(a) Equipment obligations shall be sold by the Treasurer, after a resolution requesting the sale has been adopted by the commission. Equipment obligations may be sold by public bid or by a private negotiated sale. The Treasurer may sell equipment obligations at a discount not to exceed 5 percent of the par value thereof.
(b) Equipment obligations, and the interest thereon, are exempt from taxation in this state, except for gift taxes.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1510, Sec. 1. Effective September 28, 1984.)