Section 54-17.2-03 - PowersExcept as otherwise limited by this chapter, the commission may:
1. Enter into agreements, including financing agreements, with respect to its projects, operation, properties, and facilities, subject to agreements with holders of evidences of indebtedness.3. Make and enter into all contracts and all agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the exercise of its powers.4. Acquire, own, hold, assign, exchange, lease, mortgage, or pledge or grant security interests in a project or projects in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties.5. Acquire, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, improve, alter, or repair, or provide for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, or repair of any project and let, award, and enter into construction contracts, purchase orders, and other contracts with respect thereto in the manner determined by the commission.6. Sell, lease, assign, transfer, convey, exchange, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of or encumber any project or other property no longer necessary to carry out the public purposes of the commission and, in the case of the sale of any project or property, to accept a purchase money mortgage in connection therewith; and to lease, repurchase, or otherwise acquire and hold any project or property which the commission has sold, let, or otherwise conveyed, transferred, or disposed of.7. Grant options to purchase any project or to renew any financing agreement entered into by it in connection with any of its projects, on terms and conditions it deems advisable.8. Acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise, on terms and conditions and in a manner as it determines to be proper, or, subject to chapter 32-15, by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, except with respect to lands owned by the state or any public lands, any land and other property or equipment, which it may determine is reasonably necessary for any project.9. Sell, lease, rent, sublease, or otherwise dispose of, to any person, firm, corporation, or limited liability company, any surplus space in any project over and above that sold, leased, rented, subleased, or otherwise disposed of to the state and establish and revise the purchase price, rents, or charges for the surplus space.10. Manage or operate any project or real or personal property or equipment related to a project whether owned or leased by the commission or any state agency, and enter into agreements with any state agency, any political subdivision, any local governmental agency, or with any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or limited liability company, either public or private, for the management of a project or related property.11. Consent to any modification, amendment, or revision of any contract, lease, or agreement to which the commission is a party, subject to the provisions of any contract with holders of evidences of indebtedness.12. Issue its evidences of indebtedness and to secure the same and provide for the rights of the holders thereof as provided in this chapter.13. Invest moneys of the commission not required for immediate use, including proceeds from the sale of any evidences of indebtedness in securities and other investments including evidences of indebtedness as the commission determines to be prudent, subject to any agreement with holders of evidences of indebtedness.14. Procure insurance against any loss in connection with its property and other assets and operations in such amounts and from such insurers as it deems desirable.15. Purchase evidences of indebtedness issued by the commission out of any funds or money not pledged to or necessary for some other purpose and hold, cancel, or resell such evidences of indebtedness, subject to any agreement with holders of evidences of indebtedness.16. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, issue evidences of indebtedness to implement the state facility energy improvement program under section 54-44.5-08.