Title 23, Postsecondary Education
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-402 Certification - tax revenues
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(1) In accordance with the schedule prescribed by section 39-5-128, C.R.S., the district shall certify to the board of county commissioners of the county wherein said district is located the separate amounts necessary, in the judgment of the board of trustees, to be raised from l…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-403 Change in needed tax revenues - unlawful
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A board of trustees or a board of county commissioners shall not modify the amount certified pursuant to section 23-71-402 as needed for any fiscal year, nor shall said board of county commissioners be charged with any discretion in determining or reviewing the amounts so certifi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-404 County treasurer - accounts - warrants
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(1) It is the duty of the county treasurer to keep separate accounts by funds and subsidiary accounts for the bond redemption fund of each district in his county, and said funds and accounts shall be subject to the warrants of said district. The tax revenues shall be credited to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-405 Depositories
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(1) When the board of trustees of a district has elected to have all moneys belonging to the district paid over to the treasurer of said board, the treasurer shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, all such moneys in such depositories as shall be designated by such board. (2) Ea…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-406 Registered warrants by treasurer of the board of trustees
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If a board of trustees has elected to withdraw all district moneys from the temporary custody of the county treasurer and there are no moneys or insufficient moneys to the credit of the proper fund of said district on deposit with a depository to pay any warrant or order drawn ag…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-407 Short-term loans
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The board of trustees of any district may negotiate or contract with any person, corporation, association, or company for a loan not to exceed the difference between the anticipated revenues for the current fiscal year for the general fund and the amount credited to date to said …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-501 Definitions
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As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Board of trustees means the governing body authorized by law to administer the affairs of any local college district. (2) District means a local college district organized and existing pursuant to law. (2.5) Eligi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-502 Bonded indebtedness - elections
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(1) No general obligation bonded indebtedness shall be contracted by any district for the purpose of purchasing, erecting, improving, remodeling, and furnishing local district college buildings, sites, facilities, and equipment unless the proposition to create such debt has first…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-503 Limitations on elections
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The question of contracting bonded indebtedness may be submitted or resubmitted after the same or any other such question has previously been rejected at an election held pursuant to this part 5; but no such question shall be submitted or resubmitted at any election held less tha…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-504 Limit of bonded indebtedness
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(1) Each district shall have a limit of bonded indebtedness of twenty percent of the latest valuation for assessment of the taxable property in such district as certified by the assessor to the board of county commissioners. The indebtedness of the former districts or parts of di…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-505 Voting precincts. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 769, � 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 861, � 44, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire section repealed, p. 862, � 74, effective January 1, 1993.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-506 Ballots. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 769, � 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 862, � 45, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire section repealed, p. 862, � 75, effective January 1, 1993.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-507 Joint election for directors and bonds. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 769, � 1, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 862, � 76, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: Entire section repealed, p. 1438, � 131, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-508 Pollbooks - certificate of return. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 769, � 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 862, � 46, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire section repealed, p. 862, � 77, effective January 1, 1993.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-509 Registration. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 770, � 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 863, � 47, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire section repealed, p. 863, � 78, effective January 1, 1993. 23-71-510. Registration list omissions - challenges - oath - rejection of vo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-510 Registration list omissions - challenges - oath - rejection of vote. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 23-71-510Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-511 Count and canvass. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 771, � 1, effective July 1. L. 86: (1) amended, p. 863, � 49, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire section repealed, p. 864, � 80, effective January 1, 1993.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-512 Absentee voting. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 771, � 1, effective July 1. L. 80: Entire section amended, p. 410, � 13, effective January 1, 1981. L. 92: Entire section repealed, p. 864, � 81, effective January 1, 1993.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-513 Use of voting machines. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 771, � 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 863, � 50, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire section repealed, p. 865, � 82, effective January 1, 1993. 23-71-514. Board of trustees may issue bonds - exemption from Colorado incom…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-514 Board of trustees may issue bonds - exemption from Colorado income tax
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When approved at an election held pursuant to section 23-71-502, the board of trustees, from time to time, as the proceeds thereof are needed for the purposes specified in the notice of said bond election, shall issue bonds of the district in denominations of one thousand dollars…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-515 Form of bonds
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The bonds issued under the provisions of this part 5 shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with number one. The board of trustees of the district is authorized to prescribe the form of such bonds. Said bonds shall recite that they are issued pursuant to this part 5, and said…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-516 Sale at less than par - discount
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If it is found to be in the best interest of the district, the board of trustees may issue such bonds and accept therefor less than their face value; but such bonds shall be sold at a price such that the net effective interest rate for the issue of bonds does not exceed the maxim…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-517 Board of trustees to certify needed revenues
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(1) If the board of trustees has issued any of said bonds at the time of certifying to the board of county commissioners a statement showing the amount necessary to raise from the taxable property of said district for the general fund as required by law, it shall also certify to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-518 Tax levy to pay principal and interest
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(1) If any district has issued bonds under the provisions of this part 5, it is the duty of the board of county commissioners of the county in which said district is situated, at the time of levying other district taxes, to levy a tax on all the taxable property of said district …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-519 Bond fund - payment and redemption
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(1) Such taxes shall be collected in the same manner as district taxes and when collected shall be placed by the county treasurer in the bond redemption fund of said district. The moneys in said fund shall be used only for payment of interest upon and for the redemption of such b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-520 Place of payment
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(1) The board of trustees is authorized to designate the office of the county treasurer of the county in which the headquarters of such district is situated as the place of payment or optional place of payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds issued by any such distri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-521 Registration of bonds
