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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 26 - REFUNDING BONDS (§§ 37-26-101 — 37-26-119) › Section 37-26-103 - Elections

Whenever it is desired to issue refunding bonds, the board of directors of the district shall call a special election of the qualified voters of said district at which there shall be submitted the question of issuing refunding bonds, or the question may be submitted at a general election in the district. Said election shall be held and the result thereof determined and declared in all respects as nearly as possible in conformity with the provisions of sections
37-21-105
to
37-21-108
,
37-21-112
, and
37-21-115
to
37-21-124
governing the election of drainage district directors; but no informalities in conducting such election shall invalidate the same if the election has been otherwise fairly conducted. Notice of said election shall be published in three consecutive weekly issues of a newspaper of general circulation in the district, and a copy of said notice shall be posted for fifteen days in three public places in the district. Said notice shall specify the time and places of holding said election; the bonds and interest to be refunded; and the amount and maturity of and the rate of interest on the proposed refunding bonds. Every owner of land within said district who is a citizen of the United States or has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and is a resident of the state of Colorado, shall be entitled to vote at such election in the precinct where he resides, or if a nonresident of the district, then in the precinct within which the greater portion of his land lies. At such election the ballots shall contain the words "Refunding Bonds - Yes" and "Refunding Bonds - No", and the voter shall place a cross mark (X) opposite the words expressing his choice. If a majority of the votes cast are "Refunding Bonds - Yes", bonds may be issued in accordance with the proposition submitted.
L. 33: p. 451, § 3. CSA: C. 57, § 97. CRS 53: § 47-7-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-3.
For publication of legal notices, see part 1 of article 70 of title 24.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 26 - REFUNDING BONDS (§§ 37-26-101 — 37-26-119) › Section 37-26-104 - Maturity and form

Whenever refunding bonds are authorized, the board of directors shall provide therefor by resolution designating the date, denomination, rate of interest, maturity, one or more places of payment within or without the state of Colorado, and the form of such bonds. Such bonds shall be executed by the president and attested by the secretary, countersigned by the district treasurer, and sealed with the seal of the district. The interest accruing on such bonds shall be evidenced by semiannual interest coupons bearing the original or facsimile signature of the president. The district treasurer shall make a record of all refunding bonds issued in a book to be kept in his office for that purpose.
L. 33: p. 452, § 4. CSA: C. 57, § 98. CRS 53: § 47-7-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 26 - REFUNDING BONDS (§§ 37-26-101 — 37-26-119) › Section 37-26-105 - Mature serially

The refunding bonds shall mature serially, the first payment to be in not more than five years and the last payment in not more than thirty-five years from the date of the bonds; but each bond issued shall be redeemable at the option of the district five years prior to its maturity and on any interest-paying date thereafter. Interest on any bond called for payment shall cease thirty days after publication of a notice of call in a newspaper published or of general circulation in the district. Consistently with the denomination of the bonds issued, maturities shall be in substantially equal annual amounts of principal, or in such amounts as will require substantially equal annual assessments for principal and interest throughout the period, commencing not later than five years after the date of the bonds.
L. 33: p. 453, § 5. CSA: C. 57, § 99. CRS 53: § 47-7-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 26 - REFUNDING BONDS (§§ 37-26-101 — 37-26-119) › Section 37-26-106 - Refunding bonds exchanged - when

The refunding bonds may be exchanged for the outstanding bonds and interest so refunded, or they may be sold, in which latter event, the proceeds shall be used solely for the purpose of paying the principal of and the interest on the bonds refunded, and for improvement of the district. In no event shall the principal amount of refunding bonds issued exceed the amount of outstanding bonds and matured interest coupons surrendered and canceled simultaneously with the issuance of refunding bonds. Any exchange or sale of refunding bonds shall be made in such manner as to cause no loss of interest to the district.
L. 33: p. 453, § 6. CSA: C. 57, § 100. CRS 53: § 47-7-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 26 - REFUNDING BONDS (§§ 37-26-101 — 37-26-119) › Section 37-26-107 - Consent of unknown bondholders

