C.R.S. Section 29-4-719.1
Economic development fund


(1)

There is hereby created in the authority the economic development fund. The authority shall deposit into such economic development fund:

(a)

Any moneys appropriated and made available by the state for purposes of such economic development fund;

(b)

Any proceeds from the sale of bonds to the extent provided in the resolutions of the authority authorizing the issuance thereof; and

(c)

Any moneys which may be made available by or to the authority from any other sources for the purposes of such economic development fund.

(2)

Moneys held in the economic development fund shall be expended by the authority for the following purposes:

(a)

To pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on bonds issued by the authority pursuant to this part 7 to finance the authority’s economic development program;

(b)

To finance projects or provide capital as provided in this part 7;

(c)

To provide guaranties, insurance, coinsurance, or reinsurance as provided in this part 7 and to establish reserves therefor by separate accounts or in such other manner as may be determined by the board in its sole discretion;

(d)

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 29-4-730, to make equity investments in business enterprises, including but not limited to direct investments in such business enterprises, investments in a legal entity which makes investments in such enterprises, and investments in an investment fund which makes investments in such enterprises, on such terms and conditions and as evidenced by such certificates, instruments, or documents, all as may be determined by the board in its sole discretion; except that properties, or revenues of the authority, other than the amount of such investments, shall not be placed at risk on account of such investments, and neither the authority nor the members of the board or employees of the authority shall be personally liable for the debts or obligations of the business enterprises in which such investments are made; and

(e)

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 29-4-710.5 and 29-4-710.6, and upon a finding by the board that investment in, or purchase or participation in the purchase of, loans or interests therein is necessary or useful to the financing of projects or the provision of capital to business enterprises, to invest in, purchase, or participate in the purchase from lenders of loans to finance projects or provide capital to business enterprises if such loans shall be insured or guaranteed, in whole or in part, by the federal government or by an agency or instrumentality thereof.

(f)

Repealed.

(3)

Moneys held in the economic development fund may be transferred to any of the other funds created by the authority pursuant to this part 7.

(4)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

There is hereby created within the economic development fund the Colorado strategic seed fund, which fund shall be administered by the authority in consultation with the Colorado strategic seed fund council created in section 29-4-735. The Colorado strategic seed fund is established for the purpose of providing seed capital to small businesses. For the purposes of this subsection (4), “seed capital” means moneys which are provided for: The preparation of a business plan, the performance of an initial market analysis, the assembling of a management team, the initial legal and accounting work, the development of a working prototype of a product or process, the development of follow-up financing, and such similar purposes as may be determined by the board.

(b)

The general assembly may make appropriations to the department of local affairs for the Colorado strategic seed fund. Any moneys not used to make loans shall remain in said fund and shall not be transferred to or revert to the general fund of the state at the end of any fiscal year. Any interest earned on the investment or deposit of moneys in the Colorado strategic seed fund shall remain in the fund and shall not be credited to the general fund of the state.

(c)

The authority shall utilize moneys in the Colorado strategic seed fund to make loans to operating seed funds. Such loans shall be made only if the board determines that:

(I)

The businesses to be assisted are small businesses with no prior sales or small businesses with existing sales, which small businesses are undergoing substantial changes in their businesses or product lines;

(II)

No professional or institutional investor has made any prior investment in any business to be assisted prior to the investment by the operating seed fund;

(III)

The businesses to be assisted have the potential to be rapidly growing businesses or value-added businesses which have the potential of having a long-term presence in Colorado’s economy and the amount invested by any operating seed fund in businesses outside of Colorado do not exceed more than fifty percent of the capital of the operating seed fund;

(IV)

Private sector financial support equal to the amount of any loan will be obtained by an operating seed fund. The authority may make a preliminary commitment of funds to an operating seed fund before the private sector financial support is obtained, but the authority shall not close the loan until at least one-third of the private sector financial support has been contributed, with the remainder to be paid not later than two years after the date of closing.

(d)

The authority shall establish criteria for making loans to operating seed funds, and such criteria shall include qualifications for the managers of such funds. The authority shall consult with the Colorado strategic seed fund council as to the criteria for determining which operating seed funds shall be eligible to receive loans from the fund, and no more than one operating seed fund, which fund shall be the rural economic development seed fund created in paragraph (g) of this subsection (4), shall be assisted pursuant to this subsection (4).

