Title GOV, California Gov. Code

The bonds shall be signed by the chairperson of the legislative body and countersigned by the clerk of the legislative body or his or her deputy. All signatures on the bonds may be printed, lithographed, or engraved. If any officer whose signature appears on the bonds ceases to b…

(a) In connection with the issuance of bonds in which a property owner agrees, by written consent, to disclose certain information on a continuous basis through the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s Electronic Municipal Market Access, or successor information depository, th…

When the legislative body provides for the fixing and levying of special taxes and charges for the community facilities district it shall also provide for the fixing and levying of that amount of special taxes and charges within the community facilities district which is required…

An action to determine the validity of bonds issued pursuant to this chapter or the validity of any special taxes levied pursuant to this chapter may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure but shall, not…

(a) The legislative body shall, no later than 30 days prior to the sale of any bonds pursuant to this article, give written notice of the proposed sale to the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission by mail, postage prepaid, or by any other method approved by the Calif…

Current information on the items listed in Section 53359.5 is a matter of public record, within the meaning of the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1) even if the information is physically held by an agent or trustee of the pu…

The community facilities district may sell the bonds so issued at the times or in the manner the legislative body deems to be to the public interest. However, except as otherwise provided in Section 53360.4, all bonds shall be sold on sealed proposals or through generally accepte…

Notwithstanding Section 53360, the legislative body may sell bonds at private sale, without advertising for bids, if the legislative body determines that the action would result in a lower overall cost. (Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1035, Sec. 2.)

The legislative body may provide that bonds shall bear a variable interest rate, and for the manner and intervals in which the rate shall vary. The variable rate shall not exceed the maximum rate permitted by Section 53531 or any other applicable provision of law limiting the max…

Any bonds issued by a district organized under the provisions of this chapter are hereby given the same force, value and use as bonds issued by any municipality and shall be exempt from all taxation within the state. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1451, Sec. 1.)

All bonds issued by any district payable from taxes or charges are legal investments for all trust funds, for the trust funds of all insurance companies, the state school funds, and any funds which may be invested in bonds of cities, counties, cities and counties, school district…

The legislative body may, by resolution, issue new bonds to refund any or all of the district bonds outstanding or improvement area bonds outstanding that have been issued pursuant to this article. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 269, Sec. 29. Effective July 3, 1984.)

Refunding bonds shall not be issued if the total interest cost to maturity on the refunding bonds plus the principal amount of the refunding bonds exceeds the total interest cost to maturity on the bonds to be refunded plus the principal amount of the bonds to be refunded. Subjec…

The total authorized amount of the bonded indebtedness of a district or an improvement area therein, as approved by the qualified voter thereof, shall not be reduced by the principal amount of any refunding bonds issued to refund any or all outstanding bonds of the district or im…

Except as otherwise provided in this article, the legislative body may issue refunding bonds without repeating any of the procedures required for the approval of the original bond issue, if the legislative body determines that it would be prudent in the management of its fiscal a…

If the legislative body determines to issue refunding bonds pursuant to this article it shall adopt a resolution providing for their issuance. The resolution shall: (a) Describe the bonds being refunded and state the date on which it is anticipated that the exchange or purchase n…

Any refunding bonds issued pursuant to this article may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded on such basis as the legislative body determines is for the benefit of the district, but shall be issued in compliance with Section 53362.5. As an alternative to exchanging the refun…

The designated costs of issuing the refunding bonds, as defined by Section 53363.8, may be paid by the purchaser of the refunding bonds or may be paid from any other legally available source, including any available revenues of the legislative body, the proceeds of sale of the re…

For purposes of this article, the term “designated costs of issuing the refunding bonds” means any of the following costs and expenses designated by the legislative body in the resolution providing for the issuance of the refunding bonds: (a) All expenses incident to the calling,…

(a) The proceeds and investments in the “refunding fund” shall be in an amount sufficient to meet either the requirements of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) at the time of issuance of the refunding bonds, as certified by a certified public accountant licensed to practice in this s…

Following the issuance of any refunding bonds pursuant to this article, the treasurer of the local agency shall provide for the payment of principal and interest on the refunding bonds in the same manner as for the bonds being refunded. Payments on the refunding bonds may be made…

(a) If further facilities or services are authorized to be financed by the district, savings achieved through the issuance of refunding bonds may be used by the legislative body for those purposes. (b) If no further facilities or services are authorized to be financed by the dist…

Any bonds issued by the district may be made callable by resolution of the legislative body adopted at or prior to the time of issuing the bonds. When bonds are made callable a statement to that effect shall be set forth on the face of the bonds. Callable bonds may be redeemed on…

Notice designating the bonds called for redemption shall be mailed to the underwriter or other first purchaser and to the registered owners of the bonds to be called by first-class mail. The notice shall be mailed not less than 30 nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for…

If on the date fixed for redemption, the area has provided funds available for payment of the principal and interest of the bonds called, interest on the bonds shall cease. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1451, Sec. 1.)

