In connection with the issuance of any bonds for the purpose of paying in whole or in part,
or as supplemented by a grant from the United States or any instrumentality or agency thereof,
the cost of any works or project, or in order to secure the payment of the bonds, the commission
may:
1.Pledge all or any part of the income, profit, and revenue of the works or project, and all
moneys received from the sale or disposal of water, use of water, water storage, or
other service, and from the operation, lease, sale, or other disposition of all or any part
of the works or project, or other funds as the commission may determine.
2.Covenant against pledging all or any part of the income, profit, and revenue of the
works or project and all moneys received from the sale or disposal of water, use
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In connection with the issuance of any bonds for the purpose of paying in whole or in part,
or as supplemented by a grant from the United States or any instrumentality or agency thereof,
the cost of any works or project, or in order to secure the payment of the bonds, the commission
may:
1. Pledge all or any part of the income, profit, and revenue of the works or project, and all
moneys received from the sale or disposal of water, use of water, water storage, or
other service, and from the operation, lease, sale, or other disposition of all or any part
of the works or project, or other funds as the commission may determine.
2. Covenant against pledging all or any part of the income, profit, and revenue of the
works or project and all moneys received from the sale or disposal of water, use of
water, water storage, or other service, and from the operation, lease, sale, or other
disposition of all or any part of the works or project.
3. Covenant against mortgaging all or any part of the works or project or against
permitting or suffering any lien thereon.
4. Covenant to fix and establish such prices, rates, and charges for water and other
services made available in connection with the works or project as to provide at all
times funds together with other funds the commission may pledge which will be
sufficient:
a. To pay all costs of operation and maintenance of the works or project, as
permitted under this chapter, together with necessary repairs thereto;
b. To meet and pay the principal and interest of all the bonds as they severally
become due and payable; and
c. To create such reserves for the principal and interest of all the bonds and for the
meeting of contingencies in the operation, repair, replacement, and maintenance
of the works or project as the commission shall determine.
5. Make such further covenants as to prices, rates, and charges as the commission shall
determine.
6. Create special funds, in addition to those required by this chapter, for the meeting of
contingencies in the operation and maintenance of the works or project and to
determine the manner in which, and the depository or depositories in which, the funds
shall be deposited and the manner in which the same shall be secured. Any bank or
trust company incorporated under the laws of this state may act as the depository and
shall furnish such indemnifying bonds or pledge such securities as may be required by
the commission on all deposits exceeding the sum of five thousand dollars.
7. Provide for the replacement of lost, destroyed, or mutilated bonds.
8. Covenant against extending the time for the payment of the principal or interest on any
bonds, directly or indirectly, by any means or in any manner.
9. Prescribe and covenant as to the events of default and the terms and conditions upon
which any or all of the bonds shall become, or may be declared, due before maturity,
and as to the terms and conditions upon which a declaration and its consequences
may be waived.
10. Covenant as to the rights, liabilities, powers, and duties arising upon the breach by it of
any covenant, condition, or obligation.
11. Vest in a trustee or trustees the right to enforce any covenant made to secure or to pay
the bonds, or to foreclose any trust indenture in relation thereto, provide for the powers
and duties of the trustee, or trustees, and limit the liabilities thereof, and provide the
terms and conditions upon which the trustee or trustees or the holders of bonds or any
proportion of them may enforce any covenant or exercise the right of foreclosure.
12. Make covenants and do any and all such acts and things as may be necessary or
convenient or desirable in order to secure the bonds, or, in the absolute discretion of
the commission, to make the bonds more marketable, notwithstanding that such
covenants, acts, or things may not be enumerated or expressly authorized in this
chapter.
13. Do all things in the issuance of the bonds, and in providing for their security, that may
not be inconsistent with the Constitution of North Dakota.