(1) In order to acquire equipment and to do the work, the board of commissioners may issue the negotiable notes of the district signed by the members of the board and bearing a rate of interest not exceeding six percent (6%) per annum and may pledge and mortgage a portion of future annual benefit assessments as collected for the payment thereof.
(2) Any petitions for the creation of a district and the court order creating the district shall limit the total amount of notes that may be outstanding at any one (1) time in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(3) The district shall have no authority to issue bonds.