Title 32, Special Districts
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-1801 Short title
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This part 18 shall be known and may be cited as the Integrated Delivery Method for Special District Public Improvements Act. Source: L. 2007: Entire part added, p. 1818, � 4, effective August 3.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-1802 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) It is the policy of the state of Colorado to encourage public contracting procedures that encourage competition, openness, and impartiality to the maximum extent possible. (b) Competition exists not only in the costs of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-1803 Definitions
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As used in this part 18, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Agency means any special district organized under this title or any other political subdivision that such district may create pursuant to state law that is a budgetary unit exercising construction contracting aut…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-1807 Supplemental provisions
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The governing body of an agency may establish supplemental provisions that are designed to implement the provisions of this part 18. Source: L. 2007: Entire part added, p. 1822, � 4, effective August 3. MULTIPURPOSE DISTRICTS
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-201 Applicability
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This part 2 shall be applicable to any petition for the organization of any proposed special district filed in any district court of competent jurisdiction, except where a petition for the organization of a special district confined exclusively within the boundaries of any existi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-202 Filing of service plan required - report of filing - contents - fee
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(1) (a) Persons proposing the organization of a special district, except for a special district that is contained entirely within the boundaries of a municipality and subject to the provisions of section 32-1-204.5, shall submit a service plan to the board of county commissioners…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-203 Action on service plan - criteria
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(1) The board of county commissioners of each county which has territory included within the proposed special district, other than a proposed special district which is contained entirely within the boundaries of a municipality, shall constitute the approving authority under this …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-204 Public hearing on service plan - procedures - decision
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(1) The board of county commissioners shall provide written notice of the date, time, and location of the hearing to the petitioners and the governing body of any existing municipality or special district that has levied an ad valorem tax within the next preceding tax year and th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-204.5 Approval by municipality
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(1) No special district shall be organized if its boundaries are wholly contained within the boundaries of a municipality or municipalities, except upon adoption of a resolution of approval by the governing body of each municipality. The information required and criteria applicab…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-204.7 Approval by an annexing municipality
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(1) If a special district that was originally approved by a board of county commissioners becomes wholly contained within the boundaries of a municipality or municipalities by annexation or boundary adjustment, the governing body of the special district may petition the governing…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-205 Resolution of approval required
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(1) A petition for the organization of a special district filed in any district court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of section 32-1-301 shall be accompanied by a resolution approving the service plan of the proposed special district by the board of county c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-206 Judicial review
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(1) If the petitioners for the organization of a proposed special district fail to secure such resolution of approval in the first instance or on remand from any board of county commissioners or, where required pursuant to section 32-1-204.5, from the governing body of any munici…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-207 Compliance - modification - enforcement
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(1) Upon final approval by the court for the organization of the special district, the facilities, services, and financial arrangements of the special district shall conform so far as practicable to the approved service plan. (2) (a) After the organization of a special district p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-208 Statement of purposes - districts without service plans
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(1) On or before July 1, 1986, any special district which does not have a service plan approved pursuant to this part 2 shall file a statement of purposes in the form set forth in subsection (2) of this section with the board of county commissioners of each county and governing b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-209 Submission of information
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If a special district fails either to file a special district annual report pursuant to section 32-1-207 (3)(c) or to provide any information required to be submitted pursuant to section 32-1-104 (2) within nine months of the date of the request for such information, the board of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-301 Petition for organization
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(1) After approval of the service plan pursuant to section 32-1-205 or 32-1-206 or after approval of the petition by the governing body of a municipality pursuant to section 32-1-205, the persons proposing the organization of a special district may file a petition for organizatio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-302 Bond of petitioners
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At the time of filing the petition or at any time subsequent thereto, and prior to the time of hearing on said petition, a bond shall be filed, with security approved by the court, or a cash deposit made sufficient to pay all expenses connected with the proceedings in case the or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-303 Court jurisdiction - transfer of file - judge not disqualified
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(1) (a) The district court sitting in or for any county in this state is vested with the jurisdiction to organize special districts which may be entirely within or partly within and partly without the judicial district in which said court is located. The court in and for the coun…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-304 Notice of court hearing
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Except as otherwise provided in section 32-1-304.5, immediately after the filing of a petition, the court wherein the petition is filed, by order, shall fix a place and time, not less than twenty-one days nor more than forty-two days after the petition is filed, for hearing there…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-305 Court hearing - election - declaration of organization
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 32-1-304.5, on the day fixed for the hearing provided in section 32-1-304 or at an adjournment thereof, the court shall first ascertain, from such evidence which may be adduced, that the required number of taxpaying electors of the prop…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-305.5 Organizational election - new special district - first directors
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(1) In the order authorizing the election, the court shall name either the clerk and recorder of the county in which the district is to be or another eligible elector of the state as the designated election official responsible for the conducting of the election. (2) At the elect…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-306 Filing decree
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Within thirty days after the special district has been declared organized by the court, the special district shall transmit to the county clerk and recorder in each of the counties in which the special district or a part thereof extends certified copies of the findings and the or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-401 Inclusion of territory - procedure
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(1) (a) The boundaries of a special district may be altered by the inclusion of additional real property by the fee owner or owners of one hundred percent of any real property capable of being served with facilities of the special district filing with the board a petition in writ…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-401.5 Fire protection districts - inclusion of personalty
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(1) An owner of taxable personal property, situate on real property excluded from a fire protection district, capable of being served with facilities of the special district may file with the board a petition in writing requesting that such property be included in the special dis…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-402 Effect of inclusion order
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(1) The following shall be applicable to any proceeding for inclusion accomplished pursuant to this part 4: (a) Nothing in this part 4 shall affect the validity of any area or property included or excluded from a special district by virtue of prior laws. (b) After the date of its…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-501 Exclusion of property by fee owners or board - procedure
