C.R.S. Section 31-2-103
Approval of incorporation election

(1)

Within three days after the election, the commissioners shall file a report thereof with the court, which report shall be verified upon the oath or affirmation of each commissioner and which shall contain the following:

(a)

A certification that the election was held in accordance with the law;

(b)

A copy of the notice of the election, as published;

(c)

The names of the judges of the election;

(d)

The whole number of votes cast in the election; and

(e)

The result declared on the proposal submitted as reflected by the votes cast for and against such proposal.

(2)

If it appears to the court that said election was substantially regular and fair and a majority of the ballots cast at such election were for incorporation, the court shall by order adjudge said petition and election to be valid. The clerk of the court shall thereupon give notice of the result by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or, if no newspaper is published in the county, by posting in five public places within the limits of the proposed city or town. In such notice he shall designate to which classification of incorporation prescribed in section 31-1-203 the city or town belongs. Three certified copies of the notice, with proper proof of its publication, together with a certified copy of all papers and record entries relating to the matter on file in the clerk of the court’s office, including a legal description and a map of the area concerned, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and recorder of each of the counties in which the territory is situate. 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 in section 24-32-109, C.R.S., and file a third certified copy of said notice in the office of the secretary of state.

Source: Section 31-2-103 — Approval of incorporation election, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-31.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

31‑2‑101
Petition to district court 31‑2‑102
Incorporation election 31‑2‑103
Approval of incorporation election 31‑2‑104
Organization of new city or town 31‑2‑105
Incorporation complete - first ordinances - when effective 31‑2‑106
Legal incorporation - validation - dedication of public property 31‑2‑107
Adoption of home rule charter upon incorporation 31‑2‑108
Continued county services 31‑2‑109
Assessment - taxes - collection 31‑2‑201
Short title 31‑2‑202
Legislative declaration 31‑2‑203
Definitions 31‑2‑204
Initiation of home rule 31‑2‑205
Election on formation of charter commission and designation of members 31‑2‑206
Charter commission 31‑2‑207
Charter election - notice 31‑2‑208
Filings - effect 31‑2‑209
Special procedure for adopting a charter upon incorporation 31‑2‑210
Procedure to amend or repeal charter 31‑2‑211
Elections - general 31‑2‑212
Initiative, referendum, and recall 31‑2‑213
Determination of population 31‑2‑214
Time limit on submission of similar proposals 31‑2‑215
Conflicting or alternative charter proposals 31‑2‑216
Change in classification of municipalities 31‑2‑217
Vested rights saved 31‑2‑218
Finality 31‑2‑219
Additional petition requirements 31‑2‑220
Warning on petition - signatures - affidavits - circulators 31‑2‑221
Form of petition - representatives of signers 31‑2‑222
Ballot 31‑2‑223
Affidavit - evidence - protest procedure 31‑2‑225
Unlawful acts - penalty 31‑2‑301
Procedure 31‑2‑302
Petition - election 31‑2‑303
Notice of election 31‑2‑304
Ballot 31‑2‑305
Election of officers - terms 31‑2‑306
No similar proposal for one year 31‑2‑307
Property remains vested - rights - cumulative remedy 31‑2‑308
Duty of county treasurer - sale - redemption 31‑2‑309
Ordinances remain effective 31‑2‑401
Petition to change name 31‑2‑402
Name filed with secretary of state 31‑2‑403
Secretary to keep alphabetical list 31‑2‑404
Notice of hearing on petition 31‑2‑405
Hearing postponed 31‑2‑406
Secretary to give notice 31‑2‑407
Change does not affect liability
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 31-2-103’s source at colorado​.gov