Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:4545.20

  • Authority: shall mean the political subdivision and body politic and corporate created, organized and existing pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, or if the Authority shall be abolished, the board, body, commission, department or officer succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers given by this chapter may be given by law. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:4545.3
  • Project: shall mean any system or facilities proposed, existing or under construction within the state for the generation, transmission, transformation or supply of electric power and energy by any means whatsoever, or for the development, production, manufacture, procurement, handling, transportation, storage, fabrication, enrichment, processing or reprocessing of fuel of any kind or any facility or rights with respect to the supply of water, any interest therein, securities issued in connection with the financing thereof and any right to output, capacity or services thereof, but does not include facilities for the distribution of electric energy for retail sale. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:4545.3
  • revenue bonds: shall mean bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness of the Authority issued by the authority pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:4545.3

The Authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of revenue refunding bonds of the Authority for the purpose of refunding any revenue bonds then outstanding and issued under the provisions of this Chapter, whether or not such outstanding bonds have matured or are then subject to redemption.  The Authority is further authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of a single issue of revenue bonds of the Authority for the combined purposes of (i) paying the cost of any project and (ii) refunding revenue bonds of the Authority which shall theretofore have been issued under the provisions of this Chapter and shall then be outstanding, whether or not such outstanding bonds have matured or are then subject to redemption.  The issuance of such bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights and remedies of the holders thereof, and the rights, powers, privileges, duties and obligations of the Authority with respect to the same, shall be governed by the foregoing provisions of this Chapter insofar as the same may be applicable.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 772, §1, eff. July 20, 1979.