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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 1 - STATE, COUNTY, AND CITY HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-151) › Section 43-2-145.5 - [Repealed]

L. 91: Entire section added, p. 1403, § 1, effective May 24. L. 93: (4) and (6) amended, p. 66, § 1, effective March 22. L. 94: (3)(a), (4), and (6) amended and (3)(e) and (3)(f) added, p. 575, § 1, effective April 7; (1)(a) amended, p. 622, § 4, effective April 14; (4) and (6) amended, p. 2539, § 3, effective 1/1/1995.
Subsection (6) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 1996. (See L. 94, p. 2539.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 1 - STATE, COUNTY, AND CITY HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-151) › Section 43-2-146 - Highway bypasses - public policy - when

(1)
It is the public policy of the state of Colorado that where the transportation commission has authorized a highway bypass to be built around any incorporated city or town or unincorporated business community of the state of Colorado, the original state highway or state and federal highway markings shall remain on the existing highway through such incorporated city, town, or unincorporated business community and the existing highway shall be maintained, and the new bypass highway shall carry the designation "bypass" or other similar markings.
(2)
In all cases where such relocation has been authorized as a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways, the original state highway may be retained as part of the state system or a new and more direct approach road may be constructed to maintain service to such incorporated city, town, or unincorporated business community. In the event a new and more direct approach road is constructed, such approach road shall be placed on the state highway system and the original state highway may be deleted from the state system as provided in section
43-2-106
. The markings of the relocated system of highways shall be accomplished in accordance with the practice established under section
42-4-104
, C.R.S.
L. 55: p. 752, § 1. CRS 53: § 120-13-46. L. 61: p. 647, §§ 1, 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-13-46. L. 91: (1) amended, p. 1108, § 152, effective July 1. L. 94: (2) amended, p. 2571, § 98, effective 1/1/1995.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 1 - STATE, COUNTY, AND CITY HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-151) › Section 43-2-148 - [Repealed]

L. 89, 1st Ex. Sess.: Entire section added, p. 69, § 1, effective July 11. L. 97: Entire section repealed, p. 195, § 1, effective April 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 1 - STATE, COUNTY, AND CITY HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-151) › Section 43-2-150 - Roadside chain service - rules

The department may contract with one or more entities to provide roadside assistance, selling or applying chains or other equipment to commercial vehicles, necessary to enable compliance with section
42-4-106
, C.R.S. The department may authorize, by rule or contract, the entity to receive a reasonable fee for services provided.
L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 1334, § 5, effective August 3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 1 - STATE, COUNTY, AND CITY HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-151) › Section 43-2-151 - [Repealed]

Added by 2018 Ch. 353,§4, eff. 5/31/2018.
L. 2018: Entire section added, (SB 18-001), ch. 353, p. 2098, § 4, effective May 31.
Subsection (3) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2019. (See L. 2018, p. 2099.)
For the legislative declaration in SB 18-001, see section 1 of chapter 353, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 2 - COUNTY AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-201 — 43-2-219) › Section 43-2-201 - Public highways

(1)
The following are declared to be public highways:
(a)
All roads over private lands dedicated to the public use by deed to that effect, filed with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such roads are situate, when such dedication has been accepted by the board of county commissioners. A certificate of the county clerk and recorder with whom such deed is filed, showing the date of the dedication and the lands so dedicated, shall be filed with the county assessor of the county in which such roads are situate.
(b)
All roads over private or other lands dedicated to public uses by due process of law and not heretofore vacated by an order of the board of county commissioners duly entered of record in the proceedings of said board;
(c)
All roads over private lands that have been used adversely without interruption or objection on the part of the owners of such lands for twenty consecutive years;
(d)
All toll roads or portions thereof which may be purchased by the board of county commissioners of any county from the incorporators or charter holders thereof and thrown open to the public;
(e)
All roads over the public domain, whether agricultural or mineral.
L. 1883: p. 251, § 1. G.S. § 2953. L. 1891: p. 302, § 1. L. 1893: p. 435, § 1. R.S. 08: § 5787. L. 21: p. 380, § 1. C.L. § 1243. CSA: C. 143, § 1. CRS 53: § 120-1-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-1-1.
For toll roads, see part 3 of article 3 of this title 43.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 2 - COUNTY AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-201 — 43-2-219) › Section 43-2-203 - County road and bridge budget - tax levy

