(a) Refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to provide funds, either directly or by the purchase of nonredeemable securities, the principal and interest on which shall provide funds for the payment of any or all of the following:

(1) The principal of or purchase price of the bonds to be refunded by the refunding bonds.

(2) All expenses incident to the calling, retiring, purchasing, or paying of the outstanding bonds and the issuance of the refunding bonds, including any excess of the par value of the refunding bonds over the selling price thereof.

(3) Interest upon the refunding bonds from the date of sale to the date of payment of the bonds to be refunded, whether at maturity, pursuant to the call thereof or pursuant to any agreement with the holders thereof.

(4) Any premium necessary in the calling, retiring, or purchase of the outstanding bonds.

(5) The interest accruing on the outstanding bonds to the date of their call, retirement, or purchase.

(6) Subject to the limitation on those payments contained in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 16731, any termination payment owed by the state after offset for any payments made to the state pursuant to any hedging contract that was entered into in connection with the bonds to be refunded.

Refunding bonds may be exchanged at not less than their par value and accrued interest for outstanding bonds to be refunded thereby, and this chapter with respect to the sale of bonds does not apply to that exchange.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the principal amount of any issue of refunding bonds shall not exceed the original aggregate principal amount of the series of bonds to be refunded. If there remains authorized but unissued bonds under the original bond act for the program which was funded by the series of bonds to be refunded, the principal amount of refunding bonds above the original aggregate principal amount of bonds to be refunded shall be charged against such unused authorization.

(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 640, Sec. 7. Effective September 29, 2006.)