§ 32-1-303 — Court jurisdiction - transfer of file - judge not disqualified

Colorado § 32-1-303

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 32: Special
• Art.: Special District Provisions

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(1) (a)
The district court sitting in or for any county in this state is vested with the
jurisdiction to organize special districts which may be entirely within or partly within
and partly without the judicial district in which said court is located. The court in
and for the county in which the petition for the organization of a special district has
been filed, for all purposes of this part 3 except as otherwise provided, shall
thereafter maintain and have original and exclusive jurisdiction, coextensive with
the boundaries of the special district and of the property proposed to be included in
said special district or affected by said special district, without regard to the usual
limits of its jurisdiction.

(b) If any special district by any reason whatsoever subsequently becomes
situated entirely without a judicial district, the court on its motion or upon motion of
the board shall transfer the entire file pertaining to the special district to the
district court of the judicial district in which the major portion of the special district
is then located, and said district court then shall have full jurisdiction over the
special district in accordance with this article as if the proceedings had originally
been filed there.

(2) No judge of the court wherein such petition is filed shall be disqualified to
perform any duty imposed by this part 3 by reason of ownership of property within
any proposed special district.

Legislative History

Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1552, � 1, effective July 1.