(a) In the event that the local government shall default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any of the revenue bonds after the same shall become due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and the default shall continue for a period of thirty (30) days, or in the event that the local government or the governing body or its officers, agents or employees shall fail or refuse to comply with this chapter or shall default in any agreement made with the holders of the revenue bonds, then any holder of revenue bonds, or trustee therefor, shall have the right to file a petition in the nature of a general creditor's bill in the chancery court of the county in which the public works project is situated, or if the public works project is situated in more than one (1) county, in the chancery court of any county in which any portion of the public works project is situated, or in any court of competent jurisdiction, for the appointment of a receiver of the public works project. The petition may be filed whether or not all the revenue bonds have been declared due and payable and whether or not the holder or holders or trustee therefor is seeking or has sought to enforce any other right, or exercise any remedy in connection with the revenue bonds.

(b) Upon application, the chancery court may appoint a receiver of the public works project. The chancery court shall appoint a receiver of the public works project if the application is made by the holders of twenty-five percent (25%) in principal amount of the revenue bonds then outstanding or by any trustee for holders of the revenue bonds in that principal amount.