260E.6 - CERTIFICATES.

        260E.6  CERTIFICATES.
         To provide funds for the present payment of the costs of new jobs
      training programs, a community college may borrow money and issue and
      sell certificates payable from a sufficient portion of the future
      receipts of payments authorized by the agreement.  The receipts shall
      be pledged to the payment of principal of and interest on the
      certificates.
         1.  Certificates may be sold at public sale or at private sale at
      par, premium, or discount at the discretion of the board of
      directors.  Chapter 75 does not apply to the issuance of these
      certificates.
         2.  Certificates may be issued with respect to a single project or
      multiple projects and may contain terms or conditions as the board of
      directors may provide by resolution authorizing the issuance of the
      certificates.
         3.  Certificates issued to refund other certificates may be sold
      at public sale or at private sale as provided in this section with
      the proceeds from the sale to be used for the payment of the
      certificates being refunded.  The refunding certificates may be
      exchanged in payment and discharge of the certificates being
      refunded, in installments at different times or an entire issue or
      series at one time.  Refunding certificates may be sold or exchanged
      at any time on, before, or after the maturity of the outstanding
      certificates to be refunded, may be issued for the purpose of
      refunding a like, greater, or lesser principal amount of certificates
      and may bear a higher, lower, or equivalent rate of interest than the
      certificates being renewed or refunded.
         4.  To further secure the payment of the certificates, the board
      of directors shall, by resolution, provide for the assessment of an
      annual levy of a standby tax upon all taxable property within the
      merged area.  A copy of the resolution shall be sent to the county
      auditor of each county in which the merged area is located.  The
      revenues from the standby tax shall be deposited in a special fund
      and shall be expended only for the payment of principal of and
      interest on the certificates issued as provided in this section, when
      the receipt of payment for program costs as provided in the agreement
      is insufficient.  If payments are necessary and made from the special
      fund, the amount of the payments shall be promptly repaid into the
      special fund from the first available payments received for program
      costs as provided in the agreement which are not required for the
      payment of principal of or interest on certificates due.  No reserves
      may be built up in this fund in anticipation of a projected default.
      The board of directors shall adjust the annual standby tax levy for
      each year to reflect the amount of revenues in the special fund and
      the amount of principal and interest which is due in that year.
         5.  Before certificates are issued, the board of directors shall
      publish once a notice of its intention to issue the certificates,
      stating the amount, the purpose, and the project or projects for
      which the certificates are to be issued.  A person may, within
      fifteen days after the publication of the notice by action in the
      district court of a county in the area within which the community
      college is located, appeal the decision of the board of directors in
      proposing to issue the certificates.  The action of the board of
      directors in determining to issue the certificates is final and
      conclusive unless the district court finds that the board of
      directors has exceeded its legal authority.  An action shall not be
      brought which questions the legality of the certificates, the power
      of the board of directors to issue the certificates, the
      effectiveness of any proceedings relating to the authorization of the
      project, or the authorization and issuance of the certificates from
      and after fifteen days from the publication of the notice of
      intention to issue.
         6.  The board of directors shall determine if revenues are
      sufficient to secure the faithful performance of obligations in the
      agreement.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         83 Acts, ch 171, § 6, 8
         CS83, § 280B.6
         88 Acts, ch 1158, § 58; 90 Acts, ch 1253, § 81
         C93, § 260E.6
         Referred to in § 15A.7, 15A.8, 15A.9, 15E.197, 260C.58, 260E.2