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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 5 - MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER BOARDS (§§ 31-35-501 — 31-35-514) › Section 31-35-507 - Budgets, accounts, and audits

The board, in connection with the facilities or joint system under the board's jurisdiction, shall adopt a budget for each fiscal year of the municipality, shall maintain accounts, and shall cause an annual audit to be made pertaining to the financial affairs of the board as provided in parts 1, 5, and 6 of article
1
of title
29
, C.R.S., except as otherwise provided in part 4 of this article and this part 5.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1262, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-424 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 5 - MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER BOARDS (§§ 31-35-501 — 31-35-514) › Section 31-35-508 - Records of board

(1)
On all resolutions and orders, the roll shall be called, and the ayes and noes shall be recorded. All resolutions and orders, as soon as may be after their passage, shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and shall be authenticated by the signature of the presiding officer of the board and the secretary or secretary pro tem.
(2)
Every legislative act of the board of a general or permanent nature shall be by resolution.
(3)
The book of resolutions and orders shall be a public record. A record shall also be made of all other proceedings of the board, minutes of the meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by officers, employees, and any other agents of the municipality under the board's jurisdiction, and all corporate acts, which record shall also be a public record.
(4)
The treasurer shall keep strict and accurate accounts of all moneys received by and disbursed for and on behalf of the board in a permanent record, which also shall be a public record.
(5)
Any permanent record of the municipality under the board's jurisdiction shall be open for inspection by any elector thereof, by any other interested person, or by any representative of the federal government, the state, or any other public body.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1263, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-425 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 5 - MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER BOARDS (§§ 31-35-501 — 31-35-514) › Section 31-35-509 - Conflicts in interest prohibited

No commissioner nor officer, employee, or agent of the municipality under the board's jurisdiction shall be interested in any contract or transaction with the municipality except in his official representative capacity or as is provided in his contract of employment with the municipality, subject to the provisions of any ordinance adopted pursuant to section
31-35-502
.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1263, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-426 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 5 - MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER BOARDS (§§ 31-35-501 — 31-35-514) › Section 31-35-510 - Authorization of facilities

The municipality, acting by and through the board, may acquire, improve, equip, relocate, maintain, and operate the facilities or joint system under the board's jurisdiction, any project, or any part thereof for the benefit of the municipality and the inhabitants thereof after the board has made such preliminary studies and otherwise taken such action as it determines to be necessary or desirable as preliminaries thereto.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1263, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-427 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 5 - MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER BOARDS (§§ 31-35-501 — 31-35-514) › Section 31-35-511 - Implementing powers

The board, in connection with the facilities or joint system of the municipality under the board's jurisdiction and any project pertaining thereto, may from time to time condemn, otherwise acquire, improve, equip, operate, maintain, and dispose of property within or without or both within and without the municipality.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1263, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-428 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 5 - MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER BOARDS (§§ 31-35-501 — 31-35-514) › Section 31-35-512 - Additional powers of municipality

(1)
The municipality, acting by and through the board, has the following powers:
(a)
To have the duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities, and disabilities pertaining to a body corporate and politic and constituting a municipal corporation and political subdivision of the state established as an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental and proprietary functions to provide for the public health, safety, and general welfare;
(b)
To have perpetual existence and succession;
(c)
To adopt, have, and use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;
(d)
To sue and to be sued and to be a party to suits, actions, and proceedings;
(e)
To commence, maintain, intervene in, defend, comprise, terminate by settlement or otherwise, otherwise participate in, and assume the cost and expense of any and all actions and proceedings pertaining to the municipality, its board, its officers, agents, or employees, or any of the municipality's powers, duties, privileges, immunities, rights, liabilities, and disabilities, the facilities or joint system, or any project pertaining thereto or any property of the municipality;
(f)
To enter into contracts and agreements, including but not limited to contracts with the federal government, the state, and any other public body; and
(g)
To trade, exchange, purchase, condemn, or otherwise acquire, operate, maintain, and dispose of real property and personal property, including interest therein, either within or without or both within and without the territorial limits of the municipality.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1263, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-429 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 5 - MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER BOARDS (§§ 31-35-501 — 31-35-514) › Section 31-35-513 - Financial powers of municipality

