§844.52. Bonding authority

A. The local governing authority may by resolution determine to issue one or more bonds to finance the capital costs for facilities necessary to provide to subscribers one or more covered services.

B. The resolution shall:

(1) Describe the purpose for which the indebtedness is to be created.

(2) Specify the dollar amount of the one or more bonds proposed to be issued.

C.(1) A bond issued under this Section shall be secured and paid for solely from the revenues generated by the local government from providing the covered services.

(2) A local government may not pay the origination, financing, or other carrying costs associated with the one or more bonds issued under this Section from the general funds or other enterprise funds of the local government. Nothing in this Section shall preclude a local government from using the general funds or other enterprise funds to advance funds for the feasibility study prescribed under R.S. 45:844.49 or for start-up costs for the proposed venture, provided that any such funds advanced are repaid by the enterprise fund established under R.S. 45:844.51 at interest rates and on terms and conditions available to private enterprises in the open market.

(3) Nothing in this Chapter shall preclude a local government that owns and operates electric, water, gas, sewer and other utilities from pledging the resources of such utilities to obtain the best available interest rates, terms and conditions for the bonds necessary to finance the facilities used to provide the proposed covered services.

(4) Nothing under this Section provides a local governing authority bonding authority in addition to that provided under existing state law.

Acts 2004, No. 736, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.