2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 19 - Economic Advancement Districts
Section 6-19-10 - General obligation bonds; interest; maturities.

A. General obligation bonds issued by a district shall mature not more than ten years from their date and be numbered from one upwards consecutively. Interest on all such bonds shall be payable either annually or semiannually as provided by resolution of the board of trustees; provided that the first installment of interest coming due may be for any period of time which shall not exceed one year from the date of the bonds.
B. The resolution authorizing the bonds may provide for the creation of a sinking fund to secure payment of principal and interest on the bonds and may provide for mandatory annual payments to be made to the sinking fund from the taxes levied and collected pursuant to the Economic Advancement District Act.
C. The board of trustees shall designate the maximum coupon rate of interest the general obligation bonds shall bear, which shall not be in excess of the maximum coupon rate which is permitted by the Public Securities Act [6-14-1 to 6-14-3 NMSA 1978], and shall designate the maximum net effective interest rate, which shall not exceed the maximum permitted by the Public Securities Act.
D. The procedure which shall be followed by the board of trustees for the sale of general obligation bonds shall be the same as that set forth in Section 6-15-5 NMSA 1978 for political subdivisions.
History: Laws 1987, ch. 115, § 10; 1988, ch. 86, § 4.
The 1988 amendment, effective March 8, 1988, substituted "ten years" for "twenty years" in the first sentence of Subsection A.

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