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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 2 - BONDS - FUNDING AND REFUNDING BY NEW COUNTY (§§ 30-26-201 — 30-26-202) › Section 30-26-202 - County shall assume payment of bonds

To render the amount, kind, and character of such liabilities definite and certain and fix their status under the funding and refunding laws of this state, the county imposed with the payment thereof, by the proper action of its board of county commissioners entered of record in the proceedings of the board, shall undertake and assume the payment thereof, designate and describe the same, and state their character and amount and the form in which they exist.
L. 01: p. 149, § 2. R.S. 08: § 1385. C.L. § 8863. CSA: C. 45, § 215. CRS 53: § 36-5-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-5-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 3 - BONDS - BUILDINGS, ROADS, OTHER (§§ 30-26-301 — 30-26-305) › Section 30-26-302 - Bond issue - limitation - interest - redemption

The board of county commissioners, when authorized as provided in section
30-26-301
, may make and issue coupon bonds of the county not exceeding the amounts authorized by the electors, payable at the pleasure of the county but absolutely due and payable twenty years after such date, bearing interest at a rate such that the net effective interest rate of the issue of bonds does not exceed the maximum net effective interest rate authorized, payable annually or semiannually; such interest and principal, when due, shall be payable at the office of the county treasurer of the county or at such other location as the board of county commissioners may designate. The board of county commissioners shall prescribe the form of said bonds and the coupons thereto; and, to provide for the principal and interest and redemption premiums accruing on the bonds, it shall provide for the levying of a tax which, together with such other revenue, assets, or funds as may be pledged, will be sufficient to pay the principal, interest and redemption premiums, if any, accruing on the bonds.
G.L. § 449. G.S. § 672. L. 1889: p. 103, § 1. R.S. 08: § 1365. C.L. § 8843. CSA: C. 45, § 195. CRS 53: § 36-6-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-6-2. L. 70: p. 139, § 5. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 1158, § 2, effective May 4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 3 - BONDS - BUILDINGS, ROADS, OTHER (§§ 30-26-301 — 30-26-305) › Section 30-26-303 - Redemption - notice - interest - order of payment

When it appears to the board of county commissioners upon examination of the books and accounts of the county treasurer that there are sufficient funds in his hands to the credit of the redemption fund to pay in full the principal and accrued interest of any of such bonds, it is the duty of such board immediately to call in and pay as many of such bonds and accrued interest thereon as the funds ascertained to be on hand will liquidate, and said board shall thereupon cancel such redeemed bonds and all uncanceled interest coupons issued therewith. The bonds shall be called in and paid in the order of their issuance, as nearly as may be practicable, and when it is desired to redeem any of such bonds by said board it shall cause to be published for thirty days in some newspaper at or nearest the county seat of the county a notice that certain county bonds, specifying the number and amounts, will be paid upon presentation, and at the expiration of such thirty days such bonds shall cease to bear interest.
G.L. § 450. G.S. § 673. R.S. 08: § 1366. C.L. § 8844. CSA: C. 45, § 196. CRS 53: § 36-6-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-6-3.
For clarification of terms and requirements for notice by publication, see part 1 of article 70 of title 24.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 3 - BONDS - BUILDINGS, ROADS, OTHER (§§ 30-26-301 — 30-26-305) › Section 30-26-304 - Bonds - signed - attested - sealed - denomination - amount

The bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners and attested by the county clerk and recorder and bear the seal of the county upon each bond and shall be numbered and registered in a book kept for that purpose in the order in which they are issued. Each bond shall state upon its face the amount for which the same is issued, to whom issued, and the date of its issuance; but no bond shall be of a lesser denomination than fifty dollars, and, if issued for a greater amount, for some multiple of that sum; and the aggregate amount of such bonds issued shall not exceed the sum entered of record by the board of county commissioners, and any bond issued in excess of said sum shall be null and void.
G.L. § 451. G.S. § 674. R.S. 08: § 1367. C.L. § 8845. CSA: C. 45, § 197. CRS 53: § 36-6-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-6-4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 3 - BONDS - BUILDINGS, ROADS, OTHER (§§ 30-26-301 — 30-26-305) › Section 30-26-305 - Sale of bonds - rate - redemption - cancellation

