4.20.030 Adoption of registration system.
The district adopts the following system of registering the ownership of its bonds and obligations:
(1) Registration Requirement. All bonds and obligations offered to the public, having a maturity of more than one year and issued by the district after June 30, 1983, on which the interest is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation, shall be registered as to both principal and interest as provided in this chapter.
(2) Method of Registration. The registration of all district bonds and obligations required to be registered shall be carried out either by:
(a) A book entry system of recording the ownership of the bond or obligation on the books of the district or the fiscal agencies, whether or not a physical instrument is issued; or
(b) By recording the ownership of the bond or obligation and requiring as a condition of the transfer of ownership of any bond or obligation the surrender of the old bond or obligation and either the reissuance of the old bond or obligation or the issuance of a new bond or obligation to the new owners.
No transfer of any bond or obligation subject to registration requirements shall be effective until the name of the new owner and the new owner’s mailing address, together with such other information deemed appropriate by the registrar, shall be recorded on the books of the registrar.
(3) Denominations. Except as may be provided otherwise by the resolution authorizing their issuance, registered bonds or obligations may be issued and reissued in any denomination up to the outstanding principal amount of the bonds or obligations of which they are a part. Such denominations may represent all or a part of a maturity or several maturities and on reissuance may be in smaller amounts than the individual denominations for which they are reissued.
(4) Appointment of Registrar. Unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of registered bonds or obligations, the Snohomish County treasurer shall be the registrar for all registered interest-bearing warrants, installment contracts, interest-bearing leases and other registered bonds or obligations not usually subject to trading and the fiscal agencies shall be the registrar for all other district bonds and obligations.
(5) Duties of Registrar. The registrar shall serve as the district’s authenticating trustee, transfer agent, registrar and paying agent for all registered bonds and obligations for which he, she, or it serves as registrar and shall comply fully with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations respecting the carrying out of those duties.
The rights, duties, responsibilities and compensation of the registrar shall be prescribed in each resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or obligations, which rights, duties, responsibilities and compensation shall be embodied in a contract executed by the Snohomish County treasurer and the registrar, except in instances when the fiscal agencies serve as registrar, the district adopts by reference the contract between the State Finance Committee of the State of Washington and the fiscal agencies in lieu of executing a separate contract and prescribing by resolution the rights, duties, obligations and compensation of the registrar. When the Snohomish County treasurer serves as registrar, a separate contract shall not be required.
In all cases when the registrar is not the fiscal agencies and the obligation is assignable, the resolution authorizing the issuance of the registered bonds or obligations shall specify the terms and conditions of:
(a) Making payments of principal and interest;
(b) Printing any physical instruments, including the use of identifying numbers or other designation;
(c) Specifying record and payment dates;
(d) Determining denominations;
(e) Establishing the manner of communicating with the owners of the bonds or obligations;
(f) Establishing the methods of receipting for the physical instruments for payment of principal, the destruction of such instruments and the certification of such destruction;
(g) Registering or releasing security interests, if any; and
(h) Such other matters pertaining to the registration of the bonds or obligations authorized by such resolution as the district may deem to be necessary or appropriate. [Res. 377 § 3, 1984.]