Montana § 80-12-302 - Provisions Of Bond Resolutions Or Trust Indentures

§ 80-12-302. Provisions Of Bond Resolutions Or Trust Indentures

Provisions of bond resolutions or trust indentures. A resolution or trust indenture authorizing any bonds or any issue thereof may contain provisions, which shall be a part of the contract or contracts with the holders thereof, as to: (1) pledging all or any part of the revenues or the property of the authority to secure the payment of the bonds or any issue thereof, subject to existing agreements with bondholders; (2) pledging all or any part of the assets of the authority, including mortgages and obligations securing them, to secure the payment of the bonds; (3) specifying the use and disposition of the gross income from mortgages owned by the authority and payment of principal of mortgages owned by the authority; (4) the setting aside of reserves or sinking funds in the hands of trustees, paying agents, or other depositories and the regulation and disposition of the reserves; (5) limiting the purpose to which the proceeds of the sale of the bonds may be applied and the pledge of the proceeds to secure the payment of the bonds or of any issue thereof; (6) limiting the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured, and the refunding of outstanding bonds; (7) specifying 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; (8) limiting the amount of money to be expended by the authority for its operating expenses; (9) vesting in a trustee, as the authority determines, property, rights, powers, and duties in trust; (10) defining the acts or failures to act that will constitute a default in the obligations and duties of the authority to the bondholders and providing for the rights and remedies, consistent with the laws of the state and the provisions of this chapter, of the bondholders if a default occurs, including as a matter of right the appointment of a receiver; and (11) specifying any other matters that in any way affect the security or protection of the bondholders.