2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 29 - GOVERNMENT - LOCAL (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-37-210) › HOUSING (§§ 29-4-101 — 29-4-1208) › Article 4 - Housing (§§ 29-4-101 — 29-4-1208) › Part 7 - HOUSING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCING (§§ 29-4-701 — 29-4-735) › Section 29-4-727 - Property taxation - exemption of bonds from taxation

(1)
In any instance where a proposed housing facility or project, whether owned by the authority or by another sponsor, would qualify for a property tax exemption under the laws of Colorado, the board may require that, as a condition for a loan or other assistance under this part 7, any such property shall be subject to an agreement between the taxing authorities and the authority or the sponsor for payments in lieu of taxes; except that, in the case of a housing facility, such payments shall not exceed ten percent of the rentals of such housing facility.
(2)
Any bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this part 7, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation by the state or any political subdivision or other instrumentality of the state.
(3)
Except where an agreement for payments in lieu of taxes has been entered into as provided in subsection (1) of this section, where property of the authority would qualify for a property tax exemption under the laws of this state and unless property of the sponsor would qualify for a property tax exemption under the laws of this state, the authority shall annually pay, solely from the revenues from the project and not from any other source, to this state and to the city, town, school district, and any other political subdivision or public body authorized to levy taxes in the jurisdiction in which the project is located, a sum equal to the amount of tax which the taxing entity would annually receive if title to the property were held directly by the sponsor, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding. In addition to the requirements of section
29-4-710.5
, the authority, before entering into a financing agreement for a project pursuant to this part 7, shall make a prior determination of the sufficiency of revenues for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section or this subsection (3), and each financing agreement shall provide for revenues sufficient to meet the payments required by this subsection (3).
(4)
If and to the extent the proceedings under which the notes or bonds issued to finance the project so provide, the authority may agree to cooperate with the sponsor of a project in connection with any administrative or judicial proceedings for determining the validity or amount of any such payments and may agree to appoint or designate and reserve the right in and for such sponsor to take all action which the authority may lawfully take in respect of such payments and all matters relating thereto, but such sponsor shall bear and pay all costs and expenses of the authority thereby incurred at the request of such sponsor or by reason of any such action taken by such sponsor in behalf of the authority.
(5)
Any sponsor which has made payments in lieu of taxes in accordance with subsection (1) of this section or paid the amounts required by subsection (3) of this section to be paid by the authority shall not be required to pay taxes on such property to the state or to any county, city, town, school district, or other political subdivision, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding. In the event title to the project is held directly by a private person or corporation, the financing agreement shall require such private person or corporation to pay the taxes which such taxing entity or entities are entitled to receive from such private person or corporation with respect to the project.
L. 73: p. 814, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 69-11-22. L. 82: (1) R&RE, p. 469, §§ 11, 12, effective April 23. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 710, § 13, effective May 3.
This section was originally numbered as §
29-4-722
in C.R.S. 1973 but was renumbered on revision in the 1977 replacement volume for ease of location.