Terms Used In 12 Guam Code Ann. § 10236

  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
In addition to and in amplification of the powers conferred upon the Board by the Jose D. Leon Guerrero Commercial Port Act, this Article or any other law of Guam or of the United States, the Board has power and is hereby authorized to cause the Authority to enter into any contracts in connection with, or incidental to, the issuance of bonds or other indebtedness, or the carrying of any investment or program of investment or entering into or maintaining any agreement which secures bonds or other indebtedness (each, a “”payment agreement””), which the Board determines to be necessary or appropriate to place the obligation or investment of the Authority, as represented by the bonds or such indebtedness, investment, program of investment or agreement and the

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contract or contracts, in whole or in part, on the interest rate, currency, cash-flow, or other basis desired by the Board in furtherance of the purposes of this Chapter, including, without limitation, contracts commonly known as interest rate swap agreements or contracts providing for payments based on levels of, or changes in, interest rates, or contracts to exchange cash flows or a series of payments, or contracts, including, without limitation, interest rate floors or caps, options, put or call to hedge payment, rate, spread, or similar exposure with the parties, selected by the means, and containing the payment, security, default, remedy, and other terms and conditions, authorized by the Board, after giving due consideration for the creditworthiness of the counterparties, where applicable, including any rating by a nationally recognized rating agency or any other criteria as may be appropriate; provided, that any amounts received by the Authority pursuant to any payment agreement shall constitute revenues and that any obligation of the Authority under any payment agreement shall be payable solely from, and secured solely by a pledge of, revenues in accordance with 12 Guam Code Ann. § 10237. Any payment agreement may include a provision that any obligation of the Authority under any such payment agreement shall be secured by all or by part of revenues; provided that, at the time of execution and delivery of each payment agreement, any such provision shall be in compliance with and shall not violate or breach any provision of any indenture then in effect with respect to the bonds.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 13-087:1 (Oct. 31, 1975) as GC § 14085. Codified as
12 Guam Code Ann. § 10236, entitled Publication of Notice of Adoption of Resolution; Statute of Limitations on Action Involving Bonds. Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 34-
070:2 (Dec. 7, 2017).