If the board of directors of any drainage district issuing or intending to issue refunding bonds desires to obtain the constructive consent of unknown and nonconsenting holders of bonds or claims for interest thereon desired to be retired or refunded under this article, such board of directors, before selling or otherwise disposing of any such refunding bonds, shall declare by resolution its intention of selling or otherwise disposing of the same and shall cause such resolution to be entered on its minutes and shall cause notice of sale or other disposition to be given by publication thereof at least once a week for four consecutive weeks in three newspapers published in the state of Colorado, one of which shall be a newspaper published in the city of Denver and one of which shall be a newspaper published in the county in which the office of the board of directors is situated.
L. 33: p. 454, § 7. CSA: C. 57, § 101. CRS 53: § 47-7-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 26 - REFUNDING BONDS (§§ 37-26-101 — 37-26-119) › Section 37-26-109 - District to file verified return - decree

(1)
After the expiration of ninety days from the date of the first publication of said notice, said district shall file in the proceeding in said district court its verified return of its acts under the order of the court theretofore made, attaching thereto affidavits of the printers or publishers of said newspapers of the publication of said notice in three newspapers.
(2)
Thereupon said court shall forthwith hear said cause and shall enter a decree of court adjudging that all owners and holders of said bonds, or interest coupons to be retired or refunded by said plan and proceeding of the district, who have not within ninety days after the date of the first publication of said notice filed in said court their written dissent and objections to the proceedings have consented that their said bonds or interest coupons be retired or refunded under the proposed plan. In the decree the court shall direct the officers of said district to deposit with the Colorado water conservation board, as trustee for the persons entitled thereto, the pro rata part of the cash or refunding bonds which, under said settlement, belongs to the holders of said bonds, claims for interest, or interest coupons whose consent was so obtained by said court proceedings.
(3)
Said decree shall further provide that, upon the payment of said money or bonds or interest coupons to the Colorado water conservation board as trustee, said bonds or interest coupons so held by said holders shall be deemed paid and no longer an obligation of said district and that, upon the surrender to the Colorado water conservation board of said bonds, together with the unpaid interest coupons belonging to same, the Colorado water conservation board shall pay on demand to said holders their pro rata part of the moneys or bonds so deposited with it as trustee and shall mark said bonds canceled and deliver same to the drainage district.
L. 33: p. 457, § 7. CSA: C. 57, § 103. CRS 53: § 47-7-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-9. L. 91: (2) and (3) amended, p. 892, § 22, effective June 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 26 - REFUNDING BONDS (§§ 37-26-101 — 37-26-119) › Section 37-26-110 - Bondholders deemed to have notice

All holders of said bonds or interest coupons to be retired or refunded shall be deemed to have notice of all steps and proceedings had.
L. 33: p. 458, § 7. CSA: C. 57, § 104. CRS 53: § 47-7-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-10.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 26 - REFUNDING BONDS (§§ 37-26-101 — 37-26-119) › Section 37-26-111 - Assessment to pay bonds and interest

The refunding bonds and interest thereon shall be paid from annual assessments levied upon the real property within the district, and such real property shall be and remain liable to be assessed for such payments. Except when refunding bonds are issued for unpaid matured interest, no existing lien or liability created by an original issue of bonds shall be increased by issuing bonds to refund such original bonds. The board of directors of any district issuing refunding bonds shall take the same steps and adopt the same proceedings with respect to ordering and certifying such annual assessments, and county officers shall collect and enforce the same in the same manner as provided by law for the levy, certification, and collection of assessments for the payment of bonds refunded and interest thereon; except that amounts for principal and interest shall be ordered, certified, and collected separately.
L. 33: p. 458, § 8. CSA: C. 57, § 105. CRS 53: § 47-7-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-11.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 26 - REFUNDING BONDS (§§ 37-26-101 — 37-26-119) › Section 37-26-112 - Collection and record of assessment

The county treasurer shall collect said assessments at the time of and simultaneously with the collection of general taxes, but the property owner may pay the general and school taxes separately from the drainage district assessments. The county treasurer shall keep a separate record of principal and interest payments. Assessments for interest shall not be construed to be part of the cost of construction or a charge against any benefits theretofore appraised.
L. 33: p. 459, § 9. CSA: C. 57, § 106. CRS 53: § 47-7-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-12.
For collection of taxes, see article 10 of title 39.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 26 - REFUNDING BONDS (§§ 37-26-101 — 37-26-119) › Section 37-26-113 - Assessments on a parity with general taxes

