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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 5 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 31-25-500.2 — 31-25-542) › Section 31-25-524 - Payment - assessment roll returned

(1)
Payment may be made to the municipal treasurer at any time within thirty days after the final publication of the assessing ordinance.
(2)
At the expiration of said thirty-day period, the municipal treasurer shall return the local assessment roll to the clerk, therein showing all payments made with the date of each payment. Said roll shall thereafter be certified by the clerk under the seal of the municipality and delivered by him to the county treasurer of the same county with his warrant for the collection of the same. The county treasurer shall receipt for the same, and all such rolls shall be numbered for convenient reference.
(3)
If the municipal treasurer is directed by ordinance to collect assessment payments as provided in section
31-25-526(1)
, in lieu of the procedure specified in subsection (2) of this section, the municipal treasurer may keep the assessment roll, numbered for convenient reference, in such a manner as to best facilitate the collection and recording of assessment payments.
(4)
All special assessments for local improvements authorized in section
31-25-502(2)
may be due and payable at such alternate time or times as set forth in the assessing ordinance.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1197, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entitle section amended, p. 1049, § 9, effective July 1. L. 90: (1) amended, p. 1474, § 9, effective October 1. L. 2008: (4) added, p. 1304, § 29, effective May 27.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-25-520 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) This section was originally numbered as §
31-25-523
in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 5 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 31-25-500.2 — 31-25-542) › Section 31-25-525 - Owner of interest may pay share

The owner of any divided or undivided interest in the property assessed may pay his share of any assessment upon producing evidence of the extent of his interest satisfactory to the treasurer having charge of the roll.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1197, § 1, effective July 1.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-25-523 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) This section was originally numbered as §
31-25-524
in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 5 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 31-25-500.2 — 31-25-542) › Section 31-25-526 - Collection of assessment payments - by municipal treasurer - by county treasurer

(1)
The governing body may, by ordinance, direct the municipal treasurer to collect any amount payable as an assessment pursuant to this part 5 or authorize the municipal treasurer or other appropriate municipal official to enter into contracts with third parties for assistance in the administration and collection of assessments. If the governing body does not direct, by ordinance, that assessment payments be collected by the municipal treasurer, then such payments shall be collected by the county treasurer.
(2)
All collections made by the county treasurer upon an assessment roll in any calendar month shall be accounted for and paid over to the municipal treasurer on or before the tenth day of the next succeeding calendar month, with separate statements for all such collections for each improvement.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1197, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1049, § 8, effective July 1. L. 2008: (1) amended, p. 1304, § 30, effective May 27.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-25-510 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) This section was originally numbered as §
31-25-525
in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 5 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 31-25-500.2 — 31-25-542) › Section 31-25-527 - When assessments payable - installments

All special assessments for local improvements shall be due and payable within thirty days after the final publication of the assessing ordinance without demand; but all such assessments may be paid, at the election of the owner, in installments with interest as provided in section
31-25-528
. All special assessments for local improvements authorized in section
31-25-502(2)
may be due and payable at such alternate time or times as set forth in the assessing ordinance.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1197, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1304, § 31, effective May 27.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-25-509 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) This section was originally numbered as §
31-25-526
in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 5 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 31-25-500.2 — 31-25-542) › Section 31-25-528 - How installments paid - interest

In case of such election to pay in installments, the assessments shall be payable in two or more installments of principal with interest in all cases on the unpaid principal. The first installment shall be payable as prescribed by the governing body in not more than five years, and the last installment shall be payable in not more than twenty years. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the number, amounts, and times of payment of installments, the period of payment, and the rate and times of payment of interest shall be determined by the governing body and set forth in the assessing ordinance. If assessments are to be collected by the county treasurer, the times of payment of installments shall be the same as the times of payment of installments of property taxes as specified in section
39-10-104.5(2)
, C.R.S.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1197, § 1, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 1280, § 4, effective May 22. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1050, § 11, effective July 1. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 1474, § 10, effective October 1. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 2184, § 64, effective June 2.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-25-517 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) This section was originally numbered as §
31-25-527
in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 5 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 31-25-500.2 — 31-25-542) › Section 31-25-529 - Effect of payment in installments

