Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 57 - PLANNING, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (§§ 57-NEW-001 — 57-123-55) › Chapter 10 - SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE (§§ 57-10-1 — 57-10-731) › Article 11 - BONDS TO FINANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS (§§ 57-10-401 — 57-10-449) › Section 57-10-419 - [Repealed effective 10/1/2025] Issuance of bonds generally; use of proceeds; interim receipts, temporary certificates, replacement certificates

(1)
The corporation may issue in its own name, from time to time, for the purpose of financing the approved costs of an economic development project, its bonds and may pledge for the payment thereof funds derived in respect of any financing agreement or other arrangement entered into by the corporation and an approved company under Sections
57-10-401
through
57-10-445
.
(2)
In anticipation of the issuance of bonds, the corporation may provide for the issuance, at one time or from time to time, of bond anticipation notes. The principal of and the interest on the notes shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided for the payment. Any notes may be made payable from the proceeds of bonds or renewal notes; or, if bond or renewal note proceeds are not available, the notes may be paid from any available revenues or assets of the corporation.
(3)
The bonds issued under Sections
57-10-401
through
57-10-445
shall be authorized by a resolution of the corporation, shall bear such date or dates, and shall mature at such time or times as such resolution may provide, except that no bond shall mature more than twenty-five (25) years from the date of issue. Bonds which are not subject to taxation shall bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denominations, be in such form, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption, including redemption before maturity, as such resolution may provide. Except as expressly provided otherwise in Sections
57-10-401
through
57-10-445
, the provisions of other laws of the state relating to the issuance of revenue bonds shall not apply to bonds issued by the corporation. As to bonds issued hereunder and designated as taxable bonds by the corporation, any immunity to taxation by the United States government of interest on such bonds or notes is hereby waived. Bonds of the corporation may be sold by the corporation at public or private sale, from time to time, and at such price or prices as the corporation shall determine.
(4)
The proceeds of any bonds shall be used solely for the purposes for which issued and shall be disbursed in the manner and under the restrictions, if any, that the corporation may provide in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in a trust indenture securing the same.
(5)
The principal and interest on the bonds issued by the corporation shall be payable solely and only from proceeds derived under a financing agreement and shall be secured solely by the economic development project, the proceeds of the financing agreement, and such other assets as may be available, but not including revenues of the state.
(6)
Before the preparation of definitive certificates evidencing the bonds, the corporation may issue, under like restrictions, interim receipts or temporary certificates, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive certificates when the certificates have been executed and are available for delivery. The corporation may also provide for the replacement of any certificates which become mutilated or are destroyed or lost.
Laws, 1993, ch. 565, § 10; reenacted without change, Laws, 1997, ch. 576, § 10; reenacted without change, Laws, 2000, ch. 425, § 10; reenacted without change, Laws, 2001, ch. 337, § 10; reenacted without change, Laws, 2005, ch. 399, § 10; reenacted without change, Laws, 2007, ch. 389, § 10; reenacted without change, Laws, 2011, ch. 519, § 10, eff. 7/1/2011.
Reenacted without change by Laws, 2022, ch. 381, SB 2846,§ 10, eff. 7/1/2022.
Reenacted without change by Laws, 2017, ch. 325, SB 2474, 10, eff. 7/1/2017.
Reenacted without change by Laws, 2015, ch. 398, SB 2658, 10, eff. 7/1/2015.