# Title 40 — Municipal Government

## Chapter 40-61 — Municipal Parking Authority Act

### § 40-61-01. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
1. "Authority" means any corporation created under the authority of this chapter.
2. "Board" means the members of the authority.
3. "Bonds" means the bonds authorized in this chapter.
4. "City" means any city with a municipal parking authority.
5. "Project" means any area or place operated or to be operated by an authority for the
parking or storing of motor and other vehicles and includes all real and personal
property, driveways, roads, approaches, structures, terminals of all kinds, garages,
meters, mechanical equipment, and all appurtenances and facilities either on, above,
or under the ground which are used and usable in connection with such parking or
storing of such vehicles in the area of the city.
6. "Projects" means more than one project.
7. "Property owner" means either a real estate owner, the beneficial owner of a leasehold
on a building constructed on railroad property, or the owner of a retail or wholesale
personal property inventory subject to an annual tax in excess of one thousand dollars.
8. "Real property" means lands, structures, franchises, and interest in lands, and any and
all things usually included within the said term, and includes not only fees simple
absolute but also any and all lesser interests, such as easements, rights of way, uses,
leases, licenses, and all other incorporeal hereditaments and every estate, interest, or
right, legal or equitable, including terms of years.
### § 40-61-02. Municipal parking authorities.

Any city may create a board to be known as a municipal parking authority. Such board shall
be a body corporate, constituting a public benefit corporation, and its existence shall commence
upon the appointment of the members as herein provided. It shall consist of a chairman and four
other members, who shall be appointed by the governing body of the city. Three members of the
board shall be property owners within the benefited areas and two members of the board shall
be guarantors of the bonds of the authority if any have been issued and guaranteed by property
owners. If the authority has not issued bonds or if property owners have not guaranteed said
bonds as hereinafter provided, then two members may be appointed at large. Of the members
first appointed, one shall be appointed for a period of one year, one for a period of two years,
one for a period of three years, one for a period of four years, and one for a period of five years.
At the expiration of such terms, the terms of office of their successors shall be five years. Each
member shall continue to serve until the appointment and qualification of the member's
successor. Vacancies in such board occurring otherwise than by the expiration of term shall be
filled for the unexpired term. The members of the board shall choose from their number a vice
chairman. The governing body of the city may remove any member of the board for inefficiency,
neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, giving that member a copy of the charges against that
member and an opportunity of being heard in person, or by counsel, in that member's defense
upon not less than ten days' notice. The members of the board shall be entitled to no
compensation for their services but shall be entitled to reimbursement for their actual and
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The powers of the
authority shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of the members of the board then in
office. Such board may delegate to one or more of its members or to its officers, agents, and
employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper. Such board and the corporate
existence of the authority shall continue until all its liabilities have been met and its bonds have
been paid in full or such liabilities or bonds have otherwise been discharged and until the
existence of the authority is terminated by official action of the governing body of the city. Upon
its ceasing to exist, all its rights and properties shall pass to the city.