The lien of assessments to pay refunding bonds and the interest thereon shall be on a parity with the lien of general taxes, and no sale of property for the nonpayment of general taxes shall extinguish the lien of such assessments. Except as provided by this article, the lien of any assessment levied against appraised benefits or otherwise for the payment of an original issue of bonds and interest thereon shall continue and persist for the benefit of the owners of refunding bonds, which owners shall be subrogated to all the rights and remedies of the owners of bonds refunded; except that if there is a reduction in the amount of outstanding bonds there shall be a corresponding reduction in the amount of the lien.
L. 33: p. 459, § 10. CSA: C. 57, § 107. CRS 53: § 47-7-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-13.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 26 - REFUNDING BONDS (§§ 37-26-101 — 37-26-119) › Section 37-26-114 - Money applied proportionately - when

In the event there shall not be sufficient funds to the credit of a district for the payment in full of an installment of principal or interest when due, the district treasurer shall apply the money in the respective funds in proportionate payments on all bonds or coupons then due, endorsing on the bonds or coupons a notation showing the payments made. After respective maturities, the district treasurer shall make disbursements whenever he has sufficient funds to pay five percent of the total principal or twenty-five percent of the total interest due at maturity.
L. 33: p. 460, § 11. CSA: C. 57, § 108. CRS 53: § 47-7-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-14.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 26 - REFUNDING BONDS (§§ 37-26-101 — 37-26-119) › Section 37-26-115 - Matured bonds used for paying assessments

Refunding bonds of any maturity may be used at face value in paying assessments levied to pay the principal of refunding bonds, if bonds so used have all future due coupons thereto attached and no credit shall be allowed for such coupons. Interest coupons maturing in any year may be used at face value in paying interest assessments which become due and payable in that year.
L. 33: p. 460, § 12. CSA: C. 57, § 109. CRS 53: § 47-7-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 26 - REFUNDING BONDS (§§ 37-26-101 — 37-26-119) › Section 37-26-116 - Construction of article

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent any financial assistance which any drainage district may secure by an agreement with the owners of its outstanding bonds or by any lawful means other than those specified in this article.
L. 33: p. 460, § 13. CSA: C. 57, § 110. CRS 53: § 47-7-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-16.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 26 - REFUNDING BONDS (§§ 37-26-101 — 37-26-119) › Section 37-26-118 - Expenses not released

No release of land under section
37-26-117
shall relieve such land from paying its proportionate share of maintenance and operating expenses of the district.
L. 33: p. 462, § 15. CSA: C. 57, § 112. CRS 53: § 47-7-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-18.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 26 - REFUNDING BONDS (§§ 37-26-101 — 37-26-119) › Section 37-26-119 - District may change classification

Any district intending to issue bonds pursuant to this article may revise, reduce, or cancel classifications of land, assessments, or assessments of or for benefits in substantially the same manner as provided by the laws existing at the time of the original classification or assessments; but no parcel of land shall ever be liable for the payment of an amount greater than the amount for which the land was liable under its original classification or assessment, and the total assessments levied shall not be less than the principal amount of refunding bonds to be issued. Thereafter the qualified voters of the district may vote refunding bonds based upon such reclassification or reassessment of or for benefits. Refunding bonds so authorized may be exchanged on a compromise basis for outstanding bonds and unpaid matured interest thereon, with such owners thereof as may be willing to make such exchange. The rate of interest on such refunding bonds shall not exceed the rate on the bonds refunded, and in no event shall such rate exceed six percent per annum. Refunding bonds issued in accordance with this section shall be secured only by their proportionate share of such new classifications or assessments, and that fact shall be set forth on the face of each refunding bond issued.
L. 33: p. 463, § 16. CSA: C. 57, § 113. CRS 53: § 47-7-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-7-19.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 27 - INCLUSION OF LANDS IN DISTRICT (§§ 37-27-101 — 37-27-102) › Section 37-27-101 - Inclusion of contiguous land

