Colorado Code
Article 9 - Regional Transportation District Act
§ 32-9-103. Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:


(3.5) "Director district" means that area within the district which is represented by one director.
(3.7) "Discovery" means physical discovery of an undocumented utility communicated by the district or its contractors, agents, or employees verbally or in writing to the utility company's designated project representative or, if no representative has been designated, to the chief engineer or equivalent.



(6.2) "Eligible elector" means a registered elector as defined in section 1-1-104 (35), C.R.S., who resides within the geographic boundaries of the district.
(6.3) "Fixed guideway corridor" means a corridor designated by the district for the construction and operation of a fixed guideway mass transit system.
(6.4) "Fixed guideway corridor utility relocation agreement" means an agreement entered into by the district and a utility company for the purpose of performing utility relocation work necessitated by a transportation expansion plan in accordance with the requirements of section 32-9-119.1.
(6.5) "Fixed guideway mass transit system" means any public transportation system that utilizes and occupies a separate right-of-way or rail for the exclusive use of public transportation service. No such system shall intersect any road or street with an average daily traffic count of twenty thousand or greater at grade unless the municipality or county having jurisdiction over such road or street specifically requests an at grade crossing.
(6.7) "Force majeure" means fire, explosion, action of the elements, strike, interruption of transportation, rationing, shortage of labor, equipment, or materials, court action, illegality, unusually severe weather, act of God, act of war, or any other cause that is beyond the control of the party performing work on a utility relocation project and that could not have been prevented by the party while exercising reasonable diligence.
(6.9) "Major electrical facilities" shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 29-20-108 (3)(a), (3)(b), (3)(c), and (3)(d), C.R.S.












(15.5) "Utility facility" means all installed equipment of a utility.


Source: L. 69: p. 714, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-20-3. L. 70: p. 292, § 97. L. 71: p. 978, § 1. L. 73: p. 985, § 1. Initiated 80: (3.5) added, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 19, 1980. L. 81: (7)(a) amended and (7)(c) added, p. 1640, § 1, effective May 28; (15) amended, p. 1626, § 32, effective July 1. L. 85: (7)(a) amended, p. 1119, § 1, effective July 1. L. 87: (6.3) and (6.5) added and (7)(a) amended, p. 1246, § 2, effective May 22. L. 92: (6.2) added and (15) amended, p. 907, § 157, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (7)(a) amended, p. 1790, § 79, effective June 6. L. 94: (6.2) amended, p. 460, § 1, effective March 29; (6.3) amended, p. 1324, § 1, effective May 25. L. 97: (6.2) amended, p. 805, § 1, effective May 20. L. 99: (6.5) and (7)(a) amended, p. 1400, §§ 3, 4, effective June 4. L. 2000: (8) and (13) amended, p. 307, § 1, effective April 5. L. 2003: (16) added, p. 1795, § 1, effective May 21. L. 2007: (3.7), (6.4), (6.7), (6.9), (15.1), and (15.5) added, p. 717, § 1, effective May 3.
Editor's note: For the complete initiated measure and votes cast for the adoption or rejection thereof, see L. 81, pp. 2057-2060.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1999 act amending subsections (6.5) and (7)(a), see section 1 of chapter 338, Session Laws of Colorado 1999.

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