(a) The principal amount of any issue of general obligation refunding bonds shall not exceed the sum of the following:(1) The principal amount of the outstanding obligations to be refunded; provided, that general obligation refunding bonds may be issued in such amounts to permit any part of the bonds to reflect a zero (0) rate of interest on an original issue discount;(2) The redemption premium, if any, thereon;(3) The interest due and payable on such outstanding obligations to and including the first or any subsequent available redemption date or dates selected, in its discretion, by the governing body, or to the date or dates of maturity, whichever shall be determined by the governing body to be most advantageous or necessary to the local government; and(4) Any expenses of the issuance and sale of such general obligation refunding bonds, including bond discount, credit enhancement, engraving, printing, and advertising fees, the creation of initial debt service reserve funds, and reasonable and necessary fees of financial and legal advisors deemed by the governing body to be necessary for the issuance of the general obligation refunding bonds.(b) Any money in a sinking or reserve onable and necessary fees of financial and legal advisors deemed by the governing body to be necessary for the issuance of the general obligation refunding bonds.(b) Any money in a sinking or reserve fund or other fund for the obligations to be refunded may be used for the purposes stated in subdivisions (a)(1)-(4) or may be deposited in a sinking fund or reserve fund or other fund for the refunding bonds.Acts 1986, ch. 770, § 9-4; 1987, ch. 77, § 13.
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