159-135. Application of proceeds.
After payment of any notes issued in anticipation of the sale of the bonds and after payment of the cost of preparing, marketing, and issuing the bonds, the proceeds of the sale of a bond issue shall be applied only to the purposes for which the issue was authorized. Any excess amount which for any reason is not needed for any such purpose shall be applied either (i) toward the purchase and retirement of bonds of that issue at not more than their face value and accrued interest, or (ii) toward payment of the earliest maturing installments of that issue, or (iii) in accordance with any trust agreement or resolution securing the bonds. (1917, c. 138, s. 31; 1919, c. 178, s. 3(31); C.S., s. 2957; 1921, c. 8, s. 1; Ex. Sess. 1921, c. 106, s. 1; 1927, c. 81, s. 38; 1971, c. 780, s. 1; 1973, c. 494, s. 28.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 159 - Local Government Finance
Article 7 - Issuance and Sale of Bonds.
§ 159-121 - Coupon or registered bonds to be issued.
§ 159-122 - Maturities of bonds.
§ 159-123 - Sale of bonds by sealed bids; private sales.
§ 159-124 - Date of sale; notice of sale and blank proposal.
§ 159-125 - Bid instructions; bid deposit.
§ 159-126 - Rejection of bids.
§ 159-128 - Makeup and formal execution of bonds; temporary bonds.
§ 159-129 - Obligations of units certified by Commission.
§ 159-130 - Record of issues kept.
§ 159-131 - Contract for services to be approved by Commission.
§ 159-132 - State Treasurer to deliver bonds and remit proceeds.
§ 159-133 - Suit to enforce contract of sale.
§ 159-135 - Application of proceeds.
§ 159-136 - Issuing unit to make and report debt service payments.
§ 159-137 - Lost, stolen, defaced, or destroyed bonds or notes.
§ 159-138 - Cancellation of bonds and notes.
§ 159-139 - Destruction of cancelled bonds, notes, and coupons.