The board of county commissioners has the right to sell any of such bonds, but no bond shall be sold unless for cash, and not then at a discount of more than fifteen percent of its par value. The money arising from the sale of such bonds shall be forthwith used for the objects for which the debt was created, and for no other purpose whatever. When any such bonds or any coupons are redeemed, the board of county commissioners, in the presence of the clerk of said board or his deputy, shall cancel such bonds or coupons by writing the word "canceled" on the face of such bonds or coupons, and such board shall make a record of the proceedings, stating what bonds or coupons were canceled.
G.L. § 452. G.S. § 675. R.S. 08: § 1368. C.L. § 8846. CSA: C. 45, § 198. CRS 53: § 36-6-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-6-5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 4 - BONDS - REFUNDING (§§ 30-26-401 — 30-26-406) › Section 30-26-401 - Refunding bonds authorized

The board of county commissioners of any county in this state may issue negotiable coupon bonds, to be denominated refunding bonds, for the purpose of refunding any of the bonded indebtedness of such county, whether due or not due, or which may become payable at the option of such county, or by consent of the bondholders, or by any lawful means, whether such bonded indebtedness existed on March 30, 1917, or was thereafter created, and there are not funds in the treasury of such county available for the payment or redemption of such bonds; but the amount of such refunding bonds to be issued under the provisions of this part 4 shall first be determined by such board of county commissioners, and a certificate of such determination shall be made and entered in the records of the county prior to the issuance of said refunding bonds.
L. 17: p. 154, § 1. C.L. § 8865. CSA: C. 45, § 217. CRS 53: § 36-7-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-7-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 4 - BONDS - REFUNDING (§§ 30-26-401 — 30-26-406) › Section 30-26-402 - Issuance - no election

Whenever such board of county commissioners deems it expedient to issue refunding bonds under the provisions of this part 4, such refunding bonds may be issued without the submission of the question of issuing such refunding bonds to a vote of the registered qualified electors of such county.
L. 17: p. 154, § 2. C.L. § 8866. CSA: C. 45, § 218. CRS 53: § 36-7-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-7-2. L. 70: p. 139, § 6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 4 - BONDS - REFUNDING (§§ 30-26-401 — 30-26-406) › Section 30-26-403 - Resolution for issue - form of bonds - coupons - term

(1)
If the board of county commissioners determines to issue refunding bonds, such board shall thereupon adopt a resolution which shall not be subject to the referendum provisions of any statute providing for the issue of said refunding bonds in accordance with the provisions of this part 4. Such resolution shall fix the date of said refunding bonds, shall designate the denomination thereof, the rate of interest, the maturity date, which shall not be more than twenty-five years from the date of said refunding bonds, and the place of payment, within or without the state of Colorado, of both principal and interest, and shall prescribe the form of said refunding bonds.
(2)
Such refunding bonds shall be negotiable in form, shall recite the title of the act under which they are issued, shall be executed in the name of the county and signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners and countersigned by the county treasurer, with the seal of the county affixed thereto and attested by the county clerk and recorder. The interest accruing on such refunding bonds shall be evidenced by semiannual interest coupons thereto attached, bearing the engraved facsimile signature of the county treasurer, and when so executed such coupons shall be the binding obligations of the county, according to their import.
(3)
In the adoption of said resolution providing for the issue of such refunding bonds, the board of county commissioners shall make the principal of the debt payable in equal annual installments during the currency of the period, not exceeding twenty-five years, within which the debt is to be discharged; but the date of maturity of the first installment of the debt shall be not more than five years from the date of said refunding bonds.
L. 17: p. 155, § 3. C.L. § 8867. CSA: C. 45, § 219. CRS 53: § 36-7-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-7-3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 4 - BONDS - REFUNDING (§§ 30-26-401 — 30-26-406) › Section 30-26-404 - Disposition of bonds - outstanding canceled

