Title 31, Government - Municipal
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-407 Adjustment of benefits - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 96: Entire article added with relocations, p. 910, � 1, effective May 23; (2) amended, p. 1340, � 3, effective June 1. L. 2002: (1), (2), and (4) amended, p. 173, � 2, effective October 1. L. 2008: (1), (2), and (3) amended and (5) added, p. 13, � 1, effective August 5…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-408 Modification of state plan by the board - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 96: Entire article added with relocations, p. 911, � 1, effective May 23. L. 2010: (1)(b), (3), (4), and (5) amended and (1.5) added, (SB 10-022), ch. 18, p. 84, � 4, effective August 11. L. 2012: IP(1) amended, (HB 12-1031), ch. 68, p. 236, � 2, effective August 8. L.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-409 Qualification requirements - internal revenue code. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 96: Entire article added with relocations, p. 912, � 1, effective May 23. L. 98: (2)(f), (2)(i), and (2)(j) amended and (2)(k) added, p. 25, � 4, effective March 16. L. 2006: Entire section repealed, p. 192, � 17, effective March 31. Editor's note: This section was for…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-410 Purchased or rolled-over service credit - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 99: Entire section added, p. 35, � 1, effective January 1, 2000. L. 2002: IP(1), (1)(c), and (1)(d) amended and (2.5) added, p. 53, � 1, effective January 1, 2003. L. 2015: Entire section amended, (SB 15-025), ch. 7, p. 15, � 1, effective August 5. L. 2021: (2)(b) amen…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-412 Merger into the statewide retirement plan
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(1) (a) On or about January 1, 2023, the assets and liabilities of the statewide defined benefit plan shall merge into the statewide retirement plan created pursuant to article 31.5 of this title 31. (b) Statewide defined benefit assets held in the actuarial account pursuant to t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-501 Withdrawal into statewide money purchase plan
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(1) Any employer may withdraw from its participation in the statewide retirement plan established by article 31.5 of this title 31 for the sole purpose of electing participation in the statewide money purchase plan created pursuant to the authority granted in section 31-31-502. (…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-502 Statewide money purchase plan - creation - management
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(1) The board shall develop, maintain, and amend a statewide money purchase plan document that is intended to comply with the qualification requirements specified in section 401 of the internal revenue code, as applicable to governmental plans. As used in this subsection (1), int…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-701 Affiliation by old hire pension plans
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(1) Any employer may elect affiliation with the association relating to an old hire fire or police pension plan that it has established pursuant to article 30.5 of this title by filing with the board a resolution approved as to form by the fire and police pension association and …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-702 Affiliation by local money purchase plans. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 96: Entire article added with relocations, p. 922, � 1, effective May 23. L. 2010: Entire section repealed, (SB 10-024), ch. 20, p. 89, � 1, effective August 11. Editor's note: This section was formerly numbered as � 31-30-1003.3. 31-31-703. Money purchase plan benefit…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-704 Optional affiliation by social security employers
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(1) (a) Prior to January 1, 2007, and notwithstanding the exemption provided in section 31-31-401 (1)(a), any employer that covers members under the federal Social Security Act, as amended, or any county that covers salaried employees whose duties are directly involved with the p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-704.5 Entry for social security employers
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(1) (a) (I) Notwithstanding the exemption provided in section 31-31-401 (1)(a), any employer that covers members under the federal Social Security Act, as amended, or any county that covers salaried employees under the federal Social Security Act, as amended, whose duties are pea…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-705 Affiliation by volunteer pension plans
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(1) The board is authorized to make affiliation agreements with governing bodies that provide pension plans for volunteer firefighters to administer such plans and manage the funds of such plans for investment. The fire and police pension association may require periodic renewal …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-706 Affiliation by exempt defined benefit pension plans
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(1) At the request of any local employer having an exempt defined benefit pension plan, the board is authorized to make an agreement with the employer's governing body to manage such employer's exempt defined benefit pension plan fund for investment. (2) (a) As an alternative to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-707 Multiple plan employers
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An employer with multiple plans may exercise its options of affiliation and withdrawal pursuant to this article on an individual plan basis. Source: L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 420, � 8, effective June 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-708 Optional affiliation by county sheriff
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Any county that does not cover, under the federal Social Security Act, as amended, salaried employees whose duties are directly involved with the provision of law enforcement or fire protection as certified by the county may elect coverage under the statewide retirement plan esta…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-801 Definitions
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As used in this part 8, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Assigned duties means those specific tasks or jobs designated by the employer for a particular position within a job classification. The term does not include the duties of a member's rank or grade that the member…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-802 Coverage
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(1) Except as provided in section 31-31-803, any member hired before, on, or after April 7, 1978, is eligible for the benefits provided by this part 8, with the exception of the following: (a) Any member whose employer covers them under the federal Social Security Act shall be ex…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-803 Retirement for disability
