The proceeds of the refunding issue or issues shall be invested and applied to the payment of the principal of, interest on and redemption premium, if any, on the bonds to be refunded, at the times and in the manner determined by the state finance committee consistent with the provisions and intent of this chapter. Any investment of such proceeds shall be made only in direct general obligations of the United States of America.
Any proceeds in excess of the amounts required to accomplish the refunding, or any such direct obligation of the United States of America acquired with such excess proceeds, shall be used to pay the fees and costs incurred in the refunding and the balance shall be deposited in the institutions of higher education refunding bond retirement fund of 1977.
[1977 ex.s. c 354 § 5.]