(a) The department may issue equipment obligations to finance the acquisition of equipment pursuant to a resolution adopted by the commission, authorizing the issuance thereof from time to time as provided in the resolution.
(b) A resolution authorizing the issuance of equipment obligations shall specify any provisions or conditions as to the form, execution, and terms of the obligations that the commission may deem appropriate, subject to this article.
(c) Equipment obligations shall be payable at any time or times that the commission may determine, but not later than five years after the date of their issuance. Equipment obligations shall bear interest at any rate or rates that the commission may determine, but not exceeding 12 percent per annum, payable at any times that the commission may specify in the resolution authorizing their issuance.
(d) Equipment obligations may be made subject to redemption prior to their maturity, at the option of the commission, at any price or prices that may be fixed in the resolution, not exceeding a premium of 5 percent of the par value of any obligation subject to redemption.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1510, Sec. 1. Effective September 28, 1984.)