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63B-1b-402. Commission may authorize revenue bonds -- Contents of bonddocument -- Special and reserve funds -- Limitation on liability -- Restoration of monies inreserve funds -- Payment of bonds and other technical requirements -- Refunding -- Reportto Division of Finance.
(1) (a) In order to provide authorizing agencies with an alternative method of liquidatingagency bonds and, by doing so, providing authorizing agencies with additional funds to furtherthe purposes of authorizing agencies, the commission may authorize the issuance of revenuebonds from time to time by the state.
(b) These revenue bonds shall be payable solely from a special fund established by thestate treasurer as provided in Subsection (4).
(c) Revenue bonds may be sold at public or private sale and may be issued in one ormore series.
(2) Revenue bonds may be authorized, issued, and sold by the commission on behalf ofthe state at a time or times and in a manner set forth in a bond document that provides for:
(a) the terms and conditions of sale, including price, whether at, below or above facevalue;
(b) interest rates, including a variable rate;
(c) authorized denomination;
(d) maturity dates;
(e) form;
(f) manner of execution;
(g) manner of authentication;
(h) place and medium of payment;
(i) redemption terms;
(j) authorized signatures of public officials; and
(k) other provisions and details considered necessary or appropriate.
(3) To the extent set forth in the resolution, the proceeds of revenue bonds may be usedfor the purposes set forth in Subsection (1) and to:
(a) provide for any necessary or desirable reserve fund as provided for in Subsection (5);and
(b) pay fees, charges, and other amounts related to the issuance and sale of the revenuebonds.
(4) (a) As provided in the bond document, the principal of, premium, if any, and intereston, any issue of revenue bonds is payable solely from and secured by one or more special fundsconsisting of:
(i) the pledge and assignment of any agency bonds, including all amounts payable on orwith respect to them, and other monies and security, as provided for in an agreement entered intounder Subsection 63B-1b-401(2);
(ii) amounts on deposit in the reserve fund, if any, established under Subsection (5);
(iii) amounts available pursuant to any security device or credit enhancement device thatthe commission authorizes for the purpose of improving the marketability of the revenue bonds;and
(iv) other amounts available and pledged by the commission to secure payment of thatissue of revenue bonds.
(b) Owners of revenue bonds do not have recourse against the general funds or general

credit of the state or its political subdivisions or agencies, but this limitation does not limit oralter the obligations of political subdivisions on agency bonds in any manner.
(c) Revenue bonds do not constitute nor give rise to a general obligation or liability of, orconstitute a charge or lien against, the general credit or taxing power of the state or its politicalsubdivisions or agencies, including any authorizing agency.
(d) Revenue bonds shall contain on their face a statement that:
(i) the revenue bonds are payable solely from the sources set forth in this Subsection (4)and specified in the bond document with respect to the revenue bonds;
(ii) neither the state nor any political subdivision of the state is obligated to pay therevenue bonds; and
(iii) neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or any of its politicalsubdivisions is pledged to the payment of principal or redemption price of, or premium, if any, orinterest on the revenue bonds.
(e) Revenue bonds do not constitute debt of the state within the meaning of UtahConstitution Article XIII, Sec. 5 (3) or Article XIV, Sec. 1.
(5) (a) The commission may establish a reserve fund with respect to any issue of revenuebonds.
(b) If a reserve fund is established, the bond document relating to that issue of revenuebonds shall specify:
(i) the minimum amount that is required to be on deposit in the reserve fund;
(ii) the amount of sale proceeds from the sale of that issue of revenue bonds that shall bedeposited in the reserve fund; and
(iii) the manner in which any deficiency in the reserve fund shall be replenished.
(c) (i) On or before the first day of December of each year, the state treasurer shall certifyto the governor and the director of the Division of Finance the amount, if any, that may berequired to restore all reserve funds established to the minimum amount specified by the statetreasurer with respect to each reserve fund.
(ii) The governor may request an appropriation from the Legislature equal to the certifiedamount in order to restore each reserve fund to the specified minimum amount.
(6) (a) (i) The commission may provide in the bond document that any signature of apublic official authorized to sign revenue bonds may be by the facsimile signature of that officialimprinted, engraved, stamped, or otherwise placed on the revenue bonds.
(ii) If all signatures of public officials on the revenue bonds are facsimile signatures, thebond document shall provide for a manual authenticating signature on the revenue bonds by oron behalf of a designated authenticating agent.
(iii) If an official ceases to hold office before delivery of the revenue bonds signed bythat official, the signature or facsimile signature of the official is valid and sufficient for allpurposes.
(b) A facsimile of the seal of the state may be imprinted, engraved, stamped, or otherwiseplaced on the revenue bonds.
(7) (a) The commission may provide in the bond document for the replacement of lost,destroyed, stolen, or mutilated revenue bonds or for the exchange of revenue bonds after issuancefor revenue bonds of smaller or larger denominations.
(b) Revenue bonds in changed denominations shall:
(i) be exchanged for the original revenue bonds in the aggregate principal amounts and in

