(1) Any revenue obligations or general obligations issued or incurred by any public body may be refunded without an election by the public body issuing or incurring the same or any successor thereof, except as otherwise provided by this section, in the name of the public body which issued or incurred the obligation or indebtedness being refunded, but subject to provisions concerning their payment and to any other contractual limitations in the proceedings authorizing their issuance or otherwise appertaining thereto.
(2) (a) The bonded indebtedness of any school district outstanding at the time of the inclusion of all such district's territory in another district by reorganization, consolidation, dissolution, or any other lawful means may be refunded by action of the governing body of the district, including such territory at the time of such refunding, whether or not such indebtedness has been assumed by the district including such territory.
When an entire school district having outstanding bonded indebtedness has been divided and parts thereof included within two or more other districts by any lawful means, the refunding of such indebtedness shall require affirmative action by a majority of the members of the governing body of each of the districts within which any part of the territory of such district owing said indebtedness is then included, except as is provided in this article to the contrary.
The bonded indebtedness of any school district outstanding at the time any territoryof said district is detached therefrom by any lawful means, and which district has retained its lawful corporate existence subsequent to the detachment of such territory from said district, may be refunded by action of the governing body of such district from which territory has been detached with or without concurrence or action by the governing body of any district within which all or any part of said detached territory is included, and such districts from which territory has been detached and which retain their corporate existence subsequent to detachment are specifically exempted from the requirements and provisions of paragraph (b) of this subsection (2).
(a) General obligation refunding bonds may be issued to refund all or any portion of one or more outstanding general obligations of a public body, but no two or more outstanding general obligations, or portions thereof, may be refunded by a single issue of refunding bonds unless the taxable property upon which tax levies are being made for payment of each such outstanding general obligation is identical to the taxable property on which such levies are being made for the payment of all other outstanding general obligations proposed to be refunded by such single issue of refunding bonds, and the same tax and debt limitations, if any, applicable to each obligation proposed to be refunded by such single issue of refunding bonds are also applicable to all other obligations to be refunded by such single issue.
Refunding revenue bonds may be issued to refund all or any portion of one or moreoutstanding revenue obligations, but no two or more outstanding revenue obligations may be refunded by a single issue of refunding revenue bonds unless all of the outstanding revenue obligations could be issued as a single obligation at the time of the refunding. Subject to the provisions and limitations of section 11-56-106, general obligation refunding bonds may be issued to refund all or any portion of one or more outstanding revenue obligations, but no two or more outstanding revenue obligations may be refunded by a single issue of general obligation refunding bonds unless the property subject to taxation for the purpose for which each outstanding revenue obligation to be refunded was issued is identical to the property subject to taxation for the purpose for which each other outstanding revenue obligation to be refunded with such single issue of refunding revenue bonds was issued, and the tax and debt limitations, if any, applicable to taxes levied for general obligations issued for all of the purposes for which the outstanding revenue obligations to be refunded with such single issue of general obligation bonds were issued are the same.
Refunding bonds may be delivered in exchange for the obligations to be refunded ormay be sold in such manner as determined by the governing body in the best interests of the public body and the proceeds of said sale applied as provided in this article. Said bonds may be sold at, above, or below the par value thereof if the price thereof will not result in a net effective interest rate in excess of the maximum net effective interest rate authorized by the governing body.
No revenue obligation or general obligation may be refunded unless the holder thereof voluntarily surrenders the same for exchange or payment or the said obligations either mature or are callable by the issuer for prior redemption under their terms within twenty years from the date of issuance of the refunding bonds, and provision shall have been made in said refunding for paying the obligations being refunded within said period of time.
(a) A public body shall be authorized to utilize an escrow supplement in accomplishing any refunding procedures undertaken pursuant to this article; except where the purpose of the refunding is to accomplish the purposes designated in section 11-56-104 (1)(b), (1)(c), or (1)(d), then:
Where general obligations constituting a debt or indebtedness of the public body areto be refunded, such escrow supplement shall not exceed the aggregate principal and net interest cost of the obligations to be refunded less the aggregate principal and net interest cost of the refunding bonds, other than special obligation refunding bonds;
Where general obligation refunding bonds are proposed to be issued to refund revenue obligations, pursuant to section 11-56-106, no escrow supplement in excess of the amount by which the principal amount of the obligations to be refunded exceeds the principal amount of the refunding bonds, other than special obligation refunding bonds, shall be permitted unless approved as a part of the refunding question submitted to the electors.
Neither the principal of nor the interest on any special obligation refunding bondsissued in conjunction with any other refunding bonds pursuant to this article shall be considered when making any of the computations required by this subsection (6).
The provisions of this subsection (6) shall not apply to the refunding bonds where theindebtedness refunded was incurred pursuant to subsection (3) of section 6 of article XI of the state constitution.
Whenever any school district issues refunding bonds under the provisions of thisarticle, the governing body shall provide for registration of the bonds in the manner provided for other school bonds by section 22-42-121, C.R.S., which registration shall have the same legal effect as specified in section 22-42-121, C.R.S.
Any school district which issues refunding bonds under the provisions of this articleshall file a report within sixty days after the issuance of said bonds with the state board of education. The report shall indicate the principal amount of obligations refunded, the net effective interest rate of both the obligations refunded and the refunding bonds, the net interest cost of both the obligations refunded and the refunding bonds, all school district costs incident to the issuance of refunding bonds, including those of the escrow agent, and such other items as may be determined by the state board of education.
The issuance of refunding bonds by any public body for purposes of and in the manner authorized by this article, or by the provisions of any other law shall not be interpreted to be the creation of debt or indebtedness such that the same would require the approval at an election in accordance with the constitution or laws of this state, and no such approval shall be required for the issuance of such refunding bonds, except as specifically provided by this article. Any obligations which have been refunded, as provided in this article, either by immediate payment or redemption and retirement or by the placement of proceeds of refunding bonds in escrow, shall not be deemed outstanding for purposes of determining compliance with debt limitations or for determination of the relative position of the pledge or lien on any fund or moneys held by the refunding bonds from and after the date on which sufficient moneys are placed either with the paying agent of such outstanding obligations for the purpose of immediately paying or redeeming and retiring such bonds or with the escrow agent for the purpose of paying or redeeming and retiring such bonds at a designated future date. Sufficiency of any moneys for said purposes shall be determined as provided in section 11-56-109.
Source: L. 77: Entire article added, p. 584, § 1, effective July 1.