Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:99.7

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Board: means the board of the corporation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:99.3
  • Bonds: means tobacco bonds and refunding bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued by the corporation pursuant to this Subpart. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:99.3
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: means the Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation created pursuant to this Subpart. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:99.3
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Outstanding: when used with respect to bonds, shall exclude bonds that shall have been paid in full at maturity, or shall have otherwise been refunded, redeemed, defeased or discharged, or that may be deemed not outstanding pursuant to agreements with the holders thereof. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:99.3
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

The corporation shall have perpetual existence; provided, however, the board shall dissolve and terminate the existence of the corporation no later than two years after the date of final payment of all outstanding bonds and the payments or satisfaction of all other outstanding obligations and liabilities of the corporation, except to the extent necessary to remain in existence, and only for such additional time, as shall be necessary to fulfill any outstanding covenants or agreements with holders or other parties made in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart.  Upon dissolution of the corporation, title to all assets and properties of the corporation shall vest in and become the property of the state of Louisiana and shall be deposited in and credited to the Millennium Trust, and the corporation shall execute all necessary conveyances, assignments or other documents to establish and evidence such transfer and ownership, including all conveyances or assignments of all rights, title and interest to the tobacco settlement payments.

Acts 2001, No. 1145, §1.