Financial Matters Generally

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Section
5-21-10

Prerequisites to creating debts or endorsing or guaranteeing notes and the like in cities over 45,000.

Section
5-21-20

Exceptions to 5-21-10.

Section
5-21-30

Municipal officers prohibited from contracting with municipality; exceptions.

Section
5-21-40

Officers required to account to municipality for interest collected on deposits.

Section
5-21-50

Towns over 200 required to publish financial statements.

Section
5-21-60

Prorating of municipal business license taxes on business establishments annexed into municipalities.

Section
5-21-110

Property subject to municipal taxes.

Section
5-21-120

Cities and towns authorized to collect taxes in installments.

Section
5-21-130

Unlawful for proceeds of tax specially levied to be applied for other purposes.

Section
5-21-140

Authority of municipalities to grant special property tax assessments to rehabilitated historic properties and low and moderate income rental properties.

Section
5-21-210

Short title.

Section
5-21-220

Definitions.

Section
5-21-230

Declaration of purpose.

Section
5-21-240

Municipal councils authorized to issue bonds; extent of issue.

Section
5-21-250

Petition for election on issuance.

Section
5-21-260

Notice of filing of petition.

Section
5-21-270

Action on petition.

Section
5-21-280

Time for holding election.

Section
5-21-290

Notice of the holding of the election.

Section
5-21-300

Qualified voters.

Section
5-21-310

Ballots.

Section
5-21-320

Declaration of result of election; effect when filed.

Section
5-21-330

Issuance of bonds as single issue or as several separate issues; time limit for issuance of bonds.

Section
5-21-340

Maturity of bonds.

Section
5-21-350

Redemption privilege.

Section
5-21-360

Negotiability; registration.

Section
5-21-370

Place of payment.

Section
5-21-380

Interest rate.

Section
5-21-390

Execution of bonds.

Section
5-21-400

Pledge of credit for payment and tax therefor; sinking fund.

Section
5-21-410

Additional pledge of utility revenues.

Section
5-21-420

Covenants permissible if revenues are pledged.

Section
5-21-430

Sale of bonds.

Section
5-21-440

Minimum sale price.

Section
5-21-450

Deposit and use of proceeds.

Section
5-21-460

Bonds are legal investments for fiduciaries and sinking funds commissions.

Section
5-21-470

Exemption from taxes.

Section
5-21-480

Use of bonds in payment of taxes.

Section
5-21-490

Bond holder's right to require levying of taxes and to enforce covenants.

Section
5-21-500

Diversion of and payment of funds; penalties.

Section
5-21-610

Short title.

Section
5-21-620

Definitions.

Section
5-21-630

Declaration of purpose.

Section
5-21-640

Issuance of paving bonds authorized after levy by municipality of assessments against real property for permanent improvements to streets and sidewalks; amount of bonds.

Section
5-21-650

Maturities of bonds.

Section
5-21-660

Redemption privilege.

Section
5-21-670

Denominations of bonds.

Section
5-21-680

Coupons, registrations and negotiability.

Section
5-21-690

Place of payment.

Section
5-21-700

Interest rates.

Section
5-21-710

Execution of bonds.

Section
5-21-720

Exemption from taxes.

Section
5-21-730

Sale of bonds.

Section
5-21-740

Minimum sale price.

Section
5-21-750

Deposit and use of proceeds.

Section
5-21-760

Bonds are legal investments for fiduciaries and sinking fund commissions.

Section
5-21-770

Use of bonds in payment of taxes.

Section
5-21-780

Credit pledged for payment; levy of taxes to pay.

Section
5-21-790

Use and pledge of assessments collected.

Section
5-21-800

Bond holder's right to require levying of taxes and to enforce covenants.