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Title 30, Government - County

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-122 Conservation trust fund authorized
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Each county in this state may create a conservation trust fund as provided in section 29-21-101, C.R.S. Source: L. 74: Entire section added, p. 433, § 3, effective July 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-1-22.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-123 New business facilities - expansion of existing business facilities - incentives - limitations - authority to exceed revenue-raising limitations - legislative declaration - definitions
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(1) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state are dependent upon the attraction of new private enterprise as well as the retention and expansion of existing private enterprise; that incentives are often nec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-124 Fire planning authority
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(1) The board of county commissioners of each county in the state, subject to the requirements of section 25-7-123, C.R.S., may prepare, adopt, and implement a county fire management plan that details individual county policies on fire management for prescribed burns, fuels manag…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-125 Licensing program for building contractors - contents of program - requirements - exceptions - definitions

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) (I) "Building contractor" means a building contractor who for compensation directs, supervises, or undertakes any work for which a county building permit is required. A county licensing program established in…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-126 Workforce development - incentives - limitations - authority to exceed revenue-raising limitations - legislative declaration - definitions

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(1) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (I) The health, safety, and welfare of the people of Colorado as well as the economic development and growth of local communities in the state depend on the development of a workforce that meets the needs of employers i…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-127 Pioneer trail - designation - signs

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(1) The board of county commissioners may designate, by resolution, any public roads in the county as a section of a pioneer trail. A pioneer trail consists of public roads that follow as closely as possible the original trails or routes of travel of national historic significanc…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-128 Mobile home parks - definition

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(1) The board of county commissioners of each county has the power to adopt, administer, and enforce ordinances and resolutions to provide for the safe and equitable operation of mobile home parks throughout the unincorporated areas of the county. These ordinances and resolutions…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-129 Third-party food delivery service fee restrictions - definitions

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Declared public health disaster emergency" means the declared public health disaster emergency to address the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, as declared by the governor by executive order. (b) "Retail food estab…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-130 Equipping wind-powered energy generation facilities with light mitigating technology - enforcement - definitions

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(1) A board may adopt and enforce an ordinance or resolution authorizing the board to impose a civil penalty on the owner or operator of a new wind-powered energy generation facility in the amount of one thousand dollars per day if the board determines that the owner or operator …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-131 Regulation of pesticide use - definitions

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(1) A board of county commissioners that adopts an ordinance that concerns pesticides shall file the following with the commissioner of agriculture in accordance with section 35-10-112.5 (4): (a) A certified copy of the ordinance; and (b) A map or legal description of the geograp…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-132 Property tax incentive programs for areas of specific local concern - definitions

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) (I) "Area of specific local concern" means a use of real property in a county that is determined by a board of county commissioners to be diminishing or unavailable based on verifiable data and which use the …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-133 Construction and maintenance of equestrian facilities

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(1) (a) A county may construct and maintain equestrian road crossings or horse-trailer parking necessary to access equestrian trails. Equestrian road crossings may be used by other pedestrians and need not contain infrastructure not normally used for pedestrian road crossings. (b…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-134 Thermal energy network agreements

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A board of county commissioners may enter into agreements with one or more entities, including other local governmental entities, for the provision of service from a thermal energy network in accordance with section 40-4-121 (7) or 29-1-208. Source: L. 2026: Entire section added,…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-201 Merger not to affect pending actions

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No action or proceeding to which any municipality merged into the city and county of Denver is a party or in which it is in any way interested shall abate by reason of such merger, but the same shall survive and be prosecuted to a conclusion under its title as borne by it at the …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-203 Records concerning charter amendment

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It is the duty of the secretary of state to carefully preserve all certified charters and charter amendments and measures, and the record of votes thereon, that come to his office under the operation of the constitutional amendment creating the city and county of Denver. He shall…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-204 Channel of Platte river - improvement

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The city council of the city and county of Denver is authorized to improve, change, straighten, widen, narrow, deepen, or extend the channel of the South Platte river within the city and county of Denver. Source: L. 15: p. 198, § 1. C.L. § 8974. CSA: C. 53, § 6. CRS 53: § 36-18-6…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-205 City to control channel

