C.R.S.
Section 31-25-109
Issuance of bonds by an authority
(1)
An authority has power to issue bonds of the authority from time to time in its discretion to finance its activities or operations under this part 1, including but not limited to the repayment with interest of any advances or loans of funds made to the authority by the federal government or other source for any surveys or plans made or to be made by the authority in exercising its powers under this part 1 and also has power to issue refunding or other bonds of the authority from time to time in its discretion for the payment, retirement, renewal, or extension of any bonds previously issued by it under this section and to provide for the replacement of lost, destroyed, or mutilated bonds previously issued under this section.(2)
Intentionally left blank —Ed.(a)
Bonds which are issued under this section may be general obligation bonds of the authority to the payment of which, as to principal and interest and premiums (if any), the full faith, credit, and assets (acquired and to be acquired) of the authority are irrevocably pledged.(b)
Such bonds may be special obligations of the authority which, as to principal and interest and premiums (if any), are payable solely from and secured only by a pledge of any income, proceeds, revenues, or funds of the authority derived or to be derived by it from or held or to be held by it in connection with its undertaking of any project of the authority, including, without limitation, funds to be paid to an authority pursuant to section 31-25-107 (9) and including any grants or contributions of funds made or to be made by it with respect to any such project and any funds derived or to be derived by it from or held or to be held by it in connection with its sale, lease, rental, transfer, retention, management, rehabilitation, clearance, development, redevelopment, preparation for development or redevelopment, or its operation or other utilization or disposition of any real or personal property acquired or to be acquired by it or held or to be held by it for any of the purposes of this part 1 and including any loans, grants, or contributions of funds made or to be made to it by the federal government in aid of any project of the authority or in aid of any of its other activities or operations.(c)
Such bonds may be special obligations of the authority which, as to principal and interest and premiums (if any), are payable solely from and secured only by a pledge of any loans, grants, or contributions of funds made or to be made to it by the federal government or other source in aid of any project of the authority or in aid of any of its other activities or operations.(d)
Such bonds may be contingent special obligations of the authority which, as to principal and interest and premiums (if any), are payable solely from any funds available or becoming available to the authority for its undertaking of the project involved in the particular activities or operations with respect to which such contingent special obligations are issued but so payable only in the event such funds are or become available as provided in this subsection (2).(3)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, any bonds which are issued under this section, other than the contingent special obligations covered by paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of this section, may be additionally secured as to the payment of the principal and interest and premiums (if any) by a mortgage of any urban renewal project, or any part thereof, title to which is then or thereafter in the authority or of any other real or personal property or interests therein then owned or thereafter acquired by the authority.(4)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, general obligation bonds which are issued under this section may be additionally secured as to payment of the principal and interest and premiums (if any) as provided in either paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (2) of this section, with or without being also additionally secured as to payment of the principal and interest and premiums (if any) by a mortgage as provided in subsection (3) of this section or a trust agreement as provided in subsection (5) of this section.(5)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any bonds which are issued under this section may be additionally secured as to the payment of the principal and interest and premiums (if any) by a trust agreement by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state of Colorado.(6)
Bonds which are issued under this section shall not constitute an indebtedness of the state of Colorado or of any county, municipality, or public body of said state other than the urban renewal authority issuing such bonds and shall not be subject to the provisions of any other law or of the charter of any municipality relating to the authorization, issuance, or sale of bonds.(7)
Bonds which are issued under this section are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and, together with interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempted from all taxes.(8)
Bonds which are issued under this section shall be authorized by a resolution of the authority and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date, be payable upon demand or mature at such time, bear interest at such rate, be in such denomination, be in such form, either coupon or registered or otherwise, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed (in the name of the authority) in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, be payable at such place, be subject to such callability provisions or terms of redemption (with or without premiums), be secured in such manner, be of such description, contain or be subject to such covenants, provisions, terms, conditions, and agreements (including provisions concerning events of default), and have such other characteristics as may be provided by such resolution or by the trust agreement, indenture, or mortgage, if any, issued pursuant to such resolution. The seal (or a facsimile thereof) of the authority shall be affixed, imprinted, engraved, or otherwise reproduced upon each of its bonds issued under this section. Bonds which are issued under this section shall be executed in the name of the authority by the manual or facsimile signatures of such of its officials as may be designated in the said resolution or trust agreement, indenture, or mortgage; except that at least one signature on each such bond shall be a manual signature. Coupons, if any, attached to such bonds shall bear the facsimile signature of such official of the authority as may be designated as provided in this subsection (8). The said resolution or trust agreement, indenture, or mortgage may provide for the authentication of the pertinent bonds by the trustee.(9)
Bonds which are issued under this section may be sold by the authority in such manner and for such price as the authority, in its discretion, may determine, at par, below par, or above par, at private sale or at public sale after notice published prior to such sale in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality, or in such other medium of publication as the authority may deem appropriate, or may be exchanged by the authority for other bonds issued by it under this section. Bonds which are issued under this section may be sold by it to the federal government at private sale at par, below par, or above par, and, in the event that less than all of the authorized principal amount of such bonds is sold by the authority to the federal government, the balance or any portion of the balance may be sold by the authority at private sale at par, below par, or above par, at an interest cost to the authority of not to exceed the interest cost to it of the portion of the bonds sold by it to the federal government.(10)
In case any of the officials of the authority whose signatures or facsimile signatures appear on any of its bonds or coupons which are issued under this section cease to be such officials before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures or facsimile signatures, as the case may be, shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such officials had remained in office until such delivery.(11)
Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds which are issued pursuant to this section are fully negotiable.(12)
In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforceability of any bond which is issued under this section or the security therefor, any such bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the authority in connection with an urban renewal project or any activity or operation of the authority under this part 1 shall be conclusively deemed to have been issued for such purposes; and such urban renewal project or such operation or activity, as the case may be, shall be conclusively deemed to have been initiated, planned, located, undertaken, accomplished, and carried out in accordance with the provisions of this part 1.(13)
Pending the preparation of any definitive bonds under this section, an authority may issue its interim certificates or receipts or its temporary bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for such definitive bonds when the latter have been executed and are available for delivery.(14)
Persons retained or employed by an authority as advisors or consultants for the purpose of rendering financial advice and assistance may purchase or participate in the purchase or in the distribution of its bonds when such bonds are offered at public or private sale.(15)
No commissioner or other officer of an authority issuing bonds under this section and no person executing such bonds is liable personally on such bonds or is subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.
Source:
Section 31-25-109 — Issuance of bonds by an authority, https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-31.pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).
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