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1983 Colorado Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1983)

handle is hein.sag/sagco0023 and id is 1 raw text is: EDITED January 25, 1983 Frank A. Traylor, M.D. Executive Director Colorado Department of Health 4210 E. 11th Avenue Denver, CO 80220 RE: Proposed bill to create soil conservation land improvement fund AG Alpha No. HL WO AGAGO AG File No. ONR/AGAGO/MZ (EDITED) Dear Dr. Traylor: This letter responds to your request for an attorney general's opinion regarding a proposed bill (the bill) to establish a soil conservation land improvement fund (the fund). QUESTIONS-PRESENTED AND CONCLUSIONS Your letter, as modified by subsequent conversations, raises the following four constitutional questions: 1. Whether the bill, which authorizes low interest loans for the construction of soil conservation projects, vi 'llates the ban on private appropriations found at Colo, Const. art. V, sec. 34? My conclusion is that the bill does not violate this provi- sion. If the general assembly determines that the public benefits of the bill would preponderate over any incidental private benefit which it created, that determination would be upheld by the courts. 2. Whether the bill would authorize a pledge of the state's credit to third parties, in violation of Colo. Const. art. XI, sec. 1? My conclusion is that the bill does not authorize the state to pledge its credit to third parties. The bill would simply allow the state to make loans to third parties from any monies which had already been placed in the fund. The bill does not allow the state to become responsible for the debts or obligations of any person.

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