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74-8947.Financing for certain integrated coal gasification power plants. (a) For the purpose of financing the construction of a new integrated coal gasification power plant or expansion of an existing integrated coal gasification power plant, the Kansas development finance authority is hereby authorized to issue revenue bonds pursuant to the Kansas development finance authority act, K.S.A. 74-8901 et seq., and amendments thereto, in amounts sufficient to pay the costs of such construction or expansion, including any required interest on the bonds during construction and installation, plus all amounts required for the costs of bond issuance, costs of credit enhancement or other financial contracts, capitalized interest and any required reserves on the bonds. The bonds, and interest thereon, issued pursuant to this section shall be payable from revenues pledged to the Kansas development finance authority for such purpose, which may include revenues derived from sales of generation from the integrated coal gasification power plant.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 74-8905, and amendments thereto, shall not prohibit the issuance of bonds by the Kansas development finance authority for the purposes of this section and any such issuance of bonds is exempt from the provisions of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 74-8905, and amendments thereto, which would operate to preclude such issuance.

(c) Revenue bonds, including refunding revenue bonds, issued under this section shall not constitute an indebtedness of the state of Kansas, nor shall they constitute indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision limiting the incurring of indebtedness.

(d) Revenue bonds, including refunding revenue bonds, issued hereunder and the income derived therefrom are and shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation in the state of Kansas, except Kansas estate taxes.

(e) As used in this section:

(1) "Expansion of an existing integrated coal gasification power plant" means expansion, beginning after December 31, 2005, of the capacity of an existing integrated coal gasification power plant by at least 10% of such capacity, and includes construction or expansion of transmission facilities which are located at the site of such plant and are employed specifically to serve such expansion.

(2) "Integrated coal gasification power plant" has the meaning provided by K.S.A. 79-32,238, and amendments thereto.

(3) "New integrated coal gasification power plant" means an integrated coal gasification power plant construction of which begins after December 31, 2005, and includes transmission facilities which are located at the site of such plant and are employed specifically to serve such plant.

History: L. 2006, ch. 209, § 27; July 1.



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