(a) Any certificated registered public obligation signed by the authorized officers at the time of the signing thereof shall remain valid and binding, notwithstanding that before the issuance thereof any or all of such officers shall have ceased to fill their respective offices.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 42b-5

  • Authorized officer: means any individual required or permitted, alone or with others, by any provision of law or by the issuing public entity, to execute on behalf of the public entity a certificated registered public obligation or a writing relating to an uncertificated registered public obligation. See Connecticut General Statutes 42b-1
  • Certificated registered public obligation: means a registered public obligation which is represented by an instrument. See Connecticut General Statutes 42b-1
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Obligation: means an agreement of a public entity to pay principal and any interest thereon, whether in the form of a contract to repay borrowed money, a lease, an installment purchase agreement, or otherwise, and includes a share, participation, or other interest in any such agreement. See Connecticut General Statutes 42b-1

(b) Any authorized officer empowered to sign any certificated registered public obligation may adopt as and for the signature of such officer the signature of a predecessor in office in the event that such predecessor’s signature appears on such certificated registered public obligation. An authorized officer incurs no liability by adoption of a predecessor’s signature that would not be incurred by such authorized officer if the signature were that of such authorized officer.

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