§36-17-8. Procedure for drawing money for payment of interest.

(a) Not less than 15 nor more than 30 days before the due date of principal and interest on each of the respective issues of bonded indebtedness, the Treasurer must certify to the Comptroller the amount of money needed to pay the principal and interest falling due on that date, and for any expenses necessarily incurred by the fiscal agent in the discharge of its duties. The Comptroller shall draw his warrant on the treasury in favor of the Treasurer for such amount to be paid out of any fund appropriated for the payment of principal and interest and expenses.

(b) Not more than 15 business days before the actual due date of principal and interest, the Treasurer shall remit to the fiscal agent, by wire transfer or draft, the total amount of principal, interest, and expenses of the fiscal agent, due on said bond.

(c) For the purpose of paying principal and interest on any issues of funded indebtedness, the Treasurer with the written consent of the Governor, may designate at least two banks, one or more within the State of Alabama and one or more within the continental United States.

(d) In the event that any issues of bonded indebtedness existing, prior to the date of enactment of this section, provide by the terms of the issue an alternate means of paying principal and interest, including but not limited to the establishment of a sinking fund or advance payment, then such payment shall be made in accordance with the terms of such bond indenture.

(Code 1886, §122; Code 1896, §2020; Code 1907, §627; Code 1923, §837; Code 1940, T. 55, §218; Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 83-78, p. 83, §1; Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-165, p. 334, §1.)