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, CERTIFICArE FOR BOND ORDINANCE
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY. OF HARRIS
CITY OF LA PORTE
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.We, the undersigned officers of said City, hereby
certify as follows:
1. The City Commission of said City convened in
MEETING ON THE 3RD DAY OF JANUARY, 1966, at the City
Hall, and the roll was called of the duly constituted officers
and members of said City Commission, to-wit:
Harold P. Pfeiffer, Mayor
Lois J,.' Compton
Russell,Sheph~rd
Tom W. Osburn
W. A. Stabs, Jr.
Mrs. Marilyn Kelley, City Cler
and all of said "'persons were present, except the following
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thus constituting, a quorum., Wqereupon, among other business,
the following was transacted at said Meeting: a written
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS
was duly introduced for the consideration of said City Commissi
and read in full. It was then duly moved and seconded that sai
Ordinance be passed; and, after due discussion, said motion,
carrying;witq it the passage of'said Ordinance, prevailed and
carried by the following vote:
AYES: 'All members of said City Commission shown
present above voted "Aye."
NOES: None.
2. Tpat a true, full and correct copy of the aforesai
Ordinance passed at the Meeting described in the above and fore-
going paragraph is attached to and follows this Certificate; tha
said Drdina~ce has been, duly recorded in said City Commission's
minutes of said Mee~ing; that the above and foregoing paragraph
is a ttue, full, and correct excerpt from said City Commission's
'minutes of said Meeting pertaining to the passage of said O~di-
nance; that t~e persons named in the above and foregc~ng para-
graph are the duly chosen, qualified, and acting officers and
members of said City Commission as indicated therein; and that
each of the officers ,and members of said City Commission was dul
and sufficiently notlfied officially and personally, in advance,
of the time, place, and purpose of the aforesaid Meeting, and
that said Ordinance would be introduced and considered for passa e
at said Meeting, and each of said officers and members consented
in advance ,to the hold~~g of said Meeting for such purpose.' '1
3. That the Mayor of said City has approved, and here y
approves, the aforesaid Ordinance; 'that the Mayor and the City
Clerk of said 9ity have duly signed said Ordinance; and that the
Mayor and t~e City Clerk of said City hereby declare that their
~.signing of this Certificate shall constitute the signing of the
~ttached and following copy of said Ordinance for all purposes.
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ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS
THE S TA TE OF TEXAS.
COUNTY OE HARRIS
CITY OF LA PORTE
WHEREAS, the bonds hereinafter authorized were duly
and favorably voted~ as required by the Constitution and laws
of the State .of Texas, at an election held in said City on the
27th day of April, 1965; and
WHEREAS., the bonds hereinafter authorized are to be
issued and delivered pursuant to Vernon's Article 1269j-5.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF LA PORTE:
Section 1. That said City's negotiable coupons bonds
to be designated the :"City of La Porte Airport Revenue Bonds,.
Series 1965," are hereby authorized to be issued and delivered
in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of
Texas in the principal amount of $60,000 for the purpose of
enlarging, improving and equipping the City's airport.
Section 4.
That said bonds shall be dated ~December
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1965" shall be numbered-1 through 60, shall be in the denomina-
tion of $1,09.0 eac:h; and shall mature and become due and payab1
serially on, ,January 15 in each of the years, and in the amounts,
respectively, a$ s~t forth in the following sch~du1e:
YEARS
YEARS
AMOUNTS
AMOUNTS
1970
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1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
197.6
$3,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
3 ,.000
4,000
4,000
$4,000
4,000
4,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
Section 3. That as to said bonds scheduled to mature 0
and after. J~nuary 15., 1977, said City shall have the right and
optio~ to redeem. such bonds prior to their scheduled maturitie
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in whole, 'or in part, on January 15, 1976, or on any interest
payment date thereafter, for the principal amount thereof
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plus accrued inte~est to the date fixed for redemption.
