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CO Code § 31-35-614 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 6 - Sewer Connections - Compulsory|§ 31-35-614. Construction of Part 6

 Nothing in this part 6 shall be considered as amending or repealing any other power the municipalities may have, but this part 6 confers additional powers of which the municipality may take advantage.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1266, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-514 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-615 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 6 - Sewer Connections - Compulsory|§ 31-35-615. Governing Body to Fix Rates and Charges

 The governing body of any municipality or incorporated sewer or sanitary district may by ordinance fix such rates and charges for the connections with and use of the sewer or sewerage systems of said municipalities or districts as may be just, reasonable, and necessary, and it may provide the manner of levying and collecting such rates and charges.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1266, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-515 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-616 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 6 - Sewer Connections - Compulsory|§ 31-35-616. Revenue Kept in Separate Fund

  The revenue derived from the connections with said sewer or sewerage systems shall be placed in the treasury of the municipality or district and may be kept in a separate fund. If the revenue is placed in a separate fund, it shall not be paid out or distributed except for the purpose of operating, renewing, improving, or extending the sewerage system and the payment of the salaries of the employees engaged in operating said sewerage system. At any time there is a surplus of such funds, it shall be semiannually placed in a sinking fund for the purposes of acquiring, renewing, or extending such sewerage system or making renewals or extensions thereto or for retiring the bonded indebtedness upon said sewerage system; but if said surplus fund is used to retire outstanding sewer bonds, the same shall be in addition to the money derived by taxation for such retirement of sewer bonds as is provided by law.    Any municipality or incorporated sewer or sanitary district which is being provided with services by the governing body fixing such rates and charges is subject to the same charges and rates established as provided in this part 6 or to charges and rates established in harmony therewith for service rendered such municipality or incorporated sewer or sanitary district and shall pay such rates or charges when due, and the same shall be deemed to be a part of the revenues of the works and shall be applied as provided in this section for the application of such revenues.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1267, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-516 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-617 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 6 - Sewer Connections - Compulsory|§ 31-35-617. Failure to Pay Rates and Charges - Lien

 In the event any user of said sewerage system neglects, fails, or refuses to pay the rates and charges fixed by said governing body for the connection with and use of said sewer, said user shall not be disconnected from said sewerage system or refused the use of said sewer unless the user is outside the municipal limits, but the rates and charges due therefor may be certified by the clerk or the proper authority of the district to the board of county commissioners of the county in which said delinquent user's property is located and shall become a lien upon the real property so served by said sewer connection. The amount due shall be collected in the manner as though they were part of the taxes.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1267, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-517 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Survey of Colorado Tax Liens”, see 14 Colo. Law. 1765 (1985).
CO Code § 31-35-618 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 6 - Sewer Connections - Compulsory|§ 31-35-618. Prior Rates and Charges Declared Valid

 Any such rates and charges for the connections with and use of the sewer or sewerage systems of any municipality or incorporated sewer or sanitary district declared or established by ordinance of said governing body on or before May 1, 1957, are declared to be valid and are hereby ratified.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1267, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-518 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-619 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 6 - Sewer Connections - Compulsory|§ 31-35-619. Surplus Revenue Diverted to General Fund

 The municipality may by ordinance divert to the general fund any surplus moneys in excess of the amounts reasonably required for the purpose of operating, renewing, improving, or extending the sewer system of any municipality.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1267, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-519 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-701 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 7 - Sewer Rates - Area Outside Cities or Towns|§ 31-35-701. Cities or Towns May Provide Service Outside Boundaries

 Any city or town owning an established sewerage system may, by ordinance, fix just, reasonable, and necessary rates for the connection with and use of the sewerage system, directly or indirectly, by owners of property situated in unincorporated territory without the boundaries of said city or town.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1267, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-601 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Utility Services in Subdivisions Outside Municipal Boundaries”, see 28 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 483 (1956).
CO Code § 31-35-702 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 7 - Sewer Rates - Area Outside Cities or Towns|§ 31-35-702. Governing Body Agency of State

 The governing body of such city or town is declared and determined to be an agency of the state of Colorado for the sole purpose of securing to owners of property situated in unincorporated territory without the boundaries of such city or town adequate sewerage service at just and reasonable rates and for the performance of the duties and functions set forth by this part 7.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1268, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-602 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-703 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 7 - Sewer Rates - Area Outside Cities or Towns|§ 31-35-703. Publication of Ordinance

 Notice of such rates shall be given by publication of the ordinance fixing the same, to which publication there shall be appended a special notice to owners of property in unincorporated territory without the boundaries of said city or town and using the sewerage system especially directing attention to said ordinance.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1268, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-603 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-704 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 7 - Sewer Rates - Area Outside Cities or Towns|§ 31-35-704. Contents of Ordinance

