Indiana Code
Chapter 40.5. Pilot Program for Cost Securitization for Retired Electric Utility Assets
8-1-40.5-16. Securitization Bonds Not Debt, Obligation, or Charge on Credit or Taxing Power of State; State Covenant With Respect to Securitization Bonds

Sec. 16. (a) Securitization bonds are not:
(1) a debt or obligation of the state; or
(2) a charge on the state's full faith and credit or on the state's taxing power.
(b) The state pledges, for the benefit and protection of financing parties and electric utilities under this chapter, that it will not:
(1) take or permit any action that would impair the value of securitization property; or
(2) reduce or alter, except as authorized by section 12(c) of this chapter, or impair securitization charges to be imposed, collected, and remitted to financing parties under this chapter;
until the principal, interest, and premium, and other charges incurred, or contracts to be performed, in connection with the related securitization bonds have been paid or performed in full. Any party issuing securitization bonds is authorized to include the pledge set forth in this subsection in any documentation relating to those bonds.
As added by P.L.80-2021, SEC.1.

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Indiana Code

Title 8. Utilities and Transportation

Article 1. Utilities Generally

Chapter 40.5. Pilot Program for Cost Securitization for Retired Electric Utility Assets

8-1-40.5-1. "Assignee"

8-1-40.5-2. "Commission"

8-1-40.5-3. "Electric Utility"

8-1-40.5-4. "Financing Order"

8-1-40.5-5. "Financing Party"

8-1-40.5-6. "Qualified Costs"

8-1-40.5-7. "Securitization Bonds"

8-1-40.5-8. "Securitization Charges"

8-1-40.5-9. "Securitization Property"

8-1-40.5-10. Financing Orders: Petition; Findings Required for Issuance; Scope and Effect; Allocation of Qualified Costs Among Customer Classes; Securitization Bond Provisions

8-1-40.5-11. Securitization Property

8-1-40.5-12. Interests in Securitization Property and Charges; Securitization Charges Nonbypassable; Review and Adjustment of Securitization Charges; Recovery of Incremental Costs

8-1-40.5-13. Scope of Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Powers and Duties With Respect to Securitization; Effect of Securitization on Electric Utility Ratemaking and Financing

8-1-40.5-14. Transfer of Securitization Property

8-1-40.5-15. Lien on and Security Interest in Securitization Property

8-1-40.5-16. Securitization Bonds Not Debt, Obligation, or Charge on Credit or Taxing Power of State; State Covenant With Respect to Securitization Bonds

8-1-40.5-17. Effect of Securitization Bonds on Tax Liability; Liability of Successor for Securitization Bonds, Charges, and Property; Assignee or Financing Party Not Considered an Electric Utility

8-1-40.5-18. Severability

8-1-40.5-19. Adoption of Rules by Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission