1.An authority shall have power from time to time to issue notes and from time to time to
issue renewal notes, herein referred to as notes, maturing not later than five years
from their respective original dates for any purpose mentioned in section 40-33.1-03,
including the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, and repair of personal and real
property of all kinds deemed by the board to be necessary or desirable to carry out
such purpose, as well as to pay such expenses as may be deemed by the board
necessary or desirable to the financing thereof and placing the project or projects in
operation, whenever an authority shall determine the payment thereof can be made in
full from any moneys or revenues which an authority expects to receive from any
source. Such notes may, among other t
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1. An authority shall have power from time to time to issue notes and from time to time to
issue renewal notes, herein referred to as notes, maturing not later than five years
from their respective original dates for any purpose mentioned in section 40-33.1-03,
including the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, and repair of personal and real
property of all kinds deemed by the board to be necessary or desirable to carry out
such purpose, as well as to pay such expenses as may be deemed by the board
necessary or desirable to the financing thereof and placing the project or projects in
operation, whenever an authority shall determine the payment thereof can be made in
full from any moneys or revenues which an authority expects to receive from any
source. Such notes may, among other things, be issued to provide funds to pay
preliminary costs of surveys, plans, or other matters relating to any proposed or
existing project.
2. An authority may pledge such moneys or revenues, subject to any other pledge
thereof, for the payment of the notes and may in addition secure the notes by the
guarantee of two or more property owners. It is the intention hereof that any pledge of
revenues or other moneys made by an authority shall be valid and binding from the
time when the pledge is made; that the revenues or other moneys so pledged and
thereafter received by an authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of such
pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act; and that the lien of any such
pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in
tort, contract, or otherwise against an authority irrespective of whether such parties
have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge
is created need be recorded.
3. Except as may otherwise be expressly provided by an authority, the notes shall be
payable out of any moneys or revenues of an authority, subject only to any
agreements with the holders of particular notes pledging any particular moneys or
revenues. Notwithstanding the fact that the notes may be payable from a special fund,
if they are otherwise of such form and character as to be negotiable instruments under
article eight of the Uniform Commercial Code, the notes shall be and are hereby made
negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all the purposes of article eight of
the Uniform Commercial Code.
4. An authority shall have power out of any funds available therefor to purchase its own
notes. An authority may hold, cancel, or resell such notes, subject to and in
accordance with agreements with noteholders.
5. In the discretion of an authority, the notes may be secured by a trust indenture by and
between an authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or
bank within or without the state of North Dakota. Such trust indenture may contain
such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the noteholders
as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants
setting forth the duties of an authority in relation to the construction, maintenance,
operation, repair, and insurance of the project or projects and the custody,
safeguarding, and application of all moneys, and may provide that the project or
projects shall be constructed and paid for under the supervision and approval of
consulting engineers. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 40-33.1-08, an
authority may provide by such trust indenture for the payment of the proceeds of the
notes and the revenues of the project or projects to the trustee under such trust
indenture or other depository, and for the method of disbursement thereof, with such
safeguards and restrictions as it may determine. All expenses incurred in carrying out
such trust indenture may be treated as a part of the cost of maintenance, operation,
and repairs of the project or projects. If the notes shall be secured by a trust indenture,
the noteholders shall have no authority to appoint a separate trustee to represent
them, and the trustee under such trust indenture shall have and possess all of the
powers which are conferred by section 40-33.1-13 upon a trustee appointed by
noteholders.