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CO Code § 37-48-187 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-187. Rights - Powers of Holders of Bonds - Trustees

  Subject to any contractual limitations binding upon the holders of any issue or series of bonds of the district or subdistrict issuing bonds under this article, or the trustee therefor, including, without limitation, the restriction of the exercise of any remedy to a specified proportion, percentage, or number of such holders, and subject to any prior or superior rights of others, any holder of bonds, or the trustee therefor, shall have the right and power, for the equal benefit and protection of all holders of bonds similarly situated:   By mandamus or other suit, action, or proceeding at law or in equity, to enforce his rights against the district, subdistrict, or board of directors or board of managers, or any combination thereof, or any of the officers, agents, and employees of the district or subdistrict to require and compel such district, subdistrict, or board or any of such officers, agents, or employees to perform and carry out their respective duties, obligations, or other commitments under this article and their respective covenants and agreements with the holder of any bond;    By action or suit in equity, to require the district or subdistrict to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust;    By action or suit in equity, to have a receiver appointed, which receiver may enter and take possession of any facilities and any pledged revenues for the payment of the bonds, prescribe sufficient fees, rates, and other charges derived from the facilities, and collect, receive, and apply all pledged revenues or other moneys pledged for the payment of the bonds in the same manner as the district or subdistrict itself might do in accordance with the obligations of the district or subdistrict; and    By action or suit in equity, to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holder of any bonds and to bring suit thereupon.        History. Source: L. 77: Entire section added, p. 1682, § 16, effective June 9.
CO Code § 37-48-188 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-188. Investments and Securities

  The board of directors of the district or subdistrict, respectively, issuing bonds under this article, subject to any contractual limitations from time to time imposed upon the district or subdistrict by any resolution authorizing the issuance of the outstanding bonds of the district or subdistrict or by any trust indenture or other proceedings pertaining thereto, may cause to be invested and reinvested any proceeds of taxes, any pledged revenues, and any proceeds of bonds issued under this article in securities meeting the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S., and may cause such proceeds of taxes, revenues, district or subdistrict bonds, and securities to be deposited in any trust bank or trust banks within or without or both within and without this state and secured in such manner and subject to such terms and conditions as the board of directors may determine, with or without the payment of any interest on such deposit, including, without limitation, time deposits evidenced by certificates of deposit.    Any such securities and certificates of deposit thus held may, from time to time, be sold, and the proceeds may be so reinvested or redeposited as provided in this section.    Sales and redemptions of any such securities and certificates of deposit thus held shall, from time to time, be made in season so that the proceeds may be applied to the purposes for which the money with which such securities and certificates of deposit were originally acquired was placed in the district or subdistrict treasury.    Any gain from any such investments or reinvestments may be credited to any fund or account pledged for the payment of any district or subdistrict bonds issued under this article, including any reserve therefor, or any other fund or account pertaining to a project or any facilities, or the district's or subdistrict's general fund, subject to any contractual limitations in any proceedings pertaining to outstanding district or subdistrict bonds.    It is lawful for any commercial bank incorporated under the laws of this state which may act as depository of the proceeds of any bonds issued under this article, any securities owned by the district or subdistrict, any proceeds of taxes, any pledged revenues, and any moneys otherwise pertaining to a project or any facilities, or any combination thereof, to furnish such indemnifying bonds and to pledge such securities as may be required by the board of directors.     History. Source: L. 77: Entire section added, p. 1683, § 16, effective June 9. L. 89: (1) to (3) and (5) amended, p. 1126, § 55, effective July 1.
CO Code § 37-48-192 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-192. Joint Action Entity

  The district or subdistrict and any other cooperating entity or entities relating to any project or facilities in which the district or the subdistrict is a party in interest may create a joint action entity, a separate body corporate, for the planning, construction, lease, other acquisition, improvement, equipment, operation, maintenance, disposal, and financing of any enterprise or properties relating to such project or such facilities.    A joint action entity may exercise the powers granted to the district or the subdistrict by this article, other than the levy or fixing and collection of taxes, assessments, and service charges and the making and revising of rules and regulations under the police power.     History. Source: L. 77: Entire section added, p. 1689, § 16, effective June 9.
CO Code § 37-48-193 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-193. Correlative Powers of Political Subdivisions

