§356D-23 - Trustee; designation, duties. - Hawaii Statutes

     [§356D-23]  Trustee; designation, duties.  (a)  The authority may designate a trustee for each issue of bonds secured under the same trust indenture; provided that the trustee shall be approved by the director of finance.

     (b)  The trustee shall be authorized by the authority to receive and receipt for, hold, and administer the proceeds of the bonds, and to apply the proceeds to the purposes for which the bonds are issued.

     (c)  The trustee shall also be authorized by the authority to hold and administer any housing project bond special funds established pursuant to section 356D-28, and to receive and receipt for, hold, and administer the revenues derived by the authority from any public housing project or projects for which the bonds are issued or the projects pledged to the payment of the bonds, and to apply the revenues to the payment of the cost of administering, operating, and maintaining the public housing project or projects, to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds, to the establishment of reserves, and to other purposes as may be authorized in the proceedings providing for the issuance of the bonds.

     (d)  Notwithstanding section 39-68, the director of finance may appoint the trustee to serve as fiscal agent for:

     (1)  The payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds; and

     (2)  The purchase, registration, transfer, exchange, and redemption of the bonds.

     (e)  The trustee shall perform additional functions with respect to the payment, purchase, registration, transfer, exchange, and redemption, as the director of finance may deem necessary, advisable, or expeditious, including the holding of the bonds and coupons, if any, that have been paid and the supervision of their destruction in accordance with law.

     (f)  Nothing in this part shall limit or be construed to limit the powers granted to the director of finance in sections 36‑3, 39-13, and 39-68(a), to appoint the trustee or others as fiscal agents, paying agents, and registrars for the bonds or to authorize and empower those fiscal agents, paying agents, and registrars to perform the functions referred to in those sections. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]