The Refunding Escrow Fund is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury and is continuously appropriated for the purposes of this section. The proceeds of each sale of refunding bonds and any other available moneys shall be (1) set aside in a separate account within the Refunding Escrow Fund, (2) held in trust for the benefit of the holders of either or both of the bonds which are to be refunded or of the refunding bonds as provided in the resolution of the committee authorizing the issuance of the refunding bonds, (3) used only for the payment of the principal of, and interest and any redemption premium on, or the purchase price of the refunded bonds for the payment of interest on the refunding bonds up to the date of the redemption or payment of the bonds to be refunded, and (4) for the other purposes set forth in Section 16782. Moneys in each separate account shall be invested by the Treasurer in accordance with the resolution of the committee providing for the issuance of the refunding bonds, and any income from that investment shall be credited to the account from which the investment was made.

(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 640, Sec. 8. Effective September 29, 2006.)

Terms Used In California Government Code 16784

  • Committee: means the finance committee or other body created by that act and authorized to cause bonds to be issued by the adoption of a resolution or resolutions. See California Government Code 16722
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Fund: means the fund created by that act, and into which the proceeds from the sale of the bonds are paid. See California Government Code 16722
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
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