 Any political subdivision of this state has the correlative powers to enable it to participate in cooperation with the district or any subdistrict in either's exercise of powers granted thereto by this article or otherwise granted by law.   History. Source: L. 77: Entire section added, p. 1689, § 16, effective June 9.
CO Code § 37-48-194 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-194. Refunding

  Any revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this article and at any time outstanding may, at any time and from time to time, be refunded by the district by the issuance of its refunding bonds in such amount as the board of directors may deem necessary to refund the principal of the bonds to be refunded, any unpaid interest thereon, and any premiums and incidental expenses necessary to be paid in connection therewith.    Any such refunding may be effected, whether the bonds to be refunded have matured or shall thereafter mature, either by sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the proceeds thereof, directly or indirectly, to the payment of the bonds to be refunded thereby or by exchange of the refunding bonds for the bonds to be refunded thereby, but the holders of any bonds to be so refunded shall not be compelled, without their consent, to surrender their bonds for payment or exchange prior to the date on which they are payable by maturity date, option to redeem, or otherwise or if they are called for redemption prior to the date on which they are by their terms subject to redemption by option or otherwise. Except to the extent expressly or by implication inconsistent with the terms of this article, article 54 of title 11, C.R.S., shall govern the issuance of such refunding bonds and the establishment of any escrow in connection therewith.    All refunding bonds issued under authority of this article shall be payable solely from revenues out of which bonds to be refunded thereby are payable or from revenues out of which bonds of the same character may be made payable under this article or any other law in effect at the time of the refunding.     History. Source: L. 77: Entire section added, p. 1689, § 16, effective June 9.
CO Code § 37-48-195 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 48 - Rio Grande Water Conservation District|§ 37-48-195. Costs - Board of Managers to Concur

  To the extent that the costs of the proceedings for the issuance of revenue bonds are not paid by the proceeds of the bonds, they shall be budgeted and paid out of the subdistrict preliminary fund, or from funds derived from subdistrict revenues, or from the separate subdistrict mill levy.    If there is a board of managers for the subdistrict, the district shall not exercise its authority to issue revenue bonds until requested by the board of managers to do so, but the board of directors of the district may, at the request of the board of managers, make the necessary determinations and conduct the necessary proceedings to authorize the issuance of such bonds prior to receipt of the request for the issuance thereof.     History. Source: L. 77: Entire section added, p. 1690, § 16, effective June 9.
CO Code § 37-50-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 50 - Republican River Water Conservation District|§ 37-50-101. Legislative Declaration

 The conservation of the water of the Republican river, its tributaries, and that portion of the Ogallala aquifer underlying the district for compliance with the Republican river compact are of vital importance to the growth and development of the entire area and the welfare of all its inhabitants. To promote the health and general welfare of this state, an appropriate agency should be established for the conservation, use, and development of the water resources of the Republican river, its tributaries, and that portion of the Ogallala aquifer underlying the district to cooperate with and assist this state to carry out the state's duty to comply with the limitations and duties imposed upon the state by the Republican river compact and given such powers as may be necessary to safeguard for Colorado all waters to which the state is equitably entitled.   History. Source: L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1905, § 1, effective August 4.
CO Code § 37-50-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 50 - Republican River Water Conservation District|§ 37-50-102. Definitions

