2006 Alabama Code - Section 11-50A-12 — Bond provisions; destroyed bonds; interest; cancellation; paying agents.

(a) If any bond becomes mutilated or is lost, stolen, or destroyed, the authority may execute and deliver a new bond of like date of issue, maturity date, principal amount, and interest rate per annum as the bond so mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed. The new bond shall have attached thereto coupons corresponding in all respects to those, if any, on the bond mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed; provided, that (i) in the case of any mutilated bond, that bond together with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto is first surrendered to the authority, (ii) in the case of any lost, stolen, or destroyed bond, there is first furnished evidence of the loss, theft, or destruction satisfactory to the authority together with indemnity satisfactory to the authority, (iii) all other reasonable requirements of the authority are complied with, and (iv) expenses in connection with the transaction are paid. In the event any coupon is mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed, the authority may issue a duplicate coupon upon the same terms and conditions as those provided for the replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed bonds. Any bond or coupon surrendered for exchange shall be cancelled in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(b) Interest shall cease to accrue on any bond or coupon on the date that the bond or coupon becomes due for payment if payment is made or duly provided for, but liability for any matured bond or coupon and for the accrued interest thereon shall continue until the bond or coupon, as the case may be, is seven years overdue for payment. At that time, unless demand for payment has been made, this obligation shall be extinguished and shall be deemed no longer outstanding.

(c) Unless otherwise directed by the authority, every evidence of indebtedness and interest coupon paid, exchanged or otherwise retired shall forthwith be marked "cancelled" and shall be delivered by the paying agent making payment thereof to the authority where it shall be destroyed and a certificate of destruction shall be filed in the records of the authority.

(d) The authority shall maintain records containing a full and correct description of each evidence of indebtedness issued, identifying it and showing its date, issue, amount, interest rate, payment dates, payments made, registration, cancellation, destruction, and every other relevant transaction.

(e) The authority may appoint one or more paying agents within or without the state for each issue or series of bonds. Each paying agent shall be a bank or trust company authorized by the laws of the United States or of the state in which it is located to do a banking or trust business. The authority may make any provisions respecting paying agents which it deems necessary or useful and may enter into a contract with any paying agents containing any terms, including compensation, and conditions in regard to the paying agents which it deems necessary or useful.

(Acts 1981, No. 81-681, p. 1114, §12.)