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CO HB1334
Bill
Status
4/28/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jennifer Bacon
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AI Summary
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Prohibits metropolitan districts and water and sanitation districts from using dominant eminent domain power to condemn state-owned property or property belonging to home rule cities, towns, city and counties, or home rule counties
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Clarifies that the 1981 Special District Act granted these districts eminent domain powers but never intended to authorize condemnation of state or home rule municipal property
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Codifies the Colorado Court of Appeals ruling in Town of Parker v. Colorado Division of Parks & Outdoor Recreation (1993), which held that dominant eminent domain does not authorize condemnation of state property
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Preserves existing vested rights and liabilities and does not apply retroactively to past transactions
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Amends Colorado Revised Statutes sections 32-1-1004 (metropolitan districts) and 32-1-1006 (sanitation, water and sanitation, or water districts)
Legislative Description
Condemnation Authority of Certain Special Districts
Local Government
Last Action
House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Postpone Indefinitely
4/28/2025