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§ 37-50-121. Costs – Board of Directors to Concur

To the extent that the costs of the proceedings for the issuance of revenue bonds are not paid by the proceeds of the bonds, they shall be budgeted and paid out from district revenues or from the separate district mill levy. Source: L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1917, § 1, effective August 4.

§ 37-50-122. Sinking Fund

The district may provide for a sinking fund for the ultimate payment of any of the obligations of the district. The sinking fund may be invested as provided in section 37-50-112. Source: L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1917, § 1, effective August 4.

§ 37-50-123. Court Confirmation

The board, on behalf and in the name of the district, may file a petition at any time, in the district court in and for the county in which the district’s principal office is maintained, for a judicial examination and determination of any power conferred or of any taxes or rates or other charges levied, […]

§ 37-50-124. Election to Authorize Debt

Except for the issuance of refunding bonds or other funding or refunding of obligations that does not increase the net indebtedness of the district, no indebtedness shall be incurred by the issuance of general obligation bonds of the district or by any contract by which the district agrees to repay as general obligations or other […]

§ 37-50-125. Definition of Elector

An “elector” or “elector of the district”, or any term of similar import, means a person who: At the time of the election, is qualified to vote in general elections in this state; and Either: Has been a resident of the district for not less than thirty-two days at the time of the election; or […]

§ 37-50-126. Elections

Whenever in this article an election of the electors of the district is permitted or required, the election may be held separately at a special election or may be held concurrently with any primary, general, or other election held under the laws of this state. Source: L. 2004: Entire article added, p. 1919, § 1, […]

§ 37-50-127. Election Resolution

The board shall call any election by resolution adopted at least thirty days before the election. The resolution shall state the objects and purposes of the election, the date upon which such election shall be held, and the form of the ballot. In the case of an election not to be held concurrently with a […]

§ 37-50-128. Conduct of Election

Except as otherwise provided in this article, an election held pursuant to this article shall be opened and conducted in the manner then provided by the laws of this state for the conduct of general elections. If an election is held concurrently with a primary or general election, the county clerk and recorder of each […]

§ 37-50-129. Notice of Election

Notice of an election held pursuant to this article shall be given by publication by three consecutive weekly insertions in at least one newspaper of general circulation in each county wholly or partially within the district, as determined by the board. No other notice of an election held under this article need be given, unless […]

§ 37-50-130. Polling Places

All polling places designated by resolution for an election shall be within the territorial limits of the district; except that, if an election of the district is held concurrently with a primary or general election, the polling place for each precinct located wholly or partially within the district shall be the polling place for such […]

§ 37-50-131. Election Supplies

The secretary of the district shall provide at each polling place ballots or ballot labels, or both, ballot boxes or voting machines, or both, instructions, electors’ affidavits, and other materials and supplies required for an election by any law; and the secretary may provide ballots and marking devices suitable for voting and for the votes […]

§ 37-50-132. Election Returns

In the case of any election held under this article that is not held concurrently with a primary or general election, the election officials shall make their returns directly to the secretary of the district for the board. In the case of an election held under this article that is consolidated with any primary or […]

§ 37-50-133. Debt and Tax Levy Election Contests

An election declared to have approved an authorization to levy any tax or issue any bonds, by approval of the tax levy or bond question, or otherwise to incur an indebtedness may be contested by any elector of the district by suit against it as contestee and defendant in any district court of any county […]

§ 37-50-134. Covenants and Other Provisions in Bonds

A resolution providing for the issuance of bonds under this article, payable from pledged revenues and an indenture or other related instrument or proceedings, may at the discretion of the board contain covenants or other provisions, notwithstanding that such covenants and provisions may limit the exercise of powers conferred by this article, in order to […]

§ 37-50-135. Liens on Pledged Revenues

Revenues pledged for the payment of bonds, as received by or otherwise credited to the district under this article, shall immediately be subject to the lien of each such pledge without any physical delivery, filing, or further act. The lien of each such pledge and the obligation to perform the contractual provisions made in the […]

§ 37-50-136. Rights – Powers of Holders of Bonds – Trustees

Subject to any contractual limitations binding upon the holders of any issue or series of bonds of the district issuing bonds under this article, or the holders’ trustee, including, without limitation, the restriction of the exercise of any remedy to a specified proportion, percentage, or number of such holders, and subject to any prior or […]

§ 37-50-137. Investments and Securities

The board, subject to contractual limitations from time to time imposed upon the district by a resolution authorizing the issuance of the outstanding bonds of the district, a trust indenture, or other related proceedings, may invest and reinvest proceeds of taxes, pledged revenues, and proceeds of bonds issued under this article in securities meeting the […]

§ 37-50-138. Rents and Charges

The district and any political subdivision of the state of Colorado contracting with the district and fixing and collecting annual rentals, service charges, other charges, or any combination thereof are authorized to fix and collect rents, rates, fees, tolls, and other charges, in this article sometimes referred to as “service charges”, for direct or indirect […]

§ 37-50-138.5. Prohibition on Duplication of Water Use Fees

Notwithstanding any provision of this article 50 to the contrary, a person or entity within the district, which person or entity is obligated to provide augmentation to a river system other than the Republican river pursuant to a decreed plan of augmentation, is not required to pay water use fees to the district. Source: L. […]

§ 37-50-139. Miscellaneous Powers

The district shall also have the following powers: To pay or otherwise defray and to contract to pay or defray, for a term not exceeding seventy-five years, without an election, except as otherwise provided in this article, the principal of, prior redemption premiums due in connection with, interest on, and other charges pertaining to securities […]