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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-132 - Lands sold subject to taxation

All lands sold under the provisions of this article or any interest therein shall be subject to taxation, and the director of the state board of land commissioners shall furnish to the county assessor of each county on May 1 of each year a list of the equities owned or acquired in all lands so sold, to whom sold, the price per acre, and the amount paid. Each county shall pay the expense incurred in compiling such list.
L. 19: p. 650, § 25. C.L. § 1178. CSA: C. 134, § 77. CRS 53: § 112-3-33. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-3-33. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 846, § 27, effective May 21.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-133 - Rebate of taxes on reverted land

In case any lands sold under the provisions of this article are reverted to the state for any cause whatsoever, the director of the state board of land commissioners shall at once notify the county treasurer of the county in which the land is situated, and upon receipt of such notice it is the duty of the county treasurer to at once rebate all taxes that have been charged against the lands so reverted.
L. 19: p. 650, § 26. C.L. § 1179. CSA: C. 134, § 78. CRS 53: § 112-3-34. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-3-34. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 846, § 28, effective May 21.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-134 - Proceeds of sale - funds

The funds arising from the sale of public school, university, and agricultural college lands shall be held intact for the benefit of the funds for which such lands were granted and shall be known as permanent funds, and the interest and rentals only shall be expended for the purpose of the grant. The funds arising from the sale, leasing, and income of all other state lands shall be disposed of as provided by law but, in the absence of any other provisions, may be invested in the same manner as the school fund.
L. 19: p. 650, § 27. C.L. § 1180. CSA: C. 134, § 79. CRS 53: § 112-3-35. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-3-35.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-135 - Proceeds of leases - disposition

All moneys arising from the leasing of agricultural college, university, or public school lands which, on or after March 31, 1919, are received by the state treasurer shall be treated in all respects in the same manner as is provided by law for the disposition of the interest on the proceeds arising from the sale of the same class of lands.
L. 19: p. 651, § 28. C.L. § 1181. CSA: C. 134, § 80. CRS 53: § 112-3-36. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-3-36.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-136 - Rights-of-way granted - reversion

The state board of land commissioners may grant rights-of-way across or upon any portion of state land for any ditch, reservoir, railroad, communication system, electric power line, pipeline, or other installation necessary for the operation of said services or utilities and may grant rights-of-way on any tracts of state land to any person, public agency or instrumentality of the United States, or to this state, or to any of the institutions, agencies, counties, municipalities, districts, or other political subdivisions of this state for the purpose of building schoolhouses or public roads or highways or for any lawful use or purpose. Any right-of-way so granted shall be on such terms as the board shall determine and shall be subject to the filing fee specified in section
36-1-112
. Said board may execute and sign, as provided by this article, on behalf of this state, an instrument in writing for such right-of-way or grant. This section shall not be construed to grant authority to said board to convey title to any such land by a grant of right-of-way. Whenever rights-of-way granted for any purposes mentioned in this section cease to be used for such purposes, the rights-of-way shall terminate, and all rights shall revert to this state or its successors in interest.
L. 19: p. 651, § 29. C.L. § 1182. CSA: C. 134, § 81. L. 47: p. 690, § 1. CRS 53: § 112-3-37. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-3-37. L. 69: p. 924, § 1. L. 73: p. 1140, § 1. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 1620, § 2, effective May 26. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 846, § 29, effective May 21. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 828, § 50, effective August 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-137 - Sale of lands to procure irrigation

(1) and (2)
Repealed.
(3)
If any person, other than the person making application for the purchase of the lands, is the highest bidder at the public sale thereof, such bidder shall, within such reasonable time as the board may fix, enter into a contract and bond, as required by the provisions of this article, for the construction of the ditch and for the furnishing of water therefrom; and, in the event of his failure to furnish a satisfactory bond and enter into the said contract within the time fixed, then such bid shall be disregarded, and such public sale shall be void and of no effect. The board shall make the sale upon like conditions as other state lands are sold, and shall require a good and sufficient bond from the party desiring to construct such ditch, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract, and the conditions of the sale, and in no case shall the title to any of said lands pass from the state until the ditch has been completed and accepted by the board.
L. 19: p. 651, § 30. C.L. § 1183. CSA: C. 134, § 82. CRS 53: § 112-3-38. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-3-38. L. 97: (1) and (2) repealed, p. 846, § 30, effective May 21.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-139 - [Repealed]

