§ 14-74-103 — Authority to use federal finance laws - Bankruptcy

(a) Any and all the taxing agencies or instrumentalities named in § 14-74-102 shall have the right and power to: (1) Avail themselves of any and all acts of the United States Congress providing for the lending of money to such districts and for the refinancing, refunding, adjustment, or composition of indebtedness of taxing agencies and any amendments or additional laws the United States Congress may adopt in that behalf; and (2) Proceed in the district courts of the United States in bankruptcy or in any other federal courts given like jurisdiction by voluntary proceedings in accordance with those acts of the United States Congress and any amendments thereto. (b) This chapter expresses the consent of the state for the institution of bankruptcy proceedings by all such taxing agencies acting through their governing boards, through a receiver under § 14-74-102(4)(F) , or through an improvement district under § 14-74-102(4)(F) .

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2017, No. 712,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 1939, No. 69, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 13-1301.