Failure to pay the whole assessment within said period of thirty days shall be conclusively considered to be an election on the part of all persons interested, whether under disability or otherwise, to pay in installments. All persons so electing to pay in installments shall be conclusively considered to have consented to said improvements. Such election shall be conclusively considered to be a waiver of any right to question the power or jurisdiction of the municipality to construct the improvements, the quality of the work, the regularity or sufficiency of the proceedings, the validity or the correctness of the assessments, or the validity of the lien thereof; except that, with respect to local improvements authorized in section
31-25-502(2)
, the owner for each property included in the district shall retain all rights otherwise existing by contract or by law against parties other than the county with respect to the financed energy efficiency improvement or renewable energy improvement.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1197, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1304, § 32, effective May 27.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-25-518 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) This section was originally numbered as §
31-25-528
in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 5 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 31-25-500.2 — 31-25-542) › Section 31-25-530 - Penalty for default - payment of balance

Failure to pay any installment, whether of principal or interest, when due shall cause the whole of the unpaid principal to become due and collectible immediately, and the whole amount of the unpaid principal and accrued interest shall thereafter draw interest at the rate established pursuant to section
5-12-106(2) and (3)
, C.R.S., until the day of sale; but, at any time prior to the day of sale, the owner may pay the amount of all unpaid installments, with interest at the penalty rate set by the assessing ordinance, and all penalties and costs of collection accrued and shall thereupon be restored to the right thereafter to pay in installments in the same manner as if default had not been suffered. The owner of any property not in default as to any installment or payment may, at any time, pay the whole of the unpaid principal with the interest accruing to the maturity of the next installment of interest or principal; except that any owner who pays the whole of the unpaid balance pursuant to this section may be assessed a prepayment premium not to exceed three percent of the unpaid principal, the amount of which premium shall be specified in the ordinance imposing the assessment.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1198, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section R&RE, p. 1057, § 22, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 274, § 15, effective August 7.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-25-519 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) This section was originally numbered as §
31-25-529
in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 5 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 31-25-500.2 — 31-25-542) › Section 31-25-531 - Sale of property for nonpayment

(1)
The county treasurer or the municipal treasurer pursuant to section
31-25-526
shall receive payment of all assessments appearing upon the assessment roll with interest.
(2)
In case of default in the payment of any installment of principal or interest on assessed property when due:
(a)
The municipal treasurer, if collecting assessment payments pursuant to section
31-25-526
, shall certify to the county treasurer the whole amount of the unpaid assessments; and
(b)
The county treasurer shall advertise and sell all property concerning which such default is suffered for the payment of the whole of the unpaid assessments thereon, plus penalties and costs of collection.
(3)
Said advertisements and sales shall be made at the same times, in the same manner, under all the same conditions and penalties, and with the same effect as provided by general law for sales of real estate in default of payment of the general property tax.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1198, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1049, § 10, effective July 1.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-25-521 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) This section was originally numbered as §
31-25-530
in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
For the sale of tax liens, see article 11 of title 39.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 5 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 31-25-500.2 — 31-25-542) › Section 31-25-533 - Power of governing body to contract debt - question submitted to registered electors

The governing body has power to contract an indebtedness on behalf of the municipality and upon the credit thereof by borrowing money or issuing the negotiable interest-bearing bonds of the municipality for the purpose of providing a fund to pay such part of the cost of said improvements as may be determined by the governing body. No such indebtedness shall be created except by ordinance subject to and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of section
31-15-302(1)(d)
.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1199, § 1, effective July 1.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-25-530 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) This section was originally numbered as §
31-25-532
in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 5 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 31-25-500.2 — 31-25-542) › Section 31-25-535 - Bonds negotiable - interest