(1)
The municipality, acting by and through the board, also has the following powers:
(a)
To borrow money and to issue municipal securities evidencing any loan to or amount due by the municipality, to provide for and secure the payment of any municipal securities and the rights of the holders thereof, and to purchase, hold, and dispose of municipal securities; and
(b)
To fund or refund any loan or obligation of the municipality and to issue funding or refunding securities to evidence such loan or obligation without any election.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1264, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-430 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 5 - MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER BOARDS (§§ 31-35-501 — 31-35-514) › Section 31-35-514 - Other powers of board

The delineation of powers in this part 5 which may be exercised by the board does not by implication deny any other powers which are otherwise granted to the municipality by law.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1264, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-431 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-601 - Owner to be notified

In addition to the powers already had by municipalities, they have the following powers: When the governing body of a municipality having a public sewerage system deems it necessary for the protection of public health that owners of one or more premises connect their premises with the public sewer, thirty days' notice in writing shall be given to said owners, by registered mail, notifying them to connect their premises with the sewer, the date of the notice to begin as of the date of registering the same for mailing. If the work of making the connection is not begun within thirty days, the mayor shall notify the municipal engineer to prepare plans and specifications for making the connection with the public sewer, including water and service pipe for flushing purposes, if the owner has given notice and proof to the governing body or mayor of his financial inability to make the connection himself and if it is only for the necessary connection of a water closet or a privy in an outhouse or both.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1264, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-501 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-602 - Resolution adopted

The plans or specifications shall be filed in the clerk's or engineer's office, and a resolution shall be adopted by the governing body ordering or prescribing in general terms the contemplated sewerage connections, giving location of the premises and the name of the owner, and authorizing the clerk to advertise for bids. The advertisement for bids shall be the same as is now provided for in other cases in which municipalities receive bids. The governing body shall let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who furnishes satisfactory security, but it has the right to reject all bids.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1264, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-502 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-603 - Cost of connection ascertained

The entire costs of all sewerage and water connections, closets, equipment pipe, sewer pipe, labor, and necessary engineering, legal, and publication expenses shall be ascertained by the governing body, including an additional amount of six percent for costs of inspection, collections, and other incidentals. The cost to each owner shall be determined according to the material used and work done under the contract in connecting such property to the public sewer and water main. The engineering, legal, and publication expenses shall be charged in such proportion as each connection bears to the whole.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1265, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-503 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-604 - Work accepted - assessment - certified copy filed - lien

Upon the final completion of the work, the governing body shall accept the same by ordinance and provide for an assessment against the properties connected according to the rules of apportionment as provided in section
31-35-603
. Each assessment shall be separately numbered. Thirty days after the last publication of said ordinance, a certified copy of it shall be filed with the county treasurer of the county in which the property is situated and when so filed shall operate as a perpetual tax lien in favor of the municipality and shall be superior to all other liens except general tax liens.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1265, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-504 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-605 - Appropriation from general fund

The governing body may make adequate appropriations from the general fund to defray such costs until such time as the taxes are received, and when received, the general fund shall be reimbursed to the amount of any such appropriation.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1265, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-505 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-606 - Assessments payable - proviso

The assessment shall be due and payable within thirty days after final publication of the assessing ordinance without demand; except that all assessments, at the election of the owner, may be paid in installments, as provided in section
31-35-608
.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1265, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-506 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-607 - Payment in installments optional

Failure to pay the whole assessment within said thirty days shall be conclusively considered and held to be an election on the part of the persons interested, whether under disability or not, to pay in such installments. All persons so electing to pay in installments shall be conclusively held and considered as consenting to said improvements, and such election shall be conclusively held and considered as a waiver of any right to question the power or jurisdiction of the municipality to construct the improvement, the quality of the work, the regularity or sufficiency of the proceedings, or the validity or the correctness of the assessments or the validity of the lien thereof.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1265, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-507 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-608 - Installment payments - due date - interest

In case of such election to pay in such installments, the assessment shall be payable in two or more equal annual installments of principal, the first of which installments shall be payable as prescribed by the governing body in not more than one year, with interest in all cases on the unpaid principal, payable semiannually, at a rate not exceeding six percent per annum. The number of installments, the period of payment, and the rate of interest shall be determined by the governing body and set forth in the assessing ordinance.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1265, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-508 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-609 - Default in payment - penalty

