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99.670 Bond issue -- Agency powers.
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An agency shall have power to issue bonds from time to time at its discretion
for any of its corporate purposes under KRS 99.610 to 99.680. An agency shall
also have power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring
bonds previously issued by it. An agency may issue bonds on which the
principal and interest are payable:
(a) Exclusively from the income and revenues, including the increment of tax
revenues as allowed by law, of the project or projects financed from the
proceeds of such bonds; or
(b) Exclusively from such income and revenues together with grants and
contributions from the federal, state, city, or urban-county government, or
other sources. Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a
mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien or encumbrance on the property,
including pledges of tax increments as allowed by law in the project or
projects financed from the proceeds of such bonds.
Neither the members of the board of commissioners of an agency nor any
person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason
of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of an agency shall so
state on their face that such bonds and obligations issued under this section
shall not be a debt of the city, the county, the state, or any political subdivision
thereof within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or
restriction and neither the city, the county, the state, nor any political
subdivision thereof shall be liable thereon, nor, in any event, shall such bonds
or obligations be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of
said agency, except as provided by contract.
Bonds of an agency shall be authorized by resolution of its board of
commissioners. Such bonds may be issued in one (1) or more series, each of
which may be separately secured, and shall bear such date or dates, mature at
such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denomination
or denominations, be in such form either coupon or registered, carry such
conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in
such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places,
and be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, as such
resolution, its trust indenture or mortgage may provide.
The bonds may be sold at less than par, and shall be sold at public sale held
after notice has been given by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424,
except as follows:
(a) Bonds may be sold at private sale without advertisement to the federal,
state or urban-county governments, or to an agency of any such
governments;
(b) Payment for any portion of a project area may be made in bonds,
provided, however, that:
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Any such transaction shall be approved by the price advisory
council before its consummation;
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Such exchange is valid and legal pursuant to regulations of the
Internal Revenue Service.
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The bonds may be sold with provision that they bear no interest, or only
nominal interest, for a period of years, after which they may bear greater
interest; and provision may be made for the capitalization of interest for periods
not in excess of five (5) years. More than one (1) project may be established
within the same project area, and each such project may be financed with a
different issue or bonds with differing security. Each of said bond issues may
be designed to meet standards required under federal statutes or regulations
pertaining to the issuance of tax-exempt bonds; provided, however, that
nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit the issuance of any series of bonds,
the interest on which may not be exempt from federal income tax.
In case any of the members or officers of the agency whose signatures appear
on any bonds, coupons, notes, or other obligations shall cease to be such
members or officers before the delivery of such bonds, coupons, notes, or
other obligations, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for
all purposes, the same as if they had remained in office until such delivery. Any
provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds, coupons,
notes, or other obligations issued pursuant to KRS 99.610 to 99.680 shall be
fully negotiable except as limited by their terms.
In any suit, action, or proceedings involving the validity or enforceability of any
bonds of an agency or the security therefor, any such bonds reciting in
substance that they have been issued by the agency to aid in financing a
project shall be conclusively deemed to have been issued for a project and
said project shall be conclusively deemed to have been planned, approved,
located, and carried out in accordance with the purposes and provisions of
KRS 99.610 to 99.680.
In connection with the issuance of bonds, an agency, in addition to its other
powers, shall have power:
(a) To pledge all or any part of its gross or net revenue to which its right then
exists or may thereafter come into existence;
(b) To encumber, by mortgage, deed of trust, or otherwise, all or any part of
its real or personal property in the project;
(c) To covenant against pledging all or any part of its revenues, or against
encumbering all or any part of its real or personal property, to which its
right or title then exists or may thereafter come into existence or against
permitting or suffering any lien on such revenues or property; to covenant
with respect to its sale, leasing, or other disposition of any project or any
part thereof; and to covenant as to what other, or additional debts or
obligations may be incurred by it;
(d) To covenant as to the bonds to be issued and as to the issuance of such
bonds in escrow or otherwise, and as to the use and disposition of the
proceeds thereof; to provide for the replacement of lost, destroyed, or
mutilated bonds, to covenant against extending the time for the payment
of its bonds or interest thereon; and to redeem the bonds, and to
covenant for their redemption and to provide the terms and conditions
thereof;
(e) To covenant as to the amounts to be charged in the sale or lease of
properties in a project or projects, the amount to be raised from revenue
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each year or other period of time and as to the use and disposition to be
made thereof; to create or to authorize the creation of special funds for
moneys held for development or other costs, debt service, reserves, or
other purposes, and to covenant as to the use and disposition of the
money held in such funds;
(f) To prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract
with bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds
the holders of which must consent thereto and the manner in which such
consent may be given;
(g) To covenant as to the use of any or all of its real or personal property;
and to covenant as to the maintenance of its real and personal property,
the replacement thereof, the insurance to be carried thereon, and the use
and disposition of insurance moneys;
(h) To covenant as to the rights, liabilities, powers, and duties arising upon
the breach of any covenant, condition, or obligation; and to covenant and
prescribe as to events of default and terms and conditions upon which
any or all of its bonds or obligations shall become or may be declared due
before maturity, and as to the terms and conditions upon which such
declaration and its consequences may be waived;
(i) To vest in a trustee or trustees or the holders of bonds or any proportion
of them the right to enforce the payment of the bonds or trustees the right,
in the event of a default by said agency, to take possession of any project
or part thereof, and to collect the rents and revenues arising therefrom, or
due the agency in connection therewith, and to dispose of such moneys in
accordance with the agreement of the agency with said trustee; to provide
for the powers and duties of a trustee or trustees and to limit the liabilities
thereof; and to provide the terms and conditions upon which the trustee or
trustees or the holders of bonds or any proportion of them may enforce
any covenant or rights securing or relating to the bonds;
(j) To exercise all or any part or combination of the powers herein granted;
to make covenants other than and in addition to the covenants herein
expressly authorized of like or different character; to make such
covenants and to do any and all such acts and things as may be
necessary or convenient or desirable in order to secure its bonds, or, in
the discretion of said agency, except as otherwise provided in KRS
99.610 to 99.680, as will tend to make the bonds more marketable
notwithstanding that such covenants, acts, or things may not be
enumerated herein.
The bonds, notes, and other obligations of an agency are declared to be
issued for an essential public and governmental purpose, and together with
interest thereon and income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxes.
Effective:June 21, 1974
History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 131, sec. 13.
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