C.R.S. Section 37-44-106
Canvass of votes


The district judge, within ten days after the returns of said election have been filed with the clerk of said district court by the judges of election in the various precincts of said district, shall proceed to canvass the returns of the votes cast thereat and if it is proven to said court that at least a majority of the legal electors in said district who are also the owners of more than one-half the total acreage included in said district have voted “Internal Improvement - Yes”, the said judge, by an order duly entered in said court, shall declare such territory duly organized into an internal improvement district under the name and style theretofore designated and in said order declare the persons receiving respectively the highest number of votes in each election precinct for such several offices to be duly elected to such office. Said board shall cause a copy of such order, including a plat of said district, duly certified by the clerk of said district court, to be filed for record in the office of the county clerk and recorder of each county into which any portion of the lands situated in said internal improvement district extends and, after the date of filing such order, no portion of such district shall be included in or form a part of any other internal improvement district. From and after the date of such filing, the organization of such district shall be complete, and the officers thereof shall immediately enter upon the duties of their respective offices, upon qualifying in accordance with law, and shall hold such offices respectively until their successors are elected and qualified.

Source: Section 37-44-106 — Canvass of votes, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-37.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

37‑44‑101
Liberal construction
37‑44‑102
Petition - establishment of an internal improvement district
37‑44‑103
Powers of district
37‑44‑104
Presentation and allowance of petitions
37‑44‑105
Notice of election - voters - ballots
37‑44‑106
Canvass of votes
37‑44‑107
Plans for improvements
37‑44‑108
Directors - powers and duties
37‑44‑109
Meetings of board - records
37‑44‑110
Title - tax exemption
37‑44‑111
Conveyances - power to sue
37‑44‑112
Bonds
37‑44‑113
Sale of bonds
37‑44‑114
Classification of lands
37‑44‑115
Objections to classifications
37‑44‑116
Conduct of appeals
37‑44‑117
Appeal not to delay
37‑44‑118
Modification of classification
37‑44‑119
Apportionment of levy
37‑44‑120
Assessment
37‑44‑121
Assessment list - collection
37‑44‑122
Assessment book
37‑44‑123
Assessments affect land benefited
37‑44‑124
District treasurer
37‑44‑125
Where office of district kept
37‑44‑126
Election of officers - oath or affirmation - bond
37‑44‑127
Notices of election of officers
37‑44‑128
Judges and clerk of election
37‑44‑129
Voters to appoint judges if necessary
37‑44‑130
Administration of oath
37‑44‑131
Hours polls open
37‑44‑132
Count of ballots - certificate of returns
37‑44‑133
Canvass of returns - result
37‑44‑134
Procedure in case of tie
37‑44‑135
Certificate of election
37‑44‑136
Filling vacancy
37‑44‑137
Collection of assessments
37‑44‑138
Construction contract - bond
37‑44‑139
Claims - audit - payment
37‑44‑140
Expenses of organization
37‑44‑141
Works may cross other lands
37‑44‑142
Officers’ compensation
37‑44‑143
Limit of indebtedness
37‑44‑144
Insufficient supply
37‑44‑145
Judicial action on bonds
37‑44‑146
Petition for confirmation
37‑44‑147
Notice of hearing
37‑44‑148
Answer or pleading
37‑44‑149
Determination
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 37-44-106’s source at colorado​.gov