(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:

(a) It is the intent of the general assembly to create the Colorado educational and cultural facilities authority to lend money to educational institutions and cultural institutions; to authorize the authority to acquire, construct, reconstruct, repair, alter, improve, extend, own, lease, and dispose of properties to the end that the authority may be able to promote the welfare of the people of this state; to authorize the authority to administer the Colorado education savings program; to permit the bonds or certificates of participation of the authority and the bonds or certificates of participation of other issuers to be designated as Colorado education savings bonds or certificates; and to vest such authority with powers to enable such authority to accomplish such purposes. It is not the intent of the general assembly to authorize the authority to operate any such educational or cultural facility.

(b) It is important that educational facilities and cultural facilities are made readily available by networks and organizations of educational institutions and cultural institutions regardless of whether such networks and organizations are located within the state of Colorado or have facilities located within or outside the state of Colorado; and

(c) It is a benefit to the people of the state of Colorado to serve multistate educational institutions and cultural institutions since education-related and cultural-related employment opportunities in this state will be created as a result thereof.

(2) This article shall be liberally construed to accomplish the intentions expressed in this section.