(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:
The federal "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009", Pub.L. 111-5, wasenacted by the United States congress in response to a national economic crisis in order to stimulate spending, increase employment, and reduce unemployment in the United States as rapidly as possible, including spending and employment by states and local governments and those who provide goods and services to states and local governments;
The purpose of this article is to stimulate spending, increase employment, and reduceunemployment in Colorado as rapidly as possible by authorizing Colorado public entities to take full advantage of financing opportunities available under the federal recovery and reinvestment act; and
This article shall be interpreted in a manner that stimulates the maximum amount ofspending, increases the maximum amount of employment, and reduces the maximum amount of unemployment in Colorado as rapidly as possible through the actions of Colorado public entities in taking full advantage of financing opportunities under the federal recovery and reinvestment act.
Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (HB 09-1346), ch. 402, p. 2190, § 1, effective June 2.