C.R.S. Section 37-47-119
Assessments

  • procedure in making

(1)

In the event that the plans for the organization of said district, including the petition and the decree entered thereon, provide for a plan of financing the construction or acquisition of the works, or other improvements proposed, by special assessments to be levied against the appraised benefits to property within said subdistrict, then said board of directors may make assessments from time to time, as required, and in making said assessments, said board shall be guided by the procedure for the levy of similar assessments under the conservancy law of the state of Colorado and particularly the provisions of said law appearing in sections 37-5-104 to 37-5-106, and the same shall apply to subdistricts created under this article.

(2)

From time to time, as the affairs of the subdistrict may demand, the board of directors may levy on all property upon which benefits have been appraised an assessment of such portion of said benefits as may be found necessary by said board to pay the cost of the appraisal, the preparation, and execution of the official plan for said subdistrict, superintendence of construction and administration during the period of construction, plus ten percent of said total to be added for contingencies, but not to exceed in the total of principal the appraised benefits so adjudicated. The assessments, to be known as the “construction fund assessment”, shall be apportioned to and levied on each tract of land or other property in said district in proportion to the benefits appraised and not in excess thereof, and in case bonds are issued, as provided in section 37-47-120, then the amount of interest which will accrue on such bonds as estimated by said board of directors shall be included in and added to the said assessment, but the interest to accrue on account of the issuance of said bonds shall not be construed as a part of the cost of construction in determining whether or not the expenses and cost of making said improvement are or are not equal to or in excess of the benefits appraised.

(3)

As soon as said assessment is levied, the secretary of the subdistrict, at the expense thereof, shall prepare in duplicate an assessment of the subdistrict. It shall be in the form of a well-bound book endorsed and named “Construction Fund Assessment Record of Water Users’ Association No. ...., or Special Improvement District No. ...., of the Southwestern Water Conservation District”. Said record shall be in the form of similar records for conservancy districts under the laws of this state, particularly as provided in section 37-5-104. Said assessments may be paid in the manner provided in section 37-5-105, relating to conservancy districts under the laws of this state. All proceedings provided in said sections with respect to conservancy districts shall apply to the assessments, the records thereof, and the manner of payment of assessments of subdistricts organized under this article.

Source: Section 37-47-119 — Assessments - procedure in making, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-37.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

37‑47‑101
Legislative declaration - rivers named 37‑47‑102
Definitions 37‑47‑103
Creation and name of district 37‑47‑104
Board of directors 37‑47‑105
Allowance for directors 37‑47‑106
Vacancy in office of director 37‑47‑107
Powers of district 37‑47‑108
Principal office - meetings 37‑47‑109
Assessment and levy by board 37‑47‑110
Creation of subdistricts 37‑47‑111
Rules and regulations 37‑47‑112
Procedure for establishment of subdistricts 37‑47‑113
Time and place of hearing on petition 37‑47‑114
Recording of protest - procedure - decree - fee 37‑47‑115
Plan for subdistrict 37‑47‑116
Appointment of appraisers 37‑47‑117
Compensation of appraisers 37‑47‑118
Directors bound by financing plan 37‑47‑119
Assessments - procedure in making 37‑47‑120
Improvement district bonds 37‑47‑121
Assessments constitute perpetual lien 37‑47‑122
Directors to remedy defects in assessments 37‑47‑123
Record of assessments as evidence 37‑47‑124
Defects in notice perfected 37‑47‑125
Contracts of subdistricts 37‑47‑126
Issuance of general obligation bonds and revenue bonds 37‑47‑127
Board to certify assessments 37‑47‑128
Limitations on power to levy and contract 37‑47‑129
Investment of surplus funds 37‑47‑130
Sinking fund 37‑47‑131
Court confirmation 37‑47‑132
Subdistrict furnishing water to nonirrigated land 37‑47‑133
Election to authorize debt 37‑47‑134
Definition of elector 37‑47‑135
Elections 37‑47‑136
Election resolution 37‑47‑137
Conduct of election 37‑47‑138
Notice of election 37‑47‑139
Polling places 37‑47‑140
Election supplies 37‑47‑141
Election returns 37‑47‑142
Debt election contests 37‑47‑143
Covenants and other provisions in bonds 37‑47‑144
Liens on pledged revenues 37‑47‑145
Rights - powers of holders of bonds - trustees 37‑47‑146
Investments and securities 37‑47‑147
Rents and charges 37‑47‑148
Miscellaneous powers 37‑47‑149
Cooperative powers 37‑47‑150
Joint action entity 37‑47‑151
Correlative powers of political subdivisions
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 37-47-119’s source at colorado​.gov