Colorado § 31-15-101 Municipalities bodies politic - powers

Colorado Statutes

§ 31-15-101 — Municipalities bodies politic - powers

Colorado § 31-15-101

Title 31Government

Art.Exercise of Municipal Powers

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-15-101 (2026).

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(1)Municipalities:

(a)Shall be bodies politic and corporate, under such name as they are organized;

(b)May sue or be sued;

(c)May enter into contracts;

(d)May acquire, hold, lease, and dispose of property, both real and personal;

(e)May have a common seal which they may alter at their pleasure; and

(f)May accept the transfer of federal land for public purposes, including but not limited to municipal expansion and residential purposes.

(2)All such municipalities shall have the powers, authority, and privileges granted by this title and by any other law of this state together with such implied and incidental powers, authority, and privileges as may be reasonably necessary, proper, convenient, or useful to the exercise thereof. All such powers, authority, and privileges a

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(1) Municipalities:

(a) Shall be bodies politic and corporate, under such name as they are
organized;

(b) May sue or be sued;

(c) May enter into contracts;

(d) May acquire, hold, lease, and dispose of property, both real and personal;

(e) May have a common seal which they may alter at their pleasure; and

(f) May accept the transfer of federal land for public purposes, including but
not limited to municipal expansion and residential purposes.

(2) All such municipalities shall have the powers, authority, and privileges
granted by this title and by any other law of this state together with such implied
and incidental powers, authority, and privileges as may be reasonably necessary,
proper, convenient, or useful to the exercise thereof. All such powers, authority, and
privileges are subject to the restrictions and limitations provided for in this title and
in any other law of this state.

(3) Each municipality may coordinate, pursuant to 43 U.S.C. sec. 1712, the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. sec. 4321 et seq., 40 U.S.C.
sec. 3312, 16 U.S.C. sec. 530, 16 U.S.C. sec. 1604, and 40 CFR parts 1500 to 1508,
with the United States secretary of the interior and the United States secretary of
agriculture to develop management plans that address hazardous fuel removal and
other forest management practices, water development and conservation
measures, watershed protection, public utilities protection, private property
protection, and the protection of air quality on federal lands within such
municipality's jurisdiction.

Legislative History

Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1104, � 1, effective July 1. L. 76: (1)(f) added, p. 697, � 1, effective April 6. L. 2003: (3) added, p. 1037, � 11, effective April 17.