§ 393.730 — Requirements of resolution authorizing bonds.

Missouri § 393.730

• Jurisdiction: Missouri
• Title XXV: INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
• Ch. 393: Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies

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1.  The resolution authorizing any issuance of bonds hereunder shall make provision for the payment of the bonds by fixing such rates, fees and charges for water, sewer, gas, heat, electric power and energy and all other services provided by the project sufficient to pay the interest and principal of the bonds when due, to provide for a sinking fund sufficient to retire the bonds, and to provide and maintain reasonable reserves.  Such rates, fees and charges shall also be sufficient to pay the costs of operation, improvement and maintenance of the project.

2.  The resolution and trust indenture under which any bonds shall be issued shall constitute a contract with the holders of the bonds, and may contain provisions, among others, as to:

(1)  The terms and provisions of the bonds;

(2)  As provided in section 393.735 , the mortgage or pledge of and the grant of a security interest in any real or personal property and all or any part of the revenues from any project or projects or any revenue-producing contract or contracts made by the commission with any person to secure the payment of bonds, subject to such agreements with the holders of bonds as may then exist;

(3)  The custody, collection, securing, investment and payment of any revenues, assets, money, funds or property with respect to which the commission may have any rights or interest;

(4)  The purposes to which the proceeds from the sale of any bonds then or thereafter to be issued may be applied, the pledge of such proceeds to secure the payment of the bonds and the net revenue of the project or projects which may be pledged to the payment of bonds;

(5)  Limitations on the issuance of any additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured, and the refunding of outstanding bonds;

(6)  The rank or priority of any bonds with respect to any lien or security;

(7)  The creation of special funds or moneys to be held in trust or otherwise for operating expenses, payment, or redemption of bonds, reserves or other purposes, and the use and disposition of moneys held in such funds;

(8)  The procedure by which the terms of any contract with or for the benefit of the holders of bonds may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given;

(9)  The definition of the acts or omissions to act which shall constitute a default in the duties of the commission to holders of its bonds, and the rights and remedies of such holders in the event of such default including, if the commission shall so determine, the right to accelerate the due date of the bonds or the right to appoint a receiver or receivers of the property or revenues subject to the lien of the resolution and trust indenture;

(10)  Any other or additional agreements with or for the benefit of the holders of bonds or any covenants or restrictions necessary or desirable to safeguard the interests of such holders;

(11)  The custody of any of its properties or investments, the safekeeping thereof, the insurance to be carried thereon, and the use and disposition of insurance proceeds;

(12)  The vesting in a trustee or trustees, within or outside the state, of such properties, rights, powers, and duties in trust as the commission may determine, or limiting or abrogating the rights of the holders of any bonds to appoint a trustee, or limiting the rights, powers, and duties of such trustee; and

(13)  Appointing and providing for the duties and obligations of a paying agent or paying agents or other fiduciaries within or outside the state.

Legislative History

(L. 1978 H.B. 1126 § 7, A.L. 1999 H.B. 450 merged with S.B. 160 & 82, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1171)