* § 1553. Bonds of the authority. 1. The authority shall have the\npower and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable\nbonds in conformity with applicable provisions of the uniform commercial\ncode for any purpose mentioned in section fifteen hundred forty-eight\nhereof, including the acquisition, construction, reconstruction and\nrepair of personal and real property of all kinds deemed by the board to\nbe necessary or desirable to carry out such purposes, as well as to pay\nsuch expenses as may be deemed by the board necessary or desirable to\nthe financing thereof and placing the project or projects in operation\nin the aggregate principal amount of not exceeding one million dollars\noutstanding at any one time. The authority shall have power from time to\ntime and whenever it deems refunding expedient, to refund any bonds by\nthe issuance of new bonds, whether the bonds to be refunded have or have\nnot matured, and may issue bonds partly to refund bonds then outstanding\nand partly for any other purpose hereinabove described. The refunding\nbonds may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded, with such cash\nadjustments as may be agreed, or may be sold and the proceeds applied to\nthe purchase or payment of the bonds to be refunded. In computing the\ntotal amount of bonds of the authority which may at any time be\noutstanding the amount of the outstanding bonds to be refunded from the\nproceeds of the sale of new bonds or by exchange for new bonds shall be\nexcluded. Except as may otherwise be expressly provided by the\nauthority, the bonds of every issue shall be general obligations of the\nauthority payable out of any moneys or revenues of the authority,\nsubject only to any agreements with the holders of particular bonds\npledging any particular moneys or revenues.\n 2. The bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the board and shall\nbear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding\nthirty years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or\nrates, not exceeding five per centum per annum payable annually or\nsemi-annually, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon\nor registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such\nmanner, be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at\nsuch place or places and be subject to such terms of redemption, as such\nresolution or resolutions may provide. The bonds may be sold at public\nor private sale for such price or prices as the authority shall\ndetermine, but which shall not at the time of sale yield more than five\nper centum per annum.\n 3. Any resolution or resolutions authorizing any bonds or any issue of\nbonds may contain provisions, which shall be a part of the contract with\nthe holders of the bonds thereby authorized, as to\n (a) pledging all or any part of the revenues of a project or projects\nto secure the payment of the bonds, subject to such agreements with\nbondholders as may then exist;\n (b) the rentals, fees and other charges to be charged, and the amounts\nto be raised in each year thereby, and the use and disposition of the\nrevenues;\n (c) the setting aside of reserves or sinking funds, and the regulation\nand disposition thereof;\n (d) limitations on the right of the authority to restrict and regulate\nthe use of a project;\n (e) limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds of sale of any\nissue of bonds then or thereafter to be issued may be applied and\npledging such proceeds to secure the payment of the bonds or of any\nissue of the bonds;\n (f) limitations on the issuance of additional bonds; the terms upon\nwhich additional bonds may be issued and secured; the refunding of\noutstanding or other bonds;\n (g) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with\nbondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders\nof which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may\nbe given;\n (h) limitations
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