a manner that prevents the duplication of interest; and
(ii) bear interest at the same rate, be of the same series, mature on the same date, and beas nearly as practicable in the same form as the original revenue bonds.
(8) (a) (i) Revenue bonds may be registered as to both principal and interest or may be ina book entry form under which the right to principal and interest may be transferred only througha book entry.
(ii) The commission may provide for the services and payment for the services of one ormore financial institutions, other entities or persons, or nominees, within or outside the state, for:
(A) authentication;
(B) registration;
(C) transfer, including record, bookkeeping, or book entry functions;
(D) exchange; and
(E) payment.
(b) The records of ownership, registration, transfer, and exchange of the revenue bonds,and of persons to whom payment with respect to them is made, are classified as private orprotected as defined in Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
(c) The revenue bonds and any evidences of participation interests in the revenue bondsmay be issued, executed, authenticated, registered, transferred, exchanged, and otherwise made tocomply with Title 15, Chapter 7, Registered Public Obligations Act, or any other act of theLegislature relating to the registration of obligations enacted to meet the requirements of Section149 (a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any comparable predecessor or successor provision,and applicable regulations.
(9) (a) The commission may authorize the execution and delivery of whateveragreements and contracts that the commission considers necessary and appropriate in connectionwith the issuance of revenue bonds.
(b) These agreements and contracts may include agreements and contracts with financialand other institutions for financial advisory services, trustee services, insurance, letters of credit,reimbursement agreements, tender agreements, put agreements, repurchase agreements, andindexing and tender agent agreements to:
(i) facilitate the sale of the revenue bonds; or
(ii) secure or provide liquidity to support any agreement, obligation, or contract enteredinto by an authorized officer on behalf of the state in connection with:
(A) the issuance and sale of the revenue bonds;
(B) any repurchase, remarketing, or other pledge of the revenue bonds; and
(C) any insurance, repurchase, remarketing, tender, put, letter of credit, or agreement,obligation, or contract entered into in connection with them, including payment of fees, charges,or other amounts coming due under agreements entered into with financial or other institutionson behalf of the state.
(10) When all revenue bonds of an issue have been paid, or provision for their paymenthas been made, there shall be transferred to the appropriate authorizing agency or agencies, in theamounts and in the manner that the commission considers fair and equitable, and to the extentnot required to secure payment of the revenue bonds and related fees, charges, and otheramounts:
(a) all amounts remaining on deposit in any reserve fund established with respect to theissue of revenue bonds; and


