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CO Code § 31-25-533 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-533. Power of Governing Body to Contract Debt - Question Submitted to Registered Electors

 The governing body has power to contract an indebtedness on behalf of the municipality and upon the credit thereof by borrowing money or issuing the negotiable interest-bearing bonds of the municipality for the purpose of providing a fund to pay such part of the cost of said improvements as may be determined by the governing body. No such indebtedness shall be created except by ordinance subject to and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of section 31-15-302 (1)(d) .   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1199, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-530 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-532 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.     ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. Since § 31-25-533 is similar to former § 31-25-530 prior to the 1975 repeal and reenactment of this title, and laws antecedent thereto, relevant cases construing those provisions have been included in the annotations to this section.   For necessity for maturity period of bonds to be within constitutional limitations of § 8 of art. XI, Colo. Const., see Deter v. City of Delta, 73 Colo. 589 , 217 P. 67 (1923); Town of Aurora v. Krauss, 99 Colo. 12 , 59 P.2d 79 (1936).
CO Code § 31-25-535 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-535. Bonds Negotiable - Interest

 All such bonds shall be negotiable in form and bear interest as may be fixed by the governing body not exceeding a maximum net effective interest rate specified by the governing body prior to the use of said bonds in payment for improvements or the sale thereof pursuant to section 31-25-534 .   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1200, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1050, § 12, effective July 1.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-532 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-534 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
CO Code § 31-25-537 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-537. When Mandamus Will Issue

 When any improvement authorized by this part 5 is petitioned for by the owners of property to be assessed for more than one-half of the entire costs estimated by the governing body to be assessed, it is the duty of the municipal officials whose duty it is to act to authorize said improvement, and an order in the nature of mandamus may issue out of any court of competent jurisdiction requiring said officials to take such action as is required by this part 5; but, if the material petitioned for is known to be worthless or of poor quality or would not make a good, substantial, and reasonable permanent improvement, the governing body may refuse to grant a petition for that reason. If a material petitioned for or designated in the specifications is a patented or proprietary article on which there can be but one bid, the governing body may refuse to award a contract if the entire bid is excessive as compared with improvements of equal value or may reject the bid or readvertise.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1200, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1052, § 15, effective July 1.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-538 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-536 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
CO Code § 31-25-539 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-539. Effect of Court Order

 If in any court of competent jurisdiction any final assessment made in pursuance of this part 5 is set aside or if the governing body determines it to be necessary to alter any final assessment made pursuant to this part 5, the governing body, upon notice as required in the making of an original assessment, may make a new assessment in accordance with the provisions of this part 5.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1201, § 1, effective July 1. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 1474, § 11, effective October 1.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-511 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-538 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
CO Code § 31-25-540 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-540. Figures Instead of Words - When General Description Used

 In all proceedings and notices authorized by this part 5, figures may be used instead of words, and in districts of extended areas it is not necessary to designate each piece of land separately. In such case general descriptions and quantities may be used, except in the assessment rolls. Except in such rolls, the cost may be stated as being of probable or certain amount per front foot or per square foot or per lot of given size.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1201, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 31-25-537 as it existed prior to 1975.    This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-539 in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
CO Code § 31-25-541 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-541. Interim Warrants

 The governing body, from time to time as work proceeds in a local improvement district, may authorize the issuance of interim warrants: For not to exceed ninety percent in value of the work theretofore done upon estimates of the engineer of the municipality; after completion of the work and acceptance thereof by the engineer of the municipality and by the governing body, for one hundred percent of the value of the work so completed; and, where improvements in the district require the acquisition of property, for an amount not exceeding the value of the property. The warrants may be issued to a contractor to apply at par value on the contract price for the improvements or to the owner of the property to apply at par value on the property price. The warrants may also be issued and sold at not less than par value in such manner as the governing body may determine, and the proceeds may be used to apply towards payment of the contract price and property price. Interim warrants shall bear interest from date of issue until paid at such rate as may be fixed by the governing body. Interest accruing on interim warrants shall be included as a cost of the improvements in the local improvement district. Interim warrants and interest thereon shall be paid by the issuance of or by proceeds from the sale of special improvement bonds issued or in cash received from the payment of assessments not pledged to the payment of the bonds or from any of such sources.   History. Source: L. 77: Entire section added, p. 1470, § 3, effective June 4.
CO Code § 31-25-542 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 5 - Special Improvement Districts in Municipalities|§ 31-25-542. County Treasurer - Policies and Procedures

 The county treasurer may adopt policies and procedures which the county treasurer deems necessary and reasonable for the administration and collection of assessments which are to be collected by the county treasurer and which are imposed and payable pursuant to the provisions of this part 5 or pursuant to any home rule charter and any ordinances adopted pursuant thereto; however, prior to adoption, copies of such proposed policies and procedures shall be delivered to all municipalities located in the county and, after giving notice to such municipalities, a public hearing shall be held by the county treasurer on such proposed policies and procedures.   History. Source: L. 90: Entire section added, p. 1474, § 12, effective October 1.
CO Code § 31-25-601 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 6 - Improvement Districts in Municipalities (1949 Act)|§ 31-25-601. Legislative Declaration

