TITLE 30 – County Government

Compensation – Fees

30-1-101. Classification of counties – fixing fees.

(1) For the purpose of fixing fees, chargeable and to be collected by county and other officers, and for no other purpose, the several counties of this state are divided into five classes, which classes shall be known as the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth, as follows:

(a) The city and county of Denver is a county of the first class;

(b) The counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Pueblo, and Weld are counties of the second class;

(c) The counties of Delta, Garfield, Larimer, Las Animas, Logan, Mesa, Montrose, Montezuma, Morgan, and Otero are counties of the third class;

(d) The counties of Alamosa, Archuleta, Bent, city and county of Broomfield, Chaffee, Cheyenne, Clear Creek, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Eagle, Elbert, Fremont, Gilpin, Gunnison, Huerfano, Kit Carson, Lake, La Plata, Lincoln, Ouray, Park, Phillips, Prowers, Rio Grande, Routt, Saguache, San Miguel, Sedgwick, Teller, Washington, and Yuma are counties of the fourth class;

(e) The counties of Baca, Custer, Dolores, Grand, Hinsdale, Jackson, Kiowa, Mineral, Moffat, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, San Juan, and Summit are counties of the fifth class.

30-1-102. Fees of county treasurer.

(1) The county treasurer shall charge and receive the following fees:

(a) Upon all money received by him or her for town and city taxes except as otherwise provided in section 42-3-107 (24)(c), whether such towns or cities are incorporated under the general laws or by special charter, and anything in said charter to the contrary notwithstanding, and upon all school taxes in counties of the first class, one percent; in counties of the second class, one percent; in counties of every other class, one percent on school taxes and two percent on town and city taxes; except that a collection fee not exceeding one-quarter of one percent shall be charged as provided in section 22-54-119, and no collection fee shall be charged on other school taxes exempt by law from said collection fees;

(b) Upon all moneys received by him for taxes of every other kind in counties of the first class, one percent; second class, one and one-half percent; third class, two percent; fourth class, three percent; fifth class, five percent;

(c) For receiving all moneys other than taxes, one percent, except moneys received from all federal funds derived from any and all sources. No collection fees shall be charged upon any moneys collected and distributed under the provisions of sections 22-54-106 and 22-54-115, C.R.S., or upon other school moneys exempt by law from said collection fees;

(d) For each copy of a receipt issued for current year taxes, two dollars; and for each copy of a receipt issued covering taxes for a prior year, five dollars; (deleted in 2020)

(e) For advertising delinquent personal property taxes, ten dollars or the cost of advertising, whichever is greater;

(f) For certifying the amount of taxes due on any parcel of real estate, and for certifying outstanding sales for unpaid taxes with the amount required for redemption, ten dollars for each certificate;

(g) In connection with a sale for delinquent taxes, for advertising each property description that is separately identified by its own parcel number for general property tax purposes, the estimated cost of advertising but not less than ten dollars;

(h) Repealed.

(i) For each certificate of purchase delivered, four dollars;

(j) For endorsing the amount of subsequent taxes paid on tax certificates and the date of payment in the book of tax sales, five dollars for each certificate;

(k) For processing an application for treasurer’s deed, thirty-five dollars if the application is not advertised and seventy-five dollars if the application is advertised;

(l) For the assignment of a certificate of purchase, made to the county, city, town, or city and county at any tax sale, to a person desiring to purchase land covered by such certificate, four dollars;

(m) For each notice of purchase required by section 39-11-128 (1), C.R.S., to be served before a treasurer’s deed may be issued, the cost of publication in a newspaper where such publication is required;

(n) For each certificate of redemption delivered, seven dollars;

(o) (I) For services in collecting drainage district assessments on or before December 31, 2025, such amount as the board of directors of the district may allow, but not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars per annum. THIS SUBSECTION (1)(o)(I) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.

(II) For services in collecting drainage district assessments on and after January 1, 2026, twenty-five hundredths of one percent upon all money received by the county treasurer for assessments levied by the drainage district;

(p) (I) For services in collecting irrigation district assessments on or before December 31, 2025, such amount as the board of directors of the district may allow, but not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars per annum. THIS SUBSECTION (1)(p)(I) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026.

(II) For services in collecting irrigation district assessments on and after January 1, 2026, twenty-five hundredths of one percent upon all money received by the county treasurer for assessments levied by the irrigation district;

(q) For services rendered in handling the payment of principal and interest on bonds of a school district, such amount as the county treasurer and the board of education shall agree upon, which shall be determined in accordance with the prevailing rate charged for similar services rendered by commercial banks in the state of Colorado;

(r) For preparation of a distraint warrant, fifteen dollars;

(s) For research, the amounts specified in section 24-72-205;

(t) For the notice, computation, and recording provided in section 32-1-1604, C.R.S., thirty dollars.

(1.5) The county treasurer may charge and receive the fee specified in section 42-4-510 (2)(a) for issuing an authentication of paid ad valorem taxes and a transportable manufactured home permit.

(2) None of the provisions of this section shall be applicable to any moneys received or collected by any county treasurer for any hospital established under the provisions of part 3 of article 3 of title 25, C.R.S., or for any health service district embracing only an entire county established under the provisions of article 1 of title 32, C.R.S.

(3) In addition to any other fees to which the county treasurer is entitled and notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, the county treasurer may charge an administrative fee of five dollars when the payment of any real property tax statement, exclusive of any license fees collected pursuant to sections 35-40-205 and 35-57.5-116, C.R.S., is less than ten dollars. The fee shall be credited to the county general fund, pursuant to section 30-25-105, to cover the cost of processing such tax statement.

30-1-103. Fees of county clerk and recorders.

(1) Fees collected by county clerk and recorders shall be as follows: For filing or recording each document for which a fee is not specifically provided, except tax schedules and claims against the county, for which no fee shall be allowed, in cities and counties and in counties of every class, the clerk shall receive ten dollars for the first page and five dollars for each additional page.

(2) In cities and counties and in every county, the following fees shall apply:

(a) For taking and certifying each affidavit, two dollars;

(b) For each certificate and seal, one dollar;

(d) For certificate of magistracy under seal, two dollars;

(e) For taking acknowledgments, two dollars;

(f) For recording town plats, subdivision plats, and all other plats, and for recording all documents in excess of eight and one-half inches in width or fourteen inches in length, ten dollars per sheet;

(g) For entering subsequent taxes paid in tax sale record, five dollars for each certificate;

(h) For entering certificate of redemption in tax sale record, five dollars for each certificate;

(i) Repealed.

(j) For copies of records, a fee in an amount determined pursuant to section 24-72-205 (5), C.R.S.;

(k) and (l) Repealed.

(m) For recording all certificates, affidavits, deeds, or other documents containing the name of one or more mining claims and for indexing the same under the name of each such mining claim, five dollars per page, plus twenty-five cents for each mining claim named therein.

(3) County governments shall be exempt from all fees authorized to be collected under the provisions of this section whenever the county or any agency thereof is the grantor or grantee of the document being recorded or whenever a delegate child support enforcement unit files or records documents for the purpose of collecting child support, child support arrears, maintenance, maintenance when combined with child support, retroactive support, or child support debt.

(4) (Deleted)

(5) The fee described in subsection (1) of this section shall not be collected on any filing received by the county clerk and recorder as an authorized agent of the executive director of the department of revenue pursuant to section 38-29-128 or 42-6-121, C.R.S., in which case the fee collected shall be five dollars per page.

30-1-104. Fees of sheriff.

(1) Fees collected by sheriffs shall be as follows:

(a) For serving and returning summons or other writ of process in a criminal action not specified in this section, with or without complaint attached, on each party served, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than fifteen dollars;

(a.5) For serving and returning a summons or other writ of process in other than a criminal action not specified in this section, with or without complaint attached, on each party served, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than thirty-five dollars;

(b) For making a return on a summons in a criminal action not served, for each party, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than five dollars;

(b.5) For making a return on a summons in other than a criminal action not served, for each party, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than twenty dollars;

(c) For serving and returning each subpoena in a criminal action on each witness, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than seven dollars and fifty cents;

(c.5) For serving and returning each subpoena in other than a criminal action on each witness, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than sixty dollars;

(d) For making return on a subpoena in a criminal action not served, in counties of every class, five dollars;

(d.5) For making return on a subpoena in other than a criminal action not served, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than twenty dollars;

(e) For serving each juror in counties of every class, ten dollars;

(f) For serving and returning writ of attachment or replevin on each party, in counties of every class, mileage, as described in paragraph (h.5) of this subsection (1), and actual expenses;

(g) For serving garnishee summons on each party, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than twenty dollars;

(h) Mileage for each mile actually and necessarily traveled in serving each writ, subpoena, or other process in a criminal action, not less than twelve cents nor more than the maximum mileage allowance provided for state officers and employees under section 24-9-104, C.R.S., as determined by resolution of the board of county commissioners of each county or as provided by the charter of a home rule county; except that actual and not constructive mileage shall be allowed in all cases; and, where more than one warrant is served by any officer on one trip, the actual mileage only shall be allowed such officer, and the actual mileage shall be apportioned among the several warrants served on the trip;

(h.5) For mileage:

(I) Not to exceed the mileage rate authorized for county officials and employees pursuant to section 30-11-107 (1) (t), for each mile actually and necessarily traveled in serving each writ, subpoena, or other process in an action other than a criminal action; or

(II) A sheriff may establish a zone- or zip code-based mileage fee structure. The zone- or zip code-based mileage fee structure shall establish a single mileage fee for the service of any writ, subpoena, or other process in an action, other than a criminal action, in each separate zone or zip code, as applicable, in the county. The applicable single mileage fee for a zone or zip code shall be charged for all papers served in the zone or zip code regardless of the number of attempts or actual mileage traveled by a sheriff within the zone or zip code during a sheriff’s operational period. The single mileage fees for each zone or zip code shall be set by resolution of the board of county commissioners for the county and posted pursuant to section 30-1-108.

(i) In making demand for payment on executions when payment is not made, in counties of every class, one dollar;

(j) For levying execution or writ of attachment, besides actual custodial and transportation costs necessarily incurred in counties of every class, mileage, as described in paragraph (h.5) of this subsection (1), and actual expenses;

(k) For levying writ of replevin, besides actual custodial and transportation costs necessarily incurred in counties of every class, mileage, as described in paragraph (h.5) of this subsection (1), and actual expenses;

(l) No custodian shall be appointed by the sheriff to take custody of goods by him or her attached, nor shall any deputy be placed in charge thereof, unless the plaintiff or his or her attorney shall request the appointment of such custodian in writing; such custodian or deputy shall receive twelve dollars per diem of twelve hours, or fraction thereof, which shall be taxed as costs in the case;

(m) For making and filing for record a certificate of levy on attachment or other cases, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than thirty dollars;

(n) For committing and discharging convicted prisoners to and from the county jail, in counties of every class, a reasonable fee, not to exceed thirty dollars, which fee shall be collected directly from prisoners at the time of commitment, but shall be refunded to any prisoner who is not convicted;

(o) For serving writ with aid of posse comitatus with actual expenses necessarily incurred in executing said writ, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than sixty dollars; for serving same without aid in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than four dollars;

(p) For attending before any judge, court not being in session, with prisoners with writ of habeas corpus for each day of twelve hours, or fraction thereof, in counties of every class, twelve dollars;

(q) For attending courts of record when in session, per diem of twelve hours, or fraction thereof, in counties of every class, twelve dollars; but the attendance upon the county court shall be certified by the judge of said court at the close of each month;

(r) For advertising property for sale, besides the actual cost of the advertising, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than thirty dollars;

(s) For making certificates of sale previous to execution of deed, or on sales of personal property, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than thirty dollars;

(t) For executing and acknowledging deed of sale of real estate, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than forty dollars;

(u) For taking, approving, and returning bond in any case, in counties of every class, a reasonable fee, not to exceed ten dollars;

(v) For executing capias or warrant in criminal cases, on each prisoner named therein, in counties of every class, two dollars;

(w) For transporting insane or other prisoners, besides the actual expenses necessarily incurred, in counties of every class, not less than twelve cents per mile nor more than the maximum mileage allowance provided for state officers and employees under section 24-9-104, C.R.S., as determined by resolution of the board of county commissioners of each county or as provided by the charter of a home rule county, and for the service of mittimus or other process order, whether written or otherwise, in transporting prisoners, in counties of every class, not less than twelve cents per mile nor more than the maximum mileage allowance provided for state officers and employees under section 24-9-104, C.R.S., as determined by resolution of the board of county commissioners of each county or as provided by the charter of a home rule county; except that such mileage shall be only by one officer and no mileage shall be charged upon the guards attending the officer having custody of the prisoner and further except that the guards attending the officer in charge of the prisoner shall receive, besides the expenses necessarily incurred, the sum of twelve dollars per diem of twelve hours, or fraction thereof, to be paid out of the county treasury;

(x) For his or her services in sales of real estate on an execution or decree, order of court, or other court process, besides actual expenses, in counties of every class on all bids under three thousand dollars, twenty dollars; and on all sums bid over three thousand dollars, one percent; but such commission shall in no case exceed the sum of one hundred dollars;

(y) For money collected by sale of personal property, in counties of every class, on all sums bid under five hundred dollars, five percent; on all sums bid over five hundred dollars and under one thousand dollars, six percent; and on all sums bid over one thousand dollars, seven percent; but no fee shall be charged for an auctioneer or other person for making sales of personal property; and in no case shall such commission exceed the sum of one hundred dollars;

(z) For money collected or settlements made without sale, after writ of execution, attachment, or replevin has been placed in his or her hands and levy or demand for payment has been made on the proper party, in counties of every class, on all amounts under five hundred dollars, three percent; on all amounts over five hundred dollars and under one thousand dollars, two percent; and on all amounts over one thousand dollars, one and one-half percent; but the fee in no case shall exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars; and the plaintiff or any person making any settlement shall be liable to the sheriff for such fees;

(aa) For pursuing and capturing, or pursuit without capture, when previously authorized by the board of county commissioners, each prisoner charged with the commission of any crime denominated a felony, beyond the limits of said county, in counties of every class, all necessary expenses of such pursuit, upon a verified, itemized account being presented for the same, together with twelve dollars per diem of twelve hours for the time occupied in such pursuit;

(bb) For serving and returning writ of ne exeat or body attachment, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than twenty dollars;

(cc) For serving copy of execution when making levy on shares of stock under execution, on each party served, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than sixty dollars;

(dd) For making certificates of levy on shares, or otherwise, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than thirty dollars;

(ee) For making return on execution, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than sixty dollars;

(ff) For executing certificate of redemption, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not more than thirty dollars;

(gg) For service and execution of any writ of restitution or order of possession of premises, besides actual transportation costs necessarily incurred in counties of every class, actual expenses not to exceed two hundred dollars; except that a sheriff may charge for actual expenses in excess of two hundred dollars if the work performed exceeds two hours in duration. A sheriff may charge a fee under this paragraph (gg) after the sheriff has provided a detailed accounting of his or her actual expenses to the person requesting such service. Actual transportation costs assessed pursuant to this paragraph (gg) shall only be charged once per location for each service or execution.

(1.5) If the cost of serving any writ of restitution or order of possession of premises may be provided at a lower cost to a county by a private provider, such county shall contract with a private provider pursuant to a competitive bidding system in which a contract to provide the service of such writs is awarded to the lowest bidder. The provisions of this subsection (1.5) shall not be deemed to authorize that services related to the execution of any writ of restitution or order of possession of premises be provided through private contracting.

