PUB00026

• Year: 1968
• Title: Water Conservation Agencies of The State of Colorado
• CWCB Section: Water Conservation & Drought Planning
• Author: CWCB
• Description: Applicable State statutes and summary information about each water conservation district in the State of Colorado
• Publications - Doc Type: Historical

(c) The amount of each assessment on each dollar of
assessed valuation shall be certified to the boards of county
commissioners of the various counties in which the district
is located and by them included in their next annual levy for
state and county purposes. Such amounts so certified shall
be collected for the use of such district in the same manner
as are taxes for county purposes, and the revenue laws of the
state for the levy and collection of taxes on real estate for
county purposes, except as mod~fied by this article, shall be
applicable to the levy and collection of the amounts certified
by the board of directors of said district including the en-
forcement of penalties, forfeiture and sale for delinquent
taxes.

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150-7-7. Tax - assessments - collections. - (1) (a) As
soon as the district shall have been organized and a board
of directors shall have been appointed and qualified, such
board of directors shall have the power and authority to fix
the amount of an assessment upon the property within the dis-
trict, not to exceed two-tenths of one mill for every dollar
of assessed valuation therein as a level or general levy to
be used for the purpose of payj~g the expenses of organiza-
tion, for surveys and plans, to pay the salaries of officers
and the per diem allowed to directors and their expenses, and
for other incidental expenses which may be incurred in the
administration of the affairs of the district.

(b) Said board of directors shall also have the power
and authority to fix the amo~nt of an additional assessment
upon the property within the district, not to exceed two-
tenths of one mill for every dollar of assessed valuation
therein, as a level or general levy, to be used for the pur-
pose of paying the costs and expenses of construction or
partial construction of any project designed or intended to
accomplish the utilization of water, by storage or otherwise,
for any beneficial uses or purposes. A two-thirds vote of
the membership of said board shall be required to fix the
amount of each of said levies.

(d) All collections made by the county treasurer pursuant
to such levies shall be paid to the treasurer of the conser-
vation district on or before the tenth day of the next suc-
ceeding calendat. month. If any items of expense have already
been paid in whole or in part from any other sources by the
said district, they may be repaid from receipts of such levies.
Such levies may be made, although the work proposed or any
part thereof may have been found impractical or for other