 The general assembly hereby declares that the organization of public improvement districts, having the purposes and powers provided in this part 6, will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security, and general welfare of the inhabitants of said districts.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1201, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-25-601 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Legal Classification of Special District Corporate Forms in Colorado”, see 45 Den. L.J. 347 (1968).   The article is permissive but not mandatory if the improvement sought to be constructed is one of local and municipal concern. Davis v. Pueblo, 158 Colo. 319 , 406 P.2d 671 (1965).   The article refers to improvement districts. Davis v. Pueblo, 158 Colo. 319 , 406 P.2d 671 (1965).   And the provisions of this article do not apply to off-street parking revenue bonds; the statute alluded to refers to improvement districts. Davis v. Pueblo, 158 Colo. 319 , 406 P.2d 671 (1965).
CO Code § 31-25-603 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 6 - Improvement Districts in Municipalities (1949 Act)|§ 31-25-603. Authority of Governing Body

  The governing body of a municipality is hereby vested with jurisdiction, power, and authority to establish districts within the municipality in which the improvement is to be acquired, constructed, installed, operated, or maintained or the service is to be provided. The governing body of a municipality may establish a district partially within the boundaries of any other municipality or within the unincorporated territory of a county if such municipality or county consents by resolution to the establishment of such district. No such district may provide the same improvement or service as an existing special district within the territory of such existing special district unless the existing special district consents.    If a municipality other than the municipality that established the district annexes or incorporates any territory within an established district, such territory shall remain in the district unless the municipality notifies the district's board of the municipality's intent to exclude the territory annexed or incorporated from the district. If the municipality notifies the board of its intent to exclude such territory, such exclusion shall take effect January 1 of the year following such notice. Any property excluded from the district under this subsection (2) shall remain subject to payment of its share of any indebtedness or bonds that are outstanding on the date of such exclusion.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1202, § 1, effective July 1. L. 84: Entire section amended, p. 840, § 3, effective March 29. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 519, § 19, effective April 30.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-25-603 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-25-604 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 6 - Improvement Districts in Municipalities (1949 Act)|§ 31-25-604. Organization Petition - Contents

  The organization of a district shall be initiated by a petition filed in the office of the clerk of the governing body vested with jurisdiction. The petition shall be signed by not less than thirty percent or two hundred of the electors of the proposed district, whichever is less. After the filing of a petition, no signer shall be permitted to withdraw his or her name from the petition.    The petition shall set forth:   The name of the proposed district, which shall include the name of the municipality creating the district, a descriptive name or number, and the words “general improvement district”;    A general description of the improvements to be acquired, constructed, installed, operated, or maintained or the services to be provided within and for the district;    The estimated cost of the proposed improvements or the estimated annual cost of providing the proposed services;    A general description of the boundaries of the district or the territory to be included therein with such certainty as to enable a property owner to determine whether or not his or her property is within the district;    The names of three persons of the district who shall represent the petitioners and who have the power to enter into agreements relating to the organization of the district, which agreements shall be binding on the district, if created;    A request for the organization of the district; and    A statement that either:   The boundaries of the proposed district include at least one hundred electors of the district;    The boundaries of the proposed district include at least one elector of the district for each five acres of land included within the proposed district; or    The petition is signed by one hundred percent of the owners of taxable real property to be included in the proposed district.          No petition with the requisite signatures shall be declared void on account of alleged defects. The governing body, at any time, may permit the petition to be amended to conform to the facts by correcting any errors in the description of the territory or in any other particular. Similar petitions or duplicate copies of the same petition for the organization of the same district may be filed and together shall be regarded as one petition. All such petitions filed prior to the hearing on the first petition filed shall be considered by the governing body the same as though included with the first petition placed on file.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1202, § 1, effective July 1. L. 84: (2)(b) amended, p. 840, § 4, effective March 29. L. 99: (1) and (2) amended, p. 519, § 20, effective April 30. L. 2002: (2)(e) amended, p. 277, § 19, effective August 7.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-25-604 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “An Engineering-Legal Solution to Urban Drainage Problems”, see 45 Den. L.J. 381 (1968).
CO Code § 31-25-605 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 6 - Improvement Districts in Municipalities (1949 Act)|§ 31-25-605. Bond of Petitioners

 At the time of filing the petition or at any time prior to the time of hearing on said petition, a bond shall be filed, with security approved by the governing body, or a cash deposit made sufficient to pay all expenses connected with the proceedings in case the organization of the district is not effected. If at any time during the organization proceedings the governing body is satisfied that the bond first executed or the amount of cash deposited is insufficient in amount, it may require the execution of an additional bond or the deposit of additional cash within a time to be fixed, not less than ten days thereafter, and, upon failure of the petitioners to file or deposit the same, the petition shall be dismissed.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1203, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-25-605 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-25-606 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 6 - Improvement Districts in Municipalities (1949 Act)|§ 31-25-606. Notice of Hearing

