A. Except as provided for in subsection B of this section, whenever any municipal corporation or political subdivision of this state shall vote any bonds or issue any funding or refunding bonds, such bonds, or combined issue of bonds referred to in Section 354 of this title shall be made to mature in equal annual installments, beginning not less than two (2) nor more than five (5) years after their date, except that the first maturing installment may be for such sum, not more than one installment and the last maturing installment may be for such sum not more than two installments, as will complete the full issue of such bonds notwithstanding the necessity of varying the amount thereof to complete the same.

B. 1. Whenever any municipal corporation or political subdivision of this state shall vote any bonds or issue any funding or refunding bonds, such bonds, or combined issue of bonds referred to in Section 354 of this title, may be made to mature pursuant to a schedule of annual installments which allows the bonds to be structured with level debt service payments. Such bonds shall mature beginning not less than two (2) years nor more than five (5) years after their date.

2. For purposes of this subsection:

a."level debt service" means that net total annual or fiscal debt service, except for short or stub periods, must be approximately equal for every annual or fiscal period, provided that all net annual or fiscal payments must be within a dollar amount range not to exceed the greater of two-tenths of one percent (0.2%) of the bond issue or twice the stated denomination of the bonds, and

b."short or stub periods" means the period preceding the beginning of full amortization of principal and payment of interest.

C. For purposes of subsections A and B of this section, a mandatory sinking fund redemption amount shall be deemed to be a maturity or maturing installment.

D. The denomination of bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or multiples thereof, except the first numbered bond may be for such odd amount as will complete the full issue of the bonds. Provided, when a book entry system is utilized, the issuer may issue and deliver one bond only, for the entire principal amount of each maturity or of the entire issue, to the book entry agent.

Added by Laws 1927, c. 22, p. 22, § 1. Amended by Laws 1947, p. 395, § 3; Laws 1957, p. 468, § 1; Laws 1963, c. 190, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10, 1963; Laws 1991, c. 73, § 1, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1991, c. 335, § 21, emerg. eff. June 15, 1991; Laws 2001, c. 108, § 3, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 333, § 1, eff. July 1, 2003.