All such refunding bonds may be exchanged, dollar for dollar, for the bonds to be refunded, or they may be sold at not less than their par value, as directed by the board of county commissioners, and the proceeds thereof shall be applied only to the purpose for which such refunding bonds were issued. Such refunding bonds shall not be issued until the outstanding bonds to be refunded have been called in and canceled in an amount equal to or in excess of the bonds so issued, and all accrued interest on any such bonds to be refunded shall be paid before such refunding bonds are issued.
L. 17: p. 156, § 4. C.L. § 8868. CSA: C. 45, § 220. CRS 53: § 36-7-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-7-4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 4 - BONDS - REFUNDING (§§ 30-26-401 — 30-26-406) › Section 30-26-405 - Interest - how paid - redemption fund

The interest accruing on such refunding bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this part 4 prior to the time when tax levies are available therefor shall be paid out of the general revenues of the county, and, for the purpose of reimbursing such general revenues and for the payment of subsequently accruing interest, the board of county commissioners issuing such refunding bonds or the proper tax-assessing and tax-collecting officers upon whom shall devolve the duty of levying and collecting county taxes shall levy annually a sufficient tax upon all the taxable property in the county fully to discharge such interest, and, for the ultimate redemption of such refunding bonds, they shall levy annually such a tax upon all the taxable property in such county as will create a fund sufficient to discharge each annual installment of such refunding bonds at the maturity thereof, which fund shall be called the redemption fund. All taxes for interest on and for the redemption of such bonds shall be paid in cash only and shall be kept by the county treasurer as a special fund to be used only in payment of the interest upon and for the redemption of such bonds, and such tax shall be levied and collected as other county taxes are levied and collected. The tax provisions for the ultimate redemption of such bonds shall be set forth in the resolution authorizing their issue and shall set forth the years in which such taxes shall be levied for the creation of said redemption fund.
L. 17: p. 156, § 5. C.L. § 8869. CSA: C. 45, § 221. CRS 53: § 36-7-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-7-5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 4 - BONDS - REFUNDING (§§ 30-26-401 — 30-26-406) › Section 30-26-406 - No repeal or alteration of resolution

Any resolution authorizing an issue of refunding bonds under the provisions of this part 4 and providing for the levy of taxes for the payment of the interest upon and the principal of such refunding bonds shall not be altered or repealed until the indebtedness thereby authorized has been fully paid.
L. 17: p. 157, § 6. C.L. § 8870. CSA: C. 45, § 222. CRS 53: § 36-7-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-7-6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 5 - COUNTY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUNDS (§§ 30-26-501 — 30-26-513) › Section 30-26-501 - Short title

This part 5 shall be known and may be cited as the "County Capital Improvement Trust Fund Financing Act".
L. 82: Entire part added, p. 484, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 5 - COUNTY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUNDS (§§ 30-26-501 — 30-26-513) › Section 30-26-502 - Legislative declaration

(1)
It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state to facilitate, assist, and promote the efforts of counties within this state in the planning, construction, acquisition, improvement, equipping, maintenance, and operation of public projects.
(2)
It is further the intent of the general assembly:
(a)
To authorize counties in this state to finance the acquisition, construction, and improvement of public improvements, buildings, and facilities which such counties are authorized to acquire, construct, and improve;
(b)
That this part 5 shall operate only as a grant of additional financing authority and shall not be construed to authorize counties to finance the acquisition, construction, or improvement of any public improvements, buildings, or facilities which such counties are not otherwise authorized to acquire, construct, or improve pursuant to applicable provisions of law;
(c)
To vest such counties with all powers that may be necessary to enable them to accomplish such financing purposes, including the power to issue negotiable revenue bonds, notes, and other obligations payable as set forth in this part 5, which powers in all respects shall be exercised for the benefit of the inhabitants of this state and for the promotion of their health, safety, and welfare.
L. 82: Entire part added, p. 484, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 5 - COUNTY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUNDS (§§ 30-26-501 — 30-26-513) › Section 30-26-503 - Definitions

