Colorado Code § 31-25-811

Refunding bonds
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(1) By ordinance adopted by the governing body at a
regular or special meeting, by vote of a majority of the members of the governing body, any
bonds issued under this part 8 may be refunded by the municipality without an election, subject
to the provisions concerning their payment and to any other contractual limitations in the
proceedings authorizing their issuance or otherwise relating thereto.
(2) Any bonds issued for refunding purposes may either be delivered in exchange for the
outstanding bonds authorized to be refunded or may be sold as provided in this part 8 for the sale
of other bonds.
(3) No bonds may be refunded under this part 8 unless the holders thereof voluntarily
surrender them for exchange or payment or unless they either mature or are callable for prior
redemption under their terms within ten years from the date of issuance of the refunding bonds.
Provision shall be made for paying the bonds within said period of time. No maturity of any
bonds refunded may be extended over fifteen years. The rate of interest on such refunding bonds
shall be determined by the authority. The principal amount of the refunding bonds may exceed
the principal amount of the refunded bonds if the aggregate principal and interest costs of the
refunding bonds do not exceed such unaccrued costs of the bonds refunded, except to the extent
any interest on the bonds refunded in arrears or about to become due is capitalized with the
proceeds of the refunding bonds. The principal amount of the refunding bonds may also be less
than or the same as the principal amount of the bonds refunded so long as provision is duly and
sufficiently made for their payment.
(4) The proceeds of refunding bonds shall either be immediately applied to the
retirement of the bonds to be refunded or be placed in escrow or in trust to be applied to the
payment of the bonds refunded upon their presentation therefor. Any proceeds held in escrow or
in trust, pending such use, may be invested or reinvested in securities meeting the investment
requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S. Such proceeds and investments
in escrow or in trust, together with any interest or other gain to be derived from any such
investment, shall be in an amount at all times sufficient as to principal, interest, any prior
redemption premium due, and any charges of the escrow agent or trustee payable therefrom to
pay the bonds refunded as they become due at their respective maturities or due at designated
prior redemption dates upon which the authority shall be obligated to call the refunded bonds for
prior redemption.
(5) The relevant provisions pertaining to bonds generally shall be equally applicable in
the authorization and issuance of refunding bonds, including their terms and security, the bond
resolution, trust indenture, taxes, and revenues, and other aspects of the bonds.

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