### § 40-61-03. Purpose and powers of an authority.

The purpose of an authority shall be to construct, operate, and maintain one or more
projects in the city and to promote and acquire municipal parking facilities in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter and to promote municipal development by making space above,
below, or adjacent to parking facilities available for commercial development and use in order to
further purposes outlined in this chapter and in chapter 40-60. To carry out said purpose, an
authority shall have power:
1. To sue and be sued.
2. To acquire, hold, and dispose of personal property for its corporate purposes, including
the power to purchase prospective or tentative awards in connection with the
condemnation of real property.
3. To acquire in the name of the city by purchase or condemnation, and use necessary
real property. All real property acquired by the authority by condemnation must be
acquired in the manner provided in the condemnation law or in the manner provided
by chapter 32-15 for the condemnation of land by a city.
4. To make bylaws for the management and regulation of its affairs and, subject to
agreements with bondholders, for the regulation of the project.
5. To appoint officers, agents, and employees, to prescribe their qualifications, and to fix
their compensation. However, the officers, agents, and employees shall not be subject
to the civil service law.
6. To appoint an attorney, who may be the city attorney, and to fix that person's
compensation.
7. To make contracts and leases and to execute all instruments necessary or convenient.
8. To construct such buildings, structures, and facilities as may be necessary.
9. To reconstruct, improve, maintain, and operate the projects.
10. To accept grants, loans, or contributions from the United States, the state of North
Dakota, or any agency or instrumentality of either of them, or the city, or an individual,
by bequest or otherwise, and to expend the proceeds for any purposes of the
authority.
11. To fix and collect rentals, fees, and other charges for the use of the projects or any of
them, subject to and in accordance with such agreements with bondholders as may be
made as hereinafter provided.
12. To construct, operate, or maintain in the projects all facilities necessary or convenient
in connection therewith. To contract for the construction, operation, or maintenance of
any parts thereof or for services to be performed. To rent parts thereof, and grant
concessions, all on such terms and conditions as it may determine. However, the
authority, the city, or any agency of an authority or city, or any other person, firm,
corporation, or limited liability company may not, within or on any property comprising
a part of any project authorized by this chapter, sell, dispense, or otherwise handle any
product used in or for the servicing of any motor vehicle using any project or facility
authorized by this chapter and the location of sites of the projects shall be subject to
the prior approval of the governing body of the city.
13. To encourage commercial development and use of space above, below, or adjacent to
parking facilities by exercising the powers granted municipalities under subsection 5 of
section 40-60-02. However, subdivision c of subsection 5 of section 40-60-02 is not
applicable to leases entered into by the authority.
### § 40-61-03.1. Financing projects and facilities.

An authority may provide funds for its purposes by using the following methods or any
combination thereof:
1. Issuing bonds of an authority as authorized by section 40-61-08.
2. Issuing notes of an authority as authorized by section 40-61-09.
3. In cooperation with cities whereby cities may agree to assist in financing projects and
facilities through the issuance of municipal bonds or other obligations, budgeting of
current funds from revenues derived from its general fund levy authority, the levy of
special assessments, or by any combination of these means pursuant to or in

accordance with the provisions of chapters 21-03, 40-22 to 40-27, 40-35, 40-40, and
40-57 and all other applicable laws now in force or hereafter enacted.
### § 40-61-04. Officers and employees.

Municipal parking authorities shall not be subject to civil service or merit system laws,
veterans preference laws, or other laws, ordinances, and regulations pertaining to the status of
municipal employees. Employees of a municipal parking authority shall have the same position
as employees of a private corporation and the board of directors of a municipal parking authority
shall manage their employee relationships in the same manner as private corporations.
### § 40-61-05. Conveyance of property by a city to an authority - Acquisition of property

by a city or by an authority.
1. A city may, by resolution or resolutions of the governing body or by instruments
authorized by such resolutions, convey, with or without consideration, to an authority
real and personal property owned by the city for use by an authority as a project or
projects or a part thereof. In case of real property so conveyed, the title thereto shall
remain in the city but the authority shall have the use and occupancy thereof for so
long as its corporate existence shall continue. In the case of personal property so
conveyed, the title shall pass to the authority.
2. A city may acquire in the name of the city by purchase or condemnation real property
in the city for any of the projects.
3. Contracts may be entered into between a city and an authority providing for the
property to be conveyed by a city to an authority, the additional property to be acquired
by a city and so conveyed, and the amounts, terms, and conditions of payment to be
made by an authority. Any such contracts between a city and an authority may be
pledged by the authority to secure its bonds and may not be modified thereafter except
as provided by the terms of the pledge. The governing body of a city may authorize
such contracts between a city and an authority and no other authorization on the part
of a city for such contracts shall be necessary.
4. An authority may itself acquire real property for a project in the name of the city at the
cost and expense of the authority by purchase or condemnation pursuant to chapter
32-15 and to the laws relating to the condemnation of land by cities. An authority shall
have the use and occupancy of such real property so long as its corporate existence
shall continue.
5. In case an authority shall have the use and occupancy of any real property which it
shall determine is no longer required for a project, then, if such real property was
acquired at the cost and expense of the city, the authority shall have power to
surrender its use and occupancy thereof to the city, or, if such real property was
acquired at the cost and expense of an authority, then the authority shall have power
to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of said real property at public or private sale, and
shall retain and have the power to use the proceeds of sales, rentals, or other moneys
derived from the disposition thereof for its purposes.
### § 40-61-06. Construction contracts.

