Each person elected as commissioner, on receiving a certificate of his or her election, shall take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101. Source: G.L. § 440. G.S. § 532. R.S. 08: § 1189. C.L. § 8667. CSA: C. 45, § 10. CRS 53: § 35-3-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 35-3-1. L. 2018: Entire […]
The seal of the county shall be the seal of the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall meet in open session and all persons conducting themselves in an orderly manner may attend its meetings. The board may establish rules and regulations to govern the transactions of its business. Source: G.L. § […]
Each board of county commissioners shall meet at the county seat of its county at least one business day of each month and at such other times and locations within the county as in the opinion of the board the public interest may require. Such meetings shall be held on a regular and published schedule, […]
Except as otherwise permitted under subsection (2) of this section, each board of county commissioners of a county containing more than one hundred thousand inhabitants shall hold at least two meetings in each week of each year; but in the months of July and August of each year the board will not be required to […]
If any member of the board of county commissioners of counties containing more than one hundred thousand inhabitants is absent from any regular meeting thereof without being excused by a majority of the board, he shall forfeit to the county ten dollars for any such absence, which sum so forfeited shall be deducted from the […]
Each county must be divided into three compact districts by the board of county commissioners. Each district must be as nearly equal in population as possible based on the redistricting population data prepared by staff of the legislative council and office of legislative legal services, or any successor offices, in accordance with section 2-2-902. In […]
The board of county commissioners in each of the following counties must designate a county commissioner district redistricting commission, and are encouraged to convene an independent county commissioner district redistricting commission, in order to adopt a plan to divide the relevant county into as many districts as there are county commissioners elected by voters of […]
The board of county commissioners shall appoint staff as needed to assist the commission. Staff or the advisory committee shall acquire and prepare all necessary resources, including computer hardware, software, and demographic, geographic, and political databases, as far in advance as necessary to enable the commission to begin its work immediately upon convening. The commission […]
In adopting a county commissioner district redistricting plan, the commission shall: Make a good-faith effort to achieve mathematical population equality between districts, as required by the constitution of the United States, but in no event shall there be more than five percent deviation between the most populous and the least populous district in each county, […]
The board of county commissioners shall establish deadlines to ensure that the board of county commissioners shall adopt a plan for the redrawing of county commissioner districts no later than September 30 of the redistricting year. These deadlines must include dates by which the following must be accomplished: The designation of a commission, in accordance […]
In any county having a population of seventy thousand or more, the membership of the board of county commissioners may be increased from three to five members pursuant to this section. Subject to referral as provided in this subsection (2), a board of county commissioners may pass a resolution increasing its membership to five members […]
In any county having a population of seventy thousand or more which has increased the membership of the board of county commissioners to five pursuant to sections 1-4-205 (3)(a), C.R.S., and 30-10-306.5, the registered electors may, either by referendum or by initiative, change the method of electing said members or reduce the membership of the […]
At the first meeting after election, the board of county commissioners shall choose one of its number as chairman, who shall preside at such meeting and all other meetings, if present; but, in case of his absence from such meeting, the members present shall choose one of its number as temporary chairman. Source: G.L. § […]
The chairman of said board of county commissioners has the power to administer oaths to any person concerning any matter submitted to the board or connected with its powers and duties, and he shall sign all county orders. Source: G.L. § 461. G.S. § 544. R.S. 08: § 1201. C.L. § 8678. CSA: C. 45, […]
If the board of county commissioners sees fit to refer any matter to a committee of its members, the actions of said committee shall not be final, but shall be reported to the board for its consideration, and the board’s action thereon shall be placed in its records. Source: L. 1891: p. 114, § 1. […]
Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, each county commissioner of the several counties of this state is required to execute a bond, payable to the people of the state of Colorado, conditioned that the commissioner will faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of the office of county commissioner so long as the […]
The bond executed by the county commissioners in counties with a population of ten thousand or more persons pursuant to section 30-10-311 (1) or the insurance purchased by the county on behalf of the county commissioners pursuant to section 30-10-311 (2) shall be in the sum of ten thousand dollars and in counties with a […]
No county commissioner shall enter upon the duties of the office of commissioner unless the commissioner has executed the bond described in section 30-10-311 (1) or the county has purchased the insurance described in section 30-10-311 (2). Source: L. 1881: p. 97, § 3. G.S. § 566. R.S. 08: § 1246. C.L. § 8722. CSA: […]
If a county commissioner executes a bond pursuant to section 30-10-311 (1), the bond, after approval by the judge of the district court, shall be filed by the county clerk and recorder of such county and shall be recorded in the records of the county. Source: L. 1881: p. 98, § 6. G.S. § 569. […]
[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] If any county commissioner acts as such officer, performs any of the duties, or exercises any of the rights or privileges of county commissioner without being bonded or insured pursuant to section 30-10-311, or after judgment of removal from such […]
