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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 1 - MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION ACT OF 1965 (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-123) › Section 31-12-121 - Provision of municipal services to outside consumers - agreement to annex

Any municipality, as a condition precedent to the supplying of municipal services pursuant to contract, may require a contemporary agreement by such consumers, who are owners in fee of real property so supplied, to apply for or consent to the annexation of the area to be supplied with such municipal services to the supplying municipality at such future date as the area supplied, or any portion thereof, becomes eligible for annexation pursuant to the provisions of this part 1. The agreement to annex shall be enforceable by an action for specific performance filed in the district court of the judicial district containing all or part of the supplying municipality. A memorandum of such agreement, setting forth the names of the owners in fee of real property supplied and the legal description of such area, shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such area is located and shall constitute constructive notice of such agreement to all persons not parties thereto. In no event shall the board of directors of any quasi-municipal corporation organized under part 5 or 6 of article
25
of this title, article
8
of title
29
, part 2 of article
20
of title
30
, or title 32 (except article 8), C.R.S., or any other law of this state be permitted to obligate or require property owners within any such district to sign any such agreement in order to obtain water service from a municipality.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1092, § 1, effective July 1. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1615, § 16, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-121 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 1 - MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION ACT OF 1965 (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-123) › Section 31-12-122 - Relation of this part 1 to other laws

The powers conferred and limitations imposed by this part 1 shall be in addition and supplemental to and not in substitution for powers conferred by any other law.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1093, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-122 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 1 - MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION ACT OF 1965 (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-123) › Section 31-12-123 - Applicability to city and county of Denver

Notwithstanding any provisions of this article to the contrary, this article shall not apply to the city and county of Denver.
L. 86: Entire section added, p. 1035, § 2, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 2 - ANNEXATION OF ADJACENT AREA UPON REORGANIZATION (§ 31-12-201) › Section 31-12-201 - Including adjacent area upon reorganization

(1)
When a city or town incorporated prior to July 3, 1877, proceeds to abandon its prior organization and to reorganize under the provisions of part 3 of article
2
of this title, it may include within the boundaries of such reorganized municipality all or any part of contiguous area if:
(a)
The contiguous area has been laid off or platted in accordance with the provisions of this title;
(b)
The owner of such area has not constituted the same as an addition to such city or town;
(c)
The area is not situate within another municipality.
(2)
In such cases, the boundaries of all of such city or town, including such contiguous territory, shall be set forth in the petition described in part 3 of article
2
of this title, and all registered electors residing within those boundaries shall be entitled to vote at the election to be conducted under the provisions of said part 3 of article 2.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1093, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-4-107 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 3 - DISSOLUTION AND ANNEXATION (SPECIAL CHARTERS) › Section 31-12-301 - Annexation to charter city

When any city or town is contiguous to any city existing under any special charter of this state or the territory of Colorado, which charter was issued prior to July 3, 1877, and in such special charter it is provided that when any such city or town, in pursuance of any law of this state, is dissolved or becomes annexed to the city existing under a special charter and the area included within such city or town existing under general laws becomes part of the city existing under a special charter, the city or town may be annexed to and become part of the city existing under a special charter in the manner set forth in this part 3.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1093, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-201 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 3 - DISSOLUTION AND ANNEXATION (SPECIAL CHARTERS) › Section 31-12-302 - Petition - order of court

A petition signed by not less than twenty percent of the qualified taxpaying electors of such city or town for the dissolution of such city or town and the annexation of the same to the city existing under a special charter may be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court for the county in which the city or town is situated. The petition, or any part thereof, shall be accompanied by an affidavit of one or more of the petitioners showing that the signers are qualified taxpaying electors of such city or town and shall be prima facie evidence of the matters therein set forth. Upon the filing of such petition and upon the consent of the special charter city being shown by published ordinance, the district court shall make an order reciting the substance of the petition and requiring the governing body of such city or town to submit the question of such dissolution and annexation at the next regular election or at a special election of such city or town, as provided in section
31-12-305
, to a vote of the registered electors thereof. The order shall be served by delivering a copy thereof to any member of the governing body of such city or town and shall be filed in the office of the clerk of such city or town.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1093, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-202 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 3 - DISSOLUTION AND ANNEXATION (SPECIAL CHARTERS) › Section 31-12-303 - Annexation consented to by ordinance - indebtedness