(1)
As a part of the total county budget and in conformity with the "Local Government Budget Law of Colorado", part 1 of article
1
of title
29
, C.R.S., each county shall annually adopt a county road and bridge budget for the ensuing fiscal year, which budget shall show: The aggregate amount estimated to be expended for county road and bridge construction, maintenance, and administration and the aggregate amount estimated to be paid from the county road and bridge fund to municipalities located within the county, either in cash or in equivalent value of materials to be furnished or work to be performed under mutual agreements with such municipalities, during said fiscal year; the amount being carried over for equivalent materials to be furnished or work to be performed from any prior fiscal year for any municipality within the county pursuant to section
43-2-202(2)
; the estimated balance in said fund at the beginning of said fiscal year; the aggregate amount estimated to be received from state, federal, or other sources during said fiscal year; and the amount necessary to be raised during said fiscal year from the levy authorized in subsection (2) of this section. The requirements of this subsection (1) do not apply to any moneys in the county road and bridge fund pursuant to section
30-25-106(3)
, C.R.S.
(2)
The board of county commissioners in each county is authorized to levy such rate of tax on all taxable property located within the county as required, when added to the estimated balance on hand at the beginning of said ensuing fiscal year and the amount of all revenues, other than property tax revenue, estimated to be received during said fiscal year, to defray all expenditures and payments estimated to be made from the county road and bridge fund during said fiscal year. When determining the rate of tax to be levied pursuant to this subsection (2), the board of county commissioners shall exclude from the estimated balance of the county road and bridge fund any moneys that it transferred to the fund pursuant to section
30-25-106(3)
, C.R.S.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 3,§ 3, eff. 2/19/2014.
L. 51: p. 732, § 2. CSA: C. 143, § 9(2). CRS 53: § 120-1-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-1-3. L. 70: p. 321, § 2. L. 75: (1) amended, p. 1574, § 2, effective June 20. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (SB 14-007), ch. 3, p. 79, § 3, effective February 19.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 2 - COUNTY AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-201 — 43-2-219) › Section 43-2-204 - Commissioners authorized to acquire property for highways

Boards of county commissioners, acting for their respective counties, are authorized to acquire by donation, by purchase, or by eminent domain proceedings in the name of such boards any private or public property necessary for the improvement or construction of state highways. Said boards have authority to contract with the department of transportation to pay for all or any part of such property so acquired.
L. 43: p. 524, § 1. CSA: C. 143, § 63(1). CRS 53: § 120-1-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-1-4. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1110, § 154, effective July 1.
For eminent domain proceedings, see articles 1 to 7 of title 38.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 2 - COUNTY AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-201 — 43-2-219) › Section 43-2-205 - Rights-of-way - public land

The board of county commissioners of each county in the state of Colorado is authorized to lease a right-of-way over any lands in the state of Colorado held for public purposes which are not in actual use for the purpose to which they are dedicated, for such period of time and under such terms and conditions as it deems advisable, and to construct and maintain public roads and highways thereon.
L. 21: p. 382, § 1. C.L. § 1311. CSA: C. 143, § 64. CRS 53: § 120-1-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-1-5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 2 - COUNTY AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-201 — 43-2-219) › Section 43-2-206 - Acquisition of rights of prior lessee

If the board of county commissioners of any county, after entering into contract of lease of lands for highway purposes under the provisions of section
43-2-205
, is unable to agree with the person holding possession under a prior lease, or otherwise, of any portion of the land so leased by the board of county commissioners for highway purposes for the purchase of the interest, title, or right to possession of any portion of the land necessary or required for the construction of the proposed highway on or over the strip of land so leased, such board may acquire the right to possession thereof in the manner provided by law for the condemnation of real estate.
L. 21: p. 382, § 2. C.L. § 1312. CSA: C. 143, § 65. CRS 53: § 120-1-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-1-6.
For condemnation proceedings, see articles 1 to 7 of title 38.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 2 - COUNTY AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-201 — 43-2-219) › Section 43-2-207 - Expense of construction and maintenance