All such bonds shall be negotiable in form and bear interest as may be fixed by the governing body not exceeding a maximum net effective interest rate specified by the governing body prior to the use of said bonds in payment for improvements or the sale thereof pursuant to section
31-25-534
.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1200, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1050, § 12, effective July 1.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-25-532 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) This section was originally numbered as §
31-25-534
in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 5 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 31-25-500.2 — 31-25-542) › Section 31-25-536 - [Repealed]

L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1200, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1057, § 24, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section repealed, p. 278, § 22, effective August 7.
(1) This section was similar to former § 31-25-533 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) This section was originally numbered as §
31-25-535
in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 5 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 31-25-500.2 — 31-25-542) › Section 31-25-537 - When mandamus will issue

When any improvement authorized by this part 5 is petitioned for by the owners of property to be assessed for more than one-half of the entire costs estimated by the governing body to be assessed, it is the duty of the municipal officials whose duty it is to act to authorize said improvement, and an order in the nature of mandamus may issue out of any court of competent jurisdiction requiring said officials to take such action as is required by this part 5; but, if the material petitioned for is known to be worthless or of poor quality or would not make a good, substantial, and reasonable permanent improvement, the governing body may refuse to grant a petition for that reason. If a material petitioned for or designated in the specifications is a patented or proprietary article on which there can be but one bid, the governing body may refuse to award a contract if the entire bid is excessive as compared with improvements of equal value or may reject the bid or readvertise.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1200, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1052, § 15, effective July 1.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-25-538 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) This section was originally numbered as §
31-25-536
in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 5 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 31-25-500.2 — 31-25-542) › Section 31-25-538 - No action maintainable - exception - grounds - limitations

(1)
No legal or equitable action shall be brought or maintained except to enjoin the collection of assessments levied under this part 5 upon the grounds:
(a)
That notice of a hearing upon the amount of the assessment was not given as required in this part 5. Any person presenting objections to the governing body at or before the hearing on assessment shall be deemed to have waived this ground.
(b)
That the hearing upon the amount of the assessment as provided in this part 5 was not held;
(c)
That the improvement ordered was not one authorized by this part 5;
(d)
That the assessment levied exceeds the benefits received by the property assessed.
(2)
No action shall be brought on the grounds provided in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section unless a hearing on the proposed improvements is required pursuant to section
31-25-503
and unless the objections on which such action is based have been presented to the governing body in writing prior to or at such hearing. No action shall be brought on the grounds provided in paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of this section unless the objections on which such action is based have been presented to the governing body in writing prior to or at the hearing on the assessment roll. Any action brought with respect to the ordering of any improvements, the creation of any district, the authorization or issuance of any bonds, the levying of any assessments, or any other action taken under this part 5 shall be commenced within thirty days after the passage of the ordinance or resolution ordering the improvements, creating the district, authorizing or issuing bonds, or levying assessments or within thirty days after performance of any other action complained of or else shall be forever barred.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1201, § 1, effective July 1. L. 86: (2) amended, p. 1052, § 16, effective July 1.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-25-539 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) This section was originally numbered as §
31-25-537
in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 5 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 31-25-500.2 — 31-25-542) › Section 31-25-539 - Effect of court order

If in any court of competent jurisdiction any final assessment made in pursuance of this part 5 is set aside or if the governing body determines it to be necessary to alter any final assessment made pursuant to this part 5, the governing body, upon notice as required in the making of an original assessment, may make a new assessment in accordance with the provisions of this part 5.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1201, § 1, effective July 1. L. 90: Entire section amended, p. 1474, § 11, effective October 1.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-25-511 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) This section was originally numbered as §
31-25-538
in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 5 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 31-25-500.2 — 31-25-542) › Section 31-25-540 - Figures instead of words - when general description used