As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Board" means the board of county commissioners or other governing body of any county.
(2)
"Bonds" means any revenue bonds or other obligations issued by a county pursuant to this part 5 but does not include general obligation bonds.
(3)
"County" means any county within this state.
(4)
"County capital improvement trust fund" means any one or more of the county capital improvement trust funds established pursuant to this part 5.
(5)
"Obligations" means notes, contracts, leases, and refunding obligations issued by a county pursuant to this part 5.
(6)
"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation or two or more or any combination of such entities.
(7)
"Political subdivision" means counties, special districts, water conservation districts, irrigation districts, municipal corporations, school districts, and all other political subdivisions of the state.
(8)
"Project" means any land, building, facility, or other improvement and all real or personal property, and any undivided or other interest in any of the foregoing, which is acquired, constructed, or improved or which is to be acquired, constructed, or improved by any county with the proceeds of any bonds issued by such county pursuant to this part 5 or with the principal of any county capital improvement trust fund expended by such county pursuant to this part 5, to the extent and only to the extent that such county is authorized to undertake any acquisition, construction, or improvement of such project under the laws of this state.
L. 82: Entire part added, p. 485, § 1, effective July 1.
For definitions applicable to this article, see § 30-26-301(2)(d).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 5 - COUNTY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUNDS (§§ 30-26-501 — 30-26-513) › Section 30-26-506 - Pledge of revenues, funds, or other property lien

Any pledge of revenues, moneys, funds, or other property made by a county pursuant to the provisions of this part 5 shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made; the revenues, moneys, funds, or other property so pledged and thereafter received by such county shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the county, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Any resolution or any other instrument by which a pledge of revenues, moneys, or funds is created shall be filed or recorded with the county.
L. 82: Entire part added, p. 488, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 5 - COUNTY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUNDS (§§ 30-26-501 — 30-26-513) › Section 30-26-507 - Personal liability

Neither the members of the board of a county nor any person executing bonds or notes issued pursuant to this part 5 shall be personally liable on any bonds of such county by reason of the issuance of such bonds.
L. 82: Entire part added, p. 488, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 5 - COUNTY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUNDS (§§ 30-26-501 — 30-26-513) › Section 30-26-508 - Bonds - exempt from taxation

Any bonds issued under the provisions of this part 5, the transfer of any such bonds, and the income from such bonds shall be free from taxation by the state or any political subdivision or other instrumentality of the state.
L. 82: Entire part added, p. 488, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 5 - COUNTY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUNDS (§§ 30-26-501 — 30-26-513) › Section 30-26-509 - Annual audit

Each county for which a county capital improvement trust fund has been established shall prepare and submit, in accordance with the provisions of article
1
of title
29
, C.R.S., an annual audit report of its activities with respect to such fund for the preceding fiscal year.
L. 82: Entire part added, p. 488, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 5 - COUNTY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUNDS (§§ 30-26-501 — 30-26-513) › Section 30-26-510 - Bonds - eligible for investment

Bonds issued under the provisions of this part 5 are hereby made securities in which all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest moneys, including capital, under the control of or belonging to such entities. Public entities, as defined in section
24-75-601(1)
, C.R.S., may invest public funds in such bonds only if said bonds satisfy the investment requirements established in part 6 of article
75
of title
24
, C.R.S. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds is authorized by law.
L. 82: Entire part added, p. 489, § 1, effective July 1. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 1130, § 70, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 5 - COUNTY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUNDS (§§ 30-26-501 — 30-26-513) › Section 30-26-511 - Agreement of counties

