Colorado § 32-4-547 - Effect of and limitations upon validation.
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§ 32-4-547. Effect of and limitations upon validation.
This part 5 shall operate to supply such legislative authority as may be necessary to validate any securities issued, other contracts executed by districts, and any acts and proceedings taken prior to February 12, 1962, appertaining to the issuance of securities or execution of other contracts by districts or otherwise, which the legislature could have supplied or provided for in the law under which such securities were issued, or such other contracts were executed and such acts or proceedings were taken; but this part 5 shall be limited to the validation of securities, other contracts, acts, and proceedings to the extent to which the same can be effectuated under the state and federal constitutions. This part 5, shall not operate to validate, ratify, approve, confirm, or legalize any bond or other security, other contract, act, proceedings, or other matter the legality of which is being contested or inquired into in any legal proceedings pending and undetermined on February 12, 1962, and shall not operate to confirm, validate, or legalize any bond or other security, other contract, act, proceedings, or other matter which has been determined in any legal proceedings to be illegal, void, or ineffective prior to February 12, 1962.
Source: L. 62: p. 224, § 16. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-15-47.
SINGLE PURPOSE SERVICE DISTRICTS
ARTICLE 5
Single Purpose Service Districts
32-5-101 to 32-5-346. (Repealed)
Source: L. 81: Entire article repealed, p. 1628, § 42, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This article was numbered as article 16 of chapter 36 and articles 6 and 14 of chapter 89, C.R.S. 1963. For amendments to this article prior to its repeal in 1981, consult the Colorado statutory research explanatory note and the table itemizing the replacement volumes and supplements to the original volume of C.R.S. 1973 beginning on page vii in the front of this volume.
REGIONAL SERVICE AUTHORITIES
ARTICLE 7
Regional Service Authorities
32-7-101. Short title.
32-7-102. Legislative declaration.
32-7-103. Definitions.
32-7-104. Territorial requirements for service authorities.
32-7-105. Petition or resolution for formation - designation of services.
32-7-106. Priority of petition or resolution.
32-7-107. Court appoints an organizational commission and election committee.
32-7-108. Service authority organizational commission.
32-7-109. Election for formation, selection of services, and initial board of directors.
32-7-110. Board of directors.
32-7-111. Designation of services.
32-7-112. Local authorization of functions, services, and facilities.
32-7-113. General powers.
32-7-114. Duties related to planning powers.
32-7-115. Ancillary powers.
32-7-116. Powers to be exercised without franchise - condition.
32-7-117. Revenues of service authority - collection.
32-7-118. Levy and collection of taxes.
32-7-119. Levies to cover deficiencies.
32-7-120. Power to issue revenue bonds - terms.
32-7-121. Power to incur indebtedness - interest - maturity - denominations.
32-7-122. Debt question submitted to electors - resolution.
32-7-123. Effect - subsequent elections.
32-7-124. Correction of faulty notices.
32-7-125. Refunding bonds.
32-7-126. Limitations upon issuance.
32-7-127. Use of proceeds of refunding bonds.
32-7-128. Combination of refunding and other bonds.
32-7-129. Board's determination final.
32-7-130. Anticipation warrants.
32-7-131. Inclusion - counties - municipality - existing service authority - procedures.
32-7-132. Special taxing districts authorized.
32-7-133. Formation of special taxing districts.
32-7-134. Local improvement districts authorized.
32-7-135. Procedures to establish local improvement districts.
32-7-136. Special districts - transfer of responsibility.
32-7-137. Special districts - formation within service authority territory forbidden.
32-7-138. Transfer and assumption of services.
32-7-139. Payments for facilities acquired by regional service authority - valuation.
32-7-140. Public transportation.
32-7-141. Sewage collection, treatment, and disposal.
32-7-142. Urban drainage and flood control.
32-7-143. Assumption of services by a service authority in the Denver metropolitan area.
32-7-144. Dissolution.
32-7-145. Early hearings.
32-7-146. Elections.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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