§ 30-25-202 — Capital expenditures fund - tax levy - purposes

Colorado § 30-25-202

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 30: Government
• Art.: Administration

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(1) For the
purpose of providing and accumulating moneys for capital expenditures, the board
of county commissioners of each county is authorized to create, by resolution, a
capital expenditures fund which shall be used solely for capital expenditures.
Moneys from any source may be credited to such fund unless otherwise provided by
law; except that no moneys dedicated to the payment of general obligation bonds
shall be credited to such fund and except that no moneys restricted to county road
and bridge funds pursuant to sections 43-2-202 and 43-2-203, C.R.S., and no
moneys required to be expended from such funds pursuant to such sections shall
be credited to or expended from a capital expenditures fund. Moneys credited to a
capital expenditures fund shall not revert to or be transferred to any other fund.

(2) For the purposes of this section, capital expenditure means an
expenditure made by a county for long-term additions or betterments, which
expenditure, under generally accepted accounting principles, is not properly
chargeable as an expense of operation and maintenance. The term includes, but is
not limited to, expenditures for the acquisition, development, construction, and
renovation of capital facilities, capital projects, and capital equipment.

(3) In any year, in the course of the preparation and adoption of the county
budget pursuant to part 1 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S., the board of county
commissioners may levy a property tax on all taxable real and personal property in
the county for the purpose of raising revenue for capital expenditures. Moneys
raised from such tax shall be credited to the capital expenditures fund. Nothing in
this section shall be construed as preventing the use of any other moneys which are
not contained in the capital expenditures fund from being used for capital
expenditures. Nothing in this section shall be construed to violate or to exceed the
revenue limitation of part 3 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S.

(4) Any county which has any moneys in a public works fund on April 3, 1984,
shall establish a capital expenditures fund, shall transfer all moneys in its public
works fund to its capital expenditures fund, and shall make appropriations out of
such capital expenditures fund to fund projects which otherwise would have been
funded from such public works fund.

Legislative History

Source: L. 51: p. 295, � 5. CSA: C. 45, � 7(4). CRS 53: � 36-3-3. C.R.S. 1963: � 36-3-2. L. 69: p. 229, � 1. L. 70: p. 135, � 1. L. 73: p. 466, � 2. L. 84: Entire section R&RE, p. 821, � 1, effective April 5.