(a) If there are bonds outstanding that have been issued under this article by a development authority and are not secured by a lease, or if there are leases in effect under this article, the general assembly covenants that it will not reduce the amount required to be transferred under section 2 of this chapter from a county or municipality that is a member of a development authority to the development authority below an amount that would produce one and twenty-five hundredths (1.25) multiplied by the total of the highest annual debt service on the bonds to their final maturity plus the highest annual lease payments on the leases to their final termination date.(b) The general assembly also covenants that it will not:(1) repeal or amend this article in a manner that would adversely affect owners of outstanding bonds, or the payment of lease rentals, secured by the amounts pledged under this chapter; or(2) in any way impair the rights of owners of bonds of a development authority, or the owners of bonds secured by lease rentals, secured by a pledge of revenues under this chapter;except as otherwise set forth in subsection (a).As added by P.L.232-2007, SEC.7.
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