§ 31-25-604 — Organization petition - contents

Colorado § 31-25-604

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 31: Government
• Art.: Public Improvements

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(1) The organization of a
district shall be initiated by a petition filed in the office of the clerk of the governing
body vested with jurisdiction. The petition shall be signed by not less than thirty
percent or two hundred of the electors of the proposed district, whichever is less.
After the filing of a petition, no signer shall be permitted to withdraw his or her
name from the petition.

(2) The petition shall set forth:

(a) The name of the proposed district, which shall include the name of the
municipality creating the district, a descriptive name or number, and the words
general improvement district;

(b) A general description of the improvements to be acquired, constructed,
installed, operated, or maintained or the services to be provided within and for the
district;

(c) The estimated cost of the proposed improvements or the estimated
annual cost of providing the proposed services;

(d) A general description of the boundaries of the district or the territory to
be included therein with such certainty as to enable a property owner to determine
whether or not his or her property is within the district;

(e) The names of three persons of the district who shall represent the
petitioners and who have the power to enter into agreements relating to the
organization of the district, which agreements shall be binding on the district, if
created;

(f) A request for the organization of the district; and

(g) A statement that either:

(I) The boundaries of the proposed district include at least one hundred
electors of the district;

(II) The boundaries of the proposed district include at least one elector of the
district for each five acres of land included within the proposed district; or

(III) The petition is signed by one hundred percent of the owners of taxable
real property to be included in the proposed district.

(3) No petition with the requisite signatures shall be declared void on
account of alleged defects. The governing body, at any time, may permit the
petition to be amended to conform to the facts by correcting any errors in the
description of the territory or in any other particular. Similar petitions or duplicate
copies of the same petition for the organization of the same district may be filed
and together shall be regarded as one petition. All such petitions filed prior to the
hearing on the first petition filed shall be considered by the governing body the
same as though included with the first petition placed on file.

Legislative History

Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1202, � 1, effective July 1. L. 84: (2)(b) amended, p. 840, � 4, effective March 29. L. 99: (1) and (2) amended, p. 519, � 20, effective April 30. L. 2002: (2)(e) amended, p. 277, � 19, effective August 7.