§ 2-413. Rental payments.  


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  • Rentals contracted to be paid to the authority by any lessee which is any department, board, commission or agency of the county or any municipal corporation organized under the laws of the State of Georgia or any governmental agency created under the laws of the State of Georgia or the State of Georgia itself under any lease to the authority entered upon pursuant to this division shall constitute obligations of such lessees for the payment of which the good faith of any such lessee is hereby pledged. Such rentals shall be paid as provided in the lease contract from funds appropriated for such purposes by the terms of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. It shall be the duty of any such lessee to see to the punctual payment of all such rentals.

    In the event of any failure or refusal on the part of any lessee punctually to perform any covenant or obligation contained in any lease entered upon pursuant to this division, the authority may enforce performance by any legal or equitable process against any such lessee, and consent is hereby given for the institution of any such action against any such lessee which is described in the immediately preceding paragraphs of this section.

    The authority shall be permitted to assign any rental due it by any lessee to a trustee, paying agent, or other person designated to serve as the holder of a security interest on behalf of the holders of any authority revenue bonds, all as may be required by the terms of any trust indenture entered into by the authority or resolution adopted by the authority pertaining to such matters.

(1980 Ga. Laws (Act No. 1373), page 4488, § 27; 1982 Ga. Laws (Act No. 1379), page 5031, § 10)