C.R.S. Section 32-7-105
Petition or resolution for formation

  • designation of services

(1)

The formation of a service authority shall be initiated by a petition signed by eligible electors of the proposed service authority in number not less than five percent of the votes cast in the proposed service authority for all candidates for the office of governor at the last preceding general election or by resolution adopted by a majority of the governing bodies of the counties and municipalities having territory within the boundaries of the proposed service authority. The petition or resolution shall be filed with the district court of the county within the proposed service authority which has the largest population and a copy thereof delivered to the organizational commission upon its appointment by the court.

(1.5)

Local governing bodies in their resolution for formation or the people in their petition for formation may designate which services listed in section 32-7-111 are to be initially administered by the proposed service authority, subject to the approval of the registered electors as provided in section 17 of article XIV of the state constitution, and the manner in which such services are to be submitted to the electors and may provide that such services shall be voted on separately or in combination with one or more other services. If such provisions are not set forth in the resolution or petition, the organizational commission shall make such determinations.

(2)

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(a)

The petition or resolution shall state the name proposed for the service authority and shall list the counties to be included within the service authority and any municipality to be excluded from the authority pursuant to section 32-7-104.

(b)

Upon filing of the petition or resolution, the court shall fix a time not less than twenty nor more than forty days after the petition or resolution is filed for a hearing thereon. At least seven days prior to the hearing date, the clerk of the court shall give notice by publication of the pendency of the petition or resolution and of the time and place of hearing thereon. At the hearing, the court shall determine whether the requisite number of eligible electors have signed the petition or whether a resolution has been adopted by the requisite number of counties and municipalities. No petition with the requisite signatures nor any resolution passed by the requisite number of counties and municipalities shall be declared void on account of minor defects, and the court may, at any time, permit the petition or resolution to be amended to conform to the facts by correcting the defects.

(3)

If it appears at the conclusion of the hearings that the petition or resolution conforms with the requirements of section 17 of article XIV of the state constitution and this article, the court, by order entered of record, shall appoint an organizational commission according to the procedures required under section 32-7-107.

Source: Section 32-7-105 — Petition or resolution for formation - designation of services, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-32.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

32‑7‑101
Short title 32‑7‑102
Legislative declaration 32‑7‑103
Definitions 32‑7‑104
Territorial requirements for service authorities 32‑7‑105
Petition or resolution for formation - designation of services 32‑7‑106
Priority of petition or resolution 32‑7‑107
Court appoints an organizational commission and election committee 32‑7‑108
Service authority organizational commission 32‑7‑109
Election for formation, selection of services, and initial board of directors 32‑7‑110
Board of directors 32‑7‑111
Designation of services 32‑7‑112
Local authorization of functions, services, and facilities 32‑7‑113
General powers 32‑7‑114
Duties related to planning powers 32‑7‑115
Ancillary powers 32‑7‑116
Powers to be exercised without franchise - condition 32‑7‑117
Revenues of service authority - collection 32‑7‑118
Levy and collection of taxes 32‑7‑119
Levies to cover deficiencies 32‑7‑120
Power to issue revenue bonds - terms 32‑7‑121
Power to incur indebtedness - interest - maturity - denominations 32‑7‑122
Debt question submitted to electors - resolution 32‑7‑123
Effect - subsequent elections 32‑7‑124
Correction of faulty notices 32‑7‑125
Refunding bonds 32‑7‑126
Limitations upon issuance 32‑7‑127
Use of proceeds of refunding bonds 32‑7‑128
Combination of refunding and other bonds 32‑7‑129
Board’s determination final 32‑7‑130
Anticipation warrants 32‑7‑131
Inclusion - counties - municipality - existing service authority - procedures 32‑7‑132
Special taxing districts authorized 32‑7‑133
Formation of special taxing districts 32‑7‑134
Local improvement districts authorized 32‑7‑135
Procedures to establish local improvement districts 32‑7‑136
Special districts - transfer of responsibility 32‑7‑137
Special districts - formation within service authority territory forbidden 32‑7‑138
Transfer and assumption of services 32‑7‑139
Payments for facilities acquired by regional service authority - valuation 32‑7‑140
Public transportation 32‑7‑141
Sewage collection, treatment, and disposal 32‑7‑142
Urban drainage and flood control 32‑7‑143
Assumption of services by a service authority in the Denver metropolitan area 32‑7‑144
Dissolution 32‑7‑145
Early hearings 32‑7‑146
Elections
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 32-7-105’s source at colorado​.gov