Alabama Code 41-4-12. Use of funds in sinking fund – Purchase of state bonds in lieu of use of sinking fund; cancellation and destruction of bonds purchased
Terms Used In Alabama Code 41-4-12
- Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
- 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.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
Instead of, or in lieu of, using sinking funds, as is provided for in this article, the Director of Finance, by and with the advice and consent of the Governor, may purchase, upon the best terms obtainable, state bonds or obligations for the payment of which the sinking fund was created, and when such bonds or obligations are so purchased they may be cancelled and retired by the Treasurer, with the advice and consent of the Governor, but no bond or obligation so purchased shall be cancelled or destroyed unless it was purchased by and with the sinking funds which were created for the ultimate payment of such bond or obligation so purchased and cancelled. Such bonds or obligations, when so cancelled and retired, shall be cancelled and destroyed by the Treasurer in the presence of the Governor and the Attorney General, and entry thereof shall be made on the books of the Treasurer as to the number, amount, character and denomination of the bonds or obligations so cancelled and destroyed, and the Treasurer, Governor and Attorney General shall certify to the correctness of the entries so made upon the books of the Treasurer.