Current through Chapter 381 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 35-A:5 - Loans of Money; State Not LiableI. The bank, for the purposes authorized by this chapter, is hereby authorized and empowered to lend money to governmental units through the purchase by the bank of municipal bonds of governmental units in fully marketable form. The bank, for the purposes authorized by this chapter, is hereby authorized and empowered to authorize and issue its bonds and notes payable solely from the revenues or funds therefor available to the bank, and to otherwise assist governmental units as provided in this chapter.II. Bonds and notes of the bank issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the state and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the state or be or constitute a pledge of the faith and credit of the state but all such bonds and notes, unless funded or refunded by bonds or notes of the bank, shall be payable solely from revenues or funds pledged or available for their payment as authorized herein. Each bond and note shall contain on its face a statement to the effect that the bank is obligated to pay the principal thereof and the interest thereon only from revenues or funds of the bank and that the state is not obligated to pay such principal or interest and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds or notes.III. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be payable solely from revenues or funds provided or to be provided under the provisions of this chapter and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the bank to incur any indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state.1977, 491:1, eff. July 1, 1977.