At least .thirty days before the date fixed for any
such redemption, the City shall cause a written notice of such
redemption to be published at least once in a financial publica-
tion published ~n the City of New York, New York. By the date
fixed for any such redemption, due provision shall be made with
the paying agent" for the payment of the principal amount, of the
bonds to be so redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the
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dated fixed fo~ re~emption. If the written notice of redemptio
is published, 'and if due provision for payment is made, all as
provided qbove, the bonds, which are to be so redeemed, thereby
automatically shall be rede~med,prior to maturity, and they shall
not bear interest aft~r the date fixed for redemption, and shall
not be regarded a"s being outstanding except for the purpose of
receiving th~ funds so provided fo~ such payment.
Section 4.' That said bonds shall bear interest from
their date, until'maturity or redemption, at the rate of 4~%
per annum, with ,said interest to be evidenced by interest
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,~oupons payable on July 15, 1966, and semi-annually thereafter
on each Januar~ 15 and July 15.
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Section 5. ,That the principal of and interest on said
bonds shall be payable to bearer, in lawful money of the United
States of America, without exchange or collection charges to the
bearer,' upon presentatipn and surrender of proper bond or
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interest coupon, at 'Bayshore National Bank, La Porte, Texas,
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which place shall be the paying agent for said bonds.
Section'6. That each of said bonds and interest
coupons shall be signed by the imprinted or lithographed fac-
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simile signa~~re of the Mayor of said City and countersigned
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by the imprinted or lithographed facsimile signature of the City
Clerk of ~a1d'City, and the official seal of said City shall be
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i~pressed, or printed, or lithographed on each of said bonds.
Sect~on 7. That the form of said bonds, including
the form of Regis~ration Certificate of the Comptroller of
Public Accounts of the State of Texas to be printed and endorsed
on each bond" 'and the. form of the interest coupons to be attache
to said.bonds, shall be, respectively, substantially as follows:
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF HARRIS
CITY OF LA PORTE AIRPORT REVENUE
BOND
SERIES 1965
On January 15, 19__, the City of La Porte, in the
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County of Harris, State of Texas, promises to pay to bearer the
principal amount of
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
and to pay interest thereon, from the date hereof, at the rate
of 4~% per annum, evidenced by interest coupons payable July 15,
1966, and semi-annually thereafter on each January 15 and July 1
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while this bond is outstanding. The principal of this bond and
the interest coupons attached hereto shall be payable to bearer,
in lawful money of the United States of America, without exchang
or collection charges to the bearer, upon presentation and
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surrender of ~hi~ bond or proper interest coupon, at Bayshore
National Bank, "La Porte, Texas, which place shall be the paying
agent for this Ser,ies of bonds.
This bond is one of 'a Series of ~egotiable coupon bonds
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dated Decemb~t 15,1965;, issued in the principal amount of
$60,000 fo~ the purpose of enlarging, imp~oving and equipping
the City's airport.
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, The bonds of this Series scheduled to mature on and
after January 15, 1977, may be redeemed prior to their scheduled
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maturities, ,in whole, 'or in part, at the option of said City,
on January 15, 1976, or on any interest payment date thereafter,
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for the prin~~pal a~ount thereof plus accrued interest to the
date fixed for redemption. At least thirty days before the date
fixed for any stic~.redemption the City shall cause a written
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notice of such'redemption to be published at least once in a
financial publication published in the City of New York, New
York. By the 'date, fixed for any such redemption, due provision
shall be made with the paying. agent for the payment of the
principal amount of the bonds to be redeemed, plus accrued
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interest thereon to the date fixed for redemption. If the
written notice of redemption is published, and if due provision
for such payment is made, all as provided above, the bonds,
which are to be so redeemed, thereby automatically shall be
redeemed 'prior 'to maturity, and they shall not bear interest
funds so provided for such payment.
It is hereby certified and recited that this bond has
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been duly and, validly authori~e?, issued, and delivered in
accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas
including Acts 19~7, 50th Legislature, Chapter 114; and that the
interest on and ~rincipal of this bond, and the Series of which 't
is a part, are secured by and payable from a first lien on and
pledge 'of the Net Revenues of said City's Airport.
Said City has reserved the right, subjec~ to the
restrictions stated in the Ordinance authorizing this Series
of bonds, to issue additional parity revenue bonds which also
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may be secured by 'and made payable from a first lien on and
pledge of the Net Revenues of said City's Airport.
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The holder hereof shall never have the right to
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'demand payment of ,this obligation out of any funds raised
or to be raised by taxation.
