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Home » US Law » 2022 Colorado Code » Title 31 - Government - Municipal » Article 12 - Annexation - Consolidation - Disconnection » Part 4 - Consolidation and Annexation - Statutory Cities and Towns

§ 31-12-401. Consolidation of Contiguous Cities or Towns

When two or more contiguous cities or towns desire to consolidate with each other, the governing body of each such city or town shall appoint from the officers or citizens thereof a total of three commissioners. The commissioners shall confer together and thereafter report to each governing body the terms and conditions of the proposed […]

§ 31-12-402. Election – Notice – Ballot

In case the ordinance of approval is passed by the governing body less than one hundred twenty days and more than thirty days prior to the regular election in such city or town, the submission to the electors shall be at such regular election; otherwise, the governing body, in the ordinance of approval, shall order […]

§ 31-12-403. Election of Officers After Consolidation

In case the proposition for consolidation is carried in all of said cities or towns, the mayors or presiding officers of the governing bodies shall at once issue a joint proclamation announcing an election of officers of the consolidated city or town. Notice of the election shall be given in the manner prescribed by the […]

§ 31-12-404. Tenure of Officers

All officers chosen at such election, including councilmen, shall hold their respective offices until the next regular election. At the first regular election succeeding the consolidation and at each succeeding regular election thereafter, there shall be elected two councilmen for each ward of said city, each of whom shall hold office for a term of […]

§ 31-12-405. Consolidation Complete

The members of the governing body elected at such election, on the second Monday after the election, shall meet and organize the governing body of the consolidated city or town and shall file two certified copies of the notice of the consolidation with a legal description accompanied by a map of the area concerned by […]

§ 31-12-406. First Ordinances – Appropriation

The governing body of the consolidated city or town may pass, at the first meeting or as soon thereafter as possible, a resolution adopting in a body the ordinances of some one of the cities or towns forming the consolidated town or city as such ordinances existed at the date of consolidation. Upon the passage […]

§ 31-12-407. Licenses

All licenses or other privileges issued or granted by any of the consolidated towns or cities prior to consolidation shall remain in full force and effect until the expiration of the same according to the terms thereof. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1098, § 1, effective July 1. Editor’s note: This section is […]

§ 31-12-408. Bonded and Floating Indebtedness

All bonded indebtedness due or owing by any city or town prior to consolidation shall remain, after consolidation, the debt of that portion of the consolidated city or town comprised within the former limits of the city or town which owed such indebtedness prior to consolidation. No tax shall be levied or collected for the […]

§ 31-12-409. Property Belongs to Consolidated Cities or Towns

All property, real or personal, belonging to any of the cities or towns prior to consolidation, unless the agreement for consolidation otherwise provides, immediately upon the accomplishment of consolidation, shall vest in and become the property of the consolidated city or town. All indebtedness, claims, demands, or rights owing or belonging to any of said […]

§ 31-12-410. Suits – Special Tax

If any actions, suits, or proceedings are pending against any one of the cities or towns at the time of the consolidation, the consolidated city or town shall be substituted as plaintiff or defendant in such action, suit, or proceeding. The same shall thenceforth proceed as if the claim, right, debt, or demand upon which […]

§ 31-12-411. Collection of Prior Taxes – Disposition

The county treasurer shall proceed to collect all taxes assessed against persons or property within the limits of the cities or towns consolidating prior to such consolidation in the same manner as if no such consolidation had taken place. All moneys in the hands of the county treasurer at the date of consolidation belonging to […]

§ 31-12-412. Annexing Cities and Towns

When any city or town desires to be annexed to another contiguous city or town, the governing body of each such city or town shall appoint a total of three commissioners to arrange and report to such governing body respectively the terms and conditions on which the proposed annexation can be made. If the governing […]

§ 31-12-413. Annexation Complete – Rights – Liabilities

When certified copies of the proceedings for annexation are filed as contemplated in section 31-12-412, the annexation shall be complete, and the city or town to which the annexation is made has the power to pass such ordinances, not inconsistent with law, as will carry into effect the terms of such annexation. Thereafter, the city […]