18A:24-5. Purposes and maturities for which bonds may be issued

The projects for which bonds may be issued under this chapter and the periods of maturity thereof, shall be as follows:

a. The acquisition or construction of buildings for any lawful purposes and the improvement of the sites thereof, with or without the original furniture, equipment and apparatus required therefor, if such buildings be of--

1. Type A--frame construction--that is, a building or structure of which the structural members, exterior walls, or a portion thereof, are constructed of wood, or other combustible material, or a building sheathed with combustible material and partially or entirely covered with four inches or less masonry or other noncombustible material, at maturities of or within 20 years;

2. Type B--noncombustible construction--that is, a building or structure of which the outer walls, columns, piers, beams, lintels, girders and interior bearing partitions are of noncombustible materials (laminated wood beams, columns or trusses of not less than six inches by 10 inches nominal dimensions shall be permitted), at maturities of or within 30 years;

3. Type C--fire resistive construction--that is, a building or structure of which all structural members including walls, partitions, columns, piers, beams, lintels, girders, trusses and floors are of noncombustible materials, and in which the floors, stair towers and all places of assembly are built entirely of noncombustible materials, and in which no woodwork, supporting material or other combustible material is used in any of the partitions, floorings or ceilings; but this definition shall include a building in which there is used, elsewhere than in the stair towers and corridors, wooden floorings and sleepers laid directly on top of a fire resistive floor, or having wooden doors, window sash, wooden jambs, frames, casing or trim in other than stair towers, corridors and exit passages, or wooden rafters, at maturities of or within 40 years;

b. The reconstruction, remodeling, alteration, enlargement, or additions to or major repair of buildings for any lawful purposes and the improvement of the sites thereof, with or without the furniture, equipment and apparatus required therefor, if the original building or buildings are of--

1. Type A construction--at maturities of or within 15 years;

2. Type B construction--at maturities of or within 20 years;

3. Type C construction--at maturities of or within 30 years.

c. The acquisition by purchase or condemnation of lands for school purposes and the grading, draining and landscaping or the improvement in any like manner thereof, at maturities of or within 40 years;

d. The purchase of furniture, equipment and apparatus for any building used or to be used for school purposes, or any major renewal of furniture, equipment and apparatus for such use, except such as may be included in an issue of bonds for the purposes described in subsections a. and b. of this section, at maturities of or within 10 years.

When bonds are issued for more than one of such projects, they shall mature within such a period not exceeding the average of the different periods hereinbefore assigned to the several projects for which they are to be issued, as shall be determined by the governing body of the municipality, by which the bonds are to be issued or the board of education of the district, by taking into consideration the amount of bonds to be issued on account of each, and such determination shall be conclusive in any action or proceeding involving the validity of the bonds.

L.1967, c.271.