In witness whereof, this bond and the interest
coupons attached hereto have been signe~ by the imprinted or
lithographed facsimile signature of the Mayor of said City and
countersigned by t~~ imprinted or lithographed facsimile signa-\
ture of the City Clerk of said City, and the official seal of
said City has been d~ly impressed, or printed, or lithographed
on this'bond.
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(FORM OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE)
COMPTROLLER'S REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE: REGISTER NO.
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I hereby certify that this bond has been examined,
certified as to validity, and approved by the Attorney General
of the State of Texas; and that this bond has been registered
by the ComptJ:'oller. of Public Accounts of the State of Texas.
Witness my signature and seal this
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Comptroller of Public Accounts of the
State of Texas
(FORM OF INTEREST COUPON)
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County of Harris, State of Texas, promises to pay to bearer,
unless due provision has been made for the redemption prior to
maturity of the bond to which this interest coupon is attached,
the amount ,of
Dollars, in lawful money of the
United Sta~es of America, without exchange or collection charge
to the bea'rer, upon presentation and surrender of this interest
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coupon, at the Bayshore National Bank, La Porte, Texas, said
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amount being interest due that day on the bond, bearing
the number hereinaft,er designated, of that issue of City
of La Porte Airport, Revenue Bonds, Series 1965, dated
December 15, 1965. The holder hereof shall never have the
right to demand payment of this obligation out of any funds
raised or to be raised by taxation. Bond No.
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Section 8. DEFINITIONS. (a)- The term "Airport"
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Airport and'all facilities pertaining thereto, together with
all future improvemerits, extensions, enlargements, and addi-
tions thereto', and' replacements thereof.
(b) 'The, t'erm "Gross Revenues" shall mean the
total revenues to the City from the Airport and its operations
from whatever, source oerived.
Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, unless especially delimited, "Gross Revenues"
will include ~l,l,of".the income to the City from the ownership
and operation of , the Airport, including landing fees and
charges, ground; rental,. space rentals in buildings, and
charges of 'every'character made to concessionaires.
(c) The term "Maintenance and Operation Expenses"
shall mean expenditures directly and essentially necessary
for the ef~icient and normal maintenance, operation and utiliza
tion of ,the Airport, including the keeping of the Airp~rt and
all of its facilities in good condition and the making of all
needed repairs, renewals and replacements, including non-recurr ng
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and periodi~ items of maintenance. It is also provided that the
items which the City has agreed to provide from its General Fund
Revenues, as provided in this Ordinance, shall not constitute
items of Maintenance. and Operation Expenses.
(d) The term "Net Revenues" shall mean the amount
remaining after 'deducting the Maintenance and Operation Expenses
from the Gross Revenues.
(e) .The term "Bonds" shall mean the Bonds authorized
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to be issued and d~livered by this Ordinance.
,(f) The .term "Additional Bonds" shall mean the addi-
tional parity revenue bonds which the City reserves the right to
issue and deliver in the future, as provided by this Ordinance.
Section 9. PLEDGE. The Bonds and all Additional
Bonds, and the interest thereon, are and shall be payable from
and secured by an,irrevocable first lien on and pledge of the N t
Revenues of the Airport, and said Net Revenues are further
pledged irrevocably to the establishment and maintenance of the
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Funds hereina:i;ter created.
Section 10. RATES. The City covenants qnd agrees
with the holders of the Bpnds and all Additional Bonds, as
follows:
.(a) That it will 'at all times fix, maintain, enforce,
charge, and collect for services rendered by the Airport, rates,
charges, and amounts which will produce Gross Revenues at least
sufficient to pay all Operation and Maintenance Expenses, and t
provide Net Revenues a~equate to pay promptly all of the princi
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pal of and intere~t:on the Bonds and' all Additional Bonds, and
make all deposit's ,n<;>w or hereafter required to be made into the
Funds created a~d' established, by. thi~ Ordinance.
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(b),' If the Airport should become legally liable for
any other obligations "or indebtedness, the City shall fix, main-
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tain, enforce, ch~rge and collect additional rates, charges and
amounts for services rendered, by the Airport sufficient to
establish and maintain funds for the payment thereof.
