When any authority shall have paid or provided for the payment of the principal of and the interest on all bonds secured by a pledge of any of the revenues of a project, it may (subject to any agreements concerning the operation or disposition of such project) grant and convey such project to the municipality or municipalities composing the authority. When any authority shall have paid or made provisions for the payment of the principal of and the interest on all bonds issued by it and settled all other claims against it, it may terminate its existence. A certificate, requesting the termination of the existence of the authority, signed by the proper officers of the authority and stating that the principal of and the interest on all bonds issued by it have been paid or that provisions for such payment have been made and that all claims against the authority have been settled shall be filed with the Secretary of State. If the certificate is approved by the municipality or municipalities composing the authority by ordinance or resolution, the Secretary of State shall note the termination of existence on the records of the Secretary of State and issue its certificate of approval to the board and thereupon the authority shall cease to exist.

16 Del. C. 1953, § ?1420; 49 Del. Laws, c. 417.;

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1420

  • Authority: means a body politic and corporate created pursuant to this chapter or, if such body politic and corporate shall be abolished, the board, body or commission succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to which the powers given by this chapter to such body politic and corporate shall be given by law. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1401
  • Board: means the governing body of an authority. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1401
  • Bonds: means and includes notes, bonds and other evidences of indebtedness or obligations which each authority is authorized to issue pursuant to § 1408 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1401
  • Municipality: means any county, city, town, village, sanitary district or other political subdivision of this State. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1401
  • Project: means any water system, sewer system and any combination or part or parts thereof owned, constructed or operated by an authority under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1401
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services or such persons as may be designated by the Secretary. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
  • 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