(a) A State unit authorized to issue bonds may issue bonds:
(1) in coupon form; or
(2) notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a form that qualifies as a registered form under §§ 103 and 149 of the Internal Revenue Code or a regulation proposed or adopted under those sections.
(b) Whenever a State unit provides for the sale of bonds in registered form, the State unit may:
(1) establish procedures for the registration and transfer of the bonds;
(2) appoint any agent, including an authenticating trustee, corporate trustee, paying agent, registrar, or transfer agent;
(3) in connection with the establishment and maintenance of a central depository system for the transfer or pledge of the bonds, make agreements with:
(i) custodian banks and their nominees; or
(ii) financial intermediaries and their nominees; and
(4) exercise any other power that relates to issuance of bonds in registered form.