37-47-33 - Authorization of issuance of bonds by state bond commission; limitation on amount of bonds.
§ 37-47-33. Authorization of issuance of bonds by state bond commission; limitation on amount of bonds.
For the purpose of (a) providing funds to enable the State Board of Education to make loans or advances to school districts as provided by Section 37-47-25, and for the purpose of (b) providing funds for the payment and redemption of certificates of credit issued to school districts under Section 37-47-23, when such funds are not otherwise available, or for the purpose of (c) providing funds in an amount not exceeding Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) for the payment of allocations of Mississippi Adequate Education Program funds to school districts for capital expenditures approved by the State Board of Education which have not been pledged for debt by the school district, when such funds are not otherwise available, or for any of such purposes, the State Bond Commission is authorized and empowered to issue state school bonds under the conditions prescribed in this chapter. The aggregate principal amount of such bonds outstanding at any one (1) time, after deducting the amount of the sinking fund provided for the retirement of bonds issued for such purposes, shall never exceed the sum of One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00). Within such limits, however, state school bonds may be issued from time to time under the conditions prescribed in this chapter. None of such bonds so issued shall have a maturity date later than July 1, 2021.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 6247-10; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 13, § 10; Laws, 1955, Ex Sess, ch. 64, § 1; Laws, 1960, ch. 294, § 2; Laws, 1964, ch. 385, § 2; Laws, 1968, ch. 391, § 2; Laws, 1972, ch. 465, § 2; Laws, 1978, ch. 503, § 4; Laws, 1980, ch. 454, § 2; Laws, 2001, ch. 518, § 2, eff from and after passage (approved Mar. 30, 2001.)