§ 31-15-705 — Construction of highway - petition - notice - election - tax

Colorado § 31-15-705

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 31: Government
• Art.: Exercise of Municipal Powers

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municipality may aid in the construction and repair of any highway leading thereto
by appropriating a portion of the highway tax belonging to said municipality, not
exceeding fifty percent thereof annually, as provided in this section. When a
petition signed by twenty of the registered electors of said municipality asking that
the question of aiding in the construction or repair of any highway leading thereto
be submitted to the registered electors thereof is presented to the governing body,
the governing body immediately shall give notice of a special election. Said notice
shall specify the date of such election, the particular highway proposed to be aided,
and the proportion of the highway tax then levied and not expended or next
thereafter to be levied to be appropriated. The election shall be conducted in
accordance with the provisions of the Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965.
The question on the ballot or voting machine tabs shall be Appropriation or No
appropriation. If a majority of the votes polled are for appropriation, the governing
body may aid in the construction and repair of said highway to the extent of the
appropriation in the same manner as they otherwise would if said highway were
within the municipal limits of said municipality. No part of such highway tax shall be
expended more than two miles from the limits of such municipality.

Legislative History

Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1114, � 1, effective July 1.