CHAPTER 11.4. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY: TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY FUND - Indiana Statutes

IC 4-4-11.4
     Chapter 11.4. Additional Authority: Twenty-First Century Research and Technology Fund

IC 4-4-11.4-1
"Authority"
     Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "authority" refers to the Indiana finance authority.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.32.

IC 4-4-11.4-2
"Bonds"
     Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "bonds" means any bonds, notes, debentures, interim certificates, revenue anticipation notes, warrants, or any other evidences of indebtedness of the authority.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-3
"Financial institution"
     Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "financial institution" means a financial institution (as defined in IC 28-1-1).
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-4
"Holder"
     Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "holder" means a person who is the:
        (1) bearer of any outstanding bond or note registered to bearer or not registered; or
        (2) registered owner of any outstanding bond or note that is registered other than to bearer.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-5
"Person"
     Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "person" means any individual, partnership, firm, association, joint venture, limited liability company, or corporation.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-6
"Reserve fund"
     Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "reserve fund" means a reserve fund established under section 15 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-7
Bonds; issuance; purposes; liability of authority; pledges
     Sec. 7. (a) The authority may issue its bonds in principal amounts that the authority considers necessary to provide funds for the

purposes under this chapter, including the following:
        (1) Providing a source of money for the Indiana twenty-first century research and technology fund established by IC 5-28-16-2.
        (2) Payment, funding, or refunding of the principal of, or interest or redemption premiums on, bonds issued by the authority under this chapter whether the bonds or interest to be paid, funded, or refunded have or have not become due.
        (3) Establishment or increase of reserves to secure or to pay bonds or interest on bonds and all other costs or expenses of the authority incident to and necessary or convenient to carry out the authority's corporate purposes and powers under this chapter.
    (b) Every issue of bonds shall be obligations of the authority payable solely out of the revenues or funds of the authority under section 15 of this chapter, subject to agreements with the holders of a particular series of bonds pledging a particular revenue or fund. Bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of a grant or contributions from the United States, a political subdivision, or a person, or by a pledge of income or revenues, funds, or money of the authority from any source.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.33.

IC 4-4-11.4-8
Bonds not state debt; state pledge to holders of bonds
     Sec. 8. (a) A bond of the authority:
        (1) is not a debt, liability, loan of the credit, or pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any political subdivision;
        (2) is payable solely from the money pledged or available for its payment under this chapter, unless funded or refunded by bonds of the authority; and
        (3) must contain on its face a statement that the authority is obligated to pay principal and interest, and redemption premiums, if any, and that the faith, credit, and taxing power of the state are not pledged to the payment of the bond.
    (b) The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of the bonds issued under this chapter that the state will not:
        (1) limit or restrict the rights vested in the authority to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of its bonds; or
        (2) in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders of the bonds;
until the bonds, together with the interest on the bonds, and interest on unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with an action or proceeding by or on behalf of the holders, are fully met, paid, and discharged.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-9
Bonds; negotiability
     Sec. 9. The bonds of the authority are negotiable instruments for

all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code (IC 26), subject only to the provisions of the bonds for registration.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-10
Bonds; maximum amount; proceedings; interest; redemption
     Sec. 10. (a) Bonds of the authority must be authorized by resolution of the authority, may be issued in one (1) or more series, and must:
        (1) bear the date;
        (2) mature at the time or times;
        (3) be in the denomination;
        (4) be in the form;
        (5) carry the conversion or registration privileges;
        (6) have the rank or priority;
        (7) be executed in the manner;
        (8) be payable from the sources in the medium of payment at the place inside or outside Indiana; and
        (9) be subject to the terms of redemption;
as the resolution of the authority or the trust agreement securing the bonds provides.
    (b) Bonds may be issued under this chapter without obtaining the consent of any state agency and without any other proceeding or condition other than the proceedings or conditions specified in this chapter. However, the total principal of all outstanding bonds issued under this chapter may not exceed one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000). Not more than two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) in bonds may be issued in any state fiscal year. Bonds issued before July 1, 2007, must provide that debt principal and other debt service payments are not required before July 1, 2007. Bonds may not be issued under this chapter after June 30, 2011, other than bonds issued to refinance bonds originally issued before July 1, 2011.
    (c) The rate or rates of interest on the bonds may be fixed or variable. Variable rates shall be determined in the manner and in accordance with the procedures set forth in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds. Bonds bearing a variable rate of interest may be converted to bonds bearing a fixed rate or rates of interest, and bonds bearing a fixed rate or rates of interest may be converted to bonds bearing a variable rate of interest, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the resolution pursuant to which the bonds are issued. The interest on bonds may be payable semiannually or annually or at any other interval or intervals as may be provided in the resolution, or the interest may be compounded and paid at maturity or at any other times as may be specified in the resolution.
    (d) The bonds may be made subject to mandatory redemption by the authority at the times and under the circumstances set forth in the authorizing resolution.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.
IC 4-4-11.4-11
Bonds; sale; notice
     Sec. 11. Bonds of the authority may be sold at public or private sale at the price the authority determines. If bonds of the authority are to be sold at public sale, the authority shall publish notice of the sale for two (2) weeks in two (2) newspapers published and of general circulation in Indianapolis.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-12
Bonds; refunding
     Sec. 12. The authority may periodically issue its bonds under this chapter and pay and retire the principal of the bonds or pay the interest due thereon or fund or refund the bonds from proceeds of bonds, or from other funds or money of the authority available for that purpose in accordance with a contract between the authority and the holders of the bonds.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-13
Bonds; trust agreement or resolution; expenses
     Sec. 13. (a) In the discretion of the authority, any bonds issued under this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside Indiana.
    (b) The trust agreement or the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds may contain provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the holders of any such bonds as are reasonable and proper and not in violation of law.
    (c) The trust agreement or resolution may set forth the rights and remedies of the holders of any bonds and of the trustee and may restrict the individual right of action by the holders.
    (d) In addition to the provisions of subsections (a), (b), and (c), any trust agreement or resolution may contain other provisions the authority considers reasonable and proper for the security of the holders of any bonds.
    (e) All expenses incurred in carrying out the trust agreement or resolution may be paid from revenues or assets pledged or assigned to the payment of the principal of and the interest on bonds or from any other funds available to the authority.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-14
Bonds; purchase by authority
     Sec. 14. The authority may purchase bonds of the authority out of the authority's funds or money available for the purchase of its own bonds. The authority may hold, cancel, or resell the bonds subject to, and in accordance with, agreements with holders of its bonds. Unless canceled, bonds held by the authority are considered to be held for