(2) As used in this section, “actual expenses” means those personnel and processing costs incurred in typing, processing, filing, and serving said process papers but does not include mileage. Subject to the limitations contained in this section, the fee for each type of service shall be fixed by ordinance or resolution.

30-1-105. Constructive mileage not allowed.

(Deleted)

30-1-105.5. Two or more papers served on same person or different persons at same time and place in same action.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, when any sheriff serves two or more papers on the same person, or serves papers on different persons at the same time and place in the same action, the sheriff shall charge the highest individual fee allowable pursuant to section 30-1-104 for the first process and an additional ten dollars for each subsequent process served.

(2) If a county has adopted a zone- or zip code-based mileage fee structure, as that term is described in section 30-1-104 (1) (h.5) (II), when any sheriff serves two or more papers on the same person, or serves papers on different persons at the same time and place in the same action, the sheriff shall charge the single zone- or zip code-based mileage fee for the first process and an additional ten dollars for each subsequent process served.

30-1-106. Service must be made on tender of fees.

(1) No sheriff shall refuse to serve any writ, summons, or notice requested by any person entitled to such service, when offered or tendered the fees allowed by law for such service; nor shall he or she charge, demand, or receive any greater sum or compensation or allowance.

(2) A sheriff shall have the authority to establish billing accounts for licensed attorneys and licensed collection agencies that have a principal office located in the state.

(3) A sheriff shall have the authority to develop and publish standardized procedures for billing the accounts authorized by subsection (2) of this section. Such procedures may include the ability to suspend the billing privileges of any entity for nonpayment of a fee upon demand or other good cause shown.

30-1-107. Penalty for violation – duties.

Any sheriff who violates any of the provisions of section 30-1-106 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars for each offense, and is liable to any person aggrieved to pay all loss, damage, and expenses, including attorney fees in prosecuting or suing such officer, which such aggrieved person may sustain by reason of such violation. The sheriff and the sheriff’s deputies shall be subject to section 30-1-106.

30-1-108. Schedule of fees posted.

All officers of this state who are required to collect fees for their services are required to make fair tables of their respective fees, and keep the same posted in their respective offices in some conspicuous place for the inspection of all persons who have business in such office; and, if any such officer neglects to keep a table of fees posted in his office, such officer, for each day of such neglect, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars, to be recovered by action at law before the county court for the use of the county in which the offense has been committed.

30-1-109. Fee bill.

Any person liable for any costs or fees shall be entitled to receive on demand a certified bill of the same in which the items of service and the charges therefor shall be specifically stated.

30-1-110. Penalty for failure to serve.

When any clerk, sheriff, or other officer is required by any person, in good faith, to do any official act, or perform any official duty for which he is entitled to demand and receive a fee established by law, and if required to do so, he shall state to such person the amount which he is allowed by law to collect, and if, upon a tender to him of such amount, such officer willfully neglects or refuses to perform such act or duty, he is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than two hundred dollars.

30-1-111. Unauthorized fees – penalty.

If any officer whose fees are expressed and limited in this article takes or demands greater fees than prescribed for any service, or charges for said services and neglects or refuses to enter the same of record, or to perform the same, he shall forfeit to the party injured thereby the sum of fifty dollars to be recovered as actions of debt of the same amount are recoverable by law.

30-1-112. Fees paid monthly.

(1) It is the duty of county sheriffs, county clerks and recorders, and all county officials to collect all fees of their respective offices and to pay the same to the county treasurer of their respective counties monthly; also to file monthly with the county treasurer an itemized statement of all fees so collected.

(2) Commencing January 1, 1970, it is the duty of the clerks of district, juvenile, probate, and county courts to transmit monthly all fees to the state treasurer, who shall deposit the same in the state general fund.

30-1-113. Officers to keep account of fees.

Each such officer, in a book provided for the purpose, shall keep a full, true, accurate, and minute account of all fees of his office, designating in corresponding columns the amount of all fees, and all payments received on account thereof, and shall also keep an account of all expenditures made by him on account of clerk hire and other necessary expenses. Such accounts shall always be open to the inspection and examination of the board of county commissioners, and the accounts of the clerks of the district court shall always be open to the inspection and examination of the state treasurer.

30-1-114. Monthly report of officers.

If required by the board of county commissioners, the county treasurer, sheriff, and county clerk and recorder, on the first Monday of each month during the officer’s term of office, shall make to the chairman of the board of county commissioners a report in writing under oath of all the fees of the officer’s office, of every name and description, and of all necessary expenses of clerk hire and other expenses for the month ending at the time of said report. If required, such report shall state fully the manner in which such fees accrued.

30-1-115. Commissioners to audit accounts.

It is the duty of the board of county commissioners to audit such accounts as soon as may be, and correct and adjust the same in accordance with the facts.

30-1-116. Officers shall collect fees in advance.

(1) Except as provided in section 30-1-106, every officer shall collect every fee, as prescribed, for services performed by him or her in advance, if the same can be ascertained, and when any officer negligently or willfully fails to collect any such fee, the same shall be charged against his or her salary.

(2) In proceedings where a public administrator, special administrator, receiver, or other person is appointed by the court to take possession of assets of an estate in which there are no funds immediately available to pay fees, the fees need not be paid in advance, but shall be paid as soon as funds become available.

(3) No officer shall collect fees in advance in any collection action initiated pursuant to section 18-1.3-506, C.R.S.

30-1-117. Refusal to pay fees to treasurer – penalty.

Any officer failing or refusing to pay over to the county treasurer or to the state treasurer the fees of the treasurer’s office, as provided in section 30-1-112, committs a class 2 misdemeanor.

30-1-118. Mileage allowances. (Repealed)

30-1-119. Separate fee funds kept.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, all fees collected by county officers except those collected pursuant to section 30-1-102 (3) shall be paid over to the county treasurer and shall be kept by him in separate funds to be known as:

(a) The “sheriff’s fee fund”;

(b) The “county clerk’s fee fund”;

(2) The revenues generated annually from the fee for committing and discharging prisoners authorized pursuant to section 30-1-104 (1) (n) must be distributed as follows:

(a) (I) The county shall expend an amount equal to twenty percent of the revenues generated annually from the fee to administer a community-based treatment program for the treatment of offenders with a behavioral, mental health, or substance use disorder committed or discharged by the county if the county has established, or the board of county commissioners chooses to establish, such a community-based treatment program.

(II) For purposes of this subsection (2)(a), “community-based treatment program” means a community-based program that provides management and treatment services to persons with behavioral, mental health, or substance use disorder in the criminal or juvenile justice system, designed, at a minimum, to reduce recidivism and hospitalization of these persons.

(b) The county shall expend an amount equal to twenty percent of the revenues generated annually from the fee for training of the sheriff and deputy sheriffs and other local law enforcement officers. The training may include a crisis intervention training component to meet the needs of offenders with behavioral or mental health disorders; and

(c) The county shall expend the balance of the revenues generated annually from the fee for law-enforcement-related expenditures to defray the costs of processing prisoners into and out of custody.

Article 2

Compensation of County and Other Officers

30-2-101. Classification of counties for salaries.

For the purpose of providing for and regulating the compensation of county and other officers, the counties of this state, other than home rule counties or home rule cities and counties, are classified as provided in this article.

30-2-102. Categorization of counties for fixing salaries of county officers.

(1) For the purpose of establishing the salaries of county officers whose terms of office :

(a) Category I counties shall consist of the counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, Pueblo, and Weld;

(b) Category II counties shall consist of the counties of Eagle, Fremont, Garfield, La Plata, Mesa, Pitkin, Routt, and Summit;

(c) Category III counties shall consist of the counties of Alamosa, Archuleta, Chaffee, Clear Creek, Delta, Gilpin, Grand, Gunnison, Las Animas, Moffat, Montrose, Montezuma, Morgan, Otero, Park, Rio Blanco, San Miguel, Logan, and Teller;

(d) Category IV counties shall consist of the counties of Custer, Elbert, Huerfano, Kit Carson, Lake, Ouray, Prowers, Rio Grande, Washington, and Yuma;

(e) Category V counties shall consist of the counties of Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Dolores, Hinsdale, Lincoln, Mineral, Phillips, Saguache, and San Juan;

(f) Category VI counties shall consist of the counties of Jackson, Kiowa, and Sedgwick.

(1.5) (a) For the purpose of establishing the salaries of county officers whose terms of office begin on or after January 1,2016:

(I) (A) Category I-A counties consist of the counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, Pueblo, and Weld;

(B) Category I-D counties consist of the county of Mesa;

(II) (A) Category II-A counties consist of the counties of Eagle, Garfield, La Plata, Routt, and Summit;

(B) Category II-C counties consist of the counties of Fremont and Pitkin;

(III) (A) Category III-A counties consist of the counties of Chaffee, Clear Creek, Gunnison, Moffat, Montrose, Morgan, Park, Rio Blanco, San Miguel, and Teller;

(B) Category III-B counties consist of the counties of Alamosa, Archuleta, Delta, Gilpin, Grand, and Logan;

(D) Category III-D counties consist of the counties of Las Animas, and Montezuma;

(IV) (A) Category 1V-A counties consist of the counties of Custer, Elbert, Ouray, and Prowers;

(B) Category IV-B counties consist of the counties of Kit Carson, Lake, and Washington;

(D)

(V) (A) Category V-A counties consist of the counties of Baca, Conejos, Costilla, Lincoln, Mineral, Phillips, and San Juan;

(B) Category V-B counties consist of the counties of Crowley, Hinsdale, and Saguache;

(D) Category V-D counties consist of the county of Cheyenne;

(VI) (A) Category VI-A counties consist of the counties of Jackson and Sedgwick.

(B) Category VI-B counties consist of the county of Kiowa.

(b) On and after January 1, 2016, the general assembly may amend the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (1.5) by bill to move a county to any of the categories for which salaries are specified in subsection (2.3) of this section to another category. Such amendment shall be made only after giving due consideration to the variations among the counties including population, the number of persons residing in unincorporated areas, assessed valuation, motor vehicle registrations, building permits, military installations, and such other factors as may be relevant to reflect the variations in the workloads and responsibilities of county officers and the tax resources of the several counties.

(2) The annual salaries of county officers whose term of office begins prior to January 1, 2002, shall be as follows:

	County Commissioners	County Sheriffs	County Treasurers, Assessors, and Clerks
(a) Category I	63,203	71,293	63,203
(b) Category II	51,827	57,768	51,827
(c) Category III	41,714	53,091	41,714
(d) Category IV	35,394	47,782	35,394
(e) Category V	32,613	36,405	32,613

(2.1) On and after January 1, 2002, but prior to January 1, 2007, the annual salaries of county officers whose term of office begins on or after January 1, 2002, but prior to January 1, 2007, shall be as follows:

	County Commissioners	County Sheriffs	County Treasurers, Assessors, and Clerks	County Coroners
(a) Category I	63,203	95,000	75,500	75,500
(b) Category II	51,827	75,000	62,000	32,000
(c) Category III	41,714	65,000	50,000	25,000
(d) Category IV	35,394	57,000	42,500	17,000
(e) Category V	32,613	42,000	37,500	6,500

(2.2) On and after January 1, 2007, but prior to January 1, 2016, the annual salary of a county officer whose term of office begins on or after January 1, 2007, but prior to January 1, 2016, is as follows:

	County Commissioners	County Sheriffs	County Treasurers, Assessors, and Clerks	County Coroners	County Surveyors
(a) Category I	87,300	111,100	87,300	87,300	5,500
(b) Category II	72,500	87,700	72,500	44,200	4,400
(c) Category III	58,500	76,000	58,500	33,100	3,300
(d) Category IV	49,700	66,600	49,700	22,100	2,200
(e) Category V	43,800	49,100	43,800	9,900	1,100
(f) Category VI	39,700	46,500	39,700	9,000	1,000

(2.3) (a) Except as provided in subsections (2.3)(b) to (2.3)(f) of this section, on and after January 1, 2016, the annual salary of a county officer whose term of office begins on or after such date is as follows:

	County Commissioners	County Sheriffs	County Treasurers, Assessors, and Clerks	County Coroners	County Surveyors
Category I-A	113,490	144,430	113,490	113,490	7,150
Category I-B	104,760	133,320	104,760	104,760	6,600
Category I-C	96,030	122,210	96,030	96,030	6,050
Category I-D	87,300	111,100	87,300	87,300	5,500
Category II-A	94,250	114,010	94,250	57,460 (94,250)	5,720
Category II-B	87,000	105,240	87,000	53,040 (87,000)	5,280
Category II-C	79,750	96,470	79,750	48,620 (79,750)	4,840
Category II-D	72,500	87,700	72,500	44,200 (72,500)	4,400
Category III-A	76,050	98,800	76,050	43,030 (76,050)	4,290
Category III-B	70,200	91,200	70,200	39,720 (70,200)	3,960
Category III-C	64,350	83,600	64,350	36,410 (64,350)	3,630
Category III-D	58,500	76,000	58,500	33,100 (58,500)	3,300
Category IV-A	64,610	86,580	64,610	28,730 (64,610)	2,860
Category IV-B	59,640	79,920	59,640	26,520 (59,640)	2,640
Category IV-C	54,670	73,260	54,670	24,310 (54,670)	2,420
Category IV-D	49,700	66,600	49,700	22,100 (49,700)	2,200
Category V-A	56,940	63,830	56,940	12,870	1,430
Category V-B	52,560	58,920	52,560	11,880	1,320
Category V-C	48,180	54,010	48,180	10,890	1,210
Category V-D	43,800	49,100	43,800	9,900	1,100
Category VI-A	51,610	60,450	51,610	11,700	1,300
Category VI-B	47,640	55,800	47,640	10,800	1,200
Category VI-C	43,670	51,150	43,670	9,900	1,100
Category VI-D	39,700	46,500	39,700	9,000	1,000

(b) Prior to January 1, 2018, and prior to January 1 each two years thereafter, the director of research of the legislative council appointed pursuant to section 2-3-304 (1), shall adjust the amount of each annual salary in each category specified in subsection (2.3)(a) of this section in accordance with the percentage change over the period in the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor statistics, Consumer Price Index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, all items, all urban consumers, or its successor index. The director of research shall post the adjusted annual salary amounts on the website of the general assembly. The annual salary of a county officer whose term of office begins on or after the date the salaries have been adjusted pursuant to this subsection (2.3)(b) must be as adjusted by the director of research.

(c) The annual salaries of full-time coroners for category II, III, and IV counties, as displayed in bold text and within parentheses in the table in subsection (2.3)(a) of this section, apply only to coroners whose terms begin on or after January 1, 2023, and must be adjusted prior to January 1, 2024, and prior to January 1 each two years thereafter in accordance with subsection (2.3)(b) of this section.

(d) The salary of a full-time category II coroner is equal to the salary of a category II county commissioner, category II county treasurer, category II county assessor, and category II county clerk as indicated by the table in subsection (2.3)(a) of this section. The board of county commissioners may decline the full-time status of a category II coroner for cause, but only after the coroner is given notice and an opportunity to be heard by the board of county commissioners in a public hearing.

(e) A coroner in a category III county may, in consultation with and with approval by the board of county commissioners, determine if a full-time position is appropriate. If a full-time position is agreed upon, the salary of a full-time category III coroner is equal to the salary of a category III county commissioner, category III county treasurer, category III county assessor, and category III county clerk as indicated by the table in subsection (2.3)(a) of this section.

