Chapter 9

Chapter 9 Bankruptcy A type of bankruptcy available only to municipalities, including towns, cities, villages, counties, and school districts.
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chapter 9 : chapter 9 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code see also Bankruptcy Code in the Important Laws section ...

Chapter 9 of the United States Code is dedicated to as the title indicates: Arbitration.

Chapter 9: a rarely used section of the code, designed for adjustment of debts of a municipality. Also called a municipal reorganization.

Arkansas - Title 9, Subtitle 2, Chapter 9
California - Family Code, §§ 7660-9300
Colorado - Title 19, Article 5, Part 2
Connecticut - HB 5349, 5843, 5966, 6607, 7035, 70076, SB 1274. See also, Chapter 803, Sections 45a-706 to 45a-770 ...

These more lenient provisions led to a rapid increase in filings in the 1980s and 1990s; Congress has debated making further changes in the law to reverse this. Chapter 9 provides for the reorganization of bankrupt municipalities.

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