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2018 Mississippi Code
Title 37 - Education
Chapter 101 - Institutions of Higher Learning; General Provisions
Issuance of Bonds for Construction and Improvement of Facilities
§ 37-101-91. Authority of board of trustees to borrow money for construction, repair, etc., of facilities; bond issue authorization; interest rates on bonds.
Universal Citation: MS Code § 37-101-91 (2018)
- The board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning is hereby authorized and empowered to contract with and borrow money from the United States of America, or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, as may be designated or created to make loans and grants, or from private lenders, at an overall rate of interest to maturity not to exceed that allowed in Section 75-17-103, for the purpose of acquiring land for, and erecting, repairing, remodeling, maintaining, adding to, extending, improving, equipping, or acquiring dormitories, dwellings, apartments, athletic stadium, gymnasiums, student union buildings, student service centers, athletic fields, swimming pools, parking facilities, cafeterias, dining halls, and/or other revenue producing facilities, to be located at or near the campuses of the University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, Mississippi State College for Women, Alcorn A. & M. College, University of Southern Mississippi, Delta State College, Jackson State College, Mississippi Valley State College, and Gulf Coast Research Laboratory.
- In agreements or commitments by or between the aforesaid board of trustees and private lenders and/or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to make loans or grants for the construction of dormitories in which bonds are to be issued under the provisions of Sections 37-101-91 through 37-101-103, and in which part or all of the principal and/or interest on said bonds is to be paid or guaranteed by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, said bonds shall bear a net interest rate not in excess of that allowed in Section 75-17-103.
- Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, bonds referred to hereinabove may be issued pursuant to the supplemental powers and authorizations conferred by the provisions of the Registered Bond Act, being Sections 31-21-1 through 31-21-7.
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