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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 4 - METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-401 — 32-4-416) › Section 32-4-401 - Legislative declaration

(1)
It is hereby declared that to provide for the conservation of all water resources of the state of Colorado and for the greatest beneficial use of all waters, surface and subsurface, within this state, the organization of metropolitan water districts and the construction of works as defined in this part 4 by such districts are a public use and will:
(a)
Be essentially for the public benefit and advantage of the people of the state of Colorado;
(b)
Indirectly benefit all industries of the state;
(c)
Indirectly benefit the state of Colorado in the increase of its taxable property valuation;
(d)
Directly benefit municipalities by providing adequate supplies of water for domestic use;
(e)
Directly benefit lands to be irrigated from works to be constructed;
(f)
Directly benefit lands under irrigation by stabilizing the flow of water in streams and by increasing flow and return of water to such streams; and
(g)
Promote the comfort, safety, and welfare of the people of the state of Colorado.
(2)
It is therefore declared to be the policy of the state of Colorado:
(a)
To investigate, acquire, control, and apply to beneficial use waters, surface and subsurface, originating in this state; and to provide for the direct and supplemental use of such waters for domestic, manufacturing, irrigation, power, and other beneficial uses;
(b)
To obtain from waters, surface and subsurface, originating in Colorado the highest duty for domestic uses and irrigation of lands in Colorado within the terms of interstate compacts;
(c)
To cooperate with the United States under the federal reclamation laws and with other agencies of the United States government for the construction and financing of works in the state of Colorado as defined in this part 4 and for the operation and maintenance thereof; and
(d)
To promote the greater prosperity and general welfare of the people of the state of Colorado by encouraging the organization of metropolitan water districts as provided in this part 4.
L. 55: p. 578, § 1. CRS 53: § 89-13-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-13-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 4 - METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-401 — 32-4-416) › Section 32-4-402 - Definitions

As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"District" means a metropolitan water district organized under this part 4 either as originally organized or as changed from time to time.
(1.5)
"Eligible elector" has the meaning specified in section
32-1-103 (5)
.
(2)
"Governing body" means the city council of a city, the board of trustees of an incorporated town, or the board of directors of a water and sanitation district, or any organization by law authorized to obligate itself for the purposes contemplated by this part 4.
(3)
"Municipality" means city, incorporated town, or water or water and sanitation districts; but in no event shall the word "municipality" include or refer to a city with a population in excess of three hundred thousand. The population of municipalities or unincorporated areas shall be determined by the latest federal census or state census or a local census directed by a city or a metropolitan water district.
(4)
"Ordinance" means a resolution in the case of water and sanitation districts.
(5)
"Publication" has the meaning specified in section
32-1-103 (15)
.
(6)
(a)
"Taxpaying elector" means "taxpaying elector" as defined in section
32-1-103 (23)
.
(b)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 92, p. 890, § 130, effective January 1, 1993.)
L. 55: p. 579, § 2. CRS 53: § 89-13-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-13-2. L. 70: p. 279, § 72. L. 77: (1.5) added and (5) and (6) R&RE, p. 1502, §§ 48, 49, effective July 15. L. 81: (1.5) and (5) amended, p. 1623, § 22, effective 7/1/1981. L. 92: (1.5) and (6) amended, p. 890, § 130, effective 1/1/1993.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 4 - METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-401 — 32-4-416) › Section 32-4-403 - Purpose, boundaries, and powers

Metropolitan water districts may be organized under this part 4 for any one or more of the purposes set out in section
32-4-401
and may be formed of any two or more municipalities, if such municipalities are located in the same county or in adjacent or nearby counties. Unincorporated territory may become a part of a district as provided for in this part 4. When so organized, each such district shall be a governmental subdivision of the state of Colorado and a quasi-municipal corporation with such powers as are expressly granted in this part 4, together with such powers as are reasonably implied therefrom and necessary and proper to carry out the purpose of such district.
L. 55: p. 580, § 3. CRS 53: § 89-13-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-13-3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 4 - METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-401 — 32-4-416) › Section 32-4-407 - Inclusion of territory

