§ 11-7-94 — Conditions and covenants of bonds.

In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of obligations under leases and in order to secure payment of such bonds, or obligations, a commission, in addition to its other powers, shall have power: (1) To pledge all or any part of its gross or net rents, fees or revenues to which its right then exists or may thereafter come into existence; (2) To mortgage all or any part of its real or personal property, then owned or thereafter acquired; (3) To covenant against pledging all or any part of its rents, fees and revenues, or against mortgaging all or any part of its real or personal property, to which its right or title then exists or may thereafter come into existence or against permitting or suffering any lien on such revenues or property; to covenant with respect to limitations on its right to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any project or any part thereof; and to covenant as to what other, or additional debts or obligations may be incurred by it; (4) To covenant as to the bonds to be issued and as to the issuance of such bonds in escrow or otherwise, and as to the use and disposition of the proceeds thereof; to provide for the replacement of lost, destroyed, or mutilated bonds; to covenant against extending the time for the payment of its bonds or interest thereon; and to covenant for the redemption of the bonds and to provide the terms and conditions thereof; (5) To covenant (subject to the limitations contained in this chapter) as to rents and fees to be charged in the operation of a housing project or projects, the amount to be raised each year or other period of time by rents, fees and other revenues, and as to the use and disposition to be made thereof; to create or to authorize the creation of special funds for moneys held for construction or operating costs, debt service, reserves, or other purposes, and to covenant as to the use and disposition of the moneys held in such funds; (6) To prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders 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; (7) To covenant as to the use, maintenance, and replacement of any or all of its real or personal property, the insurance to be carried thereon and the use and disposition of insurance moneys; (8) To covenant as to the rights, liabilities, powers, and duties arising upon the breach by it of any covenant, condition, or obligation; and to covenant and prescribe as to events of default and terms and conditions upon which any or all of its bonds or obligations shall become or may be declared due before maturity, and as to the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences may be waived; (9) To vest in any obligees of the commission the right to enforce the payment of the bonds or any covenants securing or relating to the bonds; to vest in any obligee or obligees holding a specified amount in bonds the right, in the event of a default by said commission, to take possession of and use, operate, and manage any project or any part thereof or any funds connected therewith, and to collect the rents and revenues arising therefrom and to dispose of such moneys in accordance with the agreement of the commission with such obligees; to provide for the powers and duties of such obligees and to limit the liabilities thereof; and to provide the terms and conditions upon which such obligees may enforce any covenant or rights securing or relating to the bonds; (10) To exercise all or any part or combination of the powers herein granted; to make such covenants (other than and in addition to the covenants herein expressly authorized) and to do any and all such acts and things consistent with this chapter and such other laws as may be applicable, as may be necessary, convenient, or desirable in order to secure its bonds, or tend to make the bonds more marketable.

Legislative History

SL 1950 (SS), ch 13, § 23; SDC Supp 1960, § 45.3623.