Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), whenever a reserve fund for an issue of bonds or notes issued to purchase securities specified in section 1(b) of this chapter does not contain the required debt service reserve (as defined in IC 5-1.5-5-1(b)), the chairman of the board shall immediately:

(1) transfer to the reserve fund the amount needed to restore the required debt service reserve first from the capital interest fund and, to the extent necessary, from the capital principal fund; and

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-1.5-6.5-4

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
(2) certify the amounts transferred to the general assembly.

     (b) The general assembly may appropriate to the bank for deposit in the capital principal fund the amount transferred from the fund to restore required debt service reserves. Nothing in this subsection creates a debt or a liability of the state to make any appropriation.

     (c) Appropriations made to the capital principal fund do not revert to the state general fund at the end of any fiscal year.

     (d) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as provided by subsection (e), after June 30, 2005, the:

(1) issuance by the bank of any indebtedness that incorporates the provisions set forth in subsection (a) or otherwise establishes a procedure for the bank or a person acting on behalf of the bank to certify to the general assembly the amount needed to restore a reserve fund or another fund to required levels; or

(2) execution by the bank of any other agreement that creates a moral obligation of the state to pay all or part of any indebtedness issued by the bank;

is subject to review by the budget committee and approval by the budget director.

     (e) If the budget committee does not conduct a review of a proposed transaction under subsection (d) within twenty-one (21) days after a request by the bank, the review is considered to have been conducted. If the budget director does not approve or disapprove a proposed transaction under subsection (d) within twenty-one (21) days after a request by the bank, the transaction is considered to have been approved.

As added by P.L.38-1988, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.235-2005, SEC.78.