Code of Colorado Regulations
1300 - Department of Local Affairs
1306 - Division of Local Government
8 CCR 1306-3 - CONSERVATION TRUST FUND ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING MONITORING, ENFORCEMENT AND GUIDANCE REGARDING ALLOWABLE EXPENDITURES (C.R.S. 29-21-101)
Part I - Definitions

A. "Capital improvements" means the acquisition or improvement of fixed assets.

B. "Division" means the Division of Local Government in the Department of Local Affairs.

C. "Fixed assets" means land, buildings, equipment and improvements other than buildings that the recipient uses to provide Conservation Trust Fund-allowable expenditures, including costs of construction, renovation, demolition, rehabilitation, deferred maintenance, improvements, equipment and furnishings. Fixed assets are determined to be those with an original cost of $500.00 or more, or with a useful life of one year or more.

D. "Interests in land and water" means any and all rights and interests in land or water, or both, including fee interests and less than full fee interests such as future interests, developmental rights, easements, covenants, and contractual rights. Every interest in land or water may be in perpetuity or for a fixed term and shall be deemed to run with the land or water to which it pertains for the benefit of the citizens of this state.

E. "Maintenance" means keeping Conservation Trust Fund-eligible assets in an original or existing state of repair or of preserving them from failure or decline.

F. "New conservation sites" means interests in land and water, acquired after establishment of a conservation trust fund pursuant to this section, for park or recreation purposes, for all types of open space, including but not limited to floodplains, greenbelts, agricultural lands, or scenic areas, or for any scientific, historic, scenic, recreational, aesthetic, or similar purpose.