§ 244. Bonds
(a) Bonds authorized under this subchapter may, without limitation, be issued:
(1) in one or more series of one or more denominations and bearing one or more rates of interest;
(2) in bearer form or registered form with or without privileges of conversion and reconversion from one form to the other;
(3) payable in serial installments or as term bonds, and any series may consist of both types of bonds, provided that all of the bonds of every series shall mature no later than 40 years after their dates; and
(4) subject to redemption prior to maturity, with or without the payment of any redemption premium, in accordance with the provisions of the security document.
(b) Bonds shall bear the manual signature of the treasurer of the municipality and the manual or facsimile signature or signatures of the mayor or a majority of the selectboard or trustees as the case may be. Interest coupons, if any, shall bear the facsimile signature of the treasurer. If the municipality has a corporate seal, bonds shall bear the seal or a facsimile of the seal. Bonds executed in accordance with this subchapter shall be valid notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor any or all of the persons whose signatures appear thereon shall have ceased to hold office.
(c) Every bond shall bear a statement on its face that it does not constitute an indebtedness of the municipality except to the extent permitted by this subchapter. Bonds may be sold at public or private sale by the officers authorized to sign them. The price at which bonds are sold may be par or may be more or less than par, but the original purchaser of the bond shall be obligated to pay accrued interest for the period, if any, from the date of the bonds to the date of delivery. All bonds issued under this subchapter and interest coupons applicable thereto, if any, shall be deemed to be negotiable instruments and to be investment securities under the Uniform Commercial Code.
(d) No purchaser of bonds shall be in any way bound to see to the proper application of the proceeds thereof. (Added 1973, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1975, No. 18, § 11, eff. March 27, 1975.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 10 - Conservation and Development
Chapter 12 - Vermont Economic Development Authority
§ 213. Authority; organization
§ 214. Members; disqualification
§ 216. Authority; general powers
§ 217. Records; annual report; audit
§ 220. Transfer from Indemnification Fund
§ 231. Assistance to local development corporations
§ 232. Issuance of loans for speculative buildings and small business incubator facilities
§ 237. Issuing of loans for industrial park planning and development projects
§ 241. Powers of municipalities
§ 247. Obligations of the municipality
§ 248. Trustees and trust funds
§ 250. Bonds exempt from taxation
§ 251. Taxation of eligible facilities
§ 252. Bonds eligible for investment
§ 263. Mortgage loan; limitations
§ 264. Accelerated repayment provisions
§ 279c. Vermont Export Finance Program
§ 280. Public financing policy
§ 280a. Eligible projects; authorized financing programs
§ 280b. The Vermont sustainable jobs strategy
§ 280e. State Infrastructure Bank Program
§ 280f. Applicability of general provisions
§ 280g. State Infrastructure Bank Program; duties; powers
§ 280h. Receipt and administration of Program funds
§ 280i. Disbursement and use of funds
§ 280j. Powers and duties of the Secretary
§ 280k. Powers and duties of the Program
§ 280l. Applications for financial assistance
§ 280n. Program Fund; accounts
§ 280o. Issuance of revenue bonds
§ 280p. Additional security agreements, insurance, and credit enhancements
§ 280q. Loans to qualified borrowers to finance qualified projects
§ 280r. Powers and privileges of government units
§ 280u. Guarantees; other credit enhancement
§ 280v. Termination of the Program; remaining assets and liabilities
§ 280w. Records of receipts, expenditures, and disbursements
§ 280x. Obligations; credit of the State not pledged
§ 280bb. Vermont Entrepreneurial Lending Program
§ 280cc. Creation; purpose; definitions
§ 280dd. Loan programs administered within the Fund