The authority may issue bonds and make loans to an eligible institution and refund or reimburse outstanding obligations, mortgages, or advances, including advances from an endowment or any similar fund, issued, made, or given by such eligible institution for the cost of a project, including the power to issue bonds and make loans to an eligible institution to refinance indebtedness incurred or to reimburse advances made for projects undertaken prior thereto whenever the authority has received a written letter of intent to underwrite, place, or purchase the bonds from a financial institution having the powers of an investment bank, commercial bank, or trust company and finds that such financing or refinancing is in the public interest, and either:
Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 58-834