No order shall be made by any district court requiring the submission of the question of dissolution and annexation to any election held pursuant to this part 3 until the city existing under a special charter to which it is proposed that such annexation be made has consented to such annexation by ordinance duly passed and published. In case of the annexation of any city or town to any city existing under a special charter, as provided in section
31-12-301
, neither the indebtedness of the city or town so annexed nor that of the city to which the same shall be annexed shall become a common indebtedness. Such indebtedness shall be paid by general taxation upon all the taxable property within the city or town in and by which the indebtedness was created.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1094, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-210 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 3 - DISSOLUTION AND ANNEXATION (SPECIAL CHARTERS) › Section 31-12-304 - School districts - annexation of area to another school district - applicability

(1)
When the dissolution and annexation of any city or town under the provisions of this part 3 will result in the detachment of an area from any school district and the attachment of such area to another school district, no petition under section
31-12-302
is valid unless accompanied by a resolution of the board of directors of the school district to which such area will be attached approving such annexation. If there are any school facilities located within the detached area, the school district owning such facilities shall receive just compensation from the school district that acquires them. Such compensation shall be determined by mutual agreement of the school boards involved or in accordance with the applicable provisions of articles
1
to
7
of title
38
, C.R.S. As used in this section, the term "facilities" is limited to school buildings and the real property on which they are situate. Any moneys received by a school district as compensation for such school facilities shall be treated as proceeds from sales of assets pursuant to section
22-45-112
, C.R.S.
(2)
The provisions of this section shall apply to any annexation or dissolution and annexation proceedings which have not been completed prior to May 22, 1971.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1094, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-211 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 3 - DISSOLUTION AND ANNEXATION (SPECIAL CHARTERS) › Section 31-12-305 - Question submitted to registered electors

The governing body of such city or town shall, by ordinance and within a reasonable time to be fixed by the court in said order, direct that an election be held to submit the question of the dissolution and annexation to a vote of the registered electors. If the order of the district court is served more than thirty days and less than one hundred twenty days prior to the next regular election of such city or town, the question shall be submitted to a vote of the registered electors at such regular election; otherwise, the question shall be submitted at a special election to be called and held for that purpose. Such election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965".
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1094, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-203 as it existed prior to 1975.
For the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965", see article 10 of this title.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 3 - DISSOLUTION AND ANNEXATION (SPECIAL CHARTERS) › Section 31-12-306 - Notice of election

Notice of the submission of the question at a regular or special election shall be given by the clerk in the manner provided in the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965" and shall state the substance of the proposition as submitted by the ordinance. The clerk shall forthwith file in the office of the clerk of the district court a certificate under the seal of such city or town, containing a copy of said notice and specifying the time when and the places where such notices were posted and the newspapers in which said notices were published; and the same shall be prima facie evidence of the matters set forth therein.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1095, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-204 as it existed prior to 1975.
For the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965", see article 10 of this title.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 3 - DISSOLUTION AND ANNEXATION (SPECIAL CHARTERS) › Section 31-12-307 - Ballots

All ballots or voting machine tabs prepared for use pursuant to this part 3 shall contain the propositions "For Annexation" and "Against Annexation". If the question is submitted on paper ballots, such ballots shall be deposited in a separate ballot box used for that purpose only.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1095, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-205 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 3 - DISSOLUTION AND ANNEXATION (SPECIAL CHARTERS) › Section 31-12-308 - Report - approval by court

(1)
Following the canvass and certification of the results of the election, the clerk shall forthwith prepare a report, which shall be signed by the mayor and attested by the clerk under the seal of such city or town, containing a copy of the ordinance under which the question was submitted and of the certified statement and determination of the result of such vote, and he shall file said report in the office of the clerk of the district court.
(2)
The court shall examine the report and hear any objections and evidence that may be offered concerning the regularity or irregularity of the proceedings. If the court finds the proceedings irregular, the court shall disapprove said report and order a new election in accordance with the provisions of this part 3. If the court finds that the proceedings were substantially regular, the court shall approve the report. If a majority of the votes cast are against annexation, the question shall not again be submitted at any election held within twelve months thereafter. If a majority of the votes so cast are for annexation, from the approval of such report, such city or town shall be dissolved, and the area then included within the boundaries thereof shall be annexed to and become part of the city existing under a special charter upon the filing of two certified copies of notice of the completion of such action with a legal description accompanied by a map of the area concerned by the special charter city with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such action has taken place. The county clerk and recorder shall file the second certified copy of such notice with the division of local government of the department of local affairs, as provided by section
24-32-109
, C.R.S. Appeals may be made from judgments of the district court in such proceedings as in other civil cases.
(3)
When residence or the payment of taxes is required by law as a qualification to vote or to hold office in the city existing under a special charter, residence and the payment of taxes in any area so annexed shall constitute such qualifications to the same extent as if the same had been in the city existing under a special charter during the same period.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1095, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-206 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 3 - DISSOLUTION AND ANNEXATION (SPECIAL CHARTERS) › Section 31-12-309 - Termination of offices