(1)
Any county is authorized to enter into agreements with the state or any of its agencies or departments, any of its political subdivisions, any agency or department of the United States, or any person with respect to any project in order to facilitate the financing, acquisition, and construction of such project and to promote the purposes of this part 5. Such agreements may be for a term covering the life of a project, for any other term, or for any indefinite period. Pursuant to any such agreement, counties or persons may obligate themselves to make payments in amounts which shall be sufficient to enable such counties or persons to pay their expenses and the interest and principal payments (whether at maturity or upon sinking fund redemption) for any bonds issued pursuant to this part 5, to maintain reasonable reserves for debt service, operation and maintenance, and renewals and replacements, and to meet the requirements of any rate covenant with respect to debt service coverage contained in any resolution, trust indenture, or other security instrument.
(2)
The obligations of a governmental agency or persons under an agreement with the county or arising out of the default by any other purchaser with respect to such an agreement shall not be construed to constitute debt of the governmental agency or persons. To the extent provided in agreements with the county, such obligations shall constitute special obligations of the governmental agency or persons and shall be payable solely from the revenues and other moneys derived by the governmental agency or persons.
L. 82: Entire part added, p. 489, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 5 - COUNTY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUNDS (§§ 30-26-501 — 30-26-513) › Section 30-26-512 - Effect on inconsistent acts and rules and regulations

It is the intent of the general assembly that, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this part 5 and any other statute pertaining to matters established or provided for in this part 5 or in any rules and regulations adopted under this part 5 or under any other statutes, to the extent of such conflict or inconsistency, the provisions of this part 5 and the rules and regulations adopted under this part 5 shall be enforced, and the provisions of any other statute or rules and regulations adopted under such statute shall have no force and effect.
L. 82: Entire part added, p. 489, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (§§ 30-11-101 — 30-26-513) › COUNTY FINANCE (§§ 30-25-101 — 30-26-513) › Article 26 - BONDS (§§ 30-26-101 — 30-26-513) › Part 5 - COUNTY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUNDS (§§ 30-26-501 — 30-26-513) › Section 30-26-513 - Construction of this part 5

This part 5 shall be liberally construed to effectuate the legislative intent and the purposes of this part 5 as the complete and independent authority for the performance of each and every act and thing authorized in this part 5. All the powers granted in this part 5 shall be broadly interpreted to effectuate such intent and purposes and shall not be interpreted as a limitation of such powers.
L. 82: Entire part added, p. 489, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Article 28 - COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Part 1 - COUNTY PLANNING (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-140) › Section 30-28-102 - Unincorporated territory

The boards of county commissioners of the respective counties within this state are authorized to provide for the physical development of the unincorporated territory within the county and for the zoning of all or any part of such unincorporated territory in the manner provided in this part 1.
L. 39: p. 294, § 1. CSA: C. 45A, § 1. CRS 53: § 106-2-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 106-2-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Article 28 - COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Part 1 - COUNTY PLANNING (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-140) › Section 30-28-103 - County planning commission

(1)
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (1), the board of county commissioners of any county within the state is authorized to appoint a commission of not less than three and not more than nine members, to be known as the county planning commission; except that, in counties of the state having a population of fifteen thousand or less desiring to establish a commission, the board of county commissioners may constitute the commission, or the board of county commissioners may appoint a separate body to serve as the commission. In counties of the state having a population of one hundred thousand or more, the board of county commissioners is authorized to appoint a commission of not less than three and not more than fifteen members.
(2)
Each of such members of the commission shall be a resident of the county. The term of appointed members of the commission shall be three years and until their respective successors have been appointed, but the terms of office shall be staggered by making the appointments so that approximately one-third of the members' terms expire each year. Members of the commission on July 1, 1977, shall serve the remainder of the terms for which they were appointed. Thereafter, members shall be appointed pursuant to this subsection (2).
(3)
The members of the commission shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the board of county commissioners, and the board of county commissioners shall provide for reimbursement of the members of the commission for actual expenses incurred. The board of county commissioners shall provide for the filling of vacancies in the membership of the commission and for the removal of a member for nonperformance of duty or misconduct. The board of county commissioners may appoint associate members of such commission, each of whom shall be a resident of the county, and, in the event any regular member is temporarily unable to act owing to absence from the county, illness, interest in any matter before the commission, or any other cause, his place may be taken during such temporary disability by an associate member designated for that purpose.
L. 39: p. 295, § 3. CSA: C. 45A, § 3. CRS 53: § 106-2-3. L. 56: p. 179, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 106-2-3. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 1456, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 32, § 1, effective August 3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Article 28 - COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Part 1 - COUNTY PLANNING (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-140) › Section 30-28-104 - Chairman - rules - staff - information - grants and gifts

