C.R.S. Section 32-7-113
General powers

(1)

The service authority shall be a body corporate and a political subdivision of the state, and the board has the following general powers:

(a)

To have and use a corporate seal;

(b)

To sue and be sued and be a party to suits, actions, and proceedings; the provisions of the “Colorado Governmental Immunity Act”, as set forth in article 10 of title 24, C.R.S., shall be applicable to any service authority formed under this article;

(c)

To enter into contracts and agreements affecting the affairs of the service authority and to accept all funds resulting therefrom pursuant to the provisions and limitations of part 2 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S.;

(d)

To contract with private persons, associations, or corporations for the provision of any service within or without its boundaries and to accept all funds and obligations resulting therefrom;

(e)

To borrow money and incur indebtedness and other obligations and to evidence the same by certificates, notes, or debentures and to issue general obligation or revenue bonds, or any combinations thereof, in accordance with the provisions of this article;

(f)

To refund any bonded or other indebtedness or special obligations of the service authority without an election in accordance with the provisions and limitations of this article;

(g)

To acquire, dispose of, and encumber real and personal property, including, without limitation, rights and interests in property, including leases and easements, necessary to accomplish the purposes of the service authority;

(h)

To acquire, construct, equip, operate, and maintain facilities to accomplish the purposes of the service authority;

(i)

To have the management, control, and supervision of all the business affairs and properties of the service authority and in any case in which it acquires two or more facilities, the authority may use differential prices which reflect differential equities, liabilities, and operating costs for not exceeding thirty years;

(j)

To hire and retain agents, employees, engineers, attorneys, and financial or other consultants and to provide for the powers, duties, qualifications, and terms of tenure thereof;

(k)

To have and exercise the powers of eminent domain to take any private property necessary to the exercise of the powers granted, both within and without the service authority, in the manner provided by law for the condemnation of private property for public use;

(l)

To construct, establish, and maintain works and facilities in, across, or along any easement dedicated to a public use, or any public street, road, or highway, subject to the provisions of section 32-7-116, and in, upon, or over any vacant public lands, which public lands are now, or may become, the property of the state of Colorado, and to construct, establish, and maintain works and facilities in, across, or along any stream of water or watercourse;

(m)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(I)

To provide for the revenues and ad valorem taxes needed to finance the service authority, subject to the limitations of this article, to fix and from time to time increase or decrease, and collect rates, fees, tolls, and other service charges pertaining to the services of the service authority, including without limitation minimum charges and charges for availability of the facilities or services relating thereto; to pledge such revenues for the payment of securities; and to enforce the collection of such revenues by civil action or by any other means authorized by law;

(II)

To levy, collect, and cause to be collected ad valorem taxes and other revenues, including rates, fees, tolls, and charges, fixed within the boundaries of any special taxing district within the service authority as provided in this article;

(III)

To levy, collect, and cause to be collected special assessments fixed against specially benefited real property in any improvement district within the service authority as provided in this article;

(n)

To adopt and amend bylaws setting forth rules of procedure for the conduct of its affairs and providing for the administrative organization and structure, including provisions for delegation of powers and functions of the service authority, consistent with section 17 of article XIV of the state constitution and with this article;

(o)

To adopt by resolution, and enforce, pursuant to section 32-7-115, regulations not inconsistent with state law which are necessary, appropriate, or incidental to any authorized service provided by the service authority;

(p)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(I)

To plan for the territory within the service authority, including the review of all comprehensive plans of local governments located within the boundaries of the service authority;

(II)

To review all capital construction or other federal grant-in-aid projects proposed by any local governmental entity within the boundaries of the service authority and for which review is required by federal or state law;

(q)

To appoint citizen advisory committees to assist and advise with respect to services and powers of the service authority;

(r)

To accept on behalf of the service authority gifts, grants, and conveyances upon such terms and conditions as the board may approve;

(s)

To have and exercise all rights and powers necessary or incidental to or implied from the powers granted in this article.

Source: Section 32-7-113 — General powers, 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
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§ 32-7-113’s source at colorado​.gov