(b) all other amounts and all agency bonds held by the commission and any trustee andpledged to the payment of the revenue bonds.
(11) (a) The state treasurer or the commission may create any funds and accountsnecessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(b) (i) The state treasurer shall administer and maintain those funds and accounts.
(ii) The state treasurer may invest all monies held in those funds and accounts inaccordance with Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act, and in accordance with thebond document or any other agreement entered into on behalf of the state as authorized by thebond document.
(iii) The commission may not approve the bond document or other agreement withrespect to the investment and application of these monies unless the state treasurer hasaffirmatively approved any investment provisions contained in the bond document or otheragreement.
(c) All income from the monies invested in a fund or account created under thisSubsection (11) shall accrue to the benefit of the fund or account and shall be used for thepurpose for which the fund or account was established.
(12) (a) The commission may authorize the issuance of refunding revenue bonds of thestate in accordance with Title 11, Chapter 27, Utah Refunding Bond Act, for the purpose ofrefunding any revenue bonds.
(b) The state is considered a "public body" and the commission its "governing body" forpurposes of that act.
(13) (a) Revenue bonds may not be issued under this section until an authorized officialfinds and certifies that all conditions precedent to the issuance of the revenue bond have beensatisfied.
(b) A recital on any revenue bond of a finding and certification conclusively establishesthe completion and satisfaction of all conditions of this section.
(14) Revenue bonds, interest paid on revenue bonds, and any income from revenuebonds is not taxable within this state for any purpose, except for the corporate franchise tax.
(15) (a) Revenue bonds are legal investments for all state trust funds, insurancecompanies, banks, trust companies, and the State School Fund.
(b) Revenue bonds may also be used as collateral to secure legal obligations.
(16) Immediately upon the issuance of each issue of revenue bonds, an authorizedofficial shall make a verified return to the Division of Finance of:
(a) the aggregate principal amount of revenue bonds issued;
(b) the amount of proceeds of sale of revenue bonds received by the state;
(c) the amount paid to the authorizing agency or agencies for the agency bonds;
(d) the total amount of all fees and expenses relating to the issuance of the revenuebonds;
(e) the amount of sale proceeds of the revenue bonds used to pay fees and expenses; and
(f) the amount of sale proceeds of the revenue bonds deposited in the reserve fundestablished with respect to the issue of revenue bonds, if any.

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Statutes > Utah > Title-63b > Chapter-01b > 63b-1b-402

63B-1b-402. Commission may authorize revenue bonds -- Contents of bonddocument -- Special and reserve funds -- Limitation on liability -- Restoration of monies inreserve funds -- Payment of bonds and other technical requirements -- Refunding -- Reportto Division of Finance.
(1) (a) In order to provide authorizing agencies with an alternative method of liquidatingagency bonds and, by doing so, providing authorizing agencies with additional funds to furtherthe purposes of authorizing agencies, the commission may authorize the issuance of revenuebonds from time to time by the state.
(b) These revenue bonds shall be payable solely from a special fund established by thestate treasurer as provided in Subsection (4).
(c) Revenue bonds may be sold at public or private sale and may be issued in one ormore series.
(2) Revenue bonds may be authorized, issued, and sold by the commission on behalf ofthe state at a time or times and in a manner set forth in a bond document that provides for:
(a) the terms and conditions of sale, including price, whether at, below or above facevalue;
(b) interest rates, including a variable rate;
(c) authorized denomination;
(d) maturity dates;
(e) form;
(f) manner of execution;
(g) manner of authentication;
(h) place and medium of payment;
(i) redemption terms;
(j) authorized signatures of public officials; and
(k) other provisions and details considered necessary or appropriate.
(3) To the extent set forth in the resolution, the proceeds of revenue bonds may be usedfor the purposes set forth in Subsection (1) and to:
(a) provide for any necessary or desirable reserve fund as provided for in Subsection (5);and
(b) pay fees, charges, and other amounts related to the issuance and sale of the revenuebonds.
(4) (a) As provided in the bond document, the principal of, premium, if any, and intereston, any issue of revenue bonds is payable solely from and secured by one or more special fundsconsisting of:
(i) the pledge and assignment of any agency bonds, including all amounts payable on orwith respect to them, and other monies and security, as provided for in an agreement entered intounder Subsection 63B-1b-401(2);
(ii) amounts on deposit in the reserve fund, if any, established under Subsection (5);
(iii) amounts available pursuant to any security device or credit enhancement device thatthe commission authorizes for the purpose of improving the marketability of the revenue bonds;and
(iv) other amounts available and pledged by the commission to secure payment of thatissue of revenue bonds.
(b) Owners of revenue bonds do not have recourse against the general funds or general

