Colorado § 32-4-402 - Definitions.
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§ 32-4-402. Definitions.
As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "District" means a metropolitan water district organized under this part 4 either as originally organized or as changed from time to time.
(1.5) "Eligible elector" has the meaning specified in section 32-1-103 (5).
(2) "Governing body" means the city council of a city, the board of trustees of an incorporated town, or the board of directors of a water and sanitation district, or any organization by law authorized to obligate itself for the purposes contemplated by this part 4.
(3) "Municipality" means city, incorporated town, or water or water and sanitation districts; but in no event shall the word "municipality" include or refer to a city with a population in excess of three hundred thousand. The population of municipalities or unincorporated areas shall be determined by the latest federal census or state census or a local census directed by a city or a metropolitan water district.
(4) "Ordinance" means a resolution in the case of water and sanitation districts.
(5) "Publication" has the meaning specified in section 32-1-103 (15).
(6) (a) "Taxpaying elector" means "taxpaying elector" as defined in section 32-1-103 (23).
(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 92, p. 890, § 130, effective January 1, 1993.)
Source: L. 55: p. 579, § 2. CRS 53: § 89-13-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-13-2. L. 70: p. 279, § 72. L. 77: (1.5) added and (5) and (6) R&RE, p. 1502, §§ 48, 49, effective July 15. L. 81: (1.5) and (5) amended, p. 1623, § 22, effective July 1, 1981. L. 92: (1.5) and (6) amended, p. 890, § 130, effective January 1, 1993.
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