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The width, depth, course, and dimensions of said channel shall be as established by ordinance duly enacted by the council of the city and county of Denver, and said city and county has the power to acquire by purchase or condemnation all lands necessary to improve, straighten, wi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-206 Improvement of channel beyond city limits

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The city and county of Denver is empowered to extend and improve said channel beyond and outside the limits of the city and county of Denver when in the opinion of the council of said city and county the extension and improvement of said channel beyond the boundary line of said c…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-207 Obstructions or pollutions

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The city council of the city and county of Denver may enact and adopt ordinances for the purpose of preventing and removing obstructions in said channel or encroachments upon the same or polluting the waters thereof; and to in every manner control, regulate, and protect said prop…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-301 Definitions

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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Landfill-generated methane gas" means those gases resulting from the biological decomposition of landfilled solid wastes, including methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and traces of other gases, and shall be refer…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-302 Oil, gas, and mineral rights - reservation of - sale

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(1) In any sale of county lands made by any county acting through its board of county commissioners, a valid reservation of oil and gas and other minerals in such lands may be made when in the opinion of the board of county commissioners it is deemed to be for the best interest o…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-303 Oil and gas rights - leases - royalties

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(1) Any county acting by its board of county commissioners may lease any real estate or any interest therein owned by the county for oil and gas exploration, development, and production purposes upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed and contracted by the board of co…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-304 Agreements to pool lands for production purposes

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When deemed by the board of county commissioners to be in the best interest of the county, any county acting by its board of county commissioners may enter into any unit agreement providing for the pooling or consolidation of acreage covered by any oil and gas lease executed by s…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-305 Prior agreements validated

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All reservations of oil and gas and other mineral rights and sales of previously reserved oil and gas and other mineral rights in county lands made or entered into by any county prior to May 20, 1949, acting by its board of county commissioners, all leases of oil and gas or right…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-306 Legislative declaration concerning landfill gas

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The general assembly hereby declares that landfill gas constitutes a hazard to the health, welfare, and safety of the people of this state, whether such gas has accumulated as a result of a public or private landfill operation, and that the extraction of landfill gas will amelior…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-307 County authority relating to landfill gas

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(1) To accomplish the purposes specified in section 30-11-306, counties are granted the following powers: (a) To acquire, hold, use, transfer, and convey any real property or any interest therein for purposes of landfill gas exploration, production, and development; (b) To engage…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-401 Short title

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This part 4 shall be known and may be cited as the "Law Enforcement Authority Act of 1969". Source: L. 69: p. 239, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-27-2.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-402 Legislative declaration

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It is the intent of the general assembly in the enactment of this part 4 to provide an alternative and additional means to provide law enforcement for the citizens of this state, especially those residing in developed or developing unincorporated areas of counties, to combat the …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-403 Definitions

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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Area" or "territory" means all areas of land in a county included or proposed to be included in a law enforcement authority, which may consist of all or a portion of the unincorporated area of the county but may …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-404 Organization of authority

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(1) The board of county commissioners of any county in this state may by resolution create an authority pursuant to the provisions of this part 4, which authority shall be a political subdivision of this state. (2) No resolution creating an authority under this part 4 shall be ad…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-405 Election

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(1) The board of county commissioners shall call a special election in the area proposed to be included in the authority, as described in the resolution, which election shall be held not less than thirty nor more than forty-five days after adoption of the resolution by the board …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-406 Powers of law enforcement authority

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(1) Each law enforcement authority formed pursuant to this part 4 has the following powers, except as otherwise limited by the resolution creating the same: (a) To have perpetual existence; (b) To sue and be sued and be a party to suits, actions, and proceedings; (c) To enter int…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-406.5 Procedure for levying property tax - public disclosure - county assessor's duties

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(1) No later than August 25 of each year, each county assessor shall certify to each authority within the assessor's county the total valuation for assessment of all taxable property located within the territorial limits of the authority and the mill levy that when applied to suc…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-407 Short-term loans for new authorities

