2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › REGIONAL SERVICE AUTHORITIES (§§ 32-7-101 — 32-7-146) › Article 7 - REGIONAL SERVICE AUTHORITIES (§§ 32-7-101 — 32-7-146) › Section 32-7-113 - General powers

(1)
The service authority shall be a body corporate and a political subdivision of the state, and the board has the following general powers:
(a)
To have and use a corporate seal;
(b)
To sue and be sued and be a party to suits, actions, and proceedings; the provisions of the "Colorado Governmental Immunity Act", as set forth in article
10
of title
24
, C.R.S., shall be applicable to any service authority formed under this article;
(c)
To enter into contracts and agreements affecting the affairs of the service authority and to accept all funds resulting therefrom pursuant to the provisions and limitations of part 2 of article
1
of title
29
, C.R.S.;
(d)
To contract with private persons, associations, or corporations for the provision of any service within or without its boundaries and to accept all funds and obligations resulting therefrom;
(e)
To borrow money and incur indebtedness and other obligations and to evidence the same by certificates, notes, or debentures and to issue general obligation or revenue bonds, or any combinations thereof, in accordance with the provisions of this article;
(f)
To refund any bonded or other indebtedness or special obligations of the service authority without an election in accordance with the provisions and limitations of this article;
(g)
To acquire, dispose of, and encumber real and personal property, including, without limitation, rights and interests in property, including leases and easements, necessary to accomplish the purposes of the service authority;
(h)
To acquire, construct, equip, operate, and maintain facilities to accomplish the purposes of the service authority;
(i)
To have the management, control, and supervision of all the business affairs and properties of the service authority and in any case in which it acquires two or more facilities, the authority may use differential prices which reflect differential equities, liabilities, and operating costs for not exceeding thirty years;
(j)
To hire and retain agents, employees, engineers, attorneys, and financial or other consultants and to provide for the powers, duties, qualifications, and terms of tenure thereof;
(k)
To have and exercise the powers of eminent domain to take any private property necessary to the exercise of the powers granted, both within and without the service authority, in the manner provided by law for the condemnation of private property for public use;
(l)
To construct, establish, and maintain works and facilities in, across, or along any easement dedicated to a public use, or any public street, road, or highway, subject to the provisions of section
32-7-116
, and in, upon, or over any vacant public lands, which public lands are now, or may become, the property of the state of Colorado, and to construct, establish, and maintain works and facilities in, across, or along any stream of water or watercourse;
(m)
(I)
To provide for the revenues and ad valorem taxes needed to finance the service authority, subject to the limitations of this article, to fix and from time to time increase or decrease, and collect rates, fees, tolls, and other service charges pertaining to the services of the service authority, including without limitation minimum charges and charges for availability of the facilities or services relating thereto; to pledge such revenues for the payment of securities; and to enforce the collection of such revenues by civil action or by any other means authorized by law;
(II)
To levy, collect, and cause to be collected ad valorem taxes and other revenues, including rates, fees, tolls, and charges, fixed within the boundaries of any special taxing district within the service authority as provided in this article;
(III)
To levy, collect, and cause to be collected special assessments fixed against specially benefited real property in any improvement district within the service authority as provided in this article;
(n)
To adopt and amend bylaws setting forth rules of procedure for the conduct of its affairs and providing for the administrative organization and structure, including provisions for delegation of powers and functions of the service authority, consistent with section 17 of article XIV of the state constitution and with this article;
(o)
To adopt by resolution, and enforce, pursuant to section
32-7-115
, regulations not inconsistent with state law which are necessary, appropriate, or incidental to any authorized service provided by the service authority;
(p)
(I)
To plan for the territory within the service authority, including the review of all comprehensive plans of local governments located within the boundaries of the service authority;
(II)
To review all capital construction or other federal grant-in-aid projects proposed by any local governmental entity within the boundaries of the service authority and for which review is required by federal or state law;
(q)
To appoint citizen advisory committees to assist and advise with respect to services and powers of the service authority;
(r)
To accept on behalf of the service authority gifts, grants, and conveyances upon such terms and conditions as the board may approve;
(s)
To have and exercise all rights and powers necessary or incidental to or implied from the powers granted in this article.
L. 72: p. 463, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-25-13.