L. 19: p. 654, § 32. L. 21: p. 739, § 1. C.L. § 1185. L. 25: p. 468, § 1. CSA: C. 134, § 84. L. 53: p. 454, § 1. CRS 53: § 112-3-40. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-3-40. L. 97: Entire section repealed, p. 848, § 32, effective May 21.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-140 - Mineral locations - posting - lease

Location of mineral claims, other than claims for coal and oil shale, may be made upon unleased mineral lands belonging to the state. The discoverer of a body of mineral in either a lead, lode, ledge, deposit, vein, or contact shall immediately post conspicuously a notice declaring that he has made such a discovery on the date attached to the notice. Within ten days after posting said notice, the discoverer must notify the state board of land commissioners of said discovery and arrange for a permit to explore the extent of the discovery. Within sixty days from date of discovery, the locator shall be required to take a lease upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the state board of land commissioners or apply for an extension of the permit.
L. 19: p. 655, § 33. C.L. § 1186. CSA: C. 134, § 85. CRS 53: § 112-3-41. L. 55: p. 684, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-3-41. L. 80: Entire section amended, p. 694, § 1, effective April 13.
For lode claims, see article 43 of title 34.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-141 - Exchange of lands with government

The state board of land commissioners is authorized to exchange any lands, the income from which is devoted to the public schools of the state, the state universities, the state agricultural college, penitentiary, internal improvements, or saline or any other lands which may be under the control of the state board of land commissioners and which may have been granted to the state by the congress of the United States, for such unappropriated federal lands in the state as the state board of land commissioners may select. The director of said board is empowered to sign all papers necessary to such transfer, under the direction of the board.
L. 19: p. 655, § 34. C.L. § 1187. CSA: C. 134, § 86. CRS 53: § 112-3-42. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-3-42. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 849, § 33, effective May 21.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-142 - Receipts from agricultural lands

The state board of land commissioners is required to transmit or cause to be transmitted to the secretary of the board of governors of the Colorado state university system, as the same are received, statements showing each item of receipt of money from all leases or sales and royalties, or as interest on purchase money passing through its hands, derived from agricultural college land grant land, which statement shall name and describe the lands to which the money paid applies, from whom and for what received, and whether the item is credited to land income or permanent fund.
L. 15: p. 389, § 1. C.L. § 1188. CSA: C. 134, § 87. CRS 53: § 112-3-43. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-3-43. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1248, § 25, effective August 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-143 - Statement to board of governors of the Colorado state university system

(1)
On or before the second Wednesday in December of every year, the state board of land commissioners shall furnish to the board of governors of the Colorado state university system a complete statement of all transactions had by it in connection with agricultural college lands, which statement shall show:
(a)
Amounts received from sales of such lands, describing the lands sold and the price received for each tract and giving the name of the purchaser;
(b)
Amounts received from leases and royalties, describing the lands leased from which such income is derived and giving the name of the lessee or operator;
(c)
Amounts received as interest on purchase money and other items, giving the name of the payer;
(d)
Amounts due and unpaid on purchases and leases and other delinquencies, if any;
(e)
Such other items as will enable said board of governors of the Colorado state university system to keep informed as to the condition of said lands, the income therefrom, and the manner in which the same are being administered.
L. 15: p. 389, § 2. C.L. § 1189. CSA: C. 134, § 88. CRS 53: § 112-3-44. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-3-44. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 1248, § 26, effective August 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-144 - Agreements with general agencies

The state board of land commissioners is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements on behalf of the state with any federal agency for the improvement and betterment of state owned lands and to furnish necessary materials and tools in connection therewith.
L. 37: p. 941, § 1. CSA: C. 134, § 88(1). CRS 53: § 112-3-45. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-3-45.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-146 - [Repealed]

L. 63: p. 750, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-3-47. L. 97: Entire section repealed, p. 851, § 35, effective May 21.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-147 - Geothermal leases

