(A) Bonds may be secured by a trust indenture between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be the State Treasurer or any bank having trust powers or any trust company, designated by the State Treasurer doing business in South Carolina. A trust indenture may contain provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders which are reasonable and proper, including covenants setting forth the duties of the authority in relation to the exercise of its powers and the custody, safekeeping, and application of its money. The authority may provide by the trust indenture for the payment of the proceeds of the bonds and all or any part of the revenues of the authority to the trustee under the trust indenture or to some other depository, and for the method of its disbursement with safeguards and restrictions prescribed by it. All expenses incurred in performing the obligations of the authority under the trust indenture may be treated as part of its operating expenses.
(B) Any resolution or trust indenture pursuant to which bonds are issued may contain provisions which are part of the contract with the holders of the bonds as to:
(1) pledging all or any part of the revenue of the authority to secure the payment of the bonds;
(2) pledging all or any part of the assets of the authority including local obligations owned by it to secure the payment of the bonds;
(3) the use and disposition of the gross income from, and payment of the principal of, and interest on local obligations owned by the authority;
(4) the establishment of reserves, sinking funds, and other funds and accounts, and their regulation and disposition;
(5) limitations on the purposes to which the proceeds from the sale of the bonds may be applied, and limitations pledging the proceeds to secure the payment of the bonds;
(6) limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured, and the refunding of outstanding or other bonds;
(7) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds, if any, the holders of which must consent to, and the manner in which any consent may be given;
(8) limitations on the amount of money to be expended by the authority for its operating expenses;
(9) vesting in a trustee property, rights, powers, and duties as the authority may determine, limiting or abrogating the right of bondholders to appoint a trustee, and limiting the rights, powers, and duties of the trustee;
(10) defining the acts or omissions which constitute a default, the obligations or duties of the authority to the holders of the bonds, and the rights and remedies of the holders of the bonds in the event of default, including as a matter of right the appointment of a receiver, and all other rights generally available to creditors;
(11) requiring the authority or the trustee under the trust indenture to take any and all other action to obtain payment of all sums required to eliminate any default as to any principal of and interest on local obligations owned by the authority or held by a trustee, which may be authorized by the laws of this State; and
(12) any other matter relating to the terms of the bonds or the security or protection of the holders of the bonds which may be considered appropriate.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 682, Section 2.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 37 - South Carolina Resources Authority Act
Section 11-37-10. Citation of chapter.
Section 11-37-20. Definitions.
Section 11-37-30. South Carolina Resources Authority created.
Section 11-37-45. Funds; transfer of personnel.
Section 11-37-50. Powers of authority.
Section 11-37-60. Authority only to issue refunding bonds; maximum amount of bonds.
Section 11-37-80. Bonds may be secured by pledge.
Section 11-37-90. Bonds as debt of authority only.
Section 11-37-100. Bonds to be authorized by resolution of authority.
Section 11-37-105. Jobs Economic Development Authority to be reimbursed for expenses.
Section 11-37-110. Trust indenture.
Section 11-37-120. Validity of lien of pledge; recording or filing not required.
Section 11-37-130. Purchase of outstanding bonds.
Section 11-37-140. Form and manner of execution of bonds to be prescribed by authority.
Section 11-37-150. Signatures of former members or officers of authority.
Section 11-37-160. Amendments to chapter may not limit vested rights.
Section 11-37-170. Capital reserve funds.
Section 11-37-180. Purchase of local obligations.
Section 11-37-190. State grants.
Section 11-37-200. Water Resources Coordinating Council established.
Section 11-37-210. Tax exempt status of authority.
Section 11-37-220. Bonds as legal investments and securities.
Section 11-37-230. State Treasurer to invest monies of authority.
Section 11-37-240. Annual report.
Section 11-37-250. Construction of chapter.
Section 11-37-260. State Treasurer may withhold monies from defaulting local governments.
Section 11-37-270. Legislative declaration of intent.
Section 11-37-280. Chapter repealed when all bonds are retired.