Title GOV — California Gov. Code

The issuance, transfer, and interest income earned on any bonds issued by a local agency under this article is exempt from taxation of every kind by any state or local entity. The local agency shall not be required to pay any taxes on, or with respect to, the income earned on the…

This article provides a complete, additional, and alternative method for doing the things authorized by this article and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to the powers conferred by any other laws. The issuance of bonds and the entering into any credit reimbursemen…

An action may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure to determine the validity of any issuance or proposed issuance of refunding bonds under this article, and the legality and validity of all proceedings…

The following terms shall have the following meanings for purposes of this article: (a) “Bond counsel” means any attorney or firm of attorneys that represents the issuer of a new issue of bonds with respect to the issuance of the bonds and that renders a written legal opinion to,…

No investment firm that has, or has had, a financial advisory relationship with respect to a new issue of bonds shall acquire as principal either alone or as a participant in a syndicate or other similar account formed for the purpose of purchasing, directly or indirectly, from t…

Each financial advisory relationship shall be evidenced by a written document executed prior to, upon, or promptly after the inception of the financial advisory relationship, or promptly after the creation or selection of the issuer if the issuer does not exist or has not been de…

No bond counsel with respect to a new issue of bonds shall also be counsel, with respect to that new issue of bonds, to the underwriter or other initial purchaser of the bonds. This section does not preclude the bond counsel from rendering one or more opinions to the underwriter …

Injunctive relief shall be available, subject to judicial discretion, to prohibit or enjoin any violation of this article, but no violation shall affect the authority, validity, or enforceability of bonds.

As used in this article: (a) “Debt instruments” means bonds, notes, certificates of participation, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by a local agency pursuant to this article. (b) “Indenture” means the instrument providing the terms and conditions for the issuance of the…

A local agency may pledge, sell, transfer, assign, or otherwise dispose of tax increment revenues for any purpose for which the general funds of the local agency may be expended.

(a) A pledge by a local agency of tax increment revenues received pursuant to a tax increment agreement shall be valid and binding upon the local agency from the time the pledge is made for the benefit of pledgees and successors in interest thereof. The tax increment revenues ple…

(a) A local agency may, from time to time, issue its negotiable debt instruments payable from, secured by, collateralized by, or representing interests in, tax increment revenues. The debt instruments may be issued to provide funds for capital expenditures, payment of rent or deb…

(a) A local agency may provide for the issuance of debt instruments for the purpose of refunding any debt instruments or any class, series, or issue of debt instruments of the local agency then outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest …

(a) All moneys received pursuant to this article and pledged to the payment of any class, series, or issue of debt instruments, whether as tax increment revenues or from any other source, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this article.…

(a) In the discretion of the legislative body of a local agency, any debt instruments issued under this article may be secured by an indenture by and between the local agency and a corporate trustee or trustees, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust …

(a) Debt instruments issued under this article shall be payable solely from the tax increment revenues herein provided and not from any other assets or revenues of the issuing local agency. (b) The local agency issuing the debt instruments shall not pledge the faith or credit of …

(a) Debt instruments issued by a local agency under this article are hereby made securities in which all (1) banks, bankers, savings banks, trust companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, (2) all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons ca…

This article shall apply only to local agencies located within a county with a population of over 4,000,000 persons.

Any debt instruments issued under this article, their transfer, and in the income therefrom shall at all times be free from taxation of every kind by the state and by all municipalities and political subdivisions in the state.

This article shall be deemed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for doing the things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws. This article shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate its …

The commission shall not approve or conditionally approve any proposal that includes an incorporation, unless the commission finds, based on the entire record, that: (a) The proposed incorporation is consistent with the intent of this division, including, but not limited to, the …

If a petition is for incorporation of a new city, or consolidation of cities, the petition may propose a name for the new or consolidated city. The proposed name for the new or consolidated city may contain the word “town.”

If the petition is for incorporation, it may also include provisions for appointment of a city manager and appointment of elective city officials, except city council members.

