Colorado § 32-1-1302 - Refunding bonds.
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§ 32-1-1302. Refunding bonds.
(1) Any general obligation bonds issued and any other lawful general obligation indebtedness incurred by any special district may be refunded without an election of the special district issuing or incurring the same, or any successor thereof, in the name of the special district which issued or incurred the indebtedness being refunded, subject to provisions concerning their payment and to any other contractual limitations in the proceedings authorizing their issuance or otherwise appertaining thereto.
(2) Said refunding may be accomplished by the issuance of bonds to refund, pay, and discharge all or any part of such outstanding indebtedness, including part of a single issue of general obligation bonds and including any interest thereon in arrears or about to become due, and for the purpose of:
(a) Avoiding or terminating any default in the payment of interest on or principal of, or both principal of and interest on, said indebtedness;
(b) Reducing interest costs or effecting other economies;
(c) Modifying or eliminating restrictive contractual limitations relating to the incurring of additional indebtedness or to any system or facility, or improvement thereto; or
(d) Any combination of the foregoing purposes.
(3) Refunding bonds may be delivered in exchange for the outstanding bonds refunded or may be sold as provided in this part 13 for an original issue of bonds.
(4) Any revenue bonds issued or any other obligation pledging solely the revenue of the special district incurred by any special district may be refunded in the manner provided by section 31-35-412, C.R.S., or article 54 or 56 of title 11, C.R.S.
Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1609, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 32-1-902 as it existed prior to 1981.
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