Sec. 15. (a) For the purpose of raising money to pay for any real or personal property to be acquired for a project within the district or to pay for the purchasing, acquiring, erecting, installing, constructing, equipping, or upgrading of a facility within the district, and in anticipation of the special benefit tax, the board may cause bonds to be issued in the name of the consolidated city (in counties having a consolidated city) for the benefit of the district. In a county having a consolidated city, the bonds shall be issued in accordance with IC 36-3-5-8.

     (b) The bonds may be in an amount not to exceed the estimated cost of all real and personal property to be acquired and the estimated cost of the facilities, including all expenses necessarily incurred in connection with the proceedings, together with a sum sufficient to pay the costs of supervision and inspection during the period of construction and all costs of programming, planning, and designing the facilities. The expenses to be covered in the amount of the bond issue include all expenses of every kind actually incurred preliminary to the acquisition of property and the installation of the facilities, such as the cost of necessary records, engineering expenses, publication of notices, salaries, the letting of contracts, and the sale of bonds.

     (c) The bonds issued may not exceed the estimates for the project as determined in the resolution adopted by the board under section 12 of this chapter.

     (d) Any surplus of bond proceeds remaining after all costs and expenses have been fully paid shall be paid into the public communications systems and computer facilities district bond fund. The board may appropriate the proceeds of the bonds.

As added by P.L.82-1985, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.225-1986, SEC.6.