Section 9-51-24 - Agreement by municipality to levy property tax--Indebtedness within constitutionallimitation--Levy of irrepealable tax--Maximum levy.
9-51-24. Agreement by municipality to levy property tax--Indebtedness within constitutional limitation--Levy of irrepealable tax--Maximum levy. The municipality may agree to pay any part of the principal and interest on said bonds by ad valorem taxation on all property within the municipality. Such part of the principal as the municipality shall so agree to pay shall be a general obligation indebtedness of the municipality and shall not, together with other indebtedness as of the date of issue of the bonds, exceed any constitutional limitation. In computing the municipality's indebtedness at any time after issuance of the bonds, the same fraction of the principal amount of the bonds then outstanding, less an equal fraction of any moneys in the revenue fund as set up in the ordinance, shall be included. Before delivery of the bonds the governing body shall by ordinance levy and cause to be certified to the county auditor a direct, annual, irrepealable, ad valorem tax to be spread upon the tax rolls in amounts sufficient to pay the proportionate part of each installment of principal and interest as the same matures. Said tax may not exceed the part of principal and interest so payable by more than five percent, but shall not be subject to any other tax levy limitation provided by law. The levy of taxes or assumption of payments of a part of principal and interest requirements in excess of the limitations herein shall be invalid only as to such excess.
Source: SL 1955, ch 216, § 6; SDC Supp 1960, § 45.02A06 (1).