The provisions of Section 53531 shall apply only to coupon rates and shall not affect the power of a local agency to sell bonds at a discount below par if permitted by law. Any provision of law permitting bonds to be sold at a discount but specifying a maximum interest yield on bonds sold at a discount to the contrary notwithstanding, the bonds may be sold at a price yielding to the purchaser an effective interest rate of not to exceed 12 percent per year, payable as permitted by law, according to standard tables of bond values.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 579, Sec. 4) by Stats. 1987, Ch. 943, Sec. 6.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018