceedings done under this article 22, whether based upon irregularities or jurisdictional defects, shall not be maintained unless commenced within thirty days after the performance of the act or proceedings or the effective date thereof, whichever occurs first, and is thereafter perpetually barred.   History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-238), ch. 401, p. 2672, § 1, effective June 30.
CO Code § 32-22-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 22 - Front Range Passenger Rail District|§ 32-22-116. Judicial Examination of Powers, Acts, Proceedings, or Contracts of the District

 In its discretion, the board may file a petition at any time in the district court in and for any county in which the district is located wholly or in part seeking a judicial examination and determination of any power conferred to the district, any revenue-raising power exercised or that may be exercised by the district, or any act, proceeding, or contract of the district, whether or not the contract has been executed. The judicial examination and determination shall be conducted in substantially the manner set forth in section 32-4-540 ; except that the notice required shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks and the hearing shall be held not less than thirty days nor more than forty days after the filing of the petition.   History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-238), ch. 401, p. 2672, § 1, effective June 30.
CO Code § 32-22-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 22 - Front Range Passenger Rail District|§ 32-22-117. Reporting - Auditing

  No later than January 31, 2024, and no later than each January 31 thereafter, the district shall publish and present at a joint meeting of the transportation and local government committee of the House of Representatives and the transportation and energy committee of the Senate, or their successor committees, a comprehensive annual report of its activities for the prior district fiscal year. The district shall also present the report to each metropolitan planning organization and rural transportation planning organization that appoints members to the board pursuant to section 32-22-104 (1)(b)(I).    If the voters of the district approve and the district levies a tax throughout the district as authorized by this article 22, the state auditor shall conduct a comprehensive financial audit of the district once every two years. The district shall pay the state auditor for the costs of each audit.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-238), ch. 401, p. 2672, § 1, effective June 30.
CO Code § 33-1-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 33 - Parks and Wildlife|Article 1 - Wildlife- General Provisions|§ 33-1-104. General Duties of Commission

  The commission is responsible for all wildlife management, for licensing requirements, and for the promulgation of rules, regulations, and orders concerning wildlife programs.    The commission shall establish objectives within the state policy, as set forth in section 33-1-101, which will enable the division to develop, manage, and maintain sound programs of hunting, fishing, trapping, and other wildlife-related outdoor recreational activities. Such objectives shall employ a multiple-use concept of management.    The commission shall report to the executive director at such times and on such matters as the executive director may require. Publications of the commission circulated in quantity outside the division shall be subject to the approval and control of the executive director.    Whenever the commission receives a dollar amount certification from the board of county commissioners of an eligible county pursuant to part 3 of article 25 of title 30, C.R.S., it shall review such certification, determine the amount to be certified to the general assembly, and certify said amounts pursuant to part 3 of article 25 of title 30, C.R.S.    The commission may coordinate with the United States secretary of the interior and the United States secretary of agriculture to develop wildlife conservation and management plans consistent with this title for federal lands pursuant to 16 U.S.C. sec. 530, 16 U.S.C. sec. 1604, and 43 U.S.C. sec. 1712.     History. Source: L. 84: Entire article R&RE, p. 855, § 1, effective January 1, 1985. L. 2003: (5) added, p. 1035, § 4, effective April 17.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 33-1-108 as it existed prior to 1984.   Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 2003 act enacting subsection (5), see section 1 of chapter 145, Session Laws of Colorado 2003.
CO Code § 33-1-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 33 - Parks and Wildlife|Article 1 - Wildlife- General Provisions|§ 33-1-107. Regulation of Areas Under Wildlife Commission Control

  The commission shall adopt such rules or regulations as may be reasonably necessary for the administration, protection, and maintenance of all land and water, or interests in land and water, acquired by the commission. The term “interests in land and water”, as used in this section, means any and all rights and interests in land or water less than the full fee interest. Specifically, the commission shall have power to adopt rules or regulations upon the following matters:   Maintenance, enhancement, or management of property, vegetation, wildlife, signs, markers, buildings or other structures, and any object of scientific value or interest in any such area;    Restriction, limitation, or prohibition concerning the use of any such area either as to time, manner, permitted activities, or numbers of people;    Necessary sanitation, health, and safety measures.       Rules or regulations that apply to any particular area shall be published as provided in section 33-1-108 and shall be prominently posted at any such area. Absence of posting shall not, however, relieve any person from the responsibility to comply with applicable rules or regulations if such rules or regulations have been published as provided in section 33-1-108.     History. Source: L. 84: Entire article R&RE, p. 857, § 1, effective January 1, 1985.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 33-1-111 as it existed prior to 1984.
CO Code § 33-1-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 33 - Parks and Wildlife|Article 1 - Wildlife- General Provisions|§ 33-1-108. Rule-Making Procedure - Judicial Notice of Rules

  Rule-making procedures shall be as prescribed in article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., except as otherwise provided in articles 1 to 6 of this title. Notice of rules and regulations may also be given such other publicity as the commission may deem desirable.    A certified copy, which may be certified by the director or his designee, of any rule, regulation, or order of the commission shall be prima facie evidence in any court of this state. A printed copy of any rule or regulation purporting or proved to have been adopted and published by the authority of the commission or as published in the code of Colorado regulations in accordance with the provisions of section 24-4-103, C.R.S., is presumptive evidence of such rule or regulation and of its adoption.    All rules, regulations, and orders of the commission, lawfully adopted and in force on December 31, 1984, shall continue to be effective until revised, amended, repealed, or nullified, or until they have expired, pursuant to law.     History. Source: L. 84: Entire article R&RE, p. 858, § 1, effective January 1, 1985.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 33-1-109 as it existed prior to 1984.