Indiana Code 5-28-26-18. Bonding to provide public facilities in global commerce center

Sec. 18. (a) A unit may issue bonds for the purpose of providing public facilities under this chapter.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-28-26-18

Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
district: means the Eastern Indiana Economic Development District. See Indiana Code 5-28-26-2
Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
public facilities: includes a street, a road, a bridge, a storm water or sanitary sewer, a sewage treatment facility, a facility designed to reduce, eliminate, or prevent the spread of identified soil or groundwater contamination, a drainage system, a retention basin, a pretreatment facility, a waterway, a waterline, a water storage facility, a rail line, an electric, gas, telephone or other communications line or any other type of utility line or pipeline, or another similar or related structure or improvement, together with necessary easements for the structure or improvement. See Indiana Code 5-28-26-7
unit: means a county, city, or town. See Indiana Code 5-28-26-10

(b) The bonds are payable from any funds available to the unit.

(d) The terms and form of the bonds shall be set out either in the resolution or in a form of trust indenture approved by the resolution.

(e) The bonds must mature within:

(1) fifty (50) years, for bonds issued before July 1, 2008; or

(2) twenty-five (25) years, for bonds issued after June 30, 2008.

(f) The unit shall sell the bonds at public or private sale upon terms determined by the district.

(g) All money received from any bonds issued under this chapter shall be applied solely to the payment of the cost of providing public facilities within a global commerce center, or the cost of refunding or refinancing outstanding bonds, for which the bonds are issued. The cost may include the cost of:

(1) planning and development of the public facilities and all related buildings, facilities, structures, and improvements;

(2) acquisition of a site and clearing and preparing the site for construction;

(3) equipment, facilities, structures, and improvements that are necessary or desirable to make the public facilities suitable for use and operation;

(4) architectural, engineering, consultant, and attorney‘s fees;

(5) incidental expenses in connection with the issuance and sale of bonds;

(6) reserves for principal and interest;

(7) interest during construction and for a period thereafter determined by the district, but not to exceed five (5) years;

(8) financial advisory fees;

(9) insurance during construction;

(10) municipal bond insurance, debt service reserve insurance, letters of credit, or other credit enhancement; and

(11) in the case of refunding or refinancing, payment of the principal of, redemption premiums, if any, for, and interest on, the bonds being refunded or refinanced.

(h) A unit that issues bonds under this section may enter an interlocal agreement with any other unit located in the area served by the district in which the global commerce center is designated. A party to an agreement under this section may pledge any of its revenues, including taxes or allocated taxes under IC 36-7-14, to the bonds or lease rental obligations of another party to the agreement.

As added by P.L.203-2005, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.146-2008, SEC.44.

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