39-71-2355. Workers' compensation bonds -- loans -- form -- principal and interest. (1) Subject to the $220 million limit contained in 39-71-2354(2), the board of investments may not give the state fund loan proceeds or issue workers' compensation bonds unless the aggregate amount of outstanding and proposed loans and bonds can be serviced with no more than 90% of the amount of tax revenue that the department of revenue estimates will be raised by the tax imposed under 39-71-2503 during the remainder of the then current fiscal year and during each succeeding fiscal year through the end of the fiscal year in which the last then outstanding or proposed loan or bond will be repaid or retired.
     (2) Bonds are limited obligations payable solely from and secured by the money deposited in the workers' compensation bond repayment account created by 39-71-2504. Each series of bonds may be issued by the board of investments at public or private sale, in denominations and form, whether payable to bearer or registered as to principal or both principal and interest, with such provisions for the conversion or exchange, bearing interest at a rate or rates or the method of determining the rate or rates, maturing at times, not later than June 30, 2020, subject to redemption at earlier times and prices and upon notice, and payable at the office of a fiscal agency of the state, as determined by the board of investments. Any action taken by the board of investments under 39-71-2354 and this section must be approved by at least a majority vote of its members.
     (3) In all other respects the board of investments is authorized to prescribe the form and terms of the bonds and shall do whatever is lawful and necessary for their issuance and payment.
     (4) Bonds and any interest coupons appurtenant thereto must be signed by the members of the board of investments, and the bonds must be issued under the great seal of the state of Montana. The bonds and coupons may be executed with facsimile signatures and seal in the manner and subject to the limitations prescribed by law. The state treasurer shall keep a record of all bonds issued and sold.
     (5) All loan and bond proceeds given to the state fund must be deposited to the credit of the account required by 39-71-2321 for claims for injuries resulting from accidents that occurred before July 1, 1990, and may be used only for the administration and payment of those claims and for the costs of giving the loan proceeds and issuing the bonds.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 797, L. 1991.