Failure to pay any installment, whether of principal or interest, when due shall cause the whole of the unpaid principal to become due and collectible immediately, and the whole amount of the unpaid principal and accrued interest shall thereafter draw interest at the rate of one percent per month or fraction of a month until the date of sale, as provided in section
31-35-611
. At any time prior to the date of sale, the owner may pay the amount of all unpaid installments, with interest at one percent per month or fraction of a month, and all penalties accrued and shall thereupon be restored to the right thereafter to pay in installments in the same manner as if default had not been suffered. The owner of any property not in default as to any installment or payment may at any time pay the whole of the unpaid principal with the interest accruing to the maturity of the next installment of interest or principal.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1266, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-509 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-610 - Discount for cash payment

Payments may be made to the municipal treasurer at any time within thirty days of the final publication of the assessing ordinance, and an allowance of five percent shall be allowed on all payments made during such period, but not thereafter. At the expiration of the thirty-day period, the municipal treasurer shall return the local assessment roll to the clerk, therein showing all payments made thereon with the date of each payment.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1266, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-510 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-611 - Payment of assessments - default - sale

The county treasurer shall receive payment of all assessments on the assessment roll, with interest, and, in the case of default in the payment of any installment of principal or interest when due, shall advertise and sell any and all property concerning which such default is suffered for the payment of the whole of the unpaid assessments thereon. The advertisements and sales shall be at the same times, in the same manner, under all the same conditions and penalties, and with the same effect as is provided by general law for sales of real property in default of payment of general and special taxes.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1266, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-511 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-612 - Owner of interest may pay his share

The owner of any divided or undivided interest in the property assessed may pay his share of any assessment upon producing evidence of the extent of his interest which is satisfactory to the treasurer having the roll in charge.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1266, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-512 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-613 - When collections paid to municipality

All collections made by the county treasurer upon such assessment roll in any calendar month shall be accounted for and paid over to the municipal treasurer on or before the tenth day of the next month, with separate statements for all such collections for each improvement.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1266, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-513 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-614 - Construction of part 6

Nothing in this part 6 shall be considered as amending or repealing any other power the municipalities may have, but this part 6 confers additional powers of which the municipality may take advantage.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1266, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-514 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-615 - Governing body to fix rates and charges

The governing body of any municipality or incorporated sewer or sanitary district may by ordinance fix such rates and charges for the connections with and use of the sewer or sewerage systems of said municipalities or districts as may be just, reasonable, and necessary, and it may provide the manner of levying and collecting such rates and charges.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1266, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-515 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-616 - Revenue kept in separate fund

(1)
The revenue derived from the connections with said sewer or sewerage systems shall be placed in the treasury of the municipality or district and may be kept in a separate fund. If the revenue is placed in a separate fund, it shall not be paid out or distributed except for the purpose of operating, renewing, improving, or extending the sewerage system and the payment of the salaries of the employees engaged in operating said sewerage system. At any time there is a surplus of such funds, it shall be semiannually placed in a sinking fund for the purposes of acquiring, renewing, or extending such sewerage system or making renewals or extensions thereto or for retiring the bonded indebtedness upon said sewerage system; but if said surplus fund is used to retire outstanding sewer bonds, the same shall be in addition to the money derived by taxation for such retirement of sewer bonds as is provided by law.
(2)
Any municipality or incorporated sewer or sanitary district which is being provided with services by the governing body fixing such rates and charges is subject to the same charges and rates established as provided in this part 6 or to charges and rates established in harmony therewith for service rendered such municipality or incorporated sewer or sanitary district and shall pay such rates or charges when due, and the same shall be deemed to be a part of the revenues of the works and shall be applied as provided in this section for the application of such revenues.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1267, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-516 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-617 - Failure to pay rates and charges - lien

In the event any user of said sewerage system neglects, fails, or refuses to pay the rates and charges fixed by said governing body for the connection with and use of said sewer, said user shall not be disconnected from said sewerage system or refused the use of said sewer unless the user is outside the municipal limits, but the rates and charges due therefor may be certified by the clerk or the proper authority of the district to the board of county commissioners of the county in which said delinquent user's property is located and shall become a lien upon the real property so served by said sewer connection. The amount due shall be collected in the manner as though they were part of the taxes.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1267, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-517 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-618 - Prior rates and charges declared valid