(e)

Loans made by the authority to operating seed funds shall be in the form of nonrecourse, noncompounding loans bearing interest, which shall be accrued at a rate determined by the board. The principal and accrued interest on any such loan shall be due not later than the initially scheduled termination date of the operating seed fund or ten years from the date of closing of the loan, whichever date is earlier.

(f)

The authority may require that an operating seed fund receiving a loan under this subsection (4) submit a quarterly financial statement, an audited annual financial statement, and such other reports regarding its finances and operations as the board determines to be necessary or appropriate.

(g)

Of the seed funds established pursuant to paragraph (d) of this subsection (4), one shall be a rural economic development seed fund, which shall be established for the purpose of assisting economic development in rural areas of Colorado. The moneys in the rural economic development seed fund shall be used to assist value-added businesses, and all of the provisions of this subsection (4) relating to loans made by the authority to operating seed funds shall also apply to the rural economic development seed fund. The salary of the fund manager shall be paid out of moneys appropriated to the fund by the general assembly and not from matching private sector funds.

Source: Section 29-4-719.1 — Economic development fund, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-29.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

29‑4‑101
Short title
29‑4‑102
Legislative declaration
29‑4‑103
Definitions
29‑4‑104
Powers of cities to undertake projects
29‑4‑105
Eminent domain
29‑4‑106
Acquisition of land for government
29‑4‑107
Management of housing projects
29‑4‑108
Moneys of city
29‑4‑109
Construction contracts and costs
29‑4‑110
Bonds secured by taxes - maturity
29‑4‑111
Bonds not secured by taxes authorized by resolution
29‑4‑112
Tax resolution - payment of bonds
29‑4‑113
Form of bonds - rate of interest
29‑4‑114
Provisions of bonds, mortgages, or trust indentures
29‑4‑115
Mortgage when financed by government
29‑4‑116
Remedies of an obligee of city
29‑4‑117
Additional remedies
29‑4‑118
Remedies cumulative
29‑4‑119
Limitations on remedies of obligee
29‑4‑120
Foreclosure sale subject to government agreement
29‑4‑121
Action by resolution
29‑4‑122
Tax exemptions
29‑4‑123
Supplemental nature of article
29‑4‑201
Short title
29‑4‑202
Legislative declaration
29‑4‑203
Definitions
29‑4‑204
Petition for creation of authority - notice - hearing
29‑4‑205
Appointment of commissioners
29‑4‑206
Duty of the authority and commissioners
29‑4‑207
Interested commissioners or employees
29‑4‑208
Removal of commissioners
29‑4‑209
Powers of authority
29‑4‑210
Rentals and tenant selection
29‑4‑211
Eminent domain
29‑4‑212
Acquisition of land for government
29‑4‑213
Zoning and building laws
29‑4‑214
Types of bonds
29‑4‑215
Form of bonds
29‑4‑216
Provisions of bond or mortgage
29‑4‑217
Power to mortgage - when
29‑4‑218
Remedies of an obligee of authority
29‑4‑219
Additional remedies
29‑4‑220
Remedies cumulative
29‑4‑221
Limitations on remedies of obligee
29‑4‑222
Sale subject to government agreement
29‑4‑223
Contracts with federal government
29‑4‑224
Wage and labor conditions
29‑4‑225
Insurance
29‑4‑226
Exemption from special assessments
29‑4‑227
Tax exemptions
29‑4‑228
Reports
29‑4‑229
Low rentals
29‑4‑230
Previous housing authorities validated
29‑4‑231
Contracts and undertakings validated
29‑4‑232
Notes and bonds validated
29‑4‑301
Short title
29‑4‑302
Legislative declaration
29‑4‑303
Definitions
29‑4‑304
Preparation of development plan
29‑4‑305
Assistance in preparation of plan
29‑4‑306
Action on setting up of authority
29‑4‑307
Additional powers of authority
29‑4‑308
Organization of authority
29‑4‑309
Condemnation for a superior use
29‑4‑310
Area not wholly in one municipality
29‑4‑311
Termination of an authority
