ORDINANCE NO. ______________, SERIES 2026
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT, KENTUCKY, (I) AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF ITS HEALTH SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS (NORTON HEALTHCARE, INC.), SERIES 2026 IN ONE OR MORE SERIES IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $750,000,000, THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH SHALL BE LOANED TO NORTON HEALTHCARE, INC.TO (A) PAY OR REIMBURSE NORTON HEALTHCARE, INC. AND NORTON HOSPITALS, INC. FOR THE COSTS OF ACQUIRING, CONSTRUCTING, RENOVATING AND EQUIPPING CERTAIN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES OF NORTON HEALTHCARE, INC. AND CERTAIN AFFILIATES, AND (B) REFINANCE CERTAIN OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS, AND (II) TAKING OTHER RELATED ACTION.
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SPONSORED BY: COUNCIL MEMBER KRAMER
WHEREAS, the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government (the "Metro Government") is a consolidated local government organized and validly existing under the Constitution and the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (the "Commonwealth") and as such is authorized under the Industrial Buildings and Pollution Control Facilities for Cities and Counties Act, Sections 103.200 to 103.285 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, as amended (the "Act"), to issue its industrial building revenue bonds and loan the proceeds thereof to any person to defray the costs of acquiring, constructing, and equipping an "industrial building" (as defined in the Act), including specifically any buildings, structures and facilities, including the site thereof and machinery, equipment, and furnishings suitable for use as health care or related facilities, including without limitation, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, research facilities, extended or long-term care facilities, including housing for the aged or the infirm and all buildings, structures, and facilities deemed necessary or useful in connection therewith, in order to accomplish thereby the public purposes of promoting the economic development ...
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