Investment of proceeds.

Any portion of the principal proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds which the board of directors of the authority may determine is not then needed for any of the purposes for which the bonds are authorized to be issued shall, on order of the authority, be invested in such manner as the board of directors of the authority shall direct in any securities which are direct and general obligations of the United States of America or the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the United States of America, or in certificates of deposit insured by an agency of the United States. Any such securities may, at anytime and from time to time on order of the authority, be sold or otherwise converted into cash. The income derived from any such investments shall be disbursed on order of the authority for any purpose for which it may lawfully expend funds.

(Acts 1986, No. 86-546, p. 1093, §18.)