The authority may refund its bonds by issuing refunding bonds, including before the old bonds mature, but holders cannot be forced to exchange or surrender their bonds early without consent.
Any bonds issued by the authority may from time to time thereafter be refunded by the issuance of refunding bonds of the authority. Any such refunding bonds may be issued regardless of whether the bonds to be refunded shall have then matured or shall thereafter mature, and such refunding may be effected either by sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the proceeds thereof to the payment or redemption of the bonds so refunded or by exchange of the refunding bonds for those to be refunded thereby; provided, that the holders of any bonds so to be refunded shall not be compelled without their consent to surrender their bonds for payment or exchange prior to the date on which they are payable or, if they are called for redemption, prior to the date on which they may be redeemed by the authority according to their terms. Any refunding bonds of the authority shall be payable solely from and secured by the revenues out of which the bonds to be refunded thereby were payable. The proceeds derived from any sale of refunding bonds remaining after paying the expenses of their issuance shall be applied to the purchase, redemption or payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on the bonds refunded thereby. Pending the application of said proceeds to the purchase, redemption, or payment of such outstanding bonds, the said proceeds may be invested in permitted investments pursuant to an escrow or trust agreement providing for the future application of such proceeds to the purchase, redemption, or payment of such outstanding bonds. Bonds refunded prior to their maturity with the proceeds of refunding bonds shall be defeased if the authority, in its proceedings regarding issuance of the refunding bonds, provides for and establishes a trust or escrow fund comprised of moneys or government securities, or both, sufficient to pay, when due, the entire principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the refunded bonds; provided, that such government securities shall not be subject to redemption prior to their maturities other than at the option of the holder thereof. Upon the establishment of such a trust or escrow fund, the refunded bonds shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, shall no longer be secured by the funds pledged therefor in Section 41-10-272, shall no longer be obligations of the authority and shall be secured solely by and payable from the moneys and government securities deposited in such trust or escrow fund.