An authority shall let contracts for construction in the same manner, so far as practicable, as
is provided by law for contracts of cities except that if the estimated expense of a contract does
not exceed five hundred dollars, such contract may be entered into without public letting.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the power of an authority to do any
construction directly by the officers, agents, and employees of the authority.
### § 40-61-07. Moneys of the authority.

All moneys of an authority shall be paid to the city auditor as agent of the authority, who
shall not commingle such moneys with any other moneys. Such moneys shall be deposited in a
separate bank account or accounts. The moneys in such accounts shall be paid out by the
auditor on requisition of the chairman of the authority or of such other person or persons as the

authority may authorize to make such requisitions after audit by the auditor. Approval of the
payment of an account or claim shall be recorded in the record of the proceedings of the
authority and this shall be sufficient to indicate approval without requiring the approving
members to sign or initial the voucher or order for payment. All deposits of such moneys shall, if
required by the auditor or the authority, be secured by obligations of the United States or of the
state of North Dakota of a market value equal at all times to the amount of the deposit, and all
banks and trust companies are authorized to give such security for such deposits. The auditor
and the auditor's legally authorized representatives are authorized and empowered from time to
time to examine the accounts and books of the authority, including its receipts, disbursements,
contracts, leases, sinking funds, investments, and any other records and papers relating to its
financial standing. An authority shall have power, notwithstanding the provisions of this section,
to contract with the holders of any of its bonds as to the custody, collection, securing,
investment, and payment of any moneys of the authority, or any moneys held in trust or
otherwise for the payment of bonds or in any way to secure bonds, and to carry out any such
contract notwithstanding that such contract may be inconsistent with the previous provisions of
this section. Moneys held in trust or otherwise for the payment of bonds or in any way to secure
bonds and deposits of such moneys may be acquired in the same manner as moneys of the
authority, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such security for such
deposits.
### § 40-61-08. Bonds of an authority.

1. An authority may from time to time issue its negotiable bonds for any purpose
mentioned in section 40-61-03, including the acquisition, construction, reconstruction,
and repair of personal and real property of all kinds deemed by the board to be
necessary or desirable to carry out such purpose, as well as to pay such expenses as
may be deemed by the board necessary or desirable to the financing and placing the
project or projects in operation. An authority may from time to time and whenever it
deems refunding expedient, refund any bonds by the issuance of new bonds, whether
the bonds to be refunded have or have not matured, and may issue bonds partly to
refund bonds then outstanding and partly for any other purpose hereinabove
described. The refunding bonds may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded, with
such cash adjustments as may be agreed, or may be sold and the proceeds applied to
the purchase or payment of the bonds to be refunded. In computing the total amount
of bonds of an authority which may at any time be outstanding, the amount of the
outstanding bonds to be refunded from the proceeds of the sale of new bonds or by
exchange for new bonds shall be excluded. Except as may otherwise be expressly
provided by an authority, the bonds of every issue shall be payable out of any moneys
or revenues of an authority, subject only to any agreements with the holders of
particular bonds pledging any particular moneys or revenues. Notwithstanding the fact
that the bonds may be payable from a special fund, if they are otherwise of such form
and character as to be negotiable instruments under chapter 41-08, the bonds shall be
and are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all the
purposes of chapter 41-08, subject only to the provisions of the bonds for registration.
2. The bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the board and shall bear such date or
dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding thirty years from their respective
dates, bear interest at such rate or rates, resulting in an average annual net interest
cost not exceeding twelve percent per annum payable annually or semiannually on
those issues which are sold at private sale, be in such denominations, be in such form,
either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such
manner, be payable in lawful money of the United States at such place or places, and
be subject to such terms of redemption, as such resolution or resolutions may provide.
The bonds may be sold at public or private sale for such price or prices as the
authority shall determine. There is no interest rate ceiling on those issues sold at
public sale or to the state of North Dakota or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.

