16770-16774
GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 16770-16774
16770. The State Treasurer, directly or through state fiscal agents, or other duly authorized agents, shall, on the respective dates of maturity of all bonds, or on the date fixed for the prior redemption of any thereof which may be duly called for redemption, and on the respective due dates of all coupons pertaining to any of said bonds, other than coupons canceled because of the redemption of any of said bonds prior to maturity, or as soon thereafter as said bonds or coupons respectively are surrendered to him, or to any such state fiscal agent, or other duly authorized agent, pay the same. 16771. Upon the payment of any such bond or coupon, the State Treasurer, or the state fiscal agent, or other duly authorized agent, shall cancel the same in a manner to indicate the payment. The State Treasurer, or state fiscal agents, or other duly authorized agents, shall also on the respective dates of maturity of any such bonds that have been executed but remain unsold, cancel the same in a manner to indicate cancellation and on the respective due dates of all coupons attached to any such bond remaining unsold, shall detach all coupons the due date of which has been reached, and cancel them in the same manner as provided for the cancellation of bonds remaining unsold. 16772. The State Treasurer, or state fiscal agents, or other duly authorized agents, may destroy or cremate any or all bonds and any or all coupons pertaining thereto which have been previously paid or canceled as provided herein. 16773. Whenever any payment of principal of any bonds shall become due, either upon the maturity of any of the bonds or upon the redemption thereof prior to maturity, and whenever any interest on any of the bonds shall fall due, warrants shall be drawn against the appropriation made by the bond act from the General Fund by the Controller in favor of the Treasurer, or state fiscal agents, or other duly authorized agents, pursuant to claims filed with the Controller by the Treasurer, in the amounts so falling due. For any payments of debt service, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 998.404 of the Military and Veterans Code, with respect to any bonds issued pursuant to a veterans' farm and home purchase bond act adopted pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 980) of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code, the Controller shall first draw warrants against the appropriation from the Veterans' Bonds Payment Fund in Section 988.6 of the Military and Veterans Code, and, to the extent moneys in that fund are insufficient to pay the amount of debt service then due, shall draw warrants against the appropriation made by the bond act from the General Fund for payment of any remaining amount then due. 16774. (a) If the committee determines that any bonds then outstanding, including bonds that by their terms are subject to redemption prior to maturity, should be redeemed or retired prior to maturity, and that money sufficient for that redemption or retirement will be available in the fund or the General Fund at the time proposed for the redemption or retirement, it may, by resolution, direct the Treasurer to call and redeem or retire any of these bonds, at a time specified in the resolution, and the Treasurer shall thereupon either give notice of the proposed redemption and redeem the bonds in accordance with the provisions for redemption provided for in the resolution adopted under Section 16731 pursuant to which the bonds were issued or arrange for the purchase and retirement of the bonds. (b) Money sufficient for the redemption or retirement shall be determined to be available in the General Fund if the Treasurer certifies that either the issuance of refunding bonds under Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) or the deferral of the planned payment of principal on outstanding bonds has reduced the principal payments required to be made from the General Fund on outstanding bonds during the current fiscal year by an amount equal to, or in excess of, the money required for the redemption or retirement. (c) Money so determined to be sufficient for the redemption or retirement of bonds and available for that purpose shall be transferred from the General Fund to a separate account within the Refunding Escrow Fund created by Section 16784. Notwithstanding Section 13340, money in that account is continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years for the purposes of this section. Funds in that account shall be held in trust for the benefit of the holders of the bonds which are to be redeemed or retired and used only for the payment of the principal of, and interest and any redemption premium on, or the purchase price of, the bonds which are to be redeemed or retired. Money in the account shall be invested by the Treasurer and any income from that investment shall be credited to the account. Any funds remaining in the account after all of the bonds are redeemed or retired shall be transferred to the General Fund.