(1)
The board of county commissioners of any county in the state of Colorado and the transportation commission of the state of Colorado are authorized to make such expenditures of moneys of the county and the state of Colorado appropriated to the construction and maintenance of highways upon lands leased or condemned for highway purposes under the provisions of section
43-2-205
as are necessary for the construction and the maintenance of public highways thereon.
(2)
(a)
Expenditures authorized under this title for the construction and maintenance of highways on land which has been purchased, condemned, leased, or otherwise acquired by the department of transportation or the board of county commissioners of any county of the state may include the spraying of such lands bordering highways which are infested with grasshoppers or other insects, as the latter are defined in paragraph (c) of this subsection (2), and may also include the destruction and eradication of noxious, injurious, and poisonous weeds growing along said highways.
(b)
Expenditures made by the transportation commission pursuant to this subsection (2) shall be paid from the state highway fund.
(c)
As used in this subsection (2), "insects" means any of the small invertebrate animals in the phylum arthropoda comprising the class insecta, arachnida, and chilopoda, that is six-legged winged and unwinged forms, eight-legged segmented forms and those with two or more pairs of legs per body segment.
L. 21: p. 383, § 3. C.L. § 1313. CSA: C. 143, § 66. CRS 53: § 120-1-7. L. 58, 1st Ex. Sess.: p. 30, §§ 1, 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-1-7. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1110, § 155, effective July 1. L. 94: (2) amended, p. 1648, § 87, effective May 31.
For creation of state highway fund, see § 43-1-219; for provisions for reimbursement to state or county for spraying lands, see § 35-4-107.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 2 - COUNTY AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-201 — 43-2-219) › Section 43-2-208 - County commissioners authorized to construct highways and let contracts

(1)
Whenever any county highway or bridge is to be constructed or any grading or repairing is to be done upon any county highway, the board of county commissioners is authorized to undertake such construction, grading, or repairing in its own behalf or to let contracts for the same. Boards of county commissioners are also authorized to make bids and to enter into contracts, where the contract price involved does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars, with the department of transportation or any agency of the federal or state government for the construction, maintenance, and repair of state or federal highways or bridges within their respective counties and to undertake and perform whatever work is necessary in connection therewith. All labor employed in such contracts shall be bona fide residents of the state of Colorado, and in all cases preference shall be granted to residents of the county wherein the contract is being performed.
(2)
Repealed.
L. 33, Ex. Sess.: p. 68, § 1. CSA: C. 143, § 67. CRS 53: § 120-1-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-1-8. L. 86: (2) repealed, p. 502, § 125, effective July 1. L. 91: (1) amended, p. 1110, § 156, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 2 - COUNTY AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-201 — 43-2-219) › Section 43-2-209 - Contract for work on highways - advertise for bids

If any board of county commissioners desires to let out any work on the county highways by contract, it may advertise in a legal newspaper in the county or post a notice in the county courthouse, for a period of not less than ten days before the contract is let, for sealed proposals for performing the work. When a contract for work on highways involves expenditures equal to or greater than the amount at which a contract requires a contractor's bond under section
38-26-105
, C.R.S., the board of county commissioners shall advertise in a newspaper as provided in this section unless such advertisement, in the judgment of the board, would be detrimental to the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety. The advertisement must describe the work to be done and its location and must refer all persons to the person holding the plans and specifications therefor. and such contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, the board reserving the right to reject any bids proffered. The cost of any county highway work mentioned in sections
43-2-208
to
43-2-210
may be paid out of the county road and bridge fund or emergency road fund, as the board may determine.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 31,§ 1, eff. 3/14/2014.
L. 33, Ex. Sess.: p. 69, § 2. CSA: C. 143, § 68. CRS 53: § 120-1-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-1-9. L. 73: p. 1232, § 1. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (HB 14-1121), ch. 31, p. 180, § 1, effective March 14.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 2 - COUNTY AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-201 — 43-2-219) › Section 43-2-210 - Only residents of county to be given employment

