Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:9Q-13.5

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • 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.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
11. In order to secure the payment of such bonds, notes and other obligations, and in addition to its other powers, the corporation shall have power by resolution to covenant and agree with the several holders of such bonds, as to:

a. The custody, security, use, expenditure or application of the proceeds of the bonds, notes or other obligations;

b. The use, regulation, operation, maintenance, insurance or disposition of all or any part of any project or projects;

c. Payment of the principal of, redemption premium if any or interest on the bonds, notes or any other obligations, and the sources and methods thereof, the rank or priority of any such bonds, notes or other obligations as to any lien or security, or the acceleration of the maturity of any such bonds, notes or other obligations;

d. The use and disposition of any moneys of the corporation, including all revenues or other moneys derived or to be derived from any project or projects;

e. Pledging, setting aside, depositing or trusteeing all or any part of the revenues or other moneys of the corporation to secure the payment of the principal of, redemption premium if any, or interest on the bonds, notes, or any other obligations and the powers and duties of any trustee with regard thereto;

f. The setting aside out of the revenues or other moneys of the corporation of reserves and sinking funds, and the source, custody, security, regulation, application, and disposition thereof;

g. The rents, fees or other charges for the use of any project or projects, including any parts thereof theretofore constructed or acquired and any parts, replacements or improvements thereof thereafter constructed or acquired, and the fixing, establishment, collection and enforcement of the same;

h. The limitation on the issuance of additional bonds, notes or any other obligations, or on the incurrence of indebtedness of the corporation;

i. The vesting in a trustee or trustees, fiscal or escrow agent or agents within or without the State such property, rights, powers and duties in trust as the corporation may determine and limiting the rights, duties and powers of such trustee or agent;

j. The payment of costs or expenses incident to the enforcement of the bonds, notes or other obligations or of the provisions of the resolution or of any covenant or contract with the holders of the bonds, notes, or other obligations;

k. The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any covenant or contract with, or duty to, the holders of bonds, notes or other obligations may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds, notes or other obligations the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given or evidenced; or

l. Any other matter or course of conduct which, by recital in the resolution, is declared to further secure the payment of the principal of, redemption premium if any, or interest on the bonds, notes or other obligations.

All such provisions of the resolution and all such covenants and agreements shall constitute valid and legally binding contracts between the corporation and the several holders of the bonds, notes or other obligations regardless of the time of issuance of such bonds, notes, or other obligations and shall be enforceable by any such holder or holders by appropriate action, suit or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction, or by proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ.

L.2009, c.252, s.11.