Upon petition of the owner of a tract of land and the payment of a sum equal to the past due assessments upon the same after a classification thereof upon a graduated scale by the board of directors as provided in section
37-23-101
, so that the tract is upon an equal footing with other lands of the district, the board of directors may authorize the inclusion of any tract of land contiguous to the existing boundaries of said district and capable of being drained by said drainage system, and thereupon said lands shall become liable for all future assessments which may become due or are levied for drainage purposes within said drainage district, and the cost of any such proceeding for the inclusion of land shall be borne by the applicant.
L. 11: p. 328, § 75. L. 13: p. 258, § 3. C.L. § 2190. CSA: C. 57, § 91. CRS 53: § 47-8-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-8-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 27 - INCLUSION OF LANDS IN DISTRICT (§§ 37-27-101 — 37-27-102) › Section 37-27-102 - Cities and towns included

The lands within the boundaries of any city or town organized and existing under the general laws of this state or under article XX of the state constitution requiring drainage in whole or in part and susceptible of drainage by the drainage ditch, system, or works of any drainage district or proposed drainage district organized or proposed to be organized pursuant to the laws of the state of Colorado relating to the formation of drainage districts may be included within and made a part of any such drainage district upon the presentation to the board of directors of such district, or to the proper board of county commissioners, in case such district has not been organized, of a petition for such inclusion signed by a majority of the owners of such lands, whether residents or nonresidents of such city or town, as well as by the owners in the aggregate of the majority of the total number of acres of such land to be included, exclusive of the land occupied by public streets and alleys, public parks, and any other lands owned by any municipality. Such city or town shall bear the expense of the drainage of all area included with the streets, alleys, public parks, or other lands owned by it. It is the duty of the city council or board of trustees of such city or town to annually certify the amount necessary to pay the drainage assessments as authorized by said drainage district to the taxing tribunal, with instructions to such taxing tribunal to make a levy against the taxable property within such city or town for such purpose as provided by law in other cases of special assessment. Any inclusion of the lands within any city or town shall be subject to all of the provisions and conditions of articles
20
to
30
of this title.
L. 15: p. 292, § 1. C.L. § 2192. CSA: C. 57, § 93. CRS 53: § 47-8-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-8-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 28 - VOLUNTARY DISTRICTS (§§ 37-28-101 — 37-28-102) › Section 37-28-101 - Formation of voluntary districts

Whenever the owners of lands which may require a combined system of drainage shall unanimously and mutually agree upon a system of drainage and the character of work necessary to be done to drain their lands and the amount of money each shall contribute towards said proposed works, they may reduce their agreement to writing specifying the boundary lines of said voluntary district and the lands therein, in one hundred sixty acre tracts or smaller tracts if necessary, giving the names of the owners of each tract of land specifying the work which they propose shall be done, the name of the drainage district, and also the names of three persons among their number who shall act as directors until the annual election, and they may agree upon any other lawful matter or thing which they may deem pertinent to the work proposed.
L. 11: p. 329, § 77. C.L. § 2194. CSA: C. 57, § 114. CRS 53: § 47-9-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-9-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 28 - VOLUNTARY DISTRICTS (§§ 37-28-101 — 37-28-102) › Section 37-28-102 - Method of organization

(1)
Said owners shall submit such agreement to the board of county commissioners of the county wherein the major part of the lands proposed to be included in such district may be situated and shall submit therewith a plat of the land giving a general description of the same, and the said board of county commissioners as soon thereafter as may be practicable shall carefully consider all questions involved and shall make a personal inspection of the land proposed to be included in said voluntary district or may employ some competent engineer or surveyor to examine and report to said board on the same, and the expense of such surveyor or engineer, including any expense that the board of county commissioners may incur in the examination of such project, shall be paid by the parties to such voluntary agreement, and the board of county commissioners may require a deposit to be made with the county treasurer of the county to protect the county against such expense.
(2)
If such board of county commissioners is satisfied that the plan proposed is practicable and will be conducive to the public health, convenience, utility, or welfare and that the agreement submitted is fair and equitable in all respects considering the benefits which the respective lands will receive from such voluntary drainage system, then the board of county commissioners shall enter an order upon their records approving such agreement and shall file the same with the accompanying plat in the office of the county clerk and recorder of said county. If such district extends into more than one county, a certified copy of the agreement and plat, together with a certified copy of the said order of the board of county commissioners, shall be filed by the parties to such agreement with the county clerk and recorder of such other counties, and thereupon the said drainage district shall be fully organized and established and have all the powers of drainage districts. The directors so named in said agreement shall then possess all the powers and proceed in like manner as before designated in the case of directors of districts organized by petition, and the agreement provided for in this article shall constitute a charter of authority of such voluntary district, and all lands subscribed to and voluntarily included in said district shall be considered as a unit or but one tract of land in the determination of any question or right or duty as between said voluntary district and any lands outside thereof, whether lying above, below, or adjacent to said district.
L. 11: p. 329, § 78. C.L. § 2195. CSA: C. 57, § 115. CRS 53: § 47-9-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-9-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 29 - DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-29-101 — 37-29-102) › Section 37-29-101 - Dissolution - procedure