Only those persons who, at the time of employment, are residents of the county in which the project is being carried on shall be given employment insofar as possible. The residence of a person is considered to be that place in which his habitation is fixed and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning.
L. 33, Ex. Sess.: p. 70, § 3. CSA: C. 143, § 69. CRS 53: § 120-1-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-1-10. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 446, § 2, effective May 26.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 2 - COUNTY AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-201 — 43-2-219) › Section 43-2-211 - Cattle guards - specifications

The board of county commissioners of a county has authority to establish cattle guards on highways at the expense of the county or to permit the owners of land adjoining a county highway to establish cattle guards on highways at the expense of the landowners. All such cattle guards shall be established according to fixed specifications and design and under the supervision of the board of county commissioners.
L. 41: p. 652, § 1. CSA: C. 143, § 154. CRS 53: § 120-1-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-1-11.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 2 - COUNTY AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-201 — 43-2-219) › Section 43-2-212 - Sections applicable only to county highways

The provisions of sections
43-2-211
to
43-2-213
shall apply to the establishment of cattle guards on highways designated as county highways.
L. 41: p. 652, § 2. CSA: C. 143, § 155. CRS 53: § 120-1-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-1-12.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 2 - COUNTY AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-201 — 43-2-219) › Section 43-2-213 - Not deemed an obstruction

Cattle guards permitted and established under the provisions of sections
43-2-211
and
43-2-212
shall not constitute an obstruction of the highway under the provisions of section
43-5-301
.
L. 41: p. 652, § 3. CSA: C. 143, § 156. CRS 53: § 120-1-17. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-1-13.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 2 - COUNTY AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-201 — 43-2-219) › Section 43-2-214 - County highway anticipation warrant retirement fund

Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county within the territorial limits of which there is or may be developed a producing oil or gas field deems it necessary to anticipate its road revenues in whole or in part for the construction, making, or repairing of public roads, bridges, or highway structures within the territorial limits of such county, it may by an order entered of record establish a fund under the administration of the county treasurer to be known as the county highway anticipation warrant retirement fund.
L. 47: p. 749, § 2. CSA: C. 143, § 157. CRS 53: § 120-1-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-1-14.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 2 - COUNTY AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-201 — 43-2-219) › Section 43-2-215 - Moneys allocated to fund

Upon creation and establishment of such fund the board of county commissioners of such county shall thereupon allocate to said fund all moneys which may become available to such county for highway purposes from federal royalties, together with such additional revenues as the board of county commissioners may determine to be necessary from the county road and bridge fund, not to exceed fifty percent thereof. Moneys and revenues allocated to said fund shall be held in said fund inviolate for the primary purpose of the retirement of all outstanding and unpaid county highway anticipation warrants issued in accordance with the provisions of sections
43-2-214
to
43-2-218
.
L. 47: p. 750, § 3. CSA: C. 143, § 158. CRS 53: § 120-1-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-1-15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 2 - COUNTY AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-201 — 43-2-219) › Section 43-2-216 - Warrants - sale - duration - interest

When the board of county commissioners of such county has determined and approved, by resolution of the board, any highway project for the construction, repair, or improvement of highways within its territorial limits, either by the county itself or with the department of transportation of the state of Colorado and with or without federal aid so as to determine the cost thereof or the share of such cost to such county to be approved by such county, it may by resolution authorize the issuance of anticipation warrants in such amount as may be necessary to raise funds sufficient to defray costs of the same, said warrants thereupon to be delivered to the county treasurer and by him offered for public sale at not less than par. The aggregate of such warrants outstanding shall not exceed ten percent of the valuation for assessment of all property of said county as of the date of issuance thereof. No warrants shall run for a period longer than ten years before retirement nor bear a rate of interest in excess of four percent.
L. 47: p. 750, § 4. CSA: C. 143, § 159. CRS 53: § 120-1-20. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-1-16. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1111, § 157, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 2 - COUNTY AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-201 — 43-2-219) › Section 43-2-217 - County treasurer fiscal agent

