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CO Code § 37-25-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 25 - Bonds|§ 37-25-110. Confirmation of Bonds

 Whether or not said bonds or any of them have been sold or disposed of, the board of directors of a drainage district may commence special proceedings in the district court of the county where the office of the drainage district is kept, in and by which the proceedings of said board of said district providing for and authorizing the issue and sale of the bonds of said district may be judicially examined, approved, and confirmed. The proceeding thereon shall be in conformity with the law regulating like proceedings for the examination, approval, and confirmation of the organization and bonds of irrigation districts.   History. Source: L. 11: P. 329, § 76. C.L. § 2193. CSA: C. 57, § 94. CRS 53: § 47-6-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-6-10. History. Source: L. 11: P. 329, § 76. C.L. § 2193. CSA: C. 57, § 94. CRS 53: § 47-6-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-6-10.    Cross references:   For confirmation proceedings of irrigation districts, see §§ 37-41-151 to 37-41-155 .
CO Code § 37-26-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 26 - Refunding Bonds|§ 37-26-101. Refunding Bonds May Be Issued

 The board of directors of any drainage district in this state has the power, under the conditions in this article, to issue negotiable coupon bonds to be denominated ”refunding bonds“ for the purpose of paying, redeeming, or compromising outstanding bonds of the district and any unpaid matured interest on such outstanding bonds, whether such outstanding bonds are due or not, or payable at the option of the district or by consent of the bondholders, and whether such bonds are outstanding or are issued on or after April 24, 1933. Such refunding bonds shall not exceed in amount the principal sum of the bonds outstanding and the unpaid matured interest thereon at the time of the issue of the refunding bonds. The rate of interest on such refunding bonds shall not exceed the rate on the bonds so refunded, and in no event shall interest exceed six percent per annum. Such refunding bonds may be issued and used to redeem or compromise all or any part of one or more issues of bonds outstanding at the time of refunding, together with unpaid matured interest thereon.   History. Source: L. 33: P. 450, § 1. CSA: C. 57, § 95. CRS 53: § 47-7-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-1. History. Source: L. 33: P. 450, § 1. CSA: C. 57, § 95. CRS 53: § 47-7-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-1.    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, ”Legal Classification of Special District Corporate Forms in Colorado“, see Den. L.J. 347 (1968).
CO Code § 37-26-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 26 - Refunding Bonds|§ 37-26-102. Refunding Bonds Issued - When

 Such refunding bonds shall be issued in lieu of the bonds and interest refunded; shall evidence the same indebtedness; shall be supported by the same liens, assessments, appraised benefits, and levies; and, except as to time of payments, amounts, and rates of interest, shall be payable therefrom in the same manner as the bonds refunded, but said refunding bonds shall not constitute a blanket indebtedness or lien on lands within such drainage district unless provided for on the face of the bonds.   History. Source: L. 33: P. 451, § 2. CSA: C. 57, § 96. CRS 53: § 47-7-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-2. History. Source: L. 33: P. 451, § 2. CSA: C. 57, § 96. CRS 53: § 47-7-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-2.
CO Code § 37-26-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 26 - Refunding Bonds|§ 37-26-103. Elections