3. Any resolution or resolutions authorizing any bonds or any issue of bonds may contain
provisions, which shall be part of the contract with the holders of the bonds thereby
authorized, as to:
a. Pledging all or any part of the revenues of a project or projects to secure the
payment of the bonds, subject to such agreements with bondholders as may then
exist.
b. The rentals, fees, and other charges to be charged, and the amounts to be raised
in each year thereby, and the use and disposition of the revenues.
c. The setting aside of reserves or sinking funds, and the regulation and disposition
thereof.
d. Limitations on the right of an authority to restrict and regulate the use of a project.
e. Limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds of sale of any issue of bonds
then or thereafter to be issued may be applied and pledging such proceeds to
secure the payment of the bonds or of any issue of the bonds.
f. Limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon which additional
bonds may be issued and secured, and the refunding of outstanding or other
bonds.
g. The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders may
be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must
consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given.
h. Limitations on the amount of moneys derived from a project to be expended for
operation, administration, or other expenses of an authority.
i. Vesting in a trustee or trustees of such property, rights, powers, and duties in trust
as an authority may determine which may include any or all of the rights, powers,
and duties of the trustee appointed by the bondholders pursuant to section
40-61-15, and limiting or abrogating the right of the bondholders to appoint a
trustee under said section or limiting the rights, duties, and powers of such
trustee.
j. Any other matters, of like or different character, which in any way affect the
security or protection of the bonds.
4. It is the intention hereof that any pledge of revenues or other moneys made by an
authority shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made, that the
revenues or other moneys so pledged and thereafter received by an authority shall
immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof
or further act, and that the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against
all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against an authority
irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any
other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded.
5. Neither the members of an authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be
liable personally on the bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability
by reason of the issuance thereof.
6. An authority shall have power out of any funds available therefor to purchase bonds.
An authority may hold, cancel, or resell such bonds, subject to and in accordance with
agreements with bondholders.
7. In the discretion of an authority, the bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and
between an authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or
bank within or without the state of North Dakota. Such trust indenture may contain
such provisions for protecting, and enforcing the rights and remedies of the
bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including
covenants setting forth the duties of an authority in relation to the construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, and insurance of the project or projects and the
custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys, and may provide that the project
or projects shall be constructed and paid for under the supervision and approval of
consulting engineers. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 40-61-07, an authority
may provide by such trust indenture for the payment of the proceeds of the bonds and
the revenues of the project or projects to the trustee under such trust indenture or

other depository, and for the method of disbursement thereof, with such safeguards
and restrictions as it may determine. All expenses incurred in carrying out such trust
indenture may be treated as a part of the cost of maintenance, operation, and repairs
of the project or projects. If the bonds shall be secured by a trust indenture, the
bondholders shall have no authority to appoint a separate trustee to represent them,
and the trustee under such trust indenture shall have and possess all of the powers
which are conferred by section 40-61-15 upon a trustee appointed by bondholders.
8. An authority shall also have power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue
revenue bonds in accordance with the provisions of chapter 40-57, but only for the
purpose of financing a parking project in support of those projects referred to in
subdivision c of subsection 2 of section 40-57-02. In the issuance of such bonds, the
authority shall have all of the powers granted to a municipality in chapter 40-57, and
shall be controlled in the exercise of such powers only by the provisions of chapter
40-57, and not by any of the provisions of this chapter with reference to other bonds
and notes of the authority.
### § 40-61-09. Notes of an authority.

An authority shall have power from time to time to issue notes and from time to time to issue
renewal notes, herein referred to as notes, maturing not later than five years from their
respective original dates for any purpose or purposes for which bonds may be issued, whenever
an authority shall determine the payment thereof can be made in full from any moneys or
revenues which an authority expects to receive from any source. Such notes may, among other
things, be issued to provide funds to pay preliminary costs of surveys, plans, or other matters
relating to any proposed or existing project. An authority may pledge such moneys or revenues,
subject to any other pledge thereof, for the payment of the notes and may in addition secure the
notes in the same manner and with the same effect as herein provided for bonds and may also
secure the notes by the guarantee of two or more property owners. The notes shall be issued in
the same manner as bonds. An authority shall have power to make contracts for the future sale
from time to time of the notes, by which the purchasers shall be committed to purchase the
notes from time to time on terms and conditions stated in such contracts, and an authority shall
have power to pay such consideration as it shall deem proper for such commitments. In case of
default on its notes, or violation of any of the obligations of an authority to the noteholders, the
noteholders shall have all the remedies provided herein for bondholders.
### § 40-61-10. Debt guarantee.

