Colorado § 1-7-908 Additional notice - election to create financial obligation

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-7-908 — Additional notice - election to create financial obligation

Colorado § 1-7-908

Title 01Elections

Art.Conduct of Elections

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-908 (2026).

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(1)(a) A district submitting a ballot issue concerning the creation of any debt or other financial obligation at an election in the district shall post notice of the following information on the district's website or, if the district does not maintain a website, at the district's chief administrative office no later than twenty days before the election:

(I)The district's ending general fund balance for the last four fiscal years and the projected ending general fund balance for the current fiscal year;

(II)A statement of the total revenues in and expenditures from the district's general fund for the last four fiscal years and the projected total revenues in and expenditures from the general fund for the current fiscal year;

(III)The amount of any debt or other financial obli

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(1) (a) A
district submitting a ballot issue concerning the creation of any debt or other
financial obligation at an election in the district shall post notice of the following
information on the district's website or, if the district does not maintain a website,
at the district's chief administrative office no later than twenty days before the
election:

(I) The district's ending general fund balance for the last four fiscal years
and the projected ending general fund balance for the current fiscal year;

(II) A statement of the total revenues in and expenditures from the district's
general fund for the last four fiscal years and the projected total revenues in and
expenditures from the general fund for the current fiscal year;

(III) The amount of any debt or other financial obligation incurred by the
district for each of the last four fiscal years for cash flow purposes that has a term
of not more than one year and the amount of any such financial obligation projected
for the current fiscal year;

(IV) A statement as to whether the district's emergency reserve required by
section 20 (5) of article X of the state constitution has been fully funded by cash or
investments for the current fiscal year and each of the last four fiscal years and an
identification of the funds or accounts in which the reserve is currently held. If the
reserve has not been fully funded, the notice shall include a statement of the
reasons the reserve has not been fully funded.

(V) The location or locations at which any person may review the district's
audited financial statements for the last four fiscal years, any management letters
that have been made public and have been provided to the district by its auditors in
connection with the preparation of its audits for the last four fiscal years, and the
district's budget for the current fiscal year.

(b) If the debt or other financial obligation for which the district is seeking
voter approval is to be paid from a revenue source that is accounted for in a fund
other than the district's general fund, the information required by subparagraphs (I)
and (II) of paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) shall also be made available for such
other fund.

(c) The information required by subparagraphs (I), (II), (III), and (IV) of
paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) shall be based upon audited figures. If no
audited figures are available, the information shall be based upon estimated
figures.

(2) The notice required by this section shall be in addition to and shall not
substitute, replace, or be combined with any other notice required by law.

(3) For purposes of this section, district shall have the same meaning as set
forth in section 20 (2)(b) of article X of the state constitution.