Title 29, Government - Local
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-9-101 (Repealed)
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Source: L. 91: Entire article repealed, p. 820, � 3, effective June 1. Editor's note: This article was numbered as article 19 of chapter 3, C.R.S. 1963. For amendments to this article prior to its repeal in 1991, consult the Colorado statutory research explanatory note and the ta…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-10-101 Seals
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Whenever this title requires the use of a seal in the performance of any duties, it shall be sufficient that a rubber stamp with a facsimile affixed thereon of the seal required to be used is placed or stamped upon the document requiring the seal with indelible ink. Source: L. 75…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-11-100.2 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that dialing 911 is the most effective and familiar way the public has of seeking emergency assistance. Basic emergency service and public safety is fundamentally a government concern and the exercise of police powers for the pro…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-11-101 Definitions
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As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) 911 means a three-digit abbreviated dialing code used to report an emergency situation requiring a response by an emergency service provider. (2) 911 access connection means any communications service including wi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-11-101.5 Rules
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Basic emergency service is regulated by the commission under article 15 of title 40. The commission may promulgate rules to implement this part 1 and to resolve disputes regarding the collection, payment, remittance, and audit of the emergency telephone charge, 911 surcharge. The…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-11-103 Remittance of charges - administrative fees - rules
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(1) Every service supplier providing service within a governing body's jurisdiction shall collect an emergency telephone charge imposed in accordance with section 29-11-102 and the 911 surcharge imposed in accordance with section 29-11-102.3 from its service users. (2) The duty t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-11-104 Use of funds collected
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(1) Repealed. (2) (a) (I) Money collected from the emergency telephone charge imposed pursuant to section 29-11-102, the 911 surcharge imposed pursuant to section 29-11-102.3, and the prepaid wireless 911 charge imposed pursuant to section 29-11-102.5 shall be spent by or on beha…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-11-105 Immunity of providers
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(1) No basic emergency service provider or service supplier and no employee or agent of a basic emergency service provider or service supplier shall be liable to any person for infringement or invasion of the right of privacy of any person caused or claimed to have been caused, d…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-11-106 Disclosure of 911 dialing and calling capabilities. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 66, � 3, effective August 8. L. 2020: Entire section repealed, (HB 20-1293), ch. 267, p. 1298, � 17, effective July 10. 29-11-107. 911 dialing and calling capabilities of multi-line telephone systems - rules. (1) Installers, managers, or …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-11-201 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly hereby finds and declares that obtaining access to appropriate community-based organizations and governmental agencies providing for human services is a critical first step for many individuals and families of Colorado to receiving the help and assistance the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-11-202 Definitions
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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Behavioral health administration or BHA means the behavioral health administration established in section 27-50-102. (1.5) Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative means the group authorized by the public utilities commission…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-11-203 Human services referral service - immunity - grant - report
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(1) The Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative, human services referral service provider, or employee, agent, or financial supporter thereof is not liable to any person or entity for any damages in a civil action for injuries, death, or loss to person or property incurred as a result of an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-13-101 Insurance on property of local governments
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(1) Any unit of local government, which for purposes of this article includes counties, municipalities, school and special districts, and every other type of local government having the power to own property and impose taxes, may insure its property against all types of risk of l…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-14-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Bond Anticipation Note Act. Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1419, � 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-14-102 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly hereby declares that the issuance of bond anticipation notes by any public body as defined in section 29-14-103 (6), when advantageous to the public body or the citizens thereof, will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, security, and gener…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-14-103 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Bond means any bond, debenture, or other obligation authorized to be issued by a public body pursuant to any provision of law of the state. (2) Bond anticipation note means any note, interim debenture, or other s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-14-104 Issuance of bond anticipation notes
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(1) Any public body may issue from time to time its bond anticipation notes for any purposes lawfully authorized to be undertaken by such public body or to redeem outstanding bond anticipation notes. Such bond anticipation notes shall be issued in anticipation of the issuance of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-14-105 Bond anticipation note details
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(1) Any bond anticipation notes may mature at such time not exceeding a period of time equal to the estimated time needed to effect the purpose for which they are issued, but not exceeding five years from the date or respective dates of the bond anticipation notes, as the governi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-14-106 Limitations on issuance
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(1) If the bond anticipation notes are being issued in anticipation of bonds which constitute an indebtedness, such bond anticipation notes shall not be issued: (a) Unless the bonds have been authorized at an election as required by section 6 of article XI of the state constituti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-14-107 No action maintainable
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No action or proceeding, at law or in equity, to review any acts or proceedings, or to question the validity or enjoin the performance of any act, or the issuance of any bond anticipation notes authorized by this article, or for any other relief against any acts or proceedings do…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-14-108 Validation
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All bond anticipation notes and any coupons appertaining thereto issued or purportedly issued prior to July 1, 1981, and all acts or proceedings had or taken or purportedly had or taken prior to said date by or on behalf of public bodies, under law or under color of law, prelimin…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-14-109 Effect of and limitations upon validation
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This article shall operate to supply such legislative authority as may be necessary to validate any such bond anticipation notes issued prior to July 1, 1981, of such public bodies and any acts and proceedings taken appertaining to the issuance of such bond anticipation notes by …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-14-110 Application to certain public bodies
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It is the intent of the general assembly that the provisions of this article shall apply to home rule municipalities except insofar as superseded by charter or ordinance passed pursuant to such charter and shall apply to special territorial charter municipalities. Source: L. 81: …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-15-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Tax Anticipation Note Act. Source: L. 85: Entire article added, p. 1054, � 1, effective June 6.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-15-102 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly hereby declares that the issuance of tax anticipation notes by any public body as defined in section 29-15-103 (3), when advantageous to the public body or the citizens thereof, will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, security, and genera…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-15-103 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Governing body means a city council, a board of trustees, a commission, a board of county commissioners, a board of directors, or any other legislative body in which the legislative powers of a public body are ve…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-15-104 Issuance of tax anticipation notes
