Idaho § 50-2909 - Issuance of bonds - Bond provisions

§ 50-2909. Issuance of bonds - Bond provisions

(1) If the local governing body of an authorized municipality has enacted an ordinance adopting a revenue allocation financing provision as part of an urban renewal plan, the urban renewal agency established by such municipality is hereby authorized and empowered:

(a) To apply the revenues allocated to it pursuant to section 50-2908 , Idaho Code, for payment of the projected costs of any urban renewal project located in the revenue allocation area;

(b) To borrow money, incur indebtedness and issue one (1) or more series of bonds to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, the urban renewal projects authorized pursuant to such plan within the limits established by paragraph (c) of this subsection; and

(c) To pledge irrevocably to the payment of principal of and interest on such moneys borrowed, indebtedness incurred or bonds issued by the agency the revenues allocated to it pursuant to section 50-2908 , Idaho Code.

All bonds issued under this section shall be issued in accordance with section 50-2012 , Idaho Code, except that such bonds shall be payable solely from the special fund or funds established pursuant to section 50-2908 , Idaho Code. On and after July 1, 2011, bonds may be issued for a maximum period of twenty (20) years.

(2) The agency shall be obligated and bound to pay such borrowed moneys, indebtedness, and bonds as the same shall become due, but only to the extent that the moneys are available in a special fund or funds established under section 50-2908 , Idaho Code; and the agency is authorized to maintain an adequate reserve therefor from any moneys deposited in such a special fund or funds.

(3) Nothing in this chapter shall in any way impair any powers an urban renewal agency may have under subsection (a) of section 50-2012 , Idaho Code.

(4) When the revenue allocation area plan budget described in section 50-2903 (5), Idaho Code, estimates that all financial obligations have been provided for, the principal of and interest on such moneys, indebtedness and bonds have been paid in full, or when deposits in the special fund or funds created under this chapter are sufficient to pay such principal and interest as they come due, and to fund reserves, if any, or any other obligations of the agency funded through revenue allocation proceeds shall be satisfied and the agency has determined no additional project costs need be funded through revenue allocation financing, the allocation of revenues under section 50-2908 , Idaho Code, shall thereupon cease; any moneys in such fund or funds in excess of the amount necessary to pay such principal and interest shall be distributed to the affected taxing districts in which the revenue allocation area is located in the same manner and proportion as the most recent distribution to the affected taxing districts of the taxes on the taxable property located within the revenue allocation area; and the powers granted to the urban renewal agency under section 50-2909 , Idaho Code, shall thereupon terminate.

[50-2909, added 1988, ch. 210, sec. 9, p. 399; am. 2002, ch. 143, sec. 5, p. 401; am. 2011, ch. 317, sec. 9, p. 924.]