(1)
The state board of land commissioners may lease any portion of the land of the state, or any interest therein, for the purposes of exploring for, producing, and developing the geothermal resources thereunder at a rental to be determined by the board, except as provided in sections
36-1-113
,
36-1-118
, and
36-1-147.5
.
(2)
The geothermal leasing arrangements authorized by subsection (1) of this section shall include provision for:
(a)
The filing of a surety bond to assure compliance with the lease terms and the requirements of article
90.5
of title
37
, C.R.S.;
(b)
Royalties on both the geothermal resource and its by-product;
(c)
The protection of the environment, including but not necessarily limited to the air quality, the ground and surface water quality, and the land surface, as well as the rest of the environment.
(3)
The geothermal leasing arrangements authorized by subsection (1) of this section are to be administered by the state board of land commissioners in a manner which encourages the maximum economic recovery of geothermal resources, prevents waste of said resources, and protects the public interest in the lands of the state by requiring the exploration for the development and protection of geothermal resources to proceed in an environmentally acceptable manner.
(4)
All existing leases on state lands for the development of geothermal resources are hereby validated as though they had been issued pursuant to the authority of this article.
L. 74: Entire section added, p. 315, § 6, effective May 17. L. 83: (2)(a) amended, p. 1424, § 4, effective June 10. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 620, § 2, effective August 3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-148 - Land and water management fund

(1)
There is hereby created the state board of land commissioners land and water management fund. Such fund is to be generated from fees collected under the provisions of section
36-1-112
. The fund is to be under the control of and to be administered by the state board of land commissioners. The fund is to be used only for the management and the improvement of state-owned lands and waters under the control of the state board of land commissioners. Each such improvement or management program is to be for the purpose of complying with the provisions of sections 9 and 10 of article IX of the state constitution; except that, for each such improvement made to state-owned lands utilized for agricultural purposes, the lessee shall contribute no less than twenty percent of the cost of such improvement, by written agreement with the state board of land commissioners.
(2)
The state treasurer shall establish such fund from fees submitted pursuant to section
36-1-112
. All such fees submitted shall be credited to such fund. Expenditures from such fund shall not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars in any fiscal year. Any balance in said fund at the close of a fiscal year in excess of seventy-five thousand dollars shall revert to the general fund, and the board shall reduce its fees accordingly.
(3)
The controller shall authorize disbursements from said fund as directed by the state board of land commissioners on receipt of a voucher from said commissioners stating that the disbursement is to accomplish a purpose set forth in subsection (1) of this section.
(4) and (5)
Repealed.
L. 79: Entire section added, p. 1347, § 3, effective July 1; (5) added by revision, p. 1347, §§ 4, 5. L. 83: (4) amended, p. 844, § 76, effective July 1. L. 85: Entire section RC&RE, p. 1145, § 1, effective May 3. L. 89: (5) amended, p. 1415, § 2, effective April 6. L. 92: (2) amended, p. 1911, § 3, effective March 4. L. 95: (5) repealed, p. 457, § 2, effective May 16. L. 96: (4) amended, p. 1222, § 21, effective August 7. L. 97: (1) amended, p. 851, § 36, effective May 21. L. 2002: (4) repealed, p. 880, § 13, effective August 7.
Prior to the recreation and reenactment of this section on May 3, 1985, subsection (5) provided for the repeal of this section, effective January 1, 1985. (See L. 79, p. 1347.)
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1996 act amending subsection (4), see section 1 of chapter 237, Session Laws of Colorado 1996.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-149 - Cultivation of state land - legislative declaration

(1)
In no case shall a lessee of state land be allowed to convert native grassland to cultivated land so long as the federal government has in place incentives intended to encourage the reduction of the amount of land under cultivation when such incentive is applicable in Colorado.
(2)
Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to a lessee who wishes to convert native grassland to cultivated land on a single parcel of state land which is twenty-five acres or less in size and which is contiguous to other land owned or leased by that lessee which is being cultivated at the time of the proposed conversion.
(3)
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that this section is enacted to assure that this state's grasslands and topsoil, invaluable and nonrenewable resources, are protected and preserved for future generations. Additionally, this section is enacted to further the national and state interest in maintaining the highest price levels for agricultural products by reducing the amount of land under cultivation and thereby reducing the supply of such products. In furthering this national and state interest, the state is also assuring that existing and future leases of state land will continue to provide the maximum possible revenue to the state.
L. 87: Entire section added, p. 1293, § 1, effective June 20.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-150 - Conservation easements