credit of the state or its political subdivisions or agencies, but this limitation does not limit oralter the obligations of political subdivisions on agency bonds in any manner.
(c) Revenue bonds do not constitute nor give rise to a general obligation or liability of, orconstitute a charge or lien against, the general credit or taxing power of the state or its politicalsubdivisions or agencies, including any authorizing agency.
(d) Revenue bonds shall contain on their face a statement that:
(i) the revenue bonds are payable solely from the sources set forth in this Subsection (4)and specified in the bond document with respect to the revenue bonds;
(ii) neither the state nor any political subdivision of the state is obligated to pay therevenue bonds; and
(iii) neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or any of its politicalsubdivisions is pledged to the payment of principal or redemption price of, or premium, if any, orinterest on the revenue bonds.
(e) Revenue bonds do not constitute debt of the state within the meaning of UtahConstitution Article XIII, Sec. 5 (3) or Article XIV, Sec. 1.
(5) (a) The commission may establish a reserve fund with respect to any issue of revenuebonds.
(b) If a reserve fund is established, the bond document relating to that issue of revenuebonds shall specify:
(i) the minimum amount that is required to be on deposit in the reserve fund;
(ii) the amount of sale proceeds from the sale of that issue of revenue bonds that shall bedeposited in the reserve fund; and
(iii) the manner in which any deficiency in the reserve fund shall be replenished.
(c) (i) On or before the first day of December of each year, the state treasurer shall certifyto the governor and the director of the Division of Finance the amount, if any, that may berequired to restore all reserve funds established to the minimum amount specified by the statetreasurer with respect to each reserve fund.
(ii) The governor may request an appropriation from the Legislature equal to the certifiedamount in order to restore each reserve fund to the specified minimum amount.
(6) (a) (i) The commission may provide in the bond document that any signature of apublic official authorized to sign revenue bonds may be by the facsimile signature of that officialimprinted, engraved, stamped, or otherwise placed on the revenue bonds.
(ii) If all signatures of public officials on the revenue bonds are facsimile signatures, thebond document shall provide for a manual authenticating signature on the revenue bonds by oron behalf of a designated authenticating agent.
(iii) If an official ceases to hold office before delivery of the revenue bonds signed bythat official, the signature or facsimile signature of the official is valid and sufficient for allpurposes.
(b) A facsimile of the seal of the state may be imprinted, engraved, stamped, or otherwiseplaced on the revenue bonds.
(7) (a) The commission may provide in the bond document for the replacement of lost,destroyed, stolen, or mutilated revenue bonds or for the exchange of revenue bonds after issuancefor revenue bonds of smaller or larger denominations.
(b) Revenue bonds in changed denominations shall:
(i) be exchanged for the original revenue bonds in the aggregate principal amounts and in

a manner that prevents the duplication of interest; and
(ii) bear interest at the same rate, be of the same series, mature on the same date, and beas nearly as practicable in the same form as the original revenue bonds.
(8) (a) (i) Revenue bonds may be registered as to both principal and interest or may be ina book entry form under which the right to principal and interest may be transferred only througha book entry.
(ii) The commission may provide for the services and payment for the services of one ormore financial institutions, other entities or persons, or nominees, within or outside the state, for:
(A) authentication;
(B) registration;
(C) transfer, including record, bookkeeping, or book entry functions;
(D) exchange; and
(E) payment.
(b) The records of ownership, registration, transfer, and exchange of the revenue bonds,and of persons to whom payment with respect to them is made, are classified as private orprotected as defined in Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
(c) The revenue bonds and any evidences of participation interests in the revenue bondsmay be issued, executed, authenticated, registered, transferred, exchanged, and otherwise made tocomply with Title 15, Chapter 7, Registered Public Obligations Act, or any other act of theLegislature relating to the registration of obligations enacted to meet the requirements of Section149 (a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any comparable predecessor or successor provision,and applicable regulations.
(9) (a) The commission may authorize the execution and delivery of whateveragreements and contracts that the commission considers necessary and appropriate in connectionwith the issuance of revenue bonds.
(b) These agreements and contracts may include agreements and contracts with financialand other institutions for financial advisory services, trustee services, insurance, letters of credit,reimbursement agreements, tender agreements, put agreements, repurchase agreements, andindexing and tender agent agreements to:
(i) facilitate the sale of the revenue bonds; or
(ii) secure or provide liquidity to support any agreement, obligation, or contract enteredinto by an authorized officer on behalf of the state in connection with:
(A) the issuance and sale of the revenue bonds;
(B) any repurchase, remarketing, or other pledge of the revenue bonds; and
(C) any insurance, repurchase, remarketing, tender, put, letter of credit, or agreement,obligation, or contract entered into in connection with them, including payment of fees, charges,or other amounts coming due under agreements entered into with financial or other institutionson behalf of the state.
(10) When all revenue bonds of an issue have been paid, or provision for their paymenthas been made, there shall be transferred to the appropriate authorizing agency or agencies, in theamounts and in the manner that the commission considers fair and equitable, and to the extentnot required to secure payment of the revenue bonds and related fees, charges, and otheramounts:
(a) all amounts remaining on deposit in any reserve fund established with respect to theissue of revenue bonds; and


