New Jersey § 49:2B-2 Findings

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§ 49:2B-2 — Findings

New Jersey § 49:2B-2

Title 49SALE OF SECURITIES

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2.The Legislature finds that: a. Many series of bonds of the State have been issued periodically to fulfill the various purposes for which those bonds were authorized; b. It has been necessary to sell some series of bonds of the State at times when interest rates in the municipal bond market have been higher than presently prevailing rates; c. Projections indicate that, when interest rates decline in the municipal bond market, certain refinancing methods can be utilized to reduce, on a present value basis, the aggregate amount of principal and interest payable on bonds of the State; d. Laws of the State enacted prior to the effective date of this act and authorizing the issuance of bonds do not provide the authority needed to utilize those refinancing methods; e. Bonds of the State have h

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2. The Legislature finds that: a. Many series of bonds of the State have been issued periodically to fulfill the various purposes for which those bonds were authorized; b. It has been necessary to sell some series of bonds of the State at times when interest rates in the municipal bond market have been higher than presently prevailing rates; c. Projections indicate that, when interest rates decline in the municipal bond market, certain refinancing methods can be utilized to reduce, on a present value basis, the aggregate amount of principal and interest payable on bonds of the State; d. Laws of the State enacted prior to the effective date of this act and authorizing the issuance of bonds do not provide the authority needed to utilize those refinancing methods; e. Bonds of the State have heretofore and will hereafter be issued pursuant to those laws; f. It is necessary for the State of New Jersey to provide for refinancing methods that will reduce, on a present value basis, the aggregate amount of principal and interest payable on bonds of the State in order to make more efficient use of the State's resources; g. At the general election held in the month of November 1983, the people of the State approved, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the State of New Jersey, the amendment of Article VIII, Section II, paragraph 3 of the Constitution to allow the Legislature to authorize actions which would facilitate greater financial flexibility in connection with the refinancing of all or a portion of any outstanding debts of liabilities of the State theretofore or thereafter created; and h. The purpose of this Refunding Bond Act of 1985 is to implement the purpose of that amendment to the Constitution. L.1985,c.74,s.2.