(a) In the event that the authority shall default in the payment of principal of or interest and premium, if any, on bonds or notes similarly secured after the same shall become due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and such default shall continue for a period of thirty (30) days, or in the event that the authority shall fail or refuse to comply with this chapter, or shall default in any agreement made with the holders of bonds or notes similarly secured, the holders of twenty-five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of such bonds and notes then outstanding, by instrument or instruments filed in the office of the comptroller of the treasury and approved or acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, may appoint a trustee to represent the holders of such notes or bonds for the purposes herein provided in this section.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 4-31-106

  • Authority: means the Tennessee local development authority, a public agency and instrumentality of the state, created by this chapter, or if such authority shall be abolished, the board, body, commission or agency succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to which the powers and duties granted or imposed upon the authority shall be given by law. See Tennessee Code 4-31-102
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Such trustee may, and upon written request of the holders of twenty-five percent (25%) in principal amount of such bonds and notes then outstanding shall, in such trustee’s own name:

(1) By suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction, enforce all rights of the bondholders or noteholders, including the right to require the authority to collect the moneys payable to it and to require the authority to carry out any other agreements with the holders of such bonds or notes and to perform its duties under this chapter;
(2) Bring suit upon such bonds or notes;
(3) By action or suit, require the authority to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust for the holders of such bonds and notes;
(4) By action or suit, enjoin any acts or things that may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of such bonds or notes; and
(5) Declare all such bonds or notes due and payable and, if all defaults shall be made good, then, with the consent of the holders of the twenty-five percent (25%) of the principal amount of such bonds or notes then outstanding, to annul such declaration and its consequences.
(c) Such trustee shall, in addition to the foregoing, have and possess all of the powers necessary or appropriate for the exercise of any functions specially set forth herein or incident to the general representation of bondholders or noteholders in the enforcement and protection of their rights.
(d) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, the authority may provide in resolution or resolutions authorizing such bonds and notes for the limitation or abrogation of the rights of a trustee if the particular default shall have been remedied or cured or proper action is diligently being pursued by the authority, to remedy or cure default.
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