HB 25-1029

House Bill 25-1029 gives Colorado municipalities more control over land they acquire outside their city limits for open spaces and natural areas, similar to how they manage parks and roads. This means cities can enforce rules and regulations on these lands without needing approval from other governing bodies. The bill also makes sure this authority applies even if the land isn’t open to the public or is within an Indian reservation (though it exempts land inside reservations). Since the bill has been signed, municipalities now have this expanded power over the specified types of land they acquire.

Official Summary

A municipality has had full police power and control (authority) over land that it acquires outside its municipal limits for use as parks, parkways, boulevards, or roads. The act extends this authority to land that a municipality acquires for open space and natural areas and clarifies that this authority extends to all such acquired land whether or not it is open or closed to the public. The act exempts from this authority acquired land that is within the exterior boundaries of an Indian reservation. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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