(1) In addition to any other powers, each county and municipality has the following powers: (a) To acquire, whether by construction, purchase, gift, devise, lease, or sublease; to improve and equip; and to finance, refinance, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of one or more projects or part thereof. If a county issues revenue bonds as provided in this article to finance, refinance, or acquire projects, such projects shall be located within said county, or, if a municipality issues revenue bonds as provided in this article to finance, refinance, or acquire projects, such projects shall be located within the municipality or within eight miles from the nearest point of its corporate limits. (b) To enter into financing agreements with others for the purpose of providing revenues to pay the bonds authorized by this article; to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of any or all of its projects to others for such revenues and upon such terms and conditions as the governing body may deem advisable; and to grant options to renew any lease or other agreement with respect to the project and to grant options to buy any project at such price as the governing body deems desirable; (c) To issue revenue bonds for the purpose of defraying the cost of financing, refinancing, acquiring, improving, and equipping any project, including the payment of principal and interest on such bonds for not exceeding three years, funding any reserve funds which the governing body may deem advisable to establish in connection with the retirement of the proposed bonds or the maintenance of the project, and all other incidental expenses incurred in issuing such bonds; (d) To secure payment of such bonds as provided in this article. (2) To further implement section 18 of article XIV of the state constitution and to supplement part 5 of article 25 of title 31, C.R.S., any county or municipality may delegate, by resolution or ordinance as the case may be, to any other county or municipality authority to act on its behalf in the financing, refinancing, acquisition, leasing, ownership, improvement, and disposal of projects. Any such delegation may be general or limited in scope and time and may be irrevocable for the term or terms of any financing agreement or bond issue, all as provided in said ordinance or resolution.
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