Ind. Code § 36-7-12-27 – Bonds, notes, or warrants; issuance; terms and procedure; findings of fact concerning coal gasification powerplant

(a) Bonds issued by a unit under section 25 of this chapter may be issued as serial bonds, term bonds, or a combination of both types. The ordinance of the fiscal body authorizing bonds, notes, or warrants, or the financing agreement or the trust indenture approved by the ordinance, must provide:
1. (1) the manner of their execution, either by the manual or facsimile signatures of the executive of the unit and the clerk of the fiscal body;
2. (2) their date;
3. (3) their term or terms, which may not exceed forty (40) years, except as otherwise provided by subsection (e);
4. (4) their maximum interest rate if fixed rates are used or the manner in which the interest rate will be determined if variable or adjustable rates are used;
5. (5) their denominations;
6. (6) their form, either coupon or registered;
7. (7) their registration privileges;
8. (8) the medium of their payment;
9. (9) the place or places of their payment;
10. (10) the terms of their redemption; and
11. (11) any other provisions not inconsistent with this chapter.
(b) Bonds, notes, or warrants issued under section 25 of this chapter may be sold at public or private sale for the price or prices, in the manner, and at the time or times determined by the unit. The unit may advance all expenses, premiums, and commissions that it considers necessary or advantageous in connection with their issuance.
(c) The bonds, notes, or warrants and their authorization, issuance, sale, and delivery are not subject to any general statute concerning bonds, notes, or warrants of units.
(d) An action to contest the validity of bonds, notes, or warrants issued under section 25 of this chapter may not be commenced more than thirty (30) days after the adoption of the ordinance approving them under section 25 of this chapter.
(e) This subsection applies only to bonds, notes, or warrants issued under this chapter after June 30, 2008, that are wholly or partially payable from tax increment revenues derived from property taxes. The maximum term or repayment period for the bonds, notes, or warrants may not exceed:
1. (1) twenty-five (25) years, unless the bonds, notes, or warrants were:
  1. (A) issued or entered into before July 1, 2008;
  2. (B) issued or entered into after June 30, 2008, but authorized by a resolution adopted before July 1, 2008; or
  3. (C) issued or entered into after June 30, 2008, in order to fulfill the terms of agreements or pledges entered into before July 1, 2008, with the holders of the bonds, notes, warrants, or other contractual obligations by or with developers, lenders, or units, or otherwise prevent an impairment of the rights or remedies of the holders of the bonds, notes, warrants, or other contractual obligations; or
2. (2) thirty (30) years, if the bonds, notes, or warrants were issued after June 30, 2008, to finance:
  1. (A) an integrated coal gasification powerplant (as defined by IC 6-3.1-29-6 );
  2. (B) a part of an integrated coal gasification powerplant (as defined by IC 6-3.1-29-6 ); or
  3. (C) property used in the operation or maintenance of an integrated coal gasification powerplant (as defined by IC 6-3.1-29-6 );
    that received a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Indiana utility regulatory commission under IC 8-1-8.5 et seq. before July 1, 2008.
(f) The general assembly makes the following findings of fact with respect to an integrated coal gasification powerplant (as defined in IC 6-3.1-29-6 ) that received a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Indiana utility regulatory commission under IC 8-1-8.5 et seq. before July 1, 2008:
1. (1) The health, safety, general welfare, and economic and energy security of the people of the state of Indiana require as a public purpose of the state the promotion of clean energy, including clean coal, technologies in Indiana.
2. (2) These technologies include the integrated coal gasification powerplant contemplated by this chapter, IC 6-1.1-20-1.1 , and IC 36-7-14 .
3. (3) Investment in the integrated coal gasification powerplant contemplated by this chapter, IC 6-1.1-20-1.1 , and IC 36-7-14 will result in substantial financial and other benefits to the state and its political subdivisions and the people of Indiana, including increased employment, tax revenue, and use of Indiana coal.
4. (4) It is in the best interest of the state and its citizens to promote and preserve financial and other incentives for the integrated coal gasification powerplant.
  [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-6-4.5-20.]
  As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.31. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.28, SEC.7; P.L.40-1983, SEC.4; P.L.20-1985, SEC.15; P.L.1-1991, SEC.209; P.L.146-2008, SEC.722.