(1) As used in this section:

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(a) ‘Credit enhancement agreement’ means any agreement or contractual relationship between the Willamette Falls Locks Authority and any bank, trust company, insurance company, surety bonding company, pension fund or other financial institution providing additional credit on or security for a financing agreement or certificates of participation.

(b) ‘Financing agreement’ means a lease-purchase agreement, an installment sale agreement, a loan agreement, note agreement, short-term promissory notes, commercial papers, lines of credit or similar obligations or any other agreement to finance real or personal property that is or will be owned and operated by the authority, or to refinance previously executed financing agreements.

(c) ‘Personal property’ means tangible personal property, software and fixtures.

(d) ‘Property rights’ means, with respect to personal property, the rights of a secured party under ORS Chapter 79 and, with respect to real property, the rights of a trustee or lender.

(e) ‘Software’ means software and training and maintenance contracts related to the operation of computing equipment.

(2) The Willamette Falls Locks Authority may enter into financing agreements in accordance with this section, upon such terms as the authority determines to be necessary or desirable. Amounts payable by the authority under a financing agreement are limited to funds specifically pledged, budgeted for or otherwise made available by the authority. If there are insufficient available funds to pay amounts due under a financing agreement, the lender may exercise any property rights that the authority has granted to the lender in the financing agreement against the property that was purchased with the proceeds of the financing agreement, and may apply the amounts so received toward payments scheduled to be made by the authority under the financing agreement.

(3) The authority may:

(a) Enter into agreements with third parties to hold financing agreement proceeds, payments and reserves as security for lenders, and to issue certificates of participation in the right to receive payments due from the authority under a financing agreement. Amounts held pursuant to this paragraph shall be invested at the direction of the authority. Interest earned on any investments held as security for a financing agreement may, at the option of the authority, be credited to the accounts held by the third party and applied in payment of sums due under a financing agreement.

(b) Enter into credit enhancement agreements for financing agreements or certificates of participation, provided that the credit enhancement agreements must be payable solely from funds specifically pledged, budgeted for or otherwise made available by the authority and amounts received from the exercise of property rights granted under the financing agreements.

(c) Use financing agreements to finance the costs of acquiring or refinancing real or personal property, plus the costs of reserves, credit enhancements and costs associated with obtaining the financing.

(d) Grant leases of real property with a trustee or lender.

(e) Grant security interests in personal property to trustees or lenders.

(f) Make pledges for the benefit of trustees and lenders.

(g) Purchase fire, liability, flood and extended insurance coverage or other casualty insurance for property that is acquired, transferred or refinanced with proceeds of a financing agreement, assign the proceeds thereof to a lender or trustee to the extent of their interest, and covenant to maintain the insurance while the financing agreement is unpaid, so long as available funds are sufficient to purchase such insurance.

(4) A lease or financing agreement under this section does not cause otherwise exempt property to be subject to property taxation. A lease or financing agreement is disregarded in determining whether property is exempt from taxation under ORS Chapter 307. [2021 c.229 § 9]

See note under 196.200.