07-12-21 Regular meeting of the La Porte City Council

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“Regulations” means the temporary or final Income Tax Regulations applicable to the Certificates issued pursuant to sections 141 through 150 of the Code. Any reference to a section of the Regulations shall also refer to any successor provision to such section hereafter promulgated by the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to sections 141 through 150 of the Code and applicable to the Certificates. “Yield of” (1) any Investment shall be computed in accordance with section 1.148-5 of the Regulations, and (2) the Certificates shall be computed in accordance with section 1.148-4 of the Regulations. (b) Not to Cause Interest to Become Taxable. The City shall not use, permit the use of or omit to use Gross Proceeds or any other amounts (or any property the acquisition, construction or improvement of which is to be financed directly or indirectly with Gross Proceeds) in a manner which, if made or omitted, respectively, would cause the interest on any Certificates to become includable in the gross income, as defined in section 61 of the Code, of the owner for federal income tax purposes. Unless and until the City has received a written opinion of counsel nationally recognized in the field of municipal bond law to the effect that failure to comply with such covenant will not adversely affect the exemption from federal income tax of the interest on any Certificate, the City shall comply with the specific covenants in this Section. (c) No Private Use or Private Payments. Except as permitted by section 141 of the Code and the regulations and rulings relating to section 141 of the Code, the City shall, at all times prior to the last stated maturity of the Certificates, (1) exclusively own, operate, and possess all property the acquisition, construction, or improvement of which is to be financed directly or indirectly with Gross Proceeds of the Certificates and not use or permit the use of such Gross Proceeds or any property acquired, constructed, or improved with such Gross Proceeds in any activity carried on by any person or entity other than a state or local government, unless such use is solely as a member of the general public, or (2) not directly or indirectly impose or accept any charge or other payment for use of Gross Proceeds of the Certificates or any property the acquisition, construction or improvement of which is to be financed directly or indirectly with such Gross Proceeds other than taxes of general application and interest earned on investments acquired with such Gross Proceeds pending application for their intended purposes. (d) No Private Loan. Except to the extent permitted by section 141 of the Code and the regulations and rulings relating to section 141 of the Code, the City shall not use Gross Proceeds of the Certificates to make or finance loans to any person or entity other than a state or local government. For purposes of the foregoing covenant, Gross Proceeds are considered to be “loaned” to a person or entity if (1) property acquired, constructed or improved with Gross Proceeds is sold or leased to such person or entity in a transaction which creates a debt for federal income tax purposes, (2) capacity in or service from such property is committed to such person or 14