Trustee
A commercial bank or trust company with trust powers which acts in a fiduciary capacity for and on behalf of the bondholders by entering into an indenture with the issuer of the bonds.
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Preliminary Expenditures
Expenditures for a project that can be financed with proceeds of Bonds without obeying the federal income tax rules relating to reimbursements, up to a limit of 20% of the proceeds of the Bonds (which may be issued in multiple Bond Issues) to be issued to finance the project. Preliminary Expenditures include architectural, engineering, surveying, soil testing, Bond issuance and similar costs incurred prior to the commencement of construction, rehabilitation or acquisition of a project. Preliminary Expenditures do not include land acquisition, site preparation or similar costs incident to the commencement of construction.
