§600.94. Bonds of the corporation

A. The corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds from time to time, whether the interest thereon is subject to taxation under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as now enacted or subsequently amended or is exempt therefrom to provide funds for and to fulfill and achieve its authorized public functions or corporate purposes as set forth in this Chapter including but not limited to the following purposes:

(1) The purchase of insured mortgage loans from lending institutions.

(2) The making of secured loans to lending institutions.

(3) Construction of residential buildings.

(4) The purchase of residential loans previously made and secured by first mortgages and for the purchase of securities fully collateralized by first mortgages on residential housing.

(5) The purchase of "pre-packaged" residential first mortgage loans for investment or resale.

(6) The payment of interest on bonds of the corporation, the establishment of reserves to secure such bonds, the establishment of reserves with respect to the insurance of mortgage loans for residential housing.

(7) All other expenditures of the corporation incident to and necessary or convenient to carry out its public functions or corporate purposes.

B. Except as may otherwise be provided by the corporation, all bonds issued by the corporation shall be negotiable instruments and may be general obligations of the corporation, secured by the full faith and credit of the corporation and payable out of any money, assets, or revenues of the corporation or from any other sources whatsoever that may be available to the corporation.

C. The bonds of the corporation shall be solely the obligations of the corporation. In no event shall any bonds of the corporation constitute an obligation, either general or special, of the state or of any political subdivision of the state or constitute or give rise to a pecuniary liability of the state or of any political subdivision of the state, nor shall the corporation have the power to pledge the general credit or taxing power of the state or of any political subdivision of the state.

D. Bonds shall be authorized, issued, and sold by a resolution or resolutions of the corporation adopted as provided in this Chapter. Such bonds may be of such series, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, 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 through 1427, be in such form, either in coupon form, registered as to principal only or fully registered without coupons, 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 corporation as may be provided by the corporation in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance and sale of the bonds of the corporation.

E. The bonds of the corporation shall be signed by such directors or officers of the corporation, by either manual or facsimile signatures, as shall be determined by resolution or resolutions of the corporation, and shall have impressed or imprinted thereon the seal of the corporation, or a facsimile thereof. The coupons attached to coupon bonds of the corporation shall bear the facsimile signature of such director or officer of the corporation as shall be determined by resolution or resolutions of the corporation.

F. Any bonds of the corporation may be validly issued, sold, and delivered, notwithstanding that one or more of the directors or officers of the corporation signing such bonds, or whose facsimile signature or signatures may be on the bonds or on coupons shall have ceased to be such director or officer of the corporation at the time such bonds shall actually have been delivered.

G. Bonds of the corporation may be sold in such manner and from time to time as may be determined by the corporation to be most beneficial, and the corporation may pay all expenses, premiums, or commissions which it may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the issuance and sale thereof, subject to the provisions of this Chapter.

H. Bonds of the corporation may be issued under and subject to such terms, covenants, or conditions, consistent with this Chapter, as may be determined by resolution or resolutions of the corporation to be necessary or desirable, including but not limited to all of the following:

(1) The establishment of a trust indenture or indentures by and between the corporation and a corporate trustee, which may be any bank or trust company having the powers of a trust company, located within or without the state, that is acceptable to the corporation.

(a) Such trust indenture may provide for the pledging or assigning of any assets or income from assets to which or in which the corporation has any rights or interest, and may further provide for such other rights and remedies exercisable by the trustee as may be proper for the protection of the holders of the bonds of the corporation, and not otherwise in violation of law.

(b) Such agreement may provide for the restriction of the rights of any individual holder of bonds of the corporation.

(c) Such trust indenture may provide that all expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of such trust indenture may be treated as a part of the cost of operation of the corporation.

(d) The trust indenture may contain any further provisions which are reasonable to delineate further the respective rights, duties, safeguards, responsibilities, and liabilities of the corporation.

(2) The pledge or creation of a lien, to the extent provided by resolution or resolutions of the corporation, on all or any part of the money, assets, or revenues of the corporation or on any money or assets held by others for the benefit of the corporation to secure the payment of such bonds.

(3) Provisions for the custody, collection, securing, investment, and payment of any money of or due to the corporation.

(4) The creation or funding of reserves or sinking funds and the regulation or disposition thereof.

(5) Limitations on the purposes to which the proceeds of the sale of any issue of bonds then or thereafter to be issued may be applied.

(6) Limitations on the issuance of additional bonds and on the refunding of outstanding or other bonds.

(7) The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with the holders of bonds of the corporation may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given.

(8) The creation of special funds into which any money of the corporation may be deposited.

(9) The vesting in a trustee or trustees of such properties, rights, powers, and duties in trust as the corporation may by resolution determine.

(10) The definition of the acts or omissions which shall constitute a default in the obligations and duties of the corporation and providing for the rights and remedies of the holders of bonds of the corporation in the event of such default in accordance with the provisions of the Chapter and the general laws of the state.

(11) Any other matters of like or different character, which in any way affect the security and protection of the bonds and the rights of the holders thereof.

I. The corporation is hereby granted the total allocation for qualified mortgage bonds for state housing finance corporation issuers pursuant to the federal Mortgage Subsidy Bond Tax Act of 1980, 26 U.S.C. 103A. Any allocation made pursuant to this Act to issuers other than state housing finance corporation issues which have not been sold by September first of each year may be allocated, in whole or in part, by the governor of the state of Louisiana to the corporation.

Acts 2011, No. 408, §1, eff. July 5, 2011.