Effective 24 Jun 1988, see footnote

79.555. Powers of authority (certain municipalities). — The authority shall have the power to:

(1) Acquire by gift, purchase or lease, sell or otherwise dispose of, and to plan, construct, operate and maintain, or lease to others for operation and maintenance, industrial parks, warehouses, grain elevators, commodity and other storage facilities, and air, water, rail, motor vehicle and other terminal or parking facilities;

(2) Contract with municipalities or other political subdivisions for the services or use of any facility owned or operated by the authority, or owned or operated by any such municipality or other political subdivision;

(3) Borrow money for any of the authorized purposes of the authority and to issue the negotiable notes, bonds or other instruments in writing of the authority in evidence of the sum or sums to be borrowed;

(4) Issue negotiable refunding notes, bonds or other instruments in writing for the purpose of refunding, extending or unifying the whole or any part of its valid indebtedness from time to time outstanding, whether evidenced by notes, bonds or other instruments in writing;

(5) Provide that all negotiable notes, bonds or other instruments in writing issued either pursuant to subdivision (3) or pursuant to subdivision (4) of this section shall be payable, both as to principal and interest, out of the revenues collected for the use of any facility or combination of facilities owned or operated or owned and operated by the authority, or out of any other resources of the authority, and may be further secured by a mortgage or deed of trust upon any property owned by the authority. All notes, bonds or other instruments in writing issued by the authority as provided in this section shall be sold at public or private sale, shall mature in not to exceed thirty years from the date thereof, shall bear interest at the best obtainable rate, and shall be sold for not less than ninety-five percent of the par value thereof. The authority shall have the power to prescribe the details of such notes, bonds or other instruments in writing, and of the issuance and sale thereof, and shall have power to enter into covenants with the holders of such notes, bonds or other instruments in writing, not inconsistent with the powers granted to the authority, without further legislative authority;

(6) Contract and be contracted with, and to sue and be sued in contract;

(7) Promulgate rules and regulations necessary to administer the provisions of sections 79.550 to 79.565;

(8) Specifically purchase lands from the county in which one city is situated, from any county airport authority or from any other political subdivision of this state;

(9) Make leasing arrangements and contracts on any lands purchased by the authority in order to finance economic development, with revenues from such contracts and arrangements to be used to assist in the repayment of bonds issued by the authority;

(10) Hire personnel necessary in order to effectively administer the provisions of sections 79.550 to 79.565.

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(L. 1988 H.B. 1738 § 3)

Effective 6-24-88