35 Pa. Stat. § 751.8

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111
Section 751.8 - Covenants and express conditions on obligations

In any resolution of the authority authorizing or relating to the issuance of bonds, the authority, in order to secure payment of the bonds, and, in addition to its other powers, may, by provisions in the resolution which shall constitute covenants by the authority and contracts with the holders of the bonds, do the following:

(1) Secure the bonds.
(2) Make covenants against pledging all or part of its revenues or receipts to other parties.
(3) Make covenants limiting its right to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of notes and bonds of governmental units, loan agreements of public or private persons or entities, or other property of any kind.
(4) Make covenants as to additional bonds to be issued, the limitations thereon, the terms and conditions thereof, and the custody, application, investment and disposition of the proceeds thereof.
(5) Make covenants as to the incurring of other debts by it.
(6) Make covenants as to the payment of principal of or interest on bonds, the sources and methods of the payment, the rank or priority of bonds with respect to liens or security interests or the acceleration of maturity of bonds.
(7) Provide for replacement of lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated bonds.
(8) Make covenants as to the redemption, purchase or tender of bonds by the authority, or the holders thereof, and the privileges of exchanging them for other bonds.
(9) Make covenants to create or authorize the creation of special funds or accounts to be held in trust or otherwise for the benefit of holders of bonds, or of reserves for other purposes and as to the use, investment and disposition of moneys held in those funds, accounts or reserves.
(10) Provide for the rights, liabilities, powers and duties arising upon the breach of a covenant, condition or obligation and prescribe the events of default and the terms and conditions upon which any or all of the bonds shall become or may be declared due and payable before maturity and the terms and conditions upon which the declaration and its consequences may be waived.
(11) Vest in a trustee or trustees within or without this Commonwealth in trust any property, rights, powers and duties as the authority may determine. These may include any or all of the rights, powers and duties of any trustee appointed by the holders of bonds or notes, including rights with respect to the sale or other disposition of notes and bonds of governmental units and other instruments and security pledged pursuant to a resolution or trust indenture for the benefit of the holders of bonds and the right, by suit or action, to foreclose any mortgage pledged pursuant to the resolution or trust indenture for the benefit of the holders of the bonds, notes or other obligations, and to limit the right of the holders of any bonds to appoint a trustee under this act and to limit the rights, powers and duties of the trustee.
(12) Pay the costs or expenses incident to the enforcement of the bonds or the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of those bonds, or the trust indenture securing the bonds or any covenant or agreement of the authority with the holders of the bonds, notes or other obligations.
(13) Limit the rights of the holders of any bonds to enforce any pledge or covenant securing bonds.
(14) Make covenants other than or in addition to the covenants authorized by this act of like or different character and make covenants to do or refrain from doing any acts and things as may be necessary, or convenient and desirable, in order to better secure bonds or which, in the absolute discretion of the authority, will tend to make bonds more marketable, notwithstanding that the covenants, acts or things may not be enumerated herein.

35 P.S. § 751.8

1988, March 1, P.L. 82, No. 16, § 8, imd. effective.