If the question so submitted is submitted at a regular election of such city or town and it appears from the canvass that a majority of the votes cast at such election upon the question are "For Annexation", all votes for officers of such city or town, or upon any other question submitted at said election, and all certificates of election issued in pursuance thereof shall be of no force or effect. In such case, upon the approval of the report by the district court, the terms of office of the dissolved city or town shall cease.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1095, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-207 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 3 - DISSOLUTION AND ANNEXATION (SPECIAL CHARTERS) › Section 31-12-310 - Rights become property of city enlarged - utilities not curtailed

When in pursuance of this part 3 any city or town is annexed to any city existing under a special charter, all rights, causes of action, records, uncollected revenues, and other property of the city or town so annexed shall accrue to and become the property of the annexing city. At least a proportionate share of the moneys of the annexing city available for water service, lights, and other public improvements shall be expended each year within the area formerly included within the city or town so annexed, based upon the valuation for assessment thereof. The water and light service of any city or town so annexed shall not be curtailed after such annexation.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1096, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-208 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 3 - DISSOLUTION AND ANNEXATION (SPECIAL CHARTERS) › Section 31-12-311 - Validity not questioned after ninety days

The validity of any proceeding to dissolve and annex any city or town by virtue of this part 3 shall not be questioned in any action or proceeding commenced more than ninety days after such dissolution and annexation is effected.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1096, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-209 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 4 - CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION - STATUTORY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-12-401 — 31-12-414) › Section 31-12-401 - Consolidation of contiguous cities or towns

(1)
When two or more contiguous cities or towns desire to consolidate with each other, the governing body of each such city or town shall appoint from the officers or citizens thereof a total of three commissioners. The commissioners shall confer together and thereafter report to each governing body the terms and conditions of the proposed consolidation. Such report shall contain, in addition to any other matters which the commissioners may desire to insert therein, the following:
(a)
The name for the proposed consolidated city or town;
(b)
The number of wards into which the new city shall be divided, in the case of a proposed consolidated city, together with the boundaries of such wards.
(2)
In fixing the number of wards, the commissioners shall not select a number which exceeds the entire number of wards contained in all of the cities and towns proposed to be consolidated; except that one ward may be allowed for each town proposed to be consolidated with a city.
(3)
If the governing body of each such city or town approves the terms and conditions contained in the report, it shall so declare by proper ordinance which may be passed at any one regular or special meeting called for the purpose. Thereupon the governing body of each such city or town shall submit, by ordinance, the question of consolidation upon the terms and conditions so proposed to the registered electors of its respective city or town.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1096, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-301 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 4 - CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION - STATUTORY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-12-401 — 31-12-414) › Section 31-12-402 - Election - notice - ballot

(1)
In case the ordinance of approval is passed by the governing body less than one hundred twenty days and more than thirty days prior to the regular election in such city or town, the submission to the electors shall be at such regular election; otherwise, the governing body, in the ordinance of approval, shall order a special election, to be held not less than thirty days nor more than forty days after that date for the purpose of determining the question of such consolidation. Such election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965".
(2)
The mayor or, in case there is no mayor, the presiding officer of the governing body shall cause notice of the election to be given, which notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965".
(3)
The form of the ballots or voting machine tabs at such election shall be: "For Consolidation" and "Against Consolidation". If a majority of the votes cast at such election in each of the cities or towns proposed to be consolidated are for consolidation, the proposition shall be carried. If a majority of the votes cast at such election in any of the cities or towns proposed to be consolidated are against consolidation, the proposition shall be defeated, and such question shall not be submitted again for one year.
(4)
If any one or more of the cities or towns proposed to be consolidated was a city, the consolidated corporation shall be a city.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1096, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-302 as it existed prior to 1975.
For the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965", see article 10 of this title.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 4 - CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION - STATUTORY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-12-401 — 31-12-414) › Section 31-12-403 - Election of officers after consolidation

