Title 30, Government - County
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-20-902 Definitions
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As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Solid waste-to-energy incineration system means the use of flammable waste material as a primary or supplemental fuel for the conversion of heat into steam, electrical power, or any other form of energy. Source: L…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-20-904 Department of public health and environment rules
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The department of public health and environment may promulgate rules for the engineering design and operation of solid waste-to-energy incineration systems, and any such system shall comply with such rules before beginning operations. Source: L. 83: Entire part added, p. 1243, � …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-24-101 Legislative declaration
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Agricultural crop and livestock producers are constantly faced with the problem of new insects, diseases, depletion of soil fertility, lack of information as to market demands and preferences, and of other distributive practices. Some counties have need for more research work tha…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-24-102 Authority of county commissioners
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(1) For the purposes set forth in this article, the boards of county commissioners of the several counties of the state are authorized to: (a) Purchase or rent land for use in county agricultural research work; (b) Purchase or rent laboratory facilities for use in county agricult…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-24-103 Appropriation
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The boards of county commissioners of the several counties are authorized to appropriate from the county general fund such money as may be necessary to pay the obligations for county agricultural extension and research work as may be authorized. Source: L. 41: p. 89, � 3. CSA: C.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-24-104 County agricultural fund
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The boards of county commissioners of the several counties are authorized to establish a county agricultural fund. This fund may be created out of the county general fund, and repayment of this fund may be made through a county agricultural research tax levy. Source: L. 41: p. 89…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-101 Budgeting - appropriations - fiscal procedures
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The provisions of part 1 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S., shall govern budgeting, appropriations, and fiscal procedures of each county in this state. Source: L. 1891: p. 111, � 1. R.S. 08: � 1215. C.L. � 8692. CSA: C. 45, � 39. CRS 53: � 36-2-1. C.R.S. 1963: � 36-2-1. L. 77: Ent…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-102 County expenditures limited. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 1891: p. 111, � 2. R.S. 08: � 1216. C.L. � 8693. CSA: C. 45, � 40. CRS 53: � 36-2-2. C.R.S. 1963: � 36-2-2. L. 77: Entire section repealed, p. 1441, � 3, effective June 9.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-103 No liability against county beyond appropriation
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No contract shall be made by the board of county commissioners of any county, and no liability against the county shall be created by any officer of the county, whether the object of the expenditure has been ordered by the board of county commissioners or not, unless an appropria…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-104 Judgment against a county, how paid - tax levy
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(1) When a judgment is given and rendered against a county of this state in the name of its board of county commissioners or against any county officer in an action prosecuted by or against him in his official capacity or name of office, when the judgment is for money and is a la…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-105 County general fund
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A fund to be known as the county general fund is hereby created and established in each of the counties of the state of Colorado. The county general fund shall consist of all county revenue except that specifically allocated by law for other purposes. Source: L. 51: p. 294, � 1. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-106 Fund - purposes
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(1) The board of county commissioners is authorized to appropriate money from the county general fund for all ordinary county expenses, including the administrative expenditures of elective and appointive offices, library, agricultural extension service, fire protection, fairs, a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-107 Contingent fund
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The board of county commissioners is authorized to establish a contingent fund to provide for expenditures caused by an act of God, or the public enemy, or some contingency that could not have been reasonably foreseen at the time of adoption of the budget, to redeem outstanding w…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-108 Board to examine county orders
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The board of county commissioners, at its January and July sessions of each year, or oftener if necessary, shall carefully examine the county orders returned by the county treasurer by comparing each order with the record of orders in the clerk's office. It shall cause to be ente…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-109 Allowance of accounts
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No account shall be allowed by the board of county commissioners unless the same is made out in separate items, and the nature of each item stated, and where no specified fees are allowed by law the time actually and necessarily devoted to the performance of any service charged i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-110 Claims presented to board - when - how paid
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(1) Any claim or demand held by any person against a county shall be presented for audit and allowance to the board of county commissioners of the proper county, in due form of law, before an action in any court shall be maintainable thereon, and all claims, when allowed, shall b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-111 Proceedings published - failure - penalty
