Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-65-116

  • Bonds: means bonds, notes, interim certificates or other obligations of an authority issued by its board of directors pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 7-65-102
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Municipality: means any county or incorporated city or town in this state with respect to which an authority may be organized. See Tennessee Code 7-65-102
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

The municipality shall not, in any event, be liable for the payment of principal of or interest on any bonds of the authority, or for the performance of any pledge, mortgage, obligation or agreement of any kind whatsoever that may be undertaken by the authority, and none of the bonds of the authority or any of its agreements or obligations shall be construed to constitute an indebtedness of the municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision whatsoever. In the event bonds of the authority are issued for a term greater than the life of the authority, the creating municipality shall assume the obligation of the bonds from and after the expiration of the period of duration of the authority.