Colorado Code § 23-15-117

Payment of bonds - nonliability of state. Bonds and notes issued by the
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authority shall not constitute or become an indebtedness, a debt, or a liability of the state, the
general assembly, or any county, city, city and county, town, school district, or other political
subdivision of the state or of any other political subdivision or body corporate and politic within
the state, and neither the state, the general assembly, nor any county, city, city and county, town,
school district, or other political subdivision of the state shall be liable thereon; nor shall such
bonds or notes constitute the giving, pledging, or loaning of the faith and credit of the state, the
general assembly, or any county, city, city and county, town, school district, or other political
subdivision of the state or of any other political subdivision or body corporate and politic within
the state, but such bonds or notes shall be payable solely from the funds provided for in this
article. Unless by specific pledge in an act of issuance as authorized by law, the issuance of
bonds or notes under the provisions of this article shall not obligate, directly, indirectly, or
contingently, the state or any subdivision thereof nor empower the authority to levy or collect
any form of taxes or assessments therefor or to create any indebtedness payable out of taxes or
assessments therefor or make any appropriation for their payment, and such appropriation or
levy is prohibited. Nothing in this section shall prevent or be construed to prevent the authority
from pledging its full faith and credit or the full faith and credit of a participating educational
institution or cultural institution to the payment of bonds or notes authorized pursuant to this
article. Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize the authority to create a debt of the
state within the meaning of the constitution or statutes of Colorado or to authorize the authority
to levy or collect taxes or assessments; and all bonds issued by the authority pursuant to the
provisions of this article are payable and shall state that they are payable solely from the funds
pledged for their payment in accordance with the resolution authorizing their issuance or with
any trust indenture, mortgage, or deed of trust executed as security therefor and are not a debt or
liability of the state of Colorado. Unless by specific pledge in an act of issuance as authorized by
law, the state shall not in any event be liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on
any bonds of the authority or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation, or
agreement of any kind whatsoever which may be undertaken by the authority. No breach of any
such pledge, mortgage, obligation, or agreement shall otherwise impose any pecuniary liability
upon the state or any charge upon its general credit or against its taxing power.

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