As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Bonds" means general obligation bonds, review bonds, notes or other debt instruments issued by the state, a state agency or a state authority.
(b) "Code" means the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended.
(c) "Legislature" means the Legislature of this state.
(d) "Refunding bonds" means bonds, notes or other debt instruments issued to refund all or any part of general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, notes or other debt instruments heretofore or hereafter issued or lawfully assumed by the state, a state agency or a state authority pursuant to the provisions of this code.
(e) "State" means the State of West Virginia, a state agency or a state authority.
(f) "State agency" means any office, department, cabinet, board, commission, entity, bureau, division, public corporation, agency, or instrumentality of the state authorized to issue bonds.
(g) "State authority" means any authority authorized to issue bonds, including, but without limitations, the university of West Virginia board of trustees and the board of directors of the state college system.
(h) "Swap agreement" means an agreement which is a rate swap agreement, basis swap, forward rate agreement, commodity swap, interest rate opinion, forward foreign exchange agreement, rate cap agreement, rate floor agreement, rate collar agreement, currency swap agreement, cross-currency rate swap agreement, currency option, any similar agreement or any combination of the foregoing.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 13. Public Bonded Indebtedness
Article 2G. State Refunding Bond Act
§13-2G-3. Issuance of Refunding Bonds
§13-2G-4. Security for Refunding Bonds
§13-2G-5. Principal Amount, Use of Sinking and Reserve Funds
§13-2G-6. Terms of Refunding Bonds; Time, Place and Amount of Payments
§13-2G-7. Sale of Refunding Bonds at Above or Below Par Value
§13-2G-9. Certain Provisions of the Code or Act of Legislature to Apply to Refunding Bonds
§13-2G-10. Provision for Payment of the Bonds to Be Refunded
§13-2G-11. Bonds Previously Issued by the Board of Regents
§13-2G-12. Article Sufficient Authority for Issuing Refunding Bonds
§13-2G-13. Issuance Without Election or Creation of a New Debt