Allardice v. Adams County

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• holding that revenue bonds do not create “debt” for purposes of article XI, section 1 of the Colorado Constitution
• statute authorizing counties to issue revenue bonds and lease agreement permitting county to sell agricultural feed plant to private developer not a donation
• statute authorizing counties to issue revenue bonds and lease agreement permitting county to sell agricultural feed plant to private developer not a donation
• “Public revenue bonds do not create debt if there is no pledge of private property.”
• the public purpose exception is well established and to be liberally construed
• where county issued bonds to fund construction of industrial facility, and redeemed them with revenue from lease of facility to manufacturer, no constitutional debt because county expressly disclaimed any liability to redeem bonds with money taken from the general fund

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).