Title GOV — California Gov. Code

“Entity” as used in this article means any agency, board or commission provided for by a joint powers agreement pursuant to Article 1 of this chapter. Such agency, board or commission is an entity separate from the public agencies which are parties to such agreement.

“Fair and exhibition authority,” as used in this article, means an entity created by a joint powers agreement for the purpose of financing or otherwise facilitating agricultural, livestock, industrial, cultural, or other types of fairs or exhibitions.

“Local agency” as used in this article means any public agency designated in Section 6500 other than the federal government or any federal department or agency, this state, an adjoining state, or any state department or agency.

“Governing body” as used in this article means the board or commission provided for by a joint powers agreement, pursuant to Article 1 of this chapter.

“Indenture” as used in this article means the instrument providing the terms and conditions for the issuance of the revenue bonds, and may be a resolution, order, agreement or other instrument.

“Project” as used in this article includes buildings, structures, improvements and all facilities appurtenant thereto or provided therefor together with land and offstreet parking facilities necessary therefor to be financed by revenue bonds issued pursuant to this article. In ad…

In addition to other powers, any agency, commission, or board provided for by a joint powers agreement pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) may issue revenue bonds pursuant to this article to pay the cost and expenses of acquiring or constructing a project or cond…

In the County of Los Angeles, any agency, commission, or board provided for by joint powers agreement entered into by cities pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of this chapter for the purpose of the acquisition, operation, repair, maintenance, improvement and ad…

In addition to other powers, any joint powers entity created to exercise the powers granted by Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 33750) of Part 1 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code or Part 13 (commencing with Section 37910) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code,…

In any county with a population determined by the last official census of 4,000,000 or more, any agency, commission, or board provided for by joint powers agreement entered into by cities pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) for the purpose of the acquisition of l…

(a) The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, or its successor organization, may issue revenue bonds pursuant to this article or bonds pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584), for the limited purpose of paying for acquiring the land, and designing, engineering, …

In addition to other powers, any agency, commission or board provided for by joint powers agreement pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of this chapter and created in a county of the third class as determined by Sec. 28020 may, by ordinance, authorize the issuanc…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any local agency entering into one or more leases or rental contracts or agreements with a joint powers entity formed for the purposes specified in Section 6546.2 shall do so only following the effective date of an ordinance adopted by …

The governing body of any local agency adopting an ordinance pursuant to Section 6546.3 shall call an election for purposes of submitting to the qualified electors of the agency the question of whether the ordinance shall be adopted. Such election shall be called, held, conducted…

For purposes of an agency, commission, or board that is authorized pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 6546 to issue revenue bonds for facilities for the production, storage, transmission, or treatment of water or waste water, that authority includes the authority to issue rev…

In addition to any other powers, any agency, commission, or board provided for by joint powers agreement entered into by cities pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) and created in a county of the fifth class, as determined by Section 28020, may issue revenue bonds…

Public agencies may enter into a joint powers agreement for the purposes of creating a fair and exhibition authority with the power to issue revenue bonds for financing projects under this article. A fair and exhibition authority of which the Department of Food and Agriculture is…

The power of the entity to issue revenue bonds is additional to the powers common to the parties to the joint powers agreement, but shall not be exercised until authorized by the parties to that agreement. However, in the case of the issuance of revenue bonds by a fair and exhibi…

Any entity which shall have been authorized to exercise the power to issue revenue bonds pursuant to this article shall have the further additional power to incur other forms of indebtedness pursuant to this section. Said further additional power shall not be exercised until auth…

Notice of the enactment of an ordinance subject to referendum under Section 6547 shall be published after adoption as required by Section 6040.1 within 15 days after the adoption of the ordinance. If a local agency does not otherwise have statutory power to enact an ordinance pur…

In the event that an ordinance enacted pursuant to Section 6547 authorizing the entity to issue revenue bonds is subjected to a successful referendum election or is repealed or rescinded by a local agency, no ordinance authorizing the entity to issue revenue bonds for the same pu…

Except for the requirement of an ordinance and the right to referendum thereon, the amendments to Section 6547 adopted at the 1971 Regular Session of the Legislature shall not limit or affect any heretofore existing right of any public agency to be a party to a joint powers agree…

A joint powers entity created pursuant to this chapter may issue revenue bonds pursuant to this article upon authorization by ordinance of only those individual parties to the joint powers agreement which contract to make payments to be applied to the payment of the revenue bonds…

A joint powers entity created pursuant to this chapter may incur other forms of indebtedness pursuant to Section 6547.1 for one or more projects specified in Section 6546 upon authorization by ordinance of only those individual parties to the joint powers agreement which contract…

A joint powers entity created pursuant to this chapter may issue mortgage revenue bonds pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 52000) of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code, revenue bonds for the deployment of broadband infrastructure by a public entity or nonprofit or…

No member of the governing body of the authority shall be personally liable on the bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance of bonds pursuant to this chapter.

