Colorado Code § 30-20-407

Covenants in bond resolution
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(1) Any resolution under this part 4
authorizing the issuance of bonds, or trust indentures, or other instruments appertaining thereto
to finance in whole or in part the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement,
betterment, or extension of water facilities or sewerage facilities, or both, may contain covenants
as to:
(a) The rates, fees, tolls, or charges, or combination thereof, to be charged for the
services, facilities, and commodities of said water facilities or sewerage facilities, or both, and
the use and disposition thereof, including but not limited to the foreclosure of liens for, and
collection of, delinquencies, the discontinuance of services, facilities, or commodities, or use of
any water system or any sewer system, or joint system, prohibition against free service, the
collection of penalties and collection costs, including disconnection and reconnection fees, and
the use and disposition of any revenues of the county, derived or to be derived from any water
facilities or sewerage facilities, or both;
(b) The creation and maintenance of reserves or sinking funds and the regulation, use,
and disposition thereof to secure the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds or of
operation and maintenance expenses of any water system, sewer system, joint system, or part
thereof; the determination or definition of revenues from any water system, sewer system, or
joint system and of the expenses of operation and maintenance of such system; and the source,
custody, security, use, and disposition of any such reserves or sinking funds, including but not
limited to the powers and duties of any trustee with regard thereto;
(c) A fair and reasonable payment by the county to the account of said water facilities or
sewerage facilities, or both, for the services, commodities, or facilities furnished said county by
said water facilities or sewerage facilities, or both;
(d) The issuance of other or additional bonds or instruments payable from or constituting
a charge against the revenue of such water facilities or sewerage facilities, or both; the payment
of the principal of and interest on any bonds and the sources and methods thereof; the rank or
priority of any bonds as to any lien or security for payment, or the acceleration of any maturity
of any bonds, or the issuance of other or additional bonds payable from or constituting a charge
against or lien upon any revenues pledged for the payment of bonds and the creation of future
liens and encumbrances thereagainst and limitations thereon; and the purpose to which the
proceeds of the sale of bonds may be applied and the custody, security, use, expenditure,
application, and disposition thereof;
(e) Books of account, the inspection and audit thereof, and other records appertaining to
a water system, sewer system, or joint system; the insurance to be carried by the county and use
and disposition of insurance moneys; the acquisition of completion or surety bonds appertaining
to any project, funds or personnel, and the use and disposition of any proceeds of such bonds; the
assumption or payment or discharge of any indebtedness, other obligation, lien, or other claim
relating to any part of a water system, sewer system, or joint system or any securities having or
which may have a lien on any part of any revenues of such system; and limitations on the powers
of the county to acquire or operate, or permit the acquisition or operation of, any plants,
structures, facilities, or properties which may compete or tend to compete with the water system,
sewer system, or joint system;
(f) The rights, liabilities, powers, and duties arising upon the breach by the county of any
covenants, conditions, or obligations; defining events of default; the payment of costs or
expenses incident to the enforcement of the bonds or of the provisions of the resolution
authorizing the bonds or any trust indenture or other instrument appertaining thereto or of any
covenant or contract with the holders of the bonds; the procedure, if any, by which the terms of
any covenant or contract with, or duty to, the holders of bonds, the bond resolution, any trust
indenture, or other instrument may be amended or abrogated; the amount of bonds to which the
holders, or any trustee, must consent and the manner in which such consent may be given or
evidenced; and the terms and conditions upon which any or all of the bonds shall become or may
be declared due before maturity and the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and
its consequences may be waived;
(g) The terms and conditions upon which the holders of the bonds or any portion or
percentage of them may enforce any covenants or provisions made under this part 4 or duties
imposed thereby; and
(h) All such acts and things as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to
secure its bonds or, in the discretion of the board of county commissioners, tend to make the
bonds more marketable, notwithstanding that such covenant, act, or thing may not be
enumerated in this part 4, it being the intention of this part 4 to give a county power to do all
things in the issuance of bonds and for their security consistent with continued public ownership
of the sewerage facilities or water facilities.

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