1. Form; terms; manner of sale. All evidences of indebtedness issued in connection with the financing transactions pursuant to this chapter may be in serial form; may bear such date or dates; may mature at such time or times, and in such amount or amounts; may bear interest at such rate or rates, including variable or adjustable; may be payable in such form and at such time or times and at such place or places; and may include such redemption and conversion privileges as those votes may provide. All evidences of indebtedness must be issued and sold under such terms and conditions as the trustees determine. The votes must provide that the treasurer manually sign evidences of indebtedness and other related financing documents and the votes may provide for counter-signature of those evidences of indebtedness and related documents by another officer, either manually or in facsimile form. All such evidences of indebtedness are deemed to be negotiable instruments under Title 11, Article 8?A.

[RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. A, §45 (COR).]

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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10955

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Evidences of indebtedness: means any notes, long-term or short-term, or other evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10951
  • Financing documents: means any evidences of indebtedness, loan agreements, credit agreements, financing leases, lease-purchase agreements, trust agreements, indentures, resolutions, mortgages, security agreements, pledge agreements or other contracts, agreements or documents executed and delivered by the university in connection with a financing transaction under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10951
  • Majority: when used in reference to age shall mean the age of 18 and over. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Municipality: includes cities, towns and plantations, except that "municipality" does not include plantations in Title 10, chapter 110, subchapter IV; or Title 30?A, Part 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Project: includes all real and personal property, lands, improvements, driveways, roads, approaches, pedestrian access roads, parking lots, parking facilities, rights-of-way, utilities, easements and other interests in land, machinery and equipment, and all appurtenances and facilities either on, above or under the ground that are used or usable in connection with any of the structures mentioned in this subsection. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10951
  • State: means the State of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10951
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • University: means the body politic and corporate, established by Private and Special Law 1865, chapter 532, under the name of the "Trustees of the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts" its name having been changed to the "University of Maine" by Private and Special Law 1897, chapter 551, and which is an instrumentality and agency of the State for the purpose for which it was established and for which it has been managed and maintained under Private and Special Law 1865, chapter 532, and supplementary legislation relating thereto, including section 10903; Private and Special Law 1967, chapter 229; Private and Special Law 1969, chapter 238; and Public Law 1985, chapter 779. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10951
2. Presumption of lawful authorization. After issuance, all evidences of indebtedness of the university shall be conclusively presumed to be fully and duly authorized and issued under the laws of the State, and any person or governmental unit shall be stopped from questioning their authorization, sale, issuance, execution or delivery by the university.

[PL 1987, c. 735, §14 (NEW).]

3. Voting power. The power to fix the date of sale or issuance of any evidences of indebtedness, receive bids or proposals, award and sell any evidences of indebtedness, set the terms and provisions of any evidences of indebtedness and take all other action necessary to borrow money under this chapter and sell and deliver any evidences of indebtedness in connection with this chapter may be delegated to any officer, official or trustee of the university by a majority vote of the trustees.

[RR 2009, c. 2, §44 (COR).]

4. No state debt. Money borrowed pursuant to this chapter and evidences of indebtedness issued in connection with this chapter shall not constitute any debt or liability of the State or of any municipality or any political subdivision of the State, but shall be payable solely from the revenues of the university or any project for which they are issued, and all such evidences of indebtedness shall contain on their face a statement to that effect. The borrowing of money pursuant to this chapter and the issuance of evidence of indebtedness under this chapter shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the State or any municipality or political subdivision to levy or to pledge any form of taxation or to make any appropriation for their payment and such evidences of indebtedness shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction.

[PL 1987, c. 735, §14 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1987, c. 735, §14 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 502, §A57 (AMD). RR 2009, c. 2, §44 (COR). RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. A, §45 (COR).