The state board of land commissioners may sell or lease conservation easements, licenses, or other similar interests in land in accordance with the provisions of sections 9 and 10 of article IX of the state constitution.
L. 97: Entire section added, p. 851, § 37, effective May 21.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-151 - Public schools - access to state lands

The state board of land commissioners shall allow access to state trust lands by public schools without charge for outdoor educational purposes so long as such access does not conflict with uses previously approved by the board on such lands.
L. 97: Entire section added, p. 851, § 37, effective May 21.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-152 - Public school districts - charter schools - lease, purchase, or other use of state lands

(1)
The state board of land commissioners shall provide opportunities for public school districts within which school trust lands are located to lease, purchase, or otherwise use such lands or portions thereof as are necessary for school building sites, at an amount to be determined by the board, which shall not exceed the appraised fair market value, which amount may be paid over time.
(2)
The state board of land commissioners may provide opportunities for charter schools that are authorized by school districts pursuant to part 1 of article
30.5
of title
22
, C.R.S., or charter schools that are authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article
30.5
of title
22
, C.R.S., to lease, purchase, or otherwise use school trust lands, or portions thereof, for school building sites. Prior to such lease, purchase, or other use of school trust lands by a charter school, the charter school shall notify the school district in which the land is located that the charter school is seeking to lease, purchase, or otherwise use state trust lands located within that school district for school building sites for the charter school. The state board of land commissioners shall request written comment from the school district in which the school trust lands that may be leased, purchased, or otherwise used by a charter school are located, indicating the impact such lease, purchase, or use will have on the school district. The board shall determine the amount a charter school shall be required to pay to lease, purchase, or otherwise use said lands, which amount shall not exceed the appraised fair market value and may be paid over time.
L. 97: Entire section added, p. 852, § 37, effective May 21. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (SB 09-022), ch. 246, p. 1110, §3, effective May 14.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-153.5 - Annual income and inventory report

(1)
Notwithstanding section
24-1-136(11)(a)(I)
, on or before November 1, 2011, and on or before each November 1 thereafter, the state board of land commissioners shall prepare an annual income and inventory report. The report shall include the following:
(a)
Data regarding the income earned from lands held in trust by the board, including:
(I)
A summary of the total revenues earned during the previous fiscal year from all lands held in trust by the board;
(II)
A summary of the total revenues earned during the previous fiscal year from lands in each individual trust held by the board;
(III)
A summary of the trends in revenue that have occurred in connection with the lands held in trust by the board; and
(IV)
A summary of the anticipated growth in revenue and revenue trends in connection with the lands held in trust by the board;
(b)
A summary of the state board of land commissioners' land inventory as of the date of the report, including the number of surface acres and subsurface acres in each individual trust held by the board; and
(c)
The amount transferred to the public school capital construction assistance fund on the immediately preceding July 1, pursuant to section
22-43.7-104(2)(b)(I)
, C.R.S.
(2)
The state board of land commissioners shall deliver the annual income and inventory report as specified in section
36-1-102(8)
.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 254,§ 10, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2011: Entire section added, (SB 11-029), ch. 51, p. 133, §3, effective August 10. L. 2017: IP(1) amended, (HB 17-1257), ch. 254, p. 1066, § 10, effective August 9.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 1 - STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-1-154) › Section 36-1-154 - Severability

If any provision of this article is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions of this article that can be given effect without such invalid provision.
L. 2009: Entire section added, (HB 09-1317), ch. 381, p. 2073, §4, effective June 2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 2 - RIGHTS OF OCCUPANTS (§§ 36-2-101 — 36-2-118) › Section 36-2-101 - Right of citizens claiming

