2017 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 29 - Government - Local
Miscellaneous
Article 8 - Underground Conversion of Utilities
§ 29-8-103. Definitions
As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Cable operator" shall have the same meaning as set forth in the federal "Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984", as amended, 47 U.S.C. sec. 522.
(1.5) "Communication service" means the transmission of intelligence by electrical means, including, but not limited to, telephone, telegraph, messenger-call, block, police, fire alarm, and traffic control circuits or the transmission of television or radio signals.
(2) "Convert" or "conversion" means the removal of all or any part of any existing overhead electric or communications facilities and the replacement thereof with underground electric or communication facilities constructed at the same or different locations.
(3) "Electric or communication facilities" means any works or improvements used or useful in providing electric or communication service, including, but not limited to, poles, supports, tunnels, manholes, vaults, conduits, pipes, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms, crossarms, braces, transformers, insulators, cut-outs, switches, capacitors, meters, communication circuits, appliances, attachments, and appurtenances.
(4) "Electric service" means the transmission and distribution of electricity for heat, light, or power.
(5) "Governing body" means the board of county commissioners or city council or board of trustees, as may be appropriate, depending on whether the improvement district is located in a county or within a city or town.
(6) "Net effective interest rate" means the net interest cost of bonds divided by the sum of the products derived by multiplying the principal amounts of the securities maturing on each maturity date by the number of years from their date to their respective maturities. In all cases, the net effective interest rate shall be computed without regard to any option of redemption prior to the designated maturity dates of the bonds.
(7) "Overhead electric or communication facilities" means electric or communication facilities located, in whole or in part, above the surface of the ground.
(7.5) "Political subdivision" means a county, city and county, city, town, home rule city, home rule town, service authority, school district, local improvement district, law enforcement authority, any special district such as water, sanitation, fire protection, metropolitan, irrigation, or drainage, or any other kind of municipal, quasi-municipal, or public corporation organized pursuant to law.
(8) "Public utility" means one or more persons or corporations that provide electric or communication service to the public by means of electric or communication facilities and shall include any city, county, special district, or public corporation that provides electric or communication service to the public by means of electric or communication facilities.
(9) "Resolution" means ordinance, where the governing body properly acts by ordinance, or resolution, where the governing body is authorized to act by resolution.
(10) "Underground electric or communication facilities" means electric or communication facilities located, in whole or in part, beneath the surface of the ground, or facilities within the confines of a power substation. "Communication facilities" does not include facilities used or intended to be used for the transmission of intelligence by microwave or radio or outdoor public telephones. "Underground facilities" includes certain facilities even though such facilities remain above the surface, in accordance with standard underground practices, such as transformers, pull boxes, service terminals, meters, pedestal terminals, splice closures, apparatus cabinets, and similar facilities.
