C.R.S. Section 23-71-110
Election of board

  • members and terms

(1)

Each public local college district established under the provisions of this part 1 must have a board of control, known as the board of trustees, consisting of five, seven, nine, or eleven members elected at public elections for staggered terms of four years each. The first board of trustees is elected in the manner provided in section 23-71-111. Thereafter, regular elections of board members are held in accordance with subsection (2) of this section.

(2)

The regular election of the members of a board of trustees shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in odd-numbered years, as provided by law for regular biennial school elections in school districts. Special elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February, May, September, or December.

(3)

The board of trustees of each local college district existing on or after July 1, 1984, and before July 1, 1986, shall determine whether the board of trustees consists of five, seven, nine, or eleven members. The board of trustees of each local college district created after July 1, 1986, consists of five, seven, nine, or eleven members as specified in the organization petition; except that the board of trustees may subsequently increase the number of board members as provided in subsection (8) of this section. The board of trustees of each local college district shall determine the number of vacancies existing and the length of term of each vacancy for the next and subsequent regular elections for board members. Except for the election of members who were appointed pursuant to subsection (8) of this section and section 23-71-121, the board of trustees shall ensure that there are no more than three vacancies at any regular election for a five-member board, no more than four vacancies at any regular election for a seven-member board, no more than five vacancies at any regular election for a nine-member board, and no more than six vacancies at any regular election for an eleven-member board and that each board member has a term of four years.

(4)

A board of trustees may establish board member districts for its local college district if it determines that such districts are in the best interests of the local college district. Such board member districts shall be established on the basis of nearly equal population or on the basis of geography and population if the local college district consists of more than one county.

(5)

Members of a board of trustees shall be elected at the regular biennial school election of school districts within the local college district. Any person desiring to be a candidate for the office of trustee shall file a petition for nomination pursuant to section 1-4-803 and part 9 of article 4 of title 1, C.R.S. The election shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S. The secretary of the board of trustees shall be the designated election official responsible for the election.
(6)(Deleted by amendment, L. 92, p. 851, § 55, effective January 1, 1993.)(7) The cost of the election of members of the board of trustees as provided in this section shall be paid by the local college district in which the elections are conducted, or, in the event of a coordinated election, the costs shall be allocated pursuant to sections 1-5-506 and 1-5-507, C.R.S.

(8)

A local college district that has a five-member board of trustees may increase the board membership to seven members at any time by the appointment of two new members. A local college district that has a seven-member board of trustees may increase the board members to nine or eleven members by the appointment of new members if one or more additional school districts is annexed into the local college district as provided in section 23-71-128. Each person appointed pursuant to this subsection (8) must be appointed at least one hundred twenty days prior to the next regular biennial local district college election and may serve as an appointee only until the election and until the appointed person, if he or she seeks election, or his or her successor has been elected and has qualified.

Source: Section 23-71-110 — Election of board - members and terms, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-23.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

23‑71‑101
Short title
23‑71‑102
Definitions
23‑71‑102.5
Local district college - local college district - change in terms - authority of revisor
23‑71‑103
Districts organized - when
23‑71‑104
Petition of electors
23‑71‑105
Election to organize
23‑71‑107
Qualifications of voters - conduct of elections
23‑71‑109
Record of votes
23‑71‑110
Election of board - members and terms
23‑71‑111
Election of first board - new district
23‑71‑114
Candidates for board of trustees
23‑71‑118
Officers
23‑71‑119
Regular meetings
23‑71‑120
District - body corporate
23‑71‑120.5
Recall of board members
23‑71‑121
Vacancies
23‑71‑122
Local college district board of trustees - specific powers - rules - definitions
23‑71‑123
Duties of board of trustees - degrees
23‑71‑124
President - duties
23‑71‑125
Secretary - duties
23‑71‑126
Treasurer - duties
23‑71‑127
Credits accepted by state institutions
23‑71‑128
Additions to district - procedure
23‑71‑129
Dissolution of district
23‑71‑130
Bonds as legal investments
23‑71‑131
Local district colleges subject to section 29-1-302
23‑71‑133
Local district colleges - attorney general to advise - revenue for baccalaureate degree programs
23‑71‑134
Local district colleges - bachelor of applied science degree programs - approval
23‑71‑135
Local district colleges - high school diplomas - approval
23‑71‑201
Definitions
23‑71‑202
Joining state system - state support
23‑71‑203
Submission of plan for joining state system
23‑71‑204
Approval of plan - election
23‑71‑205
Withdrawal from state system
23‑71‑206
Northeastern junior college - approval of plan - date of entry into state system - continuation of mill levy
23‑71‑207
Colorado Northwestern community college - approval of plan - date of entry into system - continuation of mill levy
23‑71‑208
Colorado Northwestern community college - disposal of assets
23‑71‑301
Direct grants to local college districts - occupational courses
23‑71‑302
Distribution of grants
23‑71‑303
Distributions to area technical colleges
23‑71‑304
Area technical college grant program - established - report - definitions - repeal
23‑71‑401
Definitions
23‑71‑402
Certification - tax revenues
23‑71‑403
Change in needed tax revenues - unlawful
23‑71‑404
County treasurer - accounts - warrants
23‑71‑405
Depositories
23‑71‑406
Registered warrants by treasurer of the board of trustees
23‑71‑407
Short-term loans
23‑71‑501
Definitions
23‑71‑502
Bonded indebtedness - elections
23‑71‑503
Limitations on elections
23‑71‑504
Limit of bonded indebtedness
23‑71‑514
Board of trustees may issue bonds - exemption from Colorado income tax
23‑71‑515
Form of bonds
23‑71‑516
Sale at less than par - discount
23‑71‑517
Board of trustees to certify needed revenues
23‑71‑518
Tax levy to pay principal and interest
23‑71‑519
Bond fund - payment and redemption
23‑71‑520
Place of payment
23‑71‑521
Registration of bonds
23‑71‑522
Changes in boundaries - liability
23‑71‑523
Validation
23‑71‑524
Prior obligations not impaired
23‑71‑525
Public disclosure of terms of sale
23‑71‑526
Validation
23‑71‑527
Validation - effect - limitations
23‑71‑601
Definitions
23‑71‑602
Refunding bonds may be issued
23‑71‑603
Question of issuing refunding bonds
23‑71‑604
Authorization - form - interest
23‑71‑605
Sale - proceeds - amounts
23‑71‑606
Needed revenues - tax levy - miscellaneous
23‑71‑607
Application of bond proceeds - procedures - limitations
23‑71‑608
Reports
23‑71‑609
Validation
23‑71‑610
Prior obligations not impaired
23‑71‑701
Short title
23‑71‑702
Definitions
23‑71‑703
Power to issue securities
23‑71‑704
Interim securities
23‑71‑705
Terms of securities
23‑71‑706
Payable from special fund
23‑71‑707
Recital of regularity
23‑71‑708
Committee determination conclusive
23‑71‑709
No impairment of contract
23‑71‑710
Tax exemption
23‑71‑711
Construction
23‑71‑712
Liberal construction
23‑71‑713
Validation
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 23-71-110’s source at colorado​.gov