C.R.S. Section 37-47-148
Miscellaneous powers

(1)

The district and any subdistrict thereof shall also have the following powers:

(a)

To pay or otherwise defray and to contract to pay or defray, for any term not exceeding seventy-five years, without an election, except as otherwise provided in this article, the principal of, any prior redemption premiums due in connection with, any interest on, and any other charges pertaining to any securities or other obligations of the federal government, any subdistrict or the district, respectively, any political subdivision, or any person which were incurred in connection with any property thereof subsequently acquired by the district or any subdistrict and relating to either’s facilities;

(b)

To establish, operate, and maintain facilities within the district or any subdistrict or elsewhere, across or along any public street, highway, bridge, or viaduct or any other public right-of-way or in, upon, under, or over any vacant public lands, which public lands now are, or may become, the property of a political subdivision of this state, without first obtaining a franchise from the political subdivision having jurisdiction over the same; but the district or subdistrict shall cooperate with any political subdivision having such jurisdiction, shall promptly restore any such public street, highway, bridge, or viaduct or any such other public right-of-way to its former state of usefulness as nearly as may be and shall not use the same in such manner as permanently to impair completely or materially the usefulness thereof;

(c)

To adopt, amend, repeal, enforce, and otherwise administer such reasonable resolutions, rules, regulations, and orders as the district or subdistrict shall deem necessary or convenient for the operation, maintenance, management, government, and use of the facilities of the district or subdistrict, as the case may be, and any other facilities under its control, whether situated within or without or both within and without the territorial limits of the district or subdistrict; and

(d)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(I)

To adopt, amend, repeal, enforce, and otherwise administer under the police power such reasonable resolutions, rules, regulations, and orders pertaining to water or electric services performed by any person through the district’s or subdistrict’s facilities or pertaining to facilities of the district or subdistrict, any political subdivision, or any person, or any combination thereof, reasonably affecting the activities of the district or subdistrict, directly or indirectly, as the board of directors may from time to time deem necessary or convenient.

(II)

No such resolution, rule, regulation, or order shall be adopted or amended except by action of the board of directors on the behalf and in the name of the district or subdistrict, respectively, after a public hearing thereon is held by the board of directors, in connection with which any political subdivision owning or authorizing any facilities comparable to facilities of the district or subdistrict, as the case may be, whether therein or thereout, or both therein and thereout, and other persons of interest have an opportunity to be heard, after mailed notice of the hearing is given at least thirty days prior to the hearing by the secretary to each such political subdivision wholly or partly within the district or subdistrict proceeding under this article, and after notice of such hearing is given by publication at least once a week for three consecutive weeks in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the district or such subdistrict by the secretary to persons of interest, both known and unknown, the first publication to be made at least thirty days prior to the hearing.

(2)

Without limiting any other express or implied authority provided to the district or to a subdistrict of the district by this article 47, to secure and protect an adequate supply of water, the district may conduct or participate in forest health projects, as defined in section 37-95-103 (4.9), within and outside the district boundaries that reduce the risk of wildfire within the watersheds within which the district collects, transports, or stores its water supply. In addition to any other district financial powers, the district may acquire, sell, or lease real or personal property and enter into lease-purchase agreements as set forth in section 29-1-103.

Source: Section 37-47-148 — Miscellaneous powers, 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
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 37-47-148’s source at colorado​.gov