The provisions of part 1 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S., shall govern budgeting, appropriations, and fiscal procedures of each county in this state. Source: L. 1891: p. 111, § 1. R.S. 08: § 1215. C.L. § 8692. CSA: C. 45, § 39. CRS 53: § 36-2-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 36-2-1. L. 77: Entire […]
No contract shall be made by the board of county commissioners of any county, and no liability against the county shall be created by any officer of the county, whether the object of the expenditure has been ordered by the board of county commissioners or not, unless an appropriation shall have been previously made concerning […]
When a judgment is given and rendered against a county of this state in the name of its board of county commissioners or against any county officer in an action prosecuted by or against him in his official capacity or name of office, when the judgment is for money and is a lawful county charge, […]
A fund to be known as the county general fund is hereby created and established in each of the counties of the state of Colorado. The county general fund shall consist of all county revenue except that specifically allocated by law for other purposes. Source: L. 51: p. 294, § 1. CSA: C. 45, § […]
The board of county commissioners is authorized to appropriate money from the county general fund for all ordinary county expenses, including the administrative expenditures of elective and appointive offices, library, agricultural extension service, fire protection, fairs, advertising, airports, health, rodent control, water conservation, weed control, pest control, predatory animal control, and all other general county […]
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of county commissioners of a county, in consultation with the county treasurer, is authorized to make loans to any governmental entity that is created by or located within the county and that undertakes infrastructure projects within the county. The board of county commissioners shall analyze or cause […]
The board of county commissioners is authorized to establish a contingent fund to provide for expenditures caused by an act of God, or the public enemy, or some contingency that could not have been reasonably foreseen at the time of adoption of the budget, to redeem outstanding warrants lawfully issued, and shall fix rates of […]
The board of county commissioners, at its January and July sessions of each year, or oftener if necessary, shall carefully examine the county orders returned by the county treasurer by comparing each order with the record of orders in the clerk’s office. It shall cause to be entered on said record, opposite to the entry […]
No account shall be allowed by the board of county commissioners unless the same is made out in separate items, and the nature of each item stated, and where no specified fees are allowed by law the time actually and necessarily devoted to the performance of any service charged in such account shall be specified. […]
Any claim or demand held by any person against a county shall be presented for audit and allowance to the board of county commissioners of the proper county, in due form of law, before an action in any court shall be maintainable thereon, and all claims, when allowed, shall be paid by a county warrant […]
It is the duty of the board of county commissioners of each county to publish in at least one legal newspaper in the county a report of each claim, except salary warrants, and expenditure by it allowed and paid and taxes rebated, disclosing the name of and the amount paid to each individual or firm, […]
When any claim of any person against a county is disallowed, in whole or in part, by the board of county commissioners, such person may appeal from the decision of such board to the district court for the same county by causing a written notice of such appeal to be served on the clerk of […]
The clerk of the board, upon such appeal being taken, shall immediately give notice thereof to the chairman of the board of county commissioners, and shall make out a brief return of the proceedings in the case before the board with its decision thereon, and shall file the same, together with the bond and all […]
In all cases where a special district tax is levied against all property in the county, the board of county commissioners is authorized to make an appropriation from the general fund as provided in section 30-25-106, and no special tax shall be levied for such purpose. Source: L. 53: p. 221, § 3. CRS 53: […]
