(3.5) If the subject matter of the petition is proposed for submission at a regular or special election that will be coordinated by the county clerk pursuant to section 1-7-116, C.R.S., and the municipal clerk has certified to the governing body that the petition is valid and sufficient, the clerk shall certify the proposed ballot question to the county clerk and recorder sixty days prior to the coordinated election as provided in section 1-5-203 (3), C.R.S., unless the petition has by the sixtieth day been determined to be insufficient pursuant to section 31-2-223. Should the petition be found to be insufficient pursuant to section 31-2-223 following certification to the county clerk and recorder, the election on such question shall be deemed canceled, and any votes cast on the question shall not be counted.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1017, § 1, effective July 1. L. 79: Entire section R&RE, p. 1170, § 2, effective July 1. L. 85: (1)(a)(I), (1)(a)(II), (1)(a)(IV), and (2)(a)(II) amended, p. 1346, § 15, effective July 1. L. 96: (1)(a)(III) and (1)(a)(IV) amended and (3.5) added, p. 1767, § 61, effective July 1. L. 2000: (1)(b) and (3) amended, p. 791, § 6, effective August 2. L. 2007: (3.5) amended, p. 2046, § 84, effective June 1. L. 2015: (4) amended, (HB 15-1130), ch. 230, p. 855, § 5, effective August 5.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-2-110 as it existed prior to 1975.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 15-1130, see section 1 of chapter 230, Session Laws of Colorado 2015.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 31 - Government - Municipal
Article 2 - Formation and Reorganization
§ 31-2-202. Legislative Declaration
§ 31-2-204. Initiation of Home Rule
§ 31-2-205. Election on Formation of Charter Commission and Designation of Members
§ 31-2-206. Charter Commission
§ 31-2-207. Charter Election - Notice
§ 31-2-209. Special Procedure for Adopting a Charter Upon Incorporation
§ 31-2-210. Procedure to Amend or Repeal Charter
§ 31-2-211. Elections - General
§ 31-2-212. Initiative, Referendum, and Recall
§ 31-2-213. Determination of Population
§ 31-2-214. Time Limit on Submission of Similar Proposals
§ 31-2-215. Conflicting or Alternative Charter Proposals
§ 31-2-216. Change in Classification of Municipalities
§ 31-2-217. Vested Rights Saved
§ 31-2-219. Additional Petition Requirements
§ 31-2-220. Warning on Petition - Signatures - Affidavits - Circulators
§ 31-2-221. Form of Petition - Representatives of Signers