(a) The legislative body may, by resolution and without the necessity of calling and holding an election, borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized pursuant to this article, but which have not been sold and delivered, issue negotiable bond antic…

As used in this article the term “firefighter of the state” or “firefighter” shall be deemed to include a member of a fire department or fire service of the state, including the University of California, whether these members are volunteer, partly paid, or fully paid, excepting t…

Whenever any firefighter of the state dies or is disabled from performing his or her duties as a firefighter by reason of his or her proceeding to or engaging in a fire-suppression or rescue operation, or the protection or preservation of life or property, anywhere in this state,…

Nothing in this article shall be deemed to: (a) Require the extension of any benefits to a firefighter who at the time of his or her injury, death, or disability is acting for compensation from one other than the state. (b) Require the extension of any benefits to a firefighter e…

Whenever the board determines that the amount of revenue available to a county service area or any of its zones is inadequate to meet the costs of operating and maintaining the services and facilities that the county service area provides, the board may raise revenues pursuant to…

The auditor shall allocate to each county service area its share of property tax revenue, if any, pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of Part 0.5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 158, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)

The board may levy special taxes pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5. The special taxes shall be applied uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the county service area, except that unimproved prop…

The board may levy benefit assessments for operations and maintenance consistent with the requirements of Article XIII D of the California Constitution, including, but not limited to, benefit assessments levied pursuant to any of the following: (a) The Improvement Act of 1911 (Di…

The board may, by resolution or ordinance, do any of the following: (a) Establish user fees, rates, or other charges, provided that they are not property-related fees and charges, for the services and facilities that are not property related that the county service area provides.…

The board may, by resolution or ordinance, do any of the following: (a) Impose property-related fees and charges for the property-related services that the county service area provides, subject to the requirements of Article XIII D of the California Constitution. If new, increase…

(a) The board may charge standby charges for water, sewer, or water and sewer services pursuant to the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act (Chapter 12.4 (commencing with Section 54984) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5). (b) If the procedures set forth in the former Section 25…

Whenever a person installs any facilities including, but not limited to, facilities for sewer or water service, and the board determines that it is necessary that those facilities be constructed so that they can be used for the benefit of property within a county service area oth…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this section shall govern the construction of this article. (a) “City” means any city, including a chartered city. (b) “County” means any county of the state. (c) “Districts” means community facilities districts …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authority for the governance of one or more districts may be transferred from the jurisdiction of a county to the jurisdiction of a city upon written agreement entered into between the governing boards of the county and the city and…

The transfer of jurisdiction of a district from the governing board of the county to the governing board of the city shall be effective only if the following shall have occurred: (a) An amended boundary map shall have been recorded with respect to the district with the county rec…

Neither the enactment of this article nor any action taken pursuant hereto with respect to the transfer of jurisdiction of a district, nor the failure of any property owner to receive notice as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 53368.2, shall in any way impair any existing s…

(a) The department may establish a clerical pool in any locality where the demand for temporary clerical help warrants it. Such pool shall be established by the employment of sufficient clerical employees by the office to fill the needs of various appointing powers for temporary …

(a) Upon a request from any appointing power for temporary help which can be filled from those employed by the department in the clerical pool, the department shall assign such persons as are needed. Upon such assignment the appointing power may be charged pursuant to Section 112…

(a) For all purposes of this part such persons are employees of the department and not of the appointing power to which they are assigned. The department shall make all necessary rules to carry out the purposes of this article. The procedure authorized by this article for procuri…

Whenever the board determines that the amount of revenue available to a county service area is inadequate to acquire, construct, improve, rehabilitate, or replace the facilities authorized by this chapter, or to fund or to refund any outstanding indebtedness, the board may incur …

(a) Whenever the board determines that it is necessary for a county service area to incur a general obligation bond indebtedness for the acquisition or improvement of real property, the board may proceed pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 29900) of Division 3. (b) The…