{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-22-41.5-101","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 22-41.5-101","heading":"Legislative declaration.","body":"(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:\n\n(a) In performing its duties under sections 2 and 15 of article IX, section 20 of article X, and section 6 of article XI of the state constitution, the general assembly must balance the interests of achieving a thorough and uniform public school system, controlling public debt, preserving a limited degree of local control, and reasonably restraining most the growth of government;\n\n(b) In balancing these constitutional interests through the exercise of its legislative authority, the general assembly has enacted limitations on the ability of school districts to incur indebtedness;\n\n(c) A statutory restriction has been imposed on the amount of bonded indebtedness that school districts can incur with voter approval for capital improvements;\n\n(d) From time to time, changes to such limitations imposed on school districts are necessary in order to keep these constitutional interests properly balanced in light of changing circumstances;\n\n(e) Section 20 (1) of article X of the state constitution prohibits the weakening of \"other limits on district revenue, spending, and debt\" without future voter approval;\n\n(f) No change in school district debt occurs by virtue of statutory changes that increase a limit when the debt would not actually increase without school district voter approval and any actual weakening occurs only when school district voter approval is obtained under an increased limit; and\n\n(g) By requiring voters to give approval at the school district level for any weakening of a school district limit on debt, the voter approval requirement of section 20 (1) of article X is satisfied in a manner achieving a reasonable result through legislative harmonization of constitutional provisions.","path":["Title 22 - EDUCATION","Article 41.5 - Voter Approval for Weakening of Debt Limitations on School Districts"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-22.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"6e5199fa896814f3007b7ffcde23fe70839f30bef3bf2e123e02df3f98b46644","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-22-41-110","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-22-41.5-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}