(1) The state qualified school construction bond volume cap shall be allocated to the public school capital construction assistance board, which, subject to the provisions of subsections (3) and (4) of this section, shall use the volume cap to enter into lease-purchase agreements to assist the financing or refinancing of projects pursuant to article 43.7 of title 22, C.R.S.
Any portion of the school district qualified school construction bond volume cap fora calendar year that is allocated to a school district that has not been used on bonds issued or a lease-purchase agreement entered into by the school district or for which a contract to purchase bonds or instruments evidencing interests in a lease-purchase agreement has not been entered into on or before November 10 of the calendar year shall, on November 11 of the calendar year, automatically by law and without any action by the school district be reallocated by the school district to the public school capital construction assistance board. If a contract to purchase has been entered into on or before November 10 of the calendar year but the related bonds or leasepurchase agreement is not issued or entered into on or before November 30 of the calendar year, the volume cap shall automatically revert to the public school capital construction assistance board on December 1 of the calendar year.
If the public school capital construction assistance board determines that it cannotuse, or that a school district or a charter school bond issuer can make better use of, any portion of the state qualified school construction bond volume cap for a calendar year or any portion of the school district qualified school construction bond volume cap for a calendar year that is reallocated to the board pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, the board may allocate the portion of the volume cap to the school district or charter school bond issuer for the purpose of financing or refinancing a project approved by the board. Any volume cap allocated to a school district or charter school bond issuer pursuant to this subsection (3) that has not been used on bonds issued or a lease-purchase agreement entered into or for which a contract to purchase bonds or instruments evidencing interests in a lease-purchase agreement has not been entered into on or before November 10 of any calendar year shall, on November 11 of the calendar year, automatically revert to the public school capital construction assistance board. If a contract to purchase has been entered into on or before November 10 of the calendar year but the related bonds or lease-purchase agreement is not issued or entered into on or before November 30 of the calendar year, the volume cap shall automatically revert to the public school capital construction assistance board on December 1 of the calendar year. The public school capital construction assistance board may use or reallocate to any school district or charter school bond issuer, for the purpose of financing or refinancing a project approved by the board, any volume cap that reverts to the board pursuant to this subsection (3) or may carry the volume cap forward pursuant to subsection (4) of this section. Any volume cap that is reallocated to a school district or charter school bond issuer pursuant to this subsection (3) that has not been used on bonds issued or a lease-purchase agreement entered into by noon, prevailing Denver time, on December 31 of a calendar year shall, at 12:01 p.m., prevailing Denver time, on December 31 of the calendar year, automatically revert to the public school capital construction assistance board.
The public school capital construction assistance board shall carry forward to thenext calendar year any portion of the qualified school construction bond volume cap that has not been used on bonds issued or a lease-purchase agreement entered into by the end of a calendar year. In selecting projects to assist the financing or refinancing of pursuant to article 43.7 of title 22, C.R.S., and in selecting projects of school districts for the purpose of allocating the qualified school construction bond volume cap pursuant to this section, the public school capital construction assistance board shall prioritize projects that are ready to be financed or refinanced and that are most consistent with the purpose of this article described in section 11-59.7-102 (1)(b). The public school capital construction assistance board shall use or allocate the qualified school construction bond volume cap in a manner consistent with federal law and the purpose of this article described in section 11-59.7-102 (1)(b) to minimize the qualified school construction bond volume cap that has not been used on bonds issued or one or more lease-purchase agreements entered into on or before the expiration of the qualified school construction bond program. A school district to which the school district qualified school construction bond volume cap has been allocated under federal law or a school district or charter school bond issuer to which the qualified school construction bond volume cap has been allocated pursuant to this section may, at any time, relinquish the volume cap to the public school capital construction assistance board. Any volume cap relinquished may be used by the public school capital construction assistance board to enter into lease-purchase agreements to assist the financing or refinancing of projects pursuant to article 43.7 of title 22, C.R.S., may be reallocated by the board to a school district or charter school bond issuer for the purpose of financing or refinancing a project approved by the board, or may be carried forward to the next calendar year. The public school capital construction assistance board may promulgate rules in accordance with article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., regarding the manner in which the qualified school construction bond volume cap will be allocated.
Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (HB 09-1346), ch. 402, p. 2202, § 1, effective June 2.