(a)(1) Capital outlay notes issued pursuant to this section may be issued for a period not to exceed the end of the twelfth fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the notes were issued. The repayment must be in a manner that:(A) An equal amount of principal is paid in each fiscal year that the capital outlay notes are outstanding after the first fiscal year in which the notes are issued;(B) Level debt service, as described in subdivision (a)(2), is paid in each fiscal year that the capital outlay notes are outstanding after the first fiscal year in which the notes are issued; or(C) The debt service is paid on the capital outlay notes as approved by the comptroller or the comptroller's designee.(2) The resolution authorizing any such issue of notes must provide for the principal of the notes to be paid consistent with the requirements of subdivision (a)(1), either by maturity or by mandatory redemption. The resolution authorizing such notes may provide that the notes must be subject to redemption prior to maturity at the option of the local government. Debt service payable with respect to capital outlay notes is level as long as the debt service payable in any fiscal year ubject to redemption prior to maturity at the option of the local government. Debt service payable with respect to capital outlay notes is level as long as the debt service payable in any fiscal year other than the fiscal year in which the notes are issued does not exceed the average debt service payable in each fiscal year other than the fiscal year in which the notes are issued by more than five percent (5%).(b) Capital outlay notes issued from funds derived from the sale of any Tennessee private act hospital may be issued for a period not to exceed the end of the twentieth fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the notes were issued, with the approval of the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee. Each fiscal year that any such notes are outstanding following the fiscal year in which notes are issued, the local government must retire a portion thereof equal to not less than one-twentieth (1/20) of the original principal amount of the notes. The resolution authorizing any such issue of notes must provide for the principal of the notes to be payable annually, either by maturity or by mandatory redemption. al principal amount of the notes. The resolution authorizing any such issue of notes must provide for the principal of the notes to be payable annually, either by maturity or by mandatory redemption. The resolution authorizing such notes may provide that the notes must be subject to redemption prior to maturity at the option of the local government. The comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee, in approving any such notes, may waive the requirement of periodic retirement.Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 128, s 13, eff. 4/13/2021.Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 832, s 2, eff. 7/1/2016.Acts 1986, ch. 770, § 6-4; 1987, ch. 77, § 8; 1993, ch. 514, §§ 3, 4; 1994, ch. 806, § 4; 2005, ch. 393, § 4; 2010 , ch. 868, § 53.
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