Colorado Code
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 32-1-103. Definitions

As used in this article 1, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1.5) "Board" means the board of directors of a special district.

(2.5) "Depository institution" means:

(4.5) "Early childhood development service district" means a special district created pursuant to article 21 of this title 32 to provide, directly or indirectly, early childhood development services to children from birth through eight years of age.

(6.5) "Financial institution or institutional investor" means any of the following, whether acting for itself or others in a fiduciary capacity:

(7.5) "Forest improvement district" means a special district created pursuant to article 18 of this title that protects communities from wildfires and improves the condition of forests in the district.

(8.5) "Health assurance district" means a special district that is created to organize, operate, control, direct, manage, contract for, furnish, or provide, directly or indirectly, health-care services to residents of the district and family members of such residents who are in need of such services.

(9.3) "Inactive special district" means a special district in a predevelopment stage that has no residents other than those who lived within the district boundaries prior to the formation of the district, no business or commercial ventures or facilities within its boundaries, has not issued any general obligation or revenue debt and does not have any financial obligations outstanding or contracts in effect that require performance by the district during the time the district is inactive, has not imposed a mill levy for tax collection in that fiscal year, anticipates no receipt of revenue and has no planned expenditures, except for statutory compliance, in that fiscal year, has no operation or maintenance responsibility for any facilities, has initially filed a notice of inactive status pursuant to section 32-1-104 (3), and, each year thereafter, has filed a notice of continuing inactive status pursuant to section 32-1-104 (4).
(9.5) "Mental health-care service district" means a special district created pursuant to this article to provide, directly or indirectly, mental health-care services to residents of the district who are in need of mental health-care services and to family members of such residents.

(14.5) "Property owners list" means the list furnished by the county assessor in accordance with section 1-5-304, 1-13.5-204, or 1-13.5-1105 (2)(a) and (2)(b) showing each property owner within the district, as shown on a deed or contract of record.

(19.5) "Solid waste" shall have the same definition as specified in section 30-20-101 (6), C.R.S.

(23.2) "Tunnel" means one or more holes under or through the ground, mountains, rock formations, or other natural or man-made material, including roads, railroads, pipelines, and other means of transporting vehicles, people, or goods through any such tunnel, whether located in the tunnel or, to the extent the same connects the tunnel to other similar facilities, located outside the tunnel. "Tunnel" also means any ventilation, drainage, and support facilities, toll collection facilities, administrative facilities, and other facilities necessary or convenient to the acquisition, construction, improvement, equipping, operation, or maintenance of the tunnel or to the operation of the tunnel district, whether located within or without the tunnel.
(23.5) "Tunnel district" means a special district which provides a tunnel.

Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1543, § 1, effective July 1. L. 82: (5)(d) and (23)(c) added, p. 546, §§ 5, 6, effective April 15. L. 83: (1) R&RE and (1.5) added, p. 412, §§ 2, 3, effective June 1. L. 85: (20) amended, p. 1097, § 1, effective April 30; (21) amended, p. 1027, § 4, effective July 1; IP(5)(a) and (5)(a)(I) amended and (14.5) and (17.5) added, p. 1083, § 1, effective July 1, 1986. L. 86: (5)(c) repealed and (21) amended, pp. 1068, 814, §§ 3, 6, effective July 1. L. 87: (23.2) and (23.5) added, p. 1232, § 1, effective May 13; IP(5)(a), (5)(a)(I), (5)(b), and (14.5) amended, p. 333, § 100, effective July 1. L. 89: (6) repealed, p. 1135, § 85, effective July 1. L. 90: (5)(d) amended, p. 1848, § 46, effective May 31. L. 91: (2.5) and (6.5) added, p. 780, § 2, effective June 4. L. 92: IP(5)(a), (17), (17.5), (21), and (23)(a) amended, p. 874, § 105, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (5)(a)(I) and (21) amended, p. 1438, § 133, effective July 1. L. 94: (5)(d) and (23)(c) amended, p. 706, § 10, effective April 19; (14.5) and (15) amended, p. 1194, § 97, effective July 1; (5)(a)(I) amended, p. 1775, § 45, effective January 1, 1995; (5)(d) and (23)(c) amended, p. 2565, § 79, effective January 1, 1995. L. 96: (5)(e) added and (9) and (14.5) amended, pp. 1771, 470, §§ 72, 1, 73, effective July 1. L. 98: (10) and (18) amended and (19.5) added, p. 1069, § 1, effective June 1. L. 2001: (5)(d) and (23)(c) amended, p. 1276, § 42, effective June 5. L. 2003: (9) amended, p. 715, § 58, effective July 1. L. 2005: (9.5) added, p. 1035, § 1, effective June 2. L. 2007: (7.5) added, p. 425, § 1, effective April 9; (8.5) added, p. 1186, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2009: (20) amended, (SB 09-292), ch. 369, p. 1979, § 109, effective August 5. L. 2010: (9.3) added, (HB 10-1362), ch. 360, p. 1710, § 1, effective August 11. L. 2014: (5)(a), (5)(e), and (23)(a) amended, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 70, § 29, effective February 18. L. 2018: IP and (17) amended, (HB 18-1039), ch. 29, p. 330, § 3, effective July 1, 2022. L. 2019: IP amended and (4.5) added, (HB 19-1052), ch. 72, p. 257, § 1, effective August 2. L. 2020: (5)(d) and (23)(c) amended, (HB 20-1196), ch. 195, p. 927, § 18, effective June 30. L. 2021: (14.5) amended, (SB 21-160), ch. 133, p. 538, § 6, effective September 7.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 14-1164, see section 1 of chapter 2, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.