Any such rates and charges for the connections with and use of the sewer or sewerage systems of any municipality or incorporated sewer or sanitary district declared or established by ordinance of said governing body on or before May 1, 1957, are declared to be valid and are hereby ratified.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1267, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-518 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 6 - SEWER CONNECTIONS - COMPULSORY (§§ 31-35-601 — 31-35-619) › Section 31-35-619 - Surplus revenue diverted to general fund

The municipality may by ordinance divert to the general fund any surplus moneys in excess of the amounts reasonably required for the purpose of operating, renewing, improving, or extending the sewer system of any municipality.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1267, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-519 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 7 - SEWER RATES - AREA OUTSIDE CITIES OR TOWNS (§§ 31-35-701 — 31-35-712) › Section 31-35-701 - Cities or towns may provide service outside boundaries

Any city or town owning an established sewerage system may, by ordinance, fix just, reasonable, and necessary rates for the connection with and use of the sewerage system, directly or indirectly, by owners of property situated in unincorporated territory without the boundaries of said city or town.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1267, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-601 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 7 - SEWER RATES - AREA OUTSIDE CITIES OR TOWNS (§§ 31-35-701 — 31-35-712) › Section 31-35-702 - Governing body agency of state

The governing body of such city or town is declared and determined to be an agency of the state of Colorado for the sole purpose of securing to owners of property situated in unincorporated territory without the boundaries of such city or town adequate sewerage service at just and reasonable rates and for the performance of the duties and functions set forth by this part 7.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1268, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-602 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 7 - SEWER RATES - AREA OUTSIDE CITIES OR TOWNS (§§ 31-35-701 — 31-35-712) › Section 31-35-703 - Publication of ordinance

Notice of such rates shall be given by publication of the ordinance fixing the same, to which publication there shall be appended a special notice to owners of property in unincorporated territory without the boundaries of said city or town and using the sewerage system especially directing attention to said ordinance.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1268, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-603 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 7 - SEWER RATES - AREA OUTSIDE CITIES OR TOWNS (§§ 31-35-701 — 31-35-712) › Section 31-35-704 - Contents of ordinance

Such ordinance and notice shall be published in conformity to law with reference to the times and publication of ordinances of such city or town. The ordinance shall contain a description of the property, the names of the owners thereof, as near as may be, and the annual rate charged to each such property for sewerage service. No error in the name of any property owner shall affect the validity of said ordinance.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1268, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-604 as it existed prior to 1975.
For requirements for passage of an ordinance, see part 1 of article 16 of this title.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 7 - SEWER RATES - AREA OUTSIDE CITIES OR TOWNS (§§ 31-35-701 — 31-35-712) › Section 31-35-705 - Protest - board of adjustment

Any owner of property affected by the terms of said ordinance may protest in writing to the governing body of such city or town as to the amount of the rate affecting such property at any time within two weeks after the first publication of said ordinance and notice. The governing body shall sit as a board of adjustment, pursuant to the authority of this part 7, and shall hear and determine all such protests and determine the fairness of said rates. If the rates prescribed in the proposed ordinance are determined to be unreasonable, the governing body shall amend such ordinance before final passage to conform to its findings in the premises. The final determination of the governing body shall be conclusive in the premises.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1268, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-605 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 7 - SEWER RATES - AREA OUTSIDE CITIES OR TOWNS (§§ 31-35-701 — 31-35-712) › Section 31-35-706 - Continuing annual charges

The rates and charges so established shall be annual charges and shall be continuing annual charges from year to year until such ordinance is amended or repealed. The use of said sewerage system on or after the passage of said ordinance shall be conclusive evidence of the assent of the owner of the property to the provisions of said ordinance and of the acceptance of such service on the conditions and terms imposed thereby not in conflict with this part 7.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1268, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-606 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 7 - SEWER RATES - AREA OUTSIDE CITIES OR TOWNS (§§ 31-35-701 — 31-35-712) › Section 31-35-707 - Date and place of payment

Such ordinance shall provide, among other things, that the rates so established per annum may be paid before October 1 of each year, at the offices of the municipal treasurer, and after said day payment thereof shall be delinquent.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1268, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-607 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 7 - SEWER RATES - AREA OUTSIDE CITIES OR TOWNS (§§ 31-35-701 — 31-35-712) › Section 31-35-708 - Nonpayment - penalty - lien

