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Permanent Dial-In Option Makes TEFRA Hearings Easier Than Ever – Forever

The Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA) requires a public hearing as a form of public approval for certain types of tax-exempt private activity bonds. Thanks to COVID-19, holding a hearing is easier than...more

COVID-19: Voluntary COVID-19 Disclosures -- Time to Share Your Approach With the Marketplace?

On May 5, 2020, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board found that continuing disclosure references to the coronavirus pandemic (“COVID-19”) had jumped 25 percent in the course of a single week. After a statement by the...more

Moody's Upgrades Rating of the Washington State School Bond Guarantee Program

If some or all of your District’s outstanding bonds are guaranteed by the Washington State (the “State”) School Bond Guarantee Program, it is time to post an event notice to the affected bonds on EMMA (or to verify the...more

8/30/2019  /  EMMA , Moody's , School Bonds , School Districts

Securities and Exchange Commission Amends and Updates Rule 15c2-12

Since 1995, states and local governments have been subject to Rule 15c2-12 (the “Rule”), promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Under the Rule, governmental entities that issued securities...more

SEC Delays Municipal Advisor Registration and Record-Keeping Obligations

The SEC has stayed the implementation date of its final rules establishing a permanent registration and record-keeping regime for municipal advisors until July 1, 2014. The new rules are required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street...more

The SEC Adopts Final Registration Regime and Record-Keeping Obligations for Municipal Advisors

As required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or Commission”) adopted on September 20, 2013 final rules and forms...more

New Help Remembering Your Continuing Disclosure Obligations

The life of a tax-exempt bond issuer is not always sunshine and discounted money. Your bondholders look to you not only for notifications of material events, but also for routine continuing disclosures of financial and...more

You Don’t Have to Pay for a Post Issuance Compliance Policy…But Have You Adopted One Yet?

A number of municipal entities have been receiving a solicitation to purchase a post-issuance debt policy and procedure manual. The advertisement suggests that having such a policy is required by the Internal Revenue Service...more

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