Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 8 - ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (§§ 8-1-101 — 8-15-119) › Chapter 6 - DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTES AND OTHER REFUSE (§§ 8-6-201 — 8-6-2019) › Subchapter 8 - BONDS BY REGIONAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS (§§ 8-6-801 — 8-6-814) › Section 8-6-804 - Bonds - Issuance, execution, and sale

(a)
Regional solid waste management boards are authorized to use any available funds and revenues for the accomplishment of projects and may issue bonds, as authorized by this subchapter, for the purpose of paying project costs and accomplishing projects, either alone or together with other available funds and revenues.
(b)
(1)
The issuance of bonds shall be by resolution of the board.
(2)
The bonds may be coupon bonds payable to bearer, subject to registration as to principal or as to principal and interest, or fully registered bonds without coupons, may contain exchange privileges, may be issued in one (1) or more series, may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times, not exceeding forty (40) years from their respective dates, may bear interest at such rate or rates, may be in such form, may be executed in such manner, may be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, may be subject to such terms of redemption in advance of maturity at such prices, and may contain such terms, covenants, and conditions as the resolution may provide, including, without limitation, those pertaining to the custody and application of the proceeds of the bonds, the collection and disposition of revenues, the maintenance of various funds and reserves, the investing and reinvesting of any moneys during periods not needed for authorized purposes, the nature and extent of the security, the rights, duties, and obligations of the regional solid waste management district and the trustee for the holders or registered owners of the bonds, and the rights of the holders or registered owners of the bonds.
(c)
There may be successive bond issues for the purpose of financing the same project, and there may be successive bond issues for financing the cost of reconstructing, replacing, constructing additions to, extending, improving, and equipping projects already in existence, whether or not originally financed by bonds issued under this subchapter, with each successive issue to be authorized as provided by this subchapter. Priority between and among issues and successive issues as to security of the pledge of revenues and lien on the project involved may be controlled by the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
(d)
Subject to the provisions of this subchapter pertaining to registration, the bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the laws of the State of Arkansas.
(e)
The bonds may be sold at public or private sale for such price, including, without limitation, sale at a discount, and in such manner as the board may determine by resolution.
(f)
Bonds issued under this subchapter shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signatures of the chair and secretary of the board, but one (1) of such signatures must be manual. The coupons attached to the bonds may be executed by the facsimile signature of the chair of the board. In case any of the officers whose signatures appear on the bonds or coupons shall cease to be officers before the delivery of the bonds or coupons, their signatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes. The seal of the board shall be placed or printed on each bond in such manner as the board shall determine.
(g)
(1)
(A)
Prior to the issuance of any bonds pursuant to this subchapter, the district may seek the advice of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority as to the financial feasibility of the project to be financed, and, if so, shall provide the authority with such information and documentation as it may reasonably request in order to render that advice.
(B)
In the event the district seeks the advice of the authority, the authority shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for its services as determined by the district and the authority.
(2)
The district may request the authority to designate it as a developer, as contemplated by §
15-5-403
, and hence, to guarantee the bonds on such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by the district and the authority, consistent with the program delineated in the Arkansas Development Finance Authority Bond Guaranty Act of 1985, §
15-5-401
et seq.
(3)
The district may also request that the authority be the issuer of the bonds and loan the proceeds thereof to the district, secured by a pledge of revenues from the project on such terms as may be necessary to permit the sale of the bonds, consistent with the provisions hereof applicable to the issuance of bonds directly by districts.
(h)
Boards are specifically authorized to apply for and receive loans from the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission to finance projects from the proceeds of the commission's bonds issued pursuant to the Arkansas Waste Disposal and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 1987, §
15-22-701
et seq., on terms mutually acceptable to the borrowing board and the commission, including, but not limited to, provisions for a pledge of revenues to secure such loans, as set forth in §
8-6-803
. The commission is authorized but not required to require, as a prerequisite to approving any such loan, that the borrowing board comply with some or all of the requirements of subsections (a) and (f) of this section and subdivisions (b)(1) and (g)(1) of this section. The commission is further authorized to enter into agreements with the authority for such services to the commission or to the borrowing boards as the commission deems necessary or desirable in furtherance of the commission's powers and duties under the Arkansas Waste Disposal and Pollution Abatement Facilities Financing Act of 1987, §
15-22-701
et seq., the authority granted hereby being in addition to those powers and not in derogation or restriction thereof.
(i)
(1)
Before the issuance of a bond under this subchapter, the district shall obtain approval by the quorum court to issue the bond.
(2)
If the district is comprised of multiple counties, approval shall be obtained from the quorum court of each county.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 891,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1991, No. 752, § 4; 1995, No. 439, § 1.