§ 32-7-111 — Designation of services

(1) Subject to local authorization as
provided in section 32-7-112, local governing bodies, by resolution, or the people, by
petition, or the service authority organizational commission, if such services are not
designated by the resolution or petition for formation prior to formation, or the
board after formation, may, by resolution, initiate one or more of the following
services or combinations thereof:

(a) Domestic water collection, treatment, and distribution;

(b) Urban drainage and flood control;

(c) Sewage collection, treatment, and disposal;

(d) Public surface transportation;

(e) Collection of solid waste, but the service authority shall not collect solid
waste except on a finding by the board that existing solid waste collection service
is inadequate. Such finding shall be in addition to the concurrent majority
requirement of section 32-7-112 (1)(a).

(f) Disposal of solid waste;

(g) Parks and recreation;

(h) Libraries;

(i) Fire protection;

(j) Hospitals, including convalescent nursing homes, ambulance services,
and any other health and medical care facilities or services;

(k) Museums, zoos, art galleries, theaters, and other cultural facilities or
services;

(l) Housing;

(m) Weed and pest control;

(n) Central purchasing, computer services, equipment pool, and any other
management services for local governments, including procurement of supplies;
acquisition, management, maintenance, and disposal of property and equipment;
legal services; special communication systems; or any other similar services to local
governments which are directly related to improving the efficiency or operation of
local governments;

(o) Local gas or electric services or heating and cooling services from
geothermal resources, solar or wind energy, hydroelectric or renewable biomass
resources, including waste and cogenerated heat; except that no facilities of a
municipally owned utility shall be combined with the facilities of another
municipally owned utility without its consent and except that neither the initiation
nor rendering of local gas and electric services under this paragraph (o) shall
interfere with, impair, or otherwise affect any franchise, certificate of public
convenience and necessity, or the services being rendered by any other supplier
operating subject to the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission of the state of
Colorado;

(p) Jails and rehabilitation; and

(q) Land and soil preservation.

(2) Unless authorized pursuant to section 32-7-112 (2), the services provided
by a service authority shall be provided on a concurrent basis with local
jurisdictions. This shall not prohibit a board from contracting with local
governments or state government for the provision, construction, or operation of
any service by the service authority or state or local government, nor does it
prohibit any local government from voluntarily vesting exclusive jurisdiction for the
provision of a given service with the service authority.

Legislative History

Source: L. 72: p. 461, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 89-25-11. L. 73: p. 997, � 1. L. 75: IP(1) amended, p. 1299, � 3, effective June 20. L. 81: (1)(o) amended, p. 1457, � 6, effective May 27.