Title 30, Government - County

Source: L. 68: p. 169, � 25. C.R.S. 1963: � 36-25-25. L. 70: p. 144, � 16. L. 71: p. 337, � 3. L. 99: Entire section repealed, p. 526, � 28, effective April 30. Editor's note: This section was originally numbered as � 30-20-525 in C.R.S. 1973 but was renumbered on revision in the…

Any district organized pursuant to this part 5 may be dissolved after notice given and a hearing held in the manner prescribed by sections 30-20-507 and 30-20-508. After hearing any protests against, or objections to, dissolution, if the board determines that it is in the best in…

In any case where a notice is provided for in this part 5, if the governing body finds for any reason that due notice was not given, the governing body shall not thereby lose jurisdiction, and the proceeding in question shall not thereby be void or be abated, but the governing bo…

All actions in which there may arise a question of the validity of the organization of a district, or a question of the validity of any proceeding under this part 5, shall be advanced as a matter of immediate public interest and concern, and shall be heard at the earliest practic…

Nothing in this part 5 shall affect or impair the control and jurisdiction which a county has over all property within its boundaries. All powers granted by this part 5 shall be subject to such control and jurisdiction. Source: L. 68: p. 170, � 29. C.R.S. 1963: � 36-25-29. Editor…

No part of this part 5 shall repeal or affect any other law or any part thereof, it being intended that this part 5 shall provide a separate method of accomplishing its objects, and not an exclusive one. Source: L. 68: p. 170, � 30. C.R.S. 1963: � 36-25-30. Editor's note: This se…

(1) In its discretion, the board may file a petition at any time in the district court in any county in which the district or a portion thereof is located for a judicial examination and determination of any power conferred, any securities issued by the district or authorized to b…

The income or other revenues of the district, any property owned by the district, any bonds issued by the district, and the transfer of and any income from any bonds issued by the district shall be exempt from all taxation and assessments by the state. In the resolution authorizi…

Any legal or equitable action brought with respect to any acts or proceedings of the district, the creation of a district, the authorization of any bonds, or any other action taken under this part 5 shall commence within thirty days after the performance of such action or else sh…

Except as otherwise provided in this part 6, any county in this state may construct any of the local improvements mentioned in this part 6 and fund such improvements by assessing the cost thereof, wholly or in part, upon the property especially benefited by such improvements or, …

As used in this part 6, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Assessment unit means an area within a district which is separately defined for determining assessments payable pursuant to this part 6. (1.5) Board means: (a) The board of county commissioners of a county or city…

(1) Except for those improvements fully funded by the sales tax pursuant to section 30-20-604.5, the cost of improvements constructed or acquired pursuant to this part 6, or such part thereof as may be assessed against the property specially benefited, including the intersections…

(1) (a) The board of any county or of any city that has been authorized to become a city and county pursuant to an amendment to the state constitution that has been approved by the registered electors of the state of Colorado and that subsequently becomes a city and county for th…

Whenever any lot or parcel of land is V-shaped or of any irregular form, such allowance may be made by resolution in any assessment as may be equitable and just, or any allowance may be refused, and, in case of any unusual area or proportion of intersections, the county may pay n…

(1) The term benefit, for the purposes of assessing a particular property within an improvement district, particularly with respect to drainage improvements to carry off surface waters, includes, but is not limited to, the following: (a) Any increase in the market value of the pr…

Upon completion of any local improvement or upon completion from time to time of any part thereof and upon acceptance thereof by the board or whenever the total cost of any improvement or of any such part thereof can be reasonably ascertained either prior to, during, or subsequen…

(1) Upon receipt of the statement filed pursuant to section 30-20-607, the county clerk and recorder shall notify, by advertisement once in some newspaper of general circulation in said county, the owners of any property to be assessed that said improvements have been, or are abo…

Except for a district formed for the purposes authorized in section 30-20-603 (11.5), at the time specified in the notice required pursuant to section 30-20-608 (1) or at some adjourned time, the board shall hear and determine all such complaints and objections and may make such …

The county clerk and recorder, or such other officer or agent of the county as may be directed by the board in the preliminary order, shall prepare a local assessment roll in book form showing, in suitable columns, each piece of land assessed, the total amount of assessment, the …

All special assessments for local improvements shall be due and payable within thirty days after the effective date of the assessing resolution without demand, but all such assessments may be paid, at the election of the owner, in installments with interest as provided in section…

Failure to pay the whole assessment within said period of thirty days shall be conclusively considered and held to be an election on the part of all persons interested, whether under disability or otherwise, to pay in such installments. All persons so electing to pay in installme…

In case of such election to pay in installments, the assessments shall be payable in two or more installments of principal, the first of which installments shall be payable as prescribed by the board in not more than five years and the last in not more than twenty years, with int…

Failure to pay any installment, whether of principal or interest, when due shall cause the whole of the unpaid principal to become due and collectible immediately, and the whole amount of the unpaid principal and accrued interest shall thereafter draw interest at the rate establi…

(1) Except for a district formed for the purposes authorized in section 30-20-603 (11.5), as to which the assessments shall be paid pursuant to the contracts and agreements entered into by the owner of the assessed property, payment may be made to the county treasurer at any time…

The board shall have power to contract an indebtedness on behalf of the county, and upon the credit thereof, by borrowing money or issuing the negotiable interest-bearing bonds of the county for the purpose of providing a fund to pay such part of the cost of improvements authoriz…

