§ 16-22-8-43 — Bonds; sale and issuance

(a) The corporation may issue general
obligation bonds to procure funds to pay the cost of acquiring real
property or constructing, enlarging, improving, remodeling, repairing,
or equipping buildings for use as a hospital, a health care facility, or an
administrative facility. The issuance of the bonds shall be authorized
by a board resolution providing for the amount, terms, and tenor of the
bonds, for the time and character of notice, and the mode of making the
sale. The bonds shall be payable not more than forty (40) years after the
date of issuance. The bonds shall be executed in the name of the
corporation by the executive director.
(b) The executive director shall manage and supervise the
preparation, advertisement, and sale of bonds, subject to the provisions
of the authorizing resolution. Before the sale of the bonds, the
executive director shall publish notice of the sale in accordance with
IC 5-3-1, setting out the time and place where bids will be received, the
amount and maturity dates of the issue, the maximum interest rate, and
the terms and conditions of sale and delivery of the bonds. The bonds
shall be sold to the highest and best bidder. After the bonds have been
sold and executed, the executive director shall deliver the bonds to the
treasurer of the corporation and take the treasurer's receipt, and shall
certify to the treasurer the amount that the purchaser is to pay, together
with the name and address of the purchaser. On payment of the
purchase price, the treasurer shall deliver the bonds to the purchaser,
and the treasurer and executive director shall report the actions to the
board.
(c) IC 5-1 and IC 6-1.1-20 apply to the following proceedings:
(1) Notice and filing of the petition requesting the issuance of the
bonds.
(2) Notice of determination to issue bonds.
(3) Notice of hearing on the appropriation of the proceeds of the
bonds and the right of taxpayers to appeal and be heard.
(4) Approval by the department of local government finance.
(5) The right to:
(A) remonstrate in the case of a proposed bond issue described
by IC 6-1.1-20-3.1(a); or
(B) vote on the issuance of bonds in the case of a proposed
bond issue described by IC 6-1.1-20-3.5(a).
(6) Sale of bonds at public sale for not less than the par value.
(d) The bonds are the direct general obligations of the corporation
and are payable out of unlimited ad valorem taxes levied and collected
on all the taxable property within the county of the corporation. All
officials and bodies having to do with the levying of taxes for the
corporation shall see that sufficient levies are made to meet the
principal and interest on the bonds at the time fixed for payment.
(e) The bonds are exempt from taxation for all purposes but the
interest is subject to the adjusted gross income tax.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-21-38.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.90-2002, SEC.395; P.L.192-2002(ss), SEC.158; P.L.1-2003, SEC.62; P.L.194-2007, SEC.6; P.L.146-2008, SEC.435.