In all proceedings and notices authorized by this part 5, figures may be used instead of words, and in districts of extended areas it is not necessary to designate each piece of land separately. In such case general descriptions and quantities may be used, except in the assessment rolls. Except in such rolls, the cost may be stated as being of probable or certain amount per front foot or per square foot or per lot of given size.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1201, § 1, effective July 1.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-25-537 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) This section was originally numbered as §
31-25-539
in House Bill 75-1089 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 5 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 31-25-500.2 — 31-25-542) › Section 31-25-541 - Interim warrants

The governing body, from time to time as work proceeds in a local improvement district, may authorize the issuance of interim warrants: For not to exceed ninety percent in value of the work theretofore done upon estimates of the engineer of the municipality; after completion of the work and acceptance thereof by the engineer of the municipality and by the governing body, for one hundred percent of the value of the work so completed; and, where improvements in the district require the acquisition of property, for an amount not exceeding the value of the property. The warrants may be issued to a contractor to apply at par value on the contract price for the improvements or to the owner of the property to apply at par value on the property price. The warrants may also be issued and sold at not less than par value in such manner as the governing body may determine, and the proceeds may be used to apply towards payment of the contract price and property price. Interim warrants shall bear interest from date of issue until paid at such rate as may be fixed by the governing body. Interest accruing on interim warrants shall be included as a cost of the improvements in the local improvement district. Interim warrants and interest thereon shall be paid by the issuance of or by proceeds from the sale of special improvement bonds issued or in cash received from the payment of assessments not pledged to the payment of the bonds or from any of such sources.
L. 77: Entire section added, p. 1470, § 3, effective June 4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 5 - SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (§§ 31-25-500.2 — 31-25-542) › Section 31-25-542 - County treasurer - policies and procedures

The county treasurer may adopt policies and procedures which the county treasurer deems necessary and reasonable for the administration and collection of assessments which are to be collected by the county treasurer and which are imposed and payable pursuant to the provisions of this part 5 or pursuant to any home rule charter and any ordinances adopted pursuant thereto; however, prior to adoption, copies of such proposed policies and procedures shall be delivered to all municipalities located in the county and, after giving notice to such municipalities, a public hearing shall be held by the county treasurer on such proposed policies and procedures.
L. 90: Entire section added, p. 1474, § 12, effective October 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 6 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (1949 ACT) › Section 31-25-601 - Legislative declaration

The general assembly hereby declares that the organization of public improvement districts, having the purposes and powers provided in this part 6, will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security, and general welfare of the inhabitants of said districts.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1201, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-25-601 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 6 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (1949 ACT) › Section 31-25-603 - Authority of governing body

(1)
The governing body of a municipality is hereby vested with jurisdiction, power, and authority to establish districts within the municipality in which the improvement is to be acquired, constructed, installed, operated, or maintained or the service is to be provided. The governing body of a municipality may establish a district partially within the boundaries of any other municipality or within the unincorporated territory of a county if such municipality or county consents by resolution to the establishment of such district. No such district may provide the same improvement or service as an existing special district within the territory of such existing special district unless the existing special district consents.
(2)
If a municipality other than the municipality that established the district annexes or incorporates any territory within an established district, such territory shall remain in the district unless the municipality notifies the district's board of the municipality's intent to exclude the territory annexed or incorporated from the district. If the municipality notifies the board of its intent to exclude such territory, such exclusion shall take effect January 1 of the year following such notice. Any property excluded from the district under this subsection (2) shall remain subject to payment of its share of any indebtedness or bonds that are outstanding on the date of such exclusion.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1202, § 1, effective July 1. L. 84: Entire section amended, p. 840, § 3, effective March 29. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 519, § 19, effective April 30.
This section is similar to former § 31-25-603 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 6 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (1949 ACT) › Section 31-25-604 - Organization petition - contents