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When any district issues bonds under the provisions of this part 5, the board of trustees may make and enter in its record a request that the county clerk and recorder of the county wherein the headquarters of such district is situated register the bonds in a book to be kept by h…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-522 Changes in boundaries - liability
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(1) Nothing in this part 5 or in any other provision of law shall release the taxable property within a district which incurred bonded indebtedness from liability for its proportionate share of the outstanding obligations thereof. (2) The taxable property located within the terri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-523 Validation
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All outstanding bonds and all acts and proceedings had or taken, or purportedly had or taken, prior to July 1, 1964, by or on behalf of any district under law or under color of law preliminary to and in the authorization, execution, sale, issuance, and payment of all such bonds a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-524 Prior obligations not impaired
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Nothing in this part 5 shall impair the obligations of any bonds, or the refunding thereof, issued by a school district prior to July 1, 1964, or otherwise invalidate any such bond or the obligations or refunding thereof. Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 775, � 1, effectiv…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-525 Public disclosure of terms of sale
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(1) When bonds are sold, the board of trustees of the district selling the same shall cause to be prepared and filed with the state board for community colleges and occupational education, within ten days after said sale, a report setting forth a description of the bond issue, th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-526 Validation
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All elections and all acts and proceedings had or taken, or purportedly had or taken, prior to June 2, 1971, by or on behalf of any district, under law or under color of law, preliminary to and in the holding and canvass of all elections are validated, ratified, approved, and con…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-527 Validation - effect - limitations
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(1) All bonds issued and other contracts, leases, or agreements executed by districts, all district bond elections held and carried, and all acts and proceedings had or taken prior to July 1, 1973, by or on behalf of such districts, preliminary to and in the authorization, execut…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-601 Definitions
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As used in this part 6, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Board of trustees means the governing body authorized by law to administer the affairs of any local college district. (2) District means a local college district organized and existing pursuant to law. (3) Federal…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-602 Refunding bonds may be issued
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(1) Any district in this state may issue negotiable coupon bonds to be denominated refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any of the bonded indebtedness of such district, whether said indebtedness is due or not due or has or may hereafter become payable or redeemable at the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-603 Question of issuing refunding bonds
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(1) When the board of trustees of any district deems it expedient to issue refunding bonds under the provisions of this part 6 and the net effective interest rate and the net interest cost of said issue of refunding bonds do not exceed the net effective interest rate and the net …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-604 Authorization - form - interest
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(1) Such refunding bonds shall be authorized by a resolution fixing the date, the denominations, the rate of interest on individual bonds, the maturity dates which shall not be more than twenty-five years after the date of such refunding bonds, and the place of payment, within or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-605 Sale - proceeds - amounts
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Such refunding bonds may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded, or they may be sold at, above, or below their par value; but such refunding bonds shall be exchanged or sold at a price such that the net interest cost and the net effective interest rate for the issue of refundi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-606 Needed revenues - tax levy - miscellaneous
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(1) Whenever a board of trustees issues refunding bonds under the provisions of this part 6, sections 23-71-517 to 23-71-521 shall be applicable to said refunding bonds and the procedures therefor, in the same manner as prescribed for other district bonds; except that any such re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-607 Application of bond proceeds - procedures - limitations
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(1) The proceeds derived from the issuance of any refunding bonds under the provisions of this part 6 shall either be immediately applied to the payment or redemption and retirement of the bonds to be refunded and the cost and expense incident to such procedures or shall immediat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-608 Reports
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Each district which issues refunding bonds under the provisions of this part 6 shall file a report within sixty days after the issuance of said bonds with the state board for community colleges and occupational education. The report shall indicate the principal amount of bonds re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-609 Validation
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All outstanding bonds and all acts and proceedings had or taken, or purportedly had or taken, prior to July 1, 1964, by or on behalf of any district under law or under color of law preliminary to and in the authorization, execution, sale, issuance, and payment of such bonds are v…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-610 Prior obligations not impaired
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Nothing in this part 6 shall impair the obligations of any bonds, or the refunding thereof, issued by a district prior to July 1, 1964, or otherwise invalidate any such bond or the obligations or refunding thereof. Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 781, � 1, effective July …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-701 Short title
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This part 7 shall be known and may be cited as the Local District College Revenue Securities Law. Source: L. 75: Entire article added, p. 781, � 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-702 Definitions
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As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Committee means the governing body of a district or any successor governing body of the district. (2) District means any local college district operating pursuant to the laws of this state. (3) Facilities means bu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-703 Power to issue securities
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(1) The committee of any district, pursuant to authorizing resolution and subject to the provisions and contractual limitations in resolutions authorizing outstanding revenue bonds and other securities of the district, may issue, without an election, securities to defray, in whol…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-704 Interim securities
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The committee may issue interim securities, which may be designated bonds, notes, or warrants, evidencing any emergency loans, construction loans, and other temporary loans of not exceeding three years, in supplementation of long-term financing, such interim securities to be fund…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-705 Terms of securities
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(1) Except to the extent inconsistent with this part 7, any securities issued under this part 7 for any project shall be issued in the form and manner and with the effect provided in sections 11-54-111 and 11-54-112, C.R.S., for public securities issued under the Refunding Revenu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-706 Payable from special fund
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The securities shall be payable and collectible, as to principal, interest, and any prior redemption premium, solely out of net pledged revenues; the holder thereof may not look to any general or other fund for such payment of such securities, except the net revenues pledged ther…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-71-707 Recital of regularity
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A resolution providing for the issuance of bonds or other securities under this part 7 or an indenture or other proceedings appertaining thereto may provide that the securities contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to this part 7, which recital shall be conclusive evide…