| F.__"Financing costs" means all costs of issuance, | capitalized interest, capitalized operating expenses and | debt service reserves, fees, and cost of any ancillary | obligation and other fees, expenses and costs related to | issuing, securing and marketing the bonds. |
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| | 2.__Declaration of purpose.__It is declared to be in the | public interest and to be the policy of the State to authorize | the bank to issue pension cost reduction bonds. |
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| | 3.__Declaration of necessity.__It is declared that credit and | municipal bond market conditions may require the exercise of | state powers by authorizing, but not requiring, a state | instrumentality to issue its bonds to finance all or a portion of | the costs of pension cost reduction under this subchapter. |
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| | 4.__Lending and borrowing powers.__The bank may assist the | State by borrowing money to finance or refinance from time to | time all or a portion of the costs of the pension obligation and | make the proceeds of such borrowing available to the State as set | out in this subchapter.__The principal of and interest on any | pension cost reduction bonds issued by the bank and any ancillary | obligation must be secured by the debt service fund and capital | reserve fund established pursuant to subsection 6 in accordance | with and as may be determined by resolution of the bank.__Bonds, | ancillary obligations or other forms of debt or liability entered | into or issued by the bank under this section are not in any way | a debt or liability of the State and do not constitute a loan of | the credit of the State or create any debt or debts, liability or | liabilities on behalf of the State or constitute a pledge of the | faith and credit of the State.__Each bond, ancillary obligation | or other evidence of debt or liability entered into by the bank | must contain a statement to the effect that the bank is obligated | to pay the principal, interest, redemption premium, if any, and | other amounts payable solely from the sources pledged for that | purpose by the bank, and that neither the faith and credit nor | the taxing power of the State is pledged to the payment of the | principal, interest, premium, charge, fee or other amount on the | bond, ancillary obligation or other form of indebtedness, as the | case may be. |
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| | 5.__Debt service fund.__The bank shall establish and maintain | a debt service fund as a trust fund called "the Pension Cost | Reduction Debt Service Fund" and referred to in this subsection | as "the debt service fund," into which there must be deposited | directly money received into funds established by Title 8, | section 386; Title 8, section 1036, subsection 2, paragraphs B, | C, D, H and I; Title 10, sections 1527-B and 1527-D; Title 13-B, | sections 1402-A and 1405; Title 13-C, sections 124 and 143; Title | 31, sections 414 and 416; Title 31, sections 613 and 615; |
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