2006 Ohio Revised Code - 5528.32. Highway obligations bond retirement fund.

§ 5528.32. Highway obligations bond retirement fund.
 

There is hereby created in the state treasury the highway obligations bond retirement fund. The faith and credit of the state and the excises, and taxes thereof, excluding ad valorem taxes on real and personal property and income taxes, but including fees, excises, or license taxes relating to the registration, operation, or use of vehicles on the public highways, or to fuels used for propelling such vehicles, are hereby pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on highway obligations issued pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code, and so long as such obligations are outstanding, there shall be levied and collected, in amounts sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such obligations, excises, and taxes, excluding those above excepted. The principal of and interest on such highway obligations are payable from such excises and taxes, except those above enumerated, and, during the period beginning with the effective date of the first authorization to issue such highway obligations and continuing during such time as such highway obligations are outstanding, and so long as moneys in the fund are insufficient to pay all interest, principal, and charges of such highway obligations becoming due in each year, a sufficient amount of such excises and taxes, after making provision in accordance with sections 129.73, 5528.14, 5528.15, 5528.16, and 5528.17 of the Revised Code, for the amounts required by Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, for obligations heretofore or hereafter issued pursuant to such section of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and pursuant to former section 129.70 of the Revised Code and Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, is hereby appropriated in each year for the purpose of paying the interest, principal, and charges for the issuance and retirement of highway obligations issued pursuant to sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code becoming due in that year without necessity for further act of appropriation for such purpose, and the levy and collection of such excises and taxes and their application to the payment of the interest, principal, and charges for the issuance and retirement of such obligations, as provided in this section, shall continue and is hereby covenanted with the holders of such obligations to be continued so long as such obligations are outstanding and the moneys to the credit of the fund are insufficient to pay all interest, principal, and charges of all such highway obligations. 
 

The director of budget and management shall establish and maintain records or accounts for or within the fund in such manner as to show that the amounts paid to such fund pursuant to section 5528.31 of the Revised Code are used only for the payment of principal of notes or bonds as provided for in such section. Except as otherwise provided in the second paragraph of section 5528.31 of the Revised Code, the moneys credited to the fund shall be expended for the purpose of paying interest, principal, and charges for the issuance and retirement of obligations issued pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code. All moneys credited to such fund are hereby pledged and appropriated without necessity for further act of appropriation to meet payments of interest, principal, and charges for the issuance and retirement of obligations issued pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code upon the order of the commissioners of the sinking fund, provided that moneys credited to such fund pursuant to the second paragraph of section 5528.31 of the Revised Code are hereby pledged and appropriated to meet only payments of principal of notes or bonds issued pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code as provided for in the second paragraph of section 5528.31 of the Revised Code. 
 

HISTORY: 133 v S 150 (Eff 11-5-69); 135 v S 174 (Eff 12-4-73); 137 v H 1 (Eff 8-26-77); 139 v H 694 (Eff 11-15-81); 141 v H 201 (Eff 7-1-85); 142 v S 386 (Eff 3-29-88); 148 v H 640. Eff 9-14-2000.
 

The effective date is set by section 79 of HB 640.