Optional Provisions of Ordinance

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Sec. 5. An ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under this chapter or trust indenture under which the bonds are issued may contain the following provisions:

(1) Pledging revenues of the county to secure the payment of the bonds, subject to section 6 of this chapter and existing agreements with bondholders.

(2) Setting aside reserves or sinking funds and the regulation and disposition of these funds.

(3) Limitations on the purposes to which the proceeds from the sale of bonds may be applied.

(4) Limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured, and the refunding of outstanding or other bonds.

(5) The procedure, if any, by which the terms of a contract with bondholders may be amended or abrogated and the manner in which the consent to the amendment or abrogation may be given.

(6) Vesting in a trustee property, rights, powers, and trust as the county fiscal body determines, and limiting or abrogating the right of the bondholders to appoint a trustee or to limit the rights, powers, and duties of the trustee.

(7) Defining acts or omissions that will constitute a default and the obligations or duties of the county fiscal body to the bondholders and providing for the rights and remedies of the bondholders in the event of default. However, the rights and remedies must not be inconsistent with this chapter or other laws of this state.

(8) A covenant that the fiscal body will not repeal or adversely modify the taxes or sources of revenue that are pledged to secure the payment of the bonds.

(9) Any other matter that affects the security or protection of the bondholders.

As added by P.L.113-1989, SEC.9.


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