Colorado § 31-4-301 Mayor - board of trustees - election - compensation

Colorado Statutes

§ 31-4-301 — Mayor - board of trustees - election - compensation

Colorado § 31-4-301

Title 31Government

Art.Organizational Structure and Officers

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-4-301 (2026).

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(1)The legislative and corporate authority of towns shall be vested in a board of trustees, consisting of one mayor and six trustees, who shall be registered electors who have resided within the limits of the town for a period of at least twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the date of the election; except that, in case of annexation, any person who has resided within the annexed territory for the time prescribed in this subsection (1) shall be deemed to have met the residence requirements for the town to which the territory was annexed.

(2)At the regular election, there shall be elected a mayor for a term of two years and six trustees for terms of two years. Such election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Colorado Municipal Election Code o

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(1) The
legislative and corporate authority of towns shall be vested in a board of trustees,
consisting of one mayor and six trustees, who shall be registered electors who have
resided within the limits of the town for a period of at least twelve consecutive
months immediately preceding the date of the election; except that, in case of
annexation, any person who has resided within the annexed territory for the time
prescribed in this subsection (1) shall be deemed to have met the residence
requirements for the town to which the territory was annexed.

(2) At the regular election, there shall be elected a mayor for a term of two
years and six trustees for terms of two years. Such election shall be conducted in
accordance with the provisions of the Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965.

(3) All officers elected under this section shall hold their offices until their
successors are elected and have complied with section 31-4-401, and four members
of said board of trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

(4) The mayor and members of the board of trustees shall receive such
compensation as fixed by ordinance.

(5) The board of trustees may provide by ordinance for four-year overlapping
terms of office for trustees. The ordinance may also provide for four-year terms for
the mayor and any officers elected pursuant to section 31-4-304. The board of
trustees may reinstate the two-year terms provided for in subsection (2) of this
section by ordinance. Any ordinance passed pursuant to this subsection (5) shall be
enacted at least one hundred eighty days before the next regular election and is
subject, notwithstanding an emergency declaration, to referendum if the
referendum is brought pursuant to section 31-11-105 or pursuant to an applicable
municipal ordinance enacted in accordance with section 1 of article V of the state
constitution. No ordinance enacted pursuant to this subsection (5) shall extend or
reduce the term for which any person was elected. If any vacancy occurs in an
office for which a four-year term is in effect pursuant to this subsection (5), the
board of trustees shall fill such vacancy, as provided in section 31-4-303. If the
office in which the vacancy occurs is not an office for which a successor would
otherwise have been elected at the next regular election, the term of office of the
successor elected at that regular election shall be shortened so that the following
regular election for the office is held at the time at which it would have been held if
no vacancy had occurred.

Legislative History

Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1033, � 1, effective July 1. L. 77: (3) amended, p. 286, � 58, effective June 29. L. 79: (5) amended, p. 1174, � 8, effective July 1. L. 83: (1), (3), and (5) amended, p. 1257, � 10, effective July 1. L. 93: (5) amended, p. 699, � 7, effective May 4. L. 95: (5) amended, p. 441, � 28, effective May 8.