Revenue agreement, as the term is used in this chapter, is any written agreement between a municipality and another person, firm, limited liability company, corporation, or governmental entity with respect to a project whereby such other person, firm, limited liability company, corporation, or governmental entity agrees to pay to the municipality or to its order amounts sufficient at all times to pay when due the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all bonds issued by the municipality with respect to that project. A revenue agreement includes, but is not limited to, a lease, a direct or installment sale contract, or a loan agreement.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 9-54-3.1

  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1981, ch 77, § 5; SL 1994, ch 351, § 11.