Colorado § 37-47-113 - Time and place of hearing on petition.
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§ 37-47-113. Time and place of hearing on petition.
(1) Immediately after the filing of such petition the court wherein such petition, is filed, by order, shall fix a place and time, not less than sixty days nor more than ninety days after the petition is filed, for hearing thereon, and, thereupon, the clerk of said court shall cause notice by publication, which may be substantially the same as provided in section 37-8-101, to be made of the pendency of the petition and of the time and place of the hearing thereon. The clerk of said court shall also forthwith cause a copy of said notice to be mailed by United States registered mail to the board of county commissioners of each of the several counties having territory within the proposed subdistrict and to the board of directors of said district in the event that said petition is filed by the landowners.
(2) The district court in and for the county in which the petition for the organization of a subdistrict has been filed shall thereafter, for all purposes of this article, except as otherwise provided in this article, maintain and have original and exclusive jurisdiction coextensive with the boundaries of said subdistrict, of lands and other property proposed to be included in said subdistrict or effected by said subdistrict, without regard to the usual limits of its jurisdiction.
(3) No judge of such court wherein such petition is filed shall be disqualified to perform any duty imposed by this article by reason of ownership of property within any subdistrict or proposed subdistrict or by reason of ownership of any property that may be benefited, taxed, or assessed therein.
Source: L. 41: p. 876, § 10. CSA: C. 173B, § 65. CRS 53: § 149-9-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-8-10.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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