Section 1680-O. Courthouse improvements and training facilities  


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  • 1.
      Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law  to  the  contrary,  the
      authority and the urban development corporation are hereby authorized to
      issue  bonds  or  notes in one or more series for the purpose of funding
      project costs for eligible courthouse  improvements,  drug  courts,  and
      training  facilities. The aggregate principal amount of bonds authorized
      to be issued pursuant to  this  section  shall  not  exceed  eighty-five
      million  nine  hundred  thousand dollars, excluding bonds issued to fund
      one or more debt service reserve funds, to pay costs of issuance of such
      bonds, and bonds or notes issued to refund or otherwise repay such bonds
      or notes previously issued. Such bonds and notes of  the  authority  and
      the  urban development corporation shall not be a debt of the state, and
      the state shall not be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out  of
      any  funds  other  than those appropriated by the state to the authority
      and the urban  development  corporation  for  principal,  interest,  and
      related expenses pursuant to a service contract and such bonds and notes
      shall contain on the face thereof a statement to such effect. Except for
      purposes  of  complying  with  the  internal  revenue code, any interest
      income earned on bond proceeds shall only be used to pay debt service on
      such bonds.
        2. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law  to  the  contrary,  in
      order  to  assist the authority and the urban development corporation in
      undertaking the financing  of  eligible  courthouse  improvements,  drug
      courts,  and  training  facilities, the director of the budget is hereby
      authorized to  enter  into  one  or  more  service  contracts  with  the
      authority  and  the  urban  development corporation, none of which shall
      exceed thirty years in duration, upon such terms and conditions  as  the
      director  of  the  budget  and  the  authority and the urban development
      corporation agree, so as to annually provide to the  authority  and  the
      urban development corporation, in the aggregate, a sum not to exceed the
      principal,  interest,  and  related expenses required for such bonds and
      notes. Any service contract entered into pursuant to this section  shall
      provide  that  the  obligation  of  the  state to pay the amount therein
      provided shall not constitute a debt of the state within the meaning  of
      any  constitutional or statutory provision and shall be deemed executory
      only to the extent of monies available and that no  liability  shall  be
      incurred  by  the  state  beyond  the monies available for such purpose,
      subject to annual appropriation by the legislature. Any such contract or
      any payments made or to be made thereunder may be assigned  and  pledged
      by  the  authority and the urban development corporation as security for
      its bonds and notes, as authorized by this section.