Colorado § 31-25-205 - Bequests for park purposes.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 31-25-205 — Bequests for park purposes., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-25-205. Bequests for park purposes.
Real or personal property may be granted, bequeathed, devised, or conveyed to the city for the purpose of the improvement or ornamentation of any park, pleasure ground, boulevard, parkway, avenue, driveway, or road or for the establishment or maintenance in parks or pleasure grounds of museums, zoological or other gardens, collections of natural history, observatories, libraries, monuments, or works of art upon such trusts or conditions as may be approved by the commission. All such property or the rents, issues, and profits thereof shall be subject to the exclusive management and control of the commission. Lands or interests in land given or devised to such city for the purposes mentioned in this section shall be accepted or refused by ordinance passed by the governing body.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1176, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former §§ 31-25-202 and 31-25-212 as they existed prior to 1975.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 31-25-205 ("Bequests for park purposes.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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