§ 5-28-26-18 — Bonding to provide public facilities in global commerce center

Indiana § 5-28-26-18

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 5: STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 28: INDIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
• Ch. 26: Global Commerce Center Pilot Program

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(a) A unit may issue bonds for the purpose
of providing public facilities under this chapter.
(b) The bonds are payable from any funds available to the unit.
(c) The bonds shall be authorized by a resolution of the unit.
(d) The terms and form of the bonds shall be set out either in the
resolution or in a form of trust indenture approved by the resolution.
(e) The bonds must mature within:
(1) fifty (50) years, for bonds issued before July 1, 2008; or
(2) twenty-five (25) years, for bonds issued after June 30, 2008.
(f) The unit shall sell the bonds at public or private sale upon terms
determined by the district.
(g) All money received from any bonds issued under this chapter
shall be applied solely to the payment of the cost of providing public
facilities within a global commerce center, or the cost of refunding or
refinancing outstanding bonds, for which the bonds are issued. The cost
may include the cost of:
(1) planning and development of the public facilities and all
related buildings, facilities, structures, and improvements;
(2) acquisition of a site and clearing and preparing the site for
construction;
(3) equipment, facilities, structures, and improvements that are
necessary or desirable to make the public facilities suitable for use
and operation;
(4) architectural, engineering, consultant, and attorney's fees;
(5) incidental expenses in connection with the issuance and sale
of bonds;
(6) reserves for principal and interest;
(7) interest during construction and for a period thereafter
determined by the district, but not to exceed five (5) years;
(8) financial advisory fees;
(9) insurance during construction;
(10) municipal bond insurance, debt service reserve insurance,
letters of credit, or other credit enhancement; and
(11) in the case of refunding or refinancing, payment of the
principal of, redemption premiums, if any, for, and interest on, the
bonds being refunded or refinanced.
(h) A unit that issues bonds under this section may enter an
interlocal agreement with any other unit located in the area served by
the district in which the global commerce center is designated. A party
to an agreement under this section may pledge any of its revenues,
including taxes or allocated taxes under IC 36-7-14, to the bonds or
lease rental obligations of another party to the agreement.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.203-2005, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.146-2008, SEC.44.