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SECTION 465
Remedies of noteholders and bondholders
Education (EDN) CHAPTER 16, TITLE 1, ARTICLE 10
§ 465. Remedies of noteholders and bondholders. 1. In the event that
the fund shall default in the payment of principal of or interest on any
issue of notes or bonds after the same shall become due, whether at
maturity or upon call for redemption, and such default shall continue
for a period of thirty days, or in the event that the fund shall fail or
refuse to comply with the provisions of this article, or shall default
in any agreement made with the holders of any issue of notes or bonds,
the holders of twenty-five per centum in aggregate principal amount of
the notes or bonds of such issue then outstanding, by instrument or
instruments filed in the office of the city clerk of the city of New
York and approved or acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to be
recorded, may appoint a trustee to represent the holders of such notes
or bonds for the purposes herein provided.

2. Such trustee may, and upon written request of the holders of
twenty-five per centum in principal amount of such notes or bonds then
outstanding shall, in his or its own name:

(a) by suit, action or proceeding in accordance with the civil
practice law and rules, enforce all rights of the noteholders or
bondholders and require the fund to carry out agreements with such
noteholders or bondholders and to perform its duties under this article;

(b) bring suit upon such notes or bonds;

(c) by action or suit, require the fund to account as if it were the
trustee of an express trust for the holders of such notes or bonds;

(d) by action or suit, enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful
or in violation of the rights of the holders of such notes or bonds;

(e) declare all such notes or bonds due and payable, and if all
defaults shall be made good, then, with the consent of the holders of
twenty-five per centum of the principal amount of such notes or bonds
then outstanding, annul such declaration and its consequences.

3. Such trustee shall in addition to the foregoing have and possess
all of the powers necessary or appropriate for the exercise of any
functions specifically set forth herein or incident to the general
representation of bondholders or noteholders in the enforcement and
protection of their rights.

4. The supreme court shall have jurisdiction of any suit, action or
proceeding by the trustee on behalf of such noteholders or bondholders.
The venue of any such suit, action or proceeding shall be laid in the
county of New York.

5. Before declaring the principal of notes or bonds due and payable,
the trustee shall first give thirty days' notice in writing to the mayor
of the city of New York, to the fund, to the board of education of the
city of New York and to the attorney general of the state.