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<br><br>58.540 Power to issue revenue bonds for particular purposes -- Interim financing. <br>(1) The authority may provide for the issuance of revenue bonds to pay all or any part <br>of the cost of the acquisition of the properties of Churchill Downs or expenses <br>incident thereto referred to in KRS 58.510, or any part thereof or interest therein, <br>and secure the payment thereof by a lien on the properties acquired with the <br>proceeds of the bonds. The bonds shall bear interest at such rate not exceeding ten <br>percent (10%) per annum and shall mature at such time not exceeding fifteen (15) <br>years from their date, as may be provided by the authority, and may be made <br>redeemable before maturity, at the option of the authority, at a price not less than <br>the face amount thereof and accrued interest thereon. The proceeds of the bonds <br>shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of the acquisition of Churchill <br>Downs or expenses incident thereto, and shall be disbursed in such manner and <br>under such restrictions, if any, as the authority may provide in the proceedings <br>authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust indenture securing the same. <br>(2) Notwithstanding KRS Chapter 56, the authority, in addition to the revenue bonds <br>originally issued for the acquisition of Churchill Downs or expenses incident <br>thereto as provided for in subsection (1) of this section, may issue revenue bonds <br>payable solely from the charges, revenues, rentals and other funds pledged for their <br>payment, for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of the acquisition of <br>additional property, the reconstruction of improvements or the erection of additional <br>improvements, but such revenue bonds shall be subordinate to the revenue bonds <br>issued for the original acquisition of Churchill Downs or expenses incident thereto. <br>(3) Notwithstanding KRS Chapter 56, the authority, in addition to the revenue bonds <br>originally issued for the acquisition of Churchill Downs or expenses incident <br>thereto as provided for in subsection (1) of this section, and for the acquisition of <br>additional property, the reconstruction of improvements or the erection of additional <br>improvements provided for in subsection (2) of this section, may issue revenue <br>bonds payable solely from the charges, revenues, rentals and other funds pledged <br>for their payment, for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of further <br>developing the museum at Churchill Downs and establishing a facility for the <br>exhibition of prior Kentucky Derby and other important races held at Churchill <br>Downs as aforesaid, but such revenue bonds shall be subordinate to any then <br>outstanding previously issued revenue bonds. <br>(4) The authority may agree to or establish any method of interim financing by the <br>authority during the acquisition of additional property, the reconstruction of <br>improvements or the erection of additional improvements hereinbefore provided for <br>and in developing the museum at Churchill Downs and establishing a facility for the <br>exhibition of prior Kentucky Derby and other important races held at Churchill <br>Downs as aforesaid, with borrowed funds from any bank, trust company, or banking <br>institution, such borrowings to be paid from earnings or through the sale of revenue <br>bonds before, during or at completion of such project, but such revenue bonds shall <br>be subordinate to any then outstanding previously issued revenue bonds; and the <br>interest rates, maturities and other provisions shall be such as the authority may at <br>the time of issuance deem to be proper. <br><br>(5) If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue, by error of estimates or otherwise, shall be <br>less than the cost for which issued, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to <br>provide the amount of the deficit, and, unless otherwise provided in the proceedings <br>authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust indenture securing the same, <br>shall be deemed to be of the same issue and shall be entitled to payment from the <br>same fund without preference or priority of the bonds first issued. If the proceeds of <br>the bonds of any issue exceed such cost, the surplus shall be deposited to the credit <br>of the sinking fund for such bonds or any account therein as the authority shall have <br>provided in the proceedings or trust indenture authorizing and securing the bonds. <br>(6) Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the authority may, under like <br>restrictions, issue interim receipts or temporary bonds, with or without coupons, <br>exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds have been executed and are <br>available for delivery. The authority may also provide for the replacement of any <br>bonds that become mutilated or are destroyed or lost. <br>Effective: June 17, 1978 <br>History: Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 5, effective June 17, 1978. <br><br>