Whenever a majority of the owners of land within a drainage district representing also a majority of the whole number of acres of land within the district petitions the board of directors to call a special election for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of said drainage district a proposition to dissolve such district, it is the duty of such board of directors, upon proof that all claims and bills of the district of every kind or nature whatsoever have been fully paid, to call an election for the purpose of submitting the question of the dissolution of such district to the qualified voters thereof and to cause a notice setting forth the object of such election to be posted in the office of the district and in six public places within such district and to be published in some newspaper of general circulation and published in each county in which any portion of said district may lie for a period of thirty days prior to said election. Said notice shall set forth the time and place for holding said election in each precinct within said district. It is the duty of the board of directors to prepare ballots to be used at such elections on which shall be written or printed the words "For dissolution" and "Against dissolution" and to appoint judges and clerks of elections as in other elections of the district. No district shall be dissolved which has claims, bills, bonds, or indebtedness outstanding or unpaid, and the attempted dissolution of such a district shall be null, void, and of no force and effect.
L. 11: p. 330, § 79. C.L. § 2196. CSA: C. 57, § 116. CRS 53: § 47-10-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-10-1.
For publication of legal notices, see part 1 of article 70 of title 24.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 29 - DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICTS (§§ 37-29-101 — 37-29-102) › Section 37-29-102 - Canvass of votes - order of dissolution

(1)
The board of directors, upon the day specified in the notice of election as the day for the canvassing of the vote of such election, shall proceed to canvass the votes cast at said election, and if it appears from such canvass that a majority of the ballots cast at said election were "For dissolution", then the board of directors shall forthwith make and enter in their records an order declaring said district to be duly dissolved and disorganized, which order shall contain a complete copy of said petition for dissolution, including the signatures thereto attached and a duly authenticated copy of the published notice of such election, together with copies of the publisher's affidavit of publication. The order shall state that an election was called and set for the .............. day of .............., A. D., ...., that on said day the election was held and that so many votes, stating the number, were cast for dissolution and so many votes were cast against dissolution.
(2)
Said board of directors shall cause a copy of said order, duly certified by the president and attested by the secretary of the board of directors under the seal of the district, to be filed for record in the office of the county clerk and recorder of each county within which any portion of such district extends, and it is the duty of said county clerk and recorders to forthwith file and record said certified copies, whereupon said district shall be dissolved and shall cease to exist.
(3)
If it appears upon the canvass of said vote so cast at the election that a majority of the votes were against dissolution, then the board of directors shall declare the proposition lost and shall thereupon enter an order to that effect in the records of the district but shall not file such order with the county clerk and recorders of the counties into which such district extends.
L. 11: p. 331, § 80. C.L. § 2197. CSA: C. 57, § 117. CRS 53: § 47-10-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-10-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 30 - DRAINAGE OF STATE LANDS (§§ 37-30-101 — 37-30-105) › Section 37-30-101 - Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Drainage assessment" means any tax, assessment, or charge levied on account of the construction, maintenance, and operation of the drainage project.
(2)
"Drainage district" means an organization formed under the drainage district law of this state.
(3)
"Drainage project" includes legally organized drainage districts and enterprises of persons, corporations, or associations having for their object the drainage of land.
(4)
"Treasurer" means the proper officer of the drainage project authorized to receive payments of drainage assessments.
L. 15: p. 384, § 1. C.L. § 2200. CSA: C. 57, § 119. CRS 53: § 47-11-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-11-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 30 - DRAINAGE OF STATE LANDS (§§ 37-30-101 — 37-30-105) › Section 37-30-102 - Drainage for state lands