(b) all other amounts and all agency bonds held by the commission and any trustee andpledged to the payment of the revenue bonds.
(11) (a) The state treasurer or the commission may create any funds and accountsnecessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(b) (i) The state treasurer shall administer and maintain those funds and accounts.
(ii) The state treasurer may invest all monies held in those funds and accounts inaccordance with Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act, and in accordance with thebond document or any other agreement entered into on behalf of the state as authorized by thebond document.
(iii) The commission may not approve the bond document or other agreement withrespect to the investment and application of these monies unless the state treasurer hasaffirmatively approved any investment provisions contained in the bond document or otheragreement.
(c) All income from the monies invested in a fund or account created under thisSubsection (11) shall accrue to the benefit of the fund or account and shall be used for thepurpose for which the fund or account was established.
(12) (a) The commission may authorize the issuance of refunding revenue bonds of thestate in accordance with Title 11, Chapter 27, Utah Refunding Bond Act, for the purpose ofrefunding any revenue bonds.
(b) The state is considered a "public body" and the commission its "governing body" forpurposes of that act.
(13) (a) Revenue bonds may not be issued under this section until an authorized officialfinds and certifies that all conditions precedent to the issuance of the revenue bond have beensatisfied.
(b) A recital on any revenue bond of a finding and certification conclusively establishesthe completion and satisfaction of all conditions of this section.
(14) Revenue bonds, interest paid on revenue bonds, and any income from revenuebonds is not taxable within this state for any purpose, except for the corporate franchise tax.
(15) (a) Revenue bonds are legal investments for all state trust funds, insurancecompanies, banks, trust companies, and the State School Fund.
(b) Revenue bonds may also be used as collateral to secure legal obligations.
(16) Immediately upon the issuance of each issue of revenue bonds, an authorizedofficial shall make a verified return to the Division of Finance of:
(a) the aggregate principal amount of revenue bonds issued;
(b) the amount of proceeds of sale of revenue bonds received by the state;
(c) the amount paid to the authorizing agency or agencies for the agency bonds;
(d) the total amount of all fees and expenses relating to the issuance of the revenuebonds;
(e) the amount of sale proceeds of the revenue bonds used to pay fees and expenses; and
(f) the amount of sale proceeds of the revenue bonds deposited in the reserve fundestablished with respect to the issue of revenue bonds, if any.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session


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Statutes > Utah > Title-63b > Chapter-01b > 63b-1b-402

63B-1b-402. Commission may authorize revenue bonds -- Contents of bonddocument -- Special and reserve funds -- Limitation on liability -- Restoration of monies inreserve funds -- Payment of bonds and other technical requirements -- Refunding -- Reportto Division of Finance.
(1) (a) In order to provide authorizing agencies with an alternative method of liquidatingagency bonds and, by doing so, providing authorizing agencies with additional funds to furtherthe purposes of authorizing agencies, the commission may authorize the issuance of revenuebonds from time to time by the state.
(b) These revenue bonds shall be payable solely from a special fund established by thestate treasurer as provided in Subsection (4).
(c) Revenue bonds may be sold at public or private sale and may be issued in one ormore series.
(2) Revenue bonds may be authorized, issued, and sold by the commission on behalf ofthe state at a time or times and in a manner set forth in a bond document that provides for:
(a) the terms and conditions of sale, including price, whether at, below or above facevalue;
(b) interest rates, including a variable rate;
(c) authorized denomination;
(d) maturity dates;
(e) form;
(f) manner of execution;
(g) manner of authentication;
(h) place and medium of payment;
(i) redemption terms;
(j) authorized signatures of public officials; and
(k) other provisions and details considered necessary or appropriate.
(3) To the extent set forth in the resolution, the proceeds of revenue bonds may be usedfor the purposes set forth in Subsection (1) and to:
(a) provide for any necessary or desirable reserve fund as provided for in Subsection (5);and
(b) pay fees, charges, and other amounts related to the issuance and sale of the revenuebonds.
(4) (a) As provided in the bond document, the principal of, premium, if any, and intereston, any issue of revenue bonds is payable solely from and secured by one or more special fundsconsisting of:
(i) the pledge and assignment of any agency bonds, including all amounts payable on orwith respect to them, and other monies and security, as provided for in an agreement entered intounder Subsection 63B-1b-401(2);
(ii) amounts on deposit in the reserve fund, if any, established under Subsection (5);
(iii) amounts available pursuant to any security device or credit enhancement device thatthe commission authorizes for the purpose of improving the marketability of the revenue bonds;and
(iv) other amounts available and pledged by the commission to secure payment of thatissue of revenue bonds.
(b) Owners of revenue bonds do not have recourse against the general funds or general

