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CODE ORDINANCE 2024-05
IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 5
REVENUE AND FINANCE, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF
WELD, STATE OF COLORADO:
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, State of
Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with
the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, on December 28, 2000, adopted Weld
County Code Ordinance 2000-1, enacting a comprehensive Code for the County of Weld,
including the codification of all previously adopted ordinances of a general and permanent nature
enacted on or before said date of adoption, and
WHEREAS, the "Sanctuary Cities Fact Sheet," found on the website of the Center for
Immigration Studies (Map: Sanctuary Cities, Counties, and States (cis.orcl)), lists Weld County,
Colorado, as a "Sanctuary County," which, according to the website, accuses Weld County of
"shielding aliens in the United States in violation of law from the reach of federal immigration
officers," and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners emphatically states that such
accusations are false and without merit, and
WHEREAS, to that end, the Board of County Commissioners believes that Chapter 5,
Revenue and Finance, of the Weld County Code needs revision to clearly state the Board's policy
and intent to not appropriate monies from Weld County's General Fund, Capital Expenditure
Fund, special revenue funds, or proprietary funds for the specified purpose of providing
emergency sheltering of illegal aliens within Weld County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of the
County of Weld, State of Colorado, that Chapter 5, Revenue and Finance, of the Weld County
Code be, and hereby is, repealed, reenacted, and amended to include the following
Section 5-1-70:
CHAPTER 5
REVENUE AND FINANCE
ARTICLE I — General and Special Funds
Add Sec. 5-1-70. No appropriations from General Fund, Capital Expenditure Fund, special
revenue funds, or proprietary funds for the specified purpose of providing emergency
sheltering of illegal aliens within Weld County.
The Board of County Commissioners shall not appropriate monies from the General Fund,
Capital Expenditure Fund, special revenue funds, or proprietary funds for the specified purpose
of providing emergency sheltering of illegal aliens within Weld County. "Emergency sheltering
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of illegal aliens" includes the provision of housing, transportation, or meals for the benefit of
persons who DO NOT have "lawfully present in the United States" immigrant status. This
prohibition includes the appropriation of monies from the funds listed above for the specified
purpose of purchasing property for providing emergency sheltering of illegal aliens. Additionally,
the Board of County Commissioners shall not lease or sublease any property currently owned or
leased by Weld County to the Federal government, State of Colorado, or a local government, or
to a non -governmental organization, corporation or non-profit corporation, for the specified
purpose of providing emergency sheltering of illegal aliens within Weld County. The only
exception to the rules set forth in this Section 5-1-70 shall be if such emergency sheltering of
illegal aliens, including property purchases and/or leases of existing Weld County properties, is
pursuant to, and as a result of, greater community emergency sheltering needs caused by a
natural disaster recognized by the Board of County Commissioners by and through a resolution
declaring an emergency due to the natural disaster and asking for financial assistance from the
Federal government and/or the State of Colorado.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Board that the Clerk to the Board be, and hereby is,
directed to arrange for Municode to supplement the Weld County Code with the amendments
contained herein, to coincide with chapters, articles, divisions, sections, and subsections as they
currently exist within said Code; and to resolve any inconsistencies regarding capitalization,
grammar, and numbering or placement of chapters, articles, divisions, sections, and subsections
in said Code.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Board if any section, subsection, paragraph,
sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held or decided to be
unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof. The
Board of County Commissioners hereby declares that it would have enacted this Ordinance in
each and every section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof irrespective
of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or
phrases might be declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
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The above and foregoing Ordinance Number 2024-05 was, on motion duly made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 10th day of June, A.D., 2024.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Weld County Clerk to the Board
BY.
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Deputy Clerk to the Board
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Date of signature:
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First Reading: April 29, 2024
Publication: May 5, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
Second Reading: May 20, 2024
Publication: May 26, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
Final Reading: June 10, 2024
Publication: June 16, 2024, in the Greeley Tribune
Effective: June 21, 2024
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