(a) The authority may make loans to a local government to pay all or any part of the cost of a project. The authority may require the local government to issue bonds or revenue bonds as evidence of such loans. The authority and a local government may enter into such loan commitments and option agreements as may be determined appropriate by the authority.

(b) The authority may require as a condition of any loan to a local government that such local government shall perform any or all of the following:

(1) In the case of loans for a sewerage facility, establish and collect sewer rents, rates, fees, and charges so as to produce revenues sufficient to pay all or a specified portion of:

(A) Costs of operation, maintenance, replacement, renewal, and repairs; and

(B) Outstanding indebtedness incurred for the purposes of such sewerage facility, including the principal of and interest on the bonds, revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by the local government, as the same shall become due and payable, and to create and maintain any required reserves;

(2) In the case of loans for a water facility, establish and collect rents, rates, fees, and charges so as to produce revenues sufficient to pay all or a specified portion of:

(A) Costs of operation, maintenance, renewal, replacement, and repairs of the water facility of such local government; and

(B) Outstanding indebtedness incurred for the purposes of such water facility, including the principal of and interest on the bonds, revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by the local government, as the same shall become due and payable, and to create and maintain any required reserves;

(3) In the case of loans for a solid waste facility, establish and collect rents, rates, fees, and charges so as to produce revenues sufficient to pay all or a specified portion of:

(A) Costs of operation, maintenance, renewal, replacement, and repairs of the solid waste facility of such local government; and

(B) Outstanding indebtedness incurred for the purposes of such solid waste facility, including the principal of and interest on the bonds, revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by the local government, as the same shall become due and payable, and to create and maintain any required reserves;

(4) Create and maintain a special fund or funds, as additional security for the payment of the principal of such revenue bonds and the interest thereon and any other amounts becoming due under any agreement, entered into in connection therewith and for the deposit therein of such revenues as shall be sufficient to make such payment as the same shall become due and payable; (5) Create and maintain such other special funds as may be required by the authority; and

(6) Perform such other acts, including the conveyance of real and personal property together with all right, title, or interest therein to the authority, or take other actions as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the authority to secure the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds, revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations and to provide for the remedies of the authority in the event of any default by such local government in such payment.

(c) All local governments issuing and selling bonds, revenue bonds, notes, or other obligations to the authority are authorized to perform such acts, take such action, adopt such proceedings, and to make and carry out such contracts with the authority as may be contemplated by this article.

(d) In connection with the making of any loan authorized by this article, the authority may fix and collect such fees and charges including, but not limited to, reimbursement of all costs of financing by the authority, as the authority shall determine to be reasonable. Neither the Public Service Commission nor any local government or state agency shall have jurisdiction over the authority's power over the regulation of such fees or charges.