(f) A coroner in a category IV county may, in consultation with and with approval by the board of county commissioners, determine if a full-time position is appropriate. If a full-time position is agreed upon, the salary of a full-time category IV coroner is equal to the salary of a category IV county commissioner, category IV county treasurer, category IV county assessor, and category IV county clerk as indicated by the table in subsection (2.3)(a) of this section.

(2.5) Repealed.

(2.7) (Deleted by amendment, L. 97, p. 308, § 1, effective August 6, 1997.)

(2.8) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:

(a) The rate of compensation of elected county officers shall be provided in accordance with the provisions set forth in section 15 of article XIV of the state constitution;

(b) The salaries of county commissioners, sheriffs, treasurers, assessors, clerk and recorders, coroners, and surveyors have been fixed by law through the enactment of this section.

(3) (a) to (d) Repealed.

(e) Except as provided in subsection (1.5)(a)(III), (1.5)(a)(IV), (1.5)(a)(V), or (1.5)(a)(VI) of this section, no elected officer shall have his or her compensation increased or decreased during the term of office to which he has been elected or appointed. All actual and necessary expenses of an elected officer incurred while engaged in business on behalf of the county may be allowed by the board of county commissioners and paid out of the county treasury.

(f) An elected county officer in a county classified for salary purposes under subsection (1.5)(a)(III), (1.5)(a)(IV), (1.5)(a)(V), or (1.5)(a)(VI) of this section may elect in his or her sole discretion to receive an amount of salary that is lower than the amount provided for in this section. The amount of the lower salary received by an officer shall be fifty percent of the amount of the salary othewise provided for the officer as set forth in this section. Any such election shall be set forth in writing and recorded with the office of the county clerk and recorder during the month of November. Any additional money available to a county as a result of an elected county officer making an election pursuant to this subsection (3)(f) shall remain available for expenditure in the county general fund. An elected county officer who elects to receive a lower salary pursuant to this subsection (3)(f) may subsequently elect to receive a higher salary so long as the amount of the higher salary does not exceed the amount provided for in this section.. In no event shall an elected county officer make more than one election per year pursuant to this subsection (3)(f).

(4) The board of county commissioners may adjust the salaries established in this section pro rata for county officers working part-time.

(5) The salaries established pursuant to this section shall remain in effect until such time that section 15 of article XIV of the constitution of the state of Colorado is amended to authorize or direct the board of county commissioners in each county to fix the compensation of county officers.

(6) If any provision of this section is found to be unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of this section are valid, unless the court determines that the valid provisions, standing alone, are incomplete and are incapable of being executed.

30-2-103. County commissioners – expenses.

County commissioners shall be allowed their actual and necessary maintenance expenses, together with such mileage as shall be determined by resolution of the board of county commissioners of the county or as provided by the charter of a home rule county, within the limits provided under section 30-11-107 (1) (t), for each mile actually traveled whether within or without the state when engaged in business on behalf of the county; but no mileage expense shall be allowed while said commissioners are traveling in an automobile furnished by the county.

30-2-104. Compensation of deputies and assistants.

(1) (a) The county clerk and recorders, county treasurers, county assessors, county coroners, and surveyors of the respective counties may appoint such deputies, assistants, and employees as shall be necessary at the compensation, payable at least once each month, as fixed by the officers with the approval of the boards of county commissioners of their respective counties. Except for those employees provided for pursuant to article 1 of title 26, C.R.S., boards of county commissioners may adopt a classification and compensation plan for all county employees paid in whole or in part by the county. The classification and compensation plan shall include workweek formulas of not less than forty hours designed to satisfy the varying requirements of each county service and county department as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1). Upon acceptance by an elected official, the plan shall become binding upon the employees of that office. Changes in benefits, pay grades, and job classifications of employees shall thereafter be made in accordance with the plan.

(b) (I) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, workweek formulas shall take into account the various services provided by the county, the operation of the various county departments, and the demands which such services and operations have in requiring employees to be on the job in a manner which is not in conformity with the basic forty-hour workweek which generally characterizes office work.

(II) Such workweek formulas may provide for work time in excess of forty hours during consecutive seven-day calendar periods. In such cases, computation of forty-hour pay periods may be based on an averaging formula covering more than such seven-day calendar period.

(III) Authorized overtime work shall relate to such averaged workweeks where determined in the classification and compensation plan applicable to a described department or service.

(IV) All employees who work overtime pursuant to any classification and compensation plan shall receive overtime compensation, either in cash or in compensatory time.

(2) In the event litigation is instituted relating to compensation or classification, the burden of proof shall be upon the plaintiff or the elected official instituting such action. Costs of any litigation instituted by an elected official shall be paid out of the county general fund.

PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

30-10-101. Offices – inspection of records – failure to comply – penalty.

(1) (a) Every sheriff, county clerk and recorder, and county treasurer, shall keep his or her respective office at the county seat of the county and in the office provided by the county, if any such has been provided, or, if there is none provided, then at such place as the board of county commissioners shall direct. Subject to the provisions of part 2 of article 72 of title 24, C.R.S., and any judicially recognized right of privacy, all books and papers required to be in such offices shall be open to the examination of any person, but no person, except parties in interest, or their attorneys, shall have the right to examine pleadings or other papers filed in any cause pending in such court.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), the sheriff, county clerk and recorder, county treasurer, and clerk of the district and county courts may maintain his or her office at a location other than the county seat when authorized to do so pursuant to part 1 of article 5 of title 13, C.R.S.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the sheriff, county clerk and recorder, and county treasurer may keep one or more offices outside of the county seat or such other place authorized pursuant to part 1 of article 5 of title 13, C.R.S. Any such office shall be in addition to his or her respective office kept pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) and shall be within the same county. Any such additional office may be kept only if the board of county commissioners of such county makes office space or funding available to provide for the office.

(d) As used in this section, “office” shall mean a place where some or all of the duties of a sheriff, county clerk and recorder, county treasurer, or clerk of the district and county courts are conducted.

(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2.5) of this section, any person or corporation and their employees engaged in making abstracts or abstract books or in the business of title insurance, as defined in section 10-11-102 (3), C.R.S., shall have the right, during usual business hours and subject to such rules and regulations as the officer having the custody of such records may prescribe, to inspect and make memoranda, copies, or photographs of the contents of all such books and papers for the purpose of their business; but any such officer may make reasonable and general regulations concerning the inspection of such books and papers by the public or by such abstractors or title insurance personnel. If, for the purpose of making such copies, it becomes necessary to remove such records from the room where they are usually kept to some other room in the courthouse where such copying apparatus may be installed for such purpose, the county clerk and recorder, in his or her discretion, may charge to the person or corporation making such copies a fee of ten dollars per hour for the service of the deputy who has charge of such records while they are being so copied; but such fees shall not be charged to one person or corporation unless the same fee is likewise charged to every person or corporation copying such records.

(2.5) (a) In lieu of affording the right of inspection and copying set forth in subsection (2) of this section, any clerk and recorder may make available to abstractors, title insurance personnel, and others, by subscription and on such medium as the clerk and recorder shall determine in accordance with the provisions of section 30-10-407, a daily copy in bulk of all documents recorded and filed in such office or less than all if the clerk and recorder determines it to be feasible to sort the bulk as requested. Such bulk copy shall be available to the subscriber no later than the third business day following the date of recording or filing. The fee to be charged by the clerk and recorder for bulk copies supplied in accordance with this subsection (2.5) shall be sufficient to cover the direct and indirect costs of production incurred by the clerk and recorder.

(b) Upon tender of the appropriate fee as provided in section 30-1-103 (2) (j), the clerk and recorder shall furnish single copies of documents upon demand.

(c) The clerk and recorder shall not be required to conduct a search of the real estate records in order to locate any document for copying or for any other purpose.

(3) If any person or officer refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions of this section, he shall forfeit for each day he so refuses or neglects the sum of five dollars, to be collected by civil action, in the name of the people of the state of Colorado, and pay it into the school fund; but this shall not interfere with or take away any right of action for damages by any person injured by such neglect or refusal.

30-10-102. All money delivered to treasurer – penalty for failure.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, every county clerk and recorder, district attorney, sheriff, or other state or county officer appointed by law, required or permitted to receive and pay over to the county treasurer any taxes, fines, fees, or other moneys whatsoever, within thirty days after the receipt of such moneys, shall pay the same over to the county treasurer, and together therewith such officer so paying over the same shall deliver to the county treasurer a statement of the amount of such moneys so collected by him and paid over, which statement shall be signed by the person paying the same, sworn to before the county treasurer, and then filed and preserved in the office of such treasurer. Every person falsely swearing in any such statement is guilty of perjury in the second degree. The county treasurer shall not demand or receive any fee for administering the oath required by this section.

(2) Fines and fees levied and collected in state courts for which no specific disposition is provided shall be paid to the department of the treasury for deposit in the general fund.

30-10-103. Copies prima facie evidence.

Copies of all documents, writs, proceedings, instruments, papers, and writings duly filed or deposited in the office of any county judge, county clerk and recorder, or county treasurer, and transcripts from books of record or proceedings kept by any of said officers, with the seal of his office affixed, shall be prima facie evidence in all cases.

30-10-104. Resignations of officers, to whom made.

All county officers who hold their office by election shall make their resignation to the officer authorized by law to fill such vacancies in such office, respectively.

30-10-105. When office becomes vacant.

(1) Every county office shall become vacant, on the happening of any one of the following events, before the expiration of the term of office:

(a) The death of the incumbent;

(b) The resignation of the incumbent;

(d) The incumbent’s ceasing to be an inhabitant of the county for which he was elected or appointed;

(e) The incumbent’s refusal or neglect to take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101 , to give or renew his or her official bond, or to deposit such oath and bond within the time prescribed by law;

(f) The decision of a competent tribunal declaring void his election or appointment;

(g) The incumbent is declared incapacitated in the manner provided in subsection (4) of this section.

(h) Repealed.

(2) In the event a county officer is found guilty of any felony or infamous crime by a court or jury, the board of county commissioners shall immediately suspend such county officer from office without pay until his conviction is final and he has exhausted, or by failure to assert them has waived, all rights to new trial and all rights of appeal. At the time such officer’s conviction is final and he has exhausted, or by failure to assert them has waived, all rights to appeal and new trial, the said board shall remove such officer from office and his successor shall be appointed as provided by statute, unless during such period of suspension a successor has been duly elected and qualified and said successor, whether so appointed or elected, shall be the duly constituted officer.

(3) Should the officer suspended from office by the board of county commissioners as provided in this section be found not guilty in a state or federal court either on appeal, original trial, or new trial, the board shall forthwith reinstate such officer and give him his back pay, unless during such period of suspension a successor to such suspended officer has been duly elected and qualified. In the event a successor to such suspended officer has been so elected and qualified, such suspended officer shall receive his back pay only up to the expiration date of his regular term of office and he shall not be reinstated or paid further unless he is such person duly elected and qualified.

(4) (a) Any county officer shall be declared incapacitated when there is a judicial determination that he is unable to routinely and fully carry out the responsibilities of his office by virtue of mental or physical illness or disability and he has been so unable for a continuous period of not less than six months immediately preceding the finding of incapacity. The quantum of proof required, the procedures to be followed, and the rights reserved to the subject of any determination of incapacity under this subsection (4) shall be those specified for the appointment of guardians in part 3 of article 14 of title 15, C.R.S., to the extent applicable.

(b) A proceeding to determine incapacity under this subsection (4) shall be commenced in the district court by a majority of the board of county commissioners. With respect to a county commissioner, proceedings shall be commenced when said commissioner fails to attend any regular meeting of the board of county commissioners for a period of six months. With respect to any county officer other than a county commissioner, proceedings shall be commenced when such officer fails to report to his office or other regular place of business for a period of six months.

(c) In any county having a population of less than one hundred thousand, the county shall be represented in the district court by the district attorney or by a qualified attorney acting for the district attorney who is appointed by the district court for that purpose. In any county having a population of one hundred thousand or more, the county shall be represented by the county attorney or a qualified attorney acting for the county attorney who is appointed by the district court for that purpose.

30-10-106. Substitute officers have same powers and compensation.

When any coroner is required to act as sheriff, or any other officer in this state is required to perform any duties belonging to any other office, for the time being, he shall have the same powers in respect to that duty as are given by law to the officer whose duties he performs, and shall be entitled to receive the same compensation for his services.

30-10-107. Penalty for refusing to qualify.

Any person elected or appointed to any county office in any county in this state who refuses to qualify, having consented to such election or appointment, is liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred nor less than twenty-five dollars, at the discretion of any court having competent jurisdiction.

30-10-108. Fines appropriated to school fund of county.

All fines contemplated in section 30-10-107 shall be recoverable before any court in this state, in the name of the county in which the case arises, and shall be appropriated to the use of the school fund of said county.

30-10-109. Office hours.

All county offices shall be kept open for the transaction of county business on the days and during the hours designated by resolution of the board of county commissioners. However, all clerks of court and sheriffs shall be subject, at all times, to the command of the people, and each thereof shall at all hours, night and day, be prepared to attend such duties as may reasonably be required of them.

30-10-110. Bonds of officers – oaths.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, every county officer named in section 30-10-101, before entering upon the duties of office, on or before the day of the commencement of the term for which the officer was elected, shall execute and deposit an official bond, as prescribed by law. Any such officer shall also take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101.

(2) In lieu of the bond required by subsection (1) of this section, a county may purchase crime insurance coverage on behalf of the county officer and county employees to protect the people of the county from any malfeasance on the part of the officer while in office or employees.

30-10-111. Oath of deputy.

A deputy appointed to office, before entering upon the deputy’s duties under such appointment, shall take and subscribe the like oath of office as that required to be taken by the appointing officer, and shall deposit the same in the office where the oath of such officer is deposited.

30-10-112. Officer to act until successor qualifies.

When the term of office of any sheriff, coroner, county judge, county clerk and recorder, assessor, county treasurer, county surveyor, or other county officer expires, it shall be lawful for such officer, whether reelected or not, and his deputies, to continue to perform all the duties of such office until his successor is duly qualified as required by law.

PART 2 RECALL OF COUNTY OFFICERS

30-10-201 TO 30-10-210 (Repealed)

PART 4 CLERK

30-10-416. Clerk to administer oaths or affirmations – take affidavit or deposition.

The county clerk and recorders of the several counties in the state of Colorado are authorized, within their respective counties, to administer all oaths or affirmations required to be taken by any person upon any lawful occasion, and to take affidavits and depositions concerning any matter or thing, process, or proceeding pending or to be commenced in any court, or any occasion wherein such affidavit or deposition is authorized or required by law to be taken.

PART 7 TREASURER

30-10-701. Election – term – bond.

(1) A county treasurer shall be elected in each county for the term of four years and, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, before entering upon the discharge of duties, shall execute to the people of the state of Colorado a surety bond to be approved by the board of county commissioners and filed in the office of the county clerk and recorder. Prior to the treasurer being sworn into office, the board of county commissioners shall set the amount of the surety bond by written resolution duly adopted by a majority vote of the board, which shall be entered in its minutes.

(2) In lieu of the bond required by subsection (1) of this section, a county may purchase crime insurance coverage on behalf of the treasurer to protect the people of the county from any malfeasance on the part of the treasurer while in office.

30-10-702. Term of office.

The regular term of office of all county treasurers shall commence on the first day of January next after their election.

30-10-703. Form of bond.

