(1) The securities commissioner may issue a stop order denying effectiveness to, or suspending or revoking the effectiveness of, any application for registration, if the securities commissioner finds that the order is in the public interest and any one of the following grounds exists:
The application for registration as of its effective date, or as of any earlier date in thecase of an order denying effectiveness, or any amendment to such application as of its effective date contains any false or misleading statement in violation of section 11-59-112;
Any provision of this article or any rule, order, or condition imposed under this article has been violated in connection with this offering by the district, or its agents, servants, or employees, or any person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions, or any person directly or indirectly controlled by the district, or any underwriter;
The security registered or sought to be registered is the subject of a permanent ortemporary injunction of any court of competent jurisdiction entered under any other federal or state law applicable to the offering; or
The terms of the offering are substantially inconsistent with the standards, guidelines,and criteria the securities commissioner promulgates by rule to effectuate the purposes of this article, including, but not limited to:
Guidelines for amounts of capitalized interest in connection with the total bond proceeds of the district. In no case shall the use of capitalized interest for bond payments for more than three years be permitted.
Appraisal requirements for land in the district;
Procedures for the appointment of a trustee, if necessary, to represent the bondholders of a district;
Guidelines and criteria for indentures of trust and the contents thereof included inbonds of a district;
Procedures for the review of general obligation bonds for parity with other existingbonds of a district;
Standards for disclosure to bondholders in the official statement on the bonds of adistrict;
Guidelines and criteria for appropriate bidding, competitive arrangements, and contracts, in connection with the issuance of bonds of a district;
Standards for the review of bidding, competitive arrangements, and contracts forconflict of interest;
Standards for underwriter fees in connection with the issuance of the bonds; and
Requirements that adequate, prompt, and effective remedies be available to bondholders in the bond resolution in the event of default in the payment of bonds issued pursuant to an application for registration declared effective by the securities commissioner or in the event of failure of the district to abide by its covenants as contained in the bond resolution or ordinance or to abide by the rules promulgated by the securities commissioner under this article or any applicable law.
The securities commissioner may, by emergency order, summarily postpone or suspend the effectiveness of an application for registration pending final determination of any proceeding under this section.
No stop order shall be entered under this section, except under subsection (2) of thissection, without the provision to the district of an appropriate prior notice, an opportunity for a hearing, and written findings of fact and conclusions of law.
The securities commissioner may vacate or modify a stop order if the securities commissioner finds that the conditions which prompted its entry have changed or that it is otherwise in the public interest to do so.
Source: L. 91: Entire article added, p. 2413, § 1, effective January 1, 1992.