Conceding to the United States the primary and paramount right to dispose of the soil of this state, according to the laws existing or to be enacted by congress, and full and complete exemption from every form of taxation of their property, it is hereby declared that as between all the good citizens residing in this state, and as between them, or any of them, and others, having or claiming, or pretending to have or claim, any right to occupy, possess, and enjoy any portion of the public domain situate within the boundaries of this state, and as between each and every one of them, and all other persons, associations, corporations, and powers except the government of the United States, the right as the same may exist under the local laws, to occupy, possess, and enjoy any tract or portion thereof, shall be respected in law in all the courts and tribunals of this state.
R.S. p. 531, § 1. G.L. § 2124. G.S. § 2674. R.S. 08: § 5120. C.L. § 1103. CSA: C. 134, § 1. CRS 53: § 112-1-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 2 - RIGHTS OF OCCUPANTS (§§ 36-2-101 — 36-2-118) › Section 36-2-102 - Declaration of occupation

All rights of occupancy, possession, and enjoyment of any tract or portion of the public domain, except mining claims, acquired after January 10, 1868, shall be expressed and described in a declaration, in cases of original occupation, and by a deed in cases of purchase, duly acknowledged by some officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds, and recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which the land is situated.
R.S. p. 531, § 2. G.L. § 2125. G.S. § 2675. R.S. 08: § 5121. C.L. § 1104. CSA: C. 134, § 2. CRS 53: § 112-1-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 2 - RIGHTS OF OCCUPANTS (§§ 36-2-101 — 36-2-118) › Section 36-2-103 - Interest transferable

The owner of every claim or improvement, on every tract or parcel of land, has a transferable interest therein, which may be sold in execution or otherwise. Any sale of such improvement is a sufficient consideration to sustain a promise.
R.S. p. 531, § 3. G.L. § 2126. G.S. § 2676. R.S. 08: § 5122. C.L. § 1105. CSA: C. 134, § 3. CRS 53: § 112-1-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 2 - RIGHTS OF OCCUPANTS (§§ 36-2-101 — 36-2-118) › Section 36-2-104 - Rights acquired before and after November 7, 1861

All rights of occupancy, possession, and enjoyment of any tract or portion of the public domain, acquired before November 7, 1861, shall be ascertained, adjudged, and determined by the local law of the district or precinct in which the tract is situated, as it existed on the day when such rights were acquired, or as it thereafter has existed; and if there were no local laws at that time, then by the common custom then prevailing in respect to such property in the district or precinct in which it existed. All such rights of occupancy, possession, and enjoyment, acquired since November 7, 1861, shall be ascertained, adjudged, and determined by the laws of this state in force at the date of such acquisition.
R.S. p. 531, § 4. G.L. § 2127. G.S. § 2677. R.S. 08: § 5123. C.L. § 1106. CSA: C. 134, § 4. CRS 53: § 112-1-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 2 - RIGHTS OF OCCUPANTS (§§ 36-2-101 — 36-2-118) › Section 36-2-105 - Form of declaration of occupant

The declaration by an occupant of a tract or portion of the public domain, required by section
36-2-102
, shall be substantially in the following form:
To all whom these presents may concern:
Know ye, That I, A.B., of ............, in the county of ............, in the state of Colorado, do hereby declare and publish as a legal notice to all the world, that I have a valid right to the occupation, possession, and enjoyment of all and singular that tract or parcel of land, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, situate in the township of ............, in the county of .............., in the state of Colorado, bounded and described as follows:
(Here insert the description) together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining.
Witness my hand and seal, this ............ day of ............, 20 ........(To be subscribed with the full first name and surname of the person making the application, and acknowledged in the same manner as a deed of real estate.)
R.S. p. 532, § 5. G.L. § 2128. G.S. § 2678. R.S. 08: § 5124. C.L. § 1107. CSA: C. 134, § 5. CRS 53: § 112-1-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-5. L. 73: p. 612, § 3.
For acknowledgment of a deed of real estate, see article 35 of title 38.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 2 - RIGHTS OF OCCUPANTS (§§ 36-2-101 — 36-2-118) › Section 36-2-106 - Effect of declaration or deed

In all proceedings in any court of this state, the record of any declaration, deed, or mortgage, or other muniments of right, referred to in sections
36-2-103
and
36-2-105
, shall be received, except as against the United States, and all persons claiming under the United States, as presumptive evidence of the regularity of the paper itself, under the local law or custom existing at the time of its execution; and, if the regularity thereof is challenged, the burden of proving the alleged irregularity shall rest upon the party making the challenge.
R.S. p. 532, § 6. G.L. § 2129. G.S. § 2679. R.S. 08: § 5125. C.L. § 1108. CSA: C. 134, § 6. CRS 53: § 112-1-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 2 - RIGHTS OF OCCUPANTS (§§ 36-2-101 — 36-2-118) › Section 36-2-107 - Declaration not to include mines