The boundaries of any district organized under the provisions of this part 4 may be changed in the manner prescribed in this part 4, 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 it might be liable or chargeable had such change of boundaries not been made. The incorporated areas of cities, towns, water districts, and unincorporated areas lying within the boundaries of any district organized under this part 4, as established by the original ordinances of initiating municipalities and from time to time by action of the board of directors, may be added to the district.
L. 55: p. 587 (Art. II). CRS 53: § 89-13-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-13-7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 4 - METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-401 — 32-4-416) › Section 32-4-410 - Exclusion of unincorporated areas

(1)
The owner in fee of any lands constituting a portion of the district may file with the board a petition praying that such lands be excluded and taken from said district.
(2)
Such petition shall meet the following requirements:
(a)
Shall be signed by the owners of more than sixty percent of the area of such territory proposed to be excluded;
(b)
Shall be signed by more than sixty percent of the owners of the area proposed to be excluded, whether such owners are residents or nonresidents of such area.
(3)
Such petition shall be accompanied by a deposit of money sufficient to pay all costs of the exclusion proceedings, together with a certified statement of current ownership of all property proposed to be included, said certificate to be prepared by an attorney, a title insurance company, or title insurance agent authorized to do business in this state.
L. 55: p. 592, § 1. CRS 53: § 89-13-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-13-10. L. 83: (3) amended, p. 512, § 2, effective May 16.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 4 - METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-401 — 32-4-416) › Section 32-4-411 - Exclusion election

Upon receipt of the petition, the board of directors shall certify, by proper resolution, the petition to the district court of the county in which the territory is located, and the district court shall thereupon proceed to the appointment of a designated election official to hold an election, as provided in section
32-4-408 (4)
. On the effective date of the ordinance or resolution, the clerk of the governing body of the municipality shall forthwith transmit a certified copy thereof to the board of directors of the district and to the division of local government in the department of local affairs.
L. 55: p. 593, § 2. CRS 53: § 89-13-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-13-11. L. 76: Entire section amended, p. 599, § 15, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 2180, § 46, effective June 2; entire section amended, p. 893, § 134, effective 1/1/1993.
Amendments to this section by House Bill 92-1359 and House Bill 92-1333 were harmonized.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 4 - METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-401 — 32-4-416) › Section 32-4-413 - Liability of property included

Property situated within the boundaries of territory added to a metropolitan water district shall be subject to all taxes levied by such district after the inclusion of such territory, and shall be subject to all the bonded indebtedness of such district whether incurred by the district prior to or subsequent to such inclusion.
L. 55: p. 594, § 1. CRS 53: § 89-13-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-13-13.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 4 - METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-401 — 32-4-416) › Section 32-4-414 - Liability of property excluded

Property situated within the boundaries of territory excluded from a metropolitan water district shall remain subject to that portion of all taxes levied by such district necessary for the payment of principal and interest of any bonded indebtedness of the district outstanding at the time of such exclusion.
L. 55: p. 595, § 2. CRS 53: § 89-13-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-13-14.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 4 - METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-401 — 32-4-416) › Section 32-4-415 - Budget law

The provisions of the local government budget law shall apply to metropolitan water districts.
L. 55: p. 595, § 1. CRS 53: § 89-13-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-13-15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 4 - METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-401 — 32-4-416) › Section 32-4-416 - Dissolution of district

Any metropolitan water district may be dissolved in the manner provided in part 7 of article
1
of this title; except that the question of dissolution or the plan for dissolution shall be submitted to the eligible electors of the district. The election shall be held and conducted as provided in articles
1
to
13
of title
1
, C.R.S.
L. 70: p. 312, § 10. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-13-16. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 1504, § 54, effective July 15. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1623, § 23, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 894, § 136, effective 1/1/1993.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-501 - Legislative declaration

It is declared that the organization of metropolitan sewage disposal districts having the purposes and powers provided in this article will serve a public use and will promote the public health, safety, and general welfare.
L. 60: p. 162, § 1. CRS 53: § 89-15-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-503 - Liberal construction

This part 5 being necessary to secure and preserve the public health, safety, and general welfare, the rule of strict construction shall have no application to this part 5, but it shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes and objects for which this part 5 is intended.
L. 60: p. 179, § 18. CRS 53: § 89-15-18. L. 62: p. 199, § 12. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-18.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-504 - Sufficiency of part 5

