Arkansas Code
Subchapter 11 - Higher Education Technology and Facility Improvement
§ 6-62-1109. Procedure for issuing bonds

(a)
(1) Prior to the issuance of any series of bonds, the Arkansas Development Finance Authority shall adopt a resolution or trust indenture, which may be a general resolution, series resolution, master trust indenture, series indenture, supplemental indenture, or other form of resolution or indenture, as deemed necessary by the authority authorizing the issuance of the series of State of Arkansas Higher Education General Obligation Bonds.
(2) Each resolution or trust indenture shall contain the terms, covenants, and conditions as are deemed desirable and consistent with this subchapter, including, without limitation, those pertaining to the establishment and maintenance of funds and accounts, the deposit and investment of the bond proceeds and any pledged revenues, and the rights and obligations of the State of Arkansas, its officers and officials, the authority, and the registered owners of the bonds.
(3) All bonds issued under this subchapter shall be on a parity as to security. The resolutions or trust indentures of the authority may provide for the execution and delivery by the authority of a trust indenture or trust indentures with one (1) or more banks or trust companies located within or without this state containing any of the terms, covenants, and conditions described in this section and any other terms and conditions deemed necessary by the authority, which trust indenture or trust indentures shall be binding upon the authority and the State of Arkansas, and their respective officers and officials.

(b) Any resolution or trust indenture adopted or executed under this section may provide for the retirement and defeasance of the bonds by the depositing of cash or investments in trust to be maintained for that purpose. When the provisions of the resolution or trust indenture are complied with, the bonds being refunded shall not be deemed to be bonds outstanding for the purposes of this subchapter.

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