If a treasurer executes a bond pursuant to section 30-10-701 (1), the condition of the bond shall be in substance as follows: Whereas, ………….., was elected to the office of County Treasurer of the County of ………… on the ………… day of …………; Now, therefore, the condition of this obligation is such, that if the said ………….. and the treasurer’s deputy and all persons employed in the treasurer’s office shall faithfully and promptly perform the duties of said office, and if the said ………….. and the treasurer’s deputies shall pay or invest according to law, all moneys that shall come to his the hands as of the treasurer, and shall render a just and true account thereof whenever required by said board of county commissioners, or by any provision of law, and shall deliver over to a successor in office, or to any other person authorized by law to receive the same, all moneys, securities, books, papers, and other things appertaining thereto or belonging to the treasurer’s office, the above obligation to be void, otherwise to be in full force and effect; except that the surety shall in no event be liable for any loss caused by the failure or insolvency of the depository in which the county treasurer or the treasurer’s deputies deposit any such public funds, or for any loss arising out of the investment of any such funds.

30-10-704. Deputy treasurer – duties.

The county treasurer may appoint a chief deputy, who in the absence of the treasurer from his or her office, or in case of vacancy in said office, for any disability of the treasurer to perform the duties of his or her office, may perform all the duties of the office of treasurer, until such vacancy is filled or such disability removed. All acts of a chief deputy treasurer shall have the same effect as though performed by the county treasurer.

30-10-705. Vacancy in office, how filled.

(1) In case the office of county treasurer becomes vacant, the board of county commissioners shall appoint a suitable person to perform the duties of the treasurer. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the person so appointed shall give bond with like sureties and conditions as that required in county treasurers’ bonds and in such sum as the board shall direct and shall be invested with all the duties of the treasurer, until such vacancy is filled or such disability removed.

(2) In lieu of the bond required by subsection (1) of this section, a county may purchase crime insurance coverage on behalf of the appointee to the office of treasurer to protect the people of the county from any malfeasance on the part of the treasurer while in office.

30-10-706. Officers who cannot be treasurer.

No person holding the office of sheriff, county judge, or county clerk and recorder, nor any member of the board of county commissioners, shall hold the office of county treasurer.

30-10-707. Treasurer to receive and pay moneys.

It is the duty of the county treasurer to receive all moneys belonging to the county, from whatsoever source they may be derived, and all other moneys which are by law directed to be paid to him. All money received by him for the use of the county shall be paid out by him only on the orders of the board of county commissioners, according to law, except where special provision for the payment thereof is otherwise made by law.

30-10-708. Deposit of funds in banks and savings and loan associations.

(1) In all counties of this state, the county treasurer shall deposit all the funds and moneys of whatever kind that come into the treasurer’s possession by virtue of the office, in the treasurer’s name as treasurer, in one or more state banks, national banks, or, in compliance with the provisions of article 47 of title 11, C.R.S., savings and loan associations that have previously been approved and designated by written resolution duly adopted by a majority vote of the board of county commissioners, which shall be entered in its minutes. The board, by written resolution similarly adopted, may authorize the county treasurer to invest all or any part of the funds and moneys in securities meeting the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S. For the purposes of investment of funds of the county as set forth in said part 6, the board, by written resolution, may appoint one or more custodians of the funds, and such persons shall give surety bonds in such amounts and form and for such purposes as the board requires.

(2) All securities so purchased shall be duly registered in the name of the county treasurer and shall be deposited and safely kept in the custody of some state bank or any national bank. No such security shall be sold or otherwise disposed of except pursuant to a resolution of said board of county commissioners similarly adopted, which resolution shall also approve and designate the bank or banks in which such proceeds shall then be deposited, or such resolution may in lieu thereof authorize the reinvestment of such proceeds in any of the securities specified in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) and (4) Repealed.

(5) No county treasurer, or member of the board of county commissioners, who acted in good faith in approving and designating such depository, is liable for loss of public funds deposited by such county treasurer or his deputies by reason of the default or insolvency of such depository; nor shall any county treasurer who invests any such funds or any member of the board of county commissioners who in good faith authorizes such investment be liable for any loss on account of such investment.

(6) Subject to the requirements of part 7 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S., funds of the county may be pooled for investment with the funds of other local government entities.

30-10-709. Treasurer to keep accounts – settlement of accounts – resolution of findings – report to board of county commissioners – contempt.

(1) The county treasurer shall keep a just and true account of the receipt and expenditure of all moneys that come into his or her hands by virtue of the office, in books to be kept by the treasurer for that purpose, which books shall be open at all times for the inspection of the board of county commissioners, or any member thereof, and to all county and state officers; and, at the meetings in July and January of the board of county commissioners, or at such other time as the board may direct, the treasurer shall settle with said board his or her account as treasurer, and, for that purpose, the treasurer shall exhibit to said board all his or her books, accounts, and all vouchers relating to the same, to be audited and allowed.

(2) In addition to the audit described in subsection (1) of this section, the treasurer may periodically cause to be performed an audit of the operations and accounts of the county treasurer’s office.

(3) If a recommendation or finding is contained in the final report of any audit conducted pursuant to subsection (1) or (2) of this section or section 29-1-603, C.R.S., the treasurer shall promptly address the recommendation or finding and shall report to the board of county commissioners regarding the disposition of the recommendation or finding no later than ninety days after the issuance of the final audit report. If a treasurer fails to address a recommendation or finding or fails to report to the board as required by this subsection (3), the board may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for an order compelling the treasurer to comply with the provisions of this subsection (3). If the court issues an order compelling the treasurer to comply with the provisions of this subsection (3) and the treasurer fails to comply, the treasurer shall be subject to penalties for contempt of the court issuing the order. Nothing in this subsection (3) shall be construed to limit the ability of the board or any other person to pursue any other legal remedy available to the board or person with regard to the actions of the treasurer.

30-10-710. Apportionment and separation of funds.

It is the duty of the county treasurer to apportion and keep all taxes collected by him or her in the several funds for which the taxes were levied, and it shall not be lawful to use the moneys belonging to any fund for the purpose of paying warrants drawn upon some other fund or for the purpose of paying warrants issued before April 2, 1998, which properly should have been drawn upon some other fund; but the amount of interest gained through the investment of county funds, regardless of the origin of such funds, may be credited to the general fund of the county by the county treasurer, unless such investment is made from specific funds allocated for a definite purpose and so maintained. The treasurer and the sureties on his or her official bond or the insurer on the crime insurance policy, as applicable, shall be liable at the action of any taxpayer of the county for any violation of this section.

30-10-711. Payment of warrants – call published.

(1) County orders and warrants, properly made and issued, shall be entitled to a preference as to payment, according to the order of time in which they may be presented to the county treasurer; but where two or more orders are presented at the same time, precedence shall be given to the order or warrant of the oldest date, and when two or more orders are presented at the same time, and there are no funds to the credit of the proper fund in the treasury to pay the same, the same shall be registered in the order of their date, precedence being given to the warrant of the oldest date. When there is in the treasury, to the credit of any fund, five hundred dollars or more, against which fund there are any outstanding and unpaid lawful warrants or orders, the county treasurer shall immediately give public notice of the fact by a written notice posted for thirty days at the outer door of the office of the treasurer. The treasurer, at the same time, shall call in for payment all outstanding and unpaid lawful warrants and orders drawn on said fund which the moneys in the treasury will pay and which are entitled to payment from said funds.

(2) Such notice shall also contain the number, date, and amount of such warrants and orders as are entitled to payment and call upon the holders thereof to present the same for payment to the treasurer within thirty days from the day of the posting of said notice, and that interest on the sums due by said warrants and orders will cease to accrue thereon after the last day of said posting of said notice, and interest shall cease to accrue on said sums accordingly. Such notice shall be dated at the county seat, be signed by the treasurer, and a record of the same be kept in the office of the treasurer in a book provided for that purpose; and such books shall be open to inspection and examination at all reasonable hours. Such funds shall be held by the county treasurer for the payment of the warrants and orders called by him, until the expiration of six years from the date of registry of such warrants and orders, when the same shall be paid out upon such other warrants or orders as are entitled to payment on the day of the expiration of the six years.

(3) The treasurer shall pay by electronic transfer any written authorization issued by the board of county commissioners directing the treasurer to make payment of claims against the county electronically.

(4) Payment of county warrants and orders by electronic transfer shall be made only after the treasurer approves the release of funds for such electronic transfer.

(5) For purposes of this part 7, “order” means all orders and authorizations issued by the board of county commissioners for the payment of claims against the county. “Order” includes any warrant issued by the board of county commissioners and any written authorization issued by the board of county commissioners directing the treasurer to make payment of claims against the county by electronic transfer.

30-10-712. Funds payable in order of presentment.

Every fund in the hands of the county treasurer for disbursements shall be paid out in the order in which the orders drawn thereon and payable out of said fund are presented for payment.

30-10-713. Delivery of books to successor – penalty.

Upon the resignation or removal from office of any county treasurer, all the books and papers belonging to the treasurer’s office, and all moneys in the treasurer’s hands by virtue of the treasurer’s office, shall be delivered to the treasurer’s successor in office, upon the oath of such preceding treasurer, or in case of the treasurer’s death, upon oath of the treasurer’s executors or administrators. If any such preceding county treasurer, or in case of the treasurer’s death, the treasurer’s executors or administrators neglect or refuse to deliver up such books, papers, and moneys on oath, when lawfully demanded, every such person shall forfeit a sum of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.

30-10-714. Treasurer collector of taxes.

The county treasurer of each county shall be, by virtue of his office, collector of taxes therein, and shall perform such duties in that regard as are prescribed by law.

30-10-715. Treasurer to issue receipt for money collected.

Upon payment of any money to him or her and upon request of an individual taxpayer or the taxpayer’s agent, the county treasurer shall issue and shall mail, if additionally requested, his or her receipt to the person paying it, setting forth the account upon which it is paid, and, in the case of the payment of taxes, such receipt shall state the valuation of property taxed, the rate of taxation, and the total amount of such taxes.

30-10-716. Treasurer to assess property, when.

It is the duty of the county treasurer to assess, at a fair value, the property of any person liable to pay taxes which the county assessor has failed to assess, to place the same on the tax roll, and to collect taxes on the same in the manner provided by law. Such treasurer shall not be compelled to assess such property in person; and he is authorized to administer oaths to such persons, or any others, touching the value of said property.

30-10-717. Cash book – open to inspection. (repealed in 2020)

Every county treasurer shall keep in his office a cash book, wherein shall be entered every sum of money paid to him by virtue of his office, the date of such payment, the name of the person paying the same, the account upon which the same was paid, the nature of the funds so paid to him, whether money, state or county scrip, or evidences of state or county indebtedness, and the amount of each separate kind. Such cash book, at all reasonable hours of the day, shall be open to the inspection and examination of all persons desiring to inspect or examine the same.

30-10-718. Registry of orders – open to inspection.

Every county treasurer shall keep in his or her office a record to be called the registry of county orders wherein shall be entered at the date of the presentation thereof and without any interval or blank line between any such entry and the one preceding it every county order or other certificate or evidence of county indebtedness presented to such county treasurer for payment. At any time that the county has insufficient funds to pay the indebtedness evidenced on such order or other certificate or evidence of county indebtedness, the date and number of such order, the amount for which the same is payable, the date of the presentation thereof, the name of the person to whom such order is by the terms thereof payable, and the name of the person presenting the same. Every such registry of county orders, at all reasonable hours, shall be open to inspection and examination of any person desiring to inspect or examine the same.

30-10-719. Charge to grand jury. (Repealed)

30-10-720. Committee to investigate accounts of treasurer. (Repealed)

30-10-721. Investigation of accounts – report. (Repealed)

30-10-722. Committee appointed once in three months only. (Repealed)

30-10-723. Committee power to examine witnesses. (Repealed)

30-10-724. Committee to examine books and accounts. (Repealed)

30-10-725. Refusal of treasurer to answer – contempt. (Repealed)

30-10-726. Failure of treasurer to perform duties – penalty.

Every county treasurer who fails, neglects, or refuses to perform the duties of the office of the treasurer set forth in this part 7 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and the court may adjudge that such treasurer be removed from office. This section shall extend to the deputies of every such county treasurer.

ARTICLE 11

COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS

General Provisions

30-11-107. Powers of the board.

(1) The board of county commissioners of each county has power at any meeting:

(a) To make such orders concerning the property belonging to the county as it deems expedient;

(b) To examine and settle all accounts of the receipts and expenses of the county, to examine and settle and allow all accounts chargeable against the county, and, when so settled, to issue county orders therefor as provided by law;

(c) To build and keep in repair county buildings and cause the same to be insured in the name of the county treasurer for the benefit of the county and, in case there are no county buildings, to provide suitable rooms for county purposes;

(d) (I) To apportion and order the levying of taxes as provided by law; except that, for purposes of the application of any occupational privilege tax, oil and gas wells and their associated production facilities shall not be considered a business or occupation subject to such tax; and

(II) To contract loans in the name and for the benefit of the county for the purpose of erecting necessary public buildings and making or repairing public roads or bridges, when such loans have been authorized by a vote of the legal voters of the county;

(e) To represent the county and have the care of the county property and the management of the business and concerns of the county in all cases where no other provisions are made by law;

(f) To set off, organize, and change the boundaries of precincts in their respective counties and to designate and number such precincts in accordance with sections 1-5-101 and 1-5-101.5, C.R.S.;

(g) To establish one or more voting places in each election precinct, as the convenience of the inhabitants may require;

(h) To lay out, alter, or discontinue any road running into or through such county and also to perform such other duties respecting roads as may be required by law;

(i) To grant such licenses and perform such other duties as are or may be prescribed by law;

(j) To acquire land for, lay out, construct, maintain, and repair airports and landing strips for aircraft, to enter into leases, and to fix and collect charges or fees for the use of such airports and landing strips;

(k) To provide in the county budget for dumping grounds within the county to be used for such purposes as may be prescribed by the board;

(l) To enter into agreements with any municipality for the joint use and occupation of public buildings. The consideration to be paid for such use and occupation shall be paid each year out of current revenues which shall be appropriated annually, and any agreement to make such annual payment shall not be considered or held to be creation of an indebtedness of the county within any constitutional or statutory limitation.

(m) To negotiate with the board or boards of county commissioners of another county or counties, and with the board of governors of the Colorado state university system of Colorado state university, for agricultural extension service to be furnished such counties, and to be financed on a pro rata share by the counties receiving such service;

(n) To create, by resolution duly adopted, the office of county manager, or administrative assistant to the board of county commissioners, or county budget officer, or any other such office as may, in its judgment, be required for the efficient management of the business and concerns of the county. When so created, the board has power to make appointments to such offices, to prescribe the duties to be performed by such appointees, to fix the compensation to be paid to such appointees, and to pay the same from the county general fund. Any persons appointed to such offices shall serve at the pleasure of the board of county commissioners.

(o) To cooperate with other counties and with the state forester in the organization and training of rural fire fighting groups, payment for the operation and maintenance of fire fighting equipment and in sharing the cost of suppressing fires;

(o.5) Repealed.

