O-2019-3769 Authorizing and ordering the issuance, sale, and delivery of City of La Porte General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2020

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prior to the next succeeding principal or interest payment date on the Bonds. Promptly upon the appointment of any successor Paying Agent/Registrar, the previous Paying Agent/Registrar shall deliver the Register or a copy thereof to the new Paying Agent/Registrar, and the new Paying Agent/Registrar shall notify each Registered Owner, by United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, of such change and of the address of the new Paying Agent/Registrar. Each Paying Agent/Registrar hereunder, by acting in that capacity, shall be deemed to have agreed to the provisions of this Ordinance. ARTICLE VII. PROVISIONS CONCERNING SALE AND APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS OF BONDS Section 7.1.: Sale of Bonds. The Bonds shall be sold and delivered to the Underwriters at a price to be set forth in the Officers' Pricing Certificate and in accordance with the terms of a Bond Purchase Agreement. Upon completion of the terms of the Officers' Pricing Certificate, the Authorized Representatives are hereby authorized and directed to execute the Bond Purchase Agreement on behalf of the City, and the Authorized Representatives and all other officers, agents and representatives of the City are hereby authorized to do any and all things necessary or desirable to satisfy the conditions set out therein and to provide for the issuance and delivery of the Bonds. Section 7.2.: Approval, Registration and Delivery. The Mayor is hereby authorized to have control and custody of the Bonds and all necessary records and proceedings pertaining thereto pending their delivery, and the Mayor and other officers and employees of the City are hereby authorized and directed to make such certifications and to execute such instruments as may be necessary to accomplish the delivery of the Bonds and to assure the investigation, examination and approval thereof by the Attorney General and the registration of the initial Bonds by the Comptroller. Upon registration of the Bonds, the Comptroller (or the Comptroller's certificates clerk or an assistant certificates clerk lawfully designated in writing to act for the Comptroller) shall manually sign the Comptroller's Registration Certificates prescribed herein to be attached or affixed to each Bond initially delivered and the seal of the Comptroller shall be impressed or printed or lithographed thereon. Section 7.3.: Offering Documents; Ratings. The City hereby authorizes the preparation of a Preliminary Official Statement and final Official Statement, in substantially the form of the Preliminary Official Statement, with such modifications as shall be necessary to describe the final terms of the Bonds, dated as of the sale date, relating to the Bonds, and any addenda, supplement or amendment thereto, and approves the distribution of such Preliminary Official Statement and Official Statement in the offer and sale of the Bonds and in the reoffering of the Bonds by the Underwriters, with such changes therein or additions thereto as the officials executing same may deem advisable, such determination to be conclusively evidenced by their execution thereof. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute, and the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to attest, the final Official Statement. The Authorized Representatives are hereby authorized to deem the Preliminary Official Statement "final" for purposes of Rule 15c2-12 of the Securities Exchange Commission at such time as