Colorado § 30-5-101 - Legislative declaration - county boundaries.

§ 30-5-101. Legislative declaration - county boundaries.

(1) The general assembly recognizes that in the establishment of the state of Colorado the counties of the territory of Colorado were adopted as the counties of the new state and that there have been additional counties established by law and in accordance with then current methods of surveying and describing county boundaries. The general assembly finds and declares that it is desirable to revise the descriptions of county boundaries to update and establish by law more precise definitions of the boundaries of the several counties of this state as they are known to exist with the use of modern methods and equipment. It is not the intent of the general assembly to effect the transfer of land from one county to another or to adversely affect the title of any property merely because of the redefinition of county boundaries.

(2) The following shall be the boundaries of the respective counties of this state.

Source: R.S. p. 157, § 1. G.L. § 350. G.S. § 424. R.S. 08: § 1082. C.L. § 8559. CSA: C. 44, § 1. CRS 53: § 34-1-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-1-1. L. 81: p. 1427, § 1.

ANNOTATION

Construction in pari materia inapplicable. The sections defining the county boundaries are not to be construed like different acts passed on the same subject to which the rule of construction in pari materia would be applicable. Link v. Jones, 15 Colo. App. 281, 62 P. 339 (1900).

A county line is not determined by the actions of omission or commission of public officers, but by legislative enactment. Bd. of Comm'rs v. Bd. of Comm'rs, 58 Colo. 67, 143 P. 841 (1914).

Adjustment of property rights. In the absence of a constitutional limitation, it is competent for the general assembly, at the time it carves out a new county from the territory of an old one, or by subsequent legislation, to adjust the property rights and equities existing between the two. City Council v. Bd. of Comm'rs, 33 Colo. 1, 77 P. 858 (1904).