2023 Code of Virginia › Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems › Chapter 15 - Transportation Funding › § 33.2-1505. Project obligations

A. Subject to the terms determined by the manager in accordance with the management agreement, each loan or other financial assistance shall be evidenced or guaranteed by project obligations provided to finance the costs of any project. The manager may also sell any project obligations so acquired and apply the proceeds of such a sale to the making of additional loans and the provision of other financial assistance for financing the cost of any project or for any other corporate purpose of the Bank.
B. The manager may require, as a condition to provision of a loan or other financial assistance and the acquisition of any project obligations, that the eligible borrower or any other project sponsor covenant to perform any of the following:
1. Establish and collect tolls, rents, rates, fees, and other charges to produce revenue sufficient to pay all or a specified portion of (i) the costs of operation, maintenance, replacement, renewal, and repairs of the project; (ii) any outstanding indebtedness incurred for the purposes of the project, including the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the project obligations; and (iii) any amounts necessary to create and maintain any required reserve, including any rate stabilization fund deemed necessary or appropriate by the manager to offset the need, in whole or part, for future increases in tolls, rents, rates, fees, or charges;
2. Create and maintain a special fund or funds as security for or the source of the scheduled payments on the project obligations or for the operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of the project or any portions thereof or other property of the eligible borrower or any other project sponsor and deposit into any fund or funds amounts sufficient to make any payments as they become due and payable;
3. Create and maintain other special funds as required by the manager; and
4. Perform other acts, including the conveyance or mortgaging of real and personal property together with all right, title, and interest therein to secure project obligations, or take other actions as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the manager to secure payment of the project obligations and to provide for remedies in the event of any default or nonpayment by the eligible borrower or any other project sponsor, including any of the following:
a. The procurement of credit enhancements or liquidity arrangements for project obligations from any source, public or private, and the payment therefor of premiums, fees, or other charges.
b. The combination of one or more projects, or the combination of one or more projects with one or more other undertakings, facilities, or systems, for the purpose of operations and financing, and the pledging of the revenues from such combined projects, undertakings, facilities, and systems to secure project obligations issued in connection with such combination or any part or parts thereof.
c. The payment of such fees and charges in connection with the acquisition of the project obligations as may be determined by the manager.
C. All eligible borrowers and other project sponsors, including any governmental entities, providing project obligations to the Bank are authorized to perform any acts, take any action, adopt any proceedings, and make and carry out any contracts with the Bank, the manager, or the Board that are contemplated by this article. Such contracts need not be identical among all eligible borrowers or other project sponsors, but may be structured as determined by the manager according to the needs of the contracting eligible borrowers and other project sponsors and the purposes of the Bank.
In addition, subject to the approval of the manager, any project sponsor is authorized to establish and contract with a special purpose or limited purpose instrumentality, corporation, or other entity for the purpose of having such entity serve as the eligible borrower with respect to a particular project.
2011, cc. 830, 868, § 33.1-23.11; 2014, c. 805; 2015, c. 684.