For the purpose of securing drainage for state lands, the state board of land commissioners is authorized to enter into contracts with any person, corporation, association, or drainage district providing for such drainage and to petition all such lands into drainage districts at the time of or after the formation of such districts. The state board of land commissioners has full power to secure to such person, corporation, association, or drainage district so furnishing drainage of state lands the payment of the cost of drainage upon state lands. In no case shall the state board of land commissioners have any power to use any of the school funds, either principal or interest, or cash fund for any such purpose.
L. 15: p. 384, § 2. C.L. § 2201. CSA: C. 57, § 120. CRS 53: § 47-11-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-11-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 30 - DRAINAGE OF STATE LANDS (§§ 37-30-101 — 37-30-105) › Section 37-30-103 - Board or purchaser as freeholder

If any such land is included in any drainage project, the state board of land commissioners shall be considered in all respects a freeholder so long as the lands remain unsold, but as soon as any of such land is sold, whether occurring before or after the time such land is included in such drainage project, the purchaser shall from the time of his purchase be considered as such freeholder and entitled to all the rights of the freeholder whether or not he has completed his payments to the state board of land commissioners. In no case shall any interest or title of the state to lands be made liable or subjected to any claim for any drainage assessment by reason of the including of any such state land in any drainage project.
L. 15: p. 385, § 3. C.L. § 2202. CSA: C. 57, § 121. CRS 53: § 47-11-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-11-3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 30 - DRAINAGE OF STATE LANDS (§§ 37-30-101 — 37-30-105) › Section 37-30-104 - Lessee advance assessments

When the state lands included in a drainage project are leased, the state board of land commissioners in its discretion may require the lessee to pay to the state board of land commissioners an amount annually, to cover in whole or in part the drainage assessments. The additional amount so paid shall be used to pay in whole or in part the drainage assessments.
L. 15: p. 386, § 7. C.L. § 2206. CSA: C. 57, § 125. CRS 53: § 47-11-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-11-4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 30 - DRAINAGE OF STATE LANDS (§§ 37-30-101 — 37-30-105) › Section 37-30-105 - Assessments become part of permanent fund

Whenever the state board of land commissioners shall pay drainage district assessments on land not under certificate of purchase, then, upon sale of such land, all money received therefor shall become a part of the permanent fund.
L. 33: p. 449, § 5. CSA: C. 57, § 73. CRS 53: § 47-11-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-11-5.
For disposition of proceeds from sale of state land, see § 36-1-134.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 31 - GRAND VALLEY DRAINAGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-31-101 — 37-31-157) › Section 37-31-101 - Public necessity of drainage district in Grand Valley

It is declared that the seepage conditions existing in the territory described in section
37-31-102
are peculiar to that particular territory and affect in a peculiar manner the people residing and owning property within said district. It is further declared that torrential storms affect the territory in said district in an adverse manner. It is further declared that the construction of a suitable drainage works for the protection of urban and rural property within said district will promote the health, comfort, safety, convenience, and welfare of all the people residing or owning property within said district and that the construction of said drainage works is therefore a governmental function conferring a general benefit upon all of the people residing or owning property within said district.
L. 23: p. 283, § 1. CSA: C. 57, § 127. L. 37: p. 519, § 1. CRS 53: § 47-12-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-12-1. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 1386, § 1, effective June 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 31 - GRAND VALLEY DRAINAGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-31-101 — 37-31-157) › Section 37-31-103 - Successor to Grand Junction drainage district

The Grand Valley drainage district shall be the successor to the Grand Junction drainage district and all rights, causes of action, records, uncollected revenues, taxes, and assessments, and all other property of the said Grand Junction drainage district shall accrue to and become the property of the Grand Valley drainage district, and all valid indebtedness and obligations of the Grand Junction drainage district, as well as the contract obligations with the United States, shall be assumed, paid, and carried out by the Grand Valley drainage district.
L. 23: p. 286, § 4. CSA: C. 57, § 130. CRS 53: § 47-12-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-12-4. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 157, § 2, effective 1/1/2008.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 31 - GRAND VALLEY DRAINAGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-31-101 — 37-31-157) › Section 37-31-104 - Government of district

The district shall be managed and controlled by a board of three members known as the board of directors. The district shall be divided into three divisions with the same boundaries as the three divisions of the Grand Valley drainage district. The voters of each division shall elect one director from electors residing in said division. In the case of the inclusion of any tract of land within the district pursuant to section
37-31-102 (2)
, at least thirty days prior to the next succeeding regular election, the board of directors shall issue an order redividing such district into three divisions, as nearly equal in size as may be practicable.
L. 23: p. 287, § 5. CSA: C. 57, § 131. CRS 53: § 47-12-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-12-5. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 1388, § 3, effective June 1. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 157, § 3, effective 1/1/2008.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 31 - GRAND VALLEY DRAINAGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-31-101 — 37-31-157) › Section 37-31-105 - General powers of district

