C.R.S. Section 31-12-308
Report

  • approval by court

(1)

Following the canvass and certification of the results of the election, the clerk shall forthwith prepare a report, which shall be signed by the mayor and attested by the clerk under the seal of such city or town, containing a copy of the ordinance under which the question was submitted and of the certified statement and determination of the result of such vote, and he shall file said report in the office of the clerk of the district court.

(2)

The court shall examine the report and hear any objections and evidence that may be offered concerning the regularity or irregularity of the proceedings. If the court finds the proceedings irregular, the court shall disapprove said report and order a new election in accordance with the provisions of this part 3. If the court finds that the proceedings were substantially regular, the court shall approve the report. If a majority of the votes cast are against annexation, the question shall not again be submitted at any election held within twelve months thereafter. If a majority of the votes so cast are for annexation, from the approval of such report, such city or town shall be dissolved, and the area then included within the boundaries thereof shall be annexed to and become part of the city existing under a special charter upon the filing of two certified copies of notice of the completion of such action with a legal description accompanied by a map of the area concerned by the special charter city with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which such action has taken place. The county clerk and recorder shall file the second certified copy of such notice with the division of local government of the department of local affairs, as provided by section 24-32-109, C.R.S. Appeals may be made from judgments of the district court in such proceedings as in other civil cases.

(3)

When residence or the payment of taxes is required by law as a qualification to vote or to hold office in the city existing under a special charter, residence and the payment of taxes in any area so annexed shall constitute such qualifications to the same extent as if the same had been in the city existing under a special charter during the same period.

Source: Section 31-12-308 — Report - approval by court, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-31.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

31‑12‑101
Short title 31‑12‑102
Legislative declaration 31‑12‑103
Definitions 31‑12‑104
Eligibility for annexation 31‑12‑105
Limitations 31‑12‑106
Annexation of enclaves, partly surrounded land, and municipally owned land 31‑12‑107
Petitions for annexation and for annexation elections 31‑12‑108
Setting hearing date - notice given 31‑12‑108.5
Annexation impact report - requirements 31‑12‑109
Hearing 31‑12‑110
Findings 31‑12‑111
Annexation without election 31‑12‑112
Election - annexation pursuant to election 31‑12‑113
Effective date of annexation - required filings 31‑12‑114
Conflicting annexation claims of two or more municipalities 31‑12‑115
Zoning of land while annexation is under way - zoning of newly annexed land - subdivision of land while annexation is under way - regulatory impairments affecting newly annexed land used for agricultural purposes - notice - definitions 31‑12‑116
Review 31‑12‑117
Effect of review and of voiding of annexation ordinance by court order 31‑12‑118
Priority of annexation proceedings 31‑12‑118.5
Effect of incorporation proceedings in an area of more than seventy-five thousand inhabitants - annexation ordinance - legislative declaration 31‑12‑119
Disconnection of territory because of failure to serve 31‑12‑120
Court approval required for certain annexations 31‑12‑121
Provision of municipal services to outside consumers - agreement to annex 31‑12‑122
Relation of this part 1 to other laws 31‑12‑123
Applicability to city and county of Denver 31‑12‑201
Including adjacent area upon reorganization 31‑12‑301
Annexation to charter city 31‑12‑302
Petition - order of court 31‑12‑303
Annexation consented to by ordinance - indebtedness 31‑12‑304
School districts - annexation of area to another school district - applicability 31‑12‑305
Question submitted to registered electors 31‑12‑306
Notice of election 31‑12‑307
Ballots 31‑12‑308
Report - approval by court 31‑12‑309
Termination of offices 31‑12‑310
Rights become property of city enlarged - utilities not curtailed 31‑12‑311
Validity not questioned after ninety days 31‑12‑401
Consolidation of contiguous cities or towns 31‑12‑402
Election - notice - ballot 31‑12‑403
Election of officers after consolidation 31‑12‑404
Tenure of officers 31‑12‑405
Consolidation complete 31‑12‑406
First ordinances - appropriation 31‑12‑407
Licenses 31‑12‑408
Bonded and floating indebtedness 31‑12‑409
Property belongs to consolidated cities or towns 31‑12‑410
Suits - special tax 31‑12‑411
Collection of prior taxes - disposition 31‑12‑412
Annexing cities and towns 31‑12‑413
Annexation complete - rights - liabilities 31‑12‑414
School districts - annexation of area to another school district - applicability 31‑12‑501
Application - enactment - filing - definitions 31‑12‑502
Liability for taxes 31‑12‑503
Future levies - prepayment 31‑12‑601
Petition to disconnect territory 31‑12‑602
Contents of petition 31‑12‑603
Hearing - decree - proviso 31‑12‑604
Lands subject to tax for prior indebtedness 31‑12‑605
Copy of decree filed 31‑12‑701
Part 7 relates to towns only 31‑12‑702
Petition court to disconnect from town 31‑12‑703
Petition - contents 31‑12‑704
Hearing - decree - proviso 31‑12‑705
Land not exempt from prior taxes 31‑12‑706
Land subject to tax for prior indebtedness 31‑12‑707
Decree recorded - proof
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 31-12-308’s source at colorado​.gov