Title 37 — Title 37

When used in this chapter, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the present tense shall include the future tense, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular and the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascri…

No action or suit shall be brought or maintained against the manager or any director of an authority for or on account of the negligence of the authority or such manager or director, or its or his agents, servants or employees, in or about the construction, maintenance, operation…

Each authority shall have the power and is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time to issue and sell its revenue bonds for any of its corporate purposes. The principal of and the interest on all such bonds shall be payable solely from, and may be secured by a pledge o…

All bonds shall be signed by the chairman or vice-chairman and the secretary or treasurer of the authority and the seal of the authority shall be affixed thereto. A facsimile of the signature of one, but not both, of the officers whose signatures will appear on the bonds may be i…

In the discretion of the authority any bonds may be issued under and secured by an indenture between the authority and a trustee. Said trustee may be a private person or corporation, including (but not limited to) any trust company or bank having trust powers, whether such bank o…

The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds (other than refunding bonds) may be used only to pay the costs of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging and equipping the railroad properties and facilities, or other property with respect to which they were issued, as may b…

An authority may at any time and from time to time issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding the principal of and the interest on any bonds of the authority theretofore issued hereunder and then outstanding, whether or not such principal and interest shall have matured a…

The bonds issued by an authority and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. All property and income of an authority shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal and other local taxation; provided, however, that this exemption shall not be constr…

The governing body of any county, city or town within this state is authorized in its discretion to invest in bonds of the authority any idle or surplus money held in its treasury. History: (Acts 1984, No. 84-179, p. 256, §17.)

Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made legal investments for executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries, unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction of the fiduciary relation or by the document that is the source of the fid…

Upon the adoption by the board of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, the authority may in its discretion cause to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper that is customarily published in this state not less than five days in each calend…

Pursuant to this chapter, authorities may be organized as public corporations with the powers herein set forth. To organize an authority, no fewer than three natural persons shall file with the governing body of any one or more counties, cities, or towns within this state in whic…

Public Service Commission Jurisdiction. Authorities organized pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from (a) all laws relating to the advertising and award of construction contracts and purchase contracts made by or in behalf of the state and its departments and by or in behal…

At any time when no bonds of an authority are outstanding, such authority may be dissolved upon the filing, with the judge of probate of the county in which is filed the certificate of incorporation, of an application for dissolution, which shall be subscribed by each director an…

The certificate of incorporation of an authority shall state; (1) The names of the incorporators together with the residence of each thereof, and a statement that each of them is a duly qualified elector of and owner of property in the state; (2) The name of the authority (which …

The certificate of incorporation of an authority shall be signed and acknowledged by the aforesaid incorporators before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgements to deeds and shall have attached thereto a certified copy of each of the resolutions pro…

Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors composed of the number of directors provided in its certificate of incorporation, all of whom shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of this section. If there is to be only one authorizing subdivision (whether …

The officers of the authority shall consist of a chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as the board shall deem necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the authority was organized. The chairman, vice-chairman and secretary of the author…

Each authority shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form; (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of …

Each authority is authorized to accept, receive, receipt for, disburse and expend federal and state moneys and other moneys, public or private, made available by grant or loan or both, to accomplish, in whole or in part, any of the purposes of the chapter. All federal moneys acce…

For the purpose of aiding and cooperating with an authority in the planning, development, undertaking, construction, extension, improvement or operation of railroad properties and facilities, any county, city, town or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency or ins…