Title 31, Government - Municipal
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-2-402 Name filed with secretary of state
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After the presentation of the petition mentioned in section 31-2-401, the name proposed to be given to such city or town shall be filed by the clerk in the office of the secretary of state, to be retained there for a period of at least thirty days, and, upon application, the secr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-2-403 Secretary to keep alphabetical list
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The secretary of state shall ascertain the names of all the municipalities within this state and shall arrange such names in alphabetical order for convenient reference. Such list of names shall be kept filed in his office and shall be changed when a change of name is effected un…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-2-404 Notice of hearing on petition
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At any meeting of the governing body of any city or town after the presentation of the petition, the governing body shall fix the time when the petition shall be considered and order notice of the presentation thereof to be given by publishing such notice once each week for three…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-2-405 Hearing postponed
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If for any reason at the time fixed in the notice provided for in section 31-2-404 action thereon is not taken, such petition for a change of name shall be heard, with all remonstrances, at any subsequent meeting of the governing body of any such city or town. If said governing b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-2-406 Secretary to give notice
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If said change of name is made or if any new city or town is incorporated, the governing body of any such city or town shall cause a copy of the order making such change or fixing the name of such new city or town to be filed in the office of the secretary of state, who shall the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-2-407 Change does not affect liability
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Nothing in this part 4 shall affect the rights, privileges, or liabilities of such city or town, or those of any person, as the same existed before such change of name. All proceedings pending in any court or place in favor of or against said city or town may be continued to fina…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-3-101 Petition to the district court
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Proceedings to discontinue the incorporation of any city or town may be commenced by the filing of a petition to discontinue such incorporation, signed by twenty-five percent of the registered electors of the city or town, with the district court of the county wherein such city o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-3-102 Form of ballots
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The form of ballots shall be For the incorporation and Against the incorporation. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1021, � 1, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 31-9-102 as it existed prior to 1975.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-3-103 Return - canvass - costs
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The vote for this purpose shall be taken, canvassed, and returned in the same manner as in other municipal elections. All expenses of the same shall be paid by the city or town when the result of the vote is Against the incorporation but by the petitioners when the result is For …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-3-104 Discontinuance - when effective - legal indebtedness - tax
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If two-thirds of the total votes cast upon such question are cast Against incorporation, the incorporation of the city or town shall be discontinued; except that no such discontinuance shall be effective until such time as the governing body of the city or town has made proper pr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-3-105 Books deposited - court records
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The books, documents, records, papers, and corporate seal of any city or town so discontinued shall be deposited with the county clerk and recorder of the county with which the petition was filed, for safekeeping and reference in the future. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-3-106 County clerk and recorder to publish - posting
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When the incorporation of any city or town has been discontinued in accordance with the provisions of this part 1, the county clerk and recorder of each county in which the city or town, or any part thereof, was situate shall publish notice of such discontinuance of incorporation…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-3-201 Procedure for determination of abandonment
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(1) When any town has failed, for a period of five years or longer immediately prior to the filing of the application under this section, to hold any regular or special election or to elect officers and to maintain any town government, such town may be determined to be abandoned …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-3-202 Consequences of determination
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(1) After such determination, all existing streets, avenues, and alleys previously located within an abandoned town shall be vested in the board of county commissioners of the county in which said town was located. The board of county commissioners may thereafter vacate any such …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-101 Corporate authority vested
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(1) The corporate and municipal authority of cities shall be vested in a governing body, to be denominated the city council, together with such officers as may be created under the authority of this title. (2) The city council shall possess all the legislative powers granted to c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-102 Mayor - qualifications and duties
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(1) The mayor shall be elected at the regular election in the city. He or she shall be a registered elector who has resided within the limits of the city for a period of at least twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the date of the election; except that, in the case of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-103 Mayor - vacancy - appointment - mayor pro tem
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(1) Within thirty days of the mayor's death, disability, resignation, or other vacation of the mayor's office, the city council shall appoint a person possessed of all statutory qualifications or order a special election as soon as practicable to fill the vacancy until the term o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-104 Wards
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Every city shall be divided by the city council into wards, and such wards shall be numbered consecutively beginning with the number one. The boundaries of said wards shall not be changed more often than once in six years, unless change is necessary to conform to constitutional a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-105 Election of officers - terms
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The registered electors of each city shall elect, at the regular election, a mayor, a clerk, and a city treasurer from the city at large. At the same election, the registered electors of each ward of the city shall elect two members of the city council. The election shall be cond…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-106 Councilman - residence - vacancies
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Each councilman shall have resided in the ward in which he is a candidate for a period of at least twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the date of the election and shall be a registered elector therein; except that, in case the boundaries of the ward are changed pursu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-107 Appointment of officers - terms
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(1) The members of the city council elected for each city at the meeting at which their terms commence, as provided in section 31-4-105, shall organize the city council. A majority of the total number of members is necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-108 Expulsion from city council - vacancies in other offices
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(1) Any member of the city council may be expelled or removed from office, for good cause shown, by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to the city council, but he may not be removed a second time for the same offense. (2) (a) In case any office of an appointive offic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-109 Compensation and fees of officers
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The mayor shall receive such compensation for his services as the city council, prior to his election, may fix as provided in this section. The city council, at least as early as the last monthly meeting before such regular municipal election, shall fix by ordinance the compensat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-110 City clerk - duties - city seal
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(1) The city clerk shall have the custody of all the laws and ordinances of the city council, shall keep a regular record of the proceedings of the city council, in such form as determined by the council, and shall perform such other duties as may be required by statute or by the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-111 City treasurer - powers and duties
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The city treasurer has such powers and shall perform such duties as are prescribed by the statutes of this state and by the ordinances of the city council not inconsistent therewith. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1027, � 1, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section is …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-112 Marshal or chief of police - duties
