South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 5 - South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority Act
Section 48-5-80. Authority authorized to borrow money and issue bonds; requirements for issuing bonds.

(A) Subject to the requirements of subsections (B) and (C) of this section, the authority may borrow money and issue its bonds, including refunding bonds, in amounts it determines necessary or convenient to provide funds to carry out its purposes and powers and to pay all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of bonds.
(B) At or before the delivery of bonds by the authority, the authority shall, by resolution of the authority, certificate of an officer or employee of the authority or other manner as the authority determines, establish with respect to all bonds of the authority then outstanding and then proposed to be delivered that, following the period during which interest on bonds or loan obligations is capitalized, either:
(1) the ratio of all assets, including, without limitation, loan obligations, reserves, and any amounts to be received pursuant to an agreement with the agency held, or to be held, as security for all the bonds to the principal amount of all the bonds is not less than 1.10 to 1; or
(2) the ratio of anticipated annual receipts to be derived from assets described in (1), above, to debt service on all the bonds is estimated to be not less than 1.10 to 1.
(C) With respect to bonds, or that portion of an issue of bonds, issued to refund outstanding bonds of the authority, in lieu of the requirements of subsection (B) of this section, the bonds may be issued if the authority establishes with respect to the issuing of the bonds that debt service with respect to the refunding bonds is not expected to exceed debt service with respect to the refunded bonds in a year in which the refunded bonds were outstanding.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 513, Section 3.

Structure South Carolina Code of Laws

South Carolina Code of Laws

Title 48 - Environmental Protection and Conservation

Chapter 5 - South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority Act

Section 48-5-10. Short title.

Section 48-5-20. Definitions.

Section 48-5-30. South Carolina Water Quality Revolving Fund Authority created; membership of authority.

Section 48-5-40. Powers of authority.

Section 48-5-50. Continuation of existing fund; deposits to fund; use of funds.

Section 48-5-55. Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund; deposits; use of funds.

Section 48-5-60. Authority of Department of Health and Environmental Control.

Section 48-5-70. Project sponsors authorized to borrow money from authority through loan agreements and loan obligations; contracts need not be identical among projects; application of other statutes permitting project sponsors to borrow money and is...

Section 48-5-80. Authority authorized to borrow money and issue bonds; requirements for issuing bonds.

Section 48-5-90. Authority authorized to pledge its revenues or funds to payment of bonds; other security for payment of bonds.

Section 48-5-100. Bonds payable solely from revenue, money, or property of authority; liability on bonds; statements required on face of bonds.

Section 48-5-110. Requirements for bonds; security for bonds.

Section 48-5-120. Pledge as valid and binding; lien of pledge; record of proceedings relative to issuance of bonds to be filed.

Section 48-5-130. Subsequent amendments not to affect prior agreements or vested rights.

Section 48-5-140. Authority exempt from taxes and assessments; bonds issued by authority free from taxation and assessments of every kind.

Section 48-5-150. Bonds as legal investments; bonds as securities.

Section 48-5-160. Annual report by the authority.

Section 48-5-170. Failure of project sponsor to make payment to authority; section not applicable to certain counties.

Section 48-5-180. Liberal construction of chapter; chapter contains all notice and security requirements; provisions of chapter controlling.

Section 48-5-190. Severability.