First Regular Session
Sixty-second General Assembly
LLS NO. 99-0064.01 Jane Ard-Smith SENATE BILL 99-107
STATE OF COLORADO
BY SENATOR Pascoe
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
APPROPRIATIONS
A BILL FOR AN ACT
101 CONCERNING URBAN GROWTH MANAGEMENT BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL
102 UNITS, AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION THEREFOR.
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently
adopted.)
Establishes state planning goals that guide the development of
urban growth areas in the state. Authorizes any governmental unit to
adopt an urban growth boundary. Requires certain counties,
municipalities, and metropolitan planning organizations to designate
urban growth boundaries. Requires that urban growth boundaries
conform to a governmental unit's comprehensive plan, if any.
Identifies the elements that must be considered in adopting an
urban growth boundary.
Requires state agencies to expand, provide, or fund urban services
within adopted urban growth boundaries unless statutorily exempt from
such compliance.
Requires metropolitan planning organizations and local districts
to expand, provide, or fund urban services within adopted urban growth
boundaries.
Requires coordination of urban growth boundaries. Requires the
department to establish a program to assist and facilitate the adoption and
implementation of urban growth boundaries. Requires the department to
provide or arrange mediation services. Requires the department to
establish a grant program.
Creates an urban growth planning fund.
Provides for the creation of interjurisdictional arbitration
committees to resolve disputes.
Makes an appropriation.
[ ] denotes HOUSE amendment. { } denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate material to be deleted from existing statute.
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1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
2 SECTION 1. Article 65.1 of title 24, Colorado Revised Statutes,
3 is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PART to read:
4 PART 6
5 LOCAL GOVERNMENT GROWTH MANAGEMENT
6 24-65.1-601. Legislative declaration. (1) THE GENERAL
7 ASSEMBLY HEREBY FINDS THAT IT IS A MATTER OF STATEWIDE CONCERN
8 THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND REGIONAL COALITIONS OF LOCAL
9 GOVERNMENTS DESIGNATE URBAN GROWTH AREAS AND ENCOURAGE
10 URBAN-TYPE USES AND DENSITIES WITHIN SUCH URBAN GROWTH AREAS.
11 SUCH DESIGNATIONS WOULD RESULT IN:
12 (a) MORE EFFICIENT USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, INCLUDING STATE
13 FUNDS, TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS;
14 (b) BETTER SOLUTIONS TO STATE AND REGIONAL PROBLEMS SUCH
15 AS ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND
16 INADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS;
17 (c) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH GREATER PRESERVATION OF
18 OPEN SPACE AND AGRICULTURAL LANDS.
19 24-65.1-602. Definitions. AS USED IN THIS PART 6, UNLESS THE
20 CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES:
21 (1) "DEPARTMENT" MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL AFFAIRS.
22 (2) "METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION" MEANS A
23 METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AS DEFINED IN 23 U.S.C. SEC.
24 134, AS AMENDED.