  Except as provided in section 31-25-607 (3.5), as soon as possible after the filing of such petition, the governing body shall fix by order a place and time, not less than twenty days nor more than forty days after the petition is filed, for a hearing thereon. Thereupon the clerk of the governing body shall cause notice by publication to be made of the pendency of the petition, of the purposes and boundaries of the proposed district, and of the time and place of hearing thereon. The clerk shall also cause a copy of said notice to be mailed to each elector of the district at the elector's last-known address, as disclosed by the tax and official voter registration records of the counties in which said district is proposed to be located.    No member of a governing body shall be disqualified to perform any duty imposed by this part 6 by reason of ownership of property within any proposed district.    The notice of hearing on the petition shall set forth the fact that all the property in the district is subject to the lien of the indebtedness, if any, and shall set forth the amount of the proposed indebtedness, if any.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1203, § 1, effective July 1. L. 84: (1) amended, p. 840, § 5, effective March 29. L. 99: (1) and (3) amended, p. 520, § 21, effective April 30.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-25-606 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   This section is not violative of due process. Anderson v. Town of Westminster, 125 Colo. 408 , 244 P.2d 371 (1952).
CO Code § 31-25-608 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 6 - Improvement Districts in Municipalities (1949 Act)|§ 31-25-608. Recording of Ordinance

 Within thirty days after the district has been declared duly organized, the clerk of the governing body shall transmit for recording to the county clerk and recorder in each of the counties in which the district or a part thereof extends a copy of the ordinance establishing said district.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1204, § 1, effective July 1. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 1227, § 9, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-25-608 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-25-609 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 6 - Improvement Districts in Municipalities (1949 Act)|§ 31-25-609. Governing Body Constitutes Board - Duties

 The governing body of the municipality in which the district is located shall constitute ex officio the board of directors of the district. The presiding officer of the governing body shall be ex officio the presiding officer, the clerk of the governing body shall be ex officio the secretary, and the treasurer of the municipality shall be ex officio the treasurer of the board and district. The secretary and the treasurer may be one person. Such board shall adopt a seal. The secretary shall keep in a visual text format that may be transmitted electronically a record of all its proceedings, minutes of all meetings, certificates, contracts, and all corporate acts, which shall be open to inspection of all owners of property in the district, as well as to all other interested parties. The treasurer shall keep permanent records containing accurate accounts of all money received by and disbursed for and on behalf of the district.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1205, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2009: Entire section amended,(HB 09-1118), ch. 130, p. 562, § 7, effective August 5.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-25-609 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   The general assembly almost made it impossible for two political subdivisions to exercise the same functions at the same time, by providing that the directors of the district created for a special and limited purpose should be the same persons as the trustees of the municipal corporation having the broad general powers. Here is an almost automatic assurance that the trustees of the town would not allow a quasi-municipal corporation to come into existence to function within their territory, unless the town government itself was either unable to act or, in fact, refused to function in the field proposed to be occupied by the quasi-municipal organization. Anderson v. Town of Westminster, 125 Colo. 408 , 244 P.2d 371 (1952).
CO Code § 31-25-610 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 6 - Improvement Districts in Municipalities (1949 Act)|§ 31-25-610. Meetings

 The board shall hold meetings, on notice to each member of the board, which shall be open to the public in a place to be designated by the board as often as the needs of the district require. A quorum of the governing body shall constitute a quorum at any meeting.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1205, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-25-610 as it existed prior to 1975.
CO Code § 31-25-611.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 6 - Improvement Districts in Municipalities (1949 Act)|§ 31-25-611.5. Special Improvement Districts - Authority to Establish

 In order to defray all or any portion of the costs of the improvements or services provided by the district, the board may establish special improvement districts within the boundaries of the district in accordance with part 5 of this article. Such special improvement districts may be established whenever the board determines that property in the district will be especially benefitted by such improvements or services. The method of creating special improvement districts, making the improvements or providing the services, and assessing the costs thereof shall be as provided in part 5 of this article. However, the electors eligible to vote on any question under this section shall either be electors of the district or electors within the local improvement district, as determined by the board. In addition, the board shall perform the duties of the governing body set forth in part 5 of this article, and the secretary of the district shall perform the duties of the clerk set forth in part 5 of this article. The improvements that the special improvement district may construct and the services that the special improvement district may provide shall be the improvements and services that the district may provide pursuant to this part 6.   History. Source: L. 99: Entire section added, p. 523, § 24, effective April 30.
CO Code § 31-25-612 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 31 - Government - Municipal|Article 25 - Public Improvements|Part 6 - Improvement Districts in Municipalities (1949 Act)|§ 31-25-612. Power to Levy Taxes

 In addition to the other means of providing revenue for such districts, the board has the power to levy and collect ad valorem taxes on and against all taxable property within the district. Such power shall not prevent the issuance of obligations payable solely from the income of revenue-producing facilities.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1206, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 31-25-612 as it existed prior to 1975.   ANNOTATION   Section 8 of art. XI, Colo. Const., concerning municipalities is not applicable to the districts created by this section. Anderson v. Town of Westminster, 125 Colo. 408 , 244 P.2d 371 (1952).