.Section 11. FUNDS. All revenues of the Airport shall
be kept' separate anci:""apart from all other funds of the City, and
the following spe~ial Funds are hereby created and shall be
established and :mainta~ned in an official depository bank of
the City, so long'as:any of the Bonds or Additional Bonds, or
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interest thereon, a!~ outstanding and unpaid:
(a)' City' qf 'La Porte Airport . Fund, hereinafter
called the ."Revenue Fund;"
(b) City of La Porte..Airport Revenue Bonds Interest
and Sinking Fmid, hereinafter called the "Interest and Sinking
Fund'"
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(c) ,Gity of La Porte Airport Revenue Bonds Reserve
Fund, hereina:f;ter called the "Reserve Fund."
Section 12. REVENUE FUND. All Gross Revenues of
every nature received by the City from the operation and owner-
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ship of the. Airport shall be deposited from day to day as col-
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lected into the Revenue Fund, and the Maintenance and Operation
Expenses of the Airport shall be paid from the Revenue Fund.
The revenues of the Airport not ~ctually required to pay said
expenses shall be deposited from the Revenue Fund into the other
Funds created by this Ordinance, in the manner and amounts here-
inafter proviqed, and each of such Funds shall have priority as
to such deposits in the order in which they are treated in the
follow~ng' secti~ns.
Section 13. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND. There shall
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be depositeq into the Interest and Sinking Fund the following:
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(a) such amounts, in equal monthly installments,
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made on, or before the 10th day of each month hereafter,
as will be sufficient to pay the interest scheduled to
come due .on the,Sonds on the next interest payment date;
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(b) such amounts, in equal monthly installments, made
on or before January 10, 1969, and on, or before the 10th da
of each month thereafter as will be sufficient to pay the
next maturing p~,incipa1 of the Bonds.
The Interest and ,Sinking Fund shall be used to pay the principal
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of and interest ,on the Bonds and all Additional Bonds, as such
principal matures" 'and such interest comes due.
Section 14. RESERVE FUND. On or before the 10th day
of each month hereafter, there shall be deposited into the Re.-
serve Fund the'sum of at least $ 500.00,
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until the Reserve
Fund sha~l contain an aggregate amount of $ 6,000.00. No
deposits shall be required to be made into the Reserve Fund as
long as the Reserve Fund contains said aggregate amount, but if
and whenever said Reserve Fund. is reduced below said aggregate
amount, the aforesaid monthly deposits into the Reserve Fund
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shall be resumed and continued until such time as the Reserve
Fund has been restored to said aggregate amount. The Reserve
Fund shall be us.ed to pay the principal of or interest on the
Bonds and all' ,Additional Bonds, at any time when there is not
sufficient mon~y available in the Interest and Sinking Fund for
such purpose. Money in the Reserve Fund may, upon authorizatio
by the City Commission, be invested in direct obligations of, 0 .
obligations, the principal of and interest on which are guarant
by, the United States of America, or invested in direct ob1iga-
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tions of the Federal Intermediate Credit Ba~ks, Federal Land
Banks, Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan
Banks or Banks for Cooperatives, provided that each of the
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aforesaid' obligations.must mature, or be subject to redemption
at the option of ~he ,'holder thereof, within not more than ten
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years from the d~te of the making' of such investment. Any
obligat'ion in which mon~y in the Reserve Fund is so invested
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shall be kept and held in an official depository bank of the
City in escrow. and in trust for the benefit of the holders of
the Bonqs and all 'Additional Bonds, and shall be promptly sold
and the proceeds of sale applied to the making of all payments
required to be made' from the Reserve Fund.
Section ,15. DEFICIENCIES IN FUNDS. If in any month
the City shall fail .to deposit into any Fund created by this
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Ordinance the ful~ amounts required, amounts equivalent S9 such
deficiencies shall be set apart and paid into said Funds from
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the first available and unallocated Net Revenues of the Airport
for the follo~ing m,onth or months, 'and such payments shall be in
addition to the ,amounts otherwise required to be paid into said
Funds during s~ch'month or months. To the extent necessary, the
City shall increase the rates, charges, arid amounts for services
of the Airport to make'up for any such deficiencies.
