The bonds shall be authorized by order of the commissioner, shall be in the form, shall bear the date or dates, and shall mature at the time or times as the order or the indenture authorized by the order may provide, except that no bond shall mature more than 20 years from the date of its issue. The bonds may be issued as serial bonds or as term bonds, or as a combination thereof, and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount of principal of, or interest on, bonds maturing at each date of maturity need not be equal. The bonds shall bear interest at the rate or rates, variable or fixed or a combination thereof, be in the denominations, be in the form, either coupon or registered, carry the registration privileges, be executed in the manner, be payable in the medium of payment at the place or places within or without the state, be subject to the terms of redemption, and contain the terms and conditions as the order or indenture may provide. The bonds shall be sold at public or private sale by the Treasurer at, above, or below the principal amount thereof, on the terms and conditions and for the consideration in the medium of payment that the Treasurer shall determine prior to the sale.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 793, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)