Ill STAT. 770 PUBLIC LAW 105-33—AUG. 5, 1997 equal to at least 2 percent of the par amount of general obligation bonds bid for, and the Mayor shall reserve the right to reject any and all bids. ". SEC. 11505. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 467 (RELATING TO AUTHORITY TO CREATE SECURITY INTERESTS IN DISTRICT REVE- NUES). Section 467 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (D.C. Code Sec. 47-326.1.) is amended by striking all after the heading and inserting the following: "SEC. 467. (a) IN GENERAL. —An act of the Council authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds or notes under section 461(a), section 471(a), section 472(a), or section 475(a) may create a security interest in any District revenues as additional security for the payment of the bonds or notes authorized by such act. "(b) CONTENTS OF ACTS. —Any such act creating a security interest in District revenues may contain provisions (which may be part of the contract with the holders of such bonds or notes)— "(1) describing the particular District revenues which are subject to such security interest; "(2) creating a reasonably required debt service reserve fund or any other special fund; "(3) authorizing the Mayor of the District to execute a trust indenture securing the bonds or notes; "(4) vesting in the trustee under such a trust indenture such properties, rights, powers, and duties in trust as may be necessary, convenient, or desirable; "(5) authorizing the Mayor of the District to enter into and amend agreements concerning— "(A) the custody, collection, use, disposition, security, investment, and payment of the proceeds of the bonds or notes and the District revenues which are subject to such security interest; and "(B) the doing of any act (or the refraining from doing any act) that the District would have the right to do in the absence of such an agreement; "(6) prescribing the remedies of the holders of the bonds or notes in the event of a default; and "(7) authorizing the Mayor to take any other actions in connection with the issuance, sale, delivery, security, and pay- ment of the bonds or notes. "(c) TIMING AND PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS. —Notwithstanding article 9 of title 28 of the District of Columbia Code, any security interest in District revenues created under subsection (a) shall be valid, binding, and perfected from the time such security interest is created, with or without the physical delivery of any funds or any other property and with or without any further action. Such security interest shall be valid, binding, and perfected whether or not any statement, document, or instrument relating to such security interest is recorded or filed. The lien created by such security interest is valid, binding, and perfected with respect to any individual or legal entity having claims against the District, whether or not such individual or legal entity has notice of such lien. "(d) OBLIGATIONS AND EXPENDITURES NOT SUBJECT TO APPRO- PRIATION. — The fourth sentence of section 446 shall not apply to
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