Minnesota Statutes 462A.105 – Interest Rate Exchanges
The agency may enter into an agreement with a third party for an exchange of interest rates under this section. With respect to bonds or notes outstanding or proposed to be issued bearing interest at a variable rate, the agency may agree to pay sums equal to interest at a fixed rate or at a different variable rate determined in accordance with a formula set out in the agreement on an amount not exceeding the outstanding principal amount of the bonds or notes at the time of payment, in exchange for an agreement by the third party to pay sums equal to interest on a like amount at a variable rate determined according to a formula set out in the agreement. With respect to bonds or notes outstanding or proposed to be issued bearing interest at a fixed rate or rates, the agency may agree to pay sums equal to interest at a variable rate determined according to a formula set out in the agreement on an amount not exceeding the outstanding principal amount of the bonds or notes at the time of payment in exchange for an agreement by the third party to pay sums equal to interest on a like amount at a fixed rate or rates set out in the agreement. Subject to any applicable covenants of the agency, payments required to be made by the agency under the swap agreement, including termination payments, may be made from amounts pledged or available to pay debt service on the bonds or notes with respect to which the swap agreement was made or from any other available source of the agency. The agency may issue bonds or notes to provide for any payment, including a termination payment, due or to become due under a swap agreement.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 462A.105
- Fixed Rate: Having a "fixed" rate means that the APR doesn't change based on fluctuations of some external rate (such as the "Prime Rate"). In other words, a fixed rate is a rate that is not a variable rate. A fixed APR can change over time, in several circumstances:
- You are late making a payment or commit some other default, triggering an increase to a penalty rate
- The bank changes the terms of your account and you do not reject the change.
- The rate expires (if the rate was fixed for only a certain period of time).
- Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.