Okla. Stat. tit. 62, § 62-57.54
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Form and terms - Call and redemption - Negotiability -
Official statutory text
Tax exemption.
Bonds issued under this act shall be serial coupon bonds and
shall bear a rate of interest three and one-half percent (3 1/2%)
per annum. Said bonds and the interest thereon shall be payable at
the Office of the State Treasurer. Said bonds may be issued in one
or more series, may bear such date or dates, not earlier than July
15, 1965, shall mature as follows: Three Hundred Thousand Dollars
($300,000.00) on July 15, 1968, and Three Hundred Thousand Dollars
($300,000.00) on the 15th day of July of each year thereafter to and
including July 15, 1989, and Four Hundred Thousand Dollars
($400,000.00) July 15, 1990, with interest payable semiannually on
January 15 and July 15 of each year, may be in such denomination or
denominations, may provide for a reserve to assure prompt payment of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 62. Public Finance Page 222
the principal and interest of the bonds, may be in such form either
coupon or registered, may carry such registration or conversion
privileges, may be executed in such manner, may be payable in such
medium or payment at such place or places, as may be provided by
resolution or resolutions to be adopted by the State of Oklahoma
Building Bonds Commission. Provided, that all such bonds maturing
on and after ten (10) years from their dates may be subject to call
and redemption, in inverse order of bond numbers, at par and accrued
interest, with the detailed provisions for such calling and
redemption thereof to be fixed by the Commission in the resolution
or resolutions for the issuance of such bonds. Until such time as
the State of Oklahoma Building Bonds of 1965 Sinking Fund shall be
sufficient to retire all outstanding bonds and interest coupons,
there shall be paid into said sinking fund during each fiscal year,
from the sources hereinabove pledged such amounts as may be
necessary to pay the interest and principal payable during the next
succeeding fiscal year, and an amount sufficient to satisfy the
reserve requirements as fixed and provided by the State of Oklahoma
Building Bonds Commission in its resolution authorizing the issuance
of said bonds. All bonds issued pursuant to this act shall have all
the qualities and incidents of negotiable paper, and neither said
bonds nor the interest earned thereon shall be subject to taxation
by the State of Oklahoma or any county, municipality or political
subdivision thereof.
Bonds issued under this act shall be serial coupon bonds and
shall bear a rate of interest three and one-half percent (3 1/2%)
per annum. Said bonds and the interest thereon shall be payable at
the Office of the State Treasurer. Said bonds may be issued in one
or more series, may bear such date or dates, not earlier than July
15, 1965, shall mature as follows: Three Hundred Thousand Dollars
($300,000.00) on July 15, 1968, and Three Hundred Thousand Dollars
($300,000.00) on the 15th day of July of each year thereafter to and
including July 15, 1989, and Four Hundred Thousand Dollars
($400,000.00) July 15, 1990, with interest payable semiannually on
January 15 and July 15 of each year, may be in such denomination or
denominations, may provide for a reserve to assure prompt payment of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 62. Public Finance Page 222
the principal and interest of the bonds, may be in such form either
coupon or registered, may carry such registration or conversion
privileges, may be executed in such manner, may be payable in such
medium or payment at such place or places, as may be provided by
resolution or resolutions to be adopted by the State of Oklahoma
Building Bonds Commission. Provided, that all such bonds maturing
on and after ten (10) years from their dates may be subject to call
and redemption, in inverse order of bond numbers, at par and accrued
interest, with the detailed provisions for such calling and
redemption thereof to be fixed by the Commission in the resolution
or resolutions for the issuance of such bonds. Until such time as
the State of Oklahoma Building Bonds of 1965 Sinking Fund shall be
sufficient to retire all outstanding bonds and interest coupons,
there shall be paid into said sinking fund during each fiscal year,
from the sources hereinabove pledged such amounts as may be
necessary to pay the interest and principal payable during the next
succeeding fiscal year, and an amount sufficient to satisfy the
reserve requirements as fixed and provided by the State of Oklahoma
Building Bonds Commission in its resolution authorizing the issuance
of said bonds. All bonds issued pursuant to this act shall have all
the qualities and incidents of negotiable paper, and neither said
bonds nor the interest earned thereon shall be subject to taxation
by the State of Oklahoma or any county, municipality or political
subdivision thereof.
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