(1)
This part 5, without reference to other statutes of the state, shall constitute full authority for the exercise of powers granted in this part 5, including but not limited to the authorization and issuance of securities under this part 5. No other act or law with regard to the authorization or issuance of securities that provides for an election requires an approval, or in any way impedes or restricts the carrying out of the acts in this part 5 authorized to be done, shall be construed as applying to any proceedings taken under this part 5 or acts done pursuant hereto, except for laws to which reference is made in this part 5 specifically or by necessary implication. The provisions of no other law, either general or local, except as provided in this part 5, shall apply to doing of the things in this part 5 authorized to be done, and no board, agency, bureau, commission, or official, other than the board of directors of a metropolitan sewage disposal district or the governing body of a municipality, has any authority or jurisdiction over the doing of any of the acts in this part 5 authorized to be done.
(2)
No notice, consent, or approval by any public body or officer thereof shall be required as a prerequisite to the sale or issuance of any securities or the making of any contract or the exercise of any other power under this part 5, except as provided in this part 5. The powers conferred by this part 5 shall be in addition and supplemental to and not in substitution for, and the limitations imposed by this part 5 shall not affect the powers conferred by, any other law.
(3)
Nothing in this part 5 shall repeal or affect any other law or part thereof, except to the extent that this part 5 is inconsistent with any other law, it being intended that this part 5 shall provide a separate method of accomplishing its objectives, and not an exclusive one; and this part 5 shall not be construed as repealing, amending, or changing any such other law except to the extent of such inconsistency.
L. 60: p. 179, § 19. CRS 53: § 89-15-19. L. 62: p. 199, § 13. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-19.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-505 - Limitation on scope of part 5

Nothing in this part 5 shall be construed as affecting in any manner the operation, improvement, or enlargement, or any combination thereof, of a privately owned sewage disposal system which exists outside the boundaries of a municipality as they existed on or after February 21, 1962.
L. 62: p. 220, § 14. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-38.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-506 - Purpose, boundaries, and powers

(1)
Metropolitan sewage disposal districts may be organized under this part 5 for the purpose of acquiring, by construction or otherwise, owning, holding, and operating a sewage disposal system to intercept, receive, transport, treat, and dispose of the outfalls of sewer systems of municipalities. A district may be composed of territory included within the corporate boundaries of any two or more municipalities, which need not be contiguous and which need not be located in the same county. When so organized each such district shall be a governmental subdivision of the state of Colorado with such powers as are expressly granted in this part 5 together with such powers as are reasonably implied therefrom and necessary or proper to carry out the objects and purposes of such district.
(2)
It is the purpose of this part 5 that the municipalities within a district shall retain full power to provide sewer service to its inhabitants and to authorize a district to intercept, receive, transport, treat, and dispose of the outfalls from the sewer systems of the municipalities within the district.
L. 60: p. 164, § 3. CRS 53: § 89-15-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-511 - Levy and collection of taxes

(1)
It is the duty of the body having authority to levy taxes within each county to levy the taxes provided in this part 5. It is the duty of all officials charged with the duty of collecting taxes to collect such taxes at the time and in the form and manner and with like interest and penalties as other general ad valorem taxes are collected and when collected to pay the same to the district or municipality ordering its levy and collection. The payment of such collection shall be made monthly to the treasurer of the district or municipality levying the tax and be paid into the depository thereof to the credit of such district or municipality. All general ad valorem taxes levied under this part 5, together with interest thereon and penalties for default in payment thereof, and all costs of collecting the same, shall constitute, until paid, a perpetual lien on and against the property taxed, and such lien shall be on a parity with the tax lien of other general ad valorem taxes.
(2)
If the general ad valorem taxes levied are not paid, then delinquent real property shall be sold at the regular tax sale for the payment of said taxes, interest, and penalties, in the manner provided by the statutes of the state of Colorado for selling real property for the nonpayment of general taxes. If there are no bids at said tax sale for the property so offered, said property shall be struck off to the county, and the county shall account to the district or municipality to which the tax is due in the same manner as provided by law for accounting for school, town, and city taxes. Delinquent personal property shall be distrained and sold as provided by law.
L. 60: p. 173, § 7. CRS 53: § 89-15-7. L. 62: p. 194, § 6. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-512 - Boundary changes - liability of property