 Such ordinance and notice shall be published in conformity to law with reference to the times and publication of ordinances of such city or town. The ordinance shall contain a description of the property, the names of the owners thereof, as near as may be, and the annual rate charged to each such property for sewerage service. No error in the name of any property owner shall affect the validity of said ordinance.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1268, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-604 as it existed prior to 1975.   Cross references:   For requirements for passage of an ordinance, see part 1 of article 16 of this title.
CO Code § 31-35-705 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 7 - Sewer Rates - Area Outside Cities or Towns|§ 31-35-705. Protest - Board of Adjustment

 Any owner of property affected by the terms of said ordinance may protest in writing to the governing body of such city or town as to the amount of the rate affecting such property at any time within two weeks after the first publication of said ordinance and notice. The governing body shall sit as a board of adjustment, pursuant to the authority of this part 7, and shall hear and determine all such protests and determine the fairness of said rates. If the rates prescribed in the proposed ordinance are determined to be unreasonable, the governing body shall amend such ordinance before final passage to conform to its findings in the premises. The final determination of the governing body shall be conclusive in the premises.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1268, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-605 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-706 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 7 - Sewer Rates - Area Outside Cities or Towns|§ 31-35-706. Continuing Annual Charges

 The rates and charges so established shall be annual charges and shall be continuing annual charges from year to year until such ordinance is amended or repealed. The use of said sewerage system on or after the passage of said ordinance shall be conclusive evidence of the assent of the owner of the property to the provisions of said ordinance and of the acceptance of such service on the conditions and terms imposed thereby not in conflict with this part 7.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1268, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-606 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-707 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 7 - Sewer Rates - Area Outside Cities or Towns|§ 31-35-707. Date and Place of Payment

 Such ordinance shall provide, among other things, that the rates so established per annum may be paid before October 1 of each year, at the offices of the municipal treasurer, and after said day payment thereof shall be delinquent.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1268, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-607 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-708 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 7 - Sewer Rates - Area Outside Cities or Towns|§ 31-35-708. Nonpayment - Penalty - Lien

 In the event any person using said sewerage system neglects, fails, or refuses to pay when due the rates and charges as fixed by said ordinance, the property of such delinquent person shall not be disconnected from said sewerage system or denied the use thereof, but the rates and charges due and unpaid therefor shall be certified by the clerk to the board of county commissioners of the county in which said delinquent user's property is located on or before November 1 of each year and thereupon and until paid shall be a lien upon the real property so served by said sewerage connections. The lien shall be levied, certified, received, or collected by sale, annually from year to year by the proper county officials, as are county taxes, and the proceeds thereof shall be remitted each month to such city or town.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1268, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-608 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-709 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 7 - Sewer Rates - Area Outside Cities or Towns|§ 31-35-709. Voluntary Discontinuance by Owner

 Nothing in this part 7 shall deny any property owner affected by such ordinance voluntary discontinuance of the service of such sewerage system. Such discontinuance of service shall be evidenced by disconnection of said property from said sewer system and not otherwise. In the event of such discontinuance, it is the duty of the governing body to abate all rates or charges accruing thereafter by the terms of such ordinance, and thereafter no such charge shall be certified for collection.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1269, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-609 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-710 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 7 - Sewer Rates - Area Outside Cities or Towns|§ 31-35-710. Duty to Maintain System

 Nothing in this part 7 shall impose upon any such city or town the duty of maintaining sewers or a sewerage system not owned by it or required for the use of its inhabitants. Such city or town shall maintain, during the life of the ordinance provided for in section 31-35-701 , its own sewerage system for the adequate use and benefit of property owners in unincorporated territory without the boundaries thereof whose property has been made subject to such ordinance.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1269, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-610 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-711 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 7 - Sewer Rates - Area Outside Cities or Towns|§ 31-35-711. Rates May Be Collected by Action

 Rates imposed upon property which by reason of its ownership, character, or use is not subject to taxation or lien under the state constitution and laws of this state may be collected by any appropriate legal action begun in the district court in the county in which such property is located.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1269, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-35-611 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-35-712 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 7 - Sewer Rates - Area Outside Cities or Towns|§ 31-35-712. Owner to Obtain Permit - Penalty

 [ ] Any person making or causing to be made a connection of sewers serving property in any unincorporated territory, directly or indirectly, with a sewerage system of any city or town without a permit from said city or town and after the passage of the ordinance provided for in section 31-35-701 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than twenty days nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1269, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3257, § 543, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-35-612 as it existed prior to 1975.    Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 31-35-712 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 35 - Water and Sewage|Part 7 - Sewer Rates - Area Outside Cities or Towns|§ 31-35-712. Owner to Obtain Permit - Penalty