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(1) The boundaries of a special district, except health service districts, may be altered by the exclusion of real property by the fee owner or owners of one hundred percent of any real property situate in the special district filing with the board a petition requesting that such…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-502 Exclusion of property within municipality - procedure
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(1) (a) The governing body of any municipality wherein territory within a special district is located, the board of any special district with territory within the boundaries of any municipality, or fifty percent of the fee owners of real property in an area of any municipality in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-503 Effect of exclusion order
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(1) Territory excluded from a special district pursuant to the provisions of this part 5 shall not be subject to any property tax levied by the board for the operating costs of the special district. For the purpose of retiring the special district's outstanding indebtedness and t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-601 Definitions
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As used in this part 6, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Concurring resolution means a resolution passed in accordance with this part 6 by the board of any special district for the purpose of accepting the consolidation resolution. (2) Consolidated district means a quas…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-602 Procedure for consolidation
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(1) (a) Two or more special districts may be consolidated into a single consolidated district, and such consolidation may occur between or among such districts whether or not they were originally organized for the same purpose and whether or not such districts are contiguous. (b)…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-602.5 Consolidation and review by administrative action
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Whenever the division finds, upon its own investigation or upon the receipt of information from any source, that the consolidation, restructuring of services, or other changes in the operations of one or more special districts would be in the best interests of the residents of th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-603 Procedure after consolidation election
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(1) After the election approving the consolidated district, the members of the board of each of the special districts consolidated or having services consolidated into the consolidated district shall constitute the organizational board of the consolidated district, regardless of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-604 Advisory board members
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The members of the organizational board of the consolidated district not selected to act as the members of the first board of the consolidated district may act, however, as advisory members to the first board until such time as the terms of office for which they were originally e…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-605 Special election provisions for consolidated districts
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(1) The first election of the consolidated district shall be the next regular special district election. Except as otherwise provided in this part 6, nominations and elections for the consolidated district shall be governed by articles 4 and 13.5 of title 1, C.R.S. (2) (a) For th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-606 Bonded indebtedness of consolidated districts
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section and approved by the eligible electors pursuant to section 32-1-602 (2)(e), all of the outstanding bonded indebtedness of any special district which becomes part of a consolidated district or which has all of its s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-607 Powers
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(1) Subject to the provisions of section 32-1-602 (2)(e), a consolidated district has all of the rights, powers, and authorities which were granted by statute to each of the special districts which are consolidated and may have the rights, powers, and authorities granted to a met…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-608 Subsequent consolidations
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Any consolidated district may initiate proceedings for the consolidation of one consolidated district with another special district, whether or not a consolidated district, as provided in section 32-1-602. Such proceedings shall proceed in accordance with this part 6 without rega…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-701 Initiation - petition - procedure
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(1) Whenever the majority of all the members of the board of a special district deems it to be in the best interests of such district that it be dissolved, the board shall file a petition for dissolution with the court. (2) (a) The board, promptly and in good faith, shall also ta…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-702 Requirements for dissolution petition
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(1) A petition for dissolution must generally describe the territory embraced in the special district; must have a map showing the special district, a current financial statement of the special district, and a plan for final disposition of the assets of the special district and f…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-703 Notice of filing petition
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(1) Upon filing of the petition for dissolution by the board with the court, the court shall give notice by publication reciting the fact that a petition for dissolution has been filed and reciting the applicable financial provision set forth under section 32-1-702 (3) and the ap…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-705 Election notice
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When an election is ordered by the court, the court shall give notice pursuant to section 1-13.5-510, C.R.S. Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1571, � 1, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 883, � 119, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: Entire section amended,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-706 Conduct of election
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It is the duty of the secretary to administer the election, subject to court supervision. The election shall be conducted pursuant to article 13.5 of title 1. Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1571, � 1, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 883, � 120, effecti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-707 Order of dissolution - conditions attached
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(1) (a) If a majority of the eligible electors voting at the election approve the question of dissolution, the judge shall enter an order dissolving the special district for all purposes or for all purposes except those reserved in the plan, as the case may be. (b) The order of d…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-708 Disposition of remaining funds - unpaid tax or levies
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(1) If services are to be continued within the special district, all funds remaining in the treasury of such special district in excess of all financial obligations and outstanding bonds shall be utilized, upon completion of the requirements for dissolution, to reduce the rates, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-709 Dissolution of health service district - limitation
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Any health service district organized pursuant to part 3 of this article may be dissolved in the manner provided in this part 7, but no such health service district shall be dissolved within a one-year period from the date of the entry of an order declaring said district organize…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-710 Dissolution by administrative action
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(1) The division shall notify a special district by certified mail of the division's intent to certify the district dissolved if: (a) (I) Except as provided in section 32-1-905 (2.5), the district has failed to hold or properly cancel an election pursuant to this article; (II) Th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-801 Legislative declaration - applicability
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It is hereby declared that the orderly conduct of elections of special districts will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, security, and general welfare of the people of the state of Colorado. Therefore, all elections shall be held pursuant to articles 1 to 13.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-803.5 Organizational election - new special district
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At any election for the organization of a new special district, the court shall also order the submission of the proposition of issuing general obligation bonds or creating other general obligation indebtedness or any question or questions necessary to implement section 20 of art…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-804.1 Call for nominations. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 99: Entire section added, p. 449, � 3, effective August 4. L. 2014: Entire section repealed, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 77, � 51, effective February 18. Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 14-1164, see section 1 of chapter 2, Session Laws of Colorado 2…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 32-1-805.5 Ranked voting methods
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(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, a special district may use a ranked voting method, as defined in section 1-1-104 (34.4), C.R.S., to conduct a regular election to elect directors of the special district in accordance with section 1-7-1003, C.R.S.…