Cal. FIN § 809 — California Code / Code fin / Division 1 / Chapter 10 / Section 809
Section 809
Status: in_force

(a) Any of the following subject to the conditions set forth in subdivision (b) to (d), inclusive.

(1) Bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of, or which are unconditionally guaranteed by the Dominion of Canada, the State of Israel, the United States of Mexico, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any state of the United States other than California, for the payment of both principal and interest of which in United States dollars, the faith and credit of the entity is pledged.

(2) Limited obligations of any state of the United States, other than California, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, payable only from special taxes that are pledged to the payment of principal and interest of the limited obligations.

(3) Bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of any city, county, political subdivision, public corporation, or district (herein referred to generally as public corporations) of any state of the United States, other than California, or of the Dominion of Canada, or of the State of Israel, or of the United States of Mexico or of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, having the power without limit as to rate or amount to levy taxes to pay the principal and interest of the bonds upon all property within its boundaries subject to taxation by the public corporation.

(b) In the case of bonds constituting general obligations of any such state, commonwealth, dominion, or country, such state, commonwealth, dominion, or country has not within 10 years prior to the investment defaulted for a period of more than 90 days in the payment of any part of either principal or interest of any of its debts.

(c) In the case of limited obligations of any state, or commonwealth, all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The state or commonwealth has not, within 10 years prior to the date of the investment, defaulted for a period of more than 90 days in the payment of either principal or interest of any of its debts.

(2) The special taxes pledged for the payment of the limited obligations shall have been collected for five years and shall have averaged at least one and one-half times the debt service requirements, including those for principal, interest, and sinking fund, on all special obligations existing at the time.

(3) The special taxes for each of the five fiscal years shall have equaled at least the amount of all the debt service requirements on the special obligations.

(d) In the case of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of any public corporation of any state other than California, or of any commonwealth, all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The public corporation has had a corporate existence or been otherwise established and functioning for at least 10 years prior to the time of the investment.

(2) The public corporation has a population of at least 50,000 inhabitants according to the last federal or state census.

(3) The public corporation for a period of at least 10 years prior to the investment has not defaulted in the payment of any part of the principal or interest of any of its debts for a period of more than 90 days.

(4) The net direct debt together with the net overlapping debt of the public corporation does not exceed 10 percent of the assessed valuation of the property subject to taxation by the public corporation according to the last official equalized assessment roll or list upon the basis of which taxes for debt service are based.