Tennessee Code 4-31-804 – Issuance of bonds – Limitations on bond amounts – Source of funds
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 4-31-804
- Association: means the Tennessee insurance guaranty association. See Tennessee Code 4-31-803
- 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
- Bond: means any bond authorized and issued pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 4-31-102
- Bonds: means all bonds, notes or other obligations issued by the authority under this part. See Tennessee Code 4-31-803
- claims: means a covered claim as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 4-31-803
- Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 4-31-102
The authority may issue bonds in an amount not to exceed the ability of the association to repay the bond indebtedness from assessments assessed pursuant to §§ 56-12-103(3) and 56-12-107(b)(3), with the proceeds of such bond issuance to fund a loan to the association in accordance with the provisions of the bond documents under which the bonds are issued, and the association shall expend such loan funds for the purpose of paying to claimants or policyholders covered claims, as such term is defined in § 4-31-803, arising through an insolvency. Any bonds issued by the authority under this section may all be payable from and secured by moneys received by or on behalf of the authority from assessments levied under § 56-12-107(b)(3), and assigned and pledged under § 56-12-107(b)(3), to or on behalf of the authority for the benefit of the holders of such bonds in connection with such assistance program. The funds, credit, property, and taxing power of the state shall not be pledged for the payment of such bonds.