The county treasurer of such county shall be the fiscal agent of the county in connection with such highway anticipation warrants and shall administer said fund so as to retire such warrants therefrom at such times and in such manner as the board of county commissioners may prescribe in the issuance thereof, subject to the limitations provided in sections
43-2-214
to
43-2-218
.
L. 47: p. 750, § 5. CSA: C. 143, § 160. CRS 53: § 120-1-21. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-1-17.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 2 - COUNTY AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-201 — 43-2-219) › Section 43-2-218 - Sections supplemental

Sections 43-2-214 to 43-2-218 are supplemental and in addition to all other powers and authorities by statute or otherwise granted and enjoyed by the respective counties of the state.
L. 47: p. 750, § 6. CSA: C. 143, § 161. CRS 53: § 120-1-22. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-1-18.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 2 - COUNTY AND OTHER PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-201 — 43-2-219) › Section 43-2-219 - County authority to privatize county highways and bridges - charge a toll

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the board of county commissioners of a county may enter public-private initiatives, as defined in section
43-1-1201(3)
, for county highways and bridges on behalf of the county. In addition, the board of county commissioners of a county may enter into contracts or other agreements on behalf of the county to privatize any county highway or bridge or charge a toll therefor. The board may also charge a toll for any county highway or bridge for the purpose of constructing, operating, or maintaining such bridge or highway.
L. 98: Entire section added, p. 447, § 10, effective August 5.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1998 act enacting this section, see section 1 of chapter 154, Session Laws of Colorado 1998.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 3 - VACATION PROCEEDINGS: ROADS, STREETS, AND HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-301 — 43-2-304) › Section 43-2-301 - Definitions

As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Block" means that portion of a subdivision surrounded by streets, however designated, or other boundary lines and platted as a block, plot, tract, square, or other designated unit.
(2)
"Owner" or "owner of record" includes any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.
(3)
"Roadway" includes any platted or designated public street, alley, lane, parkway, avenue, road, or other public way, whether or not it has been used as such.
L. 49: p. 620, § 1. CSA: C. 143, § 69(1). CRS 53: § 120-1-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-14-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 3 - VACATION PROCEEDINGS: ROADS, STREETS, AND HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-301 — 43-2-304) › Section 43-2-304 - Limitation of actions

Any limitation established by this part 3 shall apply to causes of action which have accrued prior to May 5, 1949, as well as to all causes of action accruing thereafter. The right to institute an action shall not be barred by reason of the limitations prescribed in said part 3 until the expiration of six months from May 5, 1949. This part 3 shall not be construed as reviving any action or limitation barred by any former or other statute.
L. 49: p. 622, § 4. CSA: C. 143, § 69(4). CRS 53: § 120-1-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-14-4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 4 - NOISE MITIGATION (§§ 43-2-401 — 43-2-404) › Section 43-2-401 - Definitions

As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Applicant" means a homeowner or renter residing in an eligible area, or the operator of a temporary housing facility or public housing facility located in an eligible area, who submits an application to the transportation commission in accordance with this part 4.
(2)
"Department" means the department of transportation.
(3)
"Eligible area" means a residential area that:
(a)
Is located adjacent to a state highway;
(b)
Existed as a residential area before the state highway was constructed or widened; and
(c)
Is located within the boundaries of a local government that, as of the date of the application, has adopted an ordinance or resolution to mitigate the effects of noise in future residential or other noise-sensitive development adjacent to the state highways within the boundaries of the local government.
(4)
"Local government" means a city, town, county, or city and county.
(5)
"Noise mitigation measures" means noise mitigation measures approved by the transportation commission pursuant to section
43-2-404
.
L. 2006: Entire part added, p. 1255, § 3, effective May 26.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 4 - NOISE MITIGATION (§§ 43-2-401 — 43-2-404) › Section 43-2-403 - Noise mitigation - privately funded - rules

