Title GOV, California Gov. Code

The taxes for the payment of the bonds shall be levied pursuant to Article 1, except where the entire issue is to mature at one time, taxes shall be levied annually to provide interest and a sinking fund under this article. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The county treasurer shall keep the money arising from the sale of bonds issued pursuant to this article separate and distinct from all other county money in a fund called “General improvement fund.” (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The board shall invest and reinvest the money in the general improvement fund in bonds issued by the county or bonds issued for highway, sewer, drainage, or other improvements within the county. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The board shall collect the principal and interest on the bonds and credit the amount collected to the general improvement fund, except that if the bonds are issued to acquire or to provide money for the purchase of certain outstanding bonds, it shall be used only for that purpos…

The board may sell any of the bonds purchased by it at a price not less than that paid. The purchase price of any bonds so sold and the accrued interest thereon shall be placed in the general improvement fund and may be reinvested in bonds, except where such reinvestment is not p…

During the time the county owns any district bonds payable from taxes or assessments levied wholly or partially in accordance with the assessed value of the land within the district, the board of supervisors may each year omit from the amount of the annual tax or assessment to be…

If any bonds are acquired at less than their par value, the board may reduce the total principal amount of any issue of bonds so acquired and held to a total principal amount which it may fix by ordinance. The reduced total principal amount of any issue shall not be less at par t…

The ordinance shall designate the issue of bonds to be reduced, the total principal amount of the issue acquired, the purchase price paid, the principal amount of the proposed reduction, the numbers, denominations, maturity dates of the bonds to be canceled, and the time and plac…

Unless prevented by petition protesting the passage of the ordinance, signed and filed with the board pursuant to Section 9144 of the Elections Code, the bonds shall be publicly canceled at the time and place fixed, and the clerk of the board of supervisors shall enter on the min…

If the bonds canceled are issued pursuant to the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 to pay the cost of any work or improvement made under the Improvement Act of 1911, the board shall reduce the principal amount of the assessments securing the bonds to the total principal amount of the …

The board may make any issue of bonds issued pursuant to this article mature at one time, not to exceed 20 years after the date of issuance. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

If the bonds mature at one time, the annual tax levy shall be sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds as it comes due and create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal on or before maturity. The sum to be raised each year and placed in the sinking fund for the paymen…

If the entire issue of bonds is to mature at one time, such bonds may be called for redemption in numerical order at par and accrued interest on any interest-payment date prior to their fixed maturity, and a statement to that effect shall be set forth in each bond. No bond shall …

At least once each year within 60 days prior to an interest-payment date, if the sinking fund contains sufficient available money to call one or more of the outstanding bonds, the board shall, by notice published once a week for two successive weeks in some newspaper published in…

At the time and place designated all proposals shall be opened in public. Any or all of the proposals may be rejected in the discretion of the board. Proposals shall not be accepted unless the sales price is less than par and accrued interest. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

If no proposals are received, or if those received are rejected or are insufficient to exhaust the money available for the redemption of bonds, the board shall call in numerical order such outstanding bonds as can be redeemed from the money available for that purpose. (Added by S…

Notice of the call of bonds for redemption shall be published once a week for two weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county. The first publication shall be not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

Upon the date fixed for redemption, the bonds called shall be redeemed at par and accrued interest to that date. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

If any bonds called are not presented for redemption on the date fixed, on the day following a sum sufficient for the payment of the principal the bonds and accrued interest to the date of redemption shall be placed in a special fund for that purpose, and interest on the bonds fo…

This article is intended to provide an alternative system for the issuance of bonds and does not affect any other provision of law for the issuance of bonds. If in the discretion of the board proceedings are commenced under this article, this article shall govern the procedure to…

By resolution of its legislative body to take effect upon adoption, a local agency may submit to its qualified voters, at an election held for that purpose, the proposition of issuing bonds pursuant to this chapter to provide funds for the acquisition, construction, improving or …

By a majority of all members, the legislative body may adopt the resolution at a regular or special meeting and at the same meeting at which it is introduced. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

The resolution shall: (a) State the purpose for which the bonds are proposed to be issued. (b) State the estimated cost of the acquisition, construction, improvement and financing. (c) State the principal amount of the bonds. (d) State the maximum rate of interest on the bonds, w…