The boundaries of any district organized under this part 5 may be changed in the manner provided for in this part 5, but the change of boundaries of the district shall not impair or affect its organization, nor shall it affect, impair, or discharge any contract, obligation, lien, or charge on which the district might be liable or chargeable had such change of boundaries not been made.
L. 60: p. 173, § 8. CRS 53: § 89-15-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-8.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-514 - Annexation and consolidation of territory by municipalities

(1)
All territory which may be annexed to a municipality after its inclusion within the boundaries of the district and the entire consolidated territory resulting from a consolidation of a municipality included within the district with a municipality not so included shall, without further action by the municipality or the board of directors of the district, become a part of and included within the boundaries of the district; but if it is infeasible for any part of the annexed or consolidated territory to be served by the district's facilities, the municipality may, prior to or within ninety days after such annexation or consolidation is completed, petition the board of directors of the district for an exclusion of the territory which cannot feasibly be served.
(2)
Upon receipt of such a petition, the board of directors shall consider the same, and, if it determines that the territory petitioned to be excluded cannot feasibly be served by the facilities of the district, the board by resolution may exclude the same from the boundaries of the district, and such exclusion shall be retroactive to the date of annexation or consolidation. A certified copy of the resolution excluding the territory shall be forthwith transmitted to the division of local government in the department of local affairs, and three certified copies shall be forthwith transmitted to the clerk of the municipality, and the clerk of the municipality shall cause a certified copy of the resolution to be recorded in the county or counties in which the municipality is located and a copy thereof delivered to the office of the county assessor and county treasurer of each county in which the excluded territory is located. Additional certified copies of such resolution shall be issued by the secretary of the district upon request.
L. 60: p. 175, § 10. CRS 53: § 89-15-10. L. 62: p. 195, § 7. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-10. L. 76: (2) amended, p. 602, § 20, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-515 - Exclusion of territory

(1)
Should the governing body of any municipality which is included within the district determine by ordinance, adopted after a public hearing called and held as provided in section
32-4-508(1)(d)
, that said municipality or any portion thereof cannot feasibly be served by the district's facilities, such municipality may file with the district a certified copy of such ordinance and request that said municipality or a designated portion thereof be excluded from the district.
(2)
Upon receipt of such ordinance the board of directors of the district shall cause an investigation to be made to determine whether or not the municipality or the designated portion thereof can feasibly be served by the district's facilities.
(3)
(a)
Upon completion of said investigation, and in any event not later than ninety days from the filing of the ordinance with the district, the board of directors of the district shall by resolution determine that the area sought to be excluded can or cannot be feasibly served by the district's facilities. If the board of directors of the district determines that the area can feasibly be served by the district's facilities, the exclusion sought shall be denied.
(b)
If the board of directors of the district determines that the area sought to be excluded cannot feasibly be served by the district's facilities, the board of directors of the district shall adopt a resolution excluding the area from the district, and a certified copy of such resolution shall forthwith be filed with the director of the division of local government in the department of local affairs, who shall forthwith issue a certificate of exclusion describing the territory so excluded and shall transmit to the clerk of the municipality three certified copies of such certificate of exclusion, and the clerk of the municipality shall forthwith record a copy of such certificate in the office of the county clerk and recorder of each county in which the municipality may be located and shall deliver a copy to the county assessor and the county treasurer of each county in which the municipality is located; but, so long as any securities of the district are outstanding, no exclusion of territory shall be made which will reduce the revenue of the district, nor shall any exclusion of territory reduce the district's minimum charges and charges for availability of service.
L. 60: p. 176, § 11. CRS 53: § 89-15-11. L. 62: p. 196, § 8. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-11. L. 76: (3)(b) amended, p. 603, § 21, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-516 - Service of areas outside the boundaries of the district

Any municipality included within the district may discharge into the district's facilities sewage and industrial wastes received by its system from areas not within the corporate limits of the municipality, but in that case the sewage and industrial wastes so received from outside the district boundaries and discharged into the district's facilities shall be considered, for the purposes of this part 5, as being sewage and industrial waste of that municipality.
L. 60: p. 177, § 12. CRS 53: § 89-15-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-12.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-517 - Dissolution of districts

