West Virginia Code § 16-13-22g

Covenants with bondholders
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Any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds hereunder, or any trust indenture with any
bank or trust company within or without the state, for the security of the bonds, may contain
covenants with the holders of such bonds as to:
(a) The purpose or purposes to which the proceeds of sale of such bonds, or the revenues
derived from the sewerage system or stormwater system, may be applied and the securing,
use and disposition thereof, including, if considered desirable, the appointment of a trustee
or depositary for any of such funds;
(b) The pledging of all or any part of the revenues derived from the ownership, operation or
control of such sewerage systems or stormwater system, including any part thereof
heretofore or hereafter constructed or acquired or derived from any other sources, to the
payment of the principal of or interest thereon of bonds issued hereunder and for such
reserve or other funds as may be considered necessary or desirable;
(c) The fixing, establishing and collecting of susch fees, rentals or other charges for the use of
the services and facilities of such sewerage system or stormwater system, including the
parts thereof heretofore or hereafter constiructed or acquired and the revision of same from
time to time, as will always provide grevenues at least sufficient to provide for all expenses of
operation, maintenance and repair of such sewerage system or stormwater system, the
payment of the principal of and interest on all bonds or other obligations payable from the
revenues of such sewerage system or stormwater system, and all reserve and other funds
required by the terms of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds;
(d) The transfer from the General Funds of the municipality to the account or accounts of
such sewerage system or stormwater system of an amount equal to the cost of furnishing the
municipality or any of its departments, boards or agencies with the services and facilities of
such sewerage system or stormwater system;
(e) Limitations or restrictions upon the issuance of additional bonds or other obligations
payable from the revenue of such sewerage system or stormwater system, and the rank or
priority, as to lien and source and security for payment from the revenues of the sewerage
system or stormwater system, between bonds payable from the revenues;
(f) The manner and terms upon which all bonds and other obligations issued hereunder may
be declared immediately due and payable upon the happening of a default in the payment of
the principal of or interest thereon, or in the performance of any covenant or agreement
with bondholders, and the manner and terms upon which defaults may be declared cured
and the acceleration of the maturity of such bonds rescinded and repealed;
(g) Budgets for the annual operation, maintenance and repair of such sewerage system or
stormwater system and restrictions and limitations upon expenditures for such purposes,
and the manner of adoption, modification, repeal or amendment thereof, including the
approval of such budgets by consulting engineers designated by holders of bonds issued
hereunder;
(h) The amounts of insurance to be maintained upon such sewerage system or stormwater
system, or any part thereof, and the use and disposition of the proceeds of any insurance;
(i) The keeping of books of account, relating to such undertakings and the audit and
inspection thereof, and the furnishing to the holders of bonds issued hereunder or their
representatives, reports prepared, certified, or approved by accountants designated or
approved by the holders of bonds issued hereunder;
(j) Such other additional covenants as shall be considered necessary or desirable for the
security of the holders of bonds issued hereunder, notwithstanding that other covenants are
not expressly enumerated hereunder, it being the intention hereof to grant to the
municipalities the power to make any and all covenantas or agreements necessary in order to
secure greater marketability for bonds issued hereunder as fully and to the same extent as
such covenants or agreements could be made by a lprivate corporation rendering similar
services and facilities and to grant such municsipalities full and complete power to enter into
any contracts, covenants or agreements with holder of bonds issued hereunder not
inconsistent with the Constitution of the State of West Virginia.

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