(p) To purchase all necessary uniforms of the county sheriff, undersheriff, and deputies of the county; but no such uniforms shall be supplied to those persons deputized to perform particular acts, and all such uniforms shall be and remain the property of the county;

(q) To organize, own, operate, control, direct, manage, contract for, or furnish ambulance service;

(r) To provide in the county budget for services for the aged, including but not limited to social and recreational services, medical services, transportation, and homemaker services;

(s) To appropriate moneys from sources other than ad valorem taxes to multijurisdictional housing authorities or housing authorities established under part 5 of article 4 of title 29, C.R.S., from the county general fund;

(t) To set, by resolution duly adopted or by the method provided in the charter of a home rule county, mileage for all county officers, employees, and agents in an amount not less than twenty cents per mile nor more than a rate per mile equal to the standard mileage rate allowed pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 162, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder, for each mile actually and necessarily traveled while on official county business;

(u) To expend moneys or make assessments pursuant to paragraph (z) of this subsection (1) for the maintenance of drainage structures and facilities and to accept dedicated or deeded drainage easements or drainageway tracts as county property once drainage structures and facilities on such easements or tracts have been completed and found to meet county specifications and standards;

(v) To provide a job diversion program directing persons making application for or receiving assistance under the Colorado works program, as described in part 7 of article 2 of title 26, C.R.S., into bona fide public or private sector employment;

(w) To expend moneys or make assessments pursuant to paragraph (z) of this subsection (1) for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or extension of drainage facilities within the unincorporated or incorporated areas of the county and to acquire, by gift, purchase, lease, or the exercise of the right of eminent domain, all lands, easements, or rights in land which are necessary in connection with such construction, reconstruction, improvement, or extension. Drainage facilities shall not be provided in any area which is within an existing drainage district organized or created pursuant to law without the approval of such district.

(x) REPEALED BY HB 22-1353

(y) To expend moneys or make assessments pursuant to paragraph (z) of this subsection (1) for the construction, maintenance, repair, or installation of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and related structures along residential and commercial streets or alleys and in residential or commercial subdivisions within the unincorporated areas of the county; except that, prior to making an assessment for any purpose authorized by this paragraph (y), the county shall consider cost-sharing alternatives so that a portion of the cost of any project authorized in this paragraph (y) is incurred and paid by the county;

(z) To prescribe, by ordinance adopted, administered, and enforced in accordance with part 4 of article 15 of this title, the mode in which the charges on the respective owners of lots or lands, and on the lots or lands, shall be assessed and determined for the purposes authorized in paragraphs (u), (w), and (y) of this subsection (1);

(aa) To establish policies and procedures regarding entering into contracts binding on the county, and to delegate its power to enter into such contracts pursuant to such policies and procedures, where amounts specified in such policies and procedures and where such contracts otherwise comply with limits and requirements set forth in such policies and procedures;

(bb) To provide for the preservation of the cultural, historic, and architectural history within the county by ordinance or resolution; to delegate the power to designate historic landmarks and historic districts to an historic preservation advisory board; to accept dedicated or deeded easements or other historic property and to expend moneys for the maintenance of such deeded historic land, facilities, and structures; and to receive contributions, gifts, or other support from public and private entities to defray the maintenance costs of such historic land, facilities, and structures;

(cc) By resolution, memorial, plaque, or limited gift, to honor, commemorate, memorialize, or acknowledge outstanding service or other events, including death or retirement of individuals, or actions, accomplishments, or achievements deserving of recognition;

(dd) To enter into installment purchase contracts or shared-savings contracts or otherwise incur indebtedness under section 29-12.5-103, C.R.S., to finance energy conservation and energy saving measures and enter into contracts for an analysis and recommendations pertaining to such measures under section 29-12.5-102, C.R.S.;

(ee) Repealed.

(ff) To set, by written resolution duly adopted by a majority vote of the board and entered in its minutes prior to the county treasurer being sworn into office, the amount of a surety bond to be executed by the treasurer and to authorize the purchase of such a bond by the board;

(gg) To authorize the use of electronic records or signatures and adopt rules, standards, policies, and procedures for use of electronic records or signatures pursuant to article 71.3 of title 24, C.R.S.;

(hh) To establish an affordable housing dwelling unit advisory board for the county in accordance with the requirements of article 26 of title 29, C.R.S.

(ii) To provide in the county budget for programs that support education and outreach on environmental sustainability and for financing capital improvements for energy efficiency retrofits and the installation of renewable energy fixtures, as defined in section 30-11-107.3, for private residences and commercial property within the county but that do not exempt the county from the requirements of any other statute.

(jj) To encourage homeowners to participate in utility demand-side management programs where applicable.

(kk) (I) To adopt a resolution to authorize, in consultation with the local board of health, local public health agencies, and any water and wastewater service providers serving the county, the use of graywater, as defined in section 25-8-103 (8.3), C.R.S., in compliance with any regulation adopted pursuant to section 25-8-205 (1) (g), C.R.S., and to enforce compliance with the board’s resolution.

(II) Before adopting a resolution to authorize the use of graywater pursuant to subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (kk), a board of county commissioners is encouraged to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the local board of health, local public health agencies, and any water and wastewater service providers serving the county concerning graywater usage and the proper installation and operation of graywater treatment works, as defined in section 25-8-103 (8.4), C.R.S.

(ll) To enter into loan agreements with any governmental entity that is created by or located within the county in accordance with section 30-25-106.5.

(2) (a) Subject to the provisions of part 1 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S., the board of county commissioners of each county has exclusive power to adopt the annual budget for the operation of the county government, including all offices, departments, boards, commissions, other spending agencies of the county government, and other agencies which are funded in whole or in part by county appropriations. All such entities shall make appropriate budget recommendations each year to the board of county commissioners for the operation of their respective offices; but the final budget determination of each board of county commissioners shall be binding upon each of the respective offices, departments, boards, commissions, other spending agencies of the county government, and other agencies which are funded in whole or in part by county appropriations.

(b) Every decision made by the board of county commissioners in exercising its budget-making power shall be presumed to be a valid exercise of the power granted by paragraph (a) of this subsection (2).

(3) The board of county commissioners of any county eligible to receive impact assistance grants pursuant to part 3 of article 25 of this title may certify a dollar amount to the parks and wildlife commission pursuant to part 3 of article 25 of this title.

30-11-107.3. Incentives for installation of renewable energy fixtures – definitions.

(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any county may offer an incentive, in the form of a county property tax or sales tax credit or rebate, to a residential or commercial property owner who installs a renewable energy fixture on his or her residential or commercial property.

(2) For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “County” means any county or city and county.

(b) “Renewable energy fixture” means any fixture, product, system, device, or interacting group of devices installed behind the meter of any residential or commercial building that produces energy from renewable resources, including, but not limited to, photovoltaic systems, solar thermal systems, small wind systems, biomass systems, or geothermal systems.

30-11-107.5. Lodging tax for the advertising and marketing of local tourism.

(1) In accordance with the procedures set forth in this section, the board of county commissioners of each county, for one or more of the purposes specified in subsection (1.5) of this section, may levy a county lodging tax of not more than two percent on the purchase price paid or charged to persons for rooms or accommodations as included in the definition of “sale” in section 39-26-102 (11). No tax shall apply within any municipality levying a lodging tax.

(1.5) (a) Subject to the limitation set forth in subsection (1,5(b) of this section, a county board of commissioner may levy the tax specified in subsection (1) of this section for the purpose of:

(I) Advertising and marketing local tourism;

(II) Housing and childcare for the tourism-related workforce, including seasonal workers, and for other workers in the community; or

(III) facilitating and enhancing visitor experiences.

(b) If, after January 1, 2022, there is a new lodging tax created or the allowable uses of an existing lodging tax are expanded in accordance with subsection (3)(a.5) of this section, at least ten percent of the lodging tax revenue must be used for the purpose of advertising and marketing local tourism.

(2) (a) The county lodging tax shall be collected, administered, and enforced, to the extent feasible, pursuant to section 29-2-106, C.R.S.

(b) The department of revenue shall perform, on an annual basis, an analysis to determine the net incremental cost of such collection, administration, and enforcement. The department of revenue shall retain only the amount determined to be necessary by the cost analysis, and in no event shall that amount exceed three and one-third percent of the amount collected. Such amount retained shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the general fund, and such amount shall be subject to appropriation by the general assembly for the net incremental cost of such collection, administration, and enforcement.

(c) Any person or entity providing rooms or accommodations as included in the definition of “sale” referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be liable and responsible for the payment of an amount equivalent of up to two percent of all such sales made and shall quarterly, unless otherwise provided by law, make a return to the executive director of the department of revenue for the preceding tax-reporting period and remit an amount equivalent up to the said two percent on such sales to said executive director.

(3) (a) The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, approve a proposal for a county lodging tax; thereupon, such proposal for the county lodging tax shall be referred to the registered electors of the unincorporated areas and the municipalities subject to the lodging tax at a special election held for such purpose. Any such election may be combined with any other special election. On and after January 1, 1989, such tax may only be approved at a general election.

(a.5) If, prior to January 1, 2022, the voters of a county approved a county lodging tax for the purpose of advertising and marketing local tourism, the board of county commissioners may, by resolution, approve a proposal to allow the county lodging tax revenues to also be used for any of the additional purposes specified in subsection (1.5) of this section. The county shall refer the proposal to the registered electors of the unincorporated areas and the municipalities subject to the lodging tax at the next general election.

(b) (I) A proposal for a county lodging tax under subsection (3)(a) of this section must contain a description of the proposed tax, must state the amount to be imposed and must describe any municipality within the county that has such a tax and is therefore excluded from the election proposed in subsection (3)(a) of this section and any resulting lodging tax.

(II) If any additional lodging tax or statewide tax on lodging facilities is enacted or levied after January 1, 1987, which in combination with the lodging tax authorized by this section exceeds two percent, the tax under this section shall be reduced by that amount that the total tax exceeds the two percent maximum specified in subsection (1) of this section.

(d) No public moneys from any source shall be expended directly or indirectly to urge electors to vote in favor or against the imposition of the lodging tax. Nothing in this paragraph (d) shall be construed as prohibiting an elected official from expressing his personal opinion concerning the imposition of the lodging tax.

(e) Upon the adoption of the resolution by the board of county commissioners approving a county lodging tax proposal in accordance with subsection (3)(a) or (3)(a,5) of this section, the county clerk and recorder shall publish the text of the proposal four separate times, a week apart, in a newspaper of general circulation within the county. The cost of the election must be initially paid out of the general fund of the county. If the county lodging tax is approved, the general fund of the county must be reimbursed out of the county lodging tax fund described in subsection (4)(a) of this section. The conduct of the election shall conform, so far as practicable, to the general election laws of the state.

(f) (I) If a proposal for a county lodging tax under subsection (3)(a) of this section is approved by a majority of the registered electors from the municipality or unincorporated area subject to the lodging tax voting thereon, the county lodging tax becomes effective as provided in section 29-2-106 (2). If a proposal to expand the allowable uses under subsection (3)(a,5) of this section is approved by a majority of the registered electors from the municipality of unincorporated area voting hereon, the county may also use the lodging tax revenue for any of the additional approved uses as specified in subsection (1,.5) of this section.

(g) If a county seeks to use lodging tax revenue for a purpose specified in subsection (1.5)(a)(II) or (1.5)(a)(III) of this section, then the ballot issue authorizing the use must specify how the county will spend the lodging tax revenue under either subsection.

(II) If a majority of the registered electors voting thereon fail to approve the county lodging tax, the question shall not be submitted again to such electors for a period of one year following the date of said election.

(4) (a) All revenue collected from such county lodging tax, except the amounts retained under subsection (2) of this section, shall be credited to a special fund designated as the county lodging tax fund, hereby created. The fund shall be used only for the purposes approved by voters and to reimburse the general fund of the county for the cost of the election in accordance with subsection (3)(d) of this section. No revenue collected from such county lodging tax shall be used for any capital expenditures, with the exception of:

(I) Capital expenditures for housing and childcare for the tourism-related workforce, including seasonal workers, and for rother workers in the community;

(II) Capital expenditures related to facilitating and enhancing visitor experiences; or

(III) Tourist information centers.

(b) Upon approval of a lodging tax for the purpose of advertising and marketing local toursim by the electors pursuant to this section, the county commissioners shall select a panel of no less than three citizens to administer the lodging tax fund; except that, if the money in the fund may also be used for any other purpose, then the panel shall only administer the portion of the fund that the board of county commissioners identifies as being available for advertising and marketing local tourism. The county commissioners shall appoint members from the tourism industry within the municipalities or unincorporated areas from which the lodging tax is collected. Where there is an established and proven marketing entity within the county formed for the purpose of advertising and marketing tourism, the panel is encouraged to use that entity, and that entity shall provide an accounting to the panel and to the county commissioners.

(c) The panel, to the extent feasible, shall advertise and market tourism for the benefit of those unincorporated areas and municipalities from which the lodging tax originated.

(5) Nothing provided in this section shall in any way prohibit municipalities and counties from cooperating to create countywide uniform lodging taxes with voluntary abandonment of municipal lodging tax ordinances.

(6) Repealed.

30-11-107.7. County rental tax on the rental of personal property – procedures – apportionment.

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “Personal property” means personal property which:

(I) Is not subject to ad valorem tax pursuant to section 39-3-119, C.R.S., or specific ownership tax pursuant to section 42-3-107, C.R.S.; and

(II) The owner thereof is regularly engaged in the sale, rental, or both sale and rental of such personal property and rents such personal property to another individual or corporation, in which the owner does not have any interest whatsoever, for one or more periods of thirty days or less in any calendar year.

(b) “Personal property” does not include any residential real property as defined for property tax purposes in section 39-1-102 (14.5), C.R.S.

(2) (a) In accordance with the procedures set forth in this section, the board of county commissioners of each county may levy a rental tax on personal property which is rented in such county. The rate of any rental tax levied pursuant to this section shall be not more than one percent of the amount of the rental payment paid or charged to persons who rent such personal property.

(b) The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, approve a rental tax on personal property which is rented in the county. Such resolution shall contain a description of the rental tax on personal property which is rented, state the rate of rental tax to be levied, and specify the effective date of the resolution.

(c) (I) Any rental tax levied pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be collected, administered, and enforced, to the extent feasible, pursuant to section 29-2-106, C.R.S.

(II) The department of revenue shall perform, on an annual basis, an analysis to determine the net incremental cost of such collection, administration, and enforcement. The department of revenue shall retain only the amount determined to be necessary by the cost analysis, and in no event shall that amount exceed three and one-third percent of the amount collected. Such amount retained shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the general fund, and such amount shall be subject to appropriations by the general assembly for the net incremental cost of such collection, administration, and enforcement.

(3) (a) During the month of January of each year, the county treasurer of any county which levies a rental tax pursuant to this section shall calculate, for such county and each political subdivision located within the boundaries of such county, the percentage which the dollar amount of ad valorem taxes levied by each such political entity is of the aggregate dollar amount of ad valorem taxes levied in such county during the preceding calendar year. The percentages so calculated shall be used for the apportionment between the county itself and each political subdivision located within such county of the aggregate amount of rental tax revenue to be distributed by the department of revenue to the county treasurer during the current calendar year.

(b) All rental taxes collected by the county treasurer shall be apportioned, credited, and distributed to the county and to each political subdivision located within such county on the tenth day of each month for all rental taxes collected during the immediately preceding month.

30-11-107.9. County tax for public safety improvements – definitions.

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “Public safety improvements” means capital expenditures or operational costs associated with a public safety organization.

(b) “Public safety organization” means a law enforcement agency or office, district attorney’s office, judicial district, coroner’s office, a fire protection district, fire department, or any other public entity dedicated to providing services related to public safety, public health, or emergency management at the county or local level in the state.

(2) In accordance with the procedures set forth in this section, the board of county commissioners of each county may levy a sales tax for public safety improvements of not more than two percent on the sale of tangible personal property of retail and services taxable in such county pursuant to the provisions of section 39-26-104, C.R.S. All net revenues collected by a county after the payment of the costs of collection, administration, and enforcement to the department of revenue in accordance with subsection (4) of this section shall be used exclusively for public safety improvements.