(1)
An applicant may submit an application for noise mitigation measures to be privately funded to the department at any time in accordance with the application procedures established by the transportation commission by rule.
(2)
An application for privately funded noise mitigation measures shall:
(a)
Be accompanied by a petition signed by no less than seventy-five percent of the resident homeowners in an eligible area whose homes are located no more than four-tenths of one mile from the nearest edge of the right-of-way of the state highway;
(b)
Specify the source of the moneys necessary to construct the noise mitigation measures; and
(c)
Specify which noise mitigation measures the applicant proposes for the eligible area.
(3)
(a)
The department shall consider an application for noise mitigation measures made pursuant to this section within three months after the application is received.
(b)
The department shall approve an application for noise mitigation measures that meets the requirements of this section. The applicant may construct noise mitigation measures approved by the department.
(c)
Noise mitigation measures constructed in accordance with this section shall:
(I)
Comply with applicable rules and procedural directives of the department and the transportation commission;
(II)
Meet the noise reduction standards established by the department;
(III)
Be compatible with any existing noise mitigation measures in the eligible area; and
(IV)
Comply with the zoning and building requirements established by a local government in the eligible area.
(4)
Noise mitigation measures approved pursuant to this section may be constructed in the state highway right-of-way with the approval of the department or on private land. The department may sell at fair-market value or grant an easement to any land in the state highway right-of-way for the purpose of constructing noise mitigation measures approved in accordance with this section, subject to the provisions of section
43-1-210(5)
.
(5)
The applicant shall be responsible for the maintenance of the noise mitigation measures constructed in accordance with this section.
L. 2006: Entire part added, p. 1257, § 3, effective May 26.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY SYSTEMS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Article 2 - STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 43-2-101 — 43-2-404) › Part 4 - NOISE MITIGATION (§§ 43-2-401 — 43-2-404) › Section 43-2-404 - Rule-making authority

The transportation commission created by part 1 of article
1
of this title shall promulgate rules in accordance with article
4
of title
24
, C.R.S., to implement the provisions of this part 4. The rules shall include noise mitigation standards and a list of approved noise mitigation measures and products that meet the standards.
L. 2006: Entire part added, p. 1258, § 3, effective May 26.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Article 3 - SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Part 1 - FREEWAYS AND LOCAL SERVICE ROADS (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-107) › Section 43-3-102 - Engineer to divide freeway

(1)
After such state highway or a portion of a state highway has been designated a freeway under section
43-3-101
, the chief engineer is authorized to divide and separate such freeway into separate roadways by the construction of raised curbings, central dividing sections, or other physical separations or by designating such separate roadways by signs, markers, stripes, or other devices and may direct the course of traffic thereon and the proper lane for such traffic by appropriate signs, markers, stripes, or other devices.
(2)
No private right of access shall accrue to property abutting any freeway established on a new location except at such points as may be authorized; but nothing in this section shall authorize or permit the acquisition of any existing property rights except upon payment of just compensation as provided by law.
L. 41: p. 655, § 2. CSA: C. 143, § 145. CRS 53: § 120-6-2. L. 63: p. 795, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-6-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Article 3 - SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Part 1 - FREEWAYS AND LOCAL SERVICE ROADS (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-107) › Section 43-3-103 - Engineer may close street or road

The chief engineer, with the approval of the governor, is authorized to enter into agreements with the cities or towns having jurisdiction over city or town streets, or with the counties having jurisdiction over county highways, or with other authorities having jurisdiction over other public ways to close any city street or county highway or other public way at or near the point of its intersection with any such freeway or to make provisions for carrying such city street or county highway or other public way over or under or to a connection with the freeway and do any work on such city street or county highway or other public way as is necessary therefor.
L. 41: p. 655, § 3. CSA: C. 143, § 146. CRS 53: § 120-6-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-6-3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Article 3 - SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Part 1 - FREEWAYS AND LOCAL SERVICE ROADS (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-107) › Section 43-3-104 - Street not to open into freeway

No city street, county highway, or other public way of any kind shall be opened into or connected with any such freeway unless the chief engineer, with the approval of the governor, consents in writing to the same. The chief engineer, with the approval of the governor, may fix the terms and conditions on which such connection shall be made if such connection will best serve the public interest, safety, and welfare and may withhold his consent to such connection if such connection will not serve the public interest, safety, and welfare. Appeal from any ruling or decision made under the provisions of this section may be had to the district court of the county in which that portion of the freeway affected is located.
L. 41: p. 655, § 4. CSA: C. 143, § 147. CRS 53: § 120-6-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-6-4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Article 3 - SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Part 1 - FREEWAYS AND LOCAL SERVICE ROADS (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-107) › Section 43-3-105 - When local service roads laid out

