Indiana § 36-7-29-14 - Form of bonds

§ 36-7-29-14. Form of bonds

Sec. 14. (a) All district bonds issued under this chapter may:

(1) be issued as serial or term bonds or as a combination of both;

(2) be executed and delivered by the district at any time and from time to time;

(3) bear the date or dates;

(4) bear the maximum interest rates, if fixed rates are used, or specify any manner in which the interest rate will be determined, if variable or adjustable rates are used;

(5) be redeemable before their stated maturities on the terms and conditions and at premiums as determined by the board;

(6) be issued in any denomination of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000);

(7) be in a form, either book entry or registered, or both;

(8) carry registration conversion privileges;

(9) be payable in a medium of payment and at a place or places, which may be at any one (1) or more banks or trust companies within or outside Indiana;

(10) provide for the replacement of mutilated, destroyed, stolen, or lost bonds;

(11) be authenticated in a manner and upon compliance with conditions;

(12) establish reserves from the proceeds of the sale of bonds or from other funds, or both, to secure the payment of the principal and interest on the district bonds issued under this chapter; and

(13) contain other terms and covenants;

as provided in the resolution of the board authorizing the district bonds.

(b) The district bonds issued under this chapter may mature at the time or times not to exceed forty (40) years.

(c) The district bonds issued under this chapter may bear either the impressed or facsimile seal of the district and shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signature of the chairperson of the board and attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the treasurer of the district, if one (1) of these signatures is manual. However, any signatures may be facsimiles if the bonds are to be manually authenticated by a fiduciary.

(d) The district bonds and the interest coupons appertaining to them, if any, issued under this chapter are valid and binding obligations of the district for all purposes in accordance with the terms of this chapter, notwithstanding that before delivery of the district bonds and any appertaining interest coupons, any of the persons whose signatures appear on the district bonds and any appertaining interest coupons have ceased to be officers of the district, as if the persons had continued to be officers of the district until after delivery.

(e) The district bonds issued under this chapter may be sold at public or private sale for the price or prices that may be provided in the resolution authorizing their issuance.

As added by P.L.44-1994, SEC.11.