Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 3-51-36 - Form and sale of bondsA. Bonds of a city issued hereunder, shall be authorized by its ordinance and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear the date or dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding thirty years from the date of issue, bear interest at any coupon rate or rates, of not exceeding the maximum coupon rate permitted by the Public Securities Act [6-14-1 to 6-14-3 NMSA 1978], be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, as such ordinance, its trust indenture, or the bonds so issued may provide.B. Any bonds issued under the authority of the Greater Municipality Parking Law may be sold at public or private sale at, above or below par in such manner and at a price which shall result in a net effective interest rate of not exceeding that permitted by the Public Securities Act, and from time to time as may be determined by the governing body to be most advantageous.C. In case any of the officers of the city whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such officers before the delivery of such bonds, the signatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such officers had remained in office until such delivery. Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding any bonds issued pursuant to the Greater Municipality Parking Law shall be fully negotiable.D. In any suit, action or proceedings involving the validity or enforceability of any bond of a city or the security therefor, any such bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the city to aid in financing a parking facility project to provide additional facilities for parking motor vehicles shall be conclusively presumed to have been issued for a parking facility project of such character, and said project shall be conclusively deemed to have been planned, located and constructed in accordance with the purposes and provisions of the Greater Municipality Parking Law.1953 Comp., § 14-52-32, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1971, ch. 173, § 21.