LEG00189

• Bill Number: HB01-1225
• Year: 2001
• Title: Concerning Growth Management in Colorado, and Making and Appropriation Therefor
• Legislation - Doc Type: Other CWCB Related Bills - Killed

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GENERAL PROVISIONS

24-63-101. Shorttitle. THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE KNOWN AKD MAY

BE CITED AS THE "COLORADO GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT".

24-63-102. Le!!islative declaration. (I) THE GENERALASSEMBL Y

HEREBY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT:

( a) RAPID GROWTH IN COLORADO IN THE 1990s HAS CONTRIBUTED

SIGNlFICANTL Y TO THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OF THE STATE. BUT IT ALSO

HAS PRESENTED CHALLENGES THAT REQUIRE MANAGEMENT. IF NOT

PROPERLY MANAGED AND GUIDED. RAPID GROWTH MAY IMPACT THE

QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE RESIDENTS AND THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OF

THE STATE BY MAKING iT A LESS DESiRABLE PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE OR TO

VISIT.

(b) THE PROPER MANAGEMENT AND GUIDANCE OF GROWTH WILL

HELP THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO MAINTAIN THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE BY

PRESERVING AND SUPPORTING JOBS AND THE STATE'S ECONOMIC

PROSPERITY WHILE CONSERVING OPEN SPACE AND ENSURING THAT THE

INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL FACILITIES NECESSARY TO PROVIDE FOR

TRANSPORT A TiON. WATER. SEWER. SCHOOLS. ELECTRIC AND NATURAL GAS.

AND OTHER SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS WILL NOT BE OVERBURDENED AND

IHA TTHE SEP ARA TION BETWEEN PREVIOUSLY DISTINCT COMMUNlTlES WILL

NOT BE BLURRED.

(c) DECISIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT FACILITATE OR

RESTRICT GROWTH WITHIN THEIR OWN JURISDICTIONS HAVE SIGNIFICANT

IMPACTS OUTSIDE OF SUCH JURISDICTIONS. ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE

DENVER METROPOLITAN REGION. ACCORDINGLY. COORDINATION AND

REGULATION OF GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE STATE IS A MATTER OF

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