35-2-432. Refunding securities.

(a) Any securities of the board of a hospital district issued hereunder or pursuant to any other act and payable from any pledged revenues may be refunded by the board by the adoption of a resolution or resolutions by the board authorizing the issuance of securities at public or private sale:

(i) To refund, pay, and discharge all or any part of such outstanding securities of any one (1) or more or all outstanding issues, including any interest thereon in arrears, or about to become due for any period not exceeding three (3) years from the date of the refunding securities; or

(ii) For the purpose of reducing interest costs or effecting other economies; or

(iii) For the purpose of modifying or eliminating restrictive contractual limitations appertaining to the issuance of additional bonds, otherwise concerning the outstanding securities, or to any facilities appertaining thereto; or

(iv) For the purpose of avoiding or terminating any default; or

(v) For any combination thereof.

(b) Nothing contained in this act nor in any other law of this state shall be construed to permit the board to call securities now or hereafter outstanding for prior redemption in order to refund such securities or in order to pay them prior to their stated maturities, unless the right to call such securities for prior redemption was specifically reserved and stated in such securities at the time of their issuance.

(c) Except as provided in this section, refunding securities shall be subject to the same rights, liabilities, conditions and covenants as are provided for the securities contained in this act.