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(1) It is the duty of the board of county commissioners of each county to publish in at least one legal newspaper in the county a report of each claim, except salary warrants, and expenditure by it allowed and paid and taxes rebated, disclosing the name of and the amount paid to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-112 Appeal on disallowance of claim
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When any claim of any person against a county is disallowed, in whole or in part, by the board of county commissioners, such person may appeal from the decision of such board to the district court for the same county by causing a written notice of such appeal to be served on the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-113 Proceedings upon appeal - pleadings
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The clerk of the board, upon such appeal being taken, shall immediately give notice thereof to the chairman of the board of county commissioners, and shall make out a brief return of the proceedings in the case before the board with its decision thereon, and shall file the same, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-114 Special taxes not levied - when
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In all cases where a special district tax is levied against all property in the county, the board of county commissioners is authorized to make an appropriation from the general fund as provided in section 30-25-106, and no special tax shall be levied for such purpose. Source: L.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-201 Tax levy for county fund purposes. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 13: p. 557, � 1. C.L. � 7204. CSA: C. 142, � 29. L. 51: p. 295, � 3. CRS 53: � 36-3-1. L. 61: p. 302, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 36-3-1. L. 69: p. 229, � 1. L. 70: p. 117, � 4. L. 72: p. 589, � 52. L. 81: Entire section repealed, p. 1400, � 15, effective June 19.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-202 Capital expenditures fund - tax levy - purposes
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(1) For the purpose of providing and accumulating moneys for capital expenditures, the board of county commissioners of each county is authorized to create, by resolution, a capital expenditures fund which shall be used solely for capital expenditures. Moneys from any source may …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-203 Validation of bonds
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Any and all negotiable coupon bonds authorized by any county, city, town, or school district in the state of Colorado prior to March 29, 1917, which might be invalid by reason of the debt-limiting or tax-limiting provisions of section 29-1-301, C.R.S., are validated as fully and …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-204 Levy in excess unlawful
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Any levy which may be certified to the county assessor in excess of the limitations placed by this part 2 shall be unlawful, and, in any such case, it shall be unlawful for the county assessor of any county within this state to enter upon the tax roll of the county any such exces…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-205 Levy not limited - when
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This part 2 shall in no way limit the amount of any levy necessary to be made for the purpose of paying any bonded indebtedness and interest thereon lawfully incurred, or any judgment against any county, city, town, or school district, or the interest on such judgment, or for spe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-206 Violation - penalty
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Any officer of any taxing district or any county assessor who violates any provision of this part 2 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and shall also be liable to removal from office as provid…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-25-301 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly hereby recognizes that withdrawal of lands from county tax rolls for the purpose of wildlife conservation and public recreation may create financial impacts on counties in which such lands are located. The general assembly further recognizes that such withdra…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-101 Exchange of warrants for bonds - notice
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(1) It is the duty of the board of county commissioners of any county having a floating indebtedness exceeding five thousand dollars, upon the petition of fifty registered qualified electors of said county, to publish for the period of thirty days, in a newspaper published within…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-102 Election on bond issue - duties of judges
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(1) All persons voting on the question of funding indebtedness shall vote by separate ballot, which shall be deposited in a box to be used for that purpose only and on which ballot shall be printed the words for funding county debt or against funding county debt; and if, upon can…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-103 Officers to proceed as authorized after election
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As soon as possible after such election if the bonds shall be voted, the officers mentioned and authorized shall proceed to execute the provisions of this part 1. Source: L. 1881: p. 89, � 6. G.S. � 681. R.S. 08: � 1391. C.L. � 8852. CSA: C. 45, � 204. CRS 53: � 36-4-6. C.R.S. 19…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-104 Bonds - how executed
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All bonds which may be issued under the provisions of this part 1 shall be signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners, countersigned by the county treasurer of the county, and attested by the clerk and recorder of said county, and shall bear the seal of the count…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-105 Form of bonds - redemption fund
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The board of county commissioners is authorized to prescribe the form of such bonds, and the coupons thereto, and to provide for the half-yearly interest accruing on such bonds actually issued and delivered; they shall levy annually a sufficient tax to fully discharge such intere…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-106 Redemption - order of payment - notice
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It is the duty of the county treasurer, when there are sufficient funds in his hands to the credit of the redemption fund to pay in full the principal and interest of any such bonds, immediately to call in and pay as many of such bonds and accrued interest thereon as the funds on…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-201 Fund or refund liabilities
