Section 36064 Of Article 6. Refunding Bonds From California Water Code >> Division 13. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 6.
36064
. Bonds may be refunded by defeasance or call for redemption,
subject to all of the following requirements:
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 53557 and 53585 of the Government
Code, the proceeds of the sale of refunding bonds deposited in escrow
or trust may be invested or reinvested in any combination of federal
securities and securities permitted by subdivisions (c) and (d) of
Section 53635 of the Government Code, except that investment and
reinvestment of the proceeds shall not be permitted in securities
issued by the district or on behalf of any of its improvement
districts. The ratings of any securities permitted by subdivision (d)
of Section 53635 of the Government Code in which the escrow or trust
is invested or reinvested, or debt service insurance or other credit
enhancement with respect to those securities, or any combination
thereof, shall produce a rating on those securities when acquired
equivalent to the highest long-term debt rating category of either
Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or Standard and Poor's Corporation.
Notwithstanding Section 53584 of the Government Code, the securities
may be acquired from the issuer thereof or any other source approved
by the board.
(b) The escrow or trust shall be established in an amount
sufficient to pay when due the principal of, redemption premium, if
any, and interest on, the bonds being refunded. Securities in the
escrow or trust may be exchanged or sold and the proceeds used to
purchase other securities only when the escrow agent or trustee
holding the fund deems the exchange or sale necessary to maintain the
ability to pay when due the principal of, redemption premium, if
any, and interest on, the bonds being refunded. If the escrow or
trust becomes insufficient to pay the principal, redemption premium,
if any, and interest when due, the board may, to the extent of the
insufficiency, augment the escrow or trust from assessments or
charges, or both, fixed and collected for that purpose,
notwithstanding Section 53561 of the Government Code and Section
36063 of this code.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 53583 of the Government Code, the
bonds being refunded need not be called and paid at the first or any
subsequent date on which the bonds may legally be called, if the
board determines that to do so would be consistent with prudent
management of the district's fiscal affairs.