C.R.S. Section 30-10-306.7
Procedure for electing county commissioners

(1)

In any county having a population of seventy thousand or more which has increased the membership of the board of county commissioners to five pursuant to sections 1-4-205 (3)(a), C.R.S., and 30-10-306.5, the registered electors may, either by referendum or by initiative, change the method of electing said members or reduce the membership of the board of county commissioners to three, pursuant to the procedures in this section.

(2)

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(a)

In any such county, the method of electing members of the board of county commissioners may be changed to any one of the following methods:

(I)

Five commissioners resident in five districts, elected by the voters of the whole county or elected only by voters resident in the district from which the member runs for election. In such case, the procedures for election shall be in accordance with section 30-10-306.5 (6). The county clerk and recorder shall make any other necessary provision to effectuate the change in method of election.

(II)

Three commissioners resident in three districts, elected by the voters of the whole county or elected only by voters resident in the district from which the member runs for election. In such case, the procedures for election shall be in accordance with subsection (5) of this section.

(III)

Five commissioners elected as follows: Three commissioners resident in three districts and elected by voters resident in those districts and two commissioners elected at large; or three commissioners resident in districts and elected by voters of the whole county and two commissioners elected at large. In such case, the procedures for election shall be in accordance with paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of this section.

(b)

The registered electors of such a county may, either by referendum or by initiative, decrease the members of the board of county commissioners from five to three. In such case, the term of office of all members serving on the board shall expire at the time the next duly elected board takes the oath of office following the first general election after the voters’ approval of such decrease, and three new members shall be elected in accordance with sections 1-4-205 (2), C.R.S., and 30-10-306. Two seats, as determined by lot, shall be elected for four-year terms and the remaining seat shall be elected for a two-year term of office in accordance with sections 1-4-205 (2), C.R.S., and 30-10-306. The county clerk and recorder shall make any necessary changes to effectuate the decrease in membership.

(3)

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(a)

Subject to referral as provided in this subsection (3), a board of county commissioners may pass a resolution decreasing the membership of the board, as provided in subsection (2) of this section. Prior to the ninetieth day before the next general election, the board of county commissioners shall request that the county clerk and recorder place the resolution on the ballot for referral to the registered electors of the county at the next general election.

(b)

Subject to referral as provided in this subsection (3), a board of county commissioners may pass a resolution changing the method of electing the members of the board. The resolution shall be referred to the registered electors of the county at a general election. If any number of the county commissioners are not elected by the voters of the whole county when the board of county commissioners passes this resolution, then the resolution must designate no fewer than two of the methods of election set forth in subsection (2) of this section. If a majority of votes cast are in favor of the resolution, the board of county commissioners shall take such action as is necessary to ensure that the county commissioners are elected at the next general election according to the procedure for election contained in the resolution that received the largest number of votes cast.

(4)

In the alternative, a petition signed by at least eight percent of the total number of qualified electors of a county voting for all candidates for the office of secretary of state at the last preceding general election shall be sufficient to place on the ballot at a general election the question of whether to change the method of electing members of the board or to decrease the membership of the board. In the case of a petition to change the method of electing members of the board, such petition shall specify the method of election according to subsection (2) of this section. Such a petition, shall be delivered to the county clerk and recorder prior to the ninetieth day before the next general election with a request that the question be placed on the ballot for referral to the registered electors of the county at the next general election.

(5)

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(a)

If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of changing the method of electing the five commissioners or providing for three commissioners, as provided in subsection (2)(a)(II) or (2)(a)(III) of this section, the board of county commissioners shall change the boundaries of the commissioner districts so as to create three districts as nearly equal in population as possible based on the most recent federal census of the United States minus the number of persons serving a sentence of detention or confinement in any correctional facility in the county as indicated in the statistical report of the department of corrections for the most recent fiscal year. The districts must be numbered consecutively and are not subject to alteration more often than once every two years; except that, notwithstanding section 30-10-306 (3), the board may alter the districts to conform to precinct boundaries that are changed in accordance with section 1-5-103 (1), based on the division of the state into congressional districts or an approved plan for redistricting of the members of the general assembly when necessary to ensure that no precinct is located in more than one district. All other provisions of sections 1-4-205 (3)(a) and 30-10-306 (2) and (3) relating to the method of electing members, as provided in this subsection (5)(a), are applicable; except that, when districts are created, such changes must be completed by July 1 of the odd-numbered year immediately preceding the general election.

(b)

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(I)

Upon adoption of the boundaries of the three commissioner districts pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, it shall be decided by lot which of the five presently elected commissioners shall serve each of the three commissioner districts and which two commissioners shall serve the county at large.

(II)

If more than one presently elected commissioner resides within the boundaries of the same newly created commissioner district, those commissioners shall first determine by lot which of them will serve that district and which of them will represent the county at large. The remaining commissioners shall then determine by lot which of them will serve the two remaining districts and which of them will serve as the second commissioner at large.