 Whenever it is desired to issue refunding bonds, the board of directors of the district shall call a special election of the qualified voters of said district at which there shall be submitted the question of issuing refunding bonds, or the question may be submitted at a general election in the district. Said election shall be held and the result thereof determined and declared in all respects as nearly as possible in conformity with the provisions of sections 37-21-105 to 37-21-108 , 37-21-112 , and 37-21-115 to 37-21-124 governing the election of drainage district directors; but no informalities in conducting such election shall invalidate the same if the election has been otherwise fairly conducted. Notice of said election shall be published in three consecutive weekly issues of a newspaper of general circulation in the district, and a copy of said notice shall be posted for fifteen days in three public places in the district. Said notice shall specify the time and places of holding said election; the bonds and interest to be refunded; and the amount and maturity of and the rate of interest on the proposed refunding bonds. Every owner of land within said district who is a citizen of the United States or has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and is a resident of the state of Colorado, shall be entitled to vote at such election in the precinct where he resides, or if a nonresident of the district, then in the precinct within which the greater portion of his land lies. At such election the ballots shall contain the words ”Refunding Bonds - Yes“ and ”Refunding Bonds - No“, and the voter shall place a cross mark (X) opposite the words expressing his choice. If a majority of the votes cast are ”Refunding Bonds - Yes“, bonds may be issued in accordance with the proposition submitted.   History. Source: L. 33: P. 451, § 3. CSA: C. 57, § 97. CRS 53: § 47-7-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-3. History. Source: L. 33: P. 451, § 3. CSA: C. 57, § 97. CRS 53: § 47-7-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-3.    Cross references:   For publication of legal notices, see part 1 of article 70 of title 24.
CO Code § 37-26-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 26 - Refunding Bonds|§ 37-26-104. Maturity and Form

 Whenever refunding bonds are authorized, the board of directors shall provide therefor by resolution designating the date, denomination, rate of interest, maturity, one or more places of payment within or without the state of Colorado, and the form of such bonds. Such bonds shall be executed by the president and attested by the secretary, countersigned by the district treasurer, and sealed with the seal of the district. The interest accruing on such bonds shall be evidenced by semiannual interest coupons bearing the original or facsimile signature of the president. The district treasurer shall make a record of all refunding bonds issued in a book to be kept in his office for that purpose.   History. Source: L. 33: P. 452, § 4. CSA: C. 57, § 98. CRS 53: § 47-7-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-4. History. Source: L. 33: P. 452, § 4. CSA: C. 57, § 98. CRS 53: § 47-7-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-4.
CO Code § 37-26-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 26 - Refunding Bonds|§ 37-26-105. Mature Serially

 The refunding bonds shall mature serially, the first payment to be in not more than five years and the last payment in not more than thirty-five years from the date of the bonds; but each bond issued shall be redeemable at the option of the district five years prior to its maturity and on any interest-paying date thereafter. Interest on any bond called for payment shall cease thirty days after publication of a notice of call in a newspaper published or of general circulation in the district. Consistently with the denomination of the bonds issued, maturities shall be in substantially equal annual amounts of principal, or in such amounts as will require substantially equal annual assessments for principal and interest throughout the period, commencing not later than five years after the date of the bonds.   History. Source: L. 33: P. 453, § 5. CSA: C. 57, § 99. CRS 53: § 47-7-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-5. History. Source: L. 33: P. 453, § 5. CSA: C. 57, § 99. CRS 53: § 47-7-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-5.
CO Code § 37-26-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 26 - Refunding Bonds|§ 37-26-106. Refunding Bonds Exchanged - When

 The refunding bonds may be exchanged for the outstanding bonds and interest so refunded, or they may be sold, in which latter event, the proceeds shall be used solely for the purpose of paying the principal of and the interest on the bonds refunded, and for improvement of the district. In no event shall the principal amount of refunding bonds issued exceed the amount of outstanding bonds and matured interest coupons surrendered and canceled simultaneously with the issuance of refunding bonds. Any exchange or sale of refunding bonds shall be made in such manner as to cause no loss of interest to the district.   History. Source: L. 33: P. 453, § 6. CSA: C. 57, § 100. CRS 53: § 47-7-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-6. History. Source: L. 33: P. 453, § 6. CSA: C. 57, § 100. CRS 53: § 47-7-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-6.
CO Code § 37-26-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 26 - Refunding Bonds|§ 37-26-107. Consent of Unknown Bondholders