Prior to the issuance of any bonds authorized by this chapter, except revenue bonds
authorized in subsection 8 of section 40-61-08, the authority shall require that the payment of
not less than ten percent of the principal and interest of the bonds issued for any project be
guaranteed through the use of one or more of the following methods:
1. A contract of personal guarantee entered into between the authority, the bondholders,
and at least three benefited property owners.
2. The guarantee of said payments by the municipality through the issuance of municipal
bonds or other obligations, budgeting of current funds from revenues derived from its
general fund levy authority, the levy of special assessments or by any combination of
these pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of chapters 21-03, 40-22 to
40-27, 40-35, 40-40, and 40-57 and of all other applicable laws now in force or
hereinafter enacted.
### § 40-61-11. Agreement of a city.

1. Cities may pledge to and agree with the holders of the bonds that the city will not limit
or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority to acquire, construct, maintain,
reconstruct, and operate the project or projects, to establish and collect rentals, fees,
and other charges and to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders of
the bonds, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the bondholders, until the
bonds, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of

interest and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or
on behalf of the bondholders are fully met and discharged.
2. Authorities are hereby authorized, in their discretion, for and on behalf of themselves
and the city which authorized them, to covenant and agree with the holders of the
bonds, with such exceptions and limitations as it may deem in the public interest, that
no public parking areas except those acquired and operated by the authority will be
constructed or operated in the city by the city, or by any public benefit or other
corporation the members or some of which are elected or are appointed by city
officials, until either the bonds, together with interest thereon, interest on any unpaid
installments of interest and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or
proceeding by or on behalf of the bondholders are fully met and discharged, or
principal or interest of any of the bonds shall be overdue and unpaid for a period of
three years or more.
### § 40-61-12. State and city not liable on bonds - Exceptions as to cities.

The bonds and other obligations of an authority shall not be a debt of the state of North
Dakota and the state shall not be liable thereon. The bonds and other obligations of an authority
shall not be a debt of a city and a city shall not be liable thereon unless a city agrees to assist in
financing projects and facilities through the issuance of municipal bonds or other obligations
which are considered to be a part of the debt of the city as provided in section 40-61-03.1.
### § 40-61-13. Bonds legal investments for public officers.

Except as otherwise provided in the Constitution of North Dakota, the bonds are hereby
made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state and all municipalities and
municipal subdivisions, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, savings
associations, including savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other
persons carrying on a banking business, and all other persons whatsoever except as hereinafter
provided, who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of
the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to
them. However, notwithstanding the provisions of any other general or special law to the
contrary, the bonds are not eligible for the investment of funds, including capital, of trusts,
estates, or guardianships under the control of individual administrators, guardians, executors,
trustees, and other individual fiduciaries. The bonds are authorized securities which may be
deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this state and all
municipalities and municipal subdivisions for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or
other obligations of this state is now or may hereafter be authorized.
### § 40-61-14. Tax exemptions.

1. It is hereby determined that the creation of an authority and the carrying out of its
corporate purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the city which has
authorized it and its environs, and is a public purpose, and an authority shall be
regarded as performing a governmental function in the exercise of the powers
conferred upon it by this chapter and shall be required to pay no ad valorem taxes
upon any of the property acquired by it or under its jurisdiction or control or supervision
or upon its activities. If property acquired by an authority is leased to any person and is
used exclusively for automobile parking for general public patronage, the leasehold
interest of the lessee shall not be subject to ad valorem taxation if exempt from such
taxation by the governing board of the city in which such authority is located.
2. Any bonds or notes issued pursuant to this chapter, together with the income
therefrom, as well as the property of an authority, shall be exempt from taxation,
except for transfer and estate taxes.
### § 40-61-15. Tax contract by the state.

The state of North Dakota covenants with the purchasers and with all subsequent holders
and transferees of bonds or notes issued by an authority pursuant to this chapter, in

consideration of the acceptance of and payment for the bonds or notes, that the bonds and
notes of an authority issued pursuant to this chapter and the income therefrom, and all moneys,
funds, and revenues pledged to pay or secure the payment of such bonds or notes shall at all
times be free from taxation, except for estate taxes and taxes on transfers by or in
contemplation of death.
### § 40-61-16. Remedies of bondholders.

