Colorado § 43-1-1311 - Survey required - railroad track removal.
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§ 43-1-1311. Survey required - railroad track removal.
(1) Before any railroad tracks are removed from abandoned railroad rights-of-way in Colorado, if a proper legal description is not available, the person or entity removing the railroad tracks shall cause a field survey of the centerline of such railroad tracks to be made by a professional land surveyor, if title to any land references such railroad tracks. The professional land surveyor shall deposit a survey plat in accordance with section 38-50-101, C.R.S., showing the following:
(a) Field-measured dimensions of the centerline of the railroad tracks; and
(b) Field-measured bearing and distance ties to public land survey monument corners so that no point on said abandoned railroad rights-of-way is further than two miles from a public land survey monument corner.
Source: L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1623, § 2, effective June 4.
PART 14
DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTS
Law reviews: For article, "Design-Build Contracts for Colorado Highway Construction: New Contractual Issues -- Part I", see 29 Colo. Law. 49 (Feb. 2000); for article, "Design-Build Contracts for Colorado Highway Construction: New Contractual Issues--Part II", see 29 Colo. Law. 53 (Mar. 2000).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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