 As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:    ”Board“ means the board of directors of the Republican river water conservation district created pursuant to section 37-50-104.    ”District“ means the Republican river water conservation district created pursuant to this article.    ”Person“ means a person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.    ”Property“, as used in sections 37-50-109 and 37-50-111, includes both real and personal property. In other parts of this article relating to special assessments, unless otherwise specified, ”property“ means real estate as defined in section 2-4-401 (5), C.R.S., and includes all railroads; tram roads; electric railroads; state and interurban railroads; highways; telephone, telegraph, and transmission lines; water systems, water rights, pipelines, and rights-of-way of public service corporations; and all other real property, whether held for public or private use.    ”Republican river basin“ means that area shown upon the map titled: ”Boundaries of the Republican River Basin and Republican River Water Conservation District“. The map shall be kept on file in the office of the state engineer, the Colorado ground water commission, and the district and shall be available for public inspection.    ”Republican river compact“ means the compact entered into between the states of Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska and approved by the United States congress as codified in article 67 of this title and as further defined by the final settlement stipulation dated December 15, 2002, and filed in No. 126 Original.    Kansas v. Colorado and Nebraska,  History. Source: L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1905, § 1, effective August 4.
CO Code § 37-50-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 50 - Republican River Water Conservation District|§ 37-50-103. Creation and Name of District

  There is hereby created a water conservation district to be known and designated as the ”Republican river water conservation district“. The district is hereby declared to be a body corporate under the laws of Colorado. The district consists of the following area and territory of the state of Colorado:   Phillips and Yuma counties; and    Those portions of Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Sedgwick, and Washington counties within the model domain of the Republican river compact administration groundwater model within the state of Colorado as that domain is defined in appendix B to the final report of the special master with certificate of adoption of RRCA groundwater model, United States supreme court, No. 126, original, dated September 17, 2003.       The creation of the Republican river water conservation district shall not affect the existence or powers of public irrigation districts created pursuant to articles 41 to 43 of this title or ground water management districts created pursuant to article 90 of this title before August 4, 2004.    Kansas v. Nebraska and Colorado,  History. Source: L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1906, § 1, effective August 4. L. 2019: (1) amended, (HB 19-1029), ch. 112, p. 479, § 1, effective August 2.
CO Code § 37-50-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 50 - Republican River Water Conservation District|§ 37-50-105. Compensation of Directors

 The directors of the district shall receive as compensation a sum not to exceed one hundred dollars per day while actually engaged in the business of the district, and, in addition, the directors shall be entitled to their actual traveling and transportation expenses when away from their respective places of residence on district business.   History. Source: L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1908, § 1, effective August 4. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 358, § 4, effective April 2.
CO Code § 37-50-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 50 - Republican River Water Conservation District|§ 37-50-106. Employees

 The board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer. The same individual may, at the election of the board, hold both offices. The board shall likewise hire such other employees, including engineers and attorneys, as may be required to properly transact the business of the district, and is authorized to provide for the compensation of the secretary and treasurer and other appointees. The treasurer shall be required by the board to give bond with a corporate surety in such amount as the board may fix and that it deems sufficient to protect the funds in the hands of the treasurer or under the treasurer's control. Such bond is subject to the approval of the board.   History. Source: L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1908, § 1, effective August 4.
CO Code § 37-50-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 50 - Republican River Water Conservation District|§ 37-50-108. Principal Office - Meetings

 The board shall designate a place within the district where the principal office is to be maintained and may change the place from time to time. Regular quarterly meetings of the board shall be held at the office on the third Tuesday in the months of February, May, August, and November. The board may hold such special meetings as may be required for the proper transaction of business. All special meetings of the board shall be held at locations that are within the boundaries of the district or that are within the boundaries of any county in which the district is located, in whole or in part, or in any county if the meeting location is within Colorado and does not exceed twenty miles from the district boundaries. The provisions of this section governing the location of meetings may be waived only if the proposed change of location of a meeting of the board appears on the agenda of a regular or special meeting of the board and if a resolution is adopted by the board stating the reason for which a meeting of the board is to be held in a location other than under the provisions of this section and further stating the date, time, and place of such meeting. Special meetings may be called by the president of the board or by any four directors. Meetings of the board are public, and proper minutes of the proceedings of the board must be preserved and are open to inspection by any elector of the district during business hours.   History. Source: L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1911, § 1, effective August 4. L. 2019: Entire section amended, (HB 19-1029), ch. 112, p. 481, § 3, effective August 2.
CO Code § 37-50-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 50 - Republican River Water Conservation District|§ 37-50-109. Authority of the Board to Levy Taxes

