§ 32-7-101. Short Title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Service Authority Act of 1972”. Source: L. 72: p. 452, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-25-1.

§ 32-7-102. Legislative Declaration

The general assembly hereby declares that the purpose of this article is to implement the provisions of section 17 of article XIV of the state constitution, adopted at the 1970 general election, by providing for and facilitating the formation and operation of a limited number of service authorities in the state of Colorado. It is […]

§ 32-7-103. Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: “Board” means the board of directors of a service authority. “Concurrent”, when used in regard to the provision of a service by a service authority, means that a service may be provided by a service authority in accordance with the provisions of this article, but […]

§ 32-7-104. Territorial Requirements for Service Authorities

No territory shall be included within the boundaries of more than one service authority. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), a service authority shall include all of the territory of at least one county and may include such additional entire counties as may be proposed, if each county has some contiguity […]

§ 32-7-105. Petition or Resolution for Formation – Designation of Services

The formation of a service authority shall be initiated by a petition signed by eligible electors of the proposed service authority in number not less than five percent of the votes cast in the proposed service authority for all candidates for the office of governor at the last preceding general election or by resolution adopted […]

§ 32-7-106. Priority of Petition or Resolution

When the district court receives a resolution adopted by a majority of the governing bodies of the counties and municipalities or receives a petition signed by the requisite number of eligible electors pursuant to section 32-7-105 for the initiation of formation of a service authority, no other proceedings shall be commenced or prosecuted in that […]

§ 32-7-107. Court Appoints an Organizational Commission and Election Committee

For a service authority which is to be established in an area having a total population of less than five hundred thousand, the court shall appoint nine organizational commission members selected from the membership of the governing bodies of the county or counties and municipalities having territory within the boundaries of the proposed service authority, […]

§ 32-7-108. Service Authority Organizational Commission

The service authority organizational commission appointed pursuant to section 32-7-107 shall meet within twenty days after its appointment on a date designated by the district court. The service authority organizational commission shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its membership. Further meetings of the commission shall be held upon call of the chairman […]

§ 32-7-109. Election for Formation, Selection of Services, and Initial Board of Directors

Within seven days after receipt of the organizational commission’s report, the district court shall direct the election committee, as provided in section 32-7-107 (3), to conduct an election on the date designated by the organizational commission for the purpose of deciding whether a service authority is to be formed, to provide an opportunity for the […]

§ 32-7-110. Board of Directors

The governing body of the service authority shall be a board of directors in which all legislative power of the service authority is vested. In those service authorities having a population in excess of five hundred thousand, the board shall consist of fifteen members, all of whom shall reside in and be elected by the […]

§ 32-7-111. Designation of Services

Subject to local authorization as provided in section 32-7-112, local governing bodies, by resolution, or the people, by petition, or the service authority organizational commission, if such services are not designated by the resolution or petition for formation prior to formation, or the board after formation, may, by resolution, initiate one or more of the […]

§ 32-7-112. Local Authorization of Functions, Services, and Facilities

No service designated in section 32-7-111 shall be provided by a service authority unless such service, together with the maximum ad valorem tax mill levy (other than for debt purposes), if any, necessary to support each such service, has been submitted to and authorized by a majority of the eligible electors voting thereon in each […]

§ 32-7-113. General Powers

The service authority shall be a body corporate and a political subdivision of the state, and the board has the following general powers: To have and use a corporate seal; To sue and be sued and be a party to suits, actions, and proceedings; the provisions of the “Colorado Governmental Immunity Act”, as set forth […]

§ 32-7-114. Duties Related to Planning Powers

To provide for comprehensive planning to promote the orderly and efficient development of the physical, social, and economic elements of the service authority and to encourage and assist local governments within the boundaries of the service authority to plan for the future, the board shall prepare and adopt, after such public hearings as it deems […]

§ 32-7-115. Ancillary Powers

The board of any service authority has the power to adopt by resolution and enforce regulations not inconsistent with state law or regulations which are necessary, appropriate, or incidental to any authorized services provided by the service authority. Said regulations shall be compiled and kept by the secretary so as to be readily available for […]

§ 32-7-116. Powers to Be Exercised Without Franchise – Condition

The board has authority, without the necessity of a franchise, to cut into or excavate and use any easements dedicated to a public use, or any public street, road, or highway pursuant to the construction, maintenance, or provision of any service authorized to be provided by the service authority. The legislative body or other authority […]

§ 32-7-117. Revenues of Service Authority – Collection

In any service authority, all rates, fees, tolls, and charges shall constitute a perpetual lien on and against the property served until paid, and any such lien may be enforced and foreclosed by certification of the delinquent amounts due, within one hundred twenty days after the due date of such rates, fees, tolls, or charges, […]

§ 32-7-118. Levy and Collection of Taxes

To provide for the levy and collection of taxes, the board shall determine, in each year, the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the service authority, and shall fix a rate of levy which, when levied upon every dollar of valuation for assessment of […]

§ 32-7-119. Levies to Cover Deficiencies

The board, in certifying annual levies, shall take into account the maturing indebtedness for the ensuing year as provided in its contract, maturing bonds and interest on bonds, and deficiencies and defaults of prior years, and shall make ample provision for the payment thereof. In case the moneys produced from such levies, together with other […]

§ 32-7-120. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds – Terms

To carry out the purposes of this article, the board is authorized to issue negotiable coupon bonds payable solely from the revenues derived, or to be derived, from the facility or combined facilities of the service authority. The terms, conditions, and details of said bonds, the procedures related thereto, and the refunding thereof shall be […]