§ 29-4-602 — Posting and publication of notice - petition

(1) A city, city and
county, authority, housing authority, or county housing authority shall not, on or
after October 1, 1963, commence the construction of or acquire by purchase, lease,
or otherwise any project, housing project, or addition to an existing project or
housing project, unless it first posts notice of such proposed action, specifying the
exact nature of the project to be undertaken, in the office of the city clerk of any
city or of the county clerk and recorder of any county within which such project is
proposed to be located and publishes a copy of such notice once each week for
three successive weeks in some daily or weekly newspaper having a general
circulation within the area of the city, city and county, authority, housing authority,
or county housing authority within which the project is proposed to be located. If,
within thirty days after the posting and the completion of the publication of such
notice, a petition, as described in subsection (2) of this section, is filed with the
governing body of the city, city and county, authority, housing authority, or county
housing authority proposing such action requesting that the question of the
approval or disapproval of the project be first submitted to a vote of the registered
electors, such city, city and county, authority, housing authority, or county housing
authority shall not commence the construction of or acquire such project or housing
project until a majority of the votes cast by the registered electors of such city, city
and county, authority, housing authority, or county housing authority has been cast
in favor of such act at an election called for such purpose pursuant to the provisions
of this part 6. If no such petition is filed within said thirty-day period, the authority
may proceed with such project.

(2) The petition, one or more copies of which may be submitted and treated
as one petition, shall be addressed by name to the city, city and county, authority,
housing authority, or county housing authority proposing such action and shall
contain: The identification of the project or action proposed as specified in the
notice provided in subsection (1) of this section; a request that the question of the
approval or disapproval of such proposed project be submitted to the registered
electors of the city, city and county, authority, housing authority, or county housing
authority proposing such action; and the signatures and residence addresses of
registered electors of such city, city and county, authority, housing authority, or
county housing authority equal in number to not less than five percent of the votes
cast for governor or for president of the United States at the last preceding general
election held within such city, city and county, authority, housing authority, or
county housing authority; except that, in cities, cities and counties, authorities,
housing authorities, and county housing authorities having a population of more
than three hundred thousand persons as determined by the last preceding federal
census, only the signatures of registered electors equal in number to three percent
of the votes cast at the last preceding general election for governor or president
held within such city, city and county, authority, housing authority, or county
housing authority shall be required on said petition in order to require an election as
provided in this section.

Legislative History

Source: L. 63: p. 554, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 69-8-2. L. 65: p. 729, � 4. L. 87: Entire section amended, p. 324, � 70, effective July 1.