In the event any person using said sewerage system neglects, fails, or refuses to pay when due the rates and charges as fixed by said ordinance, the property of such delinquent person shall not be disconnected from said sewerage system or denied the use thereof, but the rates and charges due and unpaid therefor shall be certified by the clerk to the board of county commissioners of the county in which said delinquent user's property is located on or before November 1 of each year and thereupon and until paid shall be a lien upon the real property so served by said sewerage connections. The lien shall be levied, certified, received, or collected by sale, annually from year to year by the proper county officials, as are county taxes, and the proceeds thereof shall be remitted each month to such city or town.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1268, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-608 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 7 - SEWER RATES - AREA OUTSIDE CITIES OR TOWNS (§§ 31-35-701 — 31-35-712) › Section 31-35-709 - Voluntary discontinuance by owner

Nothing in this part 7 shall deny any property owner affected by such ordinance voluntary discontinuance of the service of such sewerage system. Such discontinuance of service shall be evidenced by disconnection of said property from said sewer system and not otherwise. In the event of such discontinuance, it is the duty of the governing body to abate all rates or charges accruing thereafter by the terms of such ordinance, and thereafter no such charge shall be certified for collection.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1269, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-609 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 7 - SEWER RATES - AREA OUTSIDE CITIES OR TOWNS (§§ 31-35-701 — 31-35-712) › Section 31-35-710 - Duty to maintain system

Nothing in this part 7 shall impose upon any such city or town the duty of maintaining sewers or a sewerage system not owned by it or required for the use of its inhabitants. Such city or town shall maintain, during the life of the ordinance provided for in section
31-35-701
, its own sewerage system for the adequate use and benefit of property owners in unincorporated territory without the boundaries thereof whose property has been made subject to such ordinance.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1269, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-610 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 7 - SEWER RATES - AREA OUTSIDE CITIES OR TOWNS (§§ 31-35-701 — 31-35-712) › Section 31-35-711 - Rates may be collected by action

Rates imposed upon property which by reason of its ownership, character, or use is not subject to taxation or lien under the state constitution and laws of this state may be collected by any appropriate legal action begun in the district court in the county in which such property is located.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1269, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-35-611 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 31-15-101 — 31-35-712) › Article 35 - WATER AND SEWAGE (§§ 31-35-101 — 31-35-712) › Part 7 - SEWER RATES - AREA OUTSIDE CITIES OR TOWNS (§§ 31-35-701 — 31-35-712) › Section 31-35-712 - Owner to obtain permit - penalty

Any person making or causing to be made a connection of sewers serving property in any unincorporated territory, directly or indirectly, with a sewerage system of any city or town without a permit from said city or town and after the passage of the ordinance provided for in section
31-35-701
commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 543, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1269, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3257, p. 3257, § 543, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-35-612 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › SPECIAL DISTRICT ACT (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-1807) › Article 1 - SPECIAL DISTRICT PROVISIONS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-1807) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-113) › Section 32-1-101 - Short title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Special District Act".
L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1542, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › SPECIAL DISTRICT ACT (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-1807) › Article 1 - SPECIAL DISTRICT PROVISIONS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-1807) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-113) › Section 32-1-102 - Legislative declaration

(1)
The general assembly hereby declares that the organization of special districts providing the services and having the purposes, powers, and authority provided in this article will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security, and general welfare of the inhabitants of such districts and of the people of the state of Colorado.
(2)
The general assembly further declares that the procedures contained in part 2 of this article are necessary for the coordinated and orderly creation of special districts and for the logical extension of special district services throughout the state. It is the purpose of part 2 of this article to prevent unnecessary proliferation and fragmentation of local government and to avoid excessive diffusion of local tax sources.
(3)
The general assembly further declares that the purpose of part 5 of this article is to facilitate the elimination of the overlapping of services provided by local governments and the double taxation which may occur because of annexation or otherwise when all or part of the taxable property of an area lies within the boundaries of both a municipality and a special district.
(4)
The general assembly further declares that it is the policy of this state to provide for and encourage the consolidation of special districts and to provide the means therefor by simple procedures in order to prevent or reduce duplication, overlapping, and fragmentation of the functions and facilities of special districts; that such consolidation will better serve the people of this state; and that consolidated districts will result in reduced costs and increased efficiency of operation.
(5)
The general assembly further declares that the purpose of part 7 of this article is to facilitate dissolution of special districts in order to reduce the proliferation, fragmentation, and overlapping of local governments and to encourage assumption of services by other governmental entities.
L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1542, § 1, effective July 1.
The provisions of this section are similar to provisions of several former sections as they existed prior to 1981.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › SPECIAL DISTRICT ACT (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-1807) › Article 1 - SPECIAL DISTRICT PROVISIONS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-1807) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-113) › Section 32-1-105 - Notice of organization, dissolution, name change, or boundary change

