Sec. 13. (a) Each authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance of bonds for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of a project.

(b) The principal of and the interest on such bond shall be payable solely out of the revenues of such authority derived from the project to which they relate.

(c) The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rate or rates, shall mature at such time or times not exceeding fifty (50) years from the date thereof, all as may be determined by the authority, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the authority, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the authority in the authorizing resolution.

(d) The authority shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of principal and interest which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the state.

(e) The bonds shall be signed in the name of the authority, by the president or vice president, or by the facsimile signature of such president or vice president, and the official seal of the authority, or facsimile thereof, shall be affixed thereto and attested by the secretary of the authority; and any coupons attached thereto shall bear the facsimile signature of the treasurer of the authority.

(f) In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature shall appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signature or such facsimile shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until such delivery.

(g) All bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall have and are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the law of the state of Indiana.

(h) The bonds may be issued in coupon or in registered form, or both, as the authority may determine; and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bonds as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest, and for the reconversion into coupon bonds of any bonds registered as to both principal and interest.

(i) The bonds may be sold in such manner, either at public or private sale as the authority may determine; and neither the provisions of IC 5-1-11 nor IC 21-32-3 shall be applicable to such sale.

(j) The proceeds of the bonds of each issue shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the project for which such bonds shall have been issued, and shall be disbursed in such manner and under such restrictions, if any, as the authority may provide in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or in the trust agreement mentioned in this chapter securing the same.

(k) If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue, by error of estimates or otherwise, shall be less than such cost, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of such deficit, and, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or in the trust agreement securing the same, shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the same fund without preference or priority of the bonds first issued.

(l) If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue shall exceed the cost of the project for which the same shall have been issued, the surplus shall be deposited to the credit of the sinking fund for such bonds.

(m) Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, an authority may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts or temporary bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds shall have been executed and are available for delivery.

(n) An authority may also provide for the replacement of any bonds which shall become mutilated or shall be destroyed or lost.

(o) Bonds may be issued under the provisions of this chapter without obtaining the consent of any officer, department, division, commission, board, bureau or agency of the state, and without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions or things which are specifically required by this chapter.

(p) An authority shall have power out of any funds available therefor to purchase its bonds.

(q) An authority may hold, pledge, cancel or resell such bonds, subject to and in accordance with agreements, if any, with bondholders.

(r) Neither the members of an authority nor any person executing the bonds or notes shall be liable personally on the bonds or notes or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.

Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.41, SEC.1; Acts 1972, P.L.10, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.11, SEC.14; P.L.2-2007, SEC.66.