(a) The authority may provide for the issuance of the revenue bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding any bonds, or any series or issue of the revenue bonds of the authority then outstanding, and may include the payment of any redemption premium for those bonds and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption and purchase or maturity of those bonds.

(b) The proceeds of any bonds issued for the purpose of refunding of outstanding bonds may, in the discretion of the authority, be applied to the purchase or redemption prior to maturity or retirement at maturity of the outstanding bonds on their earliest or any subsequent redemption date or upon the purchase or at the maturity thereof, or paid to a third person to assume the authority’s obligation to make those payments, and may, pending that application, be placed in escrow to be applied to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption on any date or dates as may be determined by the authority.

(c) Any escrowed proceeds, pending such use may be invested and reinvested in obligations or securities authorized by resolution of the authority, maturing at any time or times as shall be appropriate to assure the prompt payment, as to principal, interest, and redemption premium, if any, of the outstanding bonds to be so refunded. The interest, income and profits, if any, earned or realized on any investment may also be applied to the payment of the outstanding bonds to be so refunded or of interest in the refunding bonds. After the terms of the escrow have been fully satisfied and carried out, any balance of proceeds and interest, income profits, if any, earned or realized on the investments thereof may be returned to the authority for use by it in any lawful manner.

(d) All refunding bonds are subject to the provisions of this chapter, in the same manner and to the same extent, as other bonds issued pursuant to this chapter.

(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)