Title 35, Agriculture
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Colorado Soil Conservation Act. Source: L. 37: p. 1170, � 2. CSA: C. 149A, � 2. L. 41: p. 688, � 1. CRS 53: � 128-1-2. C.R.S. 1963: � 128-1-2.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-102 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly finds and declares that the state of Colorado, through wind and water erosion and depletion of subsurface water resources, has lost for agricultural and livestock uses approximately six million acres, or one-tenth of the total area of the state; that these lo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-102.8 Definitions
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As used in this article 70, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Qualified voter or qualified elector means any registered voter or corporation owning land within the proposed or existing district, as shown by the records in the office of the appropriate county clerk and re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-103 State conservation board - composition - powers and duties
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(1) (a) There is created in the department of agriculture the state conservation board, which consists of nine members. The state board is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105. One member of the state board must be a qualified elector of the state appointed by the gove…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-104 Petition for organization of district - qualified electors
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(1) Proceedings to determine whether or not a conservation district shall be organized shall be instituted by a petition addressed to the state board and signed by not less than twenty-five percent of the owners of land within the district and who own not less than half of the ar…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-104.1 Mobile home ownership - elections and petitions
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article 70 to the contrary, for all elections and petitions that require ownership of real property or land, the ownership of a mobile home as defined in section 5-1-301 (29) or 38-12-201.5 (5), or a manufactured home as defined in sect…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-105 Hearing on petition - election
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(1) Within sixty days after it receives a petition, the state board shall cause notice by publication to be made of the pendency of the petition. Such notice shall state: (a) That a petition has been filed for the organization of a conservation district and the name of the propos…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-106 Creation of district - certification
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Within sixty days after the holding of such election, if more than a majority of the votes cast are for organization of such proposed district, the state board shall certify to the division of local government in the department of local affairs a statement of such election and th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-107 Board of supervisors - election - term
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(1) (a) (I) The governing body of the district shall consist of a board of supervisors, who shall be elected by the qualified electors of the district at an election conducted as provided in section 35-70-105. Each board shall consist of not less than five and not more than eleve…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-108 Powers and duties of districts
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(1) A conservation district, in the exercise of its public powers, has the following powers and duties in addition to others granted in this article, which powers and duties may be exercised by the supervisors subject to the rules, regulations, and bylaws adopted by such district…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-109 Assessments - amendments to bylaws
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(1) Repealed. (2) If, in the judgment of the qualified voters of a district or the supervisors, a tax levy or assessment is essential to accomplish the purposes of the district as set forth in this article, the levy may be assessed as follows: (a) The supervisors shall prepare a …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-110 Appeals to state board
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(1) The owner of any lands within the district may appeal from any decision of the supervisors to the state board. To establish such an appeal, the owner must submit the owner's appeal in writing to the state board within thirty days after the date of the action of the supervisor…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-111 Certify assessments or tax
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If an assessment or tax has been voted as provided in section 35-70-109 (2), the supervisors shall, in accordance with the schedule prescribed by 39-5-128, C.R.S., certify to the board of county commissioners of the county in which any tract or parcel of land within the district …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-112 Failure to observe ordinances. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 37: p. 1186, � 12. CSA: C. 149A, � 12. L. 41: p. 701, � 1. L. 45: p. 636, � 8. CRS 53: � 128-1-12. C.R.S. 1963: � 128-1-12. L. 82: Entire section repealed, p. 537, � 15, effective January 1, 1983.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-113 Boards of appeals. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 37: p. 1187, � 13. CSA: C. 149A, � 13. L. 41: p. 702, � 1. CRS 53: � 128-1-13. C.R.S. 1963: � 128-1-13. L. 73: p. 1355, �� 4, 7. L. 82: Entire section repealed, p. 537, � 15, effective January 1, 1983.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-114 Land use ordinances - violations. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 37: p. 1188, � 14. CSA: C. 149A, � 14. L. 41: p. 703, � 1. L. 45: p. 637, � 9. CRS 53: � 128-1-14. L. 61: p. 763, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 128-1-14. L. 82: Entire section repealed, p. 537, � 15, effective January 1, 1983.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-115 Additions and withdrawals
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(1) (a) If an owner of lands adjoining or in the immediate vicinity of the boundary of an established conservation district desires to have the owner's lands included within the district, the owner may petition the supervisors of the district, stating the legal description of the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-116 County agents
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Any resident county extension agent whose jurisdiction lies wholly or in part in any established conservation district shall be ex officio a member of the board of supervisors of such district in an advisory capacity, but without the right to vote. Any county agent may serve in s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-117 Counties to cooperate
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The county commissioners of any county in which a conservation district lies in whole or in part shall cooperate with the supervisors of such district in carrying out the purposes of this article, and to that end may use the equipment of the county and persons employed by the cou…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-118 Dissolution - procedure - conservation fund
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(1) No proceeding for the dissolution of a conservation district shall be initiated within five years after the date of the organization of the district. Anytime after the expiration of such five-year period, proceedings to determine whether or not a conservation district shall b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-119 Consolidation of districts
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(1) Two or more established districts may be consolidated into a single district by the following procedure: (a) The supervisors of the districts desiring to consolidate, acting upon their own initiative or upon the petitions of a substantial number of the qualified landowners in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-120 Change of name
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The term soil erosion district as used in The Colorado Soil Conservation Act of 1937 and conservation district as used in this article shall be deemed synonymous. Districts organized after April 3, 1941, shall be known as conservation districts, and districts organized before Apr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-70-121 Cooperation between districts
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Whenever, by reason of location, similarity of problems, and need for mutual assistance, the purpose of this article may be more economically, completely, and satisfactorily performed and accomplished thereby, two or more conservation districts may cooperate with each other by th…