(a) Any bonds, notes or other indebtedness relative to the cost of a qualified public use facility shall not be issued for a term longer than thirty (30) years from the date it is reasonably anticipated that the facility will commence operation as a public use facility, and the municipality or public authority is authorized to pledge all proceeds or taxes received by it, pursuant to this chapter, to the payment of principal of and interest on such bonds, notes or other indebtedness.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-88-107

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Municipality: means any incorporated city or county located in the state of Tennessee, including a county with a metropolitan form of government. See Tennessee Code 7-88-103
  • Public authority: means any agency, authority or instrumentality created or authorized by any municipality or by two (2) or more municipalities acting jointly, including, but not limited to, any public building authority organized pursuant to the Public Building Authorities Act of 1971, compiled in title 12, chapter 10 or an industrial development corporation organized pursuant to chapter 53 of this title. See Tennessee Code 7-88-103
  • Qualified public use facility: includes :
    (i) Any building, complex, center, facility or any two (2) or more adjacent buildings, complexes, centers or facilities containing at least two hundred fifty thousand square feet (250,000 sq. See Tennessee Code 7-88-103
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Structured lease agreement: means a lease by a municipality of a qualified public use facility within a tourism development zone financed by bonds issued and outstanding in compliance with §. See Tennessee Code 7-88-103
(b) A municipality is authorized to enter into a structured lease agreement; provided, that the municipality complies with § 9-21-305(c) regarding guidelines, rules or regulations adopted or promulgated by the state funding board under § 9-21-130, treating the lease as if it were a revenue bond of the municipality and the comptroller determines compliance with the guidelines. However, if the municipality is additionally obligated to make the lease payments from legally available sources, subject to appropriation, other than revenues available under § 7-88-106(b) and revenues derived from the project, then the municipality, seven (7) days before the effective date of the structured lease agreement or the amendment to a lease making it a structured lease agreement, must provide notice generally available within the municipality, disclosing the purpose for the structured lease agreement, the additional sources, whether taxes or revenues, to be used for lease payments, and the maximum liability of the municipality.
(c) Any bonds, notes, or other indebtedness, including any refinancing or refunding, proposed to be issued under this part must be approved by the state funding board.
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