§ 33:2-a — Call Bonds

New Hampshire § 33:2-a

• Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
• Title III: TOWNS, CITIES, VILLAGE DISTRICTS, AND UNINCORPORATED PLACES
• Ch. 33: MUNICIPAL FINANCE ACT

Text

The issuance of bonds or notes hereunder which are subject to call, at the election of the municipality, before the date fixed for final payment thereof, is authorized. The bonds or notes, in such cases, shall contain provisions setting forth the method or methods by which the option to call may be exercised, the procedure for payment in the event of call, and the legal effect of the making of the call. If such call bonds or notes are payable to bearer, they may be called, at the election of the municipality, on any date when interest thereon shall become payable, written notice of such election first having been given to the bank, banks or other institutions, if any, at which they are stated on their face to be payable, and published for 4 consecutive weeks at least once a week in one or more newspapers printed and published in Boston, Massachusetts, and in one newspaper printed and published in the state of New Hampshire and circulating in said municipality, the last such publications being at least 14 days before the date specified for payment; and thereupon, after the date so specified, interest thereon shall cease. If such call bonds or notes are payable to the registered holder, they may be called, at the election of the municipality, on any date when interest thereon shall become payable, written notice of such election first having been given to the registered holder by registered mail, postage prepaid, to such holder at his last address, as registered in the books of the municipal treasurer; and thereupon, after the date so specified, interest thereon shall cease.

Legislative History

1957, 103:1, eff. July 1, 1957.