(1)
The board is vested with all powers necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes for which this district is organized and capable of being delegated by the general assembly of the state of Colorado, and no enumeration of particular powers granted shall be construed to impair any general grant of power contained in this article or to limit any such grant to a power of the same class as those so enumerated.
(2)
The board may also participate in the formulation and implementation of nonpoint source water pollution control programs related to agricultural practices in order to implement programs required by or authorized under federal law and section
25-8-205(5)
, C.R.S., enter into contracts and agreements, accept funds from any federal, state, or private source, receive grants or loans, participate in education and demonstration programs, construct, operate, maintain, or replace facilities, and perform such other activities and adopt such rules and policies as the board deems necessary or desirable in connection with nonpoint source water pollution control programs related to agricultural practices.
L. 23: p. 293, § 29. CSA: C. 57, § 155. CRS 53: § 47-12-29. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-12-29. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 121, § 1, effective March 24.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 31 - GRAND VALLEY DRAINAGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-31-101 — 37-31-157) › Section 37-31-106 - Nomination of directors

Nominations for membership on said board shall be made by petitions signed by not less than twenty-five qualified electors. Said petitions shall be signed and the residence address of the signers affixed thereon, and the petitions shall be sworn to in the same manner as provided by law for petitions for nominations for state and county officers. Said petitions shall be filed at least twenty days before the election with the secretary of the board, and a list of the nominees so selected shall be published by the board with its election notice.
L. 23: p. 290, § 15. CSA: C. 57, § 141. CRS 53: § 47-12-15. L. 61: p. 367, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-12-15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 31 - GRAND VALLEY DRAINAGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-31-101 — 37-31-157) › Section 37-31-107 - General election laws apply - rules

The board is empowered to make such rules and regulations for the holding of said elections as will carry out the purposes of this article and shall furnish all the necessary supplies and equipment for holding said elections, and the laws of the state of Colorado providing for general elections, not provided for in this article and not provided for by said board in said rules, shall govern.
L. 23: p. 290, § 16. CSA: C. 57, § 142. CRS 53: § 47-12-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-12-16.
For rule-making procedures, see article 4 of title 24; for general election laws, see title 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 31 - GRAND VALLEY DRAINAGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-31-101 — 37-31-157) › Section 37-31-108 - Call and notice of election

At least twenty days before any election, the board, by resolution, shall call such election, shall designate the polling places in each precinct, and shall name the judges of election. The board shall also give notice of the time of such election by publication of a notice of election in some newspaper of general circulation published in said district by two insertions of said notice one week apart, the last insertion to be at least three days before the election.
L. 23: p. 289, § 13. CSA: C. 57, § 139. CRS 53: § 47-12-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-12-13.
For publication of legal notices, see part 1 of article 70 of title 24.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 31 - GRAND VALLEY DRAINAGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-31-101 — 37-31-157) › Section 37-31-109 - Regular election - directors elected

(1)
The regular election in said district for the purpose of electing a board of directors shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of May of each year, beginning with 2008, at which time one director shall be elected for a term of three years. Any director whose term expires before May 2008 shall remain in office until the election of directors in May 2008. Persons residing within each division and qualified to vote at general county elections shall be entitled to vote for the director representing that division.
(2)
Special elections may be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February, May, October, or December, except for ballot issue elections, which may be held only in a state general election, the regular district election, on the first Tuesday in November of odd-numbered years, or by mail ballot.
L. 25: p. 239, § 1. CSA: C. 57, § 133. CRS 53: § 47-12-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-12-7. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 157, § 4, effective 1/1/2008.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 31 - GRAND VALLEY DRAINAGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-31-101 — 37-31-157) › Section 37-31-110 - Election precincts

The board of directors shall establish a convenient number of election precincts within said district, define the boundaries thereof, and designate the polling places thereof.
L. 23: p. 288, § 8. CSA: C. 57, § 134. CRS 53: § 47-12-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-12-8.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 31 - GRAND VALLEY DRAINAGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-31-101 — 37-31-157) › Section 37-31-111 - Judges of election

