2021 Colorado Code
Title 31 - Government - Municipal
Article 2 - Formation and Reorganization
Part 2 - Municipal Home Rule
§ 31-2-218. Finality
No proceeding contesting the adoption of a charter, charter amendment, or repeal thereof shall be brought unless commenced within forty-five days after the election adopting the measure.
History. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1018, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note:
This section is similar to former § 31-2-118 as it existed prior to 1975.
ANNOTATIONThe 45-day provision refers to the contest of a charter amendment which allegedly had been adopted with procedural defects. City of Aurora v. Aurora Firefighters' Protective Ass'n, 193 Colo. 437 , 566 P.2d 1356 (1977).
And the courts are not thereby ousted of jurisdiction to subsequently determine the constitutionality of the substance of an amendment. City of Aurora v. Aurora Firefighters' Protective Ass'n, 193 Colo. 437 , 566 P.2d 1356 (1977).