credit of the state or its political subdivisions or agencies, but this limitation does not limit oralter the obligations of political subdivisions on agency bonds in any manner.
(c) Revenue bonds do not constitute nor give rise to a general obligation or liability of, orconstitute a charge or lien against, the general credit or taxing power of the state or its politicalsubdivisions or agencies, including any authorizing agency.
(d) Revenue bonds shall contain on their face a statement that:
(i) the revenue bonds are payable solely from the sources set forth in this Subsection (4)and specified in the bond document with respect to the revenue bonds;
(ii) neither the state nor any political subdivision of the state is obligated to pay therevenue bonds; and
(iii) neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or any of its politicalsubdivisions is pledged to the payment of principal or redemption price of, or premium, if any, orinterest on the revenue bonds.
(e) Revenue bonds do not constitute debt of the state within the meaning of UtahConstitution Article XIII, Sec. 5 (3) or Article XIV, Sec. 1.
(5) (a) The commission may establish a reserve fund with respect to any issue of revenuebonds.
(b) If a reserve fund is established, the bond document relating to that issue of revenuebonds shall specify:
(i) the minimum amount that is required to be on deposit in the reserve fund;
(ii) the amount of sale proceeds from the sale of that issue of revenue bonds that shall bedeposited in the reserve fund; and
(iii) the manner in which any deficiency in the reserve fund shall be replenished.
(c) (i) On or before the first day of December of each year, the state treasurer shall certifyto the governor and the director of the Division of Finance the amount, if any, that may berequired to restore all reserve funds established to the minimum amount specified by the statetreasurer with respect to each reserve fund.
(ii) The governor may request an appropriation from the Legislature equal to the certifiedamount in order to restore each reserve fund to the specified minimum amount.
(6) (a) (i) The commission may provide in the bond document that any signature of apublic official authorized to sign revenue bonds may be by the facsimile signature of that officialimprinted, engraved, stamped, or otherwise placed on the revenue bonds.
(ii) If all signatures of public officials on the revenue bonds are facsimile signatures, thebond document shall provide for a manual authenticating signature on the revenue bonds by oron behalf of a designated authenticating agent.
(iii) If an official ceases to hold office before delivery of the revenue bonds signed bythat official, the signature or facsimile signature of the official is valid and sufficient for allpurposes.
(b) A facsimile of the seal of the state may be imprinted, engraved, stamped, or otherwiseplaced on the revenue bonds.
(7) (a) The commission may provide in the bond document for the replacement of lost,destroyed, stolen, or mutilated revenue bonds or for the exchange of revenue bonds after issuancefor revenue bonds of smaller or larger denominations.
(b) Revenue bonds in changed denominations shall:
(i) be exchanged for the original revenue bonds in the aggregate principal amounts and in