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(1) (a) (I) Any member hired before, on, or after April 7, 1978, who becomes totally disabled, as defined in section 31-31-801 (4), shall be retired from active service for disability and shall be eligible to receive the disability benefit provided by this subsection (1) or secti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-803.5 Supplemental disability benefit program. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 97: Entire section added, p. 197, � 3, effective August 6. L. 2001: (1)(c) amended, p. 423, � 11, effective June 1. L. 2009: Entire section repealed, (SB 09-017), ch. 53, p. 189, � 3, effective March 25.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-804 Reduction of disability benefits - definitions
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(1) (a) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (SB 09-017), ch. 53, p. 191, � 4, effective March 25, 2009.) (b) Any disability benefit provided pursuant to section 31-31-803 shall be reduced by the pro rata amount of any social security benefit received by the member attributable to the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-805 Change in disability status - reexamination
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(1) At any time that a total disability, including an on-duty disability pursuant to section 31-31-806.5 (1), ceases to exist, based upon periodic reexamination as may be required by the board or based upon other evidence of ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, a me…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-806 Disqualification upon reemployment
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If, subsequent to disability benefits being awarded to a member pursuant to the provisions of section 31-31-803 or 31-31-806.5, but prior to a decision of the board that an occupational disability ceases to exist pursuant to section 31-31-805 (2), a member is employed or reemploy…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-806.5 Disability benefits - on-duty
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(1) If the board determines that a member, who is otherwise eligible to apply for disability retirement benefits under section 31-31-803, is required to terminate the member's regular employment due to a total disability, as defined in section 31-31-801 (4), that is the result of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-807 Death of member - survivor benefits
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(1) (a) If a member dies while in active service or while on temporary occupational disability under section 31-31-803 (2.2) and leaves a surviving spouse or dependent children, or both, one of the survivor benefits described in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1) shall be paid …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-807.5 Death of member - line-of-duty - survivor benefits
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(1) (a) If a member dies while in active service as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained while performing official duties or as a result of an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of the member's employment, and if such member qualifies …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-808 Reduction of survivor benefits
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(1) The benefits payable under sections 31-31-807 and 31-31-807.5 to the surviving spouse and dependent children of any member, who at the time of the member's death was a member of a money purchase plan established under this article or article 30.5 of this title 31, including a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-809 Termination of benefits
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Except as otherwise provided in section 31-31-807 (2), any benefit provided in accordance with this part 8 to a surviving spouse shall terminate upon the death of the surviving spouse. Any benefit provided in accordance with section 31-31-803 (2) to a surviving spouse of a member…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-810 Employer liability - statewide standard health history form
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(1) (a) The employer of a member shall be liable for the total payment of benefits awarded under this part 8 if the board determines that: (I) The member's occupational or total disability existed at the commencement of employment by the employer, or the occupational or total dis…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-811 Funding of death and disability benefits
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(1) Every employer in this state, except those employers covering their employees under social security and those described in section 31-31-802 (2)(b) and (2)(c) who have not elected to be subject to the provisions of this part 8, shall be governed by the provisions of this sect…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-812 Military leave of absence
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(1) Authorized leave of absence shall include leave for military service as allowed by the board. The board shall adopt rules regarding authorized leave of absence for military service, including, but not limited to: (a) Limits on the length of the term of the leave of absence; (…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-813 Statewide death and disability trust fund - created
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(1) There is hereby created a disability and death benefits trust fund into which contributions for death and disability benefits, including state contributions made pursuant to section 31-31-811, shall be deposited. The benefits provided by this part 8, together with the expense…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-814 Suspension and termination of benefits for noncompliance
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If a member refuses to submit to a medical examination required by the fire and police pension association and authorized by this part 8, fails to provide information necessary for the association to assess eligibility or continuing eligibility for benefits, or obstructs the asso…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-815 Amendment of plan provisions
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The board may amend the provisions for disability and survivor benefits under this part 8 as it deems prudent and necessary to comply with state and federal law or as it deems necessary to efficiently administer the benefits under the plan. Source: L. 2012: Entire section added, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-901 Deferred compensation plan - definitions