(1) For the purpose of paying all or such portion of the cost of any improvement constructed or acquired under the provisions of this part 6 as may be assessed against the property specially benefited and not paid by the sales tax authorized by section 30-20-604.5 or by the count…

(1) The board may issue one or more series of bonds to refund all or any portion of the outstanding bonds issued by one or more improvement districts pursuant to section 30-20-619. Any such bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of article 56 of title 11, C.R.S. …

All bonds issued pursuant to section 30-20-619 (1) and (2) shall be negotiable in form and shall bear such interest as may be fixed by the board, not exceeding a maximum net effective interest rate specified by the board, prior to the use of said bonds in payment for improvements…

Source: L. 73: p. 489, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 36-30-20. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 1075, � 10, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1057, � 23, effective May 24. L. 2002: Entire section repealed, p. 278, � 22, effective August 7. Editor's note: This section was…

(1) Except as provided in this section, all local improvements made under the provisions of this part 6 shall be constructed by independent contract, and all contracts shall be let by the board. All such contracts shall be let to the lowest reliable and responsible bidder, after …

Every contract shall provide that it is subject to the provisions of the laws under which the county exists and of the resolution authorizing the improvement; that the aggregate payment thereon shall not exceed the amount appropriated; that, upon ten days' written notice to the c…

(1) No legal or equitable action shall be brought or maintained to enjoin the collection of assessments levied under this part 6 except upon the grounds: (a) That notice of a hearing upon the amount of the assessment was not given as required in this part 6, and any person presen…

Notwithstanding any provisions of part 1 of article 70 of title 24, C.R.S., compliance with the requirements of publication of notice specified in this part 6 shall be deemed in full compliance for all purposes of this part 6. Source: L. 73: p. 491, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 36-30-25. …

When the local improvements specified in the preliminary order referred to in section 30-20-603 (5) and specified in the resolution authorizing the improvements have been completed and any debt incurred or bonds issued have been paid, the board shall take all steps necessary to d…

The county treasurer may adopt policies and procedures which the county treasurer deems necessary and reasonable for the administration and collection of assessments imposed and payable pursuant to the provisions of this part 6 and which are consistent with the provisions of said…

It is declared that the creation of recreation districts, having the purposes and powers provided in this part 7, will serve a public use and will promote the health, safety, prosperity, security, and general welfare of the inhabitants of said districts. Source: L. 47: p. 698, � …

(1) Whenever a county has acquired property for recreational purposes, as authorized in sections 29-7-101 to 29-7-104, C.R.S., such county may establish a recreation district. This district shall be composed of the unincorporated area benefited by the establishment of the propose…

(1) The general assembly finds and declares that it is in the best interests of the state for Larimer county to acquire certain properties in the floodplain areas of the Big Thompson canyon and the north fork thereof. In making such acquisitions, Larimer county shall be subject t…

(1) Acting on behalf of such district, the board of county commissioners may: (a) Levy a tax on all real and personal property situated within the district not to exceed one mill, the proceeds of which shall be used within the district for operation, maintenance, capital improvem…

The operations of the recreation district shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the local government budget law. The proposed budget shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners by the district board on or before the same date that is set for other de…

No part of this part 7 shall repeal or affect any other act or any part thereof, it being intended that this part 7 shall provide a separate method of accomplishing its objects, and not an exclusive one. Source: L. 47: p. 700, � 5. CSA: C. 136, � 9. CRS 53: � 114-2-5. C.R.S. 1963…

The board of county commissioners of any county shall create cemetery districts within its county upon petition of the property owners within said districts, in accordance with the provisions of this part 8. Source: L. 81: Entire part added, p. 1613, � 12, effective June 19.

Upon presentation to the board of county commissioners of a petition setting forth the name of the proposed cemetery district, a description of the boundaries of said district, the names of three taxpaying electors resident within such district to be appointed as the first board …

(1) Immediately after the creation of a cemetery district, the board of county commissioners shall appoint a board of directors for the cemetery district, consisting of the three members recommended in the petition filed with the board of county commissioners. One of the members …

The officers of such cemetery district shall be the president and a secretary who shall be elected annually by the board of directors from its own members. Source: L. 81: Entire part added, p. 1613, � 12, effective June 19.

(1) From and after the filing of the resolution establishing such district with the county clerk and recorder, the cemetery district shall be a body corporate and shall have the following powers: (a) To acquire, hold, and convey real and personal property for cemetery purposes wi…

The board of county commissioners is authorized to levy a tax not to exceed four mills so certified to it by said cemetery district against all taxable property within said cemetery district which tax shall be collected by the county treasurer. If the district embraces the entire…

All moneys belonging to or collected on behalf of said cemetery district may be deposited with the county treasurer of the county in which said district is located in a fund known as .............. cemetery district fund. Expenditures therefrom shall be made by the county treasur…

(1) If there is a lot, grave space, niche, or crypt in a cemetery in which no remains have been interred, no burial memorial has been placed, and no other improvement has been made for a continuous period of no less than seventy-five years, a cemetery district may initiate the pr…

The general assembly hereby finds and declares that methods for the efficient and economical production of usable energy should be achieved whenever possible and that the use of flammable waste material for the conversion of heat into steam, electrical power, or any other form of…