IN Code § 36-10-9-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 10. Recreation, Culture, and Community Facilities|Chapter 9. Marion County Capital Improvement Board|36-10-9-12. Revenue Bonds

Sec. 12. (a) A capital improvement may be financed in whole or in part by the issuance of bonds payable, to the extent stated in the resolution or trust agreement providing for the issuance of the bonds, solely from one (1) or more of the following sources:(1) Net income received from the operation of the capital improvement and not required to be deposited in the capital improvement bond fund under section 11 of this chapter.(2) Net income received from the operation of any other capital improvement or improvements and not required to be deposited in the capital improvement bond fund under section 11 of this chapter.(3) Money in the capital improvement bond fund available for that purpose.(4) Money in the capital improvement fund available for that purpose.(5) Any other funds made available for that purpose.The resolution or trust agreement may pledge all or part of those amounts to the repayment of the bonds and may secure the bonds by a lien on the amounts pledged.(b) If the board desires to finance a capital improvement in whole or in part as provided in this section, it shall adopt a resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds. The resolution must state the date or dates on which the principal of the bonds will mature (not exceeding forty (40) years from the date of issuance), the maximum interest rate to be paid, and the other terms upon which the bonds will be issued.(c) If the city-county legislative body approves issuance of bonds under IC 36-3-6-9, the board shall submit the resolution to the executive of the consolidated city, who shall review it. If the executive approves the resolution, the board shall take all actions necessary to issue bonds in accordance with the resolution. The board may, under section 13 of this chapter, enter into a trust agreement with a trust company as trustee for the bondholders. An action to contest the validity of bonds to be issued under this section may not be brought after the fifteenth day following:(1) the receipt of bids for the bonds, if the bonds are sold at public sale; or(2) the publication one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county of notice of the execution and delivery of the contract of sale for the bonds;whichever occurs first.(d) Bonds issued under this section may be sold at public or private sale for the price or prices that are provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds. All bonds and interest are exempt from taxation in Indiana as provided in IC 6-8-5.(e) When issuing revenue bonds, the board may covenant with the purchasers of the bonds that any funds in the capital improvement fund may be used to pay the principal on, or interest of, the bonds that cannot be paid from any other funds.(f) The revenue bonds may be made redeemable before maturity at the price or prices and under the terms that are determined by the board in the authorizing resolution. The board shall determine the form of bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of the principal and interest, which may be at any bank or trust company within or outside Indiana. All bonds must have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under statute. Provision may be made for the registration of any of the bonds as to principal alone or to both principal and interest.(g) The revenue bonds shall be issued in the name of the county and must recite on the face that the principal of and interest on the bonds is payable solely from the amounts pledged to their payment. The bonds shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signature of the president of the board, and the seal of the county shall be affixed or imprinted on the bonds. The seal shall be attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the auditor of the county. However, one (1) of the signatures must be manual, unless the bonds are authenticated by the manual signature of an authorized officer or a trustee for the bondholders. Any coupons attached must bear the facsimile signature of the president of the board.(h) This chapter constitutes full and complete authority for the issuance of revenue bonds. No law, procedure, proceedings, publications, notices, consents, approvals, orders, acts, or things by the board or any other officer, department, agency, or instrumentality of the state or any political subdivision is required to issue any revenue bonds except as prescribed in this chapter.(i) Revenue bonds issued under this section are legal investments for private trust funds and the funds of banks, trust companies, insurance companies, building and loan associations, credit unions, banks of discount and deposit, savings banks, loan and trust and safe deposit companies, rural loan and savings associations, guaranty loan and savings associations, mortgage guaranty companies, small loan companies, industrial loan and investment companies, and other financial institutions organized under statute.As added by Acts 1982, P.L.77, SEC.28. Amended by P.L.42-1993, SEC.100; P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.458.