Section 17-5-702 - Purpose and intent(1) The purpose of the coal severance tax trust fund bond provisions of this part is to establish the authority to issue and sell coal severance tax bonds that have been approved by an act of the legislature for financing specific renewable resource projects in the state authorized by the legislature and to guarantee redemption of the bonds by revenue derived from the receipts from the coal severance tax imposed by Title 15, chapter 35, part 1, and other money that the legislature may from time to time determine.(2) The legislature intends that projects to be financed by coal severance tax bonds include renewable resource projects as part of the program established in Title 85, chapter 1, part 6. The legislature further intends that the income from renewable resource projects in excess of the amount required for debt service and operation and maintenance of those projects and activities be deposited in the natural resources projects state special revenue account established in 15-38-302.En. Sec. 25, Ch. 505, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 298, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 478, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 432, L. 2007.