12E.16 - BANKRUPTCY.

        12E.16  BANKRUPTCY.
         Prior to the date which is three hundred sixty-six days after
      which the authority no longer has any bonds outstanding, the
      authority is prohibited from filing a voluntary petition under
      chapter nine of the federal bankruptcy code, 11 U.S.C. § 901 et seq.,
      or such corresponding chapter or section as may, from time to time,
      be in effect, and a public official or organization, entity, or other
      person shall not authorize the authority to be or become a debtor
      under chapter nine or any successor or corresponding chapter or
      sections during such periods.  The provisions of this section shall
      be part of any contractual obligation owed to the holders of bonds
      issued under this chapter.  Any such contractual obligation shall not
      subsequently be modified by state law, during the period of the
      contractual obligation.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2000 Acts, ch 1208, §16, 25; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §11