Section 165.00. Deposit and use of proceeds from sale of bonds, bond anticipation notes, capital notes, urban renewal notes or budget notes  


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  • a.  The  proceeds,  inclusive  of premiums, from the sale of bonds, bond
      anticipation notes, capital notes, urban renewal notes or  budget  notes
      shall  be  deposited  and  secured  in  a  special account in the manner
      provided by section ten of the  general  municipal  law,  shall  not  be
      commingled  with  other  funds of the issuer, and shall be expended only
      for the object or purpose for which such obligations were issued. In the
      event that any portion of the proceeds, inclusive of premiums, from  the
      sale  of  bonds,  bond  anticipation notes, capital notes, urban renewal
      notes or budget notes is not expended for  the  object  or  purpose  for
      which  such  obligations were issued, such portion shall be applied only
      to the payment of the principal of and  interest  on  such  obligations,
      respectively.   Notwithstanding   the   foregoing   provisions  of  this
      paragraph, the finance board of any  municipality,  school  district  or
      district  corporation  may adopt any or all of the following resolutions
      to provide that:
        1. The proceeds, inclusive of premiums, of  capital  notes  issued  in
      amounts  of  one  hundred thousand dollars or less, and of budget notes,
      need not be deposited in a special account  but  may  be  deposited  and
      commingled  with  other funds of the issuer in any account of the issuer
      in a bank or trust company located and authorized to do business in this
      state, but such power shall not be construed as authorizing the  use  of
      such  proceeds  for  an  object or purpose other than that for which the
      obligations were issued.
        2. The proceeds, inclusive of premiums, from the sale of  any  two  or
      more  issues  of  bonds,  bond  anticipation notes, capital notes, urban
      renewal notes or budget notes need not be deposited in separate  special
      accounts  but may be deposited in a single special account of the issuer
      in a bank or trust company located and authorized to do business in this
      state, but shall not be commingled with other funds of the  issuer.  The
      chief fiscal officer shall then maintain a separate accounting record of
      each issue to insure that the proceeds shall be used only for the object
      or purpose for which the obligation was issued.
        3.   Moneys   appropriated   for  a  purpose  for  which  bonds,  bond
      anticipation notes, capital notes  or  urban  renewal  notes  have  been
      authorized  may  be deposited in the same bank account with the proceeds
      from the sale of such obligations. Such power shall not be construed  as
      authorizing the use of the proceeds of such obligations for an object or
      purpose  other  than that for which they were issued. Provided, however,
      that any moneys remaining in such  bank  account  after  the  object  or
      purpose  has been completed or abandoned shall be applied to the payment
      of the principal  of  and  interest  on  such  obligations;  any  excess
      remaining thereafter may be used for any lawful purpose.
        b.  Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a of this section, the
      proceeds,  inclusive  of  premiums,  from  the  sale  of   bonds,   bond
      anticipation  notes,  capital  notes  and  urban  renewal  notes  may be
      invested in the  manner  provided  by  section  eleven  of  the  general
      municipal law. Such investment shall be made by the finance board or the
      chief  fiscal  officer, if the finance board shall delegate such duty to
      that person. The separate identity of the  proceeds  from  the  sale  of
      bonds,  bond  anticipation notes, capital notes, urban renewal notes and
      budget notes shall be maintained at all  times,  whether  such  proceeds
      consist  of  cash or investments or both. Any interest earned or capital
      gain realized on any investment shall be applied to either  the  payment
      of  the principal of and interest on the bonds, bond anticipation notes,
      capital notes, urban renewal notes or budget notes, as the case may  be,
      the  proceeds from the sale of which were used in making such investment
    
      or for any other purpose or purposes for  which  such  issue  of  bonds,
      capital   notes   or   urban   renewal   notes   has   been  authorized.
      Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any interest earned  or  capital
      gain  realized  on  any  investment  shall,  to  the extent necessary to
      maintain the exemption from federal income taxation of interest  on  the
      obligations the proceeds from the sale of which were used in making such
      investment,  be  paid  to  the United States treasury department, or any
      agency of the United States. Where the proceeds from the  sale  of  bond
      anticipation  notes  have been invested and such notes have been retired
      from the proceeds from the sale of the bonds in  anticipation  of  which
      they  were  issued,  any interest earned or capital gain realized on any
      investment shall be applied only to the payment of the principal of  and
      interest on the bonds.
        c. Notwithstanding the provision of paragraph a of this section or the
      provision  of  subdivision three of section ninety-nine-o of the general
      municipal law, the  proceeds  of  obligations  issued  for  the  partial
      refinancing  of  mass commuting vehicles by the county of Suffolk may be
      used to reimburse in whole or in part any accounts or funds  from  which
      moneys  were  disbursed  to meet the cost of the original acquisition of
      such mass commuting vehicles. As used in this paragraph "mass  commuting
      vehicles"  means  any  bus, subway car, rail car, locomotive, or similar
      equipment used or to be used to provide mass commuting services, whether
      or not operated by a private operator under agreement with the county of
      Suffolk.
        d. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a of this  section,  if
      obligations  issued by a school district or a city on behalf of a school
      district have been refunded with bonds issued by the dormitory authority
      of the state of New York pursuant to subdivision thirty-nine of  section
      sixteen  hundred  eighty  of the public authorities law, that portion of
      the proceeds that are  allocable  to  obligations  refunded  with  bonds
      issued by the dormitory authority of the state of New York and that have
      not been expended by the school for the object or purpose for which such
      obligations  were  issued  shall  be  applied only to the payment of the
      principal  of  and  interest  on  the  bonds  issued  by  the  dormitory
      authority.