Whenever a freeway is designated under the provisions of this part 1, the chief engineer is authorized to lay out and construct local service roads or designate as local service roads any existing street or public way if the same is within reasonable distance of such freeway wherever, in his opinion, there is a particular danger to the traveling public of collisions due to vehicles entering the freeway from the sides thereof and may divide and separate any such service road from the freeway by raised curbs or dividing sections, or other appropriate devices. If such local service road is a highway or street already in existence, he may designate the same by appropriate signs, markers, or other devices.
L. 41: p. 655, § 5. CSA: C. 143, § 148. CRS 53: § 120-6-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-6-5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Article 3 - SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Part 1 - FREEWAYS AND LOCAL SERVICE ROADS (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-107) › Section 43-3-106 - Acquiring land and right-of-way

The department of transportation is authorized to purchase or condemn any land necessary for the construction of any local service road authorized by this part 1 and is also authorized to purchase or condemn any right of access appertaining to any land abutting on a state highway or on a portion of a state highway when such right of access is disturbed or destroyed by the designation of a state highway or such portion of a state highway as a freeway under the provisions of this part 1 in the same manner and form as provided by law for the purchase or condemnation of highway rights-of-way.
L. 41: p. 656, § 10. CSA: C. 143, § 153. CRS 53: § 120-6-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-6-10. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1111, § 159, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Article 3 - SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Part 1 - FREEWAYS AND LOCAL SERVICE ROADS (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-107) › Section 43-3-107 - Acquisition by commissioners and department of transportation jointly

Boards of county commissioners of the several counties may join with the department of transportation to acquire by donation, purchase, or condemnation any land or right of access appurtenant thereto necessary for the construction of any state highway, freeway, or local service road.
L. 55: p. 735, § 1. CRS 53: § 120-6-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-6-11. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1112, § 160, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Article 3 - SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Part 2 - TURNPIKES (§§ 43-3-201 — 43-3-220) › Section 43-3-201 - Legislative declaration

The development and improvement of the public highways and roads within the state of Colorado being essential to the well-being and prosperity of the state and the inhabitants thereof, it is declared to be the policy and purpose of the general assembly to provide for such development and improvement by conferring additional powers on the department of transportation as a body corporate under the laws of the state of Colorado.
L. 49: p. 601, § 1. CSA: C. 143, § 125(1). CRS 53: § 120-8-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-8-1. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1112, § 161, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Article 3 - SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Part 2 - TURNPIKES (§§ 43-3-201 — 43-3-220) › Section 43-3-202.5 - Public-private initiatives - legislative declaration

(1)
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:
(a)
The department of transportation is in need of funds to invest in new infrastructure projects, including turnpikes, within the state transportation system, and public-private partnerships can provide the state with a new source of capital for such projects;
(b)
Privately-developed transportation projects can result in time and cost savings, risk reduction, and new tax revenues to the state; and
(c)
Public-private agreements can be utilized by the state not only for the development of new turnpikes but also for the modernization and improvement of existing turnpikes.
(2)
The department of transportation may enter into public-private initiatives pursuant to part 12 of article
1
of this title for the following purposes:
(a)
To design, finance, construct, and operate a new turnpike project within the state; or
(b)
To improve an existing turnpike project in the state by modernizing, upgrading, expanding, or maintaining an existing turnpike facility.
(3)
(a)
The department of transportation is authorized to solicit and consider proposals, enter into agreements, grant public benefits, and accept contributions for public-private initiatives pursuant to part 12 of article
1
of this title concerning the purposes set forth in subsection (2) of this section.
(b)
As used in this subsection (3), "public benefit" has the same meaning as set forth in section
43-1-1201(2)
.
(4)
A public-private initiative under this section shall include a provision that the public or private entity shall secure and maintain liability insurance coverage during the construction and improvement of any turnpike project in amounts appropriate to protect a project's viability.
L. 96: Entire section added, p. 462, § 2, effective April 23. L. 2007: (3)(a) amended, p. 2051, § 105, effective June 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Article 3 - SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Part 2 - TURNPIKES (§§ 43-3-201 — 43-3-220) › Section 43-3-203 - Bonds authorized

(1)
For the purpose of defraying the cost of constructing, improving, or reconstructing any such turnpike and all expenses incidental thereto, including all engineering and legal fees and interest during construction and for one year thereafter, the department of transportation may, upon the affirmative majority vote of the entire membership of the transportation commission and with the approval of the general assembly evidenced by joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives, and signed by the governor, issue bonds of the state of Colorado, payable from a fund consisting of the fees, fares, and tolls derived from any designated turnpike project and with the approval of the general assembly evidenced by joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives, additionally secured by a pledge of and payable from a special fund set aside from the state highway fund, but the amount so set aside and pledged shall not exceed in any one year one hundred percent of the total of the following:
(a)
The amount of principal and interest falling due during such year; and
(b)
The amount required to be paid into the special sinking fund as a reasonable reserve for the payment of the bonds authorized in this part 2 in accordance with the resolution of the transportation commission authorizing their issuance as approved by the joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives.
L. 49: p. 603, § 3. CSA: C. 143, § 125(3). CRS 53: 120-8-3. L. 54: p. 155, § 4. L. 56, Ex. Sess.: p. 38, § 4. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-8-3. L. 84: IP(1) amended, p. 1112, § 2, effective April 9. L. 91: IP(1) and (1)(b) amended, p. 1113, § 163, effective July 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 463, § 3, effective April 23.
For presentation of resolutions to the governor, see § 39 of art. V, Colo. Const.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Article 3 - SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Part 2 - TURNPIKES (§§ 43-3-201 — 43-3-220) › Section 43-3-204 - Bond details

All bonds issued under the provisions of this part 2 shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding a maximum net effective rate authorized by resolution of the transportation commission on the face value of the issue of bonds and shall be in such form and executed in such manner and shall be payable at such times extending not more than thirty years from the date thereof, shall contain the provisions for prior redemption, and shall be payable at such places as the department of transportation determines. The bonds shall be sold at public or private sale on such terms as the department of transportation may determine. In case any of the officers whose signatures or countersignatures appear on the bonds or the coupons attached thereto cease to be officers before delivery of the bonds, the signatures and countersignatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes with the same force and effect as if they had remained in office until the delivery. The bonds shall contain on their face the designation of the project as determined by the department of transportation and in anticipation of the revenues of which the same are issued. All bonds issued under the provisions of this part 2 shall have and are declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the law of the state.
L. 49: p. 604, § 4. CSA: C. 143, § 125(4). CRS 53: § 120-8-4. L. 56, Ex. Sess.: p. 38, § 5. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-8-4. L. 84: Entire section amended, p. 1113, § 3, effective April 9. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1114, § 164, effective July 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 463, § 4, effective April 23.
For negotiable instruments, see article 3 of title 4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 43-1-101 — 43-10-119) › SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Article 3 - SPECIAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION (§§ 43-3-101 — 43-3-416) › Part 2 - TURNPIKES (§§ 43-3-201 — 43-3-220) › Section 43-3-205 - Trust indentures

In the discretion of the department of transportation, such bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the department of transportation and a corporate trustee which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside of the state. Such trust indentures may pledge or assign tolls and revenue to be received from the operation of the turnpike project but shall not convey or mortgage the turnpike or any part thereof. The resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds or such trust indenture may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, covenants setting forth the duties of the department of transportation in relation to the acquisition of properties and the construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and insurance of the turnpike project and the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys. Such indenture may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee and may restrict the individual right of action of bondholders. In addition to the foregoing, such trust indenture may contain such other provisions as the department of transportation may deem reasonable for the security of bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out such trust indenture may be treated as a part of the cost of maintenance, operation, and repair of the turnpike project.
L. 49: p. 604, § 5. CSA: C. 143, § 125(5). CRS 53: § 120-8-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-8-5. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1114, § 165, effective July 1.