C.R.S. Section 32-4-508
Organization

(1)

A district shall be organized in the following manner:

(a)

The governing body of any municipality may enact an ordinance declaring that the public health, safety, and general welfare require the organization of a district, which ordinance shall set forth, among other things, the following:

(I)

The name of the proposed district;

(II)

The municipalities proposed to be included in the proposed district;

(III)

The municipalities which shall be required to take action to be included within the district before the district becomes organized. This requirement may be met by designating by name those municipalities which are required to take action to be included within the district before the district shall be organized or by designating alternative groups of municipalities which are required to take action to be included within the district before the district shall be organized, or by designating a percentage of those municipalities named which shall be required to take action to be included within the district before the district shall be organized.

(IV)

The time limit within which action must be taken by the municipalities so named to be included within the district, which time shall not exceed six months from the final adoption of the initiating ordinance.

(b)

Upon the final adoption of an initiating ordinance, the clerk of the governing body shall mail a certified copy thereof to each municipality named therein and to the division of local government in the department of local affairs.

(c)

After receipt of a copy of such ordinance from the initiating governing body, the governing body of any municipality, which is named in the ordinance proposing the district, and which desires to include such municipality within the district, may enact an ordinance setting forth:

(I)

A copy of the initiating ordinance;

(II)

That such a district will serve a public use and will promote the public health, safety, and general welfare;

(III)

That the municipality shall be included in said district if and when the same is organized as set forth in the initiating ordinance.

(d)

Before final adoption of any ordinance under paragraphs (a) to (c) of this subsection (1), the governing body of each such municipality shall hold a public hearing thereon, notice of which shall be given by publication, which publication shall be complete at least ten days before the hearing.

(e)

The clerk of each governing body, upon the final adoption of such ordinance, shall forthwith transmit a certified copy thereof to the governing body of every other municipality named in the initiating ordinance, including the municipality which adopted the initiating ordinance, and to the division of local government.

(f)

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(I)

The division of local government, upon receipt of a certified copy of such ordinance from the clerk of the governing body of each of those municipalities which satisfy the requirements for organization as set forth in the initiating ordinance, shall forthwith issue a certificate reciting that the district named in the ordinance has been duly organized according to the laws of the state of Colorado, and setting forth the names of the municipalities which are included within the district. The organization of any district shall be deemed effective upon the date of issuance of such certificate, and the validity of the organization of any such district shall be incontestable in any suit or proceeding which shall not be commenced within three months from such date.

(II)

The division of local government shall forthwith transmit to the governing body of each municipality which has certified an adopting ordinance three copies of such certificate, and the clerk of each such governing body shall forthwith record a copy in the offices of the clerk and recorder of the county or counties in which the municipality is wholly or partly located and shall forthwith file a copy of said certificate in the office of the county assessor and county treasurer of each county in which said municipality is located. Additional copies of such certificate shall be issued by said division upon request.

(g)

Only such municipalities as enact an ordinance to become a part of the district shall be joined therein. No district shall be deemed to have been organized unless those municipalities which are required by the initiating ordinance to take action to be included within the district take such action within the limit of time specified in the initiating ordinance.

Source: Section 32-4-508 — Organization, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-32.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

32‑4‑401
Legislative declaration 32‑4‑402
Definitions 32‑4‑403
Purpose, boundaries, and powers 32‑4‑404
Organization 32‑4‑405
Board of directors 32‑4‑406
Powers of districts 32‑4‑407
Inclusion of territory 32‑4‑408
Unincorporated territory 32‑4‑409
Inclusion of incorporated areas 32‑4‑410
Exclusion of unincorporated areas 32‑4‑411
Exclusion election 32‑4‑412
Exclusion of incorporated areas 32‑4‑413
Liability of property included 32‑4‑414
Liability of property excluded 32‑4‑415
Budget law 32‑4‑416
Dissolution of district 32‑4‑501
Legislative declaration 32‑4‑502
Definitions 32‑4‑503
Liberal construction 32‑4‑504
Sufficiency of part 5 32‑4‑505
Limitation on scope of part 5 32‑4‑506
Purpose, boundaries, and powers 32‑4‑507
Powers of public bodies 32‑4‑508
Organization 32‑4‑509
Board of directors 32‑4‑510
Powers of the district 32‑4‑511
Levy and collection of taxes 32‑4‑512
Boundary changes - liability of property 32‑4‑513
Inclusion of territory 32‑4‑514
Annexation and consolidation of territory by municipalities 32‑4‑515
Exclusion of territory 32‑4‑516
Service of areas outside the boundaries of the district 32‑4‑517
Dissolution of districts 32‑4‑518
Elections 32‑4‑519
Authorization 32‑4‑520
Correction of faulty notices 32‑4‑521
Early hearings 32‑4‑522
Rates and service charges 32‑4‑523
Form of borrowing 32‑4‑524
Payment of securities 32‑4‑525
Incontestable recital in securities 32‑4‑526
Security details 32‑4‑527
Sale of securities 32‑4‑528
Application of proceeds 32‑4‑529
Covenants in security proceedings 32‑4‑530
Remedies of security holders 32‑4‑531
Cancellation of paid securities 32‑4‑532
Interest after maturity 32‑4‑533
Refunding bonds 32‑4‑534
Cumulative rights of security holders 32‑4‑535
Issuance of notes and pledge of bonds as collateral security 32‑4‑536
Connections with existing drains and pumping stations 32‑4‑537
Connections with drains serving property - service charges 32‑4‑538
Construction of other sewage disposal systems prohibited 32‑4‑539
Publication of resolution or proceedings - effect - right to contest legality - time limitation 32‑4‑540
Confirmation of contract proceedings 32‑4‑541
Preliminary expenses 32‑4‑542
Tax exemption 32‑4‑543
Freedom from judicial process 32‑4‑544
Legal investments in securities 32‑4‑545
Misdemeanors and civil rights 32‑4‑546
Validation 32‑4‑547
Effect of and limitations upon validation
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 32-4-508’s source at colorado​.gov