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(1) Any public body may issue, from time to time, tax anticipation notes without an election if its governing body determines that the taxes to be received by the public body will not be received in time to pay the public body's projected budgeted expenses. Such tax anticipation …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-15-105 Tax anticipation note details
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any tax anticipation notes may be issued in one or more series, bear such dates, be in such denomination or denominations, mature on any date or dates occurring on or before the last day of the fiscal year of the public bo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-15-106 Limitation on issuance of tax anticipation notes
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(1) For all public bodies except school districts, the amount of tax anticipation notes issued by a public body in any fiscal year shall not exceed fifty percent of all taxes estimated to be received by such governing body in its current fiscal year, as shown by its then current …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-15-107 Payment of tax anticipation notes
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All ad valorem taxes on real and personal property, investment, proceeds on the ad valorem taxes, or the proceeds from tax anticipation notes received by the public body after the issuance of the tax anticipation notes, except taxes collected for retirement of existing debt, shal…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-15-108 No impairment of contract
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As long as any tax anticipation notes are outstanding, this article and the provisions of law authorizing the levy of taxes shall not be repealed or amended in such a manner as would materially impair the contractual rights and remedies of the holders of the tax anticipation note…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-15-109 No action maintainable
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No action or proceeding, at law or in equity, to review any act or proceeding, or to question the validity or enjoin the performance of any act or the issuance of any tax anticipation notes authorized by this article, or to obtain any other relief against any acts or proceedings …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-15-110 Independent authority
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The authority granted by this article shall constitute separate and independent authority for the powers granted in this article and shall be effective without reference to the powers or limitations contained in any other law, and the provisions of this article shall not be deeme…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-15-111 Application to certain public bodies
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It is the intent of the general assembly that the provisions of this article shall apply to home rule municipalities except insofar as such provisions may be superseded by their charters or any legislative acts passed pursuant to such charters and also shall apply to special terr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-20-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Local Government Land Use Control Enabling Act of 1974. Source: L. 74: Entire article added, p. 353, � 1, effective May 17.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-20-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that in order to provide for planned and orderly development within Colorado and a balancing of basic human needs of a changing population with legitimate environmental concerns, the policy of this state is to clarify and provide…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-20-103 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Development permit means any preliminary or final approval of an application for rezoning, planned unit development, conditional or special use permit, subdivision, development or site plan, or similar applicatio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-20-104 Powers of local governments - definition
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(1) Except as expressly provided in section 29-20-104.2, section 29-20-104.5, and article 35 of this title 29, the power and authority granted by this section does not limit any power or authority presently exercised or previously granted. Except as provided in section 29-20-104.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-20-104.5 Impact fees - definition
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(1) Pursuant to the authority granted in section 29-20-104 (1)(g) and as a condition of issuance of a development permit, a local government may impose an impact fee or other similar development charge to fund expenditures by such local government on capital facilities needed to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-20-105 Intergovernmental cooperation
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(1) Local governments are authorized and encouraged to cooperate or contract with other units of government pursuant to part 2 of article 1 of this title for the purposes of planning or regulating the development of land including, but not limited to, the joint exercise of planni…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-20-106 Receipt of funds
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Without limiting or superseding any authority presently exercised or previously granted, local governments are hereby authorized to receive and expend funds from other governmental and private sources for the purposes of planning for or regulating the use of land within their res…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-20-107 Compliance with other requirements
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Except as provided in section 29-20-105 (2), where other procedural or substantive requirements for the planning for or regulation of the use of land are provided by law, such requirements shall control. Source: L. 74: Entire article added, p. 354, � 1, effective May 17. L. 89: E…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-20-109 Local government regulation of amateur radio antennas
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(1) No local government shall enact or enforce an ordinance or resolution regulating amateur radio antennas that fails to conform to the limited preemption set forth in the memorandum opinion and order PRB-1 entitled Federal Preemption of State and Local Regulations Pertaining to…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-20-110 Local government regulation of pesticide use - definitions
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(1) A local government that adopts an ordinance that concerns pesticides, including an ordinance adopted pursuant to section 31-15-707 (1)(b), shall file the following with the commissioner of agriculture in accordance with section 35-10-112.5 (4): (a) A certified copy of the ord…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-20-201 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that: (a) The right to own and use private property is a fundamental right, essential to the continued vitality of a democratic society; (b) Governmental regulation of conduct, while equally essential to public order…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-20-202 Definitions
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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Land-use approval means any final action of a local government that has the effect of authorizing the use or development of a particular parcel of real property. (2) Local government has the same meaning as set fo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-20-203 Conditions on land-use approvals
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(1) In imposing conditions upon the granting of land-use approvals, no local government shall require an owner of private property to dedicate real property to the public, or pay money or provide services to a public entity in an amount that is determined on an individual and dis…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-20-204 Remedy for enforcement against a private property owner
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(1) (a) Within thirty days after the date of a decision or action of a local government imposing a condition in granting a land-use approval, the owner of such property may notify the local government in writing of an alleged violation of section 29-20-203. (b) Upon the filing of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-20-205 Limitation - scope of part
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Nothing in this part 2 shall be construed to affect the expressly granted land-use authority of any local government. Source: L. 99: Entire part added, p. 589, � 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 29-20-301 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly: (a) Finds that, due to the broad regional impact that securing an adequate supply of water to serve proposed land development can have both within and between river basins, it is imperative that local governments be provided with reliable information con…