Oregon Code § 289.220·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Covenants regarding bond issuance.
The official action authorizing the issuance of bonds under this chapter to
finance or refinance, in whole or in part, the acquisition, purchase,
construction, reconstruction, installation, improvement, betterment, extension,
management, operation or funding of a project may contain covenants that limit
the exercises of powers conferred by this chapter in the following respects and
in other respects as the state, acting through the State Treasurer, or the
designee of the treasurer may decide:
(1) The rents to
be charged for the use of properties acquired, purchased, constructed,
reconstructed, installed, improved, bettered, extended, managed, operated or
funded under the authority of this chapter;
(2) The use and
disposition of the revenues of projects;
(3) The creation
and maintenance of sinking funds and the regulation, use and disposition
thereof;
(4) The creation
and maintenance of funds to provide for maintaining the eligible project and
replacement of properties depreciated, damaged, destroyed or condemned;
(5) The purpose
or purposes to which the proceeds of sale of bonds may be applied and the use
and disposition of such proceeds;
(6) The nature of
mortgages or other encumbrances on the eligible project made in favor of the
holder or holders of such bonds or a trustee therefor;
(7) The events of
default and the rights and liabilities arising thereon and the terms and
conditions upon which the holders of any bonds may bring any suit or action on
such bonds or on any coupons appurtenant thereto;
(8) The issuance
of other or additional bonds or instruments payable from or constituting a
charge against the revenue of the eligible project;
(9) The insurance
to be carried upon the eligible project and the use and disposition of
insurance moneys;
(10) The keeping
of books of account and the inspection and audit thereof;
(11) The terms
and conditions upon which any or all of the bonds shall become or may be
declared due before maturity and the terms and conditions upon which such
declaration and its consequences may be waived;
(12) The rights,
liabilities, powers and duties arising upon the breach by the municipality or
redevelopment agency of any covenants, conditions or obligations;
(13) The
appointing of and vesting in a trustee or trustees of the right to enforce any
covenants made to secure or to pay the bonds, the powers and duties of such
trustee or trustees and the limitation of their liabilities;
(14) The terms
and conditions upon which the holder or holders of the bonds, or the holders of
any proportion or percentage of them, may enforce any covenants made under this
chapter;
(15) A procedure
by which the terms of any official action authorizing bonds or of any other
contract with bondholders, including but not limited to an indenture of trust
or similar instrument, may be amended or abrogated, and the amount of bonds the
holders of which may consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may
be given; and
(16) The
subordination of the security of any bonds issued under this chapter and the
payment of principal and interest thereof, to the extent considered feasible
and desirable by the state, to other bonds or obligations of the state issued
to finance the eligible project or that may be outstanding when the bonds thus
subordinated are issued and delivered. [1989 c.820 §13; 2010 c.3 §5]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 289.220
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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