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Home » US Law » 2022 Colorado Code » Title 22 - Education » Article 42 - Bonded Indebtedness

§ 22-42-101. Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: “Board of education” or “board” means the governing body authorized by law to administer the affairs of any school district. (1.5) Repealed. “Eligible elector” means a person who has complied with the registration provisions of article 2 of title 1, C.R.S., and who resides within […]

§ 22-42-102. Bonded Indebtedness – Elections

No debt by loan in any form shall be contracted by any school district for the purposes specified in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section, unless the proposition to create the debt has first been submitted to and approved by the eligible electors of the district. The board of education of any school […]

§ 22-42-103. Limitations on Elections

The question of contracting bonded indebtedness may be submitted or resubmitted after the same or any other such question has previously been rejected at an election held pursuant to this article; but no such question shall be submitted or resubmitted at any election held less than one hundred twenty days after a previous submission of […]

§ 22-42-104. Limit of Bonded Indebtedness

Except as provided in subsections (1.3), (1.4), and (1.6) of this section, the limit on bonded indebtedness of a school district is the greater of the following: Twenty percent of the latest valuation for assessment of the taxable property in such district, as certified by the county assessor to the board of county commissioners; or […]

§ 22-42-114. Board May Issue Bonds – Exemption From Colorado Income Tax

When approved at an election held pursuant to section 22-42-102, the board of education, from time to time, as the proceeds thereof shall be needed for the purposes specified in the notice of said bond election, shall issue bonds of the district in denominations of one thousand dollars or any multiple of one thousand dollars, […]

§ 22-42-115. Form of Bonds

The bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with number one. The board of education of the district is authorized to prescribe the form of such bonds. Said bonds shall recite that they are issued pursuant to this article, and said bonds shall be signed by the president of […]

§ 22-42-116. Sale at Less Than Par – Discount

If it is found to be in the best interest of the school district, the board of education of the school district may issue such bonds and accept therefor less than their face value. Source: L. 64: R&RE, p. 554, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 123-11-17. L. 70: p. 336, § 11. L. 2010: Entire […]

§ 22-42-117. Board to Certify Needed Revenues

If the board of education has issued any of said bonds, at the time of certifying to the board of county commissioners a statement showing the amount necessary to raise from the taxable property of said district for the general fund as required by law, it shall also certify to said board of county commissioners […]

§ 22-42-118. Tax Levy to Pay Principal and Interest

If any school district has issued bonds under the provisions of this article, it is the duty of the board of county commissioners of the county in which said district is situated, at the time of levying other school district taxes, to levy a tax on all the taxable property of said district at a […]

§ 22-42-119. Bond Fund – Payment and Redemption

Such taxes shall be collected in the same manner as other school district taxes and when collected shall be placed by the county treasurer in the bond redemption fund of said school district. The moneys in said fund shall be used only for payment of interest upon and for the redemption of such bonds, upon […]

§ 22-42-120. Place of Payment

The board of education of a school district is authorized to designate the office of the county treasurer of the county in which the headquarters of such school district is situated as the place of payment or optional place of payment of the principal of or interest on any bonds issued by any such school […]

§ 22-42-121. Registration of Bonds

Whenever any school district issues bonds under the provisions of this article, the board of education may make and enter in its record a request that the county clerk and recorder of the county wherein the headquarters of such school district is situated register the bonds on a collective, not an individual, basis in a […]

§ 22-42-122. Changes in Boundaries – Liability

Nothing in this article or in any other provision of law shall be construed so as to release the taxable property within a school district which incurred bonded indebtedness from liability for its proportionate share of the outstanding obligations thereof. The outstanding bonded indebtedness, or proportionate share thereof, incurred by a school district which is […]

§ 22-42-125. Public Disclosure of Terms of Sale

Whenever school bonds are sold, the board of the district selling the same shall cause to be prepared and filed with the department of education, within ten days after said sale, a report setting forth a description of the bond issue, the applicable interest rate, including the net effective interest rate, other terms of the […]

§ 22-42-126. Validation

All school elections and all acts and proceedings had or taken, or purportedly had or taken, prior to June 2, 1971, by or on behalf of any school district, under law or under color of law, preliminary to and in the holding and canvass of all school elections are validated, ratified, approved, and confirmed, notwithstanding […]

§ 22-42-127. Validation – Effect – Limitations

All bonds issued and other contracts, leases, or agreements executed by school districts, all district bond elections held and carried, and all acts and proceedings had or taken prior to July 1, 1973, by or on behalf of such districts, preliminary to and in the authorization, execution, sale, and issuance of all bonds, the authorization […]

§ 22-42-129. Limitation on Actions

No action shall be brought questioning the legality of any bonds or loans authorized by this title or any resolution, proceeding, or contract in connection with such bonds or loans on and after thirty days from the effective date of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or the execution of any loan agreement. […]