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Any county in this state, formed and established from the territory of another county, or other counties, may fund, or refund, any of the liabilities imposed on such new county by section 4 of article XIV of the state constitution and the law forming and establishing such county,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-202 County shall assume payment of bonds
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To render the amount, kind, and character of such liabilities definite and certain and fix their status under the funding and refunding laws of this state, the county imposed with the payment thereof, by the proper action of its board of county commissioners entered of record in …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-300.3 Definitions
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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Registered qualified elector means an individual who is legally qualified to register to vote in this state and in the county wherein the individual's vote is offered and who has complied with the registration pro…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-301 Creation of debt for buildings and roads - election - definitions
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(1) When the board of county commissioners of any county deems it necessary to create an indebtedness for the purpose of erecting necessary public buildings, making or repairing public roads or bridges, developing, maintaining, and operating mass transportation systems, acquiring…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-302 Bond issue - limitation - interest - redemption
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The board of county commissioners, when authorized as provided in section 30-26-301, may make and issue coupon bonds of the county not exceeding the amounts authorized by the electors, payable at the pleasure of the county but absolutely due and payable twenty years after such da…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-303 Redemption - notice - interest - order of payment
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When it appears to the board of county commissioners upon examination of the books and accounts of the county treasurer that there are sufficient funds in his hands to the credit of the redemption fund to pay in full the principal and accrued interest of any of such bonds, it is …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-304 Bonds - signed - attested - sealed - denomination - amount
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The bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners and attested by the county clerk and recorder and bear the seal of the county upon each bond and shall be numbered and registered in a book kept for that purpose in the order in which they are issued. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-305 Sale of bonds - rate - redemption - cancellation
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The board of county commissioners has the right to sell any of such bonds, but no bond shall be sold unless for cash, and not then at a discount of more than fifteen percent of its par value. The money arising from the sale of such bonds shall be forthwith used for the objects fo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-401 Refunding bonds authorized
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The board of county commissioners of any county in this state may issue negotiable coupon bonds, to be denominated refunding bonds, for the purpose of refunding any of the bonded indebtedness of such county, whether due or not due, or which may become payable at the option of suc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-402 Issuance - no election
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Whenever such board of county commissioners deems it expedient to issue refunding bonds under the provisions of this part 4, such refunding bonds may be issued without the submission of the question of issuing such refunding bonds to a vote of the registered qualified electors of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-403 Resolution for issue - form of bonds - coupons - term
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(1) If the board of county commissioners determines to issue refunding bonds, such board shall thereupon adopt a resolution which shall not be subject to the referendum provisions of any statute providing for the issue of said refunding bonds in accordance with the provisions of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-404 Disposition of bonds - outstanding canceled
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All such refunding bonds may be exchanged, dollar for dollar, for the bonds to be refunded, or they may be sold at not less than their par value, as directed by the board of county commissioners, and the proceeds thereof shall be applied only to the purpose for which such refundi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-405 Interest - how paid - redemption fund
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The interest accruing on such refunding bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this part 4 prior to the time when tax levies are available therefor shall be paid out of the general revenues of the county, and, for the purpose of reimbursing such general revenues and for the p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-406 No repeal or alteration of resolution
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Any resolution authorizing an issue of refunding bonds under the provisions of this part 4 and providing for the levy of taxes for the payment of the interest upon and the principal of such refunding bonds shall not be altered or repealed until the indebtedness thereby authorized…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-501 Short title
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This part 5 shall be known and may be cited as the County Capital Improvement Trust Fund Financing Act. Source: L. 82: Entire part added, p. 484, � 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-502 Legislative declaration
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(1) It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state to facilitate, assist, and promote the efforts of counties within this state in the planning, construction, acquisition, improvement, equipping, maintenance, and operation of public projects. (2) It is further the int…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-26-503 Definitions
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As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Board means the board of county commissioners or other governing body of any county. (2) Bonds means any revenue bonds or other obligations issued by a county pursuant to this part 5 but does not include general o…