21-02 Certificates of Indebtedness
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<![CDATA[CHAPTER 21-02CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS21-02-01. Definitions. In this chapter unless the context or subject matter otherwiserequires:1."Political subdivision" means a local governmental unit created by statute or by the<br>Constitution of North Dakota for local governmental or other public purposes.2."Revenues" means any of the following:a.Uncollected taxes.b.Amounts to be received from a distribution of federal moneys, including<br>currently existing bureau of Indian affairs contracts.c.Amounts to be received from a distribution of moneys pursuant to a state<br>appropriation or a state statutory or constitutional provision.3."Uncollected taxes" means taxes for the year during which a certificate of<br>indebtedness is issued and the preceding four years that have been levied but from<br>which moneys have not come into the public treasury by payment or by satisfaction<br>of tax lien, exclusive of tax levies dedicated to the payment of principal of and<br>interest on outstanding evidences of indebtedness.21-02-02. Certificates of indebtedness - By whom issued - Term - Interest - Generalobligation.Political subdivisions may borrow against revenues through the issuance ofcertificates of indebtedness. A certificate of indebtedness consists of an agreement on the part<br>of a political subdivision to pay a stated sum on or before a specified date, together with interest<br>thereon at a rate or rates resulting in an average annual net interest cost not exceeding twelve<br>percent if the certificate is sold privately. There is no interest rate ceiling on a certificate sold at<br>public sale or to the state of North Dakota or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.Thecertificate must be signed on behalf of the political subdivision by its president or chairman, or<br>equivalent officer, and also by its auditor, business manager or secretary, or equivalent officer,<br>and must be payable from revenues.A certificate of indebtedness issued wholly or in partagainst revenues that consist of levied and uncollected taxes is a general obligation of the issuing<br>political subdivision to the extent of the levied and uncollected taxes.21-02-03. Certificate of county auditor. A tax is deemed to have been levied when ithas been voted by the tax levying board and certified to the county auditor. Each certificate of<br>indebtedness issued wholly or in part against revenues that consist of levied and uncollected<br>taxes must bear the certificate of the county auditor to the effect that it, together with all other<br>outstanding certificates issued wholly or in part against revenues that consist of levied and<br>uncollected taxes, is within the amount of uncollected taxes that have been levied lawfully in the<br>then present year, plus uncollected taxes of the four preceding years. A county auditor who<br>willfully signs a false certificate upon a certificate of indebtedness is guilty of a class A<br>misdemeanor.21-02-04. Signing false certificates - Penalty. Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 221, </p>
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