C.R.S. Section 32-7-141
Sewage collection, treatment, and disposal

(1)

For the purpose of providing sewage collection, treatment, and disposal, a service authority has, insofar as consistent with this article, any additional special powers applicable to the provision of that specific service as provided in part 5 of article 4 of this title. Any municipality as defined therein participating with the service authority shall have the additional powers provided municipalities in part 5 of article 4 of this title.

(2)

If the board finds that a sewer line connection is necessary for the protection of the public health, and if the sewer line of the service authority are within four hundred feet of the nearest property line of such premises, the board may compel the owner of any business, dwelling, or other inhabited premises within the service authority to connect such premises, in accordance with the applicable plumbing code, to a sewer line. Notice to compel such connections shall be given to such owner by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to make such connection within twenty days after receipt of such notice, and if such connection has not begun within such period and completed with reasonable diligence by such owner, the board may thereupon make such connection, and the service authority shall, upon completion, have a first and prior lien on the premises for the cost of such connection. Such liens shall be enforced in accordance with the provisions of section 32-7-117.

Source: Section 32-7-141 — Sewage collection, treatment, and disposal, 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

§ 32-7-141’s source at colorado​.gov