(3) The board of county commissioners of a county may by resolution approve a proposal for a county public safety improvements tax; thereupon the public safety improvements tax proposal must be submitted to the registered electors of the county at the next general election, the next biennial county election, of the next election held on the first Tuesday of November in an odd-numbered year as determined by the board of county commissioners. The proposal shall contain a description of the tax including its purposes and shall state the amount to be imposed. The proposal may include a provision to also seek voter approval to retain and expend all or a portion of the revenues of the tax from district fiscal year spending for purposes of section 20 of article X of the state constitution. The conduct of the election shall conform so far as practicable to the general election laws of the state and with the provisions of said section 20.

(4) (a) The county public safety improvements tax shall be collected, administered, and enforced, to the extent feasible, pursuant to section 29-2-106, C.R.S.

(b) The department of revenue shall perform, on an annual basis, an analysis to determine the net incremental cost of such collection, administration, and enforcement. The department shall retain only the amount determined to be necessary by the cost analysis, and in no event shall that amount exceed three and one-third percent of the amount collected. Such amount retained shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the general fund, and such amount shall be subject to appropriation by the general assembly for the net incremental cost of such collection, administration, and enforcement.

(5) No public moneys from any source shall be expended directly or indirectly to urge electors to vote in favor or against the imposition of a county public safety improvements tax. Nothing in this subsection (5) shall be construed as prohibiting an elected official from expressing his or her personal opinion concerning the imposition of the tax.

30-11-108. Assent of electors required – when.

The board of county commissioners shall not borrow money for the purposes stated in section 30-11-107, except as provided in section 30-11-107 (1) (dd), without having first submitted the question of such loan to a vote of the electors of the county and without a majority of the voters legally qualified to vote and voting on that question having voted therefor.

30-11-109. Advertisement for bids on supplies.

Repealed in 2013.

30-11-109.5. Purchases of recycled paper and recycled products.

(1) When purchasing any product with public funds, the purchasing agent for the county shall be authorized to purchase products or materials with recycled content that have been source-reduced, that are reusable, or that have been composted, unless one or more of the following conditions exist:

(a) The product is not available within a reasonable period of time;

(b) The product fails to meet applicable purchasing rules, including specifications; or

30-11-110. State suppliers preferred.

It is unlawful for any board of county commissioners of any county to accept any bid or make a purchase of any books, stationery, records, printing, lithographing, or other supplies for any officer of its county, from any person, company, or corporation having its manufactory or principal place of business outside the state of Colorado, when the same can be procured from some person, company, or corporation having its manufactory or principal place of business within this state and at a net cost which shall not exceed the amount for which such books, stationery, records, printing, lithographing, or other supplies can be procured and delivered to them by any person, company, or corporation having its manufactory or principal place of business without the state.

30-11-111. Term of contract.

Repealed in 2013.

30-11-112. Officer cannot contract or purchase.

Repealed in 2013.

30-11-113. Commissioners to furnish blank assessment rolls.

The boards of county commissioners of their respective counties, at the expense of the county, shall furnish annually and in due season, to the assessor of the county, suitable blank assessment rolls, prepared in accordance with the provisions of law; shall also provide suitable books and stationery for the use of each of the county officers of their county, together with appropriate cases and furniture for the safe and convenient keeping of all the books, documents, and papers belonging to each of said officers; and also shall provide official seals for each of said officers when the same are required by law.

30-11-114. New precincts – change boundaries – reduce number.

The board of county commissioners may set off or organize new precincts, change the boundaries, or reduce the number of those already organized as the public good from time to time requires.

30-11-115. Board may appropriate for expositions.

The board of county commissioners of any county in this state may make such appropriation as it may seem proper for the purpose of enabling such county to secure a proper representation of its interests in exhibits and expositions held in Colorado.

30-11-116. Appropriations for advertising.

The boards of county commissioners of the several counties within the state of Colorado are authorized to appropriate money from the county general fund for the purpose of advertising or marketing the county.

30-11-117. Commissioners to fill vacancies in county offices.

In case a vacancy occurs in any county office, or in any precinct office in any county in this state, by reason of death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, the board of county commissioners of such county has power to fill such vacancy by appointment, subject to section 9 of article XIV of the state constitution, until an election can be held as provided by law.

30-11-118. County attorney – county collector.

The board of county commissioners of each county of the state, when the interests of the county require it, may employ an attorney, but the person appointed shall be a member of the bar of the supreme court of this state and at least twenty-five years of age. The board may also, when the business of the county requires it, appoint a county collector, whose duty it is to collect license moneys and other special dues of said county; such collector shall receive such compensation as may be allowed by the board of county commissioners.

30-11-119. New bond for officers, when.

When the board of county commissioners of any county in this state deems the bond given by the sheriff or other officer of the county insufficient, or when in its opinion the sureties on said bond are insolvent or permanently removed from the county, or when it for any other reason considers said bond insufficient for the public security, it is lawful for the board to require of said sheriff or other officer a new bond, with such sureties and so conditioned as required by law in the first instance.

30-11-120. Failure to file bond – office vacant.

In case any sheriff or other officer refuses or neglects, for a period longer than thirty days after receiving notice, to give a new bond as required, it is lawful for the board of county commissioners to declare the office vacant and appoint some other person to fill the vacancy, who shall hold the office until a successor is elected or appointed.

30-11-121. General accounting records.

The board of county commissioners is responsible for the maintenance of the general accounting records of the county. It is the duty of the county treasurer, county clerk and recorder, county sheriff, and county assessor to furnish, as directed by the board of county commissioners, copies of any and all accounting, administrative, financial, recorded, or assessment records to a person appointed by the board of county commissioners for the purpose of utilizing computer or other record-keeping facilities. Such person shall serve at the pleasure of the board of county commissioners.

30-11-122. Conservation trust fund authorized.

Each county in this state may create a conservation trust fund as provided in section 29-21-101, C.R.S.

30-11-123. Legislative declaration – counties – new business facilities – expansion of existing business facilities – incentives – limitations – authority to exceed revenue-raising limitations.

(1) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state are dependent upon the attraction of new private enterprise as well as the retention and expansion of existing private enterprise; that incentives are often necessary in order to attract private enterprise; and that providing such incentives stimulates economic development in the state and results in the creation and maintenance of new jobs.

(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any county may negotiate for an incentive payment or credit with any taxpayer who establishes a new business facility, as defined in section 39-30-105.1 (6) (b), in the county. In no instance may any negotiation result in an annual incentive payment or credit that is greater than the amount of the taxes levied by the county upon the taxable personal property located at or within the business facility and used in connection with the operation of the business facility for the current property tax year. The term of any agreement made prior to August 6, 2014, pursuant to the provisions of this subsection (1) may not exceed ten years, including the term of any original agreement being renewed. The term of any agreement made on or after August 6, 2014, pursuant to this subsection (1) may not exceed thirty-five years, which does not include the term of any prior agreement.

(1.5) (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a county may negotiate an incentive payment or credit for a taxpayer that has an existing business facility located in the county if, based on verifiable documentation, the county is satisfied that there is a substantial risk that the taxpayer will relocate the facility out of state.

(b) The documentation required pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (1.5) must include information that the taxpayer could reasonably and efficiently relocate the facility out of state and that at least one other state is being considered for the relocation. In order to be eligible for a payment or credit under this subsection (1.5), a taxpayer must identify the specific reasons why the taxpayer is considering leaving the state.

(c) A county shall not give an annual incentive payment or credit under this subsection (1.5) that is greater than the amount of the taxes levied by the county upon the taxable personal property located at or within the existing business facility and used in connection with the operation of the existing business facility for the current property tax year. The term of an agreement made prior to August 6, 2014, pursuant to this subsection (1.5) shall not exceed ten years, and this limit includes any renewals of the original agreement. The term of an agreement made on or after August 6, 2014, pursuant to this subsection (1.5) shall not exceed thirty-five years, and this limit does not include the term of any prior agreement. A county shall not give an annual incentive payment or credit under this subsection (1.5), unless the board of county commissioners approves the payment or credit at a public hearing.

(2) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any county may negotiate for an incentive payment or credit with any taxpayer who expands a facility, as defined in section 39-30-105.1 (6)(e), the expansion of which authorizes a taxpayer to claim a credit described in section 39-30-105.1, and that is located in the county. In no instance may any negotiation result in an annual incentive payment or credit that is greater than the amount of the taxes levied by the county upon the taxable personal property directly attributable to the expansion, located at or within the expanded facility, and used in connection with the operation of the expanded facility for the current property tax year. The term of any agreement made prior to August 6, 2014, pursuant to the provisions of this subsection (2) may not exceed ten years, including the term of any original agreement being renewed. The term of any agreement made on or after August 6, 2014, pursuant to this subsection (2) may not exceed thirty-five years, which does not include the term of any prior agreement.

(3) For purposes of this section, “county” means any county or city and county.

(4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 94, p. 2833, § 3, effective January 1, 1995.)

(5) Any county which negotiates any agreement pursuant to the provisions of this section shall inform any municipality and any school district in which a new business facility would be located or an expanded business facility is located, whichever is applicable, of such negotiations.

(6) Any county may adjust the amount of its tax levy authorized pursuant to the provisions of section 29-1-301, C.R.S., or pursuant to a county home rule charter, whichever is applicable, by an additional amount which does not exceed the total amount of annual incentive payments or credits made by such county in accordance with agreements negotiated pursuant to the provisions of this section or section 39-30-107.5, C.R.S.

30-11-124. Fire planning authority.

(1) The board of county commissioners of each county in the state, subject to the requirements of section 25-7-123, C.R.S., may prepare, adopt, and implement a county fire management plan that details individual county policies on fire management for prescribed burns, fuels management, or natural ignition burns on lands owned by the state or county. Such plans shall be developed in coordination with the county sheriff, the division of fire prevention and control in the department of public safety, and the appropriate state and local governmental entities. All interested partes shall have the opportunity to comment on the plan prior to its adoption and implementation.

(2) County fire management plans created pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall:

(a) Clearly define appropriate responses in order to mitigate immediate threats to public safety; and

(b) Set forth the conditions under which prescribed or natural ignition fires shall be managed.

(3) Any county that adopts and adheres to a county fire management plan shall be accorded liability protection pursuant to article 10 of title 24, C.R.S.

(4) Federal government agencies, subject to the provisions of sections 25-7-106 (7) and (8) and 25-7-114.7 (2) (a) (III), C.R.S., and private landowners may enter into memoranda of understanding with the board of county commissioners to include public or private lands that are within the boundaries of the county under the county fire management plan. Counties may purchase an indemnification insurance policy and private landowners who enter into memoranda of understanding with the board shall have the opportunity to opt into such policy.

(5) Nothing in this section shall infringe upon or otherwise affect the ability of agricultural producers to conduct burning on their property.

30-11-125. Licensing program for building contractors – contents of program – requirements – exceptions – definitions.

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) (I) “Building contractor” means a building contractor who for compensation directs, supervises, or undertakes any work for which a county building permit is required. A county licensing program established in accordance with the provisions of this section shall exclude from the definition of “building contractor” any person whose sole function in the work for which a county building permit is required is to perform labor under the supervision or direction of a building contractor.

(II) “Building contractor” shall not include an electrician required to be licensed by the state pursuant to article 115 of title 12, or a plumber required to be licensed by the state pursuant to article 155 of title 12.

(b) “County” means any county or city and county in the state.

(d) “Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, or other legal entity.

(2) Subject to the requirements of this section, any county that has adopted a building code may establish a licensing program to require a person who engages in the business of being a building contractor within the unincorporated areas of the county to obtain a license from the county prior to engaging in the business. The county may develop the licensing program in accordance with the requirements of this section, and any such program may include one or more of the following:

(a) Procedures that a building contractor would follow in order to obtain or renew a license, including the submission of any documentation or information as may be required by the county;

(b) A requirement that the building contractor achieve a passing grade on a nationally recognized examination promulgated by the international code council that is commonly used and accepted in the industry;

(d) Subject to the requirements of subsection (3) of this section, the imposition of a reasonable fee to be charged by the county to a building contractor to cover the costs of any testing required to be performed by the county, the processing of the application, or any other costs incurred by the county in connection with the issuance or renewal of a license; or

(e) Grounds for the revocation or suspension of a license issued by the county, grounds for the revocation or suspension of a building permit issued for a project for which the building contractor is found not to be in compliance with the county’s licensing requirements, or grounds for the imposition of any lesser sanction, which shall be based on objective standards and criteria developed from the county building code, and procedures to be followed by the county in carrying out the revocation, suspension, or other sanction based upon such grounds, including a process for appealing any sanction so imposed.

(3) Any county that establishes a licensing program pursuant to this section shall issue a license to a building contractor holding a valid license issued by another county or municipality in the state without requiring the building contractor to take or achieve a passing grade on any examination conducted by the county if the license issued by such other county or municipality required the building contractor to achieve a passing grade on a nationally recognized examination promulgated by the international code council commonly used and accepted in the industry. In the case of a building contractor holding a valid license issued by another county or municipality in the state, the fee charged by a secondary county for issuance or renewal of a license in accordance with the requirements of this section shall be reasonable and limited to costs incurred by the secondary county in processing the application and otherwise administering the issuance or renewal of a license required by this section.

(4) If a building contractor applying for a license complies with the requirements for obtaining a license established by the county, the county shall issue a provisional license to the building contractor no later than seven business days after the building contractor has submitted a complete application. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (5) of this section, any failure on the part of the county to issue a nonprovisional license within forty-five days after submission of a complete application to a building contractor who has otherwise satisfied all other requirements for obtaining a license shall not preclude the building contractor from engaging in the business of being a building contractor and applying for a building permit for unincorporated areas of the county.

(5) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, no person shall engage in the business of being a building contractor within the unincorporated areas of any county that has adopted a licensing program created pursuant to this section unless the person holds a valid license issued or recognized by the county in accordance with the requirements of this section.

(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section:

(a) The provisions of this section shall apply to any licensing program operated or administered by a county that is in existence as of August 3, 2007. Any licensing program operated or administered by a county as of August 3, 2007, that satisfies or is amended to satisfy the requirements of this section is hereby ratified as compliant with the requirements of this section and need not be reestablished by the county.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any individual to hold a license to perform repair or maintenance work on his or her own property, nor shall it prevent a person from employing an individual on either a full-time or a part-time basis to perform repair or maintenance work on his or her own property who is not licensed under the provisions of this section.

CONCERNING COUNTY PROCEEDINGS FOR THE COLLECTION OF UNPAID SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS

30-20-115. Solid wastes disposal site and facility fund – tax – fees

(1) Any governing body having jurisdiction is authorized to establish a solid wastes disposal site and facility fund. The governing body having jurisdiction may levy a solid wastes disposal site and facility tax, in addition to any other tax authorized by law, on the taxable property within a county or municipality, the proceeds of which shall be deposited to the credit of said fund and appropriated to pay the cost of land, labor, equipment, and services needed in the operation of solid wastes disposal sites and facilities and for any other solid wastes management purpose in or on behalf of that county or municipality. Any governing body having jurisdiction is also authorized, after a public hearing, to fix, modify, and collect service charges from users of solid wastes disposal sites and facilities or transfer stations for the purpose of financing solid wastes management in that county or municipality. In the event that a countywide solid waste disposal site and facility tax has been imposed with the consent of a majority of the voters in the county, that tax may continue to be collected countywide and may accrue to the county’s solid waste disposal site and facility fund, notwithstanding any subsequent taxes as may be levied by any municipalities within the county under this section.

