76.17 - POWERS OF PUBLIC ISSUERS.
76.17 POWERS OF PUBLIC ISSUERS.
1. A public body authorized to issue bonds may elect to issue
bonds bearing a variable or fluctuating rate of interest which is
determined on one or more intervals by reference to an index or
standard, or as fixed by an interest rate indexing or remarketing
agent retained by the issuer of the bonds. A public issuer of public
bonds may provide for additional security or liquidity, enter into
agreements for, and expend funds for policies of insurance, letters
of credit, lines of credit, or other forms of security issued by
financial institutions for the payment of principal, premium, if any,
and interest on the bonds. A public issuer of public bonds may also
enter into contracts and pay for the services of underwriters,
interest rate indexing agents, remarketing agents, trustees,
financial consultants, depositories, and other services as determined
by the governing body. In the case of general obligation bonds, fees
for the services and costs of additional security and liquidity shall
be considered incurred in lieu of interest and may be levied through
the fund for payment of debt service on the bonds. Bonds issued
under this section may be sold at public or private sale as
determined by the governing body.
2. This section provides alternative and additional power for the
issuance of bonds and is not an amendment to any other statute or a
limitation upon powers under any other law.
3. A public issuer of public bonds may provide for the purchase
of bonds before their maturity and the remarketing of purchased bonds
without causing the redemption of the purchased bonds. Section History: Recent Form
87 Acts, ch 104, § 3
Referred to in § 263A.4