(1)
The organization of a district shall be initiated by a petition filed in the office of the clerk of the governing body vested with jurisdiction. The petition shall be signed by not less than thirty percent or two hundred of the electors of the proposed district, whichever is less. After the filing of a petition, no signer shall be permitted to withdraw his or her name from the petition.
(2)
The petition shall set forth:
(a)
The name of the proposed district, which shall include the name of the municipality creating the district, a descriptive name or number, and the words "general improvement district";
(b)
A general description of the improvements to be acquired, constructed, installed, operated, or maintained or the services to be provided within and for the district;
(c)
The estimated cost of the proposed improvements or the estimated annual cost of providing the proposed services;
(d)
A general description of the boundaries of the district or the territory to be included therein with such certainty as to enable a property owner to determine whether or not his or her property is within the district;
(e)
The names of three persons of the district who shall represent the petitioners and who have the power to enter into agreements relating to the organization of the district, which agreements shall be binding on the district, if created;
(f)
A request for the organization of the district; and
(g)
A statement that either:
(I)
The boundaries of the proposed district include at least one hundred electors of the district;
(II)
The boundaries of the proposed district include at least one elector of the district for each five acres of land included within the proposed district; or
(III)
The petition is signed by one hundred percent of the owners of taxable real property to be included in the proposed district.
(3)
No petition with the requisite signatures shall be declared void on account of alleged defects. The governing body, at any time, may permit the petition to be amended to conform to the facts by correcting any errors in the description of the territory or in any other particular. Similar petitions or duplicate copies of the same petition for the organization of the same district may be filed and together shall be regarded as one petition. All such petitions filed prior to the hearing on the first petition filed shall be considered by the governing body the same as though included with the first petition placed on file.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1202, § 1, effective July 1. L. 84: (2)(b) amended, p. 840, § 4, effective March 29. L. 99: (1) and (2) amended, p. 519, § 20, effective April 30. L. 2002: (2)(e) amended, p. 277, § 19, effective August 7.
This section is similar to former § 31-25-604 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 6 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (1949 ACT) › Section 31-25-605 - Bond of petitioners

At the time of filing the petition or at any time prior to the time of hearing on said petition, a bond shall be filed, with security approved by the governing body, or a cash deposit made sufficient to pay all expenses connected with the proceedings in case the organization of the district is not effected. If at any time during the organization proceedings the governing body is satisfied that the bond first executed or the amount of cash deposited is insufficient in amount, it may require the execution of an additional bond or the deposit of additional cash within a time to be fixed, not less than ten days thereafter, and, upon failure of the petitioners to file or deposit the same, the petition shall be dismissed.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1203, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-25-605 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 6 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (1949 ACT) › Section 31-25-606 - Notice of hearing

(1)
Except as provided in section
31-25-607
(3.5), as soon as possible after the filing of such petition, the governing body shall fix by order a place and time, not less than twenty days nor more than forty days after the petition is filed, for a hearing thereon. Thereupon the clerk of the governing body shall cause notice by publication to be made of the pendency of the petition, of the purposes and boundaries of the proposed district, and of the time and place of hearing thereon. The clerk shall also cause a copy of said notice to be mailed to each elector of the district at the elector's last-known address, as disclosed by the tax and official voter registration records of the counties in which said district is proposed to be located.
(2)
No member of a governing body shall be disqualified to perform any duty imposed by this part 6 by reason of ownership of property within any proposed district.
(3)
The notice of hearing on the petition shall set forth the fact that all the property in the district is subject to the lien of the indebtedness, if any, and shall set forth the amount of the proposed indebtedness, if any.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1203, § 1, effective July 1. L. 84: (1) amended, p. 840, § 5, effective March 29. L. 99: (1) and (3) amended, p. 520, § 21, effective April 30.
This section is similar to former § 31-25-606 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 6 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (1949 ACT) › Section 31-25-608 - Recording of ordinance

Within thirty days after the district has been declared duly organized, the clerk of the governing body shall transmit for recording to the county clerk and recorder in each of the counties in which the district or a part thereof extends a copy of the ordinance establishing said district.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1204, § 1, effective July 1. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 1227, § 9, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-25-608 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 6 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (1949 ACT) › Section 31-25-609 - Governing body constitutes board - duties