resale or transfer and the obligation evidenced by the bonds shall not be considered to be extinguished.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-15
Debt service reserve fund; reserve fund; deposits and transfers
     Sec. 15. (a) The authority may establish and maintain a debt service fund, and if necessary, a reserve fund, for each issue of bonds in which there shall be deposited or transferred:
        (1) all money appropriated by the general assembly for the purpose of the fund in accordance with section 18(a) of this chapter;
        (2) all proceeds of bonds required to be deposited in the fund by terms of a contract between the authority and its holders or a resolution of the authority with respect to the proceeds of bonds;
        (3) all other money appropriated by the general assembly to the funds; and
        (4) any other money or funds of the authority that the authority decides to deposit in either fund.
    (b) Subject to section 18(b) of this chapter, money in any reserve fund shall be held and applied solely to the payment of the interest on and principal of bonds of the authority as the interest and principal become due and payable and for the retirement of bonds.
    (c) Money in any reserve fund in excess of the required debt service reserve, whether by reason of investment or otherwise, may be withdrawn at any time by the authority and transferred to another fund or account of the authority, subject to the provisions of any agreement with the holders of any bonds.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-16
Reserve fund; investments
     Sec. 16. Money in any reserve fund may be invested in the manner provided in the trust agreement or the resolution authorizing issuance of the bonds.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-17
Valuation of reserve fund investments
     Sec. 17. For purposes of valuation, investments in the reserve fund shall be valued at par, or if purchased at less than par, at cost unless otherwise provided by resolution or trust agreement of the authority. Valuation on a particular date shall include the amount of interest then earned or accrued to that date on the money or investments in the reserve fund.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-18
Debt service appropriation; nonliability of state; transfer of excess

funds
     Sec. 18. (a) In order to assure the payment of debt service on bonds of the authority issued under this chapter or maintenance of the required debt service reserve in any reserve fund, the general assembly may annually or biannually appropriate to the authority for deposit in one (1) or more of the funds the sum, certified by the chairman of the authority to the general assembly, that is necessary to pay the debt service on the bonds or to restore one (1) or more of the funds to an amount equal to the required debt service reserve. The chairman annually, before December 1, shall make and deliver to the general assembly the chairman's certificate stating the sum required to pay debt service on the bonds or to restore one (1) or more of the funds to an amount equal to the required debt service reserve. This subsection does not create a debt or liability of the state to make any appropriation.
    (b) All amounts received on account of money appropriated by the state to any fund shall be held and applied in accordance with section 15(b) of this chapter. However, at the end of each fiscal year, if the amount in any fund exceeds the debt service or required debt service reserve, any amount representing earnings or income received on account of any money appropriated to the funds that exceeds the expenses of the authority for that fiscal year may be transferred to the Indiana twenty-first century research and technology fund established by IC 5-28-16-2.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.1-2007, SEC.8.

