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Title 32, Special Districts

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Service Authority Act of 1972". Source: L. 72: p. 452, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-25-1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-102 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly hereby declares that the purpose of this article is to implement the provisions of section 17 of article XIV of the state constitution, adopted at the 1970 general election, by providing for and facilitating the formation and operation of a limited number of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-103 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Board" means the board of directors of a service authority. (2) "Concurrent", when used in regard to the provision of a service by a service authority, means that a service may be provided by a service authority…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-104 Territorial requirements for service authorities
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(1) No territory shall be included within the boundaries of more than one service authority. (2) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), a service authority shall include all of the territory of at least one county and may include such additional entire co…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-105 Petition or resolution for formation - designation of services

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(1) The formation of a service authority shall be initiated by a petition signed by eligible electors of the proposed service authority in number not less than five percent of the votes cast in the proposed service authority for all candidates for the office of governor at the la…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-106 Priority of petition or resolution

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(1) When the district court receives a resolution adopted by a majority of the governing bodies of the counties and municipalities or receives a petition signed by the requisite number of eligible electors pursuant to section 32-7-105 for the initiation of formation of a service …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-107 Court appoints an organizational commission and election committee

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(1) For a service authority which is to be established in an area having a total population of less than five hundred thousand, the court shall appoint nine organizational commission members selected from the membership of the governing bodies of the county or counties and munici…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-108 Service authority organizational commission

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(1) The service authority organizational commission appointed pursuant to section 32-7-107 shall meet within twenty days after its appointment on a date designated by the district court. The service authority organizational commission shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman fr…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-109 Election for formation, selection of services, and initial board of directors

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(1) (a) Within seven days after receipt of the organizational commission's report, the district court shall direct the election committee, as provided in section 32-7-107 (3), to conduct an election on the date designated by the organizational commission for the purpose of decidi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-110 Board of directors

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(1) The governing body of the service authority shall be a board of directors in which all legislative power of the service authority is vested. In those service authorities having a population in excess of five hundred thousand, the board shall consist of fifteen members, all of…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-111 Designation of services

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(1) Subject to local authorization as provided in section 32-7-112, local governing bodies, by resolution, or the people, by petition, or the service authority organizational commission, if such services are not designated by the resolution or petition for formation prior to form…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-112 Local authorization of functions, services, and facilities

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(1) (a) No service designated in section 32-7-111 shall be provided by a service authority unless such service, together with the maximum ad valorem tax mill levy (other than for debt purposes), if any, necessary to support each such service, has been submitted to and authorized …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-113 General powers

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(1) The service authority shall be a body corporate and a political subdivision of the state, and the board has the following general powers: (a) To have and use a corporate seal; (b) To sue and be sued and be a party to suits, actions, and proceedings; the provisions of the "Col…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-114 Duties related to planning powers

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(1) To provide for comprehensive planning to promote the orderly and efficient development of the physical, social, and economic elements of the service authority and to encourage and assist local governments within the boundaries of the service authority to plan for the future, …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-115 Ancillary powers

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(1) The board of any service authority has the power to adopt by resolution and enforce regulations not inconsistent with state law or regulations which are necessary, appropriate, or incidental to any authorized services provided by the service authority. (2) Said regulations sh…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-116 Powers to be exercised without franchise - condition

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(1) The board has authority, without the necessity of a franchise, to cut into or excavate and use any easements dedicated to a public use, or any public street, road, or highway pursuant to the construction, maintenance, or provision of any service authorized to be provided by t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-117 Revenues of service authority - collection

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(1) In any service authority, all rates, fees, tolls, and charges shall constitute a perpetual lien on and against the property served until paid, and any such lien may be enforced and foreclosed by certification of the delinquent amounts due, within one hundred twenty days after…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-118 Levy and collection of taxes

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(1) To provide for the levy and collection of taxes, the board shall determine, in each year, the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the service authority, and shall fix a rate of levy which, when levied upon …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-119 Levies to cover deficiencies

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The board, in certifying annual levies, shall take into account the maturing indebtedness for the ensuing year as provided in its contract, maturing bonds and interest on bonds, and deficiencies and defaults of prior years, and shall make ample provision for the payment thereof. …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-120 Power to issue revenue bonds - terms

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To carry out the purposes of this article, the board is authorized to issue negotiable coupon bonds payable solely from the revenues derived, or to be derived, from the facility or combined facilities of the service authority. The terms, conditions, and details of said bonds, the…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-121 Power to incur indebtedness - interest - maturity - denominations

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(1) To carry out the purposes of this article, the board is authorized to issue general obligation negotiable coupon bonds of the service authority. Said bonds shall bear interest at a rate such that the net effective interest rate of the issue of said bonds does not exceed that …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-122 Debt question submitted to electors - resolution

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(1) Whenever the board determines by resolution that the interest of the service authority and the public interest or necessity demand the acquisition, construction, installation, or completion of any works or other improvements or facilities or the making of any contract to carr…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-123 Effect - subsequent elections

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If any proposition authorized by section 32-7-122 is approved by the eligible electors, the service authority shall thereupon be authorized to incur the indebtedness or obligations, enter into contracts, or issue and sell bonds of the service authority, as the case may be, all fo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-124 Correction of faulty notices

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In any case where a notice is provided for in this article, if the court or the board reviewing the proceedings finds for any reason that due notice was not given, said body shall not thereby lose jurisdiction, and the proceedings in question shall not thereby be void or be abate…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-125 Refunding bonds