 If the board of directors of any drainage district issuing or intending to issue refunding bonds desires to obtain the constructive consent of unknown and nonconsenting holders of bonds or claims for interest thereon desired to be retired or refunded under this article, such board of directors, before selling or otherwise disposing of any such refunding bonds, shall declare by resolution its intention of selling or otherwise disposing of the same and shall cause such resolution to be entered on its minutes and shall cause notice of sale or other disposition to be given by publication thereof at least once a week for four consecutive weeks in three newspapers published in the state of Colorado, one of which shall be a newspaper published in the city of Denver and one of which shall be a newspaper published in the county in which the office of the board of directors is situated.   History. Source: L. 33: P. 454, § 7. CSA: C. 57, § 101. CRS 53: § 47-7-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-7. History. Source: L. 33: P. 454, § 7. CSA: C. 57, § 101. CRS 53: § 47-7-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-7.
CO Code § 37-26-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 26 - Refunding Bonds|§ 37-26-109. District to File Verified Return - Decree

  After the expiration of ninety days from the date of the first publication of said notice, said district shall file in the proceeding in said district court its verified return of its acts under the order of the court theretofore made, attaching thereto affidavits of the printers or publishers of said newspapers of the publication of said notice in three newspapers.    Thereupon said court shall forthwith hear said cause and shall enter a decree of court adjudging that all owners and holders of said bonds, or interest coupons to be retired or refunded by said plan and proceeding of the district, who have not within ninety days after the date of the first publication of said notice filed in said court their written dissent and objections to the proceedings have consented that their said bonds or interest coupons be retired or refunded under the proposed plan. In the decree the court shall direct the officers of said district to deposit with the Colorado water conservation board, as trustee for the persons entitled thereto, the pro rata part of the cash or refunding bonds which, under said settlement, belongs to the holders of said bonds, claims for interest, or interest coupons whose consent was so obtained by said court proceedings.    Said decree shall further provide that, upon the payment of said money or bonds or interest coupons to the Colorado water conservation board as trustee, said bonds or interest coupons so held by said holders shall be deemed paid and no longer an obligation of said district and that, upon the surrender to the Colorado water conservation board of said bonds, together with the unpaid interest coupons belonging to same, the Colorado water conservation board shall pay on demand to said holders their pro rata part of the moneys or bonds so deposited with it as trustee and shall mark said bonds canceled and deliver same to the drainage district.     History. Source: L. 33: P. 457, § 7. CSA: C. 57, § 103. CRS 53: § 47-7-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-9. L. 91: (2) and (3) amended, p. 892, § 22, effective June 5. History. Source: L. 33: P. 457, § 7. CSA: C. 57, § 103. CRS 53: § 47-7-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-9. L. 91: (2) and (3) amended, p. 892, § 22, effective June 5.
CO Code § 37-26-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 26 - Refunding Bonds|§ 37-26-110. Bondholders Deemed to Have Notice

 All holders of said bonds or interest coupons to be retired or refunded shall be deemed to have notice of all steps and proceedings had.   History. Source: L. 33: P. 458, § 7. CSA: C. 57, § 104. CRS 53: § 47-7-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-10. History. Source: L. 33: P. 458, § 7. CSA: C. 57, § 104. CRS 53: § 47-7-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-10.
CO Code § 37-26-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 26 - Refunding Bonds|§ 37-26-111. Assessment to Pay Bonds and Interest

 The refunding bonds and interest thereon shall be paid from annual assessments levied upon the real property within the district, and such real property shall be and remain liable to be assessed for such payments. Except when refunding bonds are issued for unpaid matured interest, no existing lien or liability created by an original issue of bonds shall be increased by issuing bonds to refund such original bonds. The board of directors of any district issuing refunding bonds shall take the same steps and adopt the same proceedings with respect to ordering and certifying such annual assessments, and county officers shall collect and enforce the same in the same manner as provided by law for the levy, certification, and collection of assessments for the payment of bonds refunded and interest thereon; except that amounts for principal and interest shall be ordered, certified, and collected separately.   History. Source: L. 33: P. 458, § 8. CSA: C. 57, § 105. CRS 53: § 47-7-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-11. History. Source: L. 33: P. 458, § 8. CSA: C. 57, § 105. CRS 53: § 47-7-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-11.
CO Code § 37-26-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 26 - Refunding Bonds|§ 37-26-112. Collection and Record of Assessment

