Title GOV — California Gov. Code

The holder of any bond issued pursuant to this chapter may by mandamus or other appropriate proceeding, require and compel the performance of any of the duties imposed upon the board or its officers, agents or employees in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation,…

While any revenue bonds issued by the board remain outstanding, the powers and duties of the board shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that will adversely affect the interest and rights of the holders of the bonds.

The board may accept contributions or appropriations from the United States of America, the State of California, or any department or agency of either thereof, or from any city, city and county, political subdivision, agency, district or other public corporation of this State.

The board may enter into any contract, arrangement or agreement with the United States, the State or any other municipal corporation or public agency and may cooperate with the United States, the State or any other municipal corporation or public agency for the development, maint…

The board may cooperate and contract with the United States under the War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944, approved October 3, 1944, and any acts amendatory or supplemental thereto or any other act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted, authorizing or permitting s…

The board may authorize or direct any county officer, employee or department to perform services for or in connection with the development, construction, maintenance or operation of any project and the cost of such services shall be a charge against the appropriate project fund. …

The board may provide for the construction, maintenance and operation of any project upon any lands owned by the county without regard to the manner in which such lands were acquired, and if such lands were acquired other than through the issuance of revenue bonds authorized for …

The proceeds from the sale of all bonds authorized under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of a bond fund or enterprise fund, one of which the treasurer is hereby directed to establish for the particular project for which the bond…

If any surplus shall exist in a bond fund or enterprise fund, after the payment in full of all costs of acquisition, construction and completion of the project for which the revenue bonds were issued, the same may be disbursed for any of the purposes provided for in this chapter …

The board may provide for the payment of the interest becoming due and payment on the principal of revenue bonds prior to and during the period of actual construction of the project for which the bonds are issued and for the period specified in the indenture for the issuance of t…

Moneys in a bond fund or enterprise fund not required to meet acquisition or construction costs or expenses payable from the construction fund or interest on the bonds, may be invested in bonds and other obligations eligible for investment of surplus county moneys; subject to suc…

All revenues received from the operation of the project acquired, constructed or completed by the board shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of either an enterprise fund or a special revenue fund established for the particular project for which the bonds were auth…

This chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out its objects and purposes and to finance the construction of needed public improvements through the medium of revenue bonds and to protect the holders of such bonds.

“Bonds” as used in this chapter means the written evidence of any obligation incurred by the board payable out of revenues as provided in this chapter in order to secure funds with which to carry out the purposes of this chapter irrespective of the form of such obligation whether…

“Revenue” as used in this chapter shall mean all fees, rates, charges, rentals or other income and revenue actually received or receivable by or for the account of the board from the operation of any particular project including without limiting the generality of the foregoing in…

This chapter shall not be operative in any county until the board of supervisors, either at a general or a special election, shall submit to the electors of the county the question as to whether the board of supervisors shall be authorized to adopt the revenue-bond method of fina…

This article applies only to the County of Orange and the County of Sacramento and is in addition to any other authority contained in this chapter.

The board of supervisors may issue bonds pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, operation, improvement, and development of property, real and personal, including, but not limited to, buildings, grounds, facilities, utilit…

Bonds may be issued pursuant to this article under terms and conditions that the board of supervisors determines to be reasonable and without compliance with Section 26338, 26343, 26361, 26362, or 26389. Notwithstanding the noncompliance with Section 26361, the lease of all or an…

Notwithstanding the first two sentences of Section 26307, nothing in this chapter requires the board of supervisors to pledge for the payment of any bonds issued pursuant to this article any real or personal property other than the revenues and other income received from the oper…

The legislative body shall require every residential unit in an apartment house or similar multiunit residential structure, condominium, and mobilehome park for which a building permit has been obtained on or after July 1, 1982, other than a dormitory or other housing accommodati…

By gift, purchase, or eminent domain, a legislative body may acquire any existing ferry system, including any franchise or license, boats and vessels, land and interest in land, slips, wharves, piers, landing places, approaches, and equipment and facilities used or for use in the…

The legislative body, in connection with the acquisition or otherwise, may contract with any person, firm, or corporation for the operation or management of any ferry system acquired or owned by the city upon such terms and provisions as it may determine.

Neither the State nor any subdivision, authority, or agency thereof, nor any public corporation, district, or authority, shall construct or operate any bridge, tunnel, or transportation facility, which by its operation, will compete with and materially damage the property or inju…

The legislative body may: (a) Acquire, own, construct, maintain, and operate bus lines, street railways, steam railway spur tracks, telephone and telegraph lines, gas and other works for light, power, and heat, public libraries, museums, gymnasiums, parks, and baths. (b) Grant fr…

As used in this article, “facility” means any works, road, railroad, tramway, power plant, telegraph or telephone line, or other necessary works or structures.

A city may construct, equip, use, maintain, and operate any facility, within or without the city or the county where the city is located, for the preparation, manufacture, handling, or transporting of any materials or supplies required in the construction or completion by the cit…

For the purpose of constructing, equipping, using, maintaining, or operating any facility, the city may lease or acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise and hold and use any land, rights of way, water, water rights, quarry, gravel bed, other mineral deposits, or any other…

When authorized by a two-thirds vote of the members of its legislative body at a regular meeting, a city, for the purpose of breaking, crushing, or otherwise preparing gravel or rock to be used in making, paving, improving, or repairing its streets, may do any and all of the foll…

This article does not extend or enlarge any limitation prescribed by law or charter upon taxation, expenditure of public funds, or the incurring of indebtedness by a city.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the words and phrases defined in this article govern the construction of this chapter.

“Agency” means: (a) The Director of Employment Development with respect to a state tax lien created under Section 1703 of the Unemployment Insurance Code. (b) The Franchise Tax Board with respect to a state tax lien created under Section 19221 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (c…

“Bona fide purchaser” has the same meaning as “protected purchaser” as defined in Section 8303 of the Commercial Code.

“Buyer in ordinary course of business” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (9) of subdivision (b) of Section 1201 of the Commercial Code.

“Chattel paper” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (11) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code.

“Deposit account” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (29) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code.

“Duly negotiated” has the same meaning as defined in Section 7501 of the Commercial Code.

“Holder in due course” has the same meaning as defined in Section 3302 of the Commercial Code.

“Instrument” has the same meaning as defined in paragraph (47) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code.

“Personal property” includes both tangible and intangible personal property.

“Purchase money security interest” has the same meaning as defined in Section 9103 of the Commercial Code.

“Real property” includes any rights in real property.

“Security” has the same meaning as defined in Section 8102 of the Commercial Code.

“State tax lien” means a lien created pursuant to Section 8048 of the Fish and Game Code, Section 3423 or 3772 of the Public Resources Code, Section 6757, 7872, 8996, 13610, 16063, 16810, 19221, 30322, 32363, or 38532 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or Section 1703 of the Unemp…

“Tax” means a liability for which a state tax lien has been created.

“Taxpayer” means the person liable for the tax.

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), a state tax lien attaches to all property and rights to property whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, including all after-acquired property and rights to property, belonging to the taxpayer and located in this state…

Notwithstanding Section 7170, as between competing state tax liens or as between a state tax lien and a federal lien described in Section 2100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the lien that first comes into existence has priority over the lien that later comes into existence; and …

(a) With respect to real property, at any time after creation of a state tax lien, the agency may record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the real property is located a notice of state tax lien. (b) With respect to personal property, at any time after c…

(a) A state tax lien continues in effect for 10 years from the date of its creation unless it is sooner released or otherwise discharged, and is extinguished 10 years from the date of its creation unless a notice of state tax lien is recorded or filed as provided in Section 7171.…