In case the proposition for consolidation is carried in all of said cities or towns, the mayors or presiding officers of the governing bodies shall at once issue a joint proclamation announcing an election of officers of the consolidated city or town. Notice of the election shall be given in the manner prescribed by the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965". At said election there shall be chosen a board of trustees if the consolidated corporation is a town, and, if it is a city, there shall be chosen a mayor and two councilmen for each ward of the consolidated city. There shall be elected, in addition, such other officers as under the law are or may be elected by the electors in cities or towns. Such election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965" insofar as practicable under the direction of the clerks and governing bodies of the cities and towns which were consolidated.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1097, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-303 as it existed prior to 1975.
For the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965", see article 10 of this title.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 4 - CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION - STATUTORY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-12-401 — 31-12-414) › Section 31-12-404 - Tenure of officers

All officers chosen at such election, including councilmen, shall hold their respective offices until the next regular election. At the first regular election succeeding the consolidation and at each succeeding regular election thereafter, there shall be elected two councilmen for each ward of said city, each of whom shall hold office for a term of two years.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1097, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-304 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 4 - CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION - STATUTORY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-12-401 — 31-12-414) › Section 31-12-405 - Consolidation complete

The members of the governing body elected at such election, on the second Monday after the election, shall meet and organize the governing body of the consolidated city or town and shall file two certified copies of the notice of the consolidation with a legal description accompanied by a map of the area concerned by the consolidated city or town with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such action has taken place, and from that time the consolidation shall be deemed complete. The county clerk and recorder shall file the second certified copy of such notice with the division of local government in the department of local affairs, as provided by section
24-32-109
, C.R.S. The consolidated city or town shall thenceforth exist with the same powers and duties and subject to the same regulations as other cities or towns. The cities or towns so consolidated shall then be merged in the consolidated corporation, and the terms of office of all of the officers of the cities and towns so consolidated shall cease.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1097, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-306 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 4 - CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION - STATUTORY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-12-401 — 31-12-414) › Section 31-12-406 - First ordinances - appropriation

The governing body of the consolidated city or town may pass, at the first meeting or as soon thereafter as possible, a resolution adopting in a body the ordinances of some one of the cities or towns forming the consolidated town or city as such ordinances existed at the date of consolidation. Upon the passage of the resolution, the whole of the ordinances of the city or town so designated as they existed at the date of consolidation shall become the ordinances of the consolidated city or town in the same manner as if they had been regularly passed and published by the governing body of the consolidated city or town and shall so remain until amended or repealed. They shall also make appropriation, by ordinance, for the expense of the then unexpired portion of the current fiscal or municipal year.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1098, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-307 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 4 - CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION - STATUTORY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-12-401 — 31-12-414) › Section 31-12-407 - Licenses

All licenses or other privileges issued or granted by any of the consolidated towns or cities prior to consolidation shall remain in full force and effect until the expiration of the same according to the terms thereof.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1098, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-308 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 4 - CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION - STATUTORY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-12-401 — 31-12-414) › Section 31-12-408 - Bonded and floating indebtedness

All bonded indebtedness due or owing by any city or town prior to consolidation shall remain, after consolidation, the debt of that portion of the consolidated city or town comprised within the former limits of the city or town which owed such indebtedness prior to consolidation. No tax shall be levied or collected for the payment of the principal and interest of such indebtedness, except upon and from persons or property residing or situated within the former limits of the town or city owing such indebtedness. The governing body of the consolidated city or town shall make such levies and take such other measures for the payment of the principal and interest out of the property within such limits as it would have been the duty or within the power of the governing body of the city or town owing such indebtedness to do had no such consolidation taken place. If any of the cities or towns consolidated owed any floating indebtedness at the date of consolidation, the governing body of the consolidated city or town shall ascertain the amount of such indebtedness owed by each of said cities or towns prior to consolidation and, at the next annual levy of taxes succeeding consolidation, shall make a special levy upon property situated within the former limits of the city or town owing such indebtedness sufficient for the payment of the same. The terms of consolidation may make other provisions for said bonded or floating indebtedness. Any such bonded indebtedness may be refunded by the consolidated city or town under the provisions of the laws of Colorado existing at the time of such refunding providing for the refunding of bonds of cities and towns.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1098, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-309 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 4 - CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION - STATUTORY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-12-401 — 31-12-414) › Section 31-12-409 - Property belongs to consolidated cities or towns

