Montana Code 7-7-4255. Form and execution of bonds
7-7-4255. Form and execution of bonds. (1) At the time of the sale of the bonds or at a meeting held after the sale, the city or town council shall adopt a resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds, prescribing the form of the bonds, whether amortization or serial bonds, providing the manner of execution of the bonds, and if applicable, specifying whether the bonds are tax credit bonds as provided in 17-5-117, recovery zone economic development bonds or recovery zone facility bonds as provided in 7-7-140, or qualified energy conservation bonds as provided in 7-7-141.
Terms Used In Montana Code 7-7-4255
- Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
- serial bonds: as used in this part , means a bond issue payable in annual installments of principal commencing not more than 2 years from the date of issue, any one installment consisting of one or more bonds, with the principal amount of bonds maturing or subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption in each installment, commencing with the installment payable in the fourth year after the date of issue, not exceeding three times the principal amount of the bonds payable in the immediately preceding installment. See Montana Code 7-7-4210
(2)Each bond and each coupon attached to a bond must be signed by or bear the facsimile signatures of the mayor and the treasurer of the city or town and must be attested by the city or town clerk, provided that one signature of a city or town official or the bond registrar must be a manual signature. Each bond may have the city or town seal or its facsimile imprinted on the bond.