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 32-7-107 - Court appoints an organizational commission and election committee

(1)
For a service authority which is to be established in an area having a total population of less than five hundred thousand, the court shall appoint nine organizational commission members selected from the membership of the governing bodies of the county or counties and municipalities having territory within the boundaries of the proposed service authority, subject to the following limitations:
(a)
If more than one county is included within the boundaries of the proposed service authority, no more than five members of the organizational commission shall be residents of any one county or any one municipality, and at least one member shall be appointed from every county.
(b)
If only one county is included within the boundaries of the proposed service authority, no more than five members of the organizational commission shall be residents of any one municipality.
(2)
(a)
Subject to the limitations in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), for a service authority which is to be established in an area having a total population of five hundred thousand or more, the court shall appoint fifteen organizational commission members selected from the membership of the governing bodies of the county or counties and municipalities having territory within the boundaries of the proposed service authority.
(b)
If more than one county is included within the boundaries of the proposed service authority and to the extent feasible, the membership on the organizational commission shall be allocated:
(I)
Among counties in proportion to the population of each county within the service authority, but each county shall have at least one member on the commission; and
(II)
Among county commissioners and members of the governing bodies of municipalities within each county in proportion to the population of the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the counties.
(c)
If only one county is included within the boundaries of the proposed service authority and to the extent feasible, the membership on the organizational commission shall be allocated among the county commissioners and members of the governing bodies of municipalities within the county in proportion to the population of the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county.
(3)
(a)
At the hearing specified in section
32-7-105 (2)(b)
, the court shall appoint the county clerk and recorder of each county within the service authority as members of an election committee to administer the election provided for in the formation of the service authority and shall within seven days of the designation notify the county clerk and recorders of their appointment.
(b)
A majority of the county clerk and recorders shall constitute a quorum. A chairperson shall be elected by the county clerk and recorders at their first meeting, who may call additional meetings as necessary to accomplish the purposes of the election committee.
L. 72: p. 456, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-25-7. L. 92: (3) amended, p. 897, § 142, effective 1/1/1993. L. 94: (1) and (2) amended, p. 573, § 2, effective April 7.