Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 2207 – Authorization of covenants in revenue bonds
(a) In the event that the County issues revenue bonds, the resolutions authorizing the issuance of such bonds may contain covenants as to:
(1) The purpose to which the proceeds of sale of the bonds may be applied and the use and disposition thereof;
(2) The use and disposition of the revenue of the sewerage systems, the revenues of which are pledged to the payment of such bonds, including the creation and maintenance of reserves;
(3) The issuance of other or additional bonds payable from the revenues of such sewerage systems;
(4) The operation and maintenance of such sewerage systems;
(5) The insurance to be carried thereon and the use and disposition of insurance moneys;
(6) Books of account and the inspection and audit thereof; and
(7) The terms and conditions upon which the holders of the bonds or any proportion of them or any trustee therefor shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver by the appropriate court, which court shall have jurisdiction in such proceedings, and which receiver may enter and take possession of the sewerage systems, operate and maintain them, prescribe service charges therefor, and collect, receive and apply all revenue thereafter arising therefrom in the same manner as the County itself might do.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 2207
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- County: means New Castle County. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 2201
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Revenue bonds: means bonds to the payment of which all or any part of the revenues derived from the operation of any sewerage system are pledged in accordance with this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 2201
- Service charges: means rents, rates, fees or other charges charged or collected under § 2209 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 2201
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(b) This chapter and any such ordinance or resolutions shall be a contract with the holders of the bonds, and the duties of the County and of the County Council and officers under this chapter and any such resolutions shall be enforceable by any bondholder, by mandamus or other appropriate suit, action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction.
48 Del. Laws, c. 61, § ?8; 9 Del. C. 1953, § ?2207; 55 Del. Laws, c. 85, § ?14; 71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §§ ?15, 70;