Colorado § 29-7-104 - Powers - eminent domain.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 29-7-104 — Powers - eminent domain., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 29-7-104. Powers - eminent domain.
Any municipal corporation or board given charge of the recreation system is authorized to conduct its activities on property under its custody and management; other public property under the custody of other municipal corporations or boards with the consent of such corporations or boards; and private property with the consent of the owners or without such consent as provided in this section. It has authority to accept gifts and bequests for the benefit of the recreational service, employ supervisors and directors of the recreational service and employ supervisors and directors of recreational work, take private property for the aforesaid purposes without the owner's consent upon payment of just compensation, and exercise the right of eminent domain in accordance with the provisions of articles 1 to 7 of title 38, C.R.S., and other applicable laws and statutes.
Source: L. 35: p. 1116, § 4. CSA: C. 136, § 4. L. 47: p. 696, § 4. CRS 53: § 114-1-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 114-1-4.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "Water for Recreation: A Plea for Recognition", see 44 Den. L.J. 288 (1967).
Statute does not explicitly or implicitly authorize extraterritorial condemnation of stream fishing rights. Aurora v. Commerce Group Corp., 694 P.2d 382 (Colo. App. 1984).
Parking lots and transit facilities are not recreational uses of land; therefore, a county does not have authority pursuant to this section to condemn private property for parking facilities that may be used by people seeking access to recreational lands. Dept. of Transp. v. Stapleton, 81 P.3d 1105 (Colo. App. 2003), rev'd on other grounds, 97 P.3d 938 (Colo. 2004).
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