The proposition may be submitted at an election for other propositions. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

The resolution shall state that the bonds are to be revenue bonds, payable exclusively from the revenues of the enterprise and from such of the other funds referred to in Section 54478 as shall be specified in the resolution, and the resolution shall also state that the bonds are…

The resolution shall be published once a day for at least seven days in a newspaper published at least six days a week in the local agency or published once a week for two succeeding weeks in a newspaper published less than six days a week in the local agency. If there are no suc…

The votes of a majority of all the voters voting on the proposition are required to authorize the issuance of the bonds. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

If the issuance of the bonds is authorized at the election, the legislative body shall provide for their issuance and sale by resolution to take effect upon adoption. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

(a) When a commission has adopted a resolution making determinations, any person or affected agency may file a written request with the executive officer requesting amendments to or reconsideration of the resolution. The request shall state the specific modification to the resolu…

(a) There is within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, which shall, among other things, administer the California Small Business Finance Center that administers programs to assist businesses seek…

To implement its responsibilities, a corporation shall undertake program activities that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Outreach to low-resource small businesses and microbusinesses. The corporations located in rural areas shall give priority to low-reso…

Continuous employment in a court superseded by a municipal court, or in a court previously superseded by such superseded court, of the officers and attachés of the superseded court who succeeded to positions in a municipal court pursuant to the Municipal and Justice Court Act of …

In carrying out its duties and responsibilities, the commission shall have all of the following powers: (a) To meet at any time and place as it may deem proper. (b) As a body or, on the authorization of the commission, as a subcommittee composed of one or more members, to hold he…

With respect to the Bureau of State Audits, the commission shall do all of the following: (a) Review reports completed by the bureau and make recommendations to the Legislature, the Governor, and the public concerning the operations of the state, its departments, subdivisions, ag…

The provisions of this chapter are not applicable to: (a) Any elected public official acting in the official’s official capacity, or any employee of the State of California acting within the scope of the employee’s employment; provided that, an employee of the State of California…

The Attorney General has direct supervision over the district attorneys of the several counties of the state and may require of them written reports as to the condition of public business entrusted to their charge. When the Attorney General deems it advisable or necessary in the …

The powers and duties of the Attorney General with respect to grand juries are prescribed in Sections 913 and 923 of the Penal Code. The Attorney General may also file informations. (Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 501.)

If a district attorney is disqualified to conduct any criminal prosecution within the county, the Attorney General may employ special counsel to conduct the prosecution. The attorney’s fee in such case is a legal charge against the State. (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.)

When any instrument, paper, or notice authorized by law to be recorded is deposited in the recorder’s office for record, the recorder shall endorse upon it in the order in which it is deposited, the year, month, day, hour, and minute of its reception, and the amount of fees for r…

(a) The recorder shall endorse upon each instrument, paper, or notice the identification number or book and page where it is recorded, and shall thereafter mail it to the person named in the instrument, paper, or notice for return mail, or deliver it to the party presenting it fo…

Before acceptance for recording, in addition to the address required on each document for delivery by the recorder, all of the following shall apply: (a) Every deed or instrument executed to convey fee title to real property shall have noted on the first page or sheet thereof the…

The recorder shall record by legible handwriting, by typewriting, or by photographic reproduction process, in well-bound books or by such other means as provided in this chapter, all instruments, papers and notices the recording of which is required or permitted by law. (Amended …

The words “file for record” when used as a directive in any law relating to any document to be filed in the recorders office shall be deemed to mean “record” in the manner provided for in Section 27322 of this code. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1010.)

A system of microphotography, optical disk, or reproduction by any other technique that does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document may be used by the recorder as a photographic reproduction process to record some or all instruments, papers, and noti…

If the recorded instruments, papers, or notices or the record books in the office of the recorder have been microfilmed for preservation purposes, a type of record book may be used that will permit the removal of leaves in order that reproduction may be made in an efficient manne…

The county recorder may cause any or all files or records in his or her official custody to be microphotographed or otherwise reproduced pursuant to Section 27322.2 as in the case of original filings or recordings or both. Every reproduction shall be deemed and considered an orig…