The board of directors shall appoint three judges of election in each precinct, each of whom shall be a qualified elector residing within said precinct.
L. 23: p. 288, § 9. CSA: C. 57, § 135. CRS 53: § 47-12-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-12-9.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 31 - GRAND VALLEY DRAINAGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-31-101 — 37-31-157) › Section 37-31-112 - Appointment of substitute judges

If the board of directors fails to appoint judges or the appointees fail to attend at the hour designated for opening the polls on the morning of election, the voters of the precinct present at that hour may appoint one or more judges to take the places of those absent.
L. 23: p. 288, § 10. CSA: C. 57, § 136. CRS 53: § 47-12-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-12-10.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 31 - GRAND VALLEY DRAINAGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-31-101 — 37-31-157) › Section 37-31-113 - Oath of judge of election

Any judge of election may administer and certify oaths required to be administered during the progress of an election. Before opening the polls each judge shall take and subscribe an oath faithfully to perform the duties imposed upon him by law. Any qualified elector of the precinct may administer and certify said oath.
L. 23: p. 288, § 11. CSA: C. 57, § 137. CRS 53: § 47-12-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-12-11.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 31 - GRAND VALLEY DRAINAGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-31-101 — 37-31-157) › Section 37-31-114 - No registration of voters

No registration shall be required for any election, but no person shall be entitled to vote without the qualifications prescribed in section
37-31-109
. Any judge of election or any voter at the polls has the right of challenging anyone seeking to vote at said election on the ground of said person's disqualification; and, before such challenged person is entitled to vote, he shall take an oath, to be administered by one of the judges of election, to the effect that he is a qualified elector to vote at said election. Anyone making a false oath at said election is guilty of perjury in the second degree. The polls for said election shall be open in each of the precincts from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and, after said polls are closed, the judges of said election shall canvass the votes and make returns thereof, one copy to be retained by said judges and the other certified to the board of directors.
L. 23: p. 288, § 12. CSA: C. 57, § 138. CRS 53: § 47-12-12. L. 61: p. 367,§ 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-12-12. L. 72: p. 559, § 16. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 1351, § 1, effective July 1.
For perjury in the second degree, see § 18-8-503.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 31 - GRAND VALLEY DRAINAGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-31-101 — 37-31-157) › Section 37-31-115 - Canvass of vote - certificate of election

Within seven days after said election, the board shall meet at the office of the drainage district for the purpose of canvassing the vote cast at said election, and shall issue a certificate of election to the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for said office, and shall file a statement of the result of said election in the clerk and recorder's office of Mesa county, Colorado. The director certified to be elected shall take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section
24-12-101
.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 88,§ 35, eff. 8/8/2018.
L. 25: p. 240, § 1. CSA: C. 57, § 140. CRS 53: § 47-12-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-12-14. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (HB 18-1138), ch. 88, p. 700, § 35, effective August 8.
For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1138, see section 1 of chapter 88, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 31 - GRAND VALLEY DRAINAGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-31-101 — 37-31-157) › Section 37-31-116 - In case of tie determination by lot

In the event that, at any regular or special election, two or more persons receive the same number of votes and one is elected thereby, the election shall be determined by lot under direction of the county judge of the said county of Mesa.
L. 23: p. 291, § 18. CSA: C. 57, § 144. CRS 53: § 47-12-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-12-18.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATION (§§ 37-1-101 — 37-99-103) › DRAINAGE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICTS (§§ 37-20-101 — 37-33-109) › Article 31 - GRAND VALLEY DRAINAGE DISTRICT (§§ 37-31-101 — 37-31-157) › Section 37-31-117 - Contest of election

The election of any person declared duly elected as a director at any election may be contested by any qualified elector residing within the division from which such director was chosen, upon the grounds provided for such contest for the election of county officers by the general law of the state, and any district judge has jurisdiction to hear and determine said contest, said contest to be conducted in the same manner, under the same rules and procedure, and with like effect as is provided by law for the contest of county officers.
L. 23: p. 290, § 17. CSA: C. 57, § 143. CRS 53: § 47-12-17. C.R.S. 1963: § 47-12-17.
For contest of election of county officers, see § 1-11-212.