§9039.22. Bonds of the district

A. The district is hereby authorized and empowered to issue and sell from time to time bonds, notes, renewal notes, refunding bonds, interim certificates, certificates of indebtedness, certificates of participation, debentures, warrants, commercial paper, or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness to provide funds for and to fulfill and achieve its public purpose or corporate purposes, as set forth in this Chapter, including but not limited to the payment of all or a portion of the costs of a project, to provide amounts necessary for any corporate purposes, including incidental expenses in connection with the issuance of the obligations, the payment of principal and interest on the obligations of the district, the establishment of reserves to secure such obligations, and all other purposes and expenditures of the district incident to and necessary or convenient to carry out its public functions or corporate purposes, and any credit enhancement for said obligations.

B. Except as may otherwise be provided by the district, all obligations issued by the district shall be negotiable instruments and payable solely from the levy of any special assessment by the district or from any other sources whatsoever, that may be available to the district but shall not be secured by the full faith and credit of the state or the parish or municipality which created the district.

C. Obligations shall be authorized, issued, and sold by a resolution or resolutions of the district adopted as provided in this Chapter. Such bonds or obligations may be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, including variable, adjustable, or zero interest rates, be payable at such time or times, be in such denominations, be sold at such price or prices, at public or private negotiated sale, after advertisement as is provided for in R.S. 39:1421 et seq., be in such form, carry such registration and exchangeability privileges, be payable at such place or places, be subject to such terms of redemption, and be entitled to such priorities on the income, revenue, and receipts of, or available to, the district as may be provided by the district in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance and sale of the bonds or obligations of the district.

D. The obligations of the district shall be signed by such supervisors or officers of the district by either manual or facsimile signatures, as shall be determined by resolution or resolutions of the district, and shall have impressed or imprinted thereon the seal of the district, or a facsimile thereof.

E. Any obligations of the district may be validly issued, sold, and delivered, notwithstanding that one or more of the supervisors or officers of the district signing such obligations, or whose facsimile signature or signatures may be on the obligations, shall have ceased to be such supervisor or officer of the district at the time such obligations shall actually have been delivered.

F. Obligations of the district may be sold in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the district to be most beneficial, subject to approval of the State Bond Commission, and the district may pay all expenses, premiums, fees, or commissions, which it may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the issuance and sale thereof, subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

G. The district may authorize the establishment of a fund or funds for the creation of a debt service reserve, a renewal and replacement reserve, or such other funds or reserves as the district may approve with respect to the financing and operation of any project and as may be authorized by any bond resolution, trust agreement, indenture of trust or similar instrument or agreement pursuant to the provisions of which the issuance of bonds or other obligations of the district may be authorized.

H. Any cost, obligation, or expense incurred for any of the purposes specified in this Chapter shall be a part of the project costs and may be paid or reimbursed as such out of the proceeds of bonds or other obligations issued by the district.

I. For a period of thirty days from the date of publication of the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds hereunder, any persons in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of the resolution and the legality of the bond issue for any cause after which time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the legality of said resolution or of the bonds authorized thereby for any cause whatsoever. If no suit, action, or proceeding is begun contesting the validity of the bond issue within the thirty days herein prescribed, the authority to issue the bonds and to provide for the payment thereof, and the legality thereof and all of the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.

J. Neither the supervisors of the board nor any person executing the bonds shall be personally liable for the bonds or be subject to any personal liability by reason of the issuance thereof. No earnings or assets of the district shall accrue to the benefit of any private persons. However, the limitation of liability provided for in this Subsection shall not apply to any gross negligence or criminal negligence on the part of any director or person executing the bonds.

K. The district may avail itself of the provisions of R.S. 13:5121 et seq.

L. This Chapter constitutes full and complete authority for the issuance of bonds and the exercise of the powers of the district provided herein. No procedures or proceedings, publications, notices, consents, approvals, orders, acts, or things by the board, or any board, officers, commission, department, agency, or instrumentality of the district, other than those required by this Chapter, shall be required to perform anything under this Chapter, except that the issuance or sale of bonds pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall comply with the general law requirements applicable to the issuance or sale of bonds by the district. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to authorize the district to utilize bond proceeds to fund the ongoing operations of the district.

Acts 2001, No. 992, §1.