The declaration of every occupant of any tract or portion of the public domain, mentioned in section
36-2-105
, shall not be construed to include any gold-bearing quartz lodes, silver lode, or gold diggings; but said lodes and diggings shall be excepted from the tract of said occupant and shall be subject to be occupied, possessed, and enjoyed as provided in section
36-2-115
.
R.S. p. 532, § 7. G.L. § 2130. G.S. § 2680. R.S. 08: § 5126. C.L. § 1109. CSA: C. 134, § 7. CRS 53: § 112-1-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-7.
For lode claims, see article 43 of title 34.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 2 - RIGHTS OF OCCUPANTS (§§ 36-2-101 — 36-2-118) › Section 36-2-108 - Settler may maintain trespass

Any person settled upon any of the public lands belonging to the United States may maintain trespass, ejectment, forcible entry and detainer, unlawful detainer, and forcible detainer for injuries done to the possession thereof.
R.S. p. 532, § 8. G.L. § 2131. G.S. § 2681. R.S. 08: § 5127. C.L. § 1110. CSA: C. 134, § 8. CRS 53: § 112-1-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-8.
For marking of claims, see § 36-2-110; for paramount right of United States, see § 36-2-113.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 2 - RIGHTS OF OCCUPANTS (§§ 36-2-101 — 36-2-118) › Section 36-2-109 - Inclosure not necessary in suit

On the trial of any such cause the possession or possessory right of the plaintiff shall be considered as extending to the boundaries embraced by the claim of such plaintiff, so as to enable him to have and maintain any of the actions provided in section
36-2-108
, without being compelled to prove an actual inclosure; but each claim shall not exceed in any case one hundred and sixty acres of land.
R.S. p. 533, § 9. G.L. § 2132. G.S. § 2682. R.S. 08: § 5128. C.L. § 1111. CSA: C. 134, § 9. CRS 53: § 112-1-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-9.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 2 - RIGHTS OF OCCUPANTS (§§ 36-2-101 — 36-2-118) › Section 36-2-110 - Claim must be marked

Every claim, to entitle the holder to maintain any of the actions stated in section
36-2-108
, shall be marked out so that the boundaries may be readily traced and the extent of such claim easily known. No person shall be entitled to maintain any of the actions for possession of, or injury done to, any claim unless he occupies the same or makes improvements thereon to the value of one hundred dollars.
R.S. p. 533, § 10. G.L. § 2133. G.S. § 2683. R.S. 08: § 5129. C.L. § 1112. CSA: C. 134, § 10. CRS 53: § 112-1-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-10.
For applicability of section, see § 36-2-114.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 2 - RIGHTS OF OCCUPANTS (§§ 36-2-101 — 36-2-118) › Section 36-2-111 - Neglect to occupy - fence - plow

A neglect to occupy the claim, or to inclose at least five acres with a reasonable fence, or to plow at least five acres of the same for the period of six months shall be considered such an abandonment as to preclude the claimant from maintaining any of the actions stated in section
36-2-108
.
R.S. p. 533, § 11. G.L. § 2134. G.S. § 2684. R.S. 08: § 5130. C.L. § 1113. CSA: C. 134, § 11. CRS 53: § 112-1-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-11.
For applicability of section, see § 36-2-114.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 2 - RIGHTS OF OCCUPANTS (§§ 36-2-101 — 36-2-118) › Section 36-2-112 - Town lots - abandonment - mining districts