29‑4‑312
Appropriations by municipality
29‑4‑313
Taxation
29‑4‑314
Supervision of reconstruction agency
29‑4‑401
Existing statutes no bar to creation of housing authority
29‑4‑402
Cities and towns empowered to create housing authorities
29‑4‑501
Legislative declaration
29‑4‑502
Definitions
29‑4‑503
Creation of housing authority
29‑4‑504
Appointment of commissioners
29‑4‑505
Powers of authority
29‑4‑506
Policy of authority
29‑4‑507
Exemption from special assessments - tax exemptions
29‑4‑508
Boundaries of authority
29‑4‑509
Conformity with building laws
29‑4‑601
Applicability of part 6
29‑4‑602
Posting and publication of notice - petition
29‑4‑603
Cooperative agreement - costs of election
29‑4‑604
Election - resolution
29‑4‑605
Notice of election
29‑4‑606
Conduct of election
29‑4‑607
Count of ballots - canvass - results of election
29‑4‑701
Short title
29‑4‑702
Legislative declaration
29‑4‑703
Definitions - rules
29‑4‑704
Colorado housing and finance authority
29‑4‑704.5
Reference in contracts and documents
29‑4‑705
Records of board
29‑4‑706
Meetings of board
29‑4‑707
Disclosure of interests required
29‑4‑708
General powers of the authority - repeal
29‑4‑709
Power of board - housing facility plans
29‑4‑710
Powers of the board - executive director - housing facility loans - assistance in housing facility development
29‑4‑710.5
Powers of the board - lease, sale, or financing of projects
29‑4‑710.6
Powers of the board - loans for capital
29‑4‑710.7
Powers of the board - issuance of bonds to maintain balances in the unemployment compensation fund
29‑4‑711
Power of board - housing facility plans - mortgage purchase - loans to lenders
29‑4‑712
Powers of the board - executive director - mortgage purchase - loans to lenders - assistance in providing housing facilities
29‑4‑713
Power of the board - home improvement loans
29‑4‑714
Powers of the board - home improvement loans - purchase of such loans - loans to lenders
29‑4‑716
Standards for approval of organizations
29‑4‑717
Findings - percentage of low-income families required
29‑4‑718
Bonds and notes
29‑4‑719.1
Economic development fund
29‑4‑720
Validity of any pledge
29‑4‑721
Remedies
29‑4‑722
Negotiable instruments
29‑4‑723
Bonds eligible for investment
29‑4‑724
Refunding bonds
29‑4‑725
Nonliability of state for bonds
29‑4‑726
Members of authority not personally liable on bonds
29‑4‑727
Property taxation - exemption of bonds from taxation
29‑4‑728
Revolving fund established
29‑4‑729
Reporting
29‑4‑730
Powers of the authority - investments
29‑4‑731
Agreement of this state
29‑4‑732
This part 7 not a limitation of powers
29‑4‑734
Termination of powers
29‑4‑735
Colorado strategic seed fund council - creation
29‑4‑1001
Short title
29‑4‑1002
Definitions
29‑4‑1003
Rent reporting for credit pilot program - created - third-party contractor - participant landlords and participant tenants - financial education courses required - compensation for participant landlords
29‑4‑1004
Rent reporting for credit pilot program - rules
29‑4‑1005
Rent reporting for credit pilot program - report
29‑4‑1006
Repeal of part
29‑4‑1101
Short title
29‑4‑1102
Legislative declaration
29‑4‑1103
Definitions
29‑4‑1104
Middle-income housing authority - creation - board of directors - meetings - records - tax exempt - audit - report
29‑4‑1105
General powers
29‑4‑1106
Additional powers - affordable workforce housing projects
29‑4‑1107
Powers of the board - selection of projects - ownership - report
29‑4‑1108
Relationship of authority and other jurisdictions
29‑4‑1109
Bonds
29‑4‑1110
Agreement of the state not to limit or alter rights of obligees
29‑4‑1111
Issuance of funds to the authority
29‑4‑1112
No action maintainable
29‑4‑1113
Judicial examination of powers, acts, proceedings, or contracts of the authority
29‑4‑1114
This part 11 not a limitation of powers
29‑4‑1115
Construction of this part 11
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 29-4-719.1’s source at colorado​.gov