§ 44-7-2070 — Authority for board of directors to borrow money and issue bonds.

The board may borrow money and make and issue negotiable bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness payable solely from the revenue derived from the operation or lease of any revenue-producing facility in its charge. The sums borrowed shall be used to pay costs incident to the purposes of this article. Neither the faith nor credit of the district shall be pledged to the payment of the principal and interest of the obligations, and there shall be on the face of such obligation a statement, plainly worded, to that effect. Neither the members of the board nor any person signing the obligation shall be personally liable thereon. The board may: (1) Provide that such bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness be payable, both as to principal and interest, from the net revenues derived from the district of any revenue-producing facility, as such net revenues may be defined by the board; (2) Covenant and agree that, upon its being adjudged in default as to the payment of any installment of principal and interest upon any obligation issued by it or in default as to the performance of any covenant or undertaking made by it, in such event the principal of all obligations of such issue may be declared forthwith due and payable, notwithstanding that any of them may not have then matured. (3) Confer upon a corporate trustee the power to make disposition of the proceeds from all borrowing and also all revenues derived from the operation of the revenue-producing facility whose revenues are pledged for the payment of such obligations, in accordance with and in the order of priority prescribed by resolutions adopted by the board as an incident to the issuance of any notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness; (4) Dispose of its obligations at public or private sale and upon such terms and conditions as it shall approve; (5) Covenant and agree that any cushion fund established to further secure the payment of principal and interest of any obligation shall be a fixed amount; (6) Covenant and agree that it will not enter into any agreements with any person or with the State, the United States or any of their political subdivisions for the furnishing of free services where such services are ordinarily charged for; (7) Prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of the contract with the holders of its obligations may be amended, the number of obligations whose holders must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent shall be given; and (8) Prescribe the evidences of default and conditions upon which all or any obligation shall become or may be declared due before maturity, and the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences may be waived.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 490 SECTION 7.