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In order to provide funds for a new authority to operate prior to the receipt of revenues from property taxes, an authority may contract with any person, corporation, association, or company for a short-term loan, not to exceed the amount necessary for such operation, and such lo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-408 Detachment - dissolution

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(1) Upon the effective date of the annexation to any city, town, or city and county, or the incorporation of any territory included in an authority, upon the certification thereof by the clerk of such municipality, the territory so annexed or incorporated shall be detached from s…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-409 Payments to sheriff

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Moneys paid to any sheriff for services pursuant to the provisions of this part 4 shall be expended by the sheriff only for law enforcement purposes, including administration and capital expenditures, pursuant to agreements entered into as authorized by this part 4. Source: L. 69…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-410 Power to contract for provision of law enforcement services

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(1) The governing body of a municipality and the board of county commissioners may contract for the purpose of providing law enforcement, including enforcement of municipal ordinances, by the sheriff within the boundaries of the municipality. (2) The law enforcement authority and…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-411 Inclusion of land

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An additional area may be included in a law enforcement authority, upon petition of all electors and landowners in such area, by resolution of the board of county commissioners or by such resolution and a vote of a majority of electors of such area in the same manner as provided …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-501 County home rule charters

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Any county in this state, pursuant to the provisions of this part 5, may establish the organization and structure of county government which shall be submitted to and adopted by a majority vote of the registered electors of the county which shall be known as a county home rule ch…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-502 Charter commission

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(1) Following the adoption of a resolution by the board of county commissioners, or upon the submission of a petition of not less than five percent of the registered electors of the county, requesting that a charter commission be established, the board of county commissioners sha…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-503 Election on formation of charter convention and designation of members

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(1) At the election, voters shall cast ballots for or against forming the charter commission. If a majority of the registered electors voting thereon vote for forming the charter commission, a commission to frame a charter shall be deemed formed. (2) At the election voters shall …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-504 Development of proposed charter

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(1) A charter commission elected pursuant to section 30-11-503 shall meet on a date designated by the board of county commissioners for the purposes of organization within thirty days after the election. The charter commission shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-505 Referendum election on charter - adoption or rejection

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(1) Upon submission to the board of county commissioners of a charter by the charter commission, the board of county commissioners shall call a special election, to be paid for from the special county charter fund and held pursuant to the Colorado election laws. The special elect…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-506 Procedure to amend or repeal charter

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(1) Action to amend a charter shall be initiated by: (a) A petition signed by at least five percent of the registered electors of the county; or (b) A resolution adopted by the board of county commissioners submitting the proposed amendment to the registered electors. (2) Action …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-507 Filings - effect of

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(1) Within twenty days after voter approval, a certified copy of the charter shall be filed with the division of local government and with the county clerk and recorder. (2) This section shall also apply to an amendment or repeal of a charter. Source: L. 71: p. 353, § 1. C.R.S. 1…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-508 Initiative, referendum, and recall

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Every charter shall contain procedures for the initiative and referendum of measures and for the recall of elected officers. Source: L. 71: p. 353, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-28-8. ANNOTATION The equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not co…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-509 Time limit on submission of similar proposals

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No proposal for a charter commission, charter amendment, or repeal of a charter shall be initiated within twelve months after rejection of a substantially similar proposal. Source: L. 71: p. 353, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-28-9.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-510 Publication requirements

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"Publish" or "publication" means one publication in one newspaper of general circulation in the county. If there is no such newspaper, publication shall be by posting in at least three public places within the county. Source: L. 71: p. 353, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-28-10.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-511 Board of county commissioners - home rule counties

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A home rule county shall provide all mandatory county functions, services, and facilities and shall exercise all mandatory powers required by statute. A home rule county may provide such permissive functions, services, and facilities and may exercise such permissive powers as aut…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-11-512 Finality

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No proceeding contesting the adoption of a charter, charter amendment, or repeal thereof shall be brought unless commenced within one hundred eighty days after the election adopting the measure. Source: L. 71: p. 353, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-28-12.