§ 15-4-3215 - Annual determination of moneys required for bond repayment.
15-4-3215. Annual determination of moneys required for bond repayment.
(a) (1) On or before commencement of each fiscal year, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall determine the estimated amount required for payment of all or a part of the debt service on the outstanding bonded indebtedness during the fiscal year and deduct therefrom the estimated moneys to be available from special revenues or to the Arkansas Development Finance Authority from other sources related to the qualified Amendment 82 project to determine what amount of gross general revenues, if any, will be required.
(2) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall certify the estimated amount to the Treasurer of State.
(3) The Treasurer of State shall then make monthly transfers from the State Apportionment Fund to the appropriate trust fund of the amount of gross general revenues or, if applicable, special revenues as shall be required to pay the maturing debt service on the outstanding bonded indebtedness.
(b) (1) The obligation to make monthly transfers of general revenues from the State Apportionment Fund to the appropriate trust fund shall constitute a first charge against the gross general revenues prior to all other uses to which the general revenues are devoted, either under present law or under any laws that may be enacted in the future.
(2) To the extent other general obligation bonds of the state may have been issued or may subsequently be issued, the bonds shall rank on a parity of security with respect to payment from general revenues.
(c) The resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds issued shall identify the fund to which moneys shall be credited and used for the purposes identified in 15-4-3208(b), and for those purposes, the holder of the trust funds is designated as the disbursing officer to administer those funds in accordance with Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 82, and this subchapter.
(d) Moneys held in trust funds in excess of the amount necessary to ensure the prompt payment of debt service on the bonds and the establishment and maintenance of reserve funds, if any, may be used for the redemption of bonds prior to maturity in the manner and in accordance with the provisions pertaining to redemption prior to maturity as set forth in the resolution or trust indenture authorizing or securing the bonds.