64-1-1208 - Bond issuance [Enactment contingent on county approval; see the Compiler's notes]. - Tennessee Statutes

64-1-1208. Bond issuance [Enactment contingent on county approval; see the Compiler's notes].

(a)  The authority shall have the power to issue bonds from time to time to finance the construction, purchase, acquisition, extension, improvements and equipping of one (1) or more systems. All bonds issued shall be payable solely out of the revenues and receipts derived from the system for which such bonds are issued or as may be designated in the proceedings under which the bonds shall be authorized to be issued. Such bonds may be issued in one (1) or more series, may be executed and delivered at any time and from time to time, may be in such form and denomination and of such terms and maturities, may be subject to redemption prior to maturity either with or without premium, may be in fully registered form, may bear such conversion privileges and be payable in such installments and at such time or times not exceeding forty (40) years from the date thereof, may be payable at such place or places whether within or without the state, may bear interest at such rate or rates payable at such time or times and at such place or places and evidenced in such manner, and may contain such provisions not inconsistent herewith, all as shall be provided in the proceedings where under the bonds shall be authorized to be issued.

(b)  Bonds may be sold at public or private sale for such price and in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the board of directors to be most advantageous, and the authority may pay any and all expenses, premiums, and commission that its board of directors may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the issuance thereof.

(c)  All bonds and the interest applicable thereto are hereby made and shall be construed to be negotiable instruments.

(d)  Interim certificates or notes or other temporary obligations pending the issuance of revenue bonds shall be payable out of proceeds of bonds or other funds of the authority available for such purpose.

(e)  Proceeds of bonds may be used for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, reconstructing, improving, equipping, furnishing, bettering, or extending a system, including the payment of interest on the bonds during construction of any project for which bonds are issued and for two (2) years after the estimated date of completion, the payment of engineering, fiscal, architectural, bond insurance, and legal expenses incurred in connection therewith and the issuance of bonds, and the establishment of a reasonable reserve fund for the payment of principal of and interest on such bonds if a deficiency occurs in the revenues and receipts available for such payment.

[Acts 2001, ch. 223, § 9.]