KRS 99.670: Bond issue -- Agency powers.

(1) An agency shall have power to issue bonds from time to time at its discretion for

any of its corporate purposes under KRS 99.610 to 99.680. An agency shall also

have power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds

previously issu ed by it. An agency may issue bonds on which the principal and

interest are payable:

(a) Exclusively from the income and revenues, including the increment of tax

revenues as allowed by law, of the project or projects financed from the

proceeds of such bonds; or

(b) Exclusively from such income and revenues together with grants and

contributions from the federal, state, city, or urban -county government, or

other sources. Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a mortgage,

deed of trust, or other lien o r encumbrance on the property, including pledges

of tax increments as allowed by law in the project or projects financed from

the proceeds of such bonds.

(2) Neither the members of the board of commissioners of an agency nor any person

executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the

issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of an agency shall so state on

their face that such bonds and obligations issued under this section shall not be a

debt of the city, the county, the state, or any political subdivision thereof within the

meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction and neither

the city, the county, the state, nor any political subdivision thereof shall be liable

thereon, nor, in any event, shall such bonds or obligations be payable out of any

funds or properties other than those of said agency, except as provided by contract.

(3) Bonds of an agency shall be authorized by resolution of its board of commissioners.

Such bonds may be issued in o ne (1) or more series, each of which may be

separately secured, and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times,

bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denomination or denominations, be in

such form either coupon or registered, car ry such conversion or registration

privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in

such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of

redemption, with or without premium, as such resolution, i ts trust indenture or

mortgage may provide.

(4) The bonds may be sold at less than par, and shall be sold at public sale held after

notice has been given by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424, except as

follows:

(a) Bonds may be sold at private sale w ithout advertisement to the federal, state

or urban-county governments, or to an agency of any such governments;

(b) Payment for any portion of a project area may be made in bonds, provided,

however, that:

1. Any such transaction shall be approved by the p rice advisory council

before its consummation;

2. Such exchange is valid and legal pursuant to regulations of the Internal

Revenue Service.

(5) The bonds may be sold with provision that they bear no interest, or only nominal

interest, for a period of years , after which they may bear greater interest; and

provision may be made for the capitalization of interest for periods not in excess of

five (5) years. More than one (1) project may be established within the same project

area, and each such project may be financed with a different issue or bonds with

differing security. Each of said bond issues may be designed to meet standards

required under federal statutes or regulations pertaining to the issuance of tax -

exempt bonds; provided, however, that nothing here in shall be deemed to prohibit

the issuance of any series of bonds, the interest on which may not be exempt from

federal income tax.

(6) In case any of the members or officers of the agency whose signatures appear on

any bonds, coupons, notes, or other obl igations shall cease to be such members or

officers before the delivery of such bonds, coupons, notes, or other obligations, such

signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if

they had remained in office until suc h delivery. Any provision of any law to the

contrary notwithstanding, any bonds, coupons, notes, or other obligations issued

pursuant to KRS 99.610 to 99.680 shall be fully negotiable except as limited by

their terms.

(7) In any suit, action, or proceedings involving the validity or enforceability of any

bonds of an agency or the security therefor, any such bonds reciting in substance

that they have been issued by the agency to aid in financing a project shall be

conclusively deemed to have been issued for a project and said project shall be

conclusively deemed to have been planned, approved, located, and carried out in

accordance with the purposes and provisions of KRS 99.610 to 99.680.

(8) In connection with the issuance of bonds, an agency, in addition to its other powers,

shall have power:

(a) To pledge all or any part of its gross or net revenue to which its right then

exists or may thereafter come into existence;

(b) To encumber, by mortgage, deed of trust, or otherwise, all or any part of its

real or personal property in the project;

(c) To covenant against pledging all or any part of its revenues, or against

encumbering all or any part of its real or personal property, to which its right

or title then exists or may there after come into existence or against permitting

or suffering any lien on such revenues or property; to covenant with respect to

its sale, leasing, or other disposition of any project or any part thereof; and to

covenant as to what other, or additional debt s or obligations may be incurred

by it;

(d) To covenant as to the bonds to be issued and as to the issuance of such bonds

in escrow or otherwise, and as to the use and disposition of the proceeds

thereof; to provide for the replacement of lost, destroyed, or mutilated bonds,

to covenant against extending the time for the payment of its bonds or interest

thereon; and to redeem the bonds, and to covenant for their redemption and to

provide the terms and conditions thereof;

(e) To covenant as to the amounts to be charged in the sale or lease of properties

in a project or projects, the amount to be raised from revenue each year or

other period of time and as to the use and disposition to be made thereof; to

create or to authorize the creation of special funds fo r moneys held for

development or other costs, debt service, reserves, or other purposes, and to

covenant as to the use and disposition of the money held in such funds;

(f) To prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with

bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders

of which must consent thereto and the manner in which such consent may be

given;

(g) To covenant as to the use of any or all of its real or personal property; and to

covenant as to the mainte nance of its real and personal property, the

replacement thereof, the insurance to be carried thereon, and the use and

disposition of insurance moneys;

(h) To covenant as to the rights, liabilities, powers, and duties arising upon the

breach of any covenan t, condition, or obligation; and to covenant and

prescribe as to events of default and terms and conditions upon which any or

all of its bonds or obligations shall become or may be declared due before

maturity, and as to the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and

its consequences may be waived;

(i) To vest in a trustee or trustees or the holders of bonds or any proportion of

them the right to enforce the payment of the bonds or trustees the right, in the

event of a default by said agency, to t ake possession of any project or part

thereof, and to collect the rents and revenues arising therefrom, or due the

agency in connection therewith, and to dispose of such moneys in accordance

with the agreement of the agency with said trustee; to provide fo r the powers

and duties of a trustee or trustees and to limit the liabilities thereof; and to

provide the terms and conditions upon which the trustee or trustees or the

holders of bonds or any proportion of them may enforce any covenant or

rights securing or relating to the bonds;

(j) To exercise all or any part or combination of the powers herein granted; to

make covenants other than and in addition to the covenants herein expressly

authorized of like or different character; to make such covenants and to do any

and all such acts and things as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in

order to secure its bonds, or, in the discretion of said agency, except as

otherwise provided in KRS 99.610 to 99.680, as will tend to make the bonds

more marketable notwithstanding that such covenants, acts, or things may not

be enumerated herein.

(9) The bonds, notes, and other obligations of an agency are declared to be issued for an

essential public and governmental purpose, and together with interest thereon and

income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxes.