Title 7, Title 7

Bonds backed by the full faith and credit of the city or town and issued for the construction, purchase, or securing of a water plant, water system, water supply, sewage treatment and disposal plant, or sewer system may not be issued until the proposition has been submitted to a …

An election on the question of issuing bonds may be called by the city or town council or commission on its passage of the necessary resolution, as hereinafter provided, or after there has been presented to the council or commission a petition asking that such election be held an…

(1) A petition asking that an election be held on the question of issuing bonds must be signed by not less than 20% of the qualified electors of the city or town. The petition must give the street and house number, if any, and the voting precinct of each person signing the petiti…

(1) The completed petition for an election on the bonds must be filed with the city or town clerk. The clerk shall, within 15 days, carefully examine the petition and the county records showing the qualifications of the petitioners and attach to the petition a certificate, under …

(1) When the governing body of any municipality considers it necessary to issue bonds pledging the general credit of the municipality pursuant to a statute of this state, the governing body shall pass and adopt a resolution. (2) The resolution must: (a) recite the purpose or purp…

(1) Notice of the election must be provided in accordance with 13-1-108. (2) (a) The notice must state: (i) the date when the election will be held; (ii) the amount of bonds proposed to be issued; (iii) the purpose of the bonds; (iv) the term of years through which the bonds will…

Whenever the question of issuing bonds for any purpose is submitted to the registered electors of a city or town, the determination of the approval or rejection of the bond proposition is made by a majority of the votes cast on the issue.

(1) If issuing of bonds has been approved as provided in 7-7-4235 and the city or town council conducts a public sale, the city or town council shall pass a resolution calling for the sale of the bonds. (2) The resolution calling for the sale of the bonds must state: (a) the purp…

(1) If a city or town conducts a public sale, the notice of sale must state the purpose or purposes for which the bonds are to be issued and the amount proposed to be issued for each purpose and must be substantially in the following form: NOTICE OF SALE OF (CITY OR TOWN) BONDS N…

If a city or town conducts a public sale, the city or town council or commission shall cause a notice to be published as provided in 17-5-106 in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the city or town if there is a newspaper of general circulation and, if not…

(1) Any bonds issued under the authority of this part may be sold at public or private sale, as determined by the city or town council or commission pursuant to 17-5-107. If the city or town council or commission conducts a public sale, it shall meet at the time and place fixed i…

(1) At the time of the sale of the bonds or at a meeting held after the sale, the city or town council shall adopt a resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds, prescribing the form of the bonds, whether amortization or serial bonds, providing the manner of execution of t…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the city or town clerk, under the direction of the council, shall cause the bonds, with coupons attached, to be printed or lithographed at the expense of the city or town at lowest commercial rates. (2) A purchaser of the bonds may furnis…

(1) When executed by the officers of the city or town, the bonds must be registered by the city treasurer or town clerk before being delivered to the purchaser. (2) The registration must show: (a) the date of issue, the maturities of the bonds subject to early redemption, the red…

The city or town clerk shall also deliver to the city treasurer an unsigned and canceled printed copy of one of the bonds, as issued and registered, to be preserved in the treasurer's office.

The city treasurer or town clerk shall deliver the bonds to the purchaser upon receiving full payment for the bonds.

All money arising from the sale of the bonds shall be paid to the city treasurer or town clerk and shall be immediately available for the purpose for which the bonds were issued and for no other purpose.

(1) The city treasurer or town clerk shall keep in the treasurer's or clerk's books a special and separate sinking fund account for each issue or series of outstanding bonds, including citizen bonds as provided in 7-7-4211 through 7-7-4214, issued by the city or town. Each fund m…

The city treasurer or town clerk shall pay from the proper sinking and interest fund the interest and principal of each issue or series of outstanding bonds, as the interest and principal become due and at the place where the bonds are payable, upon presentation and surrender of …

Any and all installments of interest or principal of bonds issued under the provisions of this part not promptly paid when due shall draw interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date due until actually paid, irrespective of the rate of interest on the bonds themselves.

(1) Whenever any city or town has any issue or series of bonds outstanding and there are not sufficient funds on hand available for the payment of the full amount of the interest and principal thereof, the city treasurer or town clerk shall, between July 1 and July 15 in each yea…

(1) The city or town council, at the time of making the levy of taxes for general city or town purposes, must levy a separate and special tax upon all taxable property in the city or town for the payment of interest and principal for each series or issue of bonds outstanding. The…

(1) If the council of any city or town shall fail, neglect, or refuse in any year to make a levy sufficient to pay the interest on and principal of any issue or series of bonds as required by the provisions of 7-7-4265, the holder of any bond of such issue or series or any taxpay…

(1) Whenever there is available money in any sinking and interest fund over and above the amount required for payment of principal and interest becoming due on the next interest payment date and sufficient to pay and redeem one or more of the outstanding bonds of the issue or ser…

All bonds to be redeemed under the provisions of 7-7-4268 may be redeemed in the order that the city treasurer or city clerk selects, consistent with the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.

Whenever there is available money in any sinking fund over and above the amount required for payment of principal and interest becoming due on the next interest payment date and sufficient to pay and redeem one or more outstanding bonds of the issue or series to which the sinking…

(1) All bonds and interest coupons paid by the city treasurer or town clerk from time to time must be canceled by the treasurer or clerk. After cancellation, the treasurer or clerk shall deliver the bonds and coupons to the city or town clerk, with a report showing the numbers of…

(1) Whenever bonds are issued for the purpose of funding outstanding warrants or refunding outstanding bonds, the city treasurer or town clerk shall, upon taking up such warrants or bonds, cancel the same, keep a record thereof, and deliver the same to the city or town clerk, wit…

When all bonds of any series or issue, with the interest thereon, have been fully paid or called in for payment and there remains in the sinking and interest fund for such series or issue any amount not required for the payment of such bonds and interest, such excess amount and a…

(1) Subject to the approval of the board of investments, the council of any city or town is hereby authorized to issue amortization bonds for the purpose of refunding any outstanding bonds of such city or town held by the state and which were not issued either as amortization or …

The city or town council may contract an indebtedness on behalf of a city or town, upon the credit of the city or town, by issuing bonds for the funding of outstanding warrants and maturing bonds when there are not sufficient funds available to pay the outstanding warrants or mat…

(1) The provisions of 7-7-4201 through 7-7-4206, 7-7-4208 through 7-7-4210, 7-7-4255 through 7-7-4266, 7-7-4268 through 7-7-4270, and 7-7-4272 through 7-7-4274 apply to refunding bonds issued under this part; however, the city or town council may at its option sell bonds issued u…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), when bonds are issued for the purpose of refunding bonds theretofore issued and outstanding, such bonds shall not be issued for a longer term than 10 years. (2) If the unexpired term of the bonds to be refunded shall be more than 10 years…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), refunding bonds may not be issued unless the refunding bonds bear interest at a rate of at least 1/2 of 1% less than the interest rate of the outstanding bonds to be refunded. In determining whether the refunding bonds satisfy the savings…

In order to issue bonds to refund bonds theretofore issued and outstanding, it shall only be necessary for the council, at a regular or duly called special meeting, to pass and adopt a resolution setting forth the facts with regard to the indebtedness to be refunded, showing the …

Whenever bonds are issued for the purpose of funding outstanding warrants or refunding outstanding bonds, it shall be the duty of the city treasurer or town clerk to apply the proceeds derived from the sale of such bonds to the payment of such funded warrants or refunded bonds.

(1) A city or town may issue refunding bonds pursuant to this section to refund outstanding bonds in advance of the date on which the bonds mature or are subject to redemption, provided that the proceeds of the refunding bonds, less any accrued interest or premium received upon t…

This part may be cited as "The Municipal Revenue Bond Act of 1939".

As used in this part, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the following definitions apply: (1) "Governing body" means a body or board that has charge of finances and management of a municipality. (2) "Municipality" means a city or town, however organized.…

(1) The powers conferred in this part shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other general, special, or local law. (2) The undertaking may be acquired, purchased, constructed, reconstructed, improved, bettered, and extended and bonds may be issued un…

A municipality under this part may: (1) construct, reconstruct, improve, or extend any undertaking, within or outside of the municipality or partially within or partially outside of the municipality, and acquire by gift, purchase, or the exercise of the right of eminent domain pu…

In addition to the powers which it now may have, any municipality shall have the power under this part to: (1) enter into cooperative agreements with and accept contributions from industrial establishments relative to the planning, construction, lease or other acquisition, mainte…

(1) Any two or more municipalities, through their respective governing bodies, are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into and perform such contracts and agreements as they may deem proper for or concerning the planning, construction, lease or other acquisition, and the fin…

A municipality acting pursuant to this part is not required to obtain any certificate of convenience or necessity, franchise, license, permit, or other authorization from any bureau, board, commission, or other instrumentality of the state in order to acquire, construct, purchase…

(1) In addition to the powers that it may now have, any municipality has power under this part to: (a) issue its bonds to finance in whole or in part the cost of the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, or extension of any undertaking; (b)…

The governing body of a municipality, in determining cost for purposes of 7-7-4421, may include: (1) all costs and estimated costs of the issuance of revenue bonds, including a permissible underwriter's discount, if any; (2) all engineering, inspection, fiscal, and legal expenses…