Section 1299-J. Reserve funds and appropriations  


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  • 1. The authority may
      create and establish one or more reserve  funds  to  be  known  as  debt
      service  reserve  funds and may pay into such debt service reserve funds
      (a) any monies appropriated and made available  by  the  state  for  the
      purposes  of  such  funds, (b) any proceeds of sale of notes or bonds to
      the extent provided in the resolution of the authority  authorizing  the
      issuance  thereof,  and (c) any other monies which may be made available
      to the authority for the purpose of such funds from any other source  or
      sources. The monies held in or credited to any debt service reserve fund
      established under this section, except as hereinafter provided, shall be
      used  solely  for the payment of the principal of bonds of the authority
      secured by such debt service  reserve  fund  as  the  same  mature,  the
      purchase of such bonds of the authority, the payment of interest on such
      bonds of the authority or the payment of any redemption premium required
      to  be  paid  when  such bonds are redeemed prior to maturity; provided,
      however, that the authority shall have power to provide that  monies  in
      any  such  fund  shall  not  be  withdrawn therefrom at any time in such
      amount as would reduce the amount of such fund to less than the  maximum
      amount  of  principal  and  interest  maturing  and  becoming due in any
      succeeding calendar year or years not exceeding two such  years  on  the
      bonds of the authority then outstanding and secured by such debt service
      reserve fund, except for the purpose of paying principal of and interest
      on such bonds of the authority secured by such debt service reserve fund
      maturing  and  becoming due and for the payment of which other monies of
      the authority are not available. Any income or interest  earned  by,  or
      increment  to,  any such debt service reserve fund due to the investment
      thereof may be transferred by the authority to any other fund or account
      of the authority and the authority shall have power to provide that  any
      such  transfer  shall not reduce the amount of such debt service reserve
      fund below the maximum amount of principal  and  interest  maturing  and
      becoming  due in any succeeding calendar year or years not exceeding two
      such years on all bonds of the authority then outstanding and secured by
      such debt service reserve fund.
        2. The authority shall have power to provide that it shall  not  issue
      bonds  at  any  time  if  the  maximum  amount of principal and interest
      maturing and becoming due in any succeeding calendar year or  years  not
      exceeding  two such years on the bonds outstanding and then to be issued
      and secured by a debt service reserve fund will  exceed  the  amount  of
      such  debt  service  reserve  fund  at  the time of issuance, unless the
      authority, at the time of the issuance of such bonds, shall  deposit  in
      such  debt  service reserve fund from the proceeds of the bonds so to be
      issued, or otherwise, an amount which, together with the amount then  in
      such debt service reserve fund, will be not less than the maximum amount
      of  principal  and  interest  maturing  and  becoming  due  in  any such
      succeeding calendar year or years not exceeding two such  years  on  the
      bonds  then  to  be  issued and on all other bonds of the authority then
      outstanding and secured by such debt service reserve fund.
        3. In computing the amount of any debt service reserve  fund  for  the
      purposes  of  this section, securities in which all or a portion of such
      fund shall be invested shall be valued at par, or if purchased  at  less
      than par, at their cost to the authority.