As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) Authority or housing authority means an authority established in
accordance with the provisions of part 2 of this article and any amendments or
supplements thereto.
(2) Bonds means bonds, interim receipts, or other obligations of a city
issued by its council pursuant to this part 1 or pursuant to any other law as
supplemented by or in conjunction with this part 1.
(3) City means any city or incorporated town which is included within the
boundaries of a housing authority.
(4) Community facilities means real and personal property, buildings and
equipment for recreational or social assemblies, for educational, health, or welfare
purposes, and necessary utilities, when designed primarily for the benefit and use
of the occupants of dwelling accommodations.
(5) Contract means any agreement of a city with or for the benefit of an
obligee whether contained in a resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease, bond, or
other instrument.
(6) Council means the council, legislative body, board of commissioners,
board of trustees, or other body, board, or commission charged with the governing
of any city.
(7) Federal government means the United States, the federal emergency
administration of public works, or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or
otherwise, of the United States.
(8) Government means the state and federal governments and any
subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them.
(9) Housing project means all real and personal property, buildings and
improvements, stores, offices, lands for farming and gardening, and community
facilities acquired, constructed, or to be acquired or constructed pursuant to a
single plan or undertaking to demolish, clear, remove, alter, or repair unsafe,
unsanitary, or substandard housing or to provide dwelling accommodations at
rentals within the means of persons of low income. The term housing project also
means the planning of the buildings and improvements, the acquisition of property,
the demolition of existing structures, the construction, reconstruction, alteration,
and repair of the improvements, and all other work in connection therewith. The
term housing project also means the provision of dwelling accommodations to
persons, without regard to income, as long as the housing project substantially
benefits persons of low income.
(10) Law means any act or statute, general, special, or local, of the state,
including, without being limited to, the charter of any city.
(11) Mortgage means deeds of trust, mortgages, building and loan
contracts, or other instruments conveying real or personal property as security for
bonds and conferring a right to foreclose and cause a sale thereof.
(12) Obligee of the city or obligee means any bondholder, trustee for any
bondholders, any lessor demising property to the city used in connection with a
housing project, or any assignee of such lessor's interest or any part thereof, and
the United States, when it is a party to any contract with the city.
(13) Real property means lands, lands under water, structures, and any
easements, franchises, and incorporeal hereditaments and every estate and right
therein, legal and equitable, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment,
mortgage, or otherwise.
(14) State means the state of Colorado.
(15) Trust indenture means instruments pledging the revenues of real or
personal properties but not conveying such properties or conferring a right to
foreclose and cause a sale thereof.