§ 5 §13080-G — Bonds

1.
Hearing required.
The authority may issue bonds to finance its activities only after giving notice of the proposed issuance at least twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and holding a duly advertised public hearing on the issuance.
1-A.
Credit of State pledged.
The authority may ask the State to issue bonds to finance the undertaking of any authorized activity under this article, those bonds to have the full faith and credit of the State. Before any such bonds are issued they must be authorized by the Legislature and ratified by the electors in accordance with the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 14. Subsections 1 and 2 and subsection 7, the 2nd 2 sentences, do not apply to bonds issued under this subsection.
2.
Authority.
In addition to the authority provided in subsection 1‑A, the authority may issue bonds from time to time in its discretion to finance the undertaking of an authorized activity under this article, including but not limited to the payment of costs of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation, equipping, start-up, testing, capitalized interest, reserves, reuse or improvement within the base undertaken by a person and the payment of principal and interest upon advances for surveys and plans, and may issue refunding bonds for the payment or retirement of bonds previously issued.
3.
General characteristics.
Bonds authorized under this section may be issued in one or more series. The resolution, trust indenture or mortgage under which the bonds are issued may include the following:
4.
Price sold.
The bonds may be:
5.
Signatures of outgoing officers; negotiability.
If an official of the authority whose signature appears on a bond or coupon issued under this article ceases to be an official before the bond is delivered, the signature is nevertheless valid for all purposes, as if the official had remained in office until the delivery. Notwithstanding contrary provisions of law, bonds issued under this article are fully negotiable.
6.
Bond recitation; conclusive presumptions.
In actions or proceedings involving the validity or enforceability of a bond issued under this article or the security for that bond, a bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the authority in connection with an activity is conclusively deemed to have been issued for that purpose and the activity is conclusively deemed to have been planned, located and carried out in accordance with this article.
7.
No personal liability; not debt of State or municipality.
Neither the trustees of the authority nor the person executing the bonds is liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance of the bonds. The bonds and other obligations of the authority must have stated on their face that they are not a debt of the State and that the State is not liable on the bonds. The bonds or obligations may not be payable out of funds or properties other than those of the authority acquired for the purposes of this article or otherwise pledged therefor.
8.
Bonds as legal investments.
Public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies; banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business; insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and executors, administrators, curators, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest sinking funds, money or other funds belonging to them or within their control in bonds or other obligations issued by the authority under this article. These bonds or other obligations are authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this section to authorize persons, political subdivisions and officers, public or private, to use funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of these bonds or other obligations. This section does not relieve a person of any duty or of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
9.
Investment of funds; redemption of bonds.
The authority may:
10.
Issue of bonds.
With respect to all or any portion of any issue of any bonds or any series of bonds that the authority may issue in accordance with this article, the authority may convenant and consent that the interest on the bonds is includable, under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue law of the United States, in the gross income of the holders of the bonds to the same extent and in the same manner that the interest on the bills, bonds, notes or other obligations of the United States is includable in the gross income of the holders under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any subsequent law.
11.
Pledge of security interests.
Any pledge or assignment of revenue or collateral or other security interests under this article is valid and binding and perfected from the time when the pledge is made. All the revenues or collateral pledged by the authority is subject immediately to the lien of the pledge or assignment without any physical delivery or further action under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise. The lien of any pledge or assignment and perfection is valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the authority, whether the parties have notice of the pledge or assignment.

Legislative History

PL 1993, c. 474, §1 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 729, §§7,8 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 495, §§5-7 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 598, §§3-7 (AMD).