Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 1922 – Borrowing in anticipation of taxes
School districts may borrow money in anticipation of local school taxes, as imposed by this chapter, to an amount not to exceed 25% of such annual taxes, which shall be pledged for the payment of such loan or loans, and issue revenue anticipation notes or certificates, executed in accordance with § 2111 of this title. Such revenue anticipation notes or certificates shall mature and be payable within 90 days of the date such money is borrowed. They shall be redeemable at a state or national bank designated by the school district. The faith and credit of the school district is pledged for the payment of the principal and interest of the revenue anticipation notes or certificates of indebtedness which shall be exempt from taxation for any purpose by this State. All expense incident to the advertising, preparing, issuing and delivering of the revenue anticipation notes or certificates, and principals and interest thereon shall be paid by the school district. No such borrowing shall constitute an increase of bonded debt within the meaning of § 2107 of this title.
14 Del. C. 1953, § ?1923; 56 Del. Laws, c. 66; 63 Del. Laws, c. 142, § ?32;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 1922
- District: means a reorganized school district and the school district of the City of Wilmington. See Delaware Code Title 14 Sec. 1901
- National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302