PUBLIC LAW 105-33—AUG. 5, 1997 111 STAT. 773 SEC. 11508. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 490 (RELATING TO REVENUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS). Section 490 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (DC Code, sec. 47-334), as amended by section 2 of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Act of 1996, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by amending paragraphs (1) through (3) to read as follows: "(a)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Council may by act or by resolution authorize the issuance of taxable and tax-exempt revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations to borrow money to Ifinance, refinance, or reimburse and to assist in the financing, refinancing, or reimbursing of or for capital projects and other undertakings by the District or by any District instrumentality, or on behalf of any qualified applicant, including capital projects or undertakings in the areas of housing; health facilities; transit and utility facilities; manufacturing; sports, convention, and entertainment facilities; recreation, tourism and hospitality facilities; facilities to house and equip operations of the District government or its instrumentalities; public infrastructure development and redevelopment; elementary, secondary and college and university facilities; educational programs which provide loans for the payment of educational expenses for or on behalf of students; facilities used to house and equip operations related to the study, development, application, or production of innovative commercial or industrial technologies and social services; water and sewer facilities (as defined in paragraph (5)); pollution control facilities; solid and hazardous waste disposal facilities; parking facilities, industrial and commercial development; authorized capital expenditures of the District; and any other property or project that will, as determined by the Council, contribute to the health, education, safety, or welfare, of, or the creation or preservation of jobs for, residents of the District, or to economic development of the District, and any facilities or property, real or personal, used in connection with or supplementing any of the foregoing; lease-purchase financing of any of the foregoing facilities or property; and any costs related to the issuance, carrying, security, liquidity or credit enhancement of or for revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations, including, capitalized interest and reserves, and the costs of bond insurance, letters of credit, and guarsinteed investment, forward purchase, remarketing, auction, and swap agreements. Any such financing, refinancing, or reimbursement may be effected by loans made directly or indirectly to any individual or legal entity, by the purchase of any mortgage, note, or other security, or by the purchase, lease, or sale of any property. "(2) Any revenue bond, note, or other obligation issued under paragraph (1) shall be a special obligation of the District and shall be a negotiable instrument, whether or not such revenue bond, note, or other obligation is a security as defined in section 28:8-102(l)(a) of title 28 of the District of Columbia Code. "(3) Any revenue bond, note, or other obligation issued under paragraph (1) shall be paid and secured (as to principal, interest, and Einy premium) as provided by the act or resolution of the Council authorizing the issuance of such revenue bond, note, or other obligation. Any act or resolution of the Council, or any delegation of Council authority under subsection (a)(6), authorizing the
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