(a)The governing board may issue revenue
bonds of the authority to procure funds to pay the cost of a building to
be built, acquired, renovated, or acquired and renovated under this
chapter, and to repay advances for preliminary expenses made to the
authority by the county. The bonds are payable solely from the income
and revenues of the particular building financed from the proceeds of
the bonds issued.
(b)The revenue bonds must be authorized by resolution of the
governing board. The resolution must provide the following:
(1)The rate of interest that the bonds will pay if the rate is fixed,
and the manner in which the interest rate will be determined if
rates are variable.
(2)The maturity date of the bonds, which may not exceed the
term of the lease of the building for which the bonds
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(a) The governing board may issue revenue
bonds of the authority to procure funds to pay the cost of a building to
be built, acquired, renovated, or acquired and renovated under this
chapter, and to repay advances for preliminary expenses made to the
authority by the county. The bonds are payable solely from the income
and revenues of the particular building financed from the proceeds of
the bonds issued.
(b) The revenue bonds must be authorized by resolution of the
governing board. The resolution must provide the following:
(1) The rate of interest that the bonds will pay if the rate is fixed,
and the manner in which the interest rate will be determined if
rates are variable.
(2) The maturity date of the bonds, which may not exceed the
term of the lease of the building for which the bonds were issued.
(3) The extent and the manner that bonds bearing variable interest
rates may be converted to bonds bearing a fixed rate of interest.
(4) The terms of redemption, including a provision that bonds
maturing later than ten (10) years after issuance are, at the option
of the authority to be exercised by the board, redeemable before
maturity at the par value together with premiums.
(5) The form of the bonds, including the interest coupons to be
attached, if any.
(6) The denominations of the bonds.
(7) The time and places of payment of principal and interest of the
bonds, which must be at least one (1) state or national bank or
trust company.
(8) That the principal and interest may be paid in any lawful
medium.
(c) Subject to registration provisions, the bonds have the qualities
of negotiable instruments under IC 26 and the bonds are legal
investments for a private trust fund and the funds of any banks, trust
companies, insurance companies, building and loan associations, credit
unions, banks of discount and deposit, savings banks, loan and trust
safe deposit companies, rural loan and savings associations, guaranty
loan and savings associations, mortgage guaranty companies, small
loan companies, industrial loan and investment companies, and other
financial institutions organized under the laws of the state.
(d) The bonds may be registered in the name of the owner. The
bonds shall be executed by the president or vice president of the board
of directors. The corporate seal of the authority shall be affixed and
attested by the secretary of the board of directors, and the interest
coupons attached to the bonds, if any, shall be executed by placing on
the coupons the facsimile signature of the treasurer.
(e) Except as provided in subsection (f), the bonds shall be sold by
the governing board at public sale under IC 5-1-11, but the notice of
sale shall be published in the manner required for bonds of the county
in which the authority is located. Notwithstanding IC 5-1-11-3(c),
bonds bearing a variable rate of interest shall be awarded to the bidder
offering the best bid in the judgment of the board.
(f) If the aggregate principal amount of bonds to be issued at any
one (1) time exceeds ten million dollars ($10,000,000), the bonds may
be sold at public or private sale at a price the governing board
determines. If the bonds are sold at public sale, the governing board
shall follow the guidelines set forth in subsection (e). If the bonds are
sold at private sale, the governing board shall, before selecting a person
with whom to negotiate the sale of the bonds:
(1) solicit and obtain written proposals from at least three (3)
persons regularly engaged in the business of underwriting bonds;
or
(2) publish notice of intent to receive written proposals one (1)
time in a newspaper or financial journal having general
circulation in Indianapolis and a newspaper or financial journal
having national circulation.
(g) The governing board shall allow each person at least fourteen
(14) days from the date of solicitation or publication to formulate,
prepare, and submit a proposal. The board of directors shall select the
proposal that the board, in the board's sole discretion, determines to be
in the best interest of the authority.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-20-17.]