(III)

The county clerk and recorder shall establish the time, place, and manner in which such lots shall be conducted and shall declare the official results of such lots immediately thereafter.

(c)

In the event that the registered electors of a county vote to change the method of election pursuant to this subsection (5), the terms of office of the five presently elected commissioners shall not be affected.

(d)

Thereafter, the method of election in such counties shall be as provided in sections 1-4-205 (3)(a), C.R.S., and 30-10-306.5 (5).

(6)

Signature requirements governing petitions for a race involving a seat on the board of county commissioners for the next four calendar years immediately following an election at which the voters have approved a decrease in the number of county commissioners from five to three under this section are specified in section 1-4-801 (2)(e), C.R.S., for major political party candidates, and section 1-4-802 (2), C.R.S., for candidates who do not wish to affiliate with a major political party. Following the first four calendar years after such a change in the membership of the board of county commissioners has been approved by the voters, the signature requirements for a petition for a county commissioner candidate must follow the procedures specified in section 1-4-801 (2)(a), C.R.S., for major political party candidates, and section 1-4-802 (1)(c)(VI), C.R.S., for candidates who do not wish to affiliate with a major political party, as applicable.

Source: Section 30-10-306.7 — Procedure for electing county commissioners, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-30.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

30‑10‑101
Offices - inspection of records - failure to comply - penalty 30‑10‑102
All money delivered to treasurer - penalty for failure 30‑10‑103
Copies prima facie evidence 30‑10‑104
Resignations of officers, to whom made 30‑10‑105
When office becomes vacant 30‑10‑106
Substitute officers have same powers and compensation 30‑10‑107
Penalty for refusing to qualify 30‑10‑108
Fines appropriated to school fund of county 30‑10‑109
Office hours 30‑10‑110
Bonds or insurance of officers - oath or affirmation 30‑10‑111
Oath of deputy 30‑10‑112
Officer to act until successor qualifies 30‑10‑113
Contribution limits for county offices - definitions 30‑10‑301
Oath or affirmation of commissioners 30‑10‑302
County seal - open meetings - rules 30‑10‑303
Meetings of board 30‑10‑304
Meetings of board in counties over one hundred thousand 30‑10‑305
Penalty for absence from meetings in counties over one hundred thousand 30‑10‑306
Commissioners’ districts - vacancies - definitions 30‑10‑306.1
Commission created - commission composition and appointment 30‑10‑306.2
Commission organization - procedures - transparency - voting requirements 30‑10‑306.3
Criteria for determination of county commissioner districts - definition 30‑10‑306.4
Deadlines for preparation, amendment, and approval of plans 30‑10‑306.5
Procedure to increase number of county commissioners 30‑10‑306.7
Procedure for electing county commissioners 30‑10‑307
Chairman - temporary chairman 30‑10‑308
Oaths administered and orders signed by chairman 30‑10‑310
Committee of commissioners - report 30‑10‑311
Bonds or insurance of county commissioners 30‑10‑312
Amount of bond or insurance - county commissioners 30‑10‑313
Bond executed or insurance purchased before duties assumed 30‑10‑314
Where bond filed 30‑10‑315
Penalty for acting without bond or insurance 30‑10‑316
Suits on bond or insurance 30‑10‑317
County to recover all damages - execution against body 30‑10‑318
Recovery for all damage - liability 30‑10‑319
Clerk of board - duties 30‑10‑320
Clerk to designate amount - copies of records 30‑10‑321
Orders - dated and numbered - records of issuance 30‑10‑322
Penalty for failure to perform duty 30‑10‑401
County clerk - term - bond - insurance 30‑10‑402
Clerk for board of commissioners 30‑10‑403
Deputy clerk - duties 30‑10‑404
Vacancy in office - how filled 30‑10‑405
Office at county seat - seal - records 30‑10‑405.5
Electronic filings 30‑10‑406
County clerk and recorder - duties - filing requirements 30‑10‑406.5
Redaction of first five digits of social security numbers on public documents 30‑10‑407
Microfilm and optical imaging records - when - standards for optical imaging systems 30‑10‑408
Grantor and grantee indices to be kept by county clerk and recorder 30‑10‑409
Reception book - form - contents - acceptance for recording 30‑10‑410
File of plats or maps - index - names 30‑10‑413
Certified copies prima facie evidence 30‑10‑415
Tax sales excepted 30‑10‑416
Clerk to administer oaths or affirmations - take affidavit or deposition 30‑10‑417
