(1) Any director elected or appointed to the board of any special district who has actually held office for at least six months may be recalled from office by the eligible electors of the special district; except that a petition shall not be filed to recall a director whose term of office expires in less than six months from the date the petition is presented for filing. Except as provided in section 32-1-913, a petition signed by the lesser of three hundred eligible electors or forty percent of the eligible electors demanding the recall of any director named in the petition must be filed in accordance with section 32-1-910 to initiate a recall election.
(2) to (5) (Deleted by amendment, L. 92, p. 886, § 124, effective January 1, 1993.)
Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1588, § 1, effective July 1. L. 88: (5) added, p. 296, § 11, effective May 29. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 886, § 124, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2014: (1) amended, (SB 14-158), ch. 170, p. 623, § 15, effective May 9. L. 2016: (1)(a) amended and (1)(b.5) added, (HB 16-1442), ch. 313, p. 1270, § 18, effective August 10. L. 2018: (1) amended, (HB 18-1268), ch. 200, p. 1297, § 1, effective May 4.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 32-1-847 as it existed prior to 1981.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 14-158, see section 1 of chapter 170, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.