2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 32 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS (§§ 32-1-101 — 32-22-117) › SPECIAL STATUTORY DISTRICTS (§§ 32-8-101 — 32-22-117) › Article 11 - URBAN DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL ACT (§§ 32-11-101 — 32-11-817) › Part 6 - SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS (§§ 32-11-601 — 32-11-679) › Section 32-11-629 - Permissive additional security

(1)
In addition to the additional security provided for in section
32-11-628
, and not in limitation thereof, the urban district may further additionally secure the payment of assessment debentures and assessment bonds pertaining to any improvement district, both as to principal and interest, as may be provided in accordance with this section.
(2)
In consideration of general benefits conferred on the urban district at large from the acquisition by construction, or otherwise, of local improvements, the urban district, prior to the issuance of any assessment debentures or assessment bonds pertaining to any improvement district in this article, may contract by resolution with the holders thereof that the payment of such securities pertaining to the improvement district, both as to principal and interest, as the same become due, is additionally secured by a pledge of moneys in a special fund or special account created therefor into which the urban district covenants to deposit the proceeds of general (ad valorem) property taxes to be levied not earlier than the date of the debentures or bonds of any such series nor later than two years after the maturity date thereof or last maturity date of any serial bonds of any issue, not exceeding in any one year in the aggregate for all improvement districts the limitation pertaining to assessment bonds in section
32-11-217(1)(d)
. After the issuance of any such securities, the urban district shall levy such general (ad valorem) taxes pursuant to such contract; but any such levy shall be diminished to the extent other funds of the urban district available therefor are appropriated to and deposited in such fund or account.
(3)
Prior to the redemption of all such securities, including both principal and interest, the proceeds of such taxes and any moneys deposited in such fund or account in lieu of such taxes shall be disbursed from the fund or account only for the payment of the principal of and interest on the securities, and any prior redemption premium pertaining thereto. After the securities have been redeemed in full, any moneys remaining in the fund or account and pertaining only to the improvement district shall be deposited in the surplus and deficiency fund.
(4)
Securities of the urban district pertaining to any improvement district payable from assessments, which payment shall be additionally secured as provided in section
32-11-628
, or in both that section and this section, as the board may determine, shall not be subject to the debt limitation nor exhaust the debt incurring power of the urban district, nor shall such securities be required to be authorized at any election. Such securities shall not be held to constitute a prohibited lending of credit or donation nor to contravene any constitutional or statutory limitation or restriction.
L. 69: p. 796, § 142. C.R.S. 1963: § 89-21-142.