IC 4-4-11.4-19
Combining reserve funds
     Sec. 19. Subject to any agreement with its holders, the authority may combine a reserve fund established for an issue of bonds into one (1) or more reserve funds.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-20
Establishment of additional funds, reserves, and accounts
     Sec. 20. The authority may establish additional reserves or other funds or accounts as the authority considers necessary, desirable, or convenient to further the accomplishment of the authority's purposes or to comply with any of the authority's agreements or resolutions.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-21
Use of funds or accounts for payment of bonds
     Sec. 21. Unless the resolution or trust agreement authorizing the bonds provides otherwise, money or investments in a fund or account of the authority established or held for the payment of bonds shall be applied to the payment or retirement of the bonds, and to no other purpose.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.
IC 4-4-11.4-22
Limitation of actions contesting validity of bonds
     Sec. 22. (a) An action to contest the validity of any bonds of the authority to be sold at public sale may not be brought after the fifteenth day following the first publication of notice of the sale of the bonds. An action to contest the validity of any bond sale under this chapter may not be brought after the fifth day following the bond sale.
    (b) If bonds are sold at private sale, an action to contest the validity of such bonds may not be brought after the fifteenth day following the adoption of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
    (c) If an action challenging the bonds of the authority is not brought within the time prescribed by subsection (a) or (b), whichever is applicable, all bonds of the authority are conclusively presumed to be fully authorized and issued under the laws of the state, and a person or a qualified entity is estopped from questioning their authorization, sale, issuance, execution, or delivery by the authority.
    (d) If this chapter is inconsistent with any other law (general, special, or local), this chapter controls.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-23
Exemption of authority property from judgment liens
     Sec. 23. All property of the authority is exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial process may issue against the property. A judgment against the authority may not be a charge or lien upon its property. However, this section does not apply to or limit the rights of the holder of bonds to pursue a remedy for the enforcement of a pledge or lien given by the authority on the authority's revenues or other money.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-24
Pledge of revenues; filing or recording not required
     Sec. 24. A pledge of revenues or other money made by the authority is binding from the time the pledge is made. Revenues or other money so pledged and thereafter received by the authority are immediately subject to the lien of the pledge without any further act, and the lien of a pledge is binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority, regardless of whether the parties have notice of the lien. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created needs to be filed or recorded except in the records of the authority.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-25
Receipt of federal or state funds
     Sec. 25. The chairman of the authority may receive from the

United States of America or any department or agency thereof, or any state agency any amount of money as and when appropriated, allocated, granted, turned over, or in any way provided for the purposes of the authority or this chapter, and those amounts shall, unless otherwise directed by the federal authority, be credited to and be available to the authority.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-26
Deposit of funds with financial institution
     Sec. 26. A financial institution may give to the authority a good and sufficient undertaking with such sureties as are approved by the authority to the effect that the financial institution shall faithfully keep and pay over to the order of or upon the warrant of the authority or the authority's authorized agent all those funds deposited with the financial institution by the authority and agreed interest under or by reason of this chapter, at such times or upon such demands as may be agreed with the authority or instead of these sureties, deposit with the authority or the authority's authorized agent or a trustee or for the holders of bonds, as collateral, those securities as the authority may approve. The deposits of the authority may be evidenced by an agreement in the form and upon the terms and conditions that may be agreed upon by the authority and the financial institution.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-27
Agreements or contracts with financial institutions
     Sec. 27. The authority may enter into agreements or contracts with a financial institution inside or outside Indiana as the authority considers necessary, desirable, or convenient for rendering services in connection with the care, custody, or safekeeping of securities or other investments held or owned by the authority, for rendering services in connection with the payment or collection of amounts payable as to principal or interest, and for rendering services in connection with the delivery to the authority of securities or other investments purchased by or sold by the authority, and to pay the cost of those services. The authority may also, in connection with any of the services to be rendered by a financial institution as to the custody and safekeeping of its securities or investments, require security in the form of collateral bonds, surety agreements, or security agreements in such form and amount as, the authority considers necessary or desirable.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-28
Investment in bonds by financial institutions and fiduciaries
     Sec. 28. Notwithstanding the restrictions of any other law, all financial institutions, investment companies, insurance companies, insurance associations, executors, administrators, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest sinking funds, money, or

other funds belonging to them or within their control in bonds issued under this chapter.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-29
Tax exemption; bonds and property of authority
     Sec. 29. All property of the authority is public property devoted to an essential public and governmental function and purpose and is exempt from all taxes and special assessments, direct or indirect, of the state or a political subdivision of the state. All bonds issued under this chapter are issued by a body corporate and public of the state, but not a state agency, and for an essential public and governmental purpose and the bonds, the interest thereon, the proceeds received by a holder from the sale of the bonds to the extent of the holder's cost of acquisition, proceeds received upon redemption before maturity, and proceeds received at maturity and the receipt of the interest and proceeds are exempt from taxation in the state for all purposes except a state inheritance tax imposed under IC 6-4.1.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.

IC 4-4-11.4-30
Bonds exempt from registration
     Sec. 30. Any bonds issued by the authority under this chapter are exempt from the registration and other requirements of IC 23-19 and any other securities registration laws.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.27-2007, SEC.3.

IC 4-4-11.4-31
Application of chapter
     Sec. 31. This chapter is supplemental to all other statutes governing the authority.
As added by P.L.232-2005, SEC.4.