Colorado § 39-1.5-102 - Definitions.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 39-1.5-102 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 39-1.5-102. Definitions.
As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Capital improvement" means any road or highway, school facility or equipment, domestic, commercial, or industrial water facility, sewage facility, police and fire protection facility or equipment, hospital facility or equipment, or any other local government administrative or judicial facility which a local government is authorized by law to acquire or construct.
(2) "Local government" means a county, municipality as defined in section 31-1-101, C.R.S., school district, or special district which has the authority to impose general property taxes.
(3) "Operation" means the development, construction, and operation of any facility for the production of energy or the extraction, processing, conversion, or refining of minerals, including, but not limited to, a mine, power plant, mill, retort, or related facility, or any combination thereof under the same ownership, if the valuation for assessment of the taxable property of the operation within the boundaries of a local government is estimated to exceed fifty million dollars when the operation begins functioning.
Source: L. 81: Entire article, p. 1839, § 1, effective May 28.
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