Opinion ID: 2526939
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Heading: Overview of RIPRA

Text: In 1999, the Colorado General Assembly enacted RIPRA in order to reinvigorate[ ] the federal constitutional prohibition against taking private property for public use without just compensation and the state constitutional prohibitions against taking or damaging private property for public or private use. § 29-20-201(1)(c); see also U.S. Const. amend. V; Colo. Const. art. II, § 15. Of course, it has long been our practice to enforce these constitutional safeguards and prevent government entities from forcing some people alone to bear public burdens which, in all fairness and justice, should be borne by the public as a whole. Armstrong v. United States, 364 U.S. 40, 49, 80 S.Ct. 1563, 4 L.Ed.2d 1554 (1960); Krupp v. Breckenridge Sanitation Dist., 19 P.3d 687, 695 (Colo.2001). Thus, we have held that RIPRA's practical effect was to codify the test for regulatory takings announced by the United States Supreme Court in Nollan v. California Coastal Commission, 483 U.S. 825, 836-37, 107 S.Ct. 3141, 97 L.Ed.2d 677 (1987), [13] and Dolan v. City of Tigard, 512 U.S. 374, 386-96, 114 S.Ct. 2309, 129 L.Ed.2d 304 (1994). [14] See Krupp, 19 P.3d at 695. The Court's now familiar opinions established the presumption that a local government that conditions approval of a proposed development on an exaction of property effects a compensable taking. Krupp, 19 P.3d at 695. This presumption can be overcome only if the local government proves that (1) there is an essential nexus between the dedication or payment and a legitimate government interest, and (2) the dedication or payment is roughly proportional both in nature and extent to the impact of the proposed use or development of such property. Id. (summarizing the Nollan/Dolan test). Consequently, under RIPRA, a local government that requires a land owner to dedicate real property to the public, or pay money or provide services to a public entity in an amount that is determined on an individual and discretionary basis must first satisfy each prong of the Nollan/Dolan test. See § 29-20-203(1).