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1 (3) "URBAN GROWTH AREA" MEANS AN AREA IN WHICH URBAN
2 GROWTH SHALL BE ENCOURAGED AND OUTSIDE OF WHICH GROWTH CAN
3 OCCUR ONLY IF IT IS NOT URBAN IN NATURE. "URBAN GROWTH AREA"
4 INCLUDES AN AREA THAT MAKES INTENSIVE USE OF LAND, INCLUDING BUT
5 NOT LIMITED TO ANY RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT CONTAINS LOTS WITH AN
6 AVERAGE SIZE OF ONE ACRE OR LESS. "URBAN GROWTH AREA" INCLUDES
7 AN AREA THAT REQUIRES URBAN GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES AND
8 FACILITIES SUCH AS STORM AND SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS, DOMESTIC
9 WATER SYSTEMS, AND FIRE AND POLICE PROTECTION SERVICES.
10 (4) "URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY" MEANS THE LINE ON A MAP THAT
11 MARKS THE SEPARATION OF URBAN LAND OR FUTURE URBAN LAND FROM
12 RURAL LAND AND THAT WITHIN WHICH URBAN GROWTH SHOULD BE
13 CONTAINED FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST TWENTY YEARS. "URBAN GROWTH
14 BOUNDARY" ENCOMPASSES THE URBAN SERVICE AREA AND THE URBAN
15 RESERVE AREA.
16 (5) "URBAN RESERVE AREA" MEANS AN AREA OUTSIDE OF AN
17 URBAN SERVICE AREA BUT WITHIN AN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY IN
18 WHICH FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION OF SERVICES ARE PLANNED.
19 (6) "URBAN SERVICE AREA" MEANS AN AREA WITHIN WHICH AT
20 LEAST THREE URBAN SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY A GOVERNMENTAL UNIT
21 OR WILL BE PROVIDED WITHIN TWENTY YEARS OR THE TIME DESIGNATED
22 BY THE GOVERNMENTAL UNIT, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, AND OUTSIDE OF
23 WHICH SUCH SERVICES WILL NOT BE EXTENDED FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS.
24 (7) "URBAN SERVICES" MEANS SERVICES AND FACILITIES THAT ARE
25 TYPICALLY PROVIDED IN AN URBAN AREA SUCH AS STORM AND SANITARY
26 SEWER SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC WATER SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION SERVICES;
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1 ROADS, HIGHWAYS, OR BRIDGES; OR FIRE AND POLICE PROTECTION
2 SERVICES.
3 24-65.1-603. State goals for urban growth. (1) THE STATE
4 GOALS TO GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN GROWTH AREAS IN THE
5 STATE SHALL BE TO:
6 (a) PROTECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE STATE'S RESIDENTS BY
7 REDUCING UNPLANNED AND INEFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT;
8 (b) ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT IN URBAN GROWTH AREAS THAT
9 ALREADY HAVE ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES OR IN URBAN
10 GROWTH AREAS WHERE SUCH FACILITIES AND SERVICES CAN BE PROVIDED
11 IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER;
12 (c) REDUCE THE CONVERSION OF UNDEVELOPED LAND INTO
13 SPRAWLING, LOW-DENSITY URBAN DEVELOPMENT;
14 (d) PROMOTE THE EFFICIENT USE OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE
15 CAPACITY AND ROADWAY AND TRANSIT NETWORKS BEFORE
16 CONSTRUCTING NEW FACILITIES;
17 (e) PRESERVE EXISTING HOUSING AND PROVIDE FOR THE HOUSING
18 NEEDS OF ALL CURRENT AND PROJECTED RESIDENTS;
19 (f) PROVIDE FOR MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS THAT
20 CONFORM TO PROJECTED URBAN GROWTH AREAS;
21 (g) ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION OF PRIME OPEN SPACES AND
22 AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND PROTECT SENSITIVE LANDS, SUCH AS
23 WETLANDS, AQUIFERS, WILDLIFE HABITAT, AND STEEP SLOPES; AND
24 (h) PROTECT AND IMPROVE AIR AND WATER QUALITY.
25 24-65.1-604. Urban growth boundary designation by
26 governmental units - elements to be considered. (1) ANY
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1 GOVERNMENTAL UNIT MAY ADOPT AN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY AS
2 PROVIDED IN THIS PART 6. THE FOLLOWING GOVERNMENTAL UNITS SHALL
3 ADOPT AN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE
4 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PART 6 OR WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE DATE THE
5 GOVERNMENTAL UNIT MEETS THE CRITERIA IN THIS SUBSECTION (1),
6 WHICHEVER IS LATER:
7 (a) EACH COUNTY THAT HAS A POPULATION OF TWENTY-FIVE
8 THOUSAND OR MORE ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1998, AS ESTIMATED BY
9 THE DEPARTMENT;
10 (b) EACH COUNTY THAT HAS A POPULATION OF TEN THOUSAND OR
11 MORE ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1998, IF SUCH COUNTY'S POPULATION
12 INCREASED BY MORE THAN FIFTEEN PERCENT IN THE PREVIOUS TEN YEARS
13 AS ESTIMATED BY THE DEPARTMENT;
14 (c) EACH MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS A POPULATION OF TWENTY-FIVE
15 THOUSAND OR MORE ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1998, AS ESTIMATED BY
16 THE DEPARTMENT;
17 (d) EACH MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS A POPULATION OF TWO
18 THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED OR MORE ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1998, IF
19 SUCH MUNICIPALITY'S POPULATION INCREASED BY MORE THAN FIFTEEN
20 PERCENT IN THE PREVIOUS TEN YEARS AS ESTIMATED BY THE DEPARTMENT;
21 AND
22 (e) EACH METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.