Section 16. EXCESS REVENUES. Money remaining in the
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Revenue Fund. at the close of each fiscal year of the City, after
making adequate provisi~n for the Funds created by this Ordinanc
and after taking 'c.ar~ of all other legal obligations, if any,
against the Revenue Fund and after retaining therein an amount
certified by the Airport Manager as sufficient,to pay estimated
Maintenance. and Operation.~xpenses for a period of two months,
may be used by the City for any lawful purpose.
Section 17. SECURITY FOR FUNDS. All Funds created
by this Ordinance shall be secured in the manner and to the
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fullest extent permitted or required by law for the security
of public funds~' and such Funds shall be. 'used only for the
purposes and :In the "inanner permitted or required by this
Ordinance.
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Section 18. ADDITIONAL BONDS. The City reserves the
. right to issue additional parity revenue bonds, to be known as
Additio~al Bpnds, w~ich when issued and delivered, shall be pay-
able from and' sec'ured by a first lien on and pledge of the Net
Revenues of th~ Airport, in the same manner and to the same
extent as the Bo~d~;: ,and the Bonds and all Additional Bonds shal
in all respects be on a parity and of equal dignity. The Addi-
tional Bonds ,may be'issued in one or more installments or series
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provided, however, that no installment or series of Additional
Bonds shall be issued unless:'
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(a). A certificate is executed by the Mayor and City
Clerk of said City to the effect that no default exists in
'connection with any of the covenants or requirements of the
ordinance or ordinances authorizing the issuance of all then
outstanding Bonds and Additional Bonds;
(b) A certificate is executed by the Mayor and City
Clerk of said City' to the effect that the Interest and Sinking
Fund and the Reserve Fund each contains the amount then required
to be on deposit therein;
(c) ,A certificate is executed by a Certified Public
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Accountant to. the effect that, in his opinion, the Net Earnings
of the Airport either for the last complete fiscal year of the
City, o~ for any twelve consecutive calendar month period ending
not more than ninety days prior to the passage of the ordinance
authorizing the issuance pf such Additional Bonds, were at least
1-1/2 times .the'average annual principal and interest require-
ments for all then ~utstanding Bonds and Additional Bonds, and
for the installment or series of Additional Bonds then proposed
to be issued; and the term "Net Earnings," as 'used in this sub-
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paragraph (c) shall mean the Net Revenues of the, Airport, but
excluding and not deducting, any charges or disbursements which
under standa~d accounting practice, should be charged to
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capital expenditures.
'(d) The Additional Bonds are scheduled to mature only
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on January 15, and the interest thereon is scheduled to be paid
only on July 15 and January 15.
,(e) The ordinance authorizing the issuance of such
installment or. series of Additional Bonds provides that the
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aggregate amoun~ to' be accumulated and maintained in the Reserve
Fund shall be increased by an additional amount not less than t
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average annual.principal and interest requirements for said Addi
'tional Bonds, and that such additional amount shall be so
accumulated within sixty-one months from the date of the Addi-
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tional Bonds, by the deposit in the Reserve Fund of the necessar
sums in equal monthly installments; provided, however, that the
aggregate amount to ,be accumulated in the Reserve Fund shall
never be required to exceed the average annual principal and ~
interest requirements for all then,outstanding bonds and
Additional ~onds, and for the installment or series of Addi-
tianal Bonds then proposed to be issued.
(f), All calculations of average annual principal and
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interest req~irements made pursuant to this Section are made as
of and from the date of the Additional Bonds then proposed to
b~ issued.
Section 19. MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION; INSURANCE.
While any of the 'Bon,ds or Additional Bonds are outstanding the
City covenants and'~grees to maintain, or cause to be maintained,
the Airport in good condition and operate, or cause to be opera-
ted, the same in an efficient manner and at reasonable expense,
and to maintain, or cause to be maintained, insurance on the
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.(\irport, for the benefit of the holder or holders of the Bonds
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and Additional Bonds" of a kind and in an amount which usually
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of business. Nothing. in this Ordinance shall be cons trued as
. requiring the City. ~o.expend any funds which are derived from
sources o,ther than the Airport, (except from its General Fund
Revenues', . as provided' in this Ordinance), but nothing herein
shall be ~onstrued' as preventing the City from doing so.
