175.500 Turnpike revenue bonds of the authority. - Kentucky Statutes

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175.500 Turnpike revenue bonds of the authority. (1) The authority is authorized to provide, at one (1) time or from time to time, for the issuance of its turnpike revenue bonds for the purpose of paying all or any part of
the cost of any one (1) or more turnpike projects undertaken pursuant to an
agreement and lease. The principal of and the interest on the bonds shall be payable
solely from the funds provided for the payment. The bonds of any issue may be in
one (1) or more series and any one (1) or more series may enjoy equal or
subordinate status with respect to the pledge of funds from which they are payable,
shall be dated, shall bear interest at a rate or rates or method of determining rates,
shall mature at a time or times not exceeding forty (40) years from their date or
dates, all as may be provided by the authority, and may be made redeemable before
maturity, at the option of the authority, at a price or prices and under terms and
conditions as may be fixed by the authority prior to the issuance of the bonds. The
authority shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to
be attached to the bonds, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the
bonds and the place or places for payment of principal and interest, which may be at
any bank or trust company within or without the Commonwealth. The bonds shall
be signed by the facsimile signature of the chairman of the authority, and the seal of
the authority or a facsimile of the seal shall be affixed to the bonds and attested by
the manual signature of the secretary of the authority, and any coupons attached to
the bonds shall bear the facsimile signature of the chairman of the authority. In case
any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature shall appear on any
bonds or coupons shall cease to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds, the
signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the
same as if he had remained in office until delivery of the bonds. All bonds issued
under the provisions of this chapter shall have and are declared to have all the
qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the negotiable instruments
law of the Commonwealth. The bonds may be issued in coupon or in registered
form, or both, as the authority may determine, and provision may be made for the
registration of any coupon bonds as to principal alone and also as to both principal
and interest, and for the reconversion into coupon bonds of any bonds registered as
to both principal and interest. The authority may sell the bonds in a manner, either
at public or private sale, and for a price as it may determine will best effect the
purposes of this chapter. (2) The proceeds of the bonds of each issue shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the turnpike project or projects for which the bonds shall have been issued,
and shall be disbursed in a manner and under the restrictions, if any, as the authority
may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust
indenture securing the bonds. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue, by error of
estimates or otherwise, shall be less than the cost, additional bonds may be issued to
provide the amount of the deficit, and, unless otherwise provided in the proceedings
authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust indenture securing the bonds,
shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the
same fund without preference or priority of the bonds first issued. If the proceeds of
the bonds of any issue shall exceed the cost, the surplus shall be deposited to the credit of the sinking fund or funds for the bonds or any account or accounts as the
authority shall have provided in the proceedings or trust indenture authorizing and
securing the bonds. (3) Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the authority may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts or temporary bonds, with or without coupons,
exchangeable for definitive bonds when the bonds shall have been executed and are
available for delivery. The authority may also provide for the replacement of any
bonds which shall become mutilated or shall be destroyed or lost. Bonds may be
issued under the provisions of this chapter without obtaining the consent of any
department, division, commission, board, bureau, or agency of the Commonwealth,
and without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or
things, except as specifically required by this chapter. Effective: July 15, 1996
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 274, sec. 37, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 110, sec. 21. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 10.