Any person who has a title to occupy any lot within any city or village plot, or any lots or mining claim within any mining district in this state by virtue of a certificate, deed of gift or purchase from the original claimant, or his assigns, as well as all purchasers, under any decree or execution of any of the so-called provisional government courts, people's or miners' courts, of the lands situate within any city or village plot, or any lots, lands, or mining claims situate within any mining district, together with the original claimant of the lots, lands, or mining claims, shall be entitled to maintain the actions authorized by section
36-2-108
against any person who enters upon and occupies the lots, lands, or mining claims, or any of them. It is lawful for the citizens of mining districts to declare an abandonment of any creek, river, gulch, bank, or mining claim a forfeiture of the rights of the claimants thereto; in which case the parties claimant shall not be enabled to maintain any of the actions mentioned in section
36-2-108
.
R.S. p. 533, § 12. G.L. § 2135. G.S. § 2685. R.S. 08: § 5131. C.L. § 1114. CSA: C. 134, § 12. CRS 53: § 112-1-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-12.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 2 - RIGHTS OF OCCUPANTS (§§ 36-2-101 — 36-2-118) › Section 36-2-113 - Right of United States not denied

Nothing in this article shall be construed to deny the right of the United States to dispose of any lands in this state; nor shall the fact that the title to any lots, lands, lodes, or mining claims has not passed from the United States be any bar to the recovery of the plaintiff in any of the actions specified in section
36-2-108
. As against the United States, and all persons holding any of the lands under the United States, or the laws thereof, this article shall be ineffective and void.
R.S. p. 533, § 13. G.L. § 2136. G.S. § 2686. R.S. 08: § 5132. C.L. § 1115. CSA: C. 134, § 13. CRS 53: § 112-1-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-13.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 2 - RIGHTS OF OCCUPANTS (§§ 36-2-101 — 36-2-118) › Section 36-2-114 - Mining claims not affected

Sections 36-2-110 and 36-2-111 are not intended and shall not be construed to affect or apply to mining claims but shall affect and be applicable to claims held or used for arable or pastoral agriculture only.
R.S. p. 534, § 14. G.L. § 2137. G.S. § 2687. R.S. 08: § 5133. C.L. § 1116. CSA: C. 134, § 14. CRS 53: § 112-1-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-14.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 2 - RIGHTS OF OCCUPANTS (§§ 36-2-101 — 36-2-118) › Section 36-2-115 - Mining under claim - bond - damages

When any improvements are made upon any claim held or used for arable or pastoral agriculture or upon any building lot, mill site, or other lot or premises and any person demands of the claimant to mine any portion of the claim upon which such improvements have been made, it is lawful for the occupant or holder of the claim to require a good and sufficient bond, in a sum double the value of the improvements upon the land sought to be mined, from the party demanding to mine upon the claim, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the county court of the county in which the claim is situate conditioned that the party shall pay all damage which may be sustained by the occupant or holder of such claim to the improvements thereon.
R.S. p. 534, § 15. G.L. § 2138. G.S. § 2688. R.S. 08: § 5134. C.L. § 1117. CSA: C. 134, § 15. CRS 53: § 112-1-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-16. L. 64: p. 301, § 257.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 2 - RIGHTS OF OCCUPANTS (§§ 36-2-101 — 36-2-118) › Section 36-2-116 - Assessment of damage to improvements

It is the duty of the county judge, by whom the bond is required to be approved in case the value of the improvements cannot be agreed upon by the claimant and the party seeking to mine, to appoint a day and hour to hear testimony respecting the value of the improvements which may be damaged by reason of such mining.
R.S. p. 534, § 16. G.L. § 2139. G.S. § 2689. R.S. 08: § 5135. C.L. § 1118. CSA: C. 134, § 16. CRS 53: § 112-1-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-16. L. 64: p. 301, § 257.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 2 - RIGHTS OF OCCUPANTS (§§ 36-2-101 — 36-2-118) › Section 36-2-117 - Justification of sureties

It is the duty of the county judge to require the sureties entering into such bond to justify before him, each in the sum stated in the bond. If the claimant excepts to the sureties, or either of them, it is lawful for the judge, and he is required, to examine the sureties excepted to on oath, touching the sufficiency of said sureties; and, if the judge finds any of the sureties insufficient, it is the duty of the judge to require further sufficient sureties, which shall be likewise approved and justified.
R.S. p. 534, § 17. G.L. § 2140. G.S. § 2690. R.S. 08: § 5136. C.L. § 1119. CSA: C. 134, § 17. CRS 53: § 112-1-17. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-17. L. 64: p. 301, § 258.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-2-118) › Article 2 - RIGHTS OF OCCUPANTS (§§ 36-2-101 — 36-2-118) › Section 36-2-118 - Weekly demand of damages

