AL Code § 33-2-190 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 2 - Development of Docks and Other Facilities Along Inland Waterways.|Article 7 - Acquisition, Construction, Financing, and Improvement of State Docks Facilities.|Section 33-2-190 - Docks Facilities Revenue Bonds and Refunding Bonds - Defeasance.

Section 33-2-190Docks facilities revenue bonds and refunding bonds - Defeasance. Any docks facilities revenue bond or refunding bond issued pursuant to the provisions of this article shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, shall no longer be secured by the docks facilities revenues that may have been pledged therefor, shall no longer constitute a limited obligation of the department, and shall be secured solely by and payable solely from moneys and government securities deposited in trust with one or more trustees or escrow agents as provided herein, whenever there shall be deposited in trust with one or more trustees or escrow agents, as provided herein, either moneys or government securities the principal of and interest on which when due will provide moneys which, together with the moneys, if any, deposited with one or more trustees or escrow agents, at the same time, shall be sufficient to pay when due the principal of, premium, if any, and interest due and to become due on such bonds on or prior to the redemption date or maturity date thereof, as the case may be; provided, such government securities shall not be subject to redemption prior to their maturity other than at the option of the holder thereof. Except as provided in the immediately succeeding sentence hereof, neither the government securities nor moneys so deposited with one or more trustees or escrow agents, shall be withdrawn or used for any purpose other than, and shall be held in trust for, the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest to become due on such bonds; provided that any cash received from such principal or interest payments on such government securities deposited with one or more trustees or escrow agents, (1) to the extent such cash will not be required at any time for such purpose, shall be paid over to the department as received, free and clear of any trust, lien, pledge or assignment securing such bonds, and (2) to the extent such cash will be required for such purpose at a later date, shall, to the extent practicable and legally permissible, be reinvested in government securities maturing at times and in amounts sufficient to pay when due the principal of, premium, if any, and interest to become due on such bonds on and prior to such redemption date or maturity date thereof, as the case may be, and interest earned from such reinvestments to the extent not required for the payment of such bonds shall be paid over to the department, as received, free and clear of any trust, lien or pledge securing such bonds. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein: (1) Moneys deposited pursuant to the provisions of this section may be applied and government securities so deposited may be redeemed and sold and the proceeds thereof applied to (i) the purchase of the docks facilities revenue bonds or refunding bonds which were defeased by the deposit with the trustee or escrow agent of such moneys and government securities and immediately thereafter all docks facilities revenue bonds or refunding bonds so purchased shall be cancelled, or (ii) the purchase of different government securities; provided, however, that the moneys and government securities on deposit with one or more trustees or escrow agents after such purchase and cancellation of such docks facilities revenue bonds or refunding bonds or such purchase of different government securities shall be sufficient to pay when due the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all other docks facilities revenue bonds or refunding bonds in respect of which such moneys and government securities were deposited with the trustee or escrow agent on or prior to the redemption date or maturity date thereof, as the case may be; and (2) In the event that on any date, as a result of any purchases and cancellations of docks facilities bonds or refunding bonds or any purchases of different government securities as provided in this sentence, the total amount of moneys and government securities remaining on deposit with the trustee or escrow agent is in excess of the total amount which would have been required to be deposited with the trustee or escrow agent on such date in respect of the remaining docks facilities revenue bonds or refunding bonds for which such deposit was made in order to pay when due the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such remaining docks facilities revenue bonds or refunding bonds, or the trustee or escrow agent shall pay over the amount of such excess to the department free and clear of any trust, lien, pledge or assignment securing such docks facilities revenue bonds or refunding bonds. All applications of proceeds and moneys as provided in this section, including without limitation the investment thereof and the sale of any related securities, shall be at the direction of the director. (Acts 1984, No. 84-412, p. 963, §11.)