2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 74. State Government
§74-5063.12. Term of bonds - Direct or private placement sale - Notice of sale - Bids and bidding.
The bonds shall have such terms and may be issued in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority Act, Section 5062.1 et seq. of this title, except that the bonds shall mature no later than twenty-five (25) years after the date of such bonds and shall be sold in one or a combination of the following methods:
1. By direct or private placement sale, provided bids are solicited from a register of no less than five (5) institutions maintained by the Authority, including entities of the State of Oklahoma having the legal ability to invest in general obligations of the State of Oklahoma. The Authority shall award the sale, if any, to the bidder offering to purchase the bonds at a price which results in the lowest net interest cost to the state as determined by computing the total interest cost from date to maturity, and deducting therefrom any premium bid and adding thereto the amount of any discount bid; or
2. By public sale on sealed bids, after notice published by the chairman of the board of directors of the Authority for at least one insertion not less than ten (10) days before the date of sale in a newspaper of general circulation in this state and in a financial newspaper or journal published in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York. The Authority shall award the sale, if any, to the bidder offering to purchase the bonds at a price which results in the lowest net interest cost to the state as determined by computing the total interest cost from date to maturity, and deducting therefrom any premium bid and adding thereto the amount of any discount bid. The Authority shall reserve the right to reject all bids. The notice shall contain such other terms and provisions as the Authority determines to be desirable.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 222, § 82, operative July 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 374, § 12, emerg. eff. June 6, 1989.
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