Title GOV — California Gov. Code

Funds shall be distributed by the State Architect in the following manner: (a) Upon receipt of an application by a local government for a grant pursuant to this article, the office or the State Architect may propose improvements to the project which will meet regional needs in a …

(a) An application for an allocation pursuant to this article shall not be recommended for approval by the State Architect unless the project meets the minimum seismic safety standards as established by the State Architect. Preliminary design work, including preliminary plans and…

For a local government to be eligible for funding, the local government must have complied with Chapter 12.2 (commencing with Section 8875) and also have an emergency plan approved by the office as being consistent with the state planning guidelines and the State Emergency Plan a…

First priority for allocations of funds shall be given to projects located in seismic hazard zone 4, as defined and illustrated in Chapter 23 (commencing with Section 2301) of Part 2 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, and projects located in San Diego and Sacramen…

Operation and maintenance costs shall be the responsibility of the grantee and may not be considered as part of the project cost. Costs for planning preliminary engineering studies, including preliminary plans, may be reimbursed following the receipt of an allocation of funds, su…

Funds allocated pursuant to this article shall be available for expenditure by the local government within three years of the awarding of the allocation.

(a) The office and the State Architect, after public notice and hearing and with the concurrence of the Seismic Safety Commission, shall establish guidelines necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. The guidelines shall include, but not be limited to, criteria and pro…

The office shall notify local governments that may be eligible for grants pursuant to this article of the following: (a) The purposes of this article. (b) The guidelines established by the office and the State Architect.

Bonds in the total amount of two hundred ninety-two million five hundred ten thousand dollars ($292,510,000), exclusive of refunding bonds issued pursuant to Section 8878.118, or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to be used for carrying out the purposes expr…

The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4), and all of the provisions of that law apply to the bonds an…

(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter, the Earthquake Safety and Public Buildings Rehabilitation Finance Committee is hereby created. For the purposes of this cha…

The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter in order to carry out the actions specified in Section 8878.55, and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be au…

There shall be collected annually in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, a sum of money in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, sufficient to pay the principal of, and interest on, these bonds as provided herein, and all officers r…

Notwithstanding Section 13340, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this chapter, an amount that will equal the total of the following: (a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued a…

For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which the committee has, by resolution, authorized to be sold for th…

All moneys derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest.

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this article are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the California Constitution, the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the l…

Any bonds issued and sold pursuant to this article may be refunded by the issuance of refunding bonds in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4. Approval by the electors of the state for the issuance of these bonds shall inc…

The “board” may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, in accordance with Section 16312, for the purposes of carrying out this chapter. The amount of any request shall not exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which the …

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the State General Obligation Bond Law set forth in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this chapter the interest on which is intended to be excluded from gross…

Notwithstanding anything in the State General Obligation Bond Law, the maximum maturity of any bonds authorized by this chapter shall not exceed 20 years from the date of each respective series. The maturity of each series shall be calculated from the date of each series.

All moneys deposited in the Earthquake Safety and Public Buildings Rehabilitation Fund of 1990 pursuant to any provision of law requiring repayments to the state which are financed by the proceeds of bonds authorized by this chapter shall be available for transfer to the General …

The administrative provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 8878.60) and Article 4 (commencing with Section 8878.95) may be amended by statute without submission to the voters.

Charges incurred by the Attorney General in protecting the state’s interest in the grant funds under this chapter shall be payable from proceeds of bond sales for the purposes of this chapter. These charges shall not be paid from funds allocated for administrative purposes, but s…

(a) The proceeds from the sale of the bonds pursuant to this chapter shall not replace or supplant funds available from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). If funds are received from FEMA for costs applied for under this chapter, then proceeds from the fund shall not …

(a) No local government building or facility that is listed or is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places or listed on any officially sponsored state or local register or inventory of historic places, may be demolished, destroyed, or significantly altered…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Earthquake Safety and Public Buildings Rehabilitation Bond Act of 1990.

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California is likely to experience moderate to severe earthquakes in the foreseeable future, and increased efforts to reduce earthquake hazards should be encouraged and supported. (b) Hundreds of state and local governm…

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Agency” or “office” means the Office of Emergency Services. (b) “Committee” means the Earthquake Safety and Public Buildings Rehabilitation Finance Committee created pursuant to subdivision (a) of Sect…

The Earthquake Safety and Public Buildings Rehabilitation Fund of 1990 is hereby created. The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter for the purposes of the programs established in Article 3 (commencing with Section 8878.60) and Article 4 (commencing with Sect…

(a) State building or facility projects eligible for retrofitting, reconstruction, repair, replacement, relocation, or other seismic hazard abatement shall be based upon criteria established by the State Architect. The criteria shall include the factor of the population at risk o…

The Director of General Services shall provide to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house of the Legislature a listing of expenditures for activities pursuant to this article by January 10 each year. This information shal…

(a) The State Architect, with the consultation of the Seismic Safety Commission and the office, shall establish criteria for projects potentially eligible for an appropriation from the Legislature, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8878.55 based on factors including the popu…

Applications for funds for local government buildings under this article shall be made to the State Architect in the form and with the supporting material as prescribed by the State Architect.

Any appropriation of bond funds pursuant to this article may include provisions as agreed by the parties thereto, and the contract shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) An estimate of the reasonable cost of the project. (b) An agreement by the State Arch…

Allocations are limited to only the seismic rehabilitation portion of the improvement project, as determined by the State Architect. To the extent that other elements of work are proposed, a cost-sharing formula shall be developed by the State Architect which will be applicable t…

(a) Allocations made by the State Architect to local governments shall only be used to improve existing essential services buildings, as defined in Section 16007 of the Health and Safety Code, and emergency and public safety local buildings, including, but not limited to, county …