1-07 Validation of Municipal Securities - North Dakota Statutes

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CHAPTER 1-07VALIDATION OF MUNICIPAL SECURITIES1-07-01. Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwiserequires:1."Bonds" include bonds, notes, warrants, debentures, certificates of indebtedness,
temporary bonds, temporary notes, interim receipts, interim certificates, and all
instruments or obligations evidencing or representing indebtedness or evidencing or
representing the borrowing of money, or evidencing or representing a charge, lien,
or encumbrance on specific revenues, income of property of a public body, and all
instruments or obligations payable from a special fund.2."Public body" means the state of North Dakota, any county, city, township, and any
school district of any class.1-07-02. Validation of bonds issued in financing project under federal emergencyadministration of public works. All bonds issued prior to July 1, 1937, for the purpose of
financing or aiding in the financing of any work, undertaking, or project by any public body to
which any loan or grant heretofore has been made by the United States through the federal
emergency administrator of public works for the purpose of financing or aiding in the financing of
such work, undertaking, or project, including all proceedings for the authorization and issuance of
such bonds, and the sale, execution, and delivery thereof, are validated, ratified, approved, and
confirmed, notwithstanding:1.Any lack of power, other than constitutional, of such public body or the governing
body, commission, or officers thereof, to authorize and issue such bonds, or to sell,
execute, or deliver the same;2.Any defects or irregularities, other than constitutional, in such proceedings, or in
such sale, execution, or delivery; and3.That such governing body, commission, or officers may not have been elected,
appointed, or qualified for the offices they purported to hold.Such bonds are and shall be binding, legal, valid, and enforceable obligations of such public
body.1-07-03. Validation of proceedings in financing project under federal emergencyadministration of public works. All proceedings, taken prior to July 1, 1937, for the purpose of
financing or aiding in the financing of any work, undertaking, or project by any public body or by
any board of flood irrigation to which any loan or grant is under contract to be made by the United
States through the federal emergency administrator of public works for the purpose of financing
such work, undertaking, or project, including all proceedings for the authorization and issuance of
bonds, and for the sale, execution, and delivery thereof, are validated, ratified, approved, and
confirmed, notwithstanding:1.Any lack of power, other than constitutional, of such public body, the governing body,
or commission, or officers thereof, or of any board of flood irrigation to authorize and
issue such bonds, or to sell, execute, or deliver the same;2.Any defects or irregularities, other than constitutional, in such proceedings, including
the fact that notices in connection with the creation of any flood irrigation district or
hearings for the assessment of damages and benefits resulting from flood irrigation
projects may not have been given in accordance with the statutes; and3.That the members of such governing body may not have been elected, appointed, or
qualified for the office they purported to hold.Page No. 11-07-04.Procedure on public securities of municipalities validated.Validationsheretofore effected by legislative enactment of defective or irregular procedure in the creation,
execution, or issuance of bonds or any other forms of public securities of any municipality, and
validations of debts, bonds, or other public securities of such municipalities theretofore
contracted or issued without authority previously existing therefor, shall continue unaffected by
the repeal or by the consolidation and revision of any validating act. Any debts, bonds, or other
public securities may be funded or refunded under the provisions of title 21.1-07-05.Validation of elections on bond issues for municipal sewer and watersystems. All elections held prior to February 1, 1939, for the purpose of voting on the issuance
of bonds for the joint construction of a water and sewer system are declared legal and valid
notwithstanding the combination of such purposes in the question submitted to the voters.1-07-06. Validating sales of lands for special assessments made prior to March 17,1937.All sales of real property for delinquent special assessments, or installments thereof,made prior to March 17, 1937, by any county auditor under section 40-25-09 hereby are declared
to be valid sales notwithstanding the fact that the real property subject to sale for delinquent
general taxes and delinquent special assessments, or installments thereof, were not sold
separately as required by said section and notwithstanding the fact that separate certificates
were not issued for the delinquent general taxes and the delinquent special assessments or
installments thereof.1-07-07. Validating proceedings by county funding and refunding indebtedness.Repealed by S.L. 1981, ch. 277,