CO Code § 29-4-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 29 - Government - Local|Article 4 - Housing|Part 1 - City Housing Law - Slum Clearance|§ 29-4-103. Definitions

 As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Authority” or “housing authority” means an authority established in accordance with the provisions of part 2 of this article and any amendments or supplements thereto.    “Bonds” means bonds, interim receipts, or other obligations of a city issued by its council pursuant to this part 1 or pursuant to any other law as supplemented by or in conjunction with this part 1.    “City” means any city or incorporated town which is included within the boundaries of a housing authority.    “Community facilities” means real and personal property, buildings and equipment for recreational or social assemblies, for educational, health, or welfare purposes, and necessary utilities, when designed primarily for the benefit and use of the occupants of dwelling accommodations.    “Contract” means any agreement of a city with or for the benefit of an obligee whether contained in a resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease, bond, or other instrument.    “Council” means the council, legislative body, board of commissioners, board of trustees, or other body, board, or commission charged with the governing of any city.    “Federal government” means the United States, the federal emergency administration of public works, or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States.    “Government” means the state and federal governments and any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them.    “Housing project” means all real and personal property, buildings and improvements, stores, offices, lands for farming and gardening, and community facilities acquired, constructed, or to be acquired or constructed pursuant to a single plan or undertaking to demolish, clear, remove, alter, or repair unsafe, unsanitary, or substandard housing or to provide dwelling accommodations at rentals within the means of persons of low income. The term “housing project” also means the planning of the buildings and improvements, the acquisition of property, the demolition of existing structures, the construction, reconstruction, alteration, and repair of the improvements, and all other work in connection therewith.    “Law” means any act or statute, general, special, or local, of the state, including, without being limited to, the charter of any city.    “Mortgage” means deeds of trust, mortgages, building and loan contracts, or other instruments conveying real or personal property as security for bonds and conferring a right to foreclose and cause a sale thereof.    “Obligee of the city” or “obligee” means any bondholder, trustee for any bondholders, any lessor demising property to the city used in connection with a housing project, or any assignee of such lessor's interest or any part thereof, and the United States, when it is a party to any contract with the city.    “Real property” means lands, lands under water, structures, and any easements, franchises, and incorporeal hereditaments and every estate and right therein, legal and equitable, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage, or otherwise.    “State” means the state of Colorado.    “Trust indenture” means instruments pledging the revenues of real or personal properties but not conveying such properties or conferring a right to foreclose and cause a sale thereof.     History. Source: L. 35: P. 500, § 3. CSA: C. 82, § 6. L. 37: P. 658, § 2. CRS 53: § 69-2-3. L. 61: P. 420, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 69-2-3. History. Source: L. 35: P. 500, § 3. CSA: C. 82, § 6. L. 37: P. 658, § 2. CRS 53: § 69-2-3. L. 61: P. 420, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 69-2-3.