Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 37 - EDUCATION (§§ 37-NEW-001 — 37-NEW01-004) › Chapter 59 - SCHOOL BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS (§§ 37-59-1 — 37-59-301) › Article 1 - AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS, NOTES AND CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS (§§ 37-59-1 — 37-59-45) › Section 37-59-27 - Maturities of bonds; interest rates; execution of bonds; maintenance of register of bond issues

All bonds issued by a school district shall mature annually, with all maturities not longer than twenty (20) years. Not less than one-fiftieth (1/5
0
) total issue shall mature each year during the first five (5) years of the life of such bonds, and not less than one-twenty-fifth (1/2
5
) of the total issue shall mature each year during the succeeding period of ten (10) years of the life of such bonds, and the remainder shall be amortized, as to principal and interest, into approximately equal annual payments, one (1) payment to mature each year for the remaining life of such bonds. However, in cases where bonds shall be issued or dated subsequent to the date fixed for making the school tax levy in the year in which such bonds are to be issued, the first maturity date of not less than one-fiftieth (1/5
0
) of the total issue may be fixed for any period not exceeding two (2) years from the date of the bonds with the same schedule of subsequent maturities as hereinabove set forth. Such bonds shall not bear a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than that allowed in Section
75-17-101
, Mississippi Code of 1972. No bond shall bear more than one (1) rate of interest. Each bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified in the bid. All bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest from date to maturity. All interest accruing on such bonds so issued shall be payable semiannually or annually, except that the first interest coupon attached to any such bond may be for any period not exceeding one (1) year.
No interest payment shall be evidenced by more than one (1) coupon and neither cancelled nor supplemental coupons shall be permitted. The lowest interest rate specified for any bonds issued shall not be less than seventy percent (70%) of the highest interest rate specified for the same bond issue. The interest rate of any one (1) interest coupon shall not exceed the maximum interest rate allowed on such bonds. Each interest rate specified in any bid must be in multiples of one-eighth of one percent (1/8 of 1%) or in multiples of one-tenth of one percent (1/1
0
of 1%), and a zero rate of interest cannot be named.
The form and place or places of payment of such bonds shall be fixed in the resolution or order of the school board of such school district issuing such bonds. Such bonds shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signature of the president of the school board and the superintendent of schools, with the official seal or facsimile thereof of such school district affixed thereto. At least one (1) signature on each bond shall be a manual signature, as specified in the issuing resolution. The coupons may bear only the facsimile signatures of such president of the school board and superintendent of schools. However, if so provided in the issuing resolution, if the manual signature of the trustee or other fiduciary or agent charged with authenticating and issuing the bonds is required to be thereon, both the signatures of the president of the school board and the superintendent of schools may be by facsimile. No bonds shall be issued and sold under the provisions of this article for less than par and accrued interest.
The bond register for all outstanding bond issues of such school district shall be maintained by the school board.
Codes, 1942, § 6532-09; Laws, 1950, ch. 231, § 9; Laws, 1969, Ex Sess, ch. 30, § 1; Laws, 1970, ch. 383, § 1; Laws, 1975, ch. 381; Laws, 1976, ch. 307; Laws, 1977, ch. 394; Laws, 1980, ch. 490, § 2; Laws, 1981, ch. 318, § 1; Laws, 1982, ch. 434, § 17; Laws, 1983, ch. 541, § 22; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 176; Laws, 1987, ch. 307, § 33, eff. 3/3/1987.