All property, real or personal, belonging to any of the cities or towns prior to consolidation, unless the agreement for consolidation otherwise provides, immediately upon the accomplishment of consolidation, shall vest in and become the property of the consolidated city or town. All indebtedness, claims, demands, or rights owing or belonging to any of said cities or towns prior to consolidation in like manner shall vest in and become due to the consolidated city or town, which shall thereafter have the right to demand, have, sue for, recover, and enforce the same in its own name.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1098, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-310 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 4 - CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION - STATUTORY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-12-401 — 31-12-414) › Section 31-12-410 - Suits - special tax

If any actions, suits, or proceedings are pending against any one of the cities or towns at the time of the consolidation, the consolidated city or town shall be substituted as plaintiff or defendant in such action, suit, or proceeding. The same shall thenceforth proceed as if the claim, right, debt, or demand upon which said action, suit, or proceeding was founded had originally existed in favor of or against such consolidated town or city. In like manner, any person who, at the date of consolidation, has any claim, demand, or right of action against any one or more of the cities or towns so consolidating may bring any action, suit, or proceeding necessary for the collection or enforcement thereof after such consolidation against the consolidated city or town in the same manner as though the claim, demand, or right of action had originally existed against such consolidated city or town. In no case shall any tax be levied upon or liability incurred by any property or persons on account of such actions, suits, proceedings, debts, liabilities, or rights of action, except those persons and property which would have been liable for the same in case no consolidation had taken place. The governing body of the consolidated city or town has the power to levy a special tax upon persons and property within the former limits of the city or town against which such action, suit, proceeding, claim, demand, or right of action existed for the payment, liquidation, or settlement thereof or of any judgment founded thereon. The terms of consolidation may make other provisions for the payment of such demands, liabilities, and judgments.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1099, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-311 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 4 - CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION - STATUTORY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-12-401 — 31-12-414) › Section 31-12-411 - Collection of prior taxes - disposition

The county treasurer shall proceed to collect all taxes assessed against persons or property within the limits of the cities or towns consolidating prior to such consolidation in the same manner as if no such consolidation had taken place. All moneys in the hands of the county treasurer at the date of consolidation belonging to any of the consolidating cities or towns and all moneys thereafter collected by him on account of any of such consolidating cities or towns shall be turned over by him to the proper officers of the consolidated city or town. In the same manner, if there are, at the date of consolidation, any moneys in the hands of any officer of any of the consolidating cities or towns belonging to his city or town, he shall forthwith turn over such moneys, upon the accomplishment of consolidation, to the proper officers of the consolidated city or town. The moneys thus obtained shall be applied to the payment of the indebtedness of the city or town from which they were derived, and the balance, if any, shall be used for the purpose of the consolidated city or town, unless the terms of consolidation otherwise provide.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1099, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-312 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 4 - CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION - STATUTORY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-12-401 — 31-12-414) › Section 31-12-412 - Annexing cities and towns

(1)
When any city or town desires to be annexed to another contiguous city or town, the governing body of each such city or town shall appoint a total of three commissioners to arrange and report to such governing body respectively the terms and conditions on which the proposed annexation can be made. If the governing body of each such city or town approves of the terms and conditions proposed, it shall so declare by proper ordinance. Thereupon, the governing body of each such city or town, by ordinance passed at least thirty days prior to the regular election therein or at least thirty days prior to a special election for that specific purpose, may submit the question of such annexation upon the terms and conditions so proposed to the registered electors of its respective city or town. Such election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965".
(2)
If a majority of the registered electors of each city or town vote in favor of such annexation, the governing body of each shall so declare by proper ordinance. A certified copy of the whole proceedings for annexation of the city or town to be annexed shall be filed with the clerk of the city or town to which the annexation is made, and the latter shall file two certified copies of the notice of such action with a legal description accompanied by a map of the area concerned with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such action has taken place. The county clerk and recorder shall file the second certified copy of such notice with the division of local government in the department of local affairs, as provided by section
24-32-109
, C.R.S.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1099, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-313 as it existed prior to 1975.
For the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965, see article 10 of this title.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 4 - CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION - STATUTORY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-12-401 — 31-12-414) › Section 31-12-413 - Annexation complete - rights - liabilities

When certified copies of the proceedings for annexation are filed as contemplated in section
31-12-412
, the annexation shall be complete, and the city or town to which the annexation is made has the power to pass such ordinances, not inconsistent with law, as will carry into effect the terms of such annexation. Thereafter, the city or town annexed shall be governed as part of the city or town to which it is annexed. Such annexation shall not affect or impair any rights or liabilities then existing for or against either of such cities or towns, and they may be enforced the same as if no such annexation had taken place.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1100, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-314 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 4 - CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION - STATUTORY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-12-401 — 31-12-414) › Section 31-12-414 - School districts - annexation of area to another school district - applicability