 The county treasurer shall collect said assessments at the time of and simultaneously with the collection of general taxes, but the property owner may pay the general and school taxes separately from the drainage district assessments. The county treasurer shall keep a separate record of principal and interest payments. Assessments for interest shall not be construed to be part of the cost of construction or a charge against any benefits theretofore appraised.   History. Source: L. 33: P. 459, § 9. CSA: C. 57, § 106. CRS 53: § 47-7-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-12. History. Source: L. 33: P. 459, § 9. CSA: C. 57, § 106. CRS 53: § 47-7-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-12.    Cross references:   For collection of taxes, see article 10 of title 39.
CO Code § 37-26-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 26 - Refunding Bonds|§ 37-26-113. Assessments on a Parity With General Taxes

 The lien of assessments to pay refunding bonds and the interest thereon shall be on a parity with the lien of general taxes, and no sale of property for the nonpayment of general taxes shall extinguish the lien of such assessments. Except as provided by this article, the lien of any assessment levied against appraised benefits or otherwise for the payment of an original issue of bonds and interest thereon shall continue and persist for the benefit of the owners of refunding bonds, which owners shall be subrogated to all the rights and remedies of the owners of bonds refunded; except that if there is a reduction in the amount of outstanding bonds there shall be a corresponding reduction in the amount of the lien.   History. Source: L. 33: P. 459, § 10. CSA: C. 57, § 107. CRS 53: § 47-7-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-13. History. Source: L. 33: P. 459, § 10. CSA: C. 57, § 107. CRS 53: § 47-7-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-13.
CO Code § 37-26-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 26 - Refunding Bonds|§ 37-26-114. Money Applied Proportionately - When

 In the event there shall not be sufficient funds to the credit of a district for the payment in full of an installment of principal or interest when due, the district treasurer shall apply the money in the respective funds in proportionate payments on all bonds or coupons then due, endorsing on the bonds or coupons a notation showing the payments made. After respective maturities, the district treasurer shall make disbursements whenever he has sufficient funds to pay five percent of the total principal or twenty-five percent of the total interest due at maturity.   History. Source: L. 33: P. 460, § 11. CSA: C. 57, § 108. CRS 53: § 47-7-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-14. History. Source: L. 33: P. 460, § 11. CSA: C. 57, § 108. CRS 53: § 47-7-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-14.
CO Code § 37-26-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 26 - Refunding Bonds|§ 37-26-115. Matured Bonds Used for Paying Assessments

 Refunding bonds of any maturity may be used at face value in paying assessments levied to pay the principal of refunding bonds, if bonds so used have all future due coupons thereto attached and no credit shall be allowed for such coupons. Interest coupons maturing in any year may be used at face value in paying interest assessments which become due and payable in that year.   History. Source: L. 33: P. 460, § 12. CSA: C. 57, § 109. CRS 53: § 47-7-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-15. History. Source: L. 33: P. 460, § 12. CSA: C. 57, § 109. CRS 53: § 47-7-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-15.
CO Code § 37-26-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 26 - Refunding Bonds|§ 37-26-116. Construction of Article

 Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent any financial assistance which any drainage district may secure by an agreement with the owners of its outstanding bonds or by any lawful means other than those specified in this article.   History. Source: L. 33: P. 460, § 13. CSA: C. 57, § 110. CRS 53: § 47-7-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-16. History. Source: L. 33: P. 460, § 13. CSA: C. 57, § 110. CRS 53: § 47-7-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-16.
CO Code § 37-26-118 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 26 - Refunding Bonds|§ 37-26-118. Expenses Not Released

 No release of land under section 37-26-117 shall relieve such land from paying its proportionate share of maintenance and operating expenses of the district.   History. Source: L. 33: P. 462, § 15. CSA: C. 57, § 112. CRS 53: § 47-7-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-18. History. Source: L. 33: P. 462, § 15. CSA: C. 57, § 112. CRS 53: § 47-7-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-18.
CO Code § 37-26-119 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 26 - Refunding Bonds|§ 37-26-119. District May Change Classification