23 (2) IF ANY GOVERNMENTAL UNIT REQUIRED TO ADOPT AN URBAN
24 GROWTH BOUNDARY PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION HAS
25 A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY SHALL
26 CONFORM TO SUCH PLAN. THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY OF A
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1 METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION SHALL BE A COMPOSITE OF THE
2 URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES OF THE MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES THAT
3 ARE MEMBERS OF SUCH METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.
4 (3) IN ADOPTING AN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, EACH
5 GOVERNMENTAL UNIT SHALL CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS:
6 (a) THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY SHALL INCLUDE AN URBAN
7 SERVICE AREA AND AN URBAN RESERVE AREA.
8 (b) THE AREA WITHIN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY SHOULD BE
9 ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROJECTED POPULATION GROWTH FOR AT
10 LEAST THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS. THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY
11 SHOULD INCLUDE ONLY THOSE AREAS IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENTAL UNIT
12 WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE URBAN SERVICES.
13 (c) THE GOVERNMENTAL UNIT ADOPTING THE URBAN GROWTH
14 BOUNDARY SHALL COORDINATE THE DESIGNATION OF ITS BOUNDARY WITH
15 ALL ADJACENT MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES. DISPUTES BETWEEN
16 GOVERNMENTAL UNITS RELATED TO URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES AND
17 THEIR DESIGNATION MAY BE RESOLVED THROUGH THE ARBITRATION
18 PROCESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 24-65.1-606, USING LOCALLY
19 ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, IF ANY, AND URBAN GROWTH
20 BOUNDARIES AS GUIDELINES. WHERE THE LOCALLY ADOPTED
21 COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, IF ANY, AND URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES