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The marshal or chief of police shall execute and return, by himself or herself or by any member of the police force, all writs and processes directed to him or her by the municipal judge in any case arising under a city ordinance. In criminal cases, quasi-criminal cases, or cases…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-112.1 Chief of police - permits for concealed weapons. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 81: Entire section added, p. 1437, � 2, effective June 8. L. 2003: Entire section repealed, p. 650, � 9, effective May 17.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-113 Terms of officers end upon adoption of charter
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If any city adopts a charter pursuant to the provisions of article XX of the state constitution, the term of office of every officer of such city who has been elected or appointed pursuant to the general laws of this state or under the ordinances of such city shall terminate imme…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-201 Authority to reorganize - rights and powers
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Any city may reorganize into a city council-city manager form of municipal government in accordance with the provisions of this part 2. However, no such city shall have conferred upon it by such reorganization any rights and powers except those rights and powers conferred upon ci…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-202 Petition - election
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(1) When a petition, signed by five percent of the registered electors of the municipality, requesting an election on the question of adopting the city council-city manager form of government is presented to the city council, the city council shall adopt an ordinance calling for …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-203 Majority vote carries - when effective
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(1) If a majority of the votes cast are for the proposition, it shall be carried. The form of government existing in such city at the time of such election shall continue unchanged until the next regular election. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the next reg…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-204 Prior laws applicable - rights and liabilities continue
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(1) All laws of the state applicable to the city before the adoption of the city council-city manager form of government and not inconsistent with the provisions of this part 2 shall apply to and govern such reorganized city. (2) Any bylaw, ordinance, or resolution lawfully passe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-205 Council members - vacancies
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(1) The legislative and corporate authority of cities organized under this part 2 shall be vested in the city council members nominated and elected, two from each ward and one from the city at large, for a term of two years. Members of the city council shall be registered elector…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-206 Council members - nomination - election - compensation
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(1) The nomination and election of candidates for the city council provided for by this part 2 shall be in accordance with the Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965. (2) The members of the city council shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by ordinance. Source: L. 75…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-207 Mayor - selection
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, if the mayor is to be elected by and from among the members of the city council, then at the meeting of the city council at which their terms commence, as provided in section 31-4-105, the city council shall choo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-207.5 Mayor - powers and duties
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The mayor shall be the presiding officer of the city council and shall have the same voting powers as any member of said council. The mayor shall be considered a member of the governing body and the city council and shall be recognized as the head of the city government for all c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-208 City attorney - municipal judge
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The city council shall appoint a city attorney, who, upon taking office, shall be an attorney-at-law licensed to practice in the state of Colorado. The city council shall also appoint a municipal judge in accordance with section 13-10-105 (1), C.R.S. The city attorney shall serve…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-209 Rules - business - journal
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The city council shall determine its own rules, procedure, and order of business and shall keep a journal of its proceedings. It may compel attendance of members and may punish members for misconduct. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1030, � 1, effective July 1. L. 79: Entire…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-210 City manager - qualifications - removal
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The city council shall appoint a city manager who shall be the chief administrative officer of the city. The city manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications and need not, when appointed, be a resident of the city or of the state…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-211 City manager - powers and responsibility
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(1) The city manager is responsible to the city council for the proper administration of all affairs of the city placed in his charge and, to that end and except as otherwise provided in this part 2, he shall have the power to appoint and remove all officers and employees in the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-212 Council not to interfere
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Except as otherwise provided in this part 2, neither the city council nor any of its committees or members shall direct or request the appointment of any person to or his removal from office by the city manager or in any other manner take part in the appointment or removal of off…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-213 Duties of city manager
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It is the duty of the city manager to act as chief conservator of the peace within the city; to supervise the administration of the affairs of the city; to see that the ordinances of the city and the applicable laws of the state are enforced; to make such recommendations to the c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-214 City manager sits in council - no vote
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The city manager is entitled to a seat in the city council but shall have no vote therein. The city manager has the right to take part in the discussion of all matters coming before the city council. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1031, � 1, effective July 1. Editor's note:…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-215 Administrative plan
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(1) The city council, upon the report and recommendation of the city manager, has the power to create and establish by ordinance administrative departments of city administration. It is the duty of the city manager to propose a plan of administrative organization to the city coun…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-216 Accounts of utilities
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Accounts shall be kept for each public utility owned or operated by the city, distinct from other city accounts, and in such manner as to show the true and complete financial result of such city ownership and operation including all assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-217 Publicity of records
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Records of the city shall be open to inspection at reasonable times and under reasonable regulations established by the city as provided by article 72 of title 24, C.R.S. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1032, � 1, effective July 1. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 745, � 13…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-218 Pay of officers and employees
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The salary or compensation of officers and employees shall be established by ordinance, which shall provide uniform compensation for like services. Such schedules of compensation may fix the minimum and maximum for any grade. An increase in compensation, within the limits provide…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-219 Official bonds - waiver
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The city manager, the city clerk, and such other officers and employees as the city council may require so to do shall give bonds in such amounts and with such sureties as may be approved by the city council. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the city. The city council …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-220 Abandonment of form of government. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1032, � 1, effective July 1. L. 87: (1) amended, p. 327, � 80, effective July 1. L. 89: Entire section repealed, p. 1293, � 18, effective April 6. Editor's note: Before its repeal, this section was similar to former � 31-3-220 as it existed pr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-221 Effective date of change. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1033, � 1, effective July 1. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 1256, � 9, effective July 1. L. 89: Entire section repealed, p. 1293, � 18, effective April 6. Editor's note: Before its repeal, this section was similar to former � 31-3-221 as it…