(2) (a) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall be construed to authorize any governing body having jurisdiction to collect service charges from users of any privately owned or operated site and facility that is for the primary purpose of processing, reclaiming, or recycling:

(I) Recyclable materials;

(II) Excluded scrap metal;

(III) Auto parts; or

(IV) Scrap that is composed of worn out metal or a metal product that has outlived its original use, commonly referred to as obsolete scrap.

(b) Nothing in this subsection (2) shall be construed to prohibit any governing body having jurisdiction from levying or collecting service charges from users of a solid wastes disposal site and facility at which recycling occurs.

30-20-306. (Public Projects) Revenue and sinking fund – pledge of general income prohibited

The official legislative body of any governmental agency is authorized to set aside a special sinking fund in the office of the treasurer of the governmental agency for the payment of anticipation warrants authorized by and issued under the provisions of this part 3 and for the payment of interest due on such warrants; except that the general income of the governmental agency shall not be pledged for the payment of the principal of the warrants and interest thereon. The treasurer of the governmental agency shall deposit in said sinking fund all rents, royalties, fees, rates, and charges derived from or rendered by the project.

30-20-420. (Sewer and Water) Failure to pay rates and charges – lien

In the event any user of the system neglects, fails, or refuses to pay the rates, fees, tolls, and charges fixed by the board of county commissioners for the connection with and use of the system, said user shall not be disconnected from said system or refused the use of said system unless the user is outside the boundaries of the county, but the rates, fees, tolls, and charges due therefor may be certified by the county clerk and recorder to the board of county commissioners of the county in which said delinquent user’s property is located and shall become a lien upon the real property so served by said system and collected in the manner as though they were part of the taxes.

30-20-517. (Public Improvements) County officers to levy and collect taxes – liens

It is the duty of the governing body to levy the taxes certified to it, as provided in this part 5. It is the duty of all officials charged with the duty of collecting taxes to collect and enforce such taxes at the time, in the form and manner, and with like interest and penalties as other taxes are collected and, when collected, to pay the same to the district ordering its levy and collection. The payment of such collections shall be made monthly to the treasurer of the district and paid into the depository thereof to the credit of the district. All taxes levied under this part 5, together with the penalties for default in payment thereof, and all costs of collecting same, shall constitute a lien, until paid, on and against the property taxed, as in the case of other general taxes.

30-20-518. (Public Improvements) Property sold for taxes

The taxes provided for in this part 5 shall be a part of the general taxes and shall be paid accordingly. Sales of properties for delinquencies shall be in the same manner as is provided in the statutes of the state of Colorado for the sale of property for nonpayment of taxes.

30-20-617. (Local Improvement District) Sale of property for nonpayment – county may purchase property on default.

(1) In case of default in the payment of any installment of principal or interest when due, the county treasurer shall advertise and sell all property concerning which such default is suffered for the payment of the whole of the unpaid assessments thereon. Said advertisements and sales shall be made at the same times, in the same manner, under all the same conditions and penalties, and with the same effect as provided by general law for sales of real estate in default of payment of the general property tax.

(2) At any sale by the county treasurer of any property for the purpose of paying any special assessment for local improvements made under the provisions of this part 6 in the district, the county treasurer, having written authority from the board, may purchase any such property without paying for the same in cash and shall receive certificates of purchase therefor in the name of the county. The certificates shall be received and credited at their face value, with all interest and penalties accrued, on account of the assessments in pursuance of which the sale was made. The certificates may thereafter be sold by the county treasurer at their face value, with all interest and penalties accrued, and assigned by him to the purchaser in the name of the county. The proceeds of such sale shall be credited to the fund created by resolution for the payment of such assessments respectively. In the event that all bonded indebtedness incurred in payment for said local improvements has been discharged in full, said certificates may be sold by the board for the best price obtainable at public sale, at auction, or by sealed bids in the same manner and under the same conditions as is provided in subsection (4) of this section. The proceeds shall be credited to the general fund of said county. Such assignments shall be without recourse, and the sale and assignments shall operate as a lien in favor of the purchaser and assignee as is provided by law in the case of sale of real estate in default of payment of the general property tax.

(3) Any county as such purchaser has the right to apply for tax deeds on such certificates of purchase at any time after three years from the date of issuance of said certificates, and such deeds shall be issued as provided by law for issuance of tax deeds for the nonpayment of the general property tax.

(4) Cumulatively with all other remedies, any county which is the owner of property by virtue of a tax deed, or is the owner of property otherwise acquired, in satisfaction or discharge of the liens represented by such certificates of sale, may sell such property for the best price obtainable at public sale, at auction, or by sealed bids. Such sales shall be after public notice by the county treasurer or the county clerk and recorder to all persons having or claiming any interest in the property to be sold or in the proceeds of such sale by publication of such notice three times, a week apart, in a weekly or daily newspaper of general circulation within the county in which the property is located. Such notice shall describe the property and state the time, place, and manner of receiving bids; except that the time fixed for the sale shall not be less than ten days after the last publication. The county may reject any and all bids. Any interested party, at any time within ten days after the receipt of bids for the sale of property, may file with the county a written protest as to the sufficiency of the amount of any bid made or the validity of the proceedings for the sale. If the protest is denied, such person, within ten days thereafter, shall commence an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin or restrain the county from completing the sale. If no such action is commenced, all protests or objections to the sale shall be waived, and the county shall then convey the property to the successful bidder by quitclaim deed.

(5) In addition to all other remedies, any county which is a holder of certificates of purchase may bring a civil action for foreclosure thereof in accordance with article 38 of title 38, C.R.S., joining as defendants all persons holding record title, persons occupying or in possession of the property, persons having or claiming any interest in the property or in the proceeds of foreclosure sale, all governmental taxing units having taxes or other claims against said property, and all unknown persons having or claiming any interest in said property. Any number of certificates may be foreclosed in the same proceeding. In such proceeding the county, as plaintiff, is entitled to all relief provided by law in actions for an adjudication of rights with respect to real property, including actions to quiet title.

(6) The proceeds of any such sale of property shall be credited to the appropriate special assessment fund. The county shall deduct therefrom the necessary expenses in securing deeds and taking proceedings for the sale or foreclosure.

(7) When any county has sold or conveyed at a fair market value certificates of purchase or property which it has acquired in satisfaction or discharge of special assessment liens, such sales and conveyances are hereby validated and confirmed as against all parties having or claiming any interest in such property or the proceeds of such sale.

(8) It is hereby declared that the purpose of this section is to restore delinquent property to the tax rolls and to realize the greatest possible amount from such property for the benefit of all persons and taxing bodies having liens thereon.

30-20-806. (Cemetery District) Taxation

The board of county commissioners is authorized to levy a tax not to exceed four mills so certified to it by said cemetery district against all taxable property within said cemetery district which tax shall be collected by the county treasurer. If the district embraces the entire county, the board of county commissioners is authorized to appropriate from the general fund money for this purpose and no special tax shall be made.

30-20-807. Cemetery district fund

All moneys belonging to or collected on behalf of said cemetery district may be deposited with the county treasurer of the county in which said district is located in a fund known as …………. cemetery district fund. Expenditures therefrom shall be made by the county treasurer upon warrants drawn thereon by the president and secretary of said cemetery district.

ADMINISTRATION

Fiscal Procedures

30-25-104. Judgment against a county, how paid – tax levy.

(1) When a judgment is given and rendered against a county of this state in the name of its board of county commissioners or against any county officer in an action prosecuted by or against him in his official capacity or name of office, when the judgment is for money and is a lawful county charge, no execution shall issue thereon, but the same may be paid by the levy of a tax upon the taxable property of said county. When the tax is collected by the county treasurer, it shall be paid over, as fast as collected by him, to the judgment creditor, or his assigns, upon the execution and delivery of proper vouchers therefor; but nothing in this section shall operate to prevent the board of county commissioners from paying any such judgment by a warrant drawn by them upon the ordinary county fund in the county treasury. The power conferred to pay such judgment by a special levy of such tax shall be held to be in addition to the taxing power given and granted to such board to levy taxes for other county purposes. The board of county commissioners shall levy under this law such taxes as shall be sufficient to discharge such judgment in the next fiscal year; but in no event shall such annual levy exceed a total of ten mills for one or more judgments exclusive of mill levies for other county purposes. The board of county commissioners shall continue to levy such taxes, not to exceed a total of ten mills annually, exclusive of mill levies for other county purposes, but in no event less than ten mills if such judgment will not be discharged by a lesser levy until such judgment is discharged.

(2) Any and all taxes levied to pay the last payment upon or to pay any such judgment shall be valid, whether the sum sought to be raised thereby exceeds the sum due on such judgment, principal and interest or not; but such excess of the sum required shall not exceed a sum equal to ten percent of such required sum, and no sale of real estate made to make such taxes shall be invalid by reason of such excess, if the same is within the above specified limit. All levies to pay judgments shall be made as near as possible to raise a sum equal to that due on the judgment, for which payment the tax is levied; but, nevertheless, any excess levied, if such does not exceed the said ten percent of the sum due and desired to be paid, shall not invalidate any tax levy upon or tax sale of real or personal estate made to raise, make, or collect the said sum due and excess.

30-25-106. Fund – purposes.

(1) The board of county commissioners is authorized to appropriate money from the county general fund for all ordinary county expenses, including the administrative expenditures of elective and appointive offices, library, agricultural extension service, fire protection, fairs, advertising, airports, health, rodent control, water conservation, weed control, pest control, predatory animal control, and all other general county purposes authorized by law, except expenditures for public welfare, roads and bridges, debt service, public hospitals, public works, contingencies, and purposes voted by the electors.

(2) The board of county commissioners is authorized to appropriate money from the general fund derived from federal payment in lieu of taxes to public school districts containing lands from which the payment is derived.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the board of county commissioners is authorized to transfer money from the county general fund to the county road and bridge fund created in section 43-2-202, if the governor declares, by executive order or proclamation, a disaster emergency in the applicable county pursuant to section 24-33.5-704 (4). The board of county commissioners is authorized to make the transfers until eight years after the date of the governor’s declaration of an emergency in the county. The eight years begins the day after the date of the governor’s final declaration of an emergency for the disaster, including all extensions to the declaration. Any county general fund money transferred into the county road and bridge fund must be used for the purposes of disaster response and recovery in a manner consistent with the permissible uses of money in the county road and bridge fund.

30-25-106.5. Infrastructure loans to governmental entities within a county – authorization – limitations.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of county commissioners of a county, in consultation with the county treasurer, is authorized to make loans to any governmental entity that is created by or located within the county and that undertakes infrastructure projects within the county. The board of county commissioners shall analyze or cause to be analyzed any such loan using the underwriting standards adopted pursuant to subsection (3) of this section before making the loan, and any such loan is also subject to the following requirements:

(a) The source of the loan must be legally available money that is not otherwise encumbered or obligated, and the amount loaned must not cause the total outstanding principal balance of all loans made pursuant to this subsection (1) to exceed eight percent of the amount of such money available at the time the loan is made;

(b) The loan must have a specified repayment term, and the loan recipient shall agree to pay the county interest on the loan at an initial rate that is equal to or greater than the rate of return earned on all county financial investments for the twelve months preceding the date on which the loan is made;

(c) The loan recipient shall use loan proceeds for the sole purpose of funding public infrastructure projects, including but not limited to the construction, operation, maintenance, or repair of transportation and recreational infrastructure; and

(d) The board of county commissioners shall make the loan by entering into an intergovernmental agreement with the loan recipient that establishes the terms and conditions of the loan. Before entering into such an intergovernmental agreement;

(I) The board of county commissioner shall approve the public infrastucture project to be funded by the loan and the terms and conditions of the loan at a meeting of the board held in accordance with the open meeting requirements of part 4 of article 6 of title 24; and

(II) The board of county commissioners or the loan recipient shall pursue private sector options, including but not limited to financial institutions doing business within the county, for funding the public infrasturcture project to be funded by the loan and report regarding the options pursued at the board meeting held pursuant to subsection (1)(d)(I) of this section.

(2) Because it is required to be repaid, a loan made pursuant to subsection (1) of this section is not an expenditure to which the limitations on expenditures from the county general fund set forth in section 30-25-106(1) apply.

(3) Before making loans as authorized by subsection (1) of this section, the board of county commissioners shall adopt underwriting standards. The underwriting standards must require, at a minimum, that each proposed loan be analyzed with respect to the risks of the loan, market rates, and loan terms.

30-25-109. Allowance of accounts.

No account shall be allowed by the board of county commissioners unless the same is made out in separate items, and the nature of each item stated, and where no specified fees are allowed by law the time actually and necessarily devoted to the performance of any service charged in such account shall be specified. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any such board from disallowing any account, in whole or in part, when so rendered nor from requiring any other or further evidence of the truth and propriety thereof as it may think proper.

30-25-110. Claims presented to board, when – how paid.

(1) Any claim or demand held by any person against a county shall be presented for audit and allowance to the board of county commissioners of the proper county, in due form of law, before an action in any court shall be maintainable thereon, and all claims, when allowed, shall be paid by a county warrant or order, drawn by said board on the county treasury, upon the proper fund in the treasury, for the amount of such claim. It is the duty of the board of county commissioners to ensure that all warrants and orders issued on or after April 2, 1998, are drawn upon the proper fund in the treasury and that there are sufficient moneys in said fund. Such warrant or order shall be signed by the chairperson of the board, permanent or temporary, and attested by the county clerk and recorder, and said warrant or order shall specify the amount and value of the claim or service for which it is issued and be numbered and dated in the order in which it is issued.

(2) The general county fund shall be known and designated on the books of the county treasury as the “county general fund”, and the general road fund shall be known and carried on the books of said county treasury as the “county road and bridge fund”. Such warrants and orders, payable on demand, shall be drawn and issued upon the county treasurer, or against any funds in his hands, only when at the time of drawing and issuing the same there shall be sufficient moneys in the appropriate fund in the treasury to pay such warrants and orders. Whenever there are no moneys in the county treasury of a county to the credit of the proper fund to meet and defray the necessary expenses of the county, it is lawful for the board of county commissioners of such county to provide that county warrants and orders of such county may be drawn and issued against and in anticipation of the collection of taxes already levied for the payment of such expenses to the extent of eighty percent of the total amount of the taxes levied. Warrants and orders so drawn and issued under the provisions of this section shall show upon their faces that they are payable solely from the fund upon which the same are drawn and the taxes levied to form the same when collected and not otherwise.

(3) County warrants and orders may be in such form as the board of county commissioners may provide and may be made payable to the order of the payee or to the bearer. The board of county commissioners may direct the treasurer to pay by electronic transfer any written authorization issued by the board for electronic payment of claims against the county. For purposes of this section, “order” means all orders and authorizations issued by the board of county commissioners for the payment of claims against the county. “Order” includes any check issued by the board of county commissioners and any written authorization issued by the board of county commissioners directing the treasurer to make payment of claims against the county by electronic transfer.

(4) The person to whom such last-named warrants and orders are allowed and delivered shall be held to have accepted the same in full payment and satisfaction of the claim for which the same were issued; and the obligations of said warrants are limited as stated; and said warrants shall be paid only from the fund drawn upon and the taxes levied, appropriated, collected, or paid into the county treasury to create, constitute, and form said fund. The taxes provided by law therefor shall be credited to said fund until all warrants drawn shall be fully paid, satisfied, and discharged, both principal and interest. Said limited and last-named warrants and orders shall not operate as a debt of said county and shall not be held to add to or increase the debt or indebtedness of said county.

30-25-111. Proceedings published – failure – penalty.