False oaths, perjury 30‑10‑418
Fees of county clerk and recorder for administering oaths 30‑10‑420
Maintenance of trade name registration 30‑10‑421
Filing surcharge - definitions 30‑10‑501
Sheriff - election - bond - insurance 30‑10‑501.5
Qualifications 30‑10‑501.6
Training 30‑10‑501.7
Enforcement 30‑10‑502
Form of bond 30‑10‑503
Sheriff assumes duties - when 30‑10‑504
Undersheriff - duties - vacancy 30‑10‑505
Vacancy in office - powers of undersheriff 30‑10‑506
Deputies 30‑10‑509
Liability of sheriff for neglect 30‑10‑511
Sheriff custodian of jail 30‑10‑512
Sheriff to act as fire warden 30‑10‑513
Duties of sheriff - coordination of fire suppression efforts for forest, prairie, or wildland fire - expenses 30‑10‑513.5
Authority of sheriff relating to fires within unincorporated areas of county - liability for expenses 30‑10‑514
Sheriff to transport prisoners 30‑10‑515
Sheriff to execute writs - attend court 30‑10‑516
Sheriffs to preserve peace - command aid 30‑10‑517
Outgoing sheriff may proceed with writs 30‑10‑518
Coroner when acting as sheriff 30‑10‑519
Service on sheriff, made how 30‑10‑520
Sheriff not to act as attorney 30‑10‑521
Illegal fees - penalty 30‑10‑522
Actions against sheriff - sureties liable - when 30‑10‑523
Sheriff - permits for concealed handguns 30‑10‑524
Sheriff to provide identification cards to retired peace officers upon request - definitions 30‑10‑525
Disclosure of knowing misrepresentation by a peace officer required - disclosure waivers - reports - definitions 30‑10‑526
Sheriff office hiring - required use of waiver - definitions 30‑10‑527
Behavioral health professionals - grant applications encouraged - definition - repeal 30‑10‑528
Incarcerated parents - family services coordinator 30‑10‑601
Coroner - election - bond - insurance - authority 30‑10‑601.5
Qualifications - fingerprints 30‑10‑601.6
Coroners standards and training board 30‑10‑601.7
Duties of the Colorado coroners standards and training board 30‑10‑601.8
Training - fees - coroner training fund 30‑10‑601.9
Enforcement 30‑10‑602
Coroner and deputy coroner - duties - oath or affirmation - bond - insurance 30‑10‑603
Deputy coroner - appointment 30‑10‑604
Coroner shall act as sheriff, when 30‑10‑605
When sheriff a party or disqualified 30‑10‑606
Coroner - inquiry - grounds - postmortem - jury - certificate of death 30‑10‑606.5
When autopsy performed - jurisdiction - qualifications to perform - definition 30‑10‑608
Coroner may issue subpoenas 30‑10‑610
Oath of witnesses 30‑10‑611
Testimony written and subscribed - fees 30‑10‑612
Verdict of jury - form 30‑10‑613
When verdict kept secret 30‑10‑614
Coroner may order arrest - warrant 30‑10‑615
Warrant - effect 30‑10‑616
Contents of warrant 30‑10‑617
Coroner to make return to district court 30‑10‑618
Burial expenses - when paid by county 30‑10‑619
Conflicts of interest of county coroners 30‑10‑622
Unidentified human remains - DNA samples 30‑10‑623
Department of corrections - reimbursement for expenses of coroner 30‑10‑624
Required toxicology screening for a suicide, overdose death, or accidental death - annual report - working group 30‑10‑701
Election - term - bond - insurance 30‑10‑702
Term of office 30‑10‑703
Form of bond 30‑10‑704
Chief deputy treasurer - duties 30‑10‑705
Vacancy in office - how filled 30‑10‑706
Officers who cannot be treasurer 30‑10‑707
Treasurer to receive and pay moneys 30‑10‑708
Deposit of funds in banks and savings and loan associations 30‑10‑709
Treasurer to keep accounts - settlement of accounts - resolution of findings - report to board of county commissioners - contempt 30‑10‑710
Apportionment and separation of funds 30‑10‑711
Payment of warrants - call published 30‑10‑712
Funds payable in order of presentment 30‑10‑713
Delivery of books to successor - penalty 30‑10‑714
Treasurer collector of taxes 30‑10‑715
Treasurer to issue receipt for money collected 30‑10‑716
Treasurer to assess property, when 30‑10‑718
Registry of orders - open to inspection 30‑10‑726
Failure of treasurer to perform duties - penalty 30‑10‑801
Assessor - election - bond - insurance - term - oath or affirmation 30‑10‑802
Assessment district - deputy in each - oath or affirmation - bond 30‑10‑803
Office and supplies - expenses 30‑10‑901
Surveyor - election - bond - insurance 30‑10‑902
Deputies - certificates admitted as evidence 30‑10‑903
Duties and powers of the county surveyor 30‑10‑904
Vacancy - how filled 30‑10‑905
Remuneration - expenses 30‑10‑906
Disputed boundaries - notice - establishment of legal corner monument 30‑10‑907
County surveyor to administer oaths
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§ 30-10-306.7’s source at colorado​.gov