22 CONFLICT, THE STATE GOALS LISTED IN SECTION 24-65.1-603 SHALL BE
23 USED AS GUIDELINES IN RESOLVING SUCH DISPUTES.
24 24-65.1-605. Urban growth boundary amendments. (1) EACH
25 GOVERNMENTAL UNIT SUBJECT TO THIS PART 6 SHALL ANNUALLY REVIEW
26 ITS URBAN SERVICE AREA AND URBAN RESERVE AREA AND MAKE ANY
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1 ADJUSTMENTS BETWEEN SUCH AREAS NECESSARY TO ASSURE THAT THE
2 SUPPLY OF AVAILABLE DEVELOPABLE LAND IS ADEQUATE TO MEET MARKET
3 NEEDS CONSISTENT WITH THE ANTICIPATED ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE
4 REGION WITHIN WHICH THE GOVERNMENTAL UNIT IS LOCATED. EACH
5 METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION SUBJECT TO THIS PART 6 SHALL
6 ADJUST ITS URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY TO REFLECT THE BOUNDARY
7 CHANGES MADE BY THE COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE
8 MEMBERS OF SUCH METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.
9 (2) EACH GOVERNMENTAL UNIT SUBJECT TO THIS PART 6 SHALL
10 REVIEW ITS ADOPTED URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY AT LEAST ONCE EVERY
11 FIVE YEARS. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS REVIEW, EACH COUNTY SUBJECT
12 TO THIS PART 6 SHALL CONSULT WITH EACH OF THE MUNICIPALITIES
13 LOCATED WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES, AND EACH MUNICIPALITY SUBJECT TO
14 THIS PART 6 SHALL CONSULT WITH EACH COUNTY WITHIN WHICH IT IS
15 LOCATED REGARDING THE PATTERN AND RATE OF GROWTH AND THE
16 AVAILABILITY OF LAND WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE URBAN GROWTH
17 BOUNDARIES TO ACCOMMODATE ANTICIPATED GROWTH. DURING THIS
18 REVIEW PROCESS, EACH GOVERNMENTAL UNIT SHALL REVISE ITS URBAN
19 GROWTH BOUNDARY AND THE DENSITIES PERMITTED WITHIN SUCH
20 BOUNDARY AS NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE THE URBAN GROWTH
21 PROJECTED TO OCCUR IN THE GOVERNMENTAL UNIT FOR THE SUCCEEDING
22 TWENTY-YEAR PERIOD OR THE TIME DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNMENTAL
23 UNIT, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
24 24-65.1-606. Interjurisdictional dispute resolution process.
25 (1) THE GOVERNMENTAL UNITS THAT ADOPT URBAN GROWTH
26 BOUNDARIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 24-65.1-604 SHALL FOLLOW THE
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1 DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION TO RESOLVE
2 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SUCH GOVERNMENTAL UNITS THAT ARISE UNDER
3 THIS PART 6, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIFFERENCES CONCERNING:
4 (a) WHETHER A GOVERNMENTAL UNIT IS REQUIRED TO ADOPT AN
5 URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 24-65.1-604;
6 (b) WHETHER A GOVERNMENTAL UNIT THAT HAS ADOPTED AN
7 URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY PURSUANT TO SECTION 24-65.1-604 WILL BE
8 ABLE TO PROVIDE URBAN SERVICES TO THE AREA INCLUDED IN ITS URBAN
9 GROWTH BOUNDARY WITHIN THE PERIOD SPECIFIED BY THE
10 GOVERNMENTAL UNIT;
11 (c) WHETHER AN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY ADOPTED BY A
12 GOVERNMENTAL UNIT CONFLICTS OR IS INCONSISTENT WITH AN URBAN
13 GROWTH BOUNDARY ADOPTED BY AN ADJACENT GOVERNMENTAL UNIT.
14 (2) THE PROCESS FOR RESOLVING DISPUTES BETWEEN
15 GOVERNMENTAL UNITS UNDER THIS PART 6 SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:
16 (a) IF A GOVERNMENTAL UNIT HAS A DISPUTE WITH ANOTHER
17 GOVERNMENT UNIT'S URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY UNDER THIS PART 6, THE
18 DISPUTING GOVERNMENT UNIT SHALL NOTIFY THE GOVERNMENT UNIT THAT
19 ADOPTED THE DISPUTED URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. THE GOVERNMENT
20 UNIT THAT ADOPTED THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY AND THE DISPUTING
21 GOVERNMENT UNIT SHALL BE CONSIDERED THE ONLY PARTIES TO THE
22 PROCEEDING.
23 (b) THE PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING MAY ELECT TO MEDIATE THE
