Metro district websites are a statutory duty — with new homepage rules most sites miss
Every Colorado metropolitan district organized after 2000 that levies property tax must maintain an official website with thirteen categories of statutory content on fixed clocks — and since August 6, 2025, five of them must sit on the homepage, alongside a plain-language explainer of what the district is. Sites built for the original 2023 mandate are quietly out of date. We build, retrofit, and run these sites — bilingual and accessible.
The facts (we read the statute and the 2025 amendment — citations below)
- Who: metro districts organized after Jan. 1, 2000 with property-tax power. New districts get one year from their organizing decree; districts without tax power and inactive districts are exempt. (C.R.S. § 32-1-104.5(3)(a),(d))
- The thirteen content categories include: directors and manager with contact info; the budget (amendments posted within 30 days); audited financials or the exemption application (within 30 days of filing); the annual report; the meeting schedule by January 30; election nomination calls at least 75 days out; results within 30 days; a current boundary map. (§ (3)(a)(I)–(IX))
- New since Aug. 6, 2025 (HB 25-1219): a plain, nontechnical explainer of what the district is, its services, debt authority, repayment sources, maximum mill levy, and how residents can join the board (§ (3)(a)(X)); overlapping governmental entities (XI); where the annual report is filed (XII); and a contact system including an after-hours emergency contact the district must actually operate (XIII), (4)).
- The homepage rule: directors' contact info, the meeting schedule, nomination information, overlapping entities, and the contact system must appear ON the homepage. (§ (3)(a.5))
- A meeting notice posted on the site at least 24 hours ahead satisfies the Open Meetings Law posting requirement — a real operational convenience. (§ (3)(c))
- Districts serving the same community may share one consolidated site if each district is clearly identified. (§ (3)(b))
- The same website must meet Colorado's government web-accessibility law — WCAG 2.1 AA, fully enforceable since July 1, 2025, including every posted budget and audit PDF. (HB 21-1110, C.R.S. § 24-85-103)
The packages — ready to deliver
Statutory Website Build from $2,500 (bilingual, WCAG 2.1 AA, all thirteen categories wired, homepage rule satisfied) · HB 25-1219 Homepage Retrofit from $495 for sites built to the old rules · Compliance Care Plan from $249/mo — we execute every dated posting on the state compliance calendar so nothing lapses. The bilingual plain-language explainer is our signature piece: in Adams County corridors, a Spanish version is resident accessibility your board can point to. SIPA micro-grants (applications each March) can cover one-time build costs — we scope grant-ready proposals, and never promise awards.
Book a discovery callThe honest part
This statute has no direct penalty clause — nobody should scare your board with fines. The real exposures are different: the accessibility law layered on top carries statutory damages, and a district that misses budget filings can have its property-tax distributions withheld (C.R.S. § 32-1-209). Mostly, though, this is about a board meeting its transparency duties without the district manager burning hours on website chores. That is exactly what the care plan is: we do the postings, your manager does the district.
General information verified against the statute and the enrolled HB 25-1219 at leg.colorado.gov as of July 12, 2026 — not legal advice. Posted documents (budgets, audits, disclosures) are produced by the district's accountant and counsel; we publish them correctly and on time.
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