Colorado § 30-31-114 - Cooperation by public bodies with county revitalization authorities.

§ 30-31-114. Cooperation by public bodies with county revitalization authorities.

(1) Any public body, within its powers, purposes, and functions and for the purpose of aiding an authority in or in connection with the planning or undertaking pursuant to this article 31 of any plans, projects, programs, works, operations, or activities of an authority whose area of operation is situated in whole or in part within the area in which the public body is authorized to act, upon terms as the public body shall determine, may:

(a) Sell, convey, or lease any of the public body's property or grant easements, licenses, or other rights or privileges therein to the authority;

(b) Incur the entire expense of any public improvements made by the public body in exercising the powers mentioned in this section;

(c) Do everything necessary to aid or cooperate with the authority in or in connection with the planning or undertaking of any plans, projects, programs, works, operations, or activities;

(d) Enter into agreements with the authority respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers set forth in this article 31, including agreements respecting the planning or undertaking of any plans, projects, programs, works, operations, or activities which the public body is otherwise empowered to undertake;

(e) Cause public buildings and public facilities, including parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, garbage disposal, sewer, sewage, sewerage, or drainage facilities, or any other public works, improvements, facilities, or utilities which the public body is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished within the area in which the public body is authorized to act;

(f) Furnish, dedicate, accept dedication of, open, close, vacate, install, construct, reconstruct, pave, repave, repair, rehabilitate, improve, grade, regrade, plan, or replan public streets, roads, roadways, parkways, alleys, sidewalks, and other public ways or places within the area in which the public body is authorized to act to the extent that the items or matters are, under any other law, otherwise within the jurisdiction of the public body;

(g) Plan or replan and zone or rezone any part of the area under the jurisdiction of the public body or make exceptions from its building regulations;

(h) Cause administrative or other services to be furnished to the authority; or

(i) Designate any portion of the sales tax revenue it receives to the authority.

(2) If at any time title to or possession of the whole or any portion of any project of the authority under this article 31 is held by any governmental agency or public body, other than the authority, which is authorized by law to engage in the undertaking, carrying out, or administration of any project, including any agency or instrumentality of the United States, the provisions of the agreements referred to in subsection (1)(d) of this section inure to the benefit of and may be enforced by the governmental agency or public body.

(3) Any public body referred to in subsection (1) of this section may, in addition to its authority pursuant to any other law to issue its bonds for any purposes, issue and sell its bonds for any of the purposes of the public body stated in this section.

(4) For the advancement of the public interest and for the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, acquisition, demolition, rehabilitation, construction, or relocation, or otherwise assisting the operation or activities of the county revitalization project located wholly or partly within the area in which it is authorized to act, a public body may enter into agreements ,which may extend over any period notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, with an authority respecting action taken or to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by this article 31.

Source: L. 2024: Entire article added, (HB 24-1172), ch. 387, p. 2670, § 1, effective August 7.