(1)
Any metropolitan sewage disposal district formed under this part 5 which has no indebtedness, securities, or other obligations outstanding or which has made full provision for their payment, may be dissolved by vote of a majority of the electors voting at an election to be held for the purpose of voting upon the dissolution of the district and which election shall be held in the manner provided for the holding of elections as set forth in section
32-4-518
.
(2)
An election submitting the proposition of dissolution of the district may be initiated by a resolution of the board of directors adopted by three-fourths of all of the members of the board of directors of such district calling an election for that purpose, or by the filing with the clerk of the district resolutions requesting such an election, passed and adopted by the governing bodies of three-fourths of all of the municipalities included within the boundaries of the district.
(3)
In the event the vote is for dissolution, the board of directors of the district shall proceed to terminate the affairs of the district and any funds remaining in the district treasury, after all obligations of the district have been discharged and the costs of terminating the district's affairs have been paid, shall be divided among the municipalities included within the district in proportion to the population of each such municipality, as determined by the latest estimate made by the director of the division of planning.
L. 60: p. 177, § 13. CRS 53: § 89-15-13. L. 62: p. 196, § 9. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-13. L. 70: p. 286, § 86. L. 71: p. 962, § 6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-518 - Elections

(1)
(a)
Wherever in this part 5 an election is permitted or required, the election may be held separately or may be coordinated with any primary or general election held under the laws of the state of Colorado. The elections shall be held and conducted as provided in articles
1
to
13
of title
1
, C.R.S. The board of directors shall call the election by resolution adopted pursuant to section
1-5-203
, C.R.S.
(b)
The board, in the case of any election not to be coordinated with a primary or general election, shall appoint a designated election official responsible for assuring that the election is held according to the provisions of articles
1
to
13
of title
1
, C.R.S.
(c)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 92, p. 895, § 138, effective January 1, 1993.)
(d)
If the election is coordinated with a primary or general election, it shall be held according to the provisions of section
1-7-116
, C.R.S.
(2) to (4)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 92, p. 895, § 138, effective January 1, 1993.)
L. 60: p. 178, § 14. CRS 53: § 89-15-14. L. 62: p. 196, § 10. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-14. L. 70: p. 287, § 87. L. 77: (3) amended, p. 1505, § 57, effective July 15. L. 81: (1)(a) amended, p. 1624, § 25, effective July 1. L. 82: (1)(c) amended, p. 495, § 1, effective February 19. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 895, § 138, effective 1/1/1993. L. 93: (1)(a), (1)(b), and (1)(d) amended, p. 1440, § 139, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-519 - Authorization

In addition to powers elsewhere conferred by law on municipalities, municipalities participating in the organization of a district and municipalities included within a district under this part 5 have every power necessary, requisite, or proper to effectuate the purposes of this part 5, including, without limitation, the power to acquire and operate a sewer system as defined in section
32-4-502(32)
, and to impose, collect, and enforce rates for services rendered or made available by or through such system.
L. 60: p. 178, § 15. CRS 53: § 89-15-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-520 - Correction of faulty notices

In any case where a notice is provided for in this part 5, if the board, governing body, or court having jurisdiction of the matter finds for any reason that due notice was not given, the board, governing body, or court shall not thereby lose jurisdiction, and the proceeding in question shall not thereby be void or be abated, but the board, governing body, or court shall order due notice to be given, and shall continue the hearing until such time as notice shall be properly given, and thereupon shall proceed as though notice had been properly given in the first instance.
L. 60: p. 178, § 16. CRS 53: § 89-15-16. L. 62: p. 199, § 11. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-16.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-521 - Early hearings

All cases in which there may arise a question of validity of the organization of a district, or a question of the validity of any proceeding under this part 5, shall be advanced as a matter of immediate public interest and concern, and heard at the earliest practicable moment. The courts shall be open at all times for the purpose of this part 5.
L. 60: p. 179, § 17. CRS 53: § 89-15-17. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-17.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-525 - Incontestable recital in securities

