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  "title_number": "39",
  "section_number": "1040",
  "citation": "R.S. 39:1040",
  "heading": "Credit enhancement devices",
  "text": "The City and public entities may, in connection with the sale of bonds, use municipal bond insurance, bank guarantees, surety bonds, letters of credit, and other devices to enhance the credit quality of the bonds, the cost of which credit enhancement devices may be paid from the proceeds of the bonds or other lawfully available funds.",
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      "number": "39",
      "name": "PUBLIC FINANCE"
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      "number": "II",
      "name": "LOCAL FINANCE"
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    {
      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "4",
      "name": "BONDED INDEBTEDNESS AND SPECIAL TAXES"
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      "level": "part",
      "number": "XIV",
      "name": "ISSUANCE OF BONDS BY THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS"
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  "breadcrumb": "Title 39 › Subtitle II › Chapter 4 › Part XIV",
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      "act_year": 1985,
      "act_number": 674,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1985, No. 674, §10, eff. July 16, 1985. {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 674, §§14 - 17.}}",
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