KRS 82.145: Special fund to repay revenue bonds -- Pledge by city to segregate and

protect revenues.

Prior to the issuance of the bonds, provision shall be made by ordinance for the creation

of a separate and special fund or account of the city, identified as cons tituting the source

of payment of principal and interest, and by covenant to be continued so long as any of

the bonds shall remain outstanding and unpaid. By the provisions of such ordinance the

city may pledge and covenant that it will cause to be set asi de and deposited in such

separate and special fund, from time to time, moneys received from any or all of the

following sources, subject to the following conditions and limitations:

(1) In the event that the contract of inducement with the governmental ag ency is upon

such terms as will cause the governmental project to produce direct revenues in the

form of rents, royalties, fees, rates or charges of any character, including any

payments to the city in lieu of property taxes, but not property taxes themsel ves, all

or any portion thereof may be so pledged; but it shall not be a condition or

requirement in the issuance of revenue bonds that such revenues be anticipated at

all, nor that they be sufficient in themselves to provide for the payment of principal

and interest when scheduled to become due.

(2) In the event that the contract of inducement with the governmental agency is upon

such terms as in the opinion of the governing body of the city will cause the project

to produce no direct revenues, or to prod uce direct revenues insufficient to give

acceptable assurance of payment of principal and interest when scheduled to

become due, then:

(a) The city may pledge and covenant that it will cause to be deposited in said

special fund the revenues which it may d erive from any municipally owned

and operated water, electric, gas, sewer or other utility systems, or from any

combination thereof, to the extent such revenues at the time may be or become

surplus to the necessary costs of operating and maintaining such u tility system

or systems and surplus to any existing contractual commitments of the city to

the holder or holders of outstanding revenue bonds payable from such

revenues; and

(b) If the governing body of the city shall make a legislative finding of fact, as

recited in the body of the ordinance authorizing issuance of the bonds, that the

governmental project is of such nature as to provide increased revenues to the

city by reason of increased employment and resulting increased receipts from

occupational lic ense fees or occupational license taxes, then the city may

pledge and covenant that it will cause to be deposited in said separate and

special fund the receipts which may be definitely identified as accruing from

such occupational license fees or taxes by reason of employment in or directly

related to the governmental project, less a proportionate part of the costs of

collecting such fees or taxes.

(3) In the case of revenues originating from any of the sources and in the respective

manners set forth in th e paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) of this section, the

city may covenant and pledge (i) that such revenues, or a stipulated amount thereof,

will be set aside and deposited in the special fund when, as and if received; (ii) that

as to any city -owned utility system the rate or schedule of rates prevailing at the

time revenue bonds are issued will not be reduced so long as any of the bonds

remain outstanding and unpaid, and (iii) in the case of a pledge of revenues of a

city-owned utility system or combination of utility systems, that the city will not sell

or otherwise dispose thereof without making provision for payment of the revenue

bonds from the proceeds of such sale or other disposition, due regard being given to

the priority of any previously i ssued bonds which are payable from such revenues;

but a city may not additionally pledge that it will raise or adjust the rate or rates of

any utility system, or of any combination of utility systems, or of any occupational

license fee or occupational lice nse tax solely for the purpose of assuring revenues

from such sources adequate to provide for payment of revenue bonds issued under

KRS 82.140 to 82.165.