Section 57-10-309 - Mortgage or secured loans; issuance of bonds or notes(1) The corporation may make mortgage or secured loans, including, but not limited to, mortgage or secured loans insured, guaranteed or otherwise secured by the federal government or a federal governmental agency or instrumentality, a state agency or private mortgage insurers, to beginning farmers to provide financing for agricultural land and agricultural improvements or depreciable agricultural property.(2) Mortgage or secured loans shall contain terms and provisions, including interest rates, and be in a form established by rules of the corporation. The corporation may require the beginning farmer to execute a note, loan agreement or other evidence of indebtedness and furnish additional assurances and guarantees, including insurance, reasonably related to protecting the security of the mortgage or secured loan, as the corporation deems necessary.(3) The corporation may enter into a loan agreement with a beginning farmer to finance in whole or in part the acquisition by construction or purchase of agricultural land, agricultural improvements or depreciable agricultural property. The repayment obligation of the beginning farmer may be unsecured, or may be secured by a mortgage or security agreement or by other security as the corporation deems advisable, and may be evidenced by one or more notes of the beginning farmer. The loan agreement may contain terms and conditions as the corporation deems advisable.(4) The corporation may issue its bonds and notes for the purposes set forth in this article and Title 57, Chapter 10, Article 7, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to the issuance of bonds and notes by the corporation and may enter into a lending agreement or purchase agreement with one or more bondholders or noteholders containing the terms and conditions of the repayment of and the security for the bonds or notes. Bonds and notes must be authorized by a resolution of the corporation. The corporation and the bondholders or noteholders may enter into an agreement to provide for any of the following: (a) That the proceeds of the bonds and notes and investments thereon may be received, held and disbursed by the bondholders or noteholders, or by a trustee or agent designated by the corporation.(b) That the bondholders or noteholders or a trustee or agent designated by the corporation may collect, invest and apply the amounts payable under the loan agreement or any other security instrument securing the debt obligation of the beginning farmer.(c) That the bondholders or noteholders may enforce the remedies provided in the loan agreement or security instrument on their own behalf without the appointment or designation of a trustee and if there is a default in the principal of or interest on the bonds or notes or in the performance of any agreement contained therein, the payment or performance may be enforced in accordance with the provisions contained therein.(d) That if there is a default in the payment of the principal or interest on a mortgage or security instrument or a violation of an agreement contained in the mortgage or security instrument, the mortgage or security instrument may be foreclosed or enforced and any collateral sold under proceedings or actions permitted by law and a trustee under the mortgage or security agreement or the holder of any bonds or notes secured thereby may become a purchaser if it is the highest bidder.(e) Other terms and conditions.(5) The corporation shall provide in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or notes that the principal and interest shall be limited obligations payable solely out of the revenues derived from the debt obligation, collateral or other security furnished by or on behalf of the beginning farmer, and that the principal and interest does not constitute an indebtedness of the corporation, the state or any political subdivision thereof.Laws, 1992, ch. 461, § 5, eff. 5/5/1992.