§36-17-15. Conversion of coupon bonds into registered bonds and vice versa.

(a) All bonds of the State of Alabama of every kind and character heretofore issued which constitute a direct obligation of the State of Alabama, and for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the State of Alabama is pledged, may be converted or exchanged from coupon bonds into registered bonds of the same series, denominations and maturities and may be converted or exchanged from registered bonds into coupon bonds of the same series, denominations and maturities in such manner that coupon bonds and registered bonds of the same series, denominations and maturities shall be interchangeable, at the option of the holder thereof.

(b) The Treasurer, with the approval of the Governor, is authorized to prescribe regulations for the registration of bonds and for the conversion or exchange of coupon bonds into registered bonds of the same series, denominations and maturities and for the conversion or exchange of registered bonds into coupon bonds of the same series, denominations and maturities, so that coupon bonds and registered bonds of the same series, denominations and maturities shall be interchangeable, at the option of the holder thereof, on all issues of bonds described in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Upon the issuance of a registered bond for a coupon bond, all matured and unearned coupons on said bonds shall be first clipped from the said bond by the Treasurer and cancelled.

(d) The fee to be paid on each such conversion or exchange of a registered bond to a coupon bond shall be $2.00 for each $1,000.00, or fraction thereof, of face value of bonds so converted or exchanged, and the fee to be paid on each such conversion or exchange of a coupon bond to a registered bond shall be $.50 for each $1,000.00 or fraction thereof of face value of bonds so converted or exchanged, which fees shall be paid to the Treasurer and shall be placed to the credit of the General Fund of the State.

(e) The Treasurer shall keep a full and complete record of all coupon bonds which are converted or exchanged into registered bonds and a full and complete record of all registered bonds which are converted or exchanged into coupon bonds, with the respective numbers of such bonds both before conversion or exchange and after conversion or exchange, the amount or denomination thereof when converted or exchanged and the name and address of the registered holders of all bonds which are converted or exchanged from coupon bonds into registered bonds and the name and address of all holders of registered bonds which are converted or exchanged into coupon bonds. Such registered bonds can be transferred only by an appropriate change of registration in such manner and form as may be prescribed by the Treasurer, with the approval of the Governor.

(f) Interest on all registered bonds shall be paid by check or draft of the Treasurer mailed to the holder at the address shown by the registration records.

(g) No coupon bond shall be converted into a registered bond and no registered bond shall be converted into a coupon bond within 15 days prior to any interest payment date.

(Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 201, p. 238, §§1-7; Code 1940, T. 55, §225.)