Current through Chapter 519 of the 2024 Legislative Session and Chapter 2 of the 2024 First Extraordinary Session
Section 32-19-102 - DefinitionsAs used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Court" means the district court in any county in which the petition for organization of the district was originally filed and which entered the order organizing said district or the district court to which the file pertaining to the district has been transferred pursuant to section 32-1-303 (1)(b).(2) "District" means: (a) A health assurance district created pursuant to this article to organize, operate, control, direct, manage, contract for, furnish, or provide, directly or indirectly, health-care services to residents of the district who are in need of such services; or(b) A health service district created pursuant to this article that may establish, maintain, or operate, directly or indirectly through lease to or from other parties or other arrangement, public hospitals, convalescent centers, nursing care facilities, intermediate care facilities, emergency facilities, community clinics, or other facilities providing health and personal care services and may organize, own, operate, control, direct, manage, contract for, or furnish ambulance service.(3) "Eligible elector" means a person who, at the designated time or event, is registered to vote pursuant to the "Uniform Election Code of 1992", articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S.(4) "Interested party" means a resident or eligible elector of the district or a municipality located in the district.L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 1194, § 15, effective July 1.