(a)Refunding bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 10-427, and amendments thereto, may be sold or exchanged for the bonds being refunded either as a whole or in installments at any time either at, before or after the maturity of the bonds being refunded. Such bonds shall be exempt from statutory limitations of bonded indebtedness and shall not be included in computing the total bonded indebtedness of the municipality for the purpose of applying any statute limiting the bonded indebtedness of the municipality. (b)If refunding bonds are sold more than six months prior to the maturity or earliest prior redemption date of the bonds being refunded, the proceeds derived from the sale, together with any other moneys on hand, shall be placed in escrow under a trust agreement with a Kansas b
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(a) Refunding bonds issued under the authority of K.S.A. 10-427, and amendments thereto, may be sold or exchanged for the bonds being refunded either as a whole or in installments at any time either at, before or after the maturity of the bonds being refunded. Such bonds shall be exempt from statutory limitations of bonded indebtedness and shall not be included in computing the total bonded indebtedness of the municipality for the purpose of applying any statute limiting the bonded indebtedness of the municipality.
(b) If refunding bonds are sold more than six months prior to the maturity or earliest prior redemption date of the bonds being refunded, the proceeds derived from the sale, together with any other moneys on hand, shall be placed in escrow under a trust agreement with a Kansas bank having full trust powers. The proceeds and moneys shall be invested in direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and the interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America or municipal obligations which are secured by direct obligations of the United States of America, and which shall mature or be subject to redemption by the holders thereof not later than the respective dates when the proceeds of the obligations together with the interest accruing thereon and any other moneys or investments held in escrow will be required for the purposes intended. The trust agreement shall pledge or assign the moneys and investments held in trust for the payment of the principal of the bonds being refunded and may pledge or assign the moneys and investments held in trust for the payment of the interest on the bonds being refunded and any redemption premium thereon. The trust agreement may pledge or assign any of the obligations or other moneys or investments, or interest accruing thereon, held in trust, which are in excess of the amount of the obligations and other moneys and investments held which is equal to the amount of the principal of the bonds to be refunded which comes due on the date for which the bonds may have been called for redemption or irrevocable instructions to call bonds for redemption have been given and any redemption premium thereon, for the payment of the principal of and interest on any or all of the refunding bonds and any redemption premium thereon, and shall contain provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the holders of the bonds.