24 DISPUTE. IF THE PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING ELECT TO MEDIATE THE
25 DISPUTE, THE PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING MAY SEEK MEDIATION
26 SERVICES FROM EITHER THE DEPARTMENT, THE OFFICE OF DISPUTE
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1 RESOLUTION UNDER PART 3 OF ARTICLE 22 OF TITLE 13, C.R.S., OR
2 ANOTHER QUALIFIED MEDIATOR.
3 (c) IF THE PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING DO NOT ELECT MEDIATION
4 OR IF MEDIATION DOES NOT RESOLVE THE DISPUTE, THE PARTIES TO THE
5 PROCEEDING SHALL ESTABLISH AN INTERJURISDICTIONAL ARBITRATION
6 COMMITTEE. TO ESTABLISH THE COMMITTEE, EACH PARTY TO THE
7 PROCEEDING SHALL SELECT AN ARBITRATOR FROM THE LIST OF
8 ARBITRATORS MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO
9 PARAGRAPH (d) OF THIS SUBSECTION (2). IN ADDITION, THE PARTIES SHALL
10 MUTUALLY AGREE ON A THIRD ARBITRATOR FROM THE LIST MAINTAINED
11 BY THE DEPARTMENT.
12 (d) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAINTAIN A LIST OF ARBITRATORS
13 AVAILABLE TO SERVE ON INTERJURISDICTIONAL ARBITRATION
14 COMMITTEES. SUCH ARBITRATORS SHALL BE MEMBERS OF A NATIONALLY
15 RECOGNIZED ARBITRATION OR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
16 ORGANIZATION.
17 (e) THE INTERJURISDICTIONAL ARBITRATION COMMITTEE SHALL
18 ADOPT WRITTEN FINDINGS, BASED ON APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION,
19 CONCERNING EACH ISSUE IN A PROCEEDING. THE COMMITTEE SHALL
20 REMAND AN ISSUE BACK TO THE GOVERNMENTAL UNIT THAT ADOPTED THE
21 DISPUTED URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY FOR RECONSIDERATION IF THE
22 COMMITTEE FINDS THAT THE CONCERNS RAISED BY A DISPUTING PARTY
23 ARE VALID. IN MAKING ITS DECISION, THE COMMITTEE SHALL STRIVE TO
24 ACHIEVE CONSENSUS ON ITS FINDINGS AND DECISION, BUT A DECISION AND
25 FINDING BY A MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL BE CONSIDERED THE
26 FINAL DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE.
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1 (f) FOR EACH DAY ACTUALLY ENGAGED IN THE DUTIES OF THE
2 INTERJURISDICTIONAL ARBITRATION COMMITTEE, MEMBERS OF THE
3 COMMITTEE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE ACTUAL AND NECESSARY TRAVEL
4 AND SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES TO BE PAID BY THE PARTIES TO THE
5 PROCEEDING AFTER THE SAME ARE INCURRED. MILEAGE RATES SHALL BE
6 AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 24-9-104.
7 (g) A PARTY TO THE PROCEEDING MAY APPEAL THE DECISION OF
8 THE INTERJURISDICTIONAL ARBITRATION COMMITTEE TO THE DISTRICT
9 COURT.
10 24-65.1-607. State agencies required to comply. WHEN
11 EXPANDING, PROVIDING, OR FUNDING URBAN SERVICES WITHIN AN
12 ADOPTED URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, STATE AGENCIES SHALL EXPAND,
13 PROVIDE, OR FUND SUCH SERVICES WITHIN THE URBAN GROWTH
14 BOUNDARIES ADOPTED BY GOVERNMENTAL UNITS UNLESS THE STATUTE
15 AUTHORIZING THE EXPANSION, PROVISION, OR FUNDING OF SUCH SERVICES
16 CLEARLY AND EXPLICITLY EXEMPTS THE STATE AGENCIES FROM
17 COMPLIANCE.
18 24-65.1-608. Local districts required to comply. WHEN
19 EXPANDING, PROVIDING, OR FUNDING URBAN SERVICES WITHIN AN
20 ADOPTED URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, METROPOLITAN PLANNING
21 ORGANIZATIONS, SPECIAL DISTRICTS, AND OTHER LOCAL DISTRICTS,
22 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALL COUNTY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT
23 DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED UNDER PART 5 OR ARTICLE 20 OF TITLE 30, C.R.S.,
24 BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED UNDER PART 12 OF
25 ARTICLE 25 OF TITLE 31, C.R.S., LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
26 ESTABLISHED UNDER PART 6 OF ARTICLE 20 OF TITLE 30, C.R.S., URBAN
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1 DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED UNDER PART 2
2 OF ARTICLE 11 OF TITLE 32, C.R.S., OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF STATE
3 LAW, SHALL EXPAND, PROVIDE, OR FUND SUCH SERVICES WITHIN THE
4 URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES ADOPTED BY GOVERNMENTAL UNITS. THIS
5 SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS DEFINED IN SECTION
6 22-30-103 (13), C.R.S., OR A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT
