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California Constitution, Article XVI

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Article XVI, PUBLIC FINANCE

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All articles362 Art. I34 Art. II21 Art. III9 Art. IV28 Art. V13 Art. VI23 Art. VII11 Art. IX15 Art. X7 Art. X-A8 Art. X-B16 Art. XI16 Art. XII9 Art. XIII39 Art. XIII-A7 Art. XIII-B18 Art. XIII-C3 Art. XIII-D6 Art. XIV5 Art. XV1 Art. XVI27 Art. XVIII4 Art. XIX10 Art. XIX-A2 Art. XIX-B2 Art. XIX-C4 Art. XIX-D1 Art. XX10 Art. XXI4 Art. XXII2 Art. XXXIV0 Art. XXXV7

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Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 1 Section 1
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The Legislature shall not, in any manner create any debt or debts, liability or liabilities, which shall, singly or in the aggregate with any previous debts or liabilities, exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000), except in case of war to repel invasion or sup…
Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 2 Section 2
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(a) No amendment to this Constitution which provides for the preparation, issuance and sale of bonds of the State of California shall hereafter be submitted to the electors, nor shall any such amendment to the Constitution hereafter submitted to or approved by the electors become…
Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 3 Section 3
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No money shall ever be appropriated or drawn from the State Treasury for the purpose or benefit of any corporation, association, asylum, hospital, or any other institution not under the exclusive management and control of the State as a state institution, nor shall any grant or d…
Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 4 Section 4
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The Legislature shall have the power to insure or guarantee loans made by private or public lenders to nonprofit corporations and public agencies, the proceeds of which are to be used for the construction, expansion, enlargement, improvement, renovation or repair of any public or…

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Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 5 Section 5

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Neither the Legislature, nor any county, city and county, township, school district, or other municipal corporation, shall ever make an appropriation, or pay from any public fund whatever, or grant anything to or in aid of any religious sect, church, creed, or sectarian purpose, …

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 6 Section 6

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The Legislature shall have no power to give or to lend, or to authorize the giving or lending, of the credit of the State, or of any county, city and county, city, township or other political corporation or subdivision of the State now existing, or that may be hereafter establish…

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 7 Section 7

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Money may be drawn from the Treasury only through an appropriation made by law and upon a Controller’s duly drawn warrant.

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 8 Section 8

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(a) From all state revenues there shall first be set apart the moneys to be applied by the State for support of the public school system and public institutions of higher education. (b) Commencing with the 1990–91 fiscal year, the moneys to be applied by the State for the support…

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 9 Section 9

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Money collected under any state law relating to the protection or propagation of fish and game shall be used for activities relating thereto.

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 10 Section 10

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Whenever the United States government or any officer or agency thereof shall provide pensions or other aid for the aged, co-operation by the State therewith and therein is hereby authorized in such manner and to such extent as may be provided by law. The money expended by any cou…

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 11 Section 11

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The Legislature has plenary power to provide for the administration of any constitutional provisions or laws heretofore or hereafter enacted concerning the administration of relief, and to that end may modify, transfer, or enlarge the powers vested in any state agency or officer …

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 13 Section 13

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, the Legislature shall have power to release, rescind, cancel, or otherwise nullify in whole or in part any encumbrance on property, personal obligation, or other form of security heretofore or hereafter exacted or imposed …

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 14 Section 14

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The Legislature may provide for the issuance of revenue bonds to finance the acquisition, construction, and installation of environmental pollution control facilities, including the acquisition of all technological facilities necessary or convenient for pollution control, and for…

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 15 Section 15

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A public body authorized to issue securities to provide public parking facilities and any other public body whose territorial area includes such facilities are authorized to make revenues from street parking meters available as additional security.

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 16 Section 16

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All property in a redevelopment project established under the Community Redevelopment Law as now existing or hereafter amended, except publicly owned property not subject to taxation by reason of that ownership, shall be taxed in proportion to its value as provided in Section 1 o…

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 17 Section 17

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The State shall not in any manner loan its credit, nor shall it subscribe to, or be interested in the stock of any company, association, or corporation, except that the State and each political subdivision, district, municipality, and public agency thereof is hereby authorized to…

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 18 Section 18

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(a) No county, city, town, township, board of education, or school district, shall incur any indebtedness or liability in any manner or for any purpose exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for such year, without the assent of two-thirds of the voters of the publi…

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 19 Section 19

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All proceedings undertaken by any chartered city, or by any chartered county or by any chartered city and county for the construction of any public improvement, or the acquisition of any property for public use, or both, where the cost thereof is to be paid in whole or in part by…

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 20 Section 20

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(a) (1) The Budget Stabilization Account is hereby created in the General Fund. (2) For the 2015–16 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, based on the Budget Act for the fiscal year, the Controller shall transfer from the General Fund to the Budget Stabilization Account, n…

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 21 Section 21

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(a) The Public School System Stabilization Account is hereby created in the General Fund. (b) On or before October 1 of each fiscal year, commencing with the 2015–16 fiscal year, based on the amounts identified in the annual Budget Act pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 20, t…

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 22 Section 22

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(a) Upon the Governor’s proclamation declaring a budget emergency and identifying the conditions constituting the emergency, the Legislature may pass a bill that does any of the following: (1) Suspends or reduces by a specified dollar amount for one fiscal year the transfer of mo…

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 23 Section 23

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The tax imposed by the California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016 and the revenue derived therefrom, including investment interest, shall not be considered General Fund revenues for purposes of Section 8 and its implementing statutes, and shall not be …

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 3.5 Section 3.5

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(a) No statute amending or adding to the provisions of the Medi-Cal Hospital Reimbursement Improvement Act of 2013 shall become effective unless approved by the electors in the same manner as statutes amending initiative statutes pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 10 of Artic…

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 14.5 Section 14.5

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The Legislature may provide for the issuance of revenue bonds to finance the acquisition, construction, and installation of facilities utilizing cogeneration technology, solar power, biomass, or any other alternative source the Legislature may deem appropriate, including the acqu…

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 1.5 Section 1.5

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The Legislature may create and establish a “General Obligation Bond Proceeds Fund” in the State Treasury, and may provide for the proceeds of the sale of general obligation bonds of the State heretofore or hereafter issued, including any sums paid as accrued interest thereon, und…

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 8.5 Section 8.5

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(a) In addition to the amount required to be applied for the support of school districts and community college districts pursuant to Section 8, the Controller shall during each fiscal year transfer and allocate all revenues available pursuant to paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of …

Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 1.3 Section 1.3

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(a) For the purposes of Section 1, a “single object or work,” for which the Legislature may create a debt or liability in excess of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) subject to the requirements set forth in Section 1, includes the funding of an accumulated state budget de…