(a) If the commission approves a proposal that includes the incorporation of a city, the resolution making determinations shall, upon the incorporation applicant’s request, specify that the first election of city officers is to be held after voter approval of the proposal. (b) If…

Proceedings for a special reorganization shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures otherwise prescribed for incorporation of a city, including, but not limited to, the provisions specified in Sections 56720, 56800, 56810, and 56815. Notwithstanding any other provision …

If the commission approves a proposal for a special reorganization that includes the incorporation of a city with a population of more than 1,000,000, the commission shall do both of the following: (a) Specify in the resolution making determinations that, notwithstanding Section …

(a) This section shall only apply to a special reorganization. (b) All public employees to which Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 applies shall continue to be deemed public employees of the original local agency or of the newly incorporated local…

When a change of organization or a reorganization includes the annexation of inhabited territory to a city and the assessed value of land within the territory equals one-half or more of the assessed value of land within the city, or the number of registered voters residing within…

If the proposal would result in the annexation to a city of land that is subject to a contract executed pursuant to the Williamson Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Division 1), then the petition shall state whether the city shall succeed to the contract pursuant …

(a) No tidelands or submerged lands, as defined in subdivision (g), which are owned by the state or by its grantees in trust shall be incorporated into, or annexed to, a city, except lands which may be approved by the State Lands Commission. (b) If those tidelands or submerged la…

Territory may not be annexed to a city unless it is located in the same county. Unless otherwise provided in this division, territory may not be annexed to a city unless it is contiguous to the city at the time the proposal is initiated pursuant to this part. Territory incorporat…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 56741, upon approval of the commission a city may annex noncontiguous territory not exceeding 300 acres if the territory meets all of the following requirements: (1) It is located in the same county as that in which the city is situated. (2) It is owne…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 56741, upon approval of the commission any city may annex noncontiguous territory which constitutes a state correctional facility or a state correctional training facility. If, after the completion of the annexation, the State of California sells that …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 56741, upon approval of the commission a city may annex noncontiguous territory not exceeding 3,100 acres in area, which is located in the same county as that in which the city is situated, and which is owned by the city and is being used for municipal…

Unless otherwise determined by the commission pursuant to subdivision (m) of Section 56375, territory shall not be incorporated into, or annexed to, a city pursuant to this division if, as a result of that incorporation or annexation, unincorporated territory is completely surrou…

(a) As used in this section: (1) “Affected territory” means the main campus of the University of California, Merced and a road strip proposed for annexation to the City of Merced. (2) “Main campus of the University of California, Merced” means the area within the boundaries of th…

(a) The commission shall not approve or conditionally approve a change of organization or reorganization that would result in the annexation to a city of territory that is within a farmland security zone created pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 51296) of Chapter 7 o…

Notwithstanding Sections 56300 and 56301, the commission shall not disapprove a change of organization or reorganization where the reason for disapproval is that the farmland security zone is excluded from the affected territory.

(a) Upon receipt by the commission of a proposed change of organization or reorganization, except a special reorganization, that includes the detachment of territory from any city, the executive officer shall place the proposal on the agenda for the next commission meeting for in…

If the proposal would result in the annexation to a city of land that is subject to a contract executed pursuant to the Williamson Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Division 1), then the resolution shall state whether the city shall succeed to the contract pursuan…

The executive officer shall give mailed notice of any hearing by the commission, as provided in Sections 56155 to 56157, inclusive, by mailing notice of the hearing to the Director of Conservation if the proposal would result in the annexation to a city of land that is subject to…

Within 10 days after receiving a proposal that would result in the annexation to a city of land that is subject to a contract executed pursuant to the Williamson Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Division 1), the executive officer shall notify the Director of Cons…

If a change of organization or reorganization would result in the annexation to a city of land that is subject to a contract executed pursuant to the Williamson Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Division 1), the commission, based on substantial evidence in the rec…

Prior to submitting a resolution of application for the annexation of territory described in Section 56375.3 to the commission, the legislative body adopting the resolution shall conduct a public hearing on the resolution. Notice of the hearing shall be published pursuant to Sect…

The clerk of the legislative body adopting a resolution of application shall file a certified copy of that resolution with the executive officer.

(a) The commission shall not review an annexation or a reorganization proposal that includes an annexation to any city in Santa Clara County of unincorporated territory that is within the urban service area of the city if the annexation or reorganization proposal is initiated by …

In any order approving a proposal subject to an election for an annexation or a reorganization that includes annexation of inhabited territory to a city when the assessed value of land within that territory proposed to be annexed equals one-half, or more, of that within the city,…

A petition for the incorporation of a city shall be signed by either of the following: (a) Not less than 25 percent of the registered voters residing in the area to be incorporated, as determined by the commission pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 56375. (b) Not less than 25…

A petition for the disincorporation of a city shall be signed by not less than 25 percent of the registered voters residing in the city proposed to be disincorporated as shown on the county register of voters.

A petition for the consolidation of two or more cities shall be signed by not less than 5 percent of the registered voters of each affected city as shown on the county register of voters.