Article 5. Issuance Of Refunding Debentures of California Military And Veterans Code >> Division 4. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 5.

The department, subject to the approval of the Veterans' Debenture Finance Committee, may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding debentures for the purpose of redeeming or retiring any debentures issued under this chapter or any obligations issued by the state to finance programs of the department. All provisions of this chapter applicable to the issuance of debentures are applicable to the funding or refunding debentures and to the issuance, sale or exchange thereof. The department with the approval of the Veterans' Debenture Finance Committee may adopt a resolution or resolutions of issuance or supplemental resolutions authorizing the issuance of refunding debentures and fixing the terms and conditions thereof.

Refunding debentures may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to provide funds for the payment of all debentures or obligations to be refunded thereby and in addition to the payment of all expenses incident to the calling, retiring or paying of outstanding debentures or obligations and the issuance of refunding debentures. Those expenses include any amount necessary to be made available for the payment of interest upon refunding debentures from the date of sale thereof to the date of payment of the debentures or obligations to be refunded, or to the date upon which the debentures or obligations to be refunded will be paid pursuant to the call thereof or agreement with the holders thereof, and the premium, if any, necessary to be paid in order to call or retire the outstanding debentures or obligations and the interest accruing thereon to the date of the call or retirement.

Refunding debentures shall not constitute a debt or obligation of the State of California but shall be debentures of the department of the same character and payable from the same funds as other debentures authorized pursuant to this chapter. Any and all reserve or other funds applicable to the payment of the debentures to be refunded may, if so directed by the department, be transferred to any reserve or other funds provided with respect to the refunding debentures. The pledge of revenues to be received from contracts entered into by the department with veterans shall not be lessened, diminished, or affected in any way by the issuance of such refunding debentures.

The department may from time to time or at any time sell or exchange refunding debentures for the purpose of retiring, paying or refunding either all or part of the outstanding debentures or obligations, or of one or more series thereof, as it deems advisable. Refunding debentures may be issued and delivered as outstanding debentures or obligations to be refunded thereby, if the debentures are mature or are about to mature or are subject to call or redemption, or if the retirement thereof has been assured by consent of the holders thereof. Refunding debentures may be delivered in whole or in part in exchange for outstanding debentures or obligations with the consent of the holders thereof.