§8-20-15. Protection and enforcement of rights of bondholders,
etc.; receivership.
Any holder of any bonds issued under the provisions of this
article or of any coupons representing interest accrued thereon may
by civil action, mandamus or other proper proceeding enforce the
statutory mortgage lien created and granted in section seven of
this article, protect and enforce any and all rights granted
hereunder or under any such ordinance or trust indenture, and may
enforce and compel performance of all duties required by the
provisions of this article or by any ordinance or trust indenture
to be performed by the municipality or by the governing body or any
officer, including the making and collecting of reasonable and
sufficient rates, fees or charges for services rendered by the
combined system.
If there be default in the payment of the principal of or
interest upon any of bonds, or of both principal and interest, any
court having jurisdiction shall appoint a receiver to administer
said combined system on behalf of the municipality, and the
bondholders or trustee, or both, with power to charge and collect
rates, fees or charges sufficient to provide for the retirement of
the bonds and pay the interest thereon, and for the payment of the
repair, maintenance and operation expenses, and the receiver shall
apply the revenues in conformity with the provisions of this
article and the ordinance pursuant to which the bonds have been
issued or trust indenture, or both.