Any resolution authorizing, or other instrument appertaining to, any securities under this part 5 may provide that each security therein authorized shall recite that it is issued under authority of this part 5. Such recital shall conclusively impart full compliance with all of the provisions of this part 5, and all securities issued containing such recital shall be incontestable for any cause whatsoever after their delivery for value.
L. 62: p. 207, § 14. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-24.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-527 - Sale of securities

(1)
Any securities authorized in this part 5, except for warrants not issued for cash, and except for interim receipts or certificates or temporary bonds issued pending preparation of definitive bonds, shall be sold at public or private sale for not less than the principal amount thereof and accrued interest, or at the board's option, below par at a discount not exceeding six percent of the principal amount thereof and at a price such that the net effective interest rate of the issue of securities does not exceed the maximum net effective interest rate authorized. For any securities the issuance of which does not require approval at an election pursuant to this part 5, the maximum net effective interest rate shall be established by the board prior to the time such securities are sold and issued.
(2)
No discount, except as provided in this part 5, or commission shall be allowed or paid on or for any security sale to any purchaser or bidder, directly or indirectly; but nothing contained in this part 5 shall be construed as prohibiting the board from employing legal, fiscal, engineering, and other expert services in connection with any project or facilities authorized in this part 5, and with the authorization, issuance, and sale of securities.
L. 62: p. 210, § 14. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-26. L. 70: p. 288, § 90.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-528 - Application of proceeds

(1)
All moneys received from the issuance of any securities authorized in this part 5 shall be used solely for the purposes for which issued and the cost of any project thereby delineated.
(2)
Any accrued interest and any premium shall be applied to the payment of the interest on or the principal of the securities, or both interest and principal, or shall be deposited in a reserve therefor, as the board may determine.
(3)
Any unexpended balance of such security proceeds remaining after the completion of the acquisition or improvement and equipment of the project or the completion of the purposes for which such securities were issued shall be paid immediately into the fund created for the payment of the principal of said securities and shall be used therefor, subject to the provisions as to the times and methods for their payment as stated in the securities and the proceedings authorizing or otherwise appertaining to their issuance, or in a reserve therefor.
(4)
The validity of said securities shall not be dependent on nor affected by the validity or regularity of any proceedings relating to the acquisition or improvement and equipment of the project or the proper completion of any project for which the securities are issued.
(5)
The purchasers of the securities shall in no manner be responsible for the application of the proceeds of the securities by the district or any of its officers, agents, and employees.
L. 62: p. 211, § 14. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-27.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-531 - Cancellation of paid securities

Whenever the treasurer of the district redeems and pays any of the securities issued under the provisions of this part 5, he shall cancel the same by writing across the face thereof or stamping thereon the word "Paid", together with the date of the payment, sign his name thereto, and transmit the same to the secretary of the district, taking his receipt therefor, which receipt shall be filed in the records of the district. The secretary shall credit the treasurer on his books for the amount so paid.
L. 62: p. 216, § 14. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-30.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-532 - Interest after maturity

No interest shall accrue on any security authorized in this part 5 after it becomes due and payable if funds for the payment of the principal of and interest on the security and any prior redemption premium due are available to the paying agent for such payment without default.
L. 62: p. 216, § 14. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-31.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-534 - Cumulative rights of security holders

(1)
No right or remedy conferred upon any holder of any security or any coupon appertaining thereto or any trustee for such holder, by this part 5 or by any proceedings appertaining to the issuance of such security or coupon, is exclusive of any other right or remedy, but each such right or remedy is cumulative and in addition to every other right or remedy and may be exercised without exhausting and without regard to any other remedy conferred by this part 5 or by any other law.
(2)
The failure of any holder of any security or coupon so to proceed as provided in this part 5 or in such proceedings shall not relieve the district, its board, or any of its officers, agents, and employees of any liability for failure to perform or carry out any duty, obligation, or other commitment.
L. 62: p. 217, § 14. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-33.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-536 - Connections with existing drains and pumping stations