 Any district intending to issue bonds pursuant to this article may revise, reduce, or cancel classifications of land, assessments, or assessments of or for benefits in substantially the same manner as provided by the laws existing at the time of the original classification or assessments; but no parcel of land shall ever be liable for the payment of an amount greater than the amount for which the land was liable under its original classification or assessment, and the total assessments levied shall not be less than the principal amount of refunding bonds to be issued. Thereafter the qualified voters of the district may vote refunding bonds based upon such reclassification or reassessment of or for benefits. Refunding bonds so authorized may be exchanged on a compromise basis for outstanding bonds and unpaid matured interest thereon, with such owners thereof as may be willing to make such exchange. The rate of interest on such refunding bonds shall not exceed the rate on the bonds refunded, and in no event shall such rate exceed six percent per annum. Refunding bonds issued in accordance with this section shall be secured only by their proportionate share of such new classifications or assessments, and that fact shall be set forth on the face of each refunding bond issued.   History. Source: L. 33: P. 463, § 16. CSA: C. 57, § 113. CRS 53: § 47-7-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-19. History. Source: L. 33: P. 463, § 16. CSA: C. 57, § 113. CRS 53: § 47-7-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-19.
CO Code § 37-27-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 27 - Inclusion of Lands in District|§ 37-27-101. Inclusion of Contiguous Land

 Upon petition of the owner of a tract of land and the payment of a sum equal to the past due assessments upon the same after a classification thereof upon a graduated scale by the board of directors as provided in section 37-23-101 , so that the tract is upon an equal footing with other lands of the district, the board of directors may authorize the inclusion of any tract of land contiguous to the existing boundaries of said district and capable of being drained by said drainage system, and thereupon said lands shall become liable for all future assessments which may become due or are levied for drainage purposes within said drainage district, and the cost of any such proceeding for the inclusion of land shall be borne by the applicant.   History. Source: L. 11: P. 328, § 75. L. 13: P. 258, § 3. C.L. § 2190. CSA: C. 57, § 91. CRS 53: § 47-8-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-8-1. History. Source: L. 11: P. 328, § 75. L. 13: P. 258, § 3. C.L. § 2190. CSA: C. 57, § 91. CRS 53: § 47-8-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-8-1.    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, ”Legal Classification of Special District Corporate Forms in Colorado“, see 45 Den. L.J. 347 (1968).
CO Code § 37-27-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 27 - Inclusion of Lands in District|§ 37-27-102. Cities and Towns Included

 The lands within the boundaries of any city or town organized and existing under the general laws of this state or under article XX of the state constitution requiring drainage in whole or in part and susceptible of drainage by the drainage ditch, system, or works of any drainage district or proposed drainage district organized or proposed to be organized pursuant to the laws of the state of Colorado relating to the formation of drainage districts may be included within and made a part of any such drainage district upon the presentation to the board of directors of such district, or to the proper board of county commissioners, in case such district has not been organized, of a petition for such inclusion signed by a majority of the owners of such lands, whether residents or nonresidents of such city or town, as well as by the owners in the aggregate of the majority of the total number of acres of such land to be included, exclusive of the land occupied by public streets and alleys, public parks, and any other lands owned by any municipality. Such city or town shall bear the expense of the drainage of all area included with the streets, alleys, public parks, or other lands owned by it. It is the duty of the city council or board of trustees of such city or town to annually certify the amount necessary to pay the drainage assessments as authorized by said drainage district to the taxing tribunal, with instructions to such taxing tribunal to make a levy against the taxable property within such city or town for such purpose as provided by law in other cases of special assessment. Any inclusion of the lands within any city or town shall be subject to all of the provisions and conditions of articles 20 to 30 of this title.   History. Source: L. 15: P. 292, § 1. C.L. § 2192. CSA: C. 57, § 93. CRS 53: § 47-8-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-8-2. History. Source: L. 15: P. 292, § 1. C.L. § 2192. CSA: C. 57, § 93. CRS 53: § 47-8-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-8-2.