Section 5-14-14 - Refunding bondsA. A qualified municipality having issued revenue bonds as authorized in the Civic and Convention Center Funding Act may issue refunding revenue bonds payable from pledged revenues authorized for the payment of revenue bonds at the time of the refunding or at the time of the issuance of the bonds being refunded as the governing body of the qualified municipality may determine, notwithstanding that the revenue sources or the pledge of such revenues or both are thereby modified.B. Refunding bonds may be issued for the purpose of refinancing, paying and discharging all or a part of outstanding bonds of any one or more outstanding bond issues: (1) for the acceleration, deceleration or other modification of the payment of the obligations, including any capitalization of any interest in arrears or about to become due for any period not exceeding one year from the date of the refunding bonds;(2) for the purpose of reducing interest costs or effecting other economies;(3) for the purpose of modifying or eliminating restrictive contractual limitations pertaining to the issuance of additional bonds or otherwise concerning the outstanding bonds; or(4) for any combination of the purposes specified in Paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection.C. The interest on a bond refunded shall not be increased to a rate in excess of the rate authorized in the Public Securities Act [6-14-1 to 6-14-3 NMSA 1978] and shall be paid as authorized in that act.D. Refunding bonds for any other purpose permitted by the Civic and Convention Center Funding Act may be issued separately or issued in combination in one series or more.E. Except as otherwise provided in the Civic and Convention Center Funding Act, refunding bonds authorized in that act shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3-31-10 and 3-31-11 NMSA 1978. Laws 2003, ch. 374, § 14.