Bond Counsel Services

The vendor required to provide legal guidance relating to, but not necessarily limited to:
•    Prepare and review documents necessary or appropriate to the authorization, issuance, sale, and delivery of the bonds, coordination of the authorization and execution of these documents, and review and, where appropriate, drafting of enabling legislation; 
•    Review legal issues relating to the structure of the bond issue; 
•    Assist the issuer in seeking from other governmental authorities any approvals, permissions, and exemptions necessary or appropriate in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, and delivery of the bonds; 
•    Review or prepare the notice of sale or bond purchase contract for the bonds and review or draft the continuing disclosure undertaking of the issuer and conduct post issuance monitoring and compliance; 
•    Assist the issuer in presenting information to bond rating organization and credit enhancement providers relating to legal issues affecting the issuance of the bonds; 
•    Review or prepare those sections of the offering document to be disseminated in connection with the sale of the bonds that relate to the bonds, financing documents, bond counsel opinion, and tax exemption; 
•    Render the bond counsel opinion regarding the validity and binding effect of the bonds, source of payment and security for the bonds, and the excludability of interest on bonds from gross income for federal income tax purposes
•    Notify the county of changes in the public bond or public finance law or regulations, as well as court decisions, which may impact the county; 
•    Be familiar with the rules and regulations of the federal program build bonds; 
•    Be familiar with the rules and regulations of environmental infrastructure trust program; 
•    Represent the county in any litigation resulting from the issuance or intent to issue bonds; 
•    Advisory opinions as needed.