(1)
The county planning commission shall elect a chairman from its members, whose term shall be for one year, and the commission may create and fill such other offices as it may determine. The commission shall adopt such rules and regulations governing its procedure as it may consider necessary or advisable and shall keep a record of its proceedings, which record shall be open to inspection by the public at all reasonable times. The board of county commissioners has the authority to employ experts and a staff and shall pay such expenses as may be deemed necessary for carrying out the powers conferred and the duties prescribed in this article. The county planning commission is directed to make use of the expert advice and information which may be furnished by appropriate federal, state, county, and municipal officials, departments, and agencies and in particular by the director of the division of planning in the department of local affairs of the state of Colorado. All state officials, departments, and agencies having information, maps, and data pertinent to county planning or zoning are authorized and directed to make the same available for the use of the county planning commission as well as to furnish such other technical assistance and advice as they may have available for such purpose.
(2)
The county planning commission is specifically empowered to receive and expend all grants, gifts, and bequests, specifically including state and federal funds and other funds available for the purposes for which the commission exists, and to contract with the state of Colorado, the United States, and all other legal entities with respect thereto. The county planning commission may provide, within the limitations of its budget, matching funds wherever grants, gifts, bequests, and contractual assistance are available on such basis.
L. 39: p. 294, § 2. CSA: C. 45A, § 2. L. 53: p. 225, § 1. CRS 53: § 106-2-2. L. 59: p. 616, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 106-2-2. L. 67: p. 72, § 1. L. 77: (1) amended, p. 1457, § 2, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Article 28 - COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Part 1 - COUNTY PLANNING (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-140) › Section 30-28-107 - Surveys and studies

In the preparation of a county or regional master plan, a county or regional planning commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of the existing conditions and probable future growth of the territory within its jurisdiction. The county or regional master plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the county or region which, in accordance with present and future needs and resources, will best promote the health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity, or general welfare of the inhabitants, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development, including such distribution of population and of the uses of land for urbanization, trade, industry, habitation, recreation, agriculture, forestry, and other purposes as will tend to create conditions favorable to health, safety, energy conservation, transportation, prosperity, civic activities, and recreational, educational, and cultural opportunities; will tend to reduce the wastes of physical, financial, or human resources which result from either excessive congestion or excessive scattering of population; and will tend toward an efficient and economic utilization, conservation, and production of the supply of food and water and of drainage, sanitary, and other facilities and resources.
L. 39: p. 297, § 6. CSA: C. 45A, § 6. CRS 53: § 106-2-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 106-2-6. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 1159, § 2, effective May 25.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Article 28 - COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Part 1 - COUNTY PLANNING (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-140) › Section 30-28-108 - Adoption of plan by resolution

A county or regional planning commission may adopt the county or regional master plan as a whole by a single resolution or, as the work of making the whole master plan progresses, may adopt parts thereof, any such part to correspond generally with one or more of the functional subdivisions of the subject matter which may be included in the plan. The commission may amend, extend, or add to the plan or carry any part of it into greater detail from time to time. The adoption of the plan or any part, amendment, extension, or addition shall be by resolution carried by the affirmative votes of not less than a majority of the entire membership of the commission. The resolution shall refer expressly to the maps and descriptive matter intended by the commission to form the whole or part of the plan. The action taken shall be recorded on the map and descriptive matter by the identifying signature of the secretary of the commission.
L. 39: p. 297, § 7. CSA: C. 45A, § 7. CRS 53: § 106-2-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 106-2-7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Article 28 - COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Part 1 - COUNTY PLANNING (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-140) › Section 30-28-109 - Certification of plan