  In addition to other means of providing revenue for the district, the board has the power to fix the amount of an assessment upon the property within the district, as a level or general levy to be used for the purpose of paying the expenses of organization, for surveys and plans, to pay the salary of officers for, the per diem allowed to directors and their expenses, for expenses that may be incurred in the administration of the affairs of the district, and for all other lawful purposes of the district including capital construction.    The amount of assessment on each dollar of valuation for assessment shall, in accordance with the schedule prescribed by section 39-5-128, C.R.S., be certified to boards of county commissioners of the various counties in which the district is located and by them included in their next annual levy for state and county purposes. Such amount so certified shall be collected for the use of such district in the same manner as are taxes for county purposes, and the revenue laws of the state for the levy and collection of taxes on real estate for county purposes, except as modified in this article, shall be applicable to the levy and collection of the amount certified by the board as provided in this section, including the enforcement of penalties, forfeiture, and sale for delinquent taxes.    All collections made by the county treasurer pursuant to such levy shall be paid to the treasurer of the district on or before the tenth day of the next succeeding calendar month. Items of expense that have already been paid in whole or in part from any other sources by the district may be repaid from receipts of such levy. Such levy may be made regardless of whether the work proposed, or any part thereof, may have been found impracticable or for other reasons abandoned. The collection of data and the payment of expenses therefor, including salaries of engineers, attorneys, and others, to assist this state to carry out its duty to comply with limitations and duties imposed upon the state by the Republican river compact, is hereby declared to be a matter of general benefit to the public welfare, such that a tax for such purposes may be properly imposed.     History. Source: L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1911, § 1, effective August 4.
CO Code § 37-50-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 50 - Republican River Water Conservation District|§ 37-50-111. Limitations on Power to Levy and Contract

  The district has no power of taxation or right to levy or assess taxes pursuant to section 37-50-109, except an annual levy. The district has no power to contract or incur any obligation or indebtedness except as expressly provided in this article.    All property taxes and assessments under this article shall be collected by the county treasurers of the respective counties in which real estate is situated at the same time and in the same manner as is provided by law for the collection of taxes for county and state purposes, and, if the assessments are not paid, the real estate shall be sold at regular tax sales for the payment of the assessments, interest, and penalties in the manner provided by the laws of this state for selling property for the payment of general taxes. If there are no bids at the tax sales for the property so offered, the tax certificates shall be issued in the name of the district; and the board has the same power with reference to the sale of the tax certificates as is now vested in county commissioners and county treasurers when a tax certificate is issued in the name of a county.    Tax deeds may be issued, based upon the certificates of sale, in the same manner that deeds are executed on tax sales on general state and county taxes.     History. Source: L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1914, § 1, effective August 4.
CO Code § 37-50-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 50 - Republican River Water Conservation District|§ 37-50-112. Investment of Unexpended Revenues

 The board may invest any unexpended revenues of the district, including any amounts in the construction fund not needed for immediate use, to pay the cost of construction of any project, or to pay bonds or coupons or to meet current expenses, in securities meeting the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S. The board may require any revenues of the district to be deposited with such depository or bank as may be designated by the board and likewise has authority to require the treasurer of the district to take from such depository a bond with corporate surety to ensure payment of any such deposit, or to require such depository to ensure payment of any such deposit, or to require such depository to pledge securities of the same kind as those in which the district is authorized to invest its funds to ensure payment of any such deposit.   History. Source: L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1914, § 1, effective August 4.
CO Code § 37-50-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 37 - Water and Irrigation|Article 50 - Republican River Water Conservation District|§ 37-50-113. Appointment and Compensation of Appraisers

  As soon as the official plan has been prepared and adopted pursuant to section 37-50-107 (3) and is on file in the office of the district, upon petition of the district, the board may, if the official plan includes the utilization of special improvement bonds paid by special assessments upon the property benefitted within the district, appoint a board of appraisers consisting of three members. The qualifications of the appraisers and all proceedings before them shall be in accordance with the provisions of the law pertaining to the duties and qualifications of appraisers under the conservancy law of this state as set forth in article 4 of this title.    Appraisers appointed under this section shall receive compensation set by the board for the performance of their duties.     History. Source: L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1914, § 1, effective August 4.