The governing body of the municipality in which the district is located shall constitute ex officio the board of directors of the district. The presiding officer of the governing body shall be ex officio the presiding officer, the clerk of the governing body shall be ex officio the secretary, and the treasurer of the municipality shall be ex officio the treasurer of the board and district. The secretary and the treasurer may be one person. Such board shall adopt a seal. The secretary shall keep in a visual text format that may be transmitted electronically a record of all its proceedings, minutes of all meetings, certificates, contracts, and all corporate acts, which shall be open to inspection of all owners of property in the district, as well as to all other interested parties. The treasurer shall keep permanent records containing accurate accounts of all money received by and disbursed for and on behalf of the district.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1205, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (HB 09-1118), ch. 130, p. 562, §7, effective August 5.
This section is similar to former § 31-25-609 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 6 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (1949 ACT) › Section 31-25-610 - Meetings

The board shall hold meetings, on notice to each member of the board, which shall be open to the public in a place to be designated by the board as often as the needs of the district require. A quorum of the governing body shall constitute a quorum at any meeting.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1205, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-25-610 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 6 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (1949 ACT) › Section 31-25-611.5 - Special improvement districts - authority to establish

In order to defray all or any portion of the costs of the improvements or services provided by the district, the board may establish special improvement districts within the boundaries of the district in accordance with part 5 of this article. Such special improvement districts may be established whenever the board determines that property in the district will be especially benefitted by such improvements or services. The method of creating special improvement districts, making the improvements or providing the services, and assessing the costs thereof shall be as provided in part 5 of this article. However, the electors eligible to vote on any question under this section shall either be electors of the district or electors within the local improvement district, as determined by the board. In addition, the board shall perform the duties of the governing body set forth in part 5 of this article, and the secretary of the district shall perform the duties of the clerk set forth in part 5 of this article. The improvements that the special improvement district may construct and the services that the special improvement district may provide shall be the improvements and services that the district may provide pursuant to this part 6.
L. 99: Entire section added, p. 523, § 24, effective April 30.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 6 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (1949 ACT) › Section 31-25-612 - Power to levy taxes

In addition to the other means of providing revenue for such districts, the board has the power to levy and collect ad valorem taxes on and against all taxable property within the district. Such power shall not prevent the issuance of obligations payable solely from the income of revenue-producing facilities.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1206, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-25-612 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 6 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (1949 ACT) › Section 31-25-613 - Determining and fixing rate of levy

The board shall determine the amount of money necessary to be raised by a levy on the taxable property in the district, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the district, and shall fix a rate of levy which, when levied upon every dollar of the valuation for assessment of taxable property within the district and with other revenues, shall raise the amount required by the district during the ensuing fiscal year to supply funds for paying expenses of organization and the costs of acquiring, constructing, installing, operating, and maintaining the improvements or works of the district or providing the services of the district and promptly to pay in full when due all interest on and principal of general obligation bonds, indebtedness, and other obligations of the district. In the event of accruing defaults or deficiencies, additional levies may be made as provided in section
31-25-614
. In accordance with the schedule prescribed by section
39-5-128
, C.R.S., the board shall certify to the board of county commissioners of each county in which the district or a portion thereof lies the rate so fixed in order that, at the time and in the manner required by law for the levying of taxes, such board of county commissioners shall levy such tax upon the valuation for assessment of all taxable property within the district.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1206, § 1, effective July 1. L. 87: Entire section amended, p. 1407, § 3, effective April 4. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 523, § 25, effective April 30.
This section is similar to former § 31-25-613 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 6 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (1949 ACT) › Section 31-25-614 - Levies to cover deficiencies