Section 20. ACCOUNTS AND FISCAL YEAR. The City shall
keep prope~ books of records and accounts, separate from all
other records 'and accounts of the City, in which complete and
correct entries' shall 'be made of all transactions relating to
Airport,. and shall have said books audi~ed once each fiscal year
by a Certified 'Public Accountant. The City agrees to operate
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Airport and keep its books of records and accounts pertaining
thereto' on. the basis of its curren~ fiscal year; provided, how-
ever, that the' City Commission may change suc~ fiscal ye~r by
ordinance duly passed, if such change is deemed necessary by th
City Commission.
_ Sec.tion 21. ACCOUNTING REPORTS. Within ninety days
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after the cl~se 6t each fiscal year hereafter, the City will
furnish, without cost,- to any holder of, any outstanding Bonds 0
Additional. Bonds who may so request, a signed or certified copy
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of a report .b'y a Ce~tified Public Accountant, covering the next
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preceding fiscal year', showing the ,following information:
(a) A det~iled statement of all gross revenues of
the Airport and all Maintenance and Oper~tion Expenses
thereo~ for said fiscal year;
(b) Balance sheet as of the end of said fiscal yea.r;
. (c) Accountant's comment regarding the manner in
wQich the City. has complied with the requirements of
this Ordinance and his recommendations, if any, for any
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changes or improvements in the operation of the Airport;
(d)', Lfs.'t'of insurance policies in force at the end
of said 'ftscal y~ar, showing, as to each policy, the risk
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covered, the. ',amount of the policy, the name of the
insurer, and the expiration date;
(e) The 'st:atus of .,each Fund created by this Ordinance.
Section 22.,. INSPECTION. Any holder or holders of any
Bonds or Additional Bonds shall have the right at all reasonable
times to inspect the'Airport and all records, accounts, and data
of the City relating thereto.
Section 23. SPECIAL COVENANTSo The City further
covenants as follows:
(a). That' 'other than for the payment of the Bonds
herein authorized, the Net Revenues of the Airport have not in
any manner.been pledged to the payment of any debt or obligatio
of the City or of the Airport.
(b) That while any of the Bonds or Additional Bonds
are outstanding, the City will not sell or dispose of the Airpo
or any substantial part thereof, and that, with the exception 0
the Additional. Bonds expressly permitted by this Ordinance to b
issued,. it will not encumber the Net Revenues of the Airport, a
defined in this Ordinance.
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(c-) that 'the City will' operate and maintain, or
cause to' be operate~ and maintained, the Airport, and will not
cause or suffer such curtailment of the general use of the Air-
port or provide any other airport or airport facilities else-
where which will be operated so as to interfere with the prompt
performance of all of the City's obligations and covenants im-
posed by or 'undertaken under this Ordinance; and that the incom
from any investment in other Airport properties by the City will
immediately be subjected to the lien and pledge securing the
Bonds and Ad4itiQn~1 Bonds.
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(d)' That the City will duly observe and comply with
all valid requirem~n~s of all Federal and State Authorities
relative to the maintenance and operation of the Airport.
(e). ,That the City will not supply at the Airport
space, services' or privileges, without making commensurate
char&es therefor, except to the extent actually required and
shown to be requi~ed under applicable statutes to supply such
space, privileges and services to the Federal government.
(f.) . That the City will not sell or dispose of any
part of the Airport unless and until such property has been
declared by the City Commission to be surplus and no longer
needed ,for the proper operation of the Airport, and unless a
qualifi~d firm of airport consultants certifies in writing that
the properties to be sold are n9t need~d for proper operation
of the Airport and will not materially reduce the Gross Revenue
of the Airport. The proceeds from the sale of such facilities
shall be deposited .in the Revenue Fund.
Section 24. BONDS ARE SPECIAL OBLIGATIONS. The Bond
and Additional Bond~ shall be special obligations of the City
payable solelr from the pledged Net Revenues, and the holder
or holders tQ~reof shall never have the right to demand payment
thereof out o:f(fund$ raised or to be raised by taxation.