The county planning commission shall certify a copy of its master plan, or any adopted part or amendment thereof or addition thereto, to the board of county commissioners of the county. The regional planning commission shall certify such copies to the boards of county commissioners of the counties lying wholly or partly within the region. The county or regional planning commission shall certify such copies to the planning commission of all municipalities within the county or region. Any municipal planning commission which receives any such certification may adopt so much of the plan, part, amendment, or addition as falls within the territory of the municipality as a part or amendment of or addition to the master plan of the municipality, and, when so adopted, it shall have the same force and effect as though made and prepared, as well as adopted, by such municipal planning commission.
L. 39: p. 298, § 8. CSA: C. 45A, § 8. CRS 53: § 106-2-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 106-2-8.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Article 28 - COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Part 1 - COUNTY PLANNING (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-140) › Section 30-28-111 - Zoning plan

(1)
The county planning commission of any county may, and upon order by the board of county commissioners in any county having a county planning commission shall, make a zoning plan for zoning all or any part of the unincorporated territory within such county, including both the full text of the zoning resolution and the maps, and representing the recommendations of the commission for the regulation by districts or zones of the location, height, bulk, and size of buildings and other structures, percentage of lot which may be occupied, the size of lots, courts, and other open spaces, the density and distribution of population, the location and use of buildings and structures for trade, industry, residence, recreation, public activities, or other purposes, access to sunlight for solar energy devices, and the uses of land for trade, industry, recreation, or other purposes. To the end that adequate safety may be secured, the county planning commission may include in said zoning plan provisions establishing, regulating, and limiting such uses on or along any storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin as such storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin has been designated and approved by the Colorado water conservation board in order to lessen or avoid the hazards to persons and damage to property resulting from the accumulation of storm or floodwaters.
(2)
The county planning commission or the board of adjustment of any county, in the exercise of powers pursuant to this article, may condition any portion of a zoning resolution, any amendment thereto, or any exception to the terms thereof upon the preservation, improvement, or construction of any storm or floodwater runoff channel designated and approved by the Colorado water conservation board.
L. 39: p. 299, § 10. CSA: C. 45A § 10. CRS 53: § 106-2-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 106-2-10. L. 66: p. 42, § 5. L. 79: (1) amended, p. 1160, § 3, effective May 25.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Article 28 - COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Part 1 - COUNTY PLANNING (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-140) › Section 30-28-112 - Certification of plan - hearings

The county planning commission shall certify a copy of the plans for zoning all or any part of the unincorporated territory within the county, or any adopted part or amendment thereof or addition thereto, to the board of county commissioners of the county. After receiving the certification of said zoning plans from the commission and before the adoption of any zoning resolutions, the board of county commissioners shall hold a public hearing thereon, the time and place of which at least fourteen days' notice shall be given by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. Such notice shall state the place at which the text and maps so certified by the county planning commission may be examined. No substantial change in or departure from the text or map so certified by the county planning commission shall be made unless such change or departure is first submitted to the certifying county planning commission for its approval, disapproval, or suggestions and, if disapproved, shall receive the favorable vote of not less than a majority of the entire membership of the board of county commissioners. The county planning commission shall have thirty days after such submission within which to send its report to the board of county commissioners.
L. 39: p. 299, § 11. CSA: C. 45A, § 11. CRS 53: § 106-2-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 106-2-11. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 965, § 4, effective June 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Article 28 - COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Part 1 - COUNTY PLANNING (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-140) › Section 30-28-114 - Enforcement - inspector - permits

