All accrued interest and premiums received on the sale of bonds shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds and the remainder of the proceeds of the bonds shall be placed in the treasury to the credit of the proper improvement fund and applied exclusively to the purposes for which the debt was incurred, which purposes shall be in conformity with an approved general transit plan or element thereof then in effect. When those purposes have been accomplished any moneys remaining in the improvement fund (a) shall be transferred to the fund to be used for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds, or (b) shall be placed in a fund to be used for the purchase of outstanding bonds of the VTA from time to time in the open market at prices and in a manner, either at public or private sale or otherwise, as the board may determine. Bonds so purchased shall be canceled immediately.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 381, Sec. 89. (AB 2196) Effective January 1, 2017.)