(1) It is the duty of the board of county commissioners of each county to publish in at least one legal newspaper in the county a report of each claim, except salary warrants, and expenditure by it allowed and paid and taxes rebated, disclosing the name of and the amount paid to each individual or firm, a description of the services or material furnished to the county, and, as to other items, the nature of the claim and disclosing the fund charged with each expenditure. Such report shall contain a statement of any contracts for the expenditure of money not paid immediately made by the board of county commissioners, disclosing the nature and purpose of the contract, the parties thereto, and the amounts involved therein. Such reports shall be published at least monthly within thirty days following the end of the period for which made. If no legal newspaper is located in the county, either such reports shall be published in a newspaper of an adjacent county which has general circulation in the county for which the report is made, or the board shall cause such statements to be posted in three conspicuous places in said county, one of which shall be the courthouse door. The county accounting office, if there is one, and otherwise the county clerk and recorder, if he is acting as the accounting agency for the county, shall provide to the board of county commissioners all information necessary for the publication. The published report shall state that it is published under the direction of the board of county commissioners. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the board of county commissioners to publish or make public the names of or individual public welfare payments to, or in behalf of, indigent persons receiving assistance from public welfare programs financed, in whole or in part, by federal or state funds, or any combination thereof, when such publication is specifically forbidden by law.

(1.5) Salary information for all county employees and officials shall be published twice annually in the manner provided in subsection (1) of this section. The first publication shall be in August and shall include each employee’s title and gross monthly salary for the prior June. The second publication shall be in February and shall list each employee by title, along with the total amount of gross salary paid to such employee during the prior calendar year. Each publication of salary information shall be accompanied by the countywide average percentage of salary that is paid in addition to regular wages as fringe benefits, including, but not limited to, insurance, medical care, retirement plans, housing, transportation, or other subsidized employee expenses.

(2) It is the duty of the board of county commissioners of each county to publish in some legal newspaper published in the county the semiannual financial statement furnished to the board of county commissioners by the county treasurer which shall include in separate columns the balance at the beginning of the period in each fund kept by the treasurer, the collections to each fund from current taxes, delinquent taxes, miscellaneous collection and transfers, withdrawals from each fund showing cash disbursements, transfers and treasurer’s fees, and the balance at the end of the period in each fund. The statement shall be published within sixty days following June thirtieth and December thirty-first each year. If no legal newspaper is located in the county, either such reports shall be published in a newspaper of an adjacent county which has general circulation in the county for which the report is made or the board of county commissioners shall cause such statements to be posted in three conspicuous places in said county, one of which shall be the courthouse door. The county clerk and recorder shall furnish a copy of such proceedings for such publication.

(3) Any willful violation of any provision of this section by any county commissioner or by any person acting as clerk or otherwise for the board of county commissioners in connection with such published reports and the statements contained therein is a misdemeanor, and any person convicted of any violation shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.

(4) Failure to publish salary information as provided in subsection (1.5) of this section shall be punishable by a civil penalty of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars.

Part 2 LIMITATION OF LEVY

30-25-202. Capital expenditures fund – tax levy – purposes.

(1) For the purpose of providing and accumulating moneys for capital expenditures, the board of county commissioners of each county is authorized to create, by resolution, a capital expenditures fund which shall be used solely for capital expenditures. Moneys from any source may be credited to such fund unless otherwise provided by law; except that no moneys dedicated to the payment of general obligation bonds shall be credited to such fund and except that no moneys restricted to county road and bridge funds pursuant to sections 43-2-202 and 43-2-203, C.R.S., and no moneys required to be expended from such funds pursuant to such sections shall be credited to or expended from a capital expenditures fund. Moneys credited to a capital expenditures fund shall not revert to or be transferred to any other fund.

(2) For the purposes of this section, “capital expenditure” means an expenditure made by a county for long-term additions or betterments, which expenditure, under generally accepted accounting principles, is not properly chargeable as an expense of operation and maintenance. The term includes, but is not limited to, expenditures for the acquisition, development, construction, and renovation of capital facilities, capital projects, and capital equipment.

(3) In any year, in the course of the preparation and adoption of the county budget pursuant to part 1 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S., the board of county commissioners may levy a property tax on all taxable real and personal property in the county for the purpose of raising revenue for capital expenditures. Moneys raised from such tax shall be credited to the capital expenditures fund. Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the use of any other moneys which are not contained in the capital expenditures fund from being used for capital expenditures. Nothing in this section shall be construed to violate or to exceed the revenue limitation of part 3 of article 1 of title 29, C.R.S.

(4) Any county which has any moneys in a public works fund on April 3, 1984, shall establish a capital expenditures fund, shall transfer all moneys in its public works fund to its capital expenditures fund, and shall make appropriations out of such capital expenditures fund to fund projects which otherwise would have been funded from such public works fund.

PAYMENT OF PROPERTY TAXES AS A PREREQUISITE TO SUBDIVISION PLAT APPROVAL

30-28-110. Regional planning commission approval, required when – recording.

(1) (a) Whenever any county planning commission or, if there is none, any regional planning commission has adopted a master plan of the county or any part thereof, no road, park, or other public way, ground, or space, no public building or structure, or no public utility, whether publicly or privately owned, shall be constructed or authorized in the unincorporated territory of the county until and unless the proposed location and extent thereof has been submitted to and approved by such county or regional planning commission.

(b) In case of disapproval, the commission shall communicate its reasons to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the public way, ground, space, building, structure, or utility is proposed to be located. Such board has the power to overrule such disapproval by a vote of not less than a majority of its entire membership. Upon such overruling, said board or other official in charge of the proposed construction or authorization may proceed therewith.

(c) If the public way, ground, space, building, structure, or utility is one the authorization or financing of which does not, under the law governing the same, fall within the province of the board of county commissioners or other county officials or board, the submission to the commission shall be by the body or official having such jurisdiction, and the commission’s disapproval may be overruled by said body by a vote of not less than a majority of its entire membership or by said official. In the case of a utility owned by an entity other than a political subdivision, the submission to the commission shall be by the utility and shall not be by the public utilities commission; however, the commission’s disapproval may be overruled by the public utilities commission by a vote of not less than a majority of its entire membership.

(d) The acceptance, widening, removal, extension, relocation, narrowing, vacation, abandonment, change of use, or sale or lease of or acquisition of land for any road, park, or other public way, ground, place, property, or structure shall be subject to similar submission and approval, and the failure to approve may be similarly overruled.

(e) The failure of the commission to act within thirty days after the date of official submission to it shall be deemed approval, unless a longer period is granted by the submitting board, body, or official.

(2) (a) In any geographic area of common planning jurisdiction, which area consists of part or all of several counties for which a regional plan has been duly adopted, the district, county, or municipal planning commission shall refer to the regional planning commission for review any proposed new or changed land use plan, zoning amendments, subdivision proposals, housing codes, sign codes, urban renewal projects, proposed public facilities, or other planning functions which clearly affect another local governmental unit, or which affect the region as a whole, or which are the subject of primary responsibility of the regional planning commission.

(b) In any geographic area of common planning jurisdiction which involves part or all of only one county for which a regional plan has been duly adopted, the district, county, or municipal planning commission shall refer to the regional planning commission for review any proposed new or changed land use plan, zoning amendments, subdivision proposals, housing codes, sign codes, urban renewal projects, proposed public facilities, or other planning functions which clearly affect another local governmental unit, or which affect the region as a whole, or which are the subject of primary responsibility of the regional planning commission.

(c) The regional planning commission shall, within thirty days after the receipt of such referral, report to the district, county, or municipal planning commission on the effect of the referred matter on the regional plan. This time may be extended by mutual agreement. If, during the review time, a satisfactory adjustment in the referred matter cannot be worked out, the regional planning commission may report to the district, county, or municipal planning commission that this referred matter is inconsistent with the regional plan. In that case, if the district, county, or municipality has theretofore adopted the regional plan for the development of its area, the concurrent vote of two-thirds of the total membership of the district, county, or municipal planning commission shall be required to issue a different independent report on such matters. In all instances, the regional planning commission may also forward its report on the referred matter to the governing body of the governmental unit having authority to decide the matter.

(d) The failure of the regional planning commission to reply within thirty days after the receipt of the referral, or within the agreed extension of time, shall be deemed approval of the matter referred.

(e) A failure on the part of any district, county, or municipal planning commission to refer to the regional planning commission any plan or authorization provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection (2) shall be deemed a determination by such district, county, or municipal planning commission that the matter is local in nature.

(f) The regional planning commission, on its own initiative, may initiate a review of any matter involving its regional planning functions, whether such matter has been referred to it or not, if the subject of the review affects two or more local jurisdictions and may make a report of the result of such review to the governing bodies of the jurisdictions involved.

(g) The provisions of this subsection (2) shall not apply to any proposed business or industrial zoning change of less than twenty acres nor to any proposed residential zoning change or subdivision of less than forty acres.

(3) (a) All plans of streets or highways for public use, and all plans, plats, plots, and replots of land laid out in subdivision or building lots and the streets, highways, alleys, or other portions of the same intended to be dedicated to a public use or the use of purchasers or owners of lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto, shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners for review and subsequent approval, conditional approval, or disapproval. It is not lawful to record any such plan or plat in any public office unless the same bears thereon, by endorsement or otherwise, the approval of the board of county commissioners and after review by the appropriate planning commission.

(b) The approval of said plan or plat by such commission shall not be deemed an acceptance of the proposed dedication by the public. Such acceptance, if any, shall be given by action of the governing body of the municipality or by the board of county commissioners. The owners and purchasers of such lots shall be presumed to have notice of public plans, maps, and reports of such commission affecting such property within its jurisdiction.

(4) (a) Any subdivider, or agent of a subdivider, who transfers legal or equitable title or sells any subdivided land before a final plat for such subdivided land has been approved by the board of county commissioners and recorded or filed in the office of the county clerk and recorder is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars nor less than five hundred dollars for each parcel of or interest in subdivided land which is sold. All fines collected under this paragraph (a) shall be credited to the general fund of the county. No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished under this paragraph (a) unless the indictment, information, complaint, or action for the same is instituted prior to the expiration of eighteen months after the recordation or filing in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the instrument transferring or selling such subdivided land. The board of county commissioners may provide for the enforcement of subdivision regulations by means of withholding building permits. No plat for subdivided land shall be approved by the board of county commissioners unless at the time of the approval of platting the subdivider provides the certification of the county treasurer’s office that all ad valorem taxes applicable to such subdivided land, for years prior to that year in which approval is granted, have been paid.

(b) The board of county commissioners of the county in which the subdivided land is located has the power to bring an action to enjoin any subdivider from selling subdivided land before a final plat for such subdivided land has been approved by the board of county commissioners.

(c) The board of county commissioners shall distribute, or cause to be distributed, the sets of plans or plats submitted to the agencies as referred to in section 30-28-136 (1).

(d) Any violation of paragraph (a) of this subsection (4) is prima facie evidence of a fraudulent land transaction and shall be grounds for the purchaser to void the transfer or sale.

(e) This subsection (4) applies only with respect to parcels of land less than thirty-five acres in area.

(5) (a) Notice of the filing of preliminary plans of any type required by this section to be submitted to a district, regional, or county planning commission or to the board of county commissioners, if the situs of these plans lies wholly or partially within two miles of the corporate limits of a municipality but not within the corporate limits of another municipality, shall be referred to the town or city clerk of such municipality by the county planning commission or, if there be none, by the board of county commissioners. Within fourteen days of the receipt of such plans, the municipality, by action of its city council or town board, or, if one exists, by action of its planning commission, may make its recommendations to the board of county commissioners, which shall forward the same to the district, regional, or county planning commission, if any. Failure of the town board, city council, or agents designated by them to make any recommendation within fourteen days of the receipt of such plans shall constitute waiver of its right to make such recommendation.

(b) If such recommendation is made by the municipality, it shall be taken into consideration by the board of county commissioners and district, regional, or county planning commission, if any, before action is taken upon the plans. The board of county commissioners and district, regional, or county planning commission, if any, shall take no action on such plans until the recommendation of the municipality is received or until fifteen days after receipt of the preliminary plans, whichever is sooner.

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Title 30

TITLE 30 – County Government

Compensation – Fees

30-1-101. Classification of counties – fixing fees.

30-1-102. Fees of county treasurer.

30-1-103. Fees of county clerk and recorders.

30-1-104. Fees of sheriff.

30-1-105. Constructive mileage not allowed.

30-1-106. Service must be made on tender of fees.

30-1-107. Penalty for violation – duties.

30-1-108. Schedule of fees posted.

30-1-109. Fee bill.

30-1-110. Penalty for failure to serve.

30-1-111. Unauthorized fees – penalty.

30-1-112. Fees paid monthly.

30-1-113. Officers to keep account of fees.

30-1-114. Monthly report of officers.

30-1-115. Commissioners to audit accounts.

30-1-116. Officers shall collect fees in advance.

30-1-117. Refusal to pay fees to treasurer – penalty.

30-1-118. Mileage allowances. (Repealed)

30-1-119. Separate fee funds kept.

Article 2

Compensation of County and Other Officers

30-2-101. Classification of counties for salaries.

30-2-102. Categorization of counties for fixing salaries of county officers.

30-2-103. County commissioners – expenses.

30-2-104. Compensation of deputies and assistants.

PART 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

30-10-101. Offices – inspection of records – failure to comply – penalty.

30-10-102. All money delivered to treasurer – penalty for failure.

30-10-103. Copies prima facie evidence.

30-10-104. Resignations of officers, to whom made.

30-10-105. When office becomes vacant.

30-10-106. Substitute officers have same powers and compensation.

30-10-107. Penalty for refusing to qualify.

30-10-108. Fines appropriated to school fund of county.

30-10-109. Office hours.

30-10-110. Bonds of officers – oaths.

30-10-111. Oath of deputy.

30-10-112. Officer to act until successor qualifies.

PART 2

RECALL OF COUNTY OFFICERS

30-10-201 TO 30-10-210 (Repealed)

PART 4

CLERK

30-10-416. Clerk to administer oaths or affirmations – take affidavit or deposition.

PART 7

TREASURER

30-10-701. Election – term – bond.

30-10-702. Term of office.

30-10-703. Form of bond.

30-10-704. Deputy treasurer – duties.

30-10-705. Vacancy in office, how filled.

30-10-706. Officers who cannot be treasurer.

30-10-707. Treasurer to receive and pay moneys.

30-10-708. Deposit of funds in banks and savings and loan associations.

30-10-709. Treasurer to keep accounts – settlement of accounts – resolution of findings – report to board of county commissioners – contempt.

30-10-710. Apportionment and separation of funds.

30-10-711. Payment of warrants – call published.

30-10-712. Funds payable in order of presentment.

30-10-713. Delivery of books to successor – penalty.

30-10-714. Treasurer collector of taxes.

30-10-715. Treasurer to issue receipt for money collected.

30-10-716. Treasurer to assess property, when.

30-10-717. Cash book – open to inspection. (repealed in 2020)

30-10-718. Registry of orders – open to inspection.

30-10-719. Charge to grand jury. (Repealed)

30-10-720. Committee to investigate accounts of treasurer. (Repealed)

30-10-721. Investigation of accounts – report. (Repealed)

30-10-722. Committee appointed once in three months only. (Repealed)

30-10-723. Committee power to examine witnesses. (Repealed)

30-10-724. Committee to examine books and accounts. (Repealed)

30-10-725. Refusal of treasurer to answer – contempt. (Repealed)

30-10-726. Failure of treasurer to perform duties – penalty.

ARTICLE 11

COUNTY POWERS AND FUNCTIONS

General Provisions

30-11-107. Powers of the board.