Revenue securities of any state of the United States, or of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and of any city, county, city and county, political subdivision, public corporation, or district (herein referred to generally as public corporations) of any state or commonwealth and of any department, board, agency, or authority of any state or commonwealth or of any public corporation, if the following conditions are met:
(a)The
revenue securities constitute obligations payable out of the revenues from a revenue-producing property owned, controlled, or operated by a state, commonwealth, public corporation, or by a department, board, agency, or authority thereof and are secured by the revenues.
(b)Either of the following paragraphs apply:
(1)
(A)The net income from the property available for
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Revenue securities of any state of the United States, or of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and of any city, county, city and county, political subdivision, public corporation, or district (herein referred to generally as public corporations) of any state or commonwealth and of any department, board, agency, or authority of any state or commonwealth or of any public corporation, if the following conditions are met:
(a)
The
revenue securities constitute obligations payable out of the revenues from a revenue-producing property owned, controlled, or operated by a state, commonwealth, public corporation, or by a department, board, agency, or authority thereof and are secured by the revenues.
(b)
Either of the following paragraphs apply:
(1)
(A)
The net income from the property available for the payment of the securities for the five fiscal years next preceding any such investment, shall have averaged at least one and one-tenth times all debt service requirements for principal, interest, and sinking fund of all revenue securities payable only out of the revenues from that property during each of those fiscal years, and for each of the five fiscal years shall have equaled at least all debt service requirements for principal, interest, and sinking fund of the securities, and for the
last fiscal year shall have amounted to at least the maximum annual debt service requirement for any fiscal year thereafter on all such securities that were outstanding during such last fiscal year and which will be outstanding in any fiscal year thereafter.
(B)
The gross income from the property, the net income from which is pledged for the payment of the securities, in the last fiscal year prior to the investment was not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) if located in California, and was not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000) if located elsewhere.
(C)
The issuer is obligated to maintain rates at least sufficient to meet debt service requirements and such obligation is legally enforceable.
(2)
(A)
The issuer of the securities is entitled to receive under a legally enforceable
contract with a corporation any of the securities of which are a legal investment for savings banks under this chapter annual payments averaging not less than nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) a year commencing with the completion of a project or projects as fixed in the construction contract therefor and continuing during the maximum term for which said revenue securities are to mature.
(B)
The issuer of the securities is obligated to maintain rates to produce revenue, or will receive contract payments, either or both of which will be sufficient to meet debt service requirements and such obligation or contract is legally enforceable.
(c)
The public corporation or any department, board, agency, or authority thereof which issues the securities, if existing elsewhere than in California, has not within 10 years prior to such investment defaulted for a period of more than 90
days in the payment of principal or interest on any of its debts.