Sec. 8. (a) Subject to the approval of the public finance director appointed under IC 5-1.2-3-6, the authority is hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes, or a combination thereof, to carry out and effectuate its purposes and powers. The principal of, and the interest on, such bonds or notes shall be payable solely from the funds provided for such payment in this chapter. The authority may secure the repayment of such bonds and notes by the pledge of mortgages and notes of others, revenues derived from operations and loan repayments, the proceeds of its bonds, and any available revenues or assets of the authority. The bonds or notes of each issue shall be dated and may be made redeemable before maturity at the option of the authority, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be determined by the authority. Any such bonds or notes shall bear interest at such rate or rates as may be determined by the authority. Notes shall mature at such time or times not exceeding ten (10) years from their date or dates, and bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding forty-five (45) years from their date or dates, as may be determined by the authority. The authority shall determine the form and manner of execution of the bonds or notes, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations and the place or places of payment of principal and interest, which may be any bank or trust company within or outside the state. In case any officer whose signature, or a facsimile of whose signature, shall appear on any bonds or notes or coupons attached thereto shall cease to be such officer before the delivery thereof, such signature or such facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if the person had remained in office until such delivery. The authority may also provide for the authentication of the bonds or notes by a trustee or fiscal agent. The bonds or notes may be issued in coupon or registered form, or both, as the authority may determine, and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bonds or notes as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest, and for the reconversion into coupon bonds or notes of any bonds or notes registered as to both principal and interest, and for the interchange of registered and coupon bonds or notes. Upon the approval of a resolution of the authority authorizing the sale of its bonds or notes, such bonds or notes may be sold in such manner, either at public or private sale, and for such price as the authority shall determine to be for the best interest of the authority and to best effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

(b) The proceeds of any bonds or notes shall be used solely for the purposes for which they are issued. The proceeds shall be disbursed in such manner and under such restrictions, if any, as the authority may provide in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or notes or in the trust agreement securing the same.

(c) Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the authority may, under like restrictions and subject to the approval of the public finance director appointed under IC 5-1.2-3-6, issue interim receipts or temporary bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds shall have been executed and are available for delivery. The authority may also provide for the replacement of any bonds or notes which shall become mutilated or shall be destroyed or lost.

(d) The authority shall cooperate with and use the assistance of the Indiana finance authority established by IC 5-1.2-3 in the issuance of the bonds or notes.

As added by Acts 1978, P.L.28, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.235-2005, SEC.89; P.L.145-2008, SEC.5; P.L.189-2018, SEC.40.