(1.5) Not more than thirty days nor less than twenty days prior to the hearing held pursuant to this section, the petitioners for the organization of the special district shall send letter notification of the hearing to the property owners within the proposed special district as listed on the records of the county assessor on the date requested unless the petitioners represent one hundred percent of the property owners. The notification shall indicate that it is a notice of a hearing for the organization of a special district and shall indicate the date, time, location, and purpose of such hearing, a reference to the type of special district, the maximum mill levy, if any, or stating that there is no maximum that may be imposed by the proposed special district, and procedures for the filing of a petition for exclusion pursuant to section 32-1-203 (3.5). Except when no mailing is required, the mailing of the letter notification to all addresses or post office box addresses within the proposed special district shall constitute a good-faith effort to comply with this subsection (1.5), and failure to notify all electors thereby shall not provide grounds for a challenge to the hearing being held.
Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1549, § 1, effective July 1. L. 85: (1.5) added, p. 1106, § 1, effective January 1, 1986. L. 91: (1), (1.5), and (2) amended, p. 782, § 4, effective June 4. L. 96: (1.5) amended, p. 309, § 7, effective April 15. L. 2007: (1) and (2) amended, p. 1188, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2019: (1) and (2)(b) amended, (HB 19-1052), ch. 72, p. 258, § 4, effective August 2.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 32-1-208 as it existed prior to 1981.
Structure Colorado Code
Article 1 - Special District Provisions
§ 32-1-202. Filing of Service Plan Required - Report of Filing - Contents - Fee
§ 32-1-203. Action on Service Plan - Criteria
§ 32-1-204. Public Hearing on Service Plan - Procedures - Decision
§ 32-1-204.5. Approval by Municipality
§ 32-1-204.7. Approval by an Annexing Municipality
§ 32-1-205. Resolution of Approval Required
§ 32-1-207. Compliance - Modification - Enforcement
§ 32-1-208. Statement of Purposes - Districts Without Service Plans