KRS 162.385: School district finance corporation -- Definitions -- Construction bonds.

(1) Any board of education may obtain buildings for school purposes by proceeding

under the provisions of KRS 162.120 to 162.290 utilizing a nonprofit finance

corporation established pursuant to the provisions of KRS 273.161 to 273.390,

inclusive, and KRS 58.180 as an issuing agency for the bonds instead of a city or

county. When applied to such boards of education, KRS 162.120 to 162.290 shall

be so read that the term:

(a) "City" means a finance corporation acting as an agency and instrumentality of

the board pursuant to KRS 58.180;

(b) "City clerk" means the secretary of the finance corporation;

(c) "Governing body of the city" means the board of directors of the finance

corporation or other governing body thereof;

(d) "Mayor" means president or chief executive officer of the finance corporation;

and

(e) "Ordinance" means an ordinance, resolution, or trust indenture or a similar

document.

(2) In order to promote uniformity in the financing of school facilities, each finance

corporation shall include the ide ntity of the school district for which it acts in its

title and shall be designated as "................... School District Finance Corporation."

(3) Bonds issued by a finance corporation on behalf of a board of education shall

constitute "bonds" within the meaning of KRS 157.615(3) and the School Facilities

Construction Commission shall be authorized to assist qualified boards in meeting

rental payments due under a lease from the finance corporation to the board which

shall constitute a "lease" within the meaning of KRS 157.615(8).