7 ESTABLISHED UNDER ARTICLE 9 OF TITLE 32, C.R.S.
8 24-65.1-609. Technical assistance and mediation. (1) THE
9 DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A PROGRAM OF TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL
10 ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTAL UNITS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THIS
11 PART 6 TO FACILITATE THE ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF URBAN
12 GROWTH BOUNDARIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
13 (2) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE OR ARRANGE FOR
14 MEDIATION SERVICES TO RESOLVE DISPUTES BETWEEN GOVERNMENTAL
15 UNITS SUBJECT TO THIS PART 6 REGARDING ANY MATTER COVERED BY THIS
16 PART 6 WHEN REQUESTED BY THE GOVERNMENTAL UNITS INVOLVED IN THE
17 DISPUTE. THE PARTIES TO THE DISPUTE SHALL PAY THE COSTS OF THE
18 MEDIATION SERVICES.
19 (3) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP AND ADMINISTER A GRANT
20 PROGRAM TO PROVIDE DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTAL
21 UNITS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THIS PART 6 FOR THE PURPOSE OF
22 IMPLEMENTING THIS PART 6. THE DEPARTMENT MAY ADOPT RULES TO
23 REQUIRE THAT GOVERNMENTAL UNITS PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS TO
24 RECEIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION
25 (3).
26 24-65.1-610. Urban growth fund - creation. THE URBAN
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1 GROWTH FUND IS HEREBY CREATED IN THE STATE TREASURY. THE URBAN
2 GROWTH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS THAT MAY BE
3 TRANSFERRED OR APPROPRIATED THERETO BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OR
4 THAT MAY OTHERWISE BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE FUND PURSUANT TO
5 LAW. ALL INTEREST OR OTHER RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT OF MONEYS
6 ON THE URBAN GROWTH FUND AND ALL OTHER REPAYMENTS OF FINANCIAL
7 ASSISTANCE PROVIDED FROM THE FUND PURSUANT TO THIS PART 6 SHALL
8 BE CREDITED TO THE URBAN GROWTH FUND. MONEYS IN THE FUND ARE
9 SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND SHALL BE
10 USED ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES SET FORTH IN SECTION 24-65.1-604. ANY
11 MONEYS CREDITED TO THE URBAN GROWTH FUND SHALL REMAIN IN THE
12 FUND AND SHALL NOT REVERT TO THE GENERAL FUND AT THE END OF ANY
13 GIVEN FISCAL YEAR.
14 24-65.1-611. Supplements existing law. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
15 PART 6 SUPPLEMENT, BUT DO NOT REPLACE, THOSE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE
16 20 OF TITLE 29, C.R.S.; PART 1 OF THIS ARTICLE; PART 1 OF ARTICLE 28 OF
17 TITLE 30, C.R.S.; PART 2 OF ARTICLE 23 OF TITLE 31, C.R.S.; AND ANY
18 OTHER STATUTES GRANTING PLANNING AND REGULATORY POWERS TO
19 COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES. IN THE EVENT OF A CONFLICT BETWEEN
20 THE PROVISIONS OF ANY SUCH LAW AND THIS PART 6, THE PROVISIONS OF
21 THIS PART 6 SHALL GOVERN.
22 SECTION 2. Appropriation. In addition to any other
23 appropriation, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the
24 general fund not otherwise appropriated, to the department of local affairs
25 for allocation to ___, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, the sum
26 of ___ dollars ($ ) and ___ FTE, or so much thereof as may be
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1 necessary, for the implementation of this act.
2 SECTION 3. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
3 determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the|~ immediate
|~ 4 preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.