The board, in certifying annual levies, shall take into account the maturing indebtedness for the current and ensuing year as provided in its contracts, maturing bonds, and interest on bonds, and deficiencies and defaults of prior years, and shall make ample provision for the payment thereof. In case the moneys produced from such levies, together with other revenues of the district, are not sufficient to punctually pay the annual installments on its contracts or bonds and interest thereon and to pay defaults and deficiencies, the board, from year to year, shall make such additional levies of taxes as may be necessary for such purposes, and, notwithstanding any limitations, such taxes shall be made and continue to be levied until the indebtedness of the district is fully paid.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1207, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-25-614 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 6 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (1949 ACT) › Section 31-25-615 - County officers to levy and collect taxes - lien

It is the duty of the body having authority to levy taxes within such county to levy the taxes certified to it as provided in this part 6. It is the duty of all officials charged with the duty of collecting taxes to collect and enforce such taxes at the time and in the form and manner and with like interest and penalties as other taxes are collected and, when collected, to pay the same to the district ordering its levy and collection. The payment of such collections shall be made monthly to the treasurer of the district and paid into the depository thereof to the credit of the district. All taxes levied under this part 6, together with interest thereon and penalties for default in payment thereof, and all costs of collecting the same shall constitute a lien, until paid, on and against the property taxed, and such lien shall be a lien as for all other general taxes.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1207, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-25-615 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 6 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (1949 ACT) › Section 31-25-616 - Property sold for taxes

The taxes provided in this part 6 shall be included as a part of general taxes and shall be paid accordingly. Upon sale of properties for delinquencies, sales shall be in the manner provided by the statutes of this state for selling property for nonpayment of taxes.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1207, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-25-616 as it existed prior to 1975.
For the sale of tax liens, see article 11 of title 39.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 6 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (1949 ACT) › Section 31-25-617 - Reserve fund

When any indebtedness has been incurred by a district, it is lawful for the board to levy taxes and collect revenue for the purpose of creating a reserve fund in such amount as the board may determine which may be used to meet the obligations of the district for operating charges and depreciation and to provide extensions of and betterments to the improvements of the district.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1207, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-25-617 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 6 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (1949 ACT) › Section 31-25-618 - Inclusion or exclusion - petition - notice - hearing - order

(1)
The boundaries of any district organized under the provisions of this part 6 may be changed in the manner prescribed in this section, but the change of boundaries of the district shall not impair or affect its organization or its rights in or to property or any of its rights or privileges whatsoever nor shall it affect or impair or discharge any contract, obligation, lien, or charge for or upon which the district might be liable or chargeable had any such change of boundaries not been made. The owners of property proposed to be included or excluded may file with the board a petition, in writing, requesting that such property be included in or excluded from the district. The petition shall describe the property owned by the petitioners and shall be verified. The petition shall be accompanied by a deposit of moneys sufficient to pay all costs of the inclusion or exclusion proceedings. The secretary of the board shall cause notice of filing of such petition to be given and published, which notice shall state the filing of such petition, names of petitioners, descriptions of property sought to be included or excluded, and the request of said petitioners.
(2)
Such notice shall notify all persons having objections to appear at the office of the board at the time stated in said notice and show cause why the petition should not be granted. The board, at the time and place mentioned or at such times to which the hearing may be adjourned, shall proceed to hear the petition and all objections thereto which may be presented by any person showing cause why said petition should not be granted. The failure of any person interested to show cause shall be deemed as an assent on his part to the inclusion or exclusion of such property as requested for in the petition. If the petition is granted, the board shall adopt an ordinance to that effect and file a certified copy of the same with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the property is located. Thereupon said property shall be included or excluded from the district.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1207, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-25-618 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 25 - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (§§ 31-25-101 — 31-25-1307) › Part 6 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN MUNICIPALITIES (1949 ACT) › Section 31-25-619 - Liability of property

All property included within or excluded from a district shall thereafter be subject to the levy of taxes for the payment of its proportionate share of any indebtedness of the district outstanding at the time of inclusion or exclusion.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1208, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-25-619 as it existed prior to 1975.