S.B. 09-87 Special districts - electronic availability of audit, budget, and election information - maps - mail-in voters - notice to electors - real estate transaction disclosures. Requires information about special district audits and budgets to be posted on the official web site of the division of local government in the department of local affairs (division). Requires the secretary of state to post on the department of state's official web site certified special district election results, which the division is required to provide to the secretary.
Permits the division to establish a standard form for the annual report that the board of directors of a special district (board) may use when submitting the report.
On or before January 1, 2010, requires a special district to file a current, accurate map of its boundaries with the county clerk and recorder in each of the counties in which the special district or a part thereof extends.
Establishes a procedure for metropolitan districts of a certain size and with a certain amount of annual revenue to receive a list of the names and addresses of registered electors who live in the metropolitan district and who have applied for permanent mail-in voter status. Requires the metropolitan district to mail a mail-in ballot to each eligible elector on the list.
Requires the board to annually provide notice to eligible electors that includes specified information about the special district and its elections.
Modifies the disclosures about special districts that a seller of residential real property is required to provide to a purchaser.
APPROVED
by Governor June 1, 2009
EFFECTIVE
June 1, 2009
S.B. 09-141 Fountain creek watershed, flood control, and greenway district - creation - boundaries - governance - powers and duties. Creates the Fountain creek watershed, flood control, and greenway district. Specifies the boundaries, governance, and powers and duties of the district.
APPROVED
by Governor April 30, 2009
EFFECTIVE
April 30, 2009
H.B. 09-1005 Special districts - special improvement districts within special district boundaries. With specified requirements, grants a special district the authority to establish special improvement districts within the boundaries of the special district and levy special assessments on property specially benefited by such improvements.
Specifies the methods for:
Creating a special improvement district;
Making the improvements specified for the special improvement district; and
Levying and collecting assessments for the costs of the improvements specified for the special improvement district.
APPROVED
by Governor April 2, 2009
EFFECTIVE
April 2, 2009
H.B. 09-1041 Fire protection districts - powers and duties - fees for services provided. Allows the board of any fire protection district to fix and from time to time increase or decrease fees for extrication, rescue, or safety services provided in furtherance of ambulance or emergency medical services. Specifies what is included in extrication, rescue, or safety services.
APPROVED
by Governor June 3, 2009
EFFECTIVE
August 5, 2009
NOTE:
This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation
concerning the effective date,
see
page vi of this digest.
H.B. 09-1072 Library districts - powers and duties of state librarian - procedural requirements affecting written agreement for establishment of joint library or library district - appointment of initial boards of trustees of library districts - requirement of employment of director of board of library district - clarification of duties of director and responsibilities of board. Modifies statutory provisions addressing the governance of library districts in the following respects:
Expands the powers and duties of the state librarian to include serving as the repository of the bylaws and the legal service area maps of all library districts within the state.
In connection with the establishment of a joint library or library district, authorizes the deadline for execution of a written agreement between the legislative body of each participating governmental unit and the library board of trustees (board) to be extended by mutual agreement of the parties. Specifies matters that may be addressed in the agreement.
In a library district established by only one governmental unit, clarifies that the legislative body of the governmental unit shall decide the number of its members to be appointed to the committee formed to appoint the initial board of trustees. In a library district established by more than one governmental unit, specifies that the legislative body of each participating governmental unit shall appoint a specified number of its members to a committee that shall appoint the initial board of trustees.
Requires a copy of the bylaws of a library district to be filed with the legislative body of each participating governmental unit and the state library.
Requires the board to employ a director, and specifies the duties of the director. Clarifies the responsibility of the board in certifying to the applicable legislative body of the governmental unit the amount of the mill levy necessary to maintain and operate the library during the ensuing year. Requires the board to maintain a current, accurate map of its legal service area and ensure the map is on file with the state librarian. Clarifies the person or entities to which the board is to submit an annual report.
Where a school board, legislative body, or board of county commissioners has received a request from a board to alter the maximum tax levied to support the library, clarifies the responsibility of the school board, legislative body, or board of county commissioners in causing to be submitted to a vote of the registered electors a proposition on the tax levy.
Clarifies the responsibility of the board in carrying insurance instead of a bond in connection with the transfer of the library's money into the custody of the board.
APPROVED
by Governor April 2, 2009
EFFECTIVE
August 5, 2009
NOTE:
This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation
concerning the effective date,
see
page vi of this digest.
H.B. 09-1217 Local improvement districts - creation - service improvements - funding. Allows for the creation of a local improvement district (district) for the purpose of constructing, installing, acquiring, or funding service improvements, including but not limited to gas, electric, geothermal, telecommunications, cable, and information services improvements within the district.
Requires any district and the county that formed the district to implement funding in a nondiscriminatory and technologically and competitively neutral manner.
Prohibits any district or the county that formed the district from providing any utility services and from gaining any right, title, or interest in any service improvement funded by the district.
APPROVED
by Governor May 14, 2009
EFFECTIVE
August 5, 2009
NOTE:
This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation
concerning the effective date,
see
page vi of this digest.
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