(1) An authority shall constitute a body both
corporate and politic, exercising public powers and having all the powers necessary
or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this part 2,
including the following powers in addition to others granted in this section:
(a) To investigate living, dwelling, and housing conditions and the means and
methods of improving such conditions;
(b) To determine where unsafe, unsanitary, or substandard dwelling or
housing conditions exist;
(c) To study and make recommendations concerning the city plan in relation
to the problem of clearing, replanning, and reconstruction of areas in which unsafe,
unsanitary, or substandard dwelling or housing conditions exist, and the providing
of dwelling accommodations for persons of low income, and to cooperate with any
city or regional planning agency;
(d) To prepare, carry out, and operate projects and to provide for the
construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, or repair of any project or
any part thereof;
(d.3) To grant or lend moneys or otherwise provide financing to any person,
firm, corporation, the city, or a government for any project or any part thereof;
(d.5) To pledge or otherwise encumber any of its moneys in support of or in
connection with a project;
(d.7) To establish entities controlled by the authority that may own, operate,
act, invest in as a partner or other participant, or take any and all steps necessary or
convenient to undertake or otherwise develop a project;
(e) To take over by purchase, lease, or otherwise any project undertaken by
any government or by the city;
(f) To manage as agent of the city any project constructed or owned by the
city that the city delivers possession of to the authority pursuant to section 29-4-107 (1)(b);
(g) To act as agent for the federal government in connection with the
acquisition, construction, operation, or management of a project or any part thereof;
(h) To arrange with the city or with a government for the furnishing, planning,
replanning, opening, or closing of streets, roads, roadways, alleys, or other places
or facilities for the acquisition by the city or a government of property, options, or
property rights, or for the furnishing of property or services in connection with a
project;
(i) To lease or rent any of the dwellings or other accommodations, or any of
the lands, buildings, structures, or facilities embraced in any project, and to
establish and revise the rents or charges therefor;
(j) To enter upon any buildings or property in order to conduct investigations
or to make surveys or soundings;
(k) To purchase, lease, obtain options upon, or acquire by eminent domain,
gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise any property, real or personal, or any
interest therein from any person, firm, corporation, the city, or a government;
(l) To sell, exchange, transfer, assign, or pledge any property, real or
personal, or any interest therein to any person, firm, corporation, the city, or a
government;
(m) To own, hold, clear, and improve property and to insure or provide for the
insurance of the property or operations of the authority against such risks as the
authority may deem advisable;
(n) To procure assurance from a government of the payment of any debts or
parts thereof secured by mortgages made or held by the authority on any property
included in any project;
(o) To borrow money upon its bonds, notes, debentures, or other evidences of
indebtedness, and to secure the same by pledges of its revenues and, subject to the
limitations imposed by this part 2, by mortgages upon property held or to be held by
it, or in any other manner:
(I) In connection with any loan, to agree to limitations upon its right to
dispose of any project or part thereof, or to undertake additional projects;
(II) In connection with any loan by a government, to agree to limitations upon
the exercise of any powers conferred upon the authority by this part 2;
(p) To invest any moneys held in reserve or sinking funds or any moneys not
required for immediate disbursement in property or in securities meeting the
investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S., or to
deposit the same or any part thereof in any depository authorized in section 24-75-603, C.R.S. For the purpose of making such deposits as provided in this paragraph
(p), the commissioners may appoint, by written resolution, one or more persons to
act as custodians of the moneys of the authority. Such persons shall give surety
bonds in such amounts and form and for such purposes as the authority requires.
(q) To sue and be sued;
(r) To have a seal and to alter the same at pleasure;
(s) To have perpetual succession;
(t) To make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or
convenient to the exercise of the powers of the authority;
(u) To make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, rules, and
regulations not inconsistent with this part 2, to carry into effect the powers and
purposes of the authority;
(v) To conduct examinations and investigations and to hear testimony and
take proof under oath at public or private hearings on any matter material for its
information;
(w) To issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses or the
production of books and papers and to issue commissions for the examination of
witnesses who are out of the state, unable to attend before the authority, or
excused from attendance;
(x) To make available to such agencies, boards, or commissions as are
charged with the duty of abating nuisances or demolishing unsafe structures within
its territorial limits its findings and recommendations with regard to any building or
property where conditions exist which are dangerous to the public health, morals,
safety, or welfare; and
(y) To do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers given in
this part 2.
(2) Any of the investigations or examinations provided for in this part 2 may
be conducted by the authority or by a committee appointed by it, consisting of one
or more commissioners, or by counsel, or by an officer or employee specially
authorized by the authority to conduct it. Any commissioner, counsel for the
authority, or any person designated by it to conduct an investigation or examination
has the power to administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue subpoenas or
commissions. An authority may exercise any of the powers conferred upon it by this
section, either generally or with respect to any specific project through or by any
agent which it may designate, including any corporation formed under the laws of
this state, and, for such purposes, an authority may cause one or more corporations
to be formed under the laws of this state or may acquire the capital stock of any
corporation. Any corporate agent, all of the stock of which is owned by the authority
or its nominee, to the extent permitted by law, may exercise any of the powers
conferred upon the authority.
(3) In addition to all of the other powers conferred upon it by this section, an
authority may do all things necessary and convenient to carry out the powers
expressly given in this part 2. No provisions with respect to the acquisition,
operation, or disposition of property by public bodies shall be applicable to an
authority unless the legislature specifically so states.