C.R.S.
Section 32-13-103
Definitions
(1)
“Annual operating expenses” means expenditures for all purposes except capital construction, endowment, and payment of debt principal or interest.(1.5)
“Annual operating income” means operating income from all mission-based sources, except capital construction fund income, designated funds raised for the purchase of specified capital needs, unrelated business income, funds raised for the purpose of debt reduction, income for endowment corpus, any distribution of moneys by the board, and any restriction established through board policy.(2)
“Board” means the board of directors of a scientific and cultural facilities district created pursuant to this article.(3)
“County cultural council” means a council comprised of members appointed by the county commissioners of the county, the city council of the city and county of Denver, or the city council of the city and county of Broomfield who reside within the boundaries of the district and proportionately represent the population of the incorporated and unincorporated portions of the county.(4)
“Cultural facility” means a nonprofit institutional organization under section 501 (c)(3) of the federal “Internal Revenue Code of 1986”, as amended, or any agency of local government with the primary purpose of enlightening and entertaining the public through the production, presentation, exhibition, advancement, or preservation of visual arts, performing arts, or cultural history, as such terms are defined by the board. “Cultural facility” does not include any agency of the state, any educational institution, any radio or television broadcasting network or station, any cable communications system, or any newspaper or magazine.(5)
“District” means a scientific and cultural facilities district created pursuant to this article.(6)
“Paid attendance” means the total paid attendance at all mission-based programs as verified by annual audit reports.(6.5)
“Reasonable costs related to a coordinated election” means the amount that the district owes a county or a city and county under the terms of an agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of section 1-7-116, C.R.S., for the district’s share of the costs of a coordinated election; except that such amount shall not exceed the total county or city and county election costs multiplied by one-half of the sum of the weighted population average and the weighted ballot average. Weighted population average equals the active registered voters who reside in both the district and the county or city and county divided by the sum of all active registered voters for each political subdivision, as such term is defined in section 1-7-116 (1), C.R.S., for which the county or city and county conducts the coordinated election. Weighted ballot average equals the number of district referred measures, as such term is defined in section 1-1-104 (34.5), C.R.S., on the ballot in question divided by the total number of referred measures, initiatives, and candidate elections in the coordinated election.(7)
Intentionally left blank —Ed.(a)
With respect to the Denver metropolitan scientific and cultural facilities district, “scientific facility” means a nonprofit institutional organization under section 501 (c)(3) of the federal “Internal Revenue Code of 1986”, as amended, or an agency of local government with the primary purpose of enlightening and entertaining the public through the production, presentation, exhibition, advancement, or preservation of natural history or natural sciences including earth, life, or physical sciences, as such terms are defined by the board. “Scientific facility” does not include any agency of the state, any educational institution, any radio or television broadcasting network or station, any cable communications system, any newspaper or magazine, or any organization that is engaged solely in the acquisition or physical restoration of historic buildings, structures, or sites.(b)
Intentionally left blank —Ed.(I)
With respect to scientific and cultural facilities districts other than the Denver metropolitan scientific and cultural facilities district, “scientific facility” means a nonprofit institutional organization under section 501 (c)(3) of the federal “Internal Revenue Code of 1986”, as amended, or an agency of local government with the primary purpose of enlightening and entertaining the public through the production, presentation, exhibition, advancement, or preservation of natural history or natural sciences including earth, life, or physical sciences, as such terms are defined by the board. “Scientific facility” does not include any agency of the state, any educational institution, any radio or television broadcasting network or station, any cable communications system, or any newspaper or magazine.
Source:
Section 32-13-103 — Definitions, https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-32.pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).
Up to date