The board of county commissioners may provide for the enforcement of the zoning regulations by means of the withholding of building permits, and, for such purpose, may establish and fill a position of county building inspector and may fix the compensation attached to said position, or may authorize one or more administrative officials of the county to assume some or all functions of such position in addition to their customary functions. Such board may also fix a reasonable schedule of fees for the issuance of such permits. After the establishment of such position and the filling of the same, it shall be unlawful to erect, construct, reconstruct, alter, or change the use of any building or other structure within the unincorporated territory covered by such zoning regulations without obtaining a building permit from such county building inspector. Such building inspector shall not issue any permit unless the plans for the proposed erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, or use fully conform to all zoning regulations then in effect.
L. 39: p. 300, § 13. CSA: C. 45A, § 13. CRS 53: § 106-2-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 106-2-13. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 1458, § 1, effective June 9.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Article 28 - COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Part 1 - COUNTY PLANNING (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-140) › Section 30-28-116 - Regulations may be amended

From time to time the board of county commissioners may amend the number, shape, boundaries, or area of any district, or any regulation of or within such district, or any other provisions of the zoning resolution. Any such amendment shall not be made or become effective unless the same has been proposed by or is first submitted for the approval, disapproval, or suggestions of the county planning commission. If disapproved by such commission within thirty days after such submission, such amendment, to become effective, shall receive the favorable vote of not less than a majority of the entire membership of the board of county commissioners. Before finally adopting any such amendment, the board of county commissioners shall hold a public hearing thereon, and at least fourteen days' notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be given by at least one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
L. 39: p. 301, § 15. CSA: C. 45A, § 15. CRS 53: § 106-2-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 106-2-15. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 965, § 5, effective June 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Article 28 - COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Part 1 - COUNTY PLANNING (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-140) › Section 30-28-120 - Existing structures - county property

(1)
The lawful use of a building or structure or the lawful use of any land, as existing and lawful at the time of the adoption of a zoning resolution or, in the case of an amendment of a resolution, at the time of such amendment, may be continued, although such use does not conform with the provisions of such resolution or amendment, and such use may be extended throughout the same building if no structural alteration of such building is proposed or made for the purpose of such extension. The addition of a solar energy device or a device used as part of a system that uses geothermal energy for water heating or space heating or cooling to such building shall not necessarily be considered a structural alteration. The board of county commissioners may provide in any zoning resolution for the restoration, reconstruction, extension, or substitution of nonconforming uses upon such terms and conditions as may be set forth in the zoning resolution.
(2)
If any county acquires title to any property by reason of tax delinquency and such property is not redeemed as provided by law, the future use of such property shall be in conformity with the then provisions of the zoning resolution of the county, or with any amendment of such resolution, equally applicable to other like properties within the district in which the property acquired by the county is located.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 335,§7, eff. 8/10/2022.
L. 39: p. 306, § 19. CSA: C. 45A, § 19. CRS 53: § 106-2-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 106-2-19. L. 79: (1) amended, p. 1162, § 8, effective May 25. L. 2003: (1) amended, p. 2667, § 3, effective June 6.
2022 Ch. 335, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
For the legislative declaration contained in the 2003 act amending subsection (1), see section 1 of chapter 420, Session Laws of Colorado 2003.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Article 28 - COUNTY PLANNING AND BUILDING CODES (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-404) › Part 1 - COUNTY PLANNING (§§ 30-28-101 — 30-28-140) › Section 30-28-121 - Temporary regulations

The board of county commissioners of any county, after appointment of a county or district planning commission and pending the adoption by such commission of a zoning plan, where in the opinion of the board conditions require such action, may promulgate, by resolution without a public hearing, regulations of a temporary nature, to be effective for a limited period only and in any event not to exceed six months, prohibiting or regulating in any part or all of the unincorporated territory of the county or district the erection, construction, reconstruction, or alteration of any building or structure used or to be used for any business, residential, industrial, or commercial purpose.
L. 39: p. 306, § 20. CSA: C. 45A, § 20. CRS 53: § 106-2-20. C.R.S. 1963: § 106-2-20. L. 74: Entire section amended, p. 354, § 2, effective May 17.