Opinion ID: 2636718
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Heading: The Role and Authorities of Other Political Subdivisions with Special Statutory Purposes

Text: Both counties and other public entities with special statutory purposes are political subdivisions of the state existing only for the convenient administration of the state government and created to carry out the will of the state. Bainbridge, 929 P.2d at 699; Romer v. Fountain Sanitation Dist., 898 P.2d 37, 41 (Colo.1995). The express or implied powers of such political subdivisions are limited to those conferred by the General Assembly. Bainbridge, 929 P.2d at 699; Romer, 898 P.2d at 41. Although statutory counties have broad authority to control land use through zoning, subdivision, and PUD approval or denial, they are not superior to other political subdivisions created by the General Assembly for special purposes. See, e.g., Bainbridge, 929 P.2d at 698.