Wisconsin Code § 234.15

Capital reserve funds
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(1g) In this section, “capital reserve fund requirement” means, as of any particular date of
computation, an amount of money, as provided in the resolutions
of the authority authorizing the bonds with respect to which a
capital reserve fund is established, which amount shall not exceed the maximum annual debt service on the bonds of the authority for that fiscal year or any future fiscal year of the authority
secured in whole or in part by the capital reserve fund.
(1r) The authority shall establish one or more special funds to
secure its bonds, referred to in this chapter as capital reserve
funds, and shall pay into each such capital reserve fund any moneys appropriated and made available by the state for the purposes
of such fund, any proceeds of sale of notes or bonds, to the extent
provided in the resolution of the authority authorizing the issuance thereof and any other moneys which are made available to
the authority for the purpose of such fund from any other source.
(2) All moneys held in any capital reserve fund, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be used, as required, solely for
the payment of the principal of bonds of the authority secured in
whole or in part by such fund or of the sinking fund payments
mentioned in this section with respect to such bonds, the purchase or redemption of such bonds, the payment of interest on
such bonds or the payment of any redemption premium required
to be paid when such bonds are redeemed prior to maturity; but,
if moneys in such fund at any time are less than the capital reserve
fund requirement established for such fund as provided in this
section, the authority shall not use such moneys for any optional
purchase or optional redemption of such bonds. Any income or
interest earned by, or increment to, any capital reserve fund due to
the investment thereof may be transferred by the authority to
other funds or accounts of the authority to the extent such transfer
does not reduce the amount of such capital reserve fund below
the capital reserve fund requirement for such fund.
(3) (a) The authority shall not at any time issue bonds, secured in whole or in part by a capital reserve fund if upon the issuance of the bonds, the amount in the capital reserve fund will
be less than the capital reserve fund requirement of the capital reserve fund, unless the authority, at the time of issuance of the
bonds, deposits in the capital reserve fund from the proceeds of
the bonds to be issued, or from other sources, an amount which,
together with the amount then in the capital reserve fund, will not
be less than the capital reserve fund requirement for the capital
reserve fund. The annual debt service for any fiscal year is the
amount of money equal to the aggregate of all of the following:
1. All interest payable during the fiscal year on all bonds secured in whole or in part by the capital reserve fund outstanding
on the date of computation.
2. The principal amount of all bonds described in subd. 1.
outstanding on the date of computation which mature during the
fiscal year, plus
3. All amounts specified in any resolution of the authority
authorizing any of the bonds described in subd. 1. as payable during the fiscal year as a sinking fund payment with respect to any
of the bonds which mature after the fiscal year.
(b) The annual debt service calculation made under par. (a)
shall be calculated on the assumption that the bonds will after the
date of computation cease to be outstanding by reason, but only
by reason, of the payment of bonds when due, and the payment
when due and application in accordance with the resolution authorizing those bonds, of all of the sinking fund payments
payable at or after the date of computation. However, in computing the annual debt service for any fiscal year, bonds considered
to have been paid in accordance with the defeasance provisions of
the resolution of the authority authorizing the issuance thereof
shall not be included in bonds outstanding on the date of
computation.
(4) To assure the continued operation and solvency of the authority for the carrying out of the public purposes of this chapter,
the authority shall accumulate in each capital reserve fund an
amount equal to the capital reserve fund requirement for such
fund. If at any time the capital reserve fund requirement for any
capital reserve fund exceeds the amount of such capital reserve
fund, the chairperson of the authority shall certify to the secretary of administration, the governor and the joint committee on
finance the amount necessary to restore such capital reserve fund
to an amount equal to the capital reserve fund requirement in respect thereto. If such certification is received by the secretary of
administration in an even-numbered year prior to the completion
of the budget compilation under s. 16.43, the secretary shall include the certified amount in the budget compilation. In any
case, the joint committee on finance shall introduce in either
house, in bill form, an appropriation of the amount so certified to
the appropriate capital reserve fund of the authority. Recognizing its moral obligation to do so, the legislature hereby expresses
its expectation and aspiration that, if ever called upon to do so, it
shall make such appropriation.
(5) In computing the amount of any capital reserve fund for
the purposes of this section, securities in which all or a portion of
such capital reserve fund is invested shall be valued at par, or if
purchased at less than par, at their cost to the authority.
(6) Notwithstanding subs. (1r) to (5), the authority, subject to
such agreements with noteholders or bondholders as may then
exist, may elect not to secure any particular issue of its bonds with
a capital reserve fund. Such election shall be made in the resolu-

tion authorizing such issue. In this event, subs. (2) and (3) shall
not apply to the bonds of such issue in that they shall not be entitled to payment out of or be eligible for purchase by any such fund
nor shall they be taken into account in computing or applying any
capital reserve fund requirement.

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