In order to carry out and effectuate its purposes, every district is authorized to enter upon and use and connect with any existing public drains, sewers, conduits, pipe lines, pumping and ventilating stations, and treatment plants or works, or any other public property of a similar nature within the district, and, if deemed necessary by the district, close off and seal outlets and outfalls therefrom. No district shall, in the absence of a contract so authorizing take permanent possession or make permanent use of any such treatment plant or works unless it acquires the same as provided in this part 5.
L. 62: p. 219, § 14. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-35.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-537 - Connections with drains serving property - service charges

(1)
Each municipality within the district, and every person owning or operating any sewer or drain or any system of water distribution serving three or more parcels of real property in the district, shall at the request of the district, make available to the district any of its maps, plans, specifications, records, books, accounts, or other data or things deemed necessary by the district for its purposes.
(2)
Each municipality shall promptly pay to any district all service charges which the district may charge to it, and shall provide for the payment thereof in the same manner as other obligations of such municipality. Except to the extent the proceeds of general ad valorem taxes and other revenues are made available, each municipality shall fix and collect service charges in connection with its sewer system sufficient in amount to produce revenues annually to pay the service charges levied by the district and all other claims to be defrayed therewith, as provided in section
32-4-522
.
(3)
Each person owning or operating any sewer or drain which serves three or more parcels of real property in a municipality in the district and which discharges sewage into waters in or bordering the state shall, upon notice from the municipality of its availability and a proposed point of connection with the sewer system of the municipality, cause such sewer or drain to be connected with the system at such point and in such manner as the municipality may specify and shall thereafter cause said sewer or drain to discharge into the sewer system.
(4)
Each municipality and any person owning or operating any system of water distribution serving three or more parcels of real property in the district shall, from time to time after request therefor by the district, deliver to the district copies of the records made by it in the regular course of business of the amount of water supplied by it to every such parcel of real property in the district. Such copies shall be delivered to the district within sixty days after the making of such records, and the district shall pay the reasonable cost of preparation and delivery of such copies.
L. 62: p. 219, § 14. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-36.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-538 - Construction of other sewage disposal systems prohibited

It is hereby declared that a district shall be the exclusive agency for the acquisition and operation of a sewage disposal system within a district, except as in this part 5 otherwise provided or authorized, and that no sewage disposal system or other facility for the collection, treatment, or disposal of sewage arising within a district, including any sewage treatment or disposal facilities of a municipality, shall be acquired or improved after a district is organized, unless the district gives its consent thereto and approves the plans and specifications therefor, except for any acquisition or improvement of any sewer collection facilities or sewer system, but not sewage treatment or disposal facility or sewage disposal system, or any part thereof, owned by a municipality at any point above the connection of such collection facilities or sewer system with any sewage disposal system or other project of the district. Each district is empowered by this part 5 to give such consent and approval, subject to the terms and provisions of any agreement with any holder of securities.
L. 62: p. 220, § 14. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-37.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Article 4 - WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-101 — 32-4-547) › Part 5 - METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-4-501 — 32-4-547) › Section 32-4-539 - Publication of resolution or proceedings - effect - right to contest legality - time limitation

(1)
In its discretion the board may provide for the publication once in full of any resolution or other proceedings adopted by the board ordering the issuance of any securities or, in the alternative, publication of notice, which resolution, other proceedings, or notice so published shall state the fact and date of such adoption and the place where such resolution or other proceedings has been filed for public inspection and also the date of the first publication of such resolution, other proceedings, or notice, and also state that any action or proceeding of any kind in any court questioning the validity of the creation and establishment of the district, or the validity or proper authorization of securities provided for by the resolution or other proceedings, or the validity of any covenants, agreements, or contracts provided for by the resolution or other proceedings, shall be commenced within twenty days after the first publication of such resolution, other proceedings, or notice.
(2)
If no such action or proceedings is commenced within twenty days after the first publication of such resolution, other proceedings, or notice, then all residents and taxpayers and owners of property in the district and users of the sewage disposal system and all public bodies and all other persons whomsoever shall be forever barred and foreclosed from commencing any action or proceeding in any court, or from pleading any defense to any action or proceedings, questioning the validity of the establishment of the district, the validity or proper authorization of such securities, or the validity of any such covenants, agreements, or contracts, and said securities, covenants, agreements, and contracts shall be conclusively deemed to be valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms and tenor.
L. 62: p. 220, § 14. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-39.