 [ ] Any person making or causing to be made a connection of sewers serving property in any unincorporated territory, directly or indirectly, with a sewerage system of any city or town without a permit from said city or town and after the passage of the ordinance provided for in section 31-35-701 commits a class 2 misdemeanor.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1269, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3257, § 543, effective March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 32-1-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 1 - Special District Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-1-101. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Special District Act”.   History. Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1542, § 1, effective July 1.    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “1985 Special District Legislation”, see 14 Colo. Law. 2178 (1985). For article, “Colorado Special Districts and Chapter 9 -- Parts I and II”, see 20 Colo. Law. 2475 (1991) and 21 Colo. Law. 1 (1992).   Special district act not applicable to special districts organized under law preceding the 1965 Special District Control Act. Senior Corp. v. Bd. of Assessment Appeals, 702 P.2d 732 (Colo. 1985).   General assembly has plenary power to create quasi-municipal corporations, whether by creating such districts directly or making the creation of such districts contingent upon future and uncertain events. State Farm v. City of Lakewood, 788 P.2d 808 (Colo. 1990).
CO Code § 32-1-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 1 - Special District Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-1-102. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly hereby declares that the organization of special districts providing the services and having the purposes, powers, and authority provided in this article will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security, and general welfare of the inhabitants of such districts and of the people of the state of Colorado.    The general assembly further declares that the procedures contained in part 2 of this article are necessary for the coordinated and orderly creation of special districts and for the logical extension of special district services throughout the state. It is the purpose of part 2 of this article to prevent unnecessary proliferation and fragmentation of local government and to avoid excessive diffusion of local tax sources.    The general assembly further declares that the purpose of part 5 of this article is to facilitate the elimination of the overlapping of services provided by local governments and the double taxation which may occur because of annexation or otherwise when all or part of the taxable property of an area lies within the boundaries of both a municipality and a special district.    The general assembly further declares that it is the policy of this state to provide for and encourage the consolidation of special districts and to provide the means therefor by simple procedures in order to prevent or reduce duplication, overlapping, and fragmentation of the functions and facilities of special districts; that such consolidation will better serve the people of this state; and that consolidated districts will result in reduced costs and increased efficiency of operation.    The general assembly further declares that the purpose of part 7 of this article is to facilitate dissolution of special districts in order to reduce the proliferation, fragmentation, and overlapping of local governments and to encourage assumption of services by other governmental entities.     History. Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1542, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   The provisions of this section are similar to provisions of several former sections as they existed prior to 1981. For a detailed comparison, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index.   ANNOTATION   Applied in Groditsky v. Pinckney, 661 P.2d 279 (Colo. 1983).
CO Code § 32-1-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 1 - Special District Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-1-105. Notice of Organization, Dissolution, Name Change, or Boundary Change

 No organization, dissolution, or change in the name or boundaries of any special district shall be effective until the decree or order confirming such action, together with a description of the area concerned, is recorded by the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the organization, dissolution, or change in the name or boundaries took place. The county clerk and recorder shall notify the county assessor of any such action. A certified copy of such notice shall also be filed with the division by the county clerk and recorder.   History. Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1546, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2015: Entire section amended,(HB 15-1092), ch. 87, p. 251, § 4, effective August 5.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 32-1-104 as it existed prior to 1981.    This section was amended in House Bill 81-1312. Those amendments were superseded by the repeal and reenactment of the entire article in House Bill 81-1320.     Cross references:   For notice required prior to the levy of a tax by a special district, see § 39-1-110 .
CO Code § 32-1-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 1 - Special District Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-1-106. Repetitioning of Elections - Time Limits

  If, after any election for the organization or dissolution of any special district or for the inclusion of territory into a special district pursuant to section 32-1-401 (2) or for the exclusion of property within a municipality from a special district pursuant to section 32-1-502, it appears that the proposal was defeated, no new petition for the organization or dissolution, as the case may be, of such a special district embracing the same or substantially the same area and no new petition for inclusion or exclusion, as the case may be, of territory pursuant to sections 32-1-401 (2) and 32-1-502 shall be submitted again until the expiration of eight months after the date of the election at which the proposal was defeated.    If, after any election submitting to the electors of any special district the proposition of creating any indebtedness of the special district, it appears that the proposition was defeated, no new proposition for creating such indebtedness of the special district shall be submitted until the expiration of five months after the date of the election at which the proposal was defeated.     History. Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1546, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1195, § 99, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 32-1-105 as it existed prior to 1981.
CO Code § 32-1-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 32 - Special Districts|Article 1 - Special District Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 32-1-108. Correction of Faulty Notices

 In any case where a notice is provided for in this article, if the court finds for any reason that due notice was not given, the court shall not thereby lose jurisdiction, and the proceeding in question shall not thereby be void or be abated; but the court, in that case, shall order due notice to be given and shall continue the hearing until such time as notice has been properly given, and thereupon it shall proceed as though notice had been properly given in the first instance.   History. Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1546, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   The provisions of this section are similar to provisions of several former sections as they existed prior to 1981. For a detailed comparison, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index.