Colorado Revised Statutes Title 37. Water and Irrigation § 37-50-139. Miscellaneous powers

(a) To pay or otherwise defray and to contract to pay or defray, for a term not exceeding seventy-five years, without an election, except as otherwise provided in this article, the principal of, prior redemption premiums due in connection with, interest on, and other charges pertaining to securities or other obligations of the federal government, the district, a political subdivision, or a person that were incurred in connection with related property subsequently acquired by the district and relating to the district's facilities;

(b) To establish, operate, and maintain facilities within the district or elsewhere, across or along any public street, highway, bridge, or viaduct or other public right-of-way or in, upon, under, or over any vacant public lands, which public lands now are, or may become, the property of a political subdivision of this state, without first obtaining a franchise from the political subdivision having jurisdiction over the lands; except that the district shall cooperate with any political subdivision having such jurisdiction; shall promptly restore any such public street, highway, bridge, viaduct, or other public right-of-way to its former state of usefulness as nearly as may be; and shall not permanently impair completely or materially the usefulness of the right-of-way;

(c) To adopt, amend, repeal, enforce, and otherwise administer such reasonable resolutions, rules, regulations, and orders as the district shall deem necessary or convenient for the conduct of its business, including, but not limited to, the operation, maintenance, management, government, and use of the facilities of the district and any other facilities under its control, whether situated within, without, or both within and without the territorial limits of the district.