(1) On and after July 1, 2003, in addition to any sales tax imposed pursuant to section 29-2-103, counties are authorized to levy a county sales tax, use tax, or any combination of such taxes of up to one percent for the purposes of purchasing, adjudicating changes of, leasing, using, banking, and selling water rights that have been adjudicated for use within such county or in a municipality or county that is subject to an intergovernmental agreement concerning such tax pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.
(2) (a) A county may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with any municipality or other county or may enter into a contractual agreement with any private entity to facilitate the achievement of the purposes enumerated in subsection (1) of this section.
(b) Any county that uses tax revenues imposed pursuant to this section shall establish standards for the use of such revenues.
(3) (a) No sales tax, use tax, or combination of such taxes shall be levied pursuant to subsection (1) of this section until a ballot proposal for the levying of such taxes has been referred to and approved by the registered electors of the county in accordance with this article.
(b) The proposal for a tax pursuant to this section may be submitted only on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each year and shall be conducted by the county clerk and recorder in accordance with the "Uniform Election Code of 1992", articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S.
This section shall not be construed to expand the use tax base of any county in thisstate, as such base is described in section 29-2-109 (1).
All revenues collected from such county taxes shall be credited to a special fund inthe county treasury known as the county water fund. The county water fund shall be used only for the purposes enumerated in subsection (1) of this section.
Source: L. 2003: Entire section added, p. 884, § 5, effective August 6. L. 2008: (3)(a) amended, p. 991, § 6, effective August 5.