a manner that prevents the duplication of interest; and
(ii) bear interest at the same rate, be of the same series, mature on the same date, and beas nearly as practicable in the same form as the original revenue bonds.
(8) (a) (i) Revenue bonds may be registered as to both principal and interest or may be ina book entry form under which the right to principal and interest may be transferred only througha book entry.
(ii) The commission may provide for the services and payment for the services of one ormore financial institutions, other entities or persons, or nominees, within or outside the state, for:
(A) authentication;
(B) registration;
(C) transfer, including record, bookkeeping, or book entry functions;
(D) exchange; and
(E) payment.
(b) The records of ownership, registration, transfer, and exchange of the revenue bonds,and of persons to whom payment with respect to them is made, are classified as private orprotected as defined in Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
(c) The revenue bonds and any evidences of participation interests in the revenue bondsmay be issued, executed, authenticated, registered, transferred, exchanged, and otherwise made tocomply with Title 15, Chapter 7, Registered Public Obligations Act, or any other act of theLegislature relating to the registration of obligations enacted to meet the requirements of Section149 (a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any comparable predecessor or successor provision,and applicable regulations.
(9) (a) The commission may authorize the execution and delivery of whateveragreements and contracts that the commission considers necessary and appropriate in connectionwith the issuance of revenue bonds.
(b) These agreements and contracts may include agreements and contracts with financialand other institutions for financial advisory services, trustee services, insurance, letters of credit,reimbursement agreements, tender agreements, put agreements, repurchase agreements, andindexing and tender agent agreements to:
(i) facilitate the sale of the revenue bonds; or
(ii) secure or provide liquidity to support any agreement, obligation, or contract enteredinto by an authorized officer on behalf of the state in connection with:
(A) the issuance and sale of the revenue bonds;
(B) any repurchase, remarketing, or other pledge of the revenue bonds; and
(C) any insurance, repurchase, remarketing, tender, put, letter of credit, or agreement,obligation, or contract entered into in connection with them, including payment of fees, charges,or other amounts coming due under agreements entered into with financial or other institutionson behalf of the state.
(10) When all revenue bonds of an issue have been paid, or provision for their paymenthas been made, there shall be transferred to the appropriate authorizing agency or agencies, in theamounts and in the manner that the commission considers fair and equitable, and to the extentnot required to secure payment of the revenue bonds and related fees, charges, and otheramounts:
(a) all amounts remaining on deposit in any reserve fund established with respect to theissue of revenue bonds; and


(b) all other amounts and all agency bonds held by the commission and any trustee andpledged to the payment of the revenue bonds.
(11) (a) The state treasurer or the commission may create any funds and accountsnecessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(b) (i) The state treasurer shall administer and maintain those funds and accounts.
(ii) The state treasurer may invest all monies held in those funds and accounts inaccordance with Title 51, Chapter 7, State Money Management Act, and in accordance with thebond document or any other agreement entered into on behalf of the state as authorized by thebond document.
(iii) The commission may not approve the bond document or other agreement withrespect to the investment and application of these monies unless the state treasurer hasaffirmatively approved any investment provisions contained in the bond document or otheragreement.
(c) All income from the monies invested in a fund or account created under thisSubsection (11) shall accrue to the benefit of the fund or account and shall be used for thepurpose for which the fund or account was established.
(12) (a) The commission may authorize the issuance of refunding revenue bonds of thestate in accordance with Title 11, Chapter 27, Utah Refunding Bond Act, for the purpose ofrefunding any revenue bonds.
(b) The state is considered a "public body" and the commission its "governing body" forpurposes of that act.
(13) (a) Revenue bonds may not be issued under this section until an authorized officialfinds and certifies that all conditions precedent to the issuance of the revenue bond have beensatisfied.
(b) A recital on any revenue bond of a finding and certification conclusively establishesthe completion and satisfaction of all conditions of this section.
(14) Revenue bonds, interest paid on revenue bonds, and any income from revenuebonds is not taxable within this state for any purpose, except for the corporate franchise tax.
(15) (a) Revenue bonds are legal investments for all state trust funds, insurancecompanies, banks, trust companies, and the State School Fund.
(b) Revenue bonds may also be used as collateral to secure legal obligations.
(16) Immediately upon the issuance of each issue of revenue bonds, an authorizedofficial shall make a verified return to the Division of Finance of:
(a) the aggregate principal amount of revenue bonds issued;
(b) the amount of proceeds of sale of revenue bonds received by the state;
(c) the amount paid to the authorizing agency or agencies for the agency bonds;
(d) the total amount of all fees and expenses relating to the issuance of the revenuebonds;
(e) the amount of sale proceeds of the revenue bonds used to pay fees and expenses; and
(f) the amount of sale proceeds of the revenue bonds deposited in the reserve fundestablished with respect to the issue of revenue bonds, if any.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session