Se~.tion 25. APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF BONDS. That
the Mayor of said City is hereby authorized to have control of
said Bonds ~nd all' necessary records and proceedings pertaining
to said Bonds pending their delivery and their investigation,
examination, and approval by the Attorney General of the State
of Texas, and. their registration by the Comptroller of Public
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Accounts of the State of Texas. Upon registration of said Bon
said Comptroller 'of Public Accounts (or a deputy designated
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to be printed and e'ndorsed on each' Bond, and the seal of
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on each of said Bonds.
Sec.tion.26. That
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said bonds for cash for the principal amount or par value
thereof and accrued interest thereqn to the date of delivery,
plus a premium of $
It is hereby officially found,
determined and declared that said bidder is the highest and
best bidder for said bonds; and said bonds are hereby sold
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to said' highest and best bidder and shall be delivered as
soon as practicable in accordance with the terms of sale.
'Section 27. All ordinances and resolutions and
parts thereof, including, but not limited to ordinance
passed by the' City Commission on the 6th day of December,
1965, authorizing the issuance of City of La Porte Airport
Revenue Bonds, Series 1966, in conflict herewith are
hereby expre~s'ly repealed insofar as they conflict herewith.
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GENERAL CERTIFICATE
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF HARRIS
CITY OF LA PORTE
We, the undersigned, hereby officially certify that
we are the Mayor and, City'Clerk, respectively, of said City, and
we further certify as follows:
l. That said City is a duly incorporated' Home Rule
City, having more than 5000 inhabitants, operating and existing'
under the ConstItution and laws of the S tate of Texas and the -
Home Rule Charter of said City, which Charter has not been
changed or amended since, the passage of the ordinance authorizin
the City of La Porte Waterwo~ks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds"
Series 1965', dated August 1, 1965.
2. That no litigation of any nature is pending per-
taining to,- affecting, or contesting: (a) the election which
.authorized the proposed City of La Porte Airport Revenue Bonds,
Series 1965, dated December l5, 1965-, in the principal amount of
$60,000, (b) the issuance, delivery, payment, security, or
validity of said proposed bonds, (c) the title of the present
members and officers' of the City Commission of said City to thei
respective offices, or (d) the validity of the corporate existen e
or the Chartet of ~aid City.
3. . That none of the revenues or income of said City's
Airport have been pledged or encumbered to the payment of any
debt or obligation of said City or ,said Airport, except in conne -
tion with the afore~aid proposed Series 1965 Bonds.
4. That the Net Revenues of the City's Airport, as
such terms are defined in the Ordinan~e authorizing the issuance
and delivery of the aforesaid proposed Series 1965 Bonds, are
estimated and anticipated to be at least $ 5,982.00 for each
Fiscal Year of the City during the period while said bonds are
scheduled to be outstanding.
5.' That the 'average annual principal and interest
requirements of t~e'aforesaid proposed Series 1965 Bonds are
not more than $4,98l.58.
6. . Attached hereto, marked "Exhibit A," is a schedul
of estimated earn;i..ngsof the City's Airport for the years 1966
to 1984, both inclusive.
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'ESTIMATED ESTIMATED
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ENDING ' REVENUES . TENANCE EXPENSES REVENUES
1965 ,,$ 7 ;,082,'-00 $l,lOO.OO $5,982.00
1966 . ? ~ 08!l. 00 1,100.00 5,982.00
1967 7,082.00 1,100.00 5,982.00
1968 . 7,082.00 l,lOO.OO 5,982.00
1969 7,082.00 1,lOO.00 5,982.00
1970' 7,082.00 l,lOO.OO 5,982'-00
1971 . 7,082.00 1,100.00 5,982.00
1972 7,082.00 1,lOO.00 5,982.00
1973 7,082.00 1,lOO.00 5,982.00
1974 7,082.00 1,100.00 5,982.00
1975 7 ,0'82 '. 00 1,100.00 5,982.00
1976 7,082.00 1,100.00 5,982.00
1977 7,082.00 1,100.00 5,982.00
1978 7,082.00 1,lOO.00 5,982.00
1979 7,082.00 1,100.00 5,982.00
1980 7,082.00 l,lOO.OO 5,982.00
.-. 1981 7,082.00 l,lOO.OO 5,982.00
1982 7,082.00 1,100.00 5,982.00
1983 7,082~00 l,lOO.OO 5,982.00
1984 7~082.00 1,100.00 5,982.00
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT.,OF NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
THE STATE OF TEXAS
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COUNTY OF HARRIS
CITY OF LA PORTE
Each of the undersigned members or officers of the
City,Commission of the City of La Porte hereby acknowledges
and certifies that he was duly and sufficiently notified
officially and personally, in advance, of the time, place,
and purpose of the Special Meeting of said City Commission
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held on the ~h 'day of January, 1966, and that an Ordinance
Amending the Bond Ordinance passed on the 27th, day of , December,
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1965, would be considered for passage at said Meeting, and
that he consented, in advance, to the holding of said Meeting
for such purpose.