The Treasurer is designated as an elected representative for federal tax purposes of a joint powers agency created pursuant to this chapter. In the discretion of the joint powers agency, the Treasurer is authorized to approve or certify the issuance of bonds, notes, or other evid…

The revenue bonds may be issued to provide all or any part of the funds required for the acquisition, construction and financing of said project, including any or all expenses incidental thereto or connected therewith, and such expenses may include engineering, inspection, legal …

The level of fees or charges imposed by, or on behalf of, an agency or entity for the issuance of bonds pursuant to this article shall be disclosed in a report of final sale submitted to the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission pursuant to Chapter 11.5 (commencing w…

An indenture providing the terms and conditions for the issuance of the bonds and the covenants relating thereto shall be adopted in or approved by resolution. Such indenture shall describe or state the revenues and funds from which the bonds shall be payable. Such funds or reven…

The principal and interest of the bonds shall be payable: (a) First, out of the revenue derived from the operation of the project or projects for which the bond proceeds were or are to be used or expended, or any other revenues derived from said project; (b) Second, from such oth…

Revenue bonds issued under this article and contracts or obligations entered into to carry out the purposes for which bonds are issued, payable in whole or in part from the proceeds of said bonds, shall not constitute a debt, liability or obligation of any of the public agencies …

All bonds issued by the entity shall contain a recital on their face that neither the payment of the principal or any part thereof nor any interest thereon constitutes a debt, liability or obligation of any of the public agencies who are parties to the agreement creating such ent…

The indenture authorizing the issuance of the bonds shall recite the objects and purposes for which the bonds are to be issued, which may include any or all of the purposes stated in this article and which shall comprise the project, the principal amount of the bonds, the maximum…

The indenture authorizing the issuance of such bonds shall provide the denomination or denominations of the bonds, the medium of payment of principal thereof and interest thereon, the place or places of payment of said bonds and interest, which may be within or without the State …

In the indenture authorizing the issuance of said bonds the governing body may also fix additional terms and conditions and may in any article, section or clause thereof make such provision or covenant as it may deem necessary or desirable to facilitate the issuance and sale of t…

Said indenture may provide the terms and conditions under which said bonds may be paid, redeemed before maturity (including the premiums, if any, to be payable upon bonds redeemed prior to maturity), exchanged, registered, transferred, and negotiated. No bond shall be redeemable …

Said indenture may include covenants or other provisions relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the entity to fix, prescribe and collect rates, tolls, fees, rentals or other charges in connection with the services and facilities furnished from the project acquired or c…

The indenture may include covenants or other provisions, other than or in lieu of the provisions required by Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of this chapter, relating to the collection, deposit and safekeeping of the revenues, the permissible uses thereof, the special fu…

The indenture may include a covenant or other provision relating to the insurance upon such project, or any part thereof, against any or all risks, and in case of loss the application of the insurance proceeds.

The indenture may include a covenant or other provision containing prohibitions against or limitations upon the sale, lease or other disposition of such project or any part thereof.

The indenture may contain covenants or other provisions providing for prohibitions against or limitations upon the issuance of any additional bonds or the incurring of additional indebtedness payable from the revenues of the project.

The indenture may contain covenants or other provisions whereby the consent or agreement of a stated percentage or number of the holders of the bonds may bind all bondholders to modifications of or changes in all or part of the provisions of the indenture authorizing or providing…

The indenture may provide for the issuance of a duplicate in the manner and upon such terms and conditions as the governing body of the entity may determine, in the event any bond, temporary bond, coupon or interim certificate of any issue is lost, destroyed or mutilated.

The indenture may include a covenant or provision against the entering into of any agreement which impairs the operation of the project or any part of it necessary to secure adequate revenues to pay the principal and interest of the bonds, or which otherwise would impair the righ…

The indenture may provide for events of default and the terms upon which the bonds may be declared due before maturity and the terms upon which that declaration and its consequences may be waived.

The indenture may provide for the rights, liabilities, powers and duties arising upon the entity’s breach of any covenants, conditions or obligations of the indenture.

The indenture may provide for a fiscal agent and the deposit of funds therewith.

The indenture may contain any other provision or covenant valid under the Constitutions of the State of California and the United States of America which the governing body of the entity deems necessary or desirable to facilitate the issuance and sale of the bonds or for the prot…

The indenture authorizing the issuance of said bonds and all resolutions or orders in the proceeding for the issuance of said bonds shall constitute a contract with the holders of the bonds, and such contract may be enforced by any holder by mandamus, injunction or any applicable…