1230-M - Bonds of the authority.
§ 1230-m. Bonds of the authority. 1. The authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue bonds in conformance with applicable provisions of the uniform commercial code in such principal amounts as it may determine to be necessary to pay the cost of any project or projects, or for any other corporate purpose, including reasonable and incidental expenses in connection therewith. The authority shall have power from time to time to refund any bonds by the issuance of new bonds whether the bonds to be refunded have or have not matured, and may issue bonds partly to refund bonds then outstanding and partly for any other corporate purpose. Bonds issued by the authority may be general obligation bonds secured by the faith and credit of the authority or may be special obligations payable solely out of particular revenues or other moneys as may be designated in the proceedings of the authority under which the bonds shall be authorized to be issued, subject to any agreements entered into between the authority and the city, and the authority, the water board and the city, and subject to any agreements with the holders of outstanding bonds pledging any particular property, revenues or moneys. 2. The authority is authorized to obtain from any department or agency of the United States or the state or any non-governmental insurer or financial institution, any insurance, guaranty or other credit support device, to the extent now or hereafter available, as to, or for the payment or repayment of interest or principal, or both, or any part thereof, on any bonds issued by the authority and to enter into any agreement or contract with respect to any such insurance or guaranty, except to the extent that the same would in any way impair or interfere with the ability of the authority to perform and fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of bonds or notes of the authority as may then exist. 3. Bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the authority, be in such denominations, bear such date or dates and mature at such time or times as such resolution may provide, except that bonds and any renewals thereof shall mature within forty years of the date of their original issuance and notes and any renewal thereof shall mature within five years of the date of their original issuance. Such bonds shall be subject to such terms of redemption, bear interest at such rate or rates payable at such times, be in such form, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places, and be subject to such terms and conditions as such resolution may provide. Bonds may be sold at public or private sale for such price or prices as the authority shall determine provided that no issue of bonds may be sold by the authority at private sale unless such sale and the terms thereof have been approved in writing by (a) the comptroller, where such sale is not to such comptroller, or (b) by the state director of the budget, where such sale is to be to the comptroller. The authority may pay all expenses, premiums and commissions which it may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the issuance and sale of bonds or authority obligations. 4. The authority may also enter into loan agreements, lines of credit and other security agreements and obtain for or on its behalf letters of credit, insurance, guarantees or other credit enhancements to the extent now or hereafter available, in each case for securing its bonds or to provide direct payment of any costs which the authority is authorized to pay. 5. Any resolution or resolutions authorizing bonds or any issue of bonds may contain provisions which may be a part of the contract with the holders of the bonds thereby authorized as to:(a) pledging all or part of the revenues, other monies or property of the authority to secure the payment of the bonds, or any costs of issuance thereof, including, but not limited to, any contracts, earnings or proceeds of any grant to the authority received from any private or public source subject to such agreements with bondholders as may then exist; (b) the setting aside of reserves and the creation of sinking funds and the regulation and disposition thereof; (c) limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds from the sale of bonds may be applied; (d) limitations on the right of the authority to restrict and regulate the use of the project or part thereof in connection with which bonds are issued; (e) limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured and the refunding of outstanding or other bonds; (f) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given; (g) the creation of special funds into which any revenues or monies may be deposited; (h) the terms and provisions of any trust, mortgage, deed or indenture securing the bonds under which the bond may be issued; (i) vesting in a trustee or trustees such properties, rights, powers and duties in trust as the authority may determine which may include any or all of the rights, powers and duties of the trustees appointed by the bondholders to appoint a trustee pursuant to this title or limiting or abrogating the rights of the bondholders to appoint a trustee, or limiting the rights, duties and powers of such trustee; (j) defining the acts or omissions to act which may constitute a default in the obligations and duties of the authority to the bondholders and providing for the rights and remedies of the bondholders in the event of such default, including as a matter of right the appointment of a receiver, provided, however, that such rights and remedies shall not be inconsistent with the general laws of the state and other provisions of this title; (k) limitations on the power of the authority to sell or otherwise dispose of any project or any part thereof; (l) limitations on the amount of revenues and other monies to be expended for operating, administrative or other expenses of the authority; (m) the payment of the proceeds of bonds, revenues and other monies to a trustee or other depository, and for the method of disbursement thereof with such safeguards and restrictions as the authority may determine; and (n) any other matters of like or different character which in any way affect the security or protection of the bonds or the rights and remedies of bondholders. 6. In addition to the powers herein conferred upon the authority to secure its bonds, the authority shall have power in connection with the issuance of bonds to adopt resolutions and enter into such trust indentures, agreements or other instruments as the authority may deem necessary, convenient or desirable concerning the use or disposition of its revenues or other monies or property, including the mortgaging of any property and the entrusting, pledging or creation of any other security interest in any such revenues, monies or property and the doing of any act, including refraining from doing any act which the authoritywould have the right to do in the absence of such resolutions, trust indentures, agreements or other instruments. The authority shall have power to enter into amendments of any such resolutions, trust indentures, agreements or other instruments. The provisions of any such resolutions, trust indentures, agreements or other instruments may be made a part of the contract with the holders of bonds of the authority. 7. Any provision of the uniform commercial code to the contrary notwithstanding, any pledge of or other security interest in revenues, monies, accounts, contract rights, general intangibles or other personal property made or created by the authority or the water board, pursuant to this title, shall be valid, binding and perfected against all persons, from the time when such pledge is made or other security interest attaches without any physical delivery of the collateral or further act, and the lien of any such pledge or other security interest shall be valid, binding and perfected against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the authority or the water board, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. No instrument by which such a pledge or security interest is created nor any financing statement need be recorded or filed. 8. Whether or not the bonds are of such form and character as to be negotiable instruments under the terms of the uniform commercial code, the bonds are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all the purposes of the uniform commercial code, subject only to the provisions of the bonds for registration. 9. Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing its bonds shall be liable personally on its bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof. 10. Subject to such agreements with bondholders as may then exist, the authority shall have power out of any funds available therefor to purchase bonds of the authority, which shall thereupon be cancelled, at a price not exceeding (a) if the bonds are then redeemable, the redemption price then applicable plus accrued interest to the next interest payment date, or (b) if the bonds are not then redeemable, the redemption price applicable on the first date after such purchase upon which the bonds become subject to redemption plus accrued interest to the next interest payment date. Bonds so purchased shall thereupon be cancelled.