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SIGNED this the ~ day of January, 1966.
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CERTIFICATE FOR AMENDING ORDINANCE
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF HARRIS
CITY OF LA PORTE
We, the undersigned officers of said City, hereby
certify as follows:
1. The City Commission of said City convened in
SPECIAL MEETING ON THE. I~H DAY OF JANUARY, 1966, at the City
Hall, and the roll was called of the duly constituted officers
and members of said City Commission, to-wit:
Harold P. Pfeiffer, Mayor
Lois J. Compton
Russell Shepherd
Tom W. Osburn
W. A. Stabs, Jr.
Mrs. Marilyn Kelley, City Clerk
and all of said persons were present, except the following
absentees: NON ~
thus constituting a quorum.
the following was transacted
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Wqereupon, among other business,
at said Meeting: a written
ORDINANCE AMENDING' BOND ORDINANCE PASSED
DECEMBER 27, 1965
was duly introduced for the consideration of said City Commissio
and read in full. It was then duly moved and seconded that said
Ordinance be passed; and, after due discussion, said motion,
carrying with it the passage of'said Ordinance, prevailed and
carried by the. following vote:
AYES: All members of said City Commission shown
present above voted "Aye."
NOES: None.
2. That a true, full and correct copy of the aforesai
Ordinance passed at the Meeting described in the above and fore-
going paragraph is attached to and follows this Certificate; tha
said Ordinance has been duly recorded in said City Commission's
'minutes of said Meeting; that the above and foregoing paragraph
is a true, full, and correct excerpt from said City Commission's
minutes of said Meeting pertaining to the passage of said Ordi-
nance; that the persons named in the above and foregc~ng para-
graph are the duly chosen, qualified, and acting officers and
members of said City Commission as indicated therein; and that
each of the officers and members of said City Commission was duly
and sufficiently notified officially and personally, in advance,
of the time, place, and purpose of the aforesaid Meeting, and
that said Ordinance would be introduced and considered for passag
at said Meeting, and each of said officers and members consented,
in advance, to the holding of said Meeting for such purpose.
3. That the Mayor of said City has approved, and hereb
approves, the aforesaid Ordinance; that the Mayor and the City
Clerk of said City have duly signed said Ordinance; and that the
Mayor and the City Clerk of said City hereby declare that their
signing of this Certificate shall constitute the signing of the
attached and following copy of said Ordinance for all purposes.
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ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING
THE ISSUANCE OF AIRPORT BONDS
THE S TATE OF TEXAS
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CITY OF LA PORTE
WHEREAS, on December 27,.1965, the City Commission of the
City of La Porte, Texas, passed an ordinance authorizing the
issuance of City ,of La Porte Airport Revenue Bonds, Series 1965,
for the purpose of enlarging, improving and equipping the City's
airport, in accordance with Vernon's Article l269j-5; and
WHEREAS, said ordinance passed on December 27, 1965
should be amended to provide for a new Section 26.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
LA PORTE:
That the ordinance pas.~ed on December 27,1965, authorizi g
the issuance of City of La Porte Airport Revenue Bonds, Series
1965, is hereby amended to provide a new,Section 26 in lieu of
Section 26 contained in said ordinance, which new Section 26
shall be as follows:
"Section 26. That f3A- 'r fi .fl-r-' 4h -I J.
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bonds for cash for the principal amount or par value thereof and
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accrued interest thereon to the date of delivery, plus a premium
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declared that said bidder is the highest and bes~ bidder for
said bonds; and said bonds are ~ereby sold to said highest and
best bidder and shall be delivered as soon as practicable in
accordance with the terms of sale."
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