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Any general obligation bonds issued by any service authority may be refunded without an election by the service authority issuing them, or by any successor thereof, in the name of the service authority which issued the bonds being refunded, but subject to provisions concerning th…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-126 Limitations upon issuance

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No general obligation or revenue bonds may be refunded unless the holders thereof voluntarily surrender them for exchange or payment, or unless they either mature or are callable for prior redemption under their terms within ten years from the date of issuance of the refunding bo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-127 Use of proceeds of refunding bonds

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The proceeds of refunding general obligation or revenue bonds shall either be immediately applied to the retirement of the bonds being refunded or be placed in escrow in any state or national bank within the state which is a member of the federal deposit insurance corporation to …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-128 Combination of refunding and other bonds

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General obligation bonds for refunding and general obligation bonds for any purpose authorized in this article may be issued separately or issued in combination in one series or more by any service authority. Revenue bonds for refunding and revenue bonds for any purpose authorize…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-129 Board's determination final

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The determination of the board that the limitations under sections 32-7-125 to 32-7-128 imposed upon the issuance of refunding bonds have been met shall be conclusive in the absence of fraud or unless it can be shown that the board acted in an arbitrary or capricious manner. Sour…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-130 Anticipation warrants

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The board may defray any costs of the service authority by the issuance of notes or warrants to evidence the amount due therefor, in anticipation of taxes or revenues or both. Interest on such notes or warrants shall be governed by the provisions of section 5-12-104, C.R.S. Notes…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-131 Inclusion - counties - municipality - existing service authority - procedures

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(1) Proceedings for inclusion of an additional county, counties, or a municipality which has territory in two or more counties in a service authority shall be in accordance with the provisions of this section. (2) (a) Inclusion of any county, counties, or a municipality specified…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-132 Special taxing districts authorized

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(1) In accordance with the provisions of section 18 of article XIV of the state constitution, the board of a service authority may establish special taxing districts within the service authority to facilitate the furnishing of services and the collection of ad valorem taxes and c…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-133 Formation of special taxing districts

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(1) Special taxing districts may be established pursuant to the provisions of this section. (2) The board may by resolution propose the formation of the district, which resolution shall designate the proposed boundaries thereof, specify the proposed service, and set forth the met…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-134 Local improvement districts authorized

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(1) The board of a service authority may establish local improvement districts within the service authority to facilitate the financing and construction or improvement of facilities within a portion or portions of a service authority. Such local improvement districts shall be est…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-135 Procedures to establish local improvement districts

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(1) Local improvement districts may be established pursuant to the provisions of this section. (2) The board of a service authority may establish local improvement districts within the boundaries of the service authority either by: (a) Resolution of the board, subject to protest …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-136 Special districts - transfer of responsibility

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(1) The governing body of any special district organized pursuant to part 2 of article 20 of title 30, C.R.S., or article 1 or part 4 of article 4 of this title may designate the board of directors of the service authority in which the district is located to act as the board of d…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-137 Special districts - formation within service authority territory forbidden

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Once a service authority is established in any given area, no new special districts may be organized pursuant to part 2 of article 20 of title 30, C.R.S., or article 1 or part 4 of article 4 of this title within the territory or any portion thereof of said service authority if th…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-138 Transfer and assumption of services

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(1) Unless another date is provided in this article or the proposition for assumption of a service by a service authority or agreed to by the board and any local governmental unit from which the service is to be transferred, those services being assumed and those rights, properti…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-139 Payments for facilities acquired by regional service authority - valuation

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(1) For any service authorized and approved under this article, the board of directors may acquire rights, properties, and other assets and liabilities of counties, municipalities, or special districts either through contract with the local governmental unit or upon resolution of…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-140 Public transportation

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For the purpose of providing public surface transportation, a service authority shall have, insofar as consistent with this article, any additional special powers applicable to the provision of that specific service as provided by article 9 of this title. The mill levy limitation…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-141 Sewage collection, treatment, and disposal

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(1) For the purpose of providing sewage collection, treatment, and disposal, a service authority has, insofar as consistent with this article, any additional special powers applicable to the provision of that specific service as provided in part 5 of article 4 of this title. Any …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-142 Urban drainage and flood control

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For the purpose of providing urban drainage and flood control, a service authority shall have, insofar as consistent with this article, any additional special powers applicable to the provision of that specific service as provided by article 11 of this title. The mill levy limita…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-143 Assumption of services by a service authority in the Denver metropolitan area

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(1) In accordance with section 17 (3)(e) of article XIV of the state constitution, after formation of a service authority in the metropolitan area composed of at least that area as specified in section 32-7-104 (2)(b), except for any portion thereof excluded pursuant to section 3…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-144 Dissolution

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Except as otherwise provided in this article, a service authority may be dissolved in a manner pursuant, as nearly as practicable, to the provisions of part 7 of article 1 of this title. Dissolution may be initiated by a petition signed by at least five percent of the eligible el…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-145 Early hearings

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All court actions involving the validity of any proceeding under this article which is a matter of immediate public interest and concern shall be advanced and heard at the earliest practical moment. Source: L. 72: p. 480, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-25-45.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-7-146 Elections

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(1) Subject to the specific provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of this section, elections shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in the manner provided for general elections. (2) The regular service authority election in each service authority shall be held on the date de…