It shall be competent for the claimant to demand from the obligees in the bond, at any time after one week after mining is commenced on the claim, such sum as may be equal to the damage done to the improvements thereon, and after every week it shall be competent for the claimant to make a like demand, unless the payment of the damage done or to be done to the improvements shall by the claimant be postponed for a longer time.
R.S. p. 534, § 18. G.L. § 2141. G.S. § 2691. R.S. 08: § 5137. C.L. § 1120. CSA: C. 134, § 18. CRS 53: § 112-1-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-1-18.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › STATE LANDS (§§ 36-3-101 — 36-6-101) › Article 3 - DESERT LANDS (§§ 36-3-101 — 36-3-125) › Section 36-3-101 - Acceptance of congressional grant

The state of Colorado accepts the conditions of section 4 of an act of congress entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, and for other purposes, approved August 18, 1894.", together with all the grants of land to the state under the provisions of the act.
L. 1895: p. 157, § 1. R.S. 08: § 5138. C.L. § 1121. CSA: C. 134, § 19. CRS 53: § 112-2-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-1.
For the provisions of "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894", see 43 U.S.C. § 641; chap. 301, section 4 of 28 Stat. 422, known as the "Carey Act".
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › STATE LANDS (§§ 36-3-101 — 36-6-101) › Article 3 - DESERT LANDS (§§ 36-3-101 — 36-3-125) › Section 36-3-102 - Selection and disposal of lands

The selection, management, and disposal of the land shall be vested in the state board of land commissioners.
L. 1895: p. 157, § 2. R.S. 08: § 5139. L. 11: p. 304, § 1. C.L. § 1122. CSA: C. 134, § 20. CRS 53: § 112-2-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › STATE LANDS (§§ 36-3-101 — 36-6-101) › Article 3 - DESERT LANDS (§§ 36-3-101 — 36-3-125) › Section 36-3-103 - Acceptance of conditions

The state accepts the conditions of section 4 of an act of congress, entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894.", together with all acts amendatory thereto, including the amendatory acts of congress of June 11, 1896, March 3, 1901, March 1, 1907, February 24, 1909, and March 15, 1910, together with all grants of land made or to be made under the provisions of the acts.
L. 1895: p. 157, § 1. R.S. 08: § 5138. L. 11: p. 303, § 1. C.L. §§ 1121, 1123. CSA: C. 134, §§ 19, 21. CRS 53: § 112-2-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-3.
For the provisions of "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894", see 43 U.S.C. § 641; chap. 301, section 4 of 28 Stat. 422, known as the "Carey Act".
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES - GENERAL (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-20-127) › PUBLIC LANDS AND RIVERS (§§ 36-1-100.3 — 36-10-101) › STATE LANDS (§§ 36-3-101 — 36-6-101) › Article 3 - DESERT LANDS (§§ 36-3-101 — 36-3-125) › Section 36-3-104 - Control of land - Carey act fund

The selection, management, and disposal of the land and all such lands as may be granted on or after June 1, 1911, to the state by the United States shall be vested in the state board of land commissioners as constituted, and that board is empowered to accept all moneys upon the part of the state from the purchasers of the land, and to place the same in a fund to be designated as the "Carey act fund", and to disburse the same as provided in this section. It is empowered to accept from the settlers, filing on lands under the provisions of the acts within the former Southern Ute and Ute Indian reservations, as defined in the amendatory acts of congress of March 1, 1907, and February 24, 1909, the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for each acre thereof to be patented and to pay the same into the treasury of the United States. The board is authorized to accept any future grants of such lands by the United States to this state and to agree to and accept on behalf of the state any conditions that may be imposed by the United States in relation thereto.
L. 11: p. 303, § 2. C.L. § 1124. CSA: C. 134, § 22. CRS 53: § 112-2-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 112-2-4. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1222, § 22, effective August 7.
(1) For the "Carey Act" and amendments thereto, see 43 U.S.C. §§641-648; for duties of the state board of land commissioners, see article 1 of this title and §§ 9 and 10 of art. IX, Colo. Const. (2) For the legislative declaration contained in the 1996 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 237, Session Laws of Colorado 1996.