(1)
When any consolidation under this part 4 will result in the detachment of an area from any school district and the attachment of such area to another district, the provisions of section
31-12-304
shall apply with respect to the approval of the board of directors of the school district to which such area will be attached and with respect to the compensation required to be paid by the school district which acquires school facilities located within the detached area.
(2)
The provisions of this section shall apply to any consolidation proceedings which have not been completed prior to May 22, 1971.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1100, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-315 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 5 - DISCONNECTION BY ORDINANCE - STATUTORY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-12-501 — 31-12-503) › Section 31-12-502 - Liability for taxes

The land so disconnected shall not thereby be exempt from the payment of any taxes lawfully assessed against it for the purpose of paying any indebtedness lawfully contracted by the governing body of such municipality while such land was within the limits thereof and which remains unpaid and for the payment of which said land could be lawfully taxed.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 82,§ 1, eff. 8/10/2016.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1101, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2016: Entire part amended, (HB 16-1272), ch. 82, p. 210, § 1, effective August 10.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-602 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 5 - DISCONNECTION BY ORDINANCE - STATUTORY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-12-501 — 31-12-503) › Section 31-12-503 - Future levies - prepayment

When the governing body of such municipality levies a tax upon the property within such municipality for the purpose of paying such indebtedness or any part thereof or interest thereon, such governing body may levy a tax at the same rate and for the same purpose on the land so disconnected. The county treasurer shall pay over to such municipality all moneys collected by the treasurer on account of such tax, to be applied only to the payment of such indebtedness. In case the owner of any land so disconnected pays off and discharges a portion of such indebtedness equal in amount to the same proportion of the indebtedness which the valuation for assessment of the land bears to the entire valuation for assessment of all the property subject to taxation for the payment of such indebtedness, calculated according to the last assessment previous to such payment, said land is exempted from further taxation to pay such indebtedness. Upon such payment being made, the canceled bonds or other evidences of payment of such portion of said indebtedness must be deposited with the treasurer of such municipality, and a certificate shall be given by the treasurer stating that such payment has been made.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 82,§ 1, eff. 8/10/2016.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1101, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2016: Entire part amended, (HB 16-1272), ch. 82, p. 210, § 1, effective August 10.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-603 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 6 - DISCONNECTION BY COURT DECREE - STATUTORY CITIES (§§ 31-12-601 — 31-12-605) › Section 31-12-601 - Petition to disconnect territory

When a tract or contiguous tracts of land, aggregating twenty or more acres in area, are embraced within the municipal limits of any city, which are upon or contiguous to the border thereof, the owners of said tracts of land may petition the district court for the county in which such land, or any part thereof, is situated to have the same disconnected from said city.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1101, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-401 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Article 12 - ANNEXATION - CONSOLIDATION - DISCONNECTION (§§ 31-12-101 — 31-12-707) › Part 6 - DISCONNECTION BY COURT DECREE - STATUTORY CITIES (§§ 31-12-601 — 31-12-605) › Section 31-12-602 - Contents of petition

(1)
The petition shall contain the following:
(a)
A description of the land sought to be disconnected;
(b)
An allegation that the land contains in the aggregate an area of twenty or more acres and is located upon or adjacent to the border of the city;
(c)
An allegation that no part of the land has been duly platted into lots and blocks as a part of or addition to the city;
(d)
An acknowledgment that, for a period of six years after the effective date of the disconnection, the land shall not be subdivided into lots or plats of smaller area than is required during such period for lots within the city adjoining the land sought to be disconnected under the applicable ordinances or regulations of such city;
(e)
An acknowledgment that the land shall not be used during said six-year period for industrial or commercial uses if, during such period, the applicable ordinances of the city prohibit such uses upon the area within the city adjoining such land;
(f)
An allegation that all taxes or assessments lawfully due upon the land up to the time of the filing of the petition have been fully paid.
(2)
Any decree of disconnection entered pursuant to this part 6 shall restrict the use of the land in the manner set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (1) of this section, but such restrictions shall not continue to apply to any land which, within six years after the effective date of the disconnection, is annexed back into the city.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1101, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-8-402 as it existed prior to 1975.