No organization, dissolution, or change in the name or boundaries of any special district shall be effective until the decree or order confirming such action, together with a description of the area concerned, is recorded by the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the organization, dissolution, or change in the name or boundaries took place. The county clerk and recorder shall notify the county assessor of any such action. A certified copy of such notice shall also be filed with the division by the county clerk and recorder.
Amended by 2015 Ch. 87,§ 4, eff. 8/5/2015.
L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1546, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2015: Entire section amended, (HB 15-1092), ch. 87, p. 251, § 4, effective August 5.
(1) This section is similar to former § 32-1-104 as it existed prior to 1981.
(2) This section was amended in House Bill 81-1312. Those amendments were superseded by the repeal and reenactment of the entire article in House Bill 81-1320.
For notice required prior to the levy of a tax by a special district, see § 39-1-110.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › SPECIAL DISTRICT ACT (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-1807) › Article 1 - SPECIAL DISTRICT PROVISIONS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-1807) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-113) › Section 32-1-106 - Repetitioning of elections - time limits

(1)
If, after any election for the organization or dissolution of any special district or for the inclusion of territory into a special district pursuant to section
32-1-401(2)
or for the exclusion of property within a municipality from a special district pursuant to section
32-1-502
, it appears that the proposal was defeated, no new petition for the organization or dissolution, as the case may be, of such a special district embracing the same or substantially the same area and no new petition for inclusion or exclusion, as the case may be, of territory pursuant to sections
32-1-401(2)
and
32-1-502
shall be submitted again until the expiration of eight months after the date of the election at which the proposal was defeated.
(2)
If, after any election submitting to the electors of any special district the proposition of creating any indebtedness of the special district, it appears that the proposition was defeated, no new proposition for creating such indebtedness of the special district shall be submitted until the expiration of five months after the date of the election at which the proposal was defeated.
L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1546, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1195, § 99, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 32-1-105 as it existed prior to 1981.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › SPECIAL DISTRICT ACT (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-1807) › Article 1 - SPECIAL DISTRICT PROVISIONS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-1807) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-113) › Section 32-1-108 - Correction of faulty notices

In any case where a notice is provided for in this article, if the court finds for any reason that due notice was not given, the court shall not thereby lose jurisdiction, and the proceeding in question shall not thereby be void or be abated; but the court, in that case, shall order due notice to be given and shall continue the hearing until such time as notice has been properly given, and thereupon it shall proceed as though notice had been properly given in the first instance.
L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1546, § 1, effective July 1.
The provisions of this section are similar to provisions of several former sections as they existed prior to 1981.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › SPECIAL DISTRICT ACT (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-1807) › Article 1 - SPECIAL DISTRICT PROVISIONS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-1807) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-113) › Section 32-1-109 - Early hearings

All cases in which there arises a question of the validity of the organization of a special district or a question of the validity of any proceeding under this article shall be advanced as a matter of immediate public interest and concern and heard at the earliest practicable moment. The courts shall be open at all times for the purposes of this article.
L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1547, § 1, effective July 1.
The provisions of this section are similar to provisions of several former sections as they existed prior to 1981.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › SPECIAL DISTRICT ACT (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-1807) › Article 1 - SPECIAL DISTRICT PROVISIONS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-1807) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-1-113) › Section 32-1-110 - Construction with other laws

If any provisions of this article are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this article 1 control; except that the water conservation policy set forth in section
37-60-126(11)
applies to all land within a special district that is not used as a playing surface for organized sports activities.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 25,§ 2, eff. 3/7/2019.
L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1547, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 32-4-131 as it existed prior to 1981.