1. In the event that an authority shall default in the payment of principal of or interest on
any issue of the bonds after the same shall become due, whether at maturity or upon
call for redemption, and such default shall continue for a period of thirty days, or in the
event that an authority shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this chapter,
or shall default in any agreement made with the holders of any issue of the bonds, the
holders of twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the bonds of such
issue then outstanding, by instrument or instruments filed in the office of the recorder
of the county in which the authority is located, unless the board of county
commissioners designates a different official, and proved or acknowledged in the
same manner as a deed to be recorded, may appoint a trustee to represent the
holders of such bonds for the purposes herein provided.
2. Such trustee may, and upon written request of the holders of twenty-five percent in
principal amount of such bonds then outstanding shall, in the trustee's own name:
a. By action or special proceeding enforce all rights of the bondholders, including
the right to require an authority to collect revenues adequate to carry out by any
agreement as to, or pledge of, such revenues, and to require an authority to carry
out any other agreements with the holders of such bonds and to perform its
duties under this chapter.
b. Bring suit upon such bonds.
c. By action or suit in equity, require an authority to account as if it were the trustee
of an express trust for the holders of such bonds.
d. By action or suit in equity, enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in
violation of the rights of the holders of such bonds.
e. Declare all such bonds due and payable, and if all defaults shall be made good
then with the consent of the holders of twenty-five percent of the principal amount
of such bonds then outstanding, to annul such declaration and its consequences.
3. The district court shall have jurisdiction of any suit, action, or proceeding by the trustee
on behalf of bondholders. The venue of any such suit, action, or proceeding shall be
laid in the county in which the authority is located.
4. Before declaring the principal of all such bonds due and payable, a trustee shall first
give thirty days' notice in writing to an authority.
5. Any such trustee, whether or not the issue of bonds represented by such trustee has
been declared due and payable, shall be entitled as of right to the appointment of a
receiver of any part or parts of the project the revenues of which are pledged for the
security of the bonds of such issue, and such receiver may enter and take possession
of such part or parts of the project and, subject to any pledge or agreement with
bondholders, shall take possession of all moneys and other property derived from or
applicable to the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, and reconstruction
of such part or parts of the project and proceed with the acquisition of any necessary
real property in connection with the project that an authority has covenanted to
construct and with any construction which an authority is under obligation to do and to
operate, maintain, and reconstruct such part or parts of the project and collect and
receive all revenues thereafter arising therefrom subject to any pledge thereof or
agreement with bondholders relating thereto and perform the public duties and carry
out the agreements and obligations of an authority under the direction of the court. In
any suit, action, or proceeding by the trustee, the fee, counsel fees, and expenses of
the trustee and of the receiver, if any, shall constitute taxable disbursements and all
costs and disbursements allowed by the court shall be a first charge on any revenues
derived from such project.

6. Such trustee shall, in addition to the foregoing, have and possess all of the powers
necessary or appropriate for the exercise of any functions specifically set forth herein
or incident to the general representation of bondholders on the enforcement and
protection of their rights.
### § 40-61-17. Actions against an authority.

In every action against an authority for damages, for injuries to real or personal property, or
for the destruction thereof, or for personal injuries or death, the complaint shall contain an
allegation that at least thirty days have elapsed since the demand, claim, or claims upon which
such action is founded were presented to a member of the authority, or to its secretary, or to its
chief executive officer and that the authority has neglected or refused to make an adjustment or
payment thereof for thirty days after such presentment.
### § 40-61-18. Termination of an authority.

Repealed by S.L. 1969, ch. 387, § 9.
### § 40-61-18.1. Termination of an authority by governing body.

A majority vote of the governing body of any city shall terminate an existing authority, and all
rights, titles, and interest, and all obligations and liabilities thereof shall be vested in or
possessed by the city which created the authority.
### § 40-61-19. Inconsistent provisions in other acts superseded.

Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other act,
general or special, or of any local law of a city, the provisions of this title shall be controlling.