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(1) Upon the request of any employer, the board may administer and amend or provide for the administration and amendment of any deferred compensation plan adopted by such employer for members or other employees who provide direct support to the employer's public safety department…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-902 Group health insurance plans
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(1) The board may enter into contracts with carriers to provide group health insurance plans for the following individuals if they are receiving a benefit from another plan administered by the association: (a) A retired member; (b) A retired volunteer firefighter; (c) A surviving…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-903 Group life insurance plans
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(1) (a) The board may enter into contracts with carriers to provide group life insurance coverage to active members of paid pension plans administered by the association and, if they are receiving a benefit from another plan administered by the association, to the following indiv…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-31-904 Statewide health-care defined benefit plan - definitions
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(1) The board may develop, maintain, and amend a statewide health-care defined benefit plan, including a plan document, that complies with the qualification requirements specified under the internal revenue code, as applicable to governmental plans. The purpose of such plan shall…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-32-101 Franchise granted by ordinance
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No franchise or license giving or granting to any person the right or privilege to erect, construct, operate, or maintain a street railway, electric light plant or system, gasworks, gas plant or system, geothermal system, solar system, or telegraph or telephone system within any …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-32-102 Notice of application - publication
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Any person desiring to secure a franchise or license for any of the purposes named in section 31-32-101 shall cause a notice of its intention to apply to the governing body of the city or town for the passage of an ordinance granting such franchise or license. Notice shall be pub…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-32-103 Ordinance read twice - publication before passage
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Every such ordinance shall be read at least twice in full, once at the time of its introduction and again before the question of its passage is voted upon. No governing body of any city or town shall permit any such ordinance to be introduced or read for the first time at any mee…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-32-104 Majority vote required for passage
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Every such ordinance shall require for its passage or adoption the concurrence of a majority of all the members of the governing body of the city or town. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1244, � 1, effective July 1. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1496, � 11, effective May…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-32-105 Cities or towns may erect utilities
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Nothing in this part 1 shall be construed as in any way modifying or restricting the right of cities or towns to purchase or erect electric light works, heating and cooling works and distribution systems for the distribution of heat and cooling obtained from geothermal resources,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-32-201 Financing acquisition of utilities
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(1) In any municipality possessed of authority to acquire public utilities operating under general law or under article XX of the state constitution, unless otherwise provided by the charter of such municipality, no public utility shall be acquired until the plan for such acquisi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-35-102 Ditch and canal management
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The management of any ditch or canal acquired pursuant to section 31-35-101 shall be under the control of the governing body of such acquiring municipality. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1245, � 1, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 31-35-…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-35-103 Trustees of waterworks - duties
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The registered electors of any city or town may elect at a special election held for that purpose three trustees to constitute a board to have the care, operation, management, and control of waterworks owned or acquired by the city or town, subject to the conditions of sections 3…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-35-104 First election of trustees
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If, at the election provided in section 31-35-111, the majority of votes cast are for the board of trustees, the mayor shall issue a call for a special election of such board of trustees, to be conducted by the clerk in accordance with the provisions of section 31-35-106 and the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-35-105 Trustees - qualifications
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No person not a resident and owner of realty within the city or town for the period of at least one year next preceding his election and residing in that part or district of the city or town for which the board of trustees is to be elected shall be eligible for election as a trus…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-35-106 Regular election of trustees
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The regular election for electing trustees under the provisions of this part 1, after the first election to be called by the mayor, shall be held biennially on the first Tuesday in June; but if the entire city or town is included within the jurisdiction of such board of trustees,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-35-107 Trustees - quorum - existing boards - secretary
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(1) The first board of trustees elected pursuant to this part 1 shall be elected as follows: One for the period of two years, one for the period of four years, and one for the period of six years; and, at the end of each term, a board member shall be elected for a term of six yea…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-35-108 Acts of board - meetings - vacancies - compensation and bond
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No members of the board of trustees shall have any authority to act on behalf of the board except in pursuance of an order regularly made at a meeting of the board. No action of the board shall be binding unless authorized by a majority of the trustees at a regular meeting or a d…