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CA Govt Code § 8760 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 9.5 - California Poet Laureate|Section 8760.

8760.  (a) The position of California Poet Laureate is hereby established.(b) The California Poet Laureate shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate from a list of three nominees provided by the Arts Council garnered through the following process:(1) The council shall establish a panel of three literary experts, which may include any of the following:(A) Literature professors and teachers, including professional poets teaching in such programs as California Poets in the Schools and other arts in schools programs.(B) Public and private arts organizations that have a significant literary component.(C) Professional poets.(D) Boards and directors of literary organizations.(E) Literary critics.(F) Others deemed by the director to have expertise in contemporary American poetry.(2) (A) The panel shall solicit nominations from a broad array of literary sources and individuals, including, but not limited to, all of the following:(i) University and college literature departments.(ii) Literary organizations, societies, and centers.(iii) Poetry book publishers and poetry editors.(iv) Directors of poetry reading series.(v) Independent book sellers specializing in poetry.(B) The panel shall make every effort to ensure that information regarding the solicitation of nominations is broadly distributed.(3) The council may establish other rules and regulations regarding the nomination process and expend funds for those purposes.(c) Each nominee for California Poet Laureate submitted by the Arts Council to the Governor shall have resided in California for at least 10 years, have a significant body of published work, and be widely considered to be a poet of stature.(d) A poet laureate appointed pursuant to this section shall serve for a term of two years, and may not serve more than two terms.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 206, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Govt Code § 8761 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 9.5 - California Poet Laureate|Section 8761.

8761.  The Arts Council may establish an appropriate stipend for the California Poet Laureate and shall provide for the payment of the poet laureate’s expenses incurred in fulfilling his or her responsibilities as set forth in this chapter and as established by the council. Additionally, the council may make available other funds for activities that the council and the California Poet Laureate mutually agree to undertake, including, but not limited to, the lease of facilities for readings and the acquiring of insurance therefor, and other similar activities.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 206, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Govt Code § 8762 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 9.5 - California Poet Laureate|Section 8762.

8762.  The California Poet Laureate shall, as a condition of the appointment, assume the following minimum responsibilities:(a) Provide a minimum of six public readings during his or her two-year term endeavoring to ensure that people in all geographic regions of the state have reasonable access to at least one reading during the course of the term.(b) Undertake a specific project that shall last through the term, agreed to by the California Poet Laureate and the council, but whose goal will be to bring the poetic arts to Californians and to California students who might otherwise have little opportunity to be exposed to poetry. The California Poet Laureate may, and is encouraged to, coordinate his or her project with any similar project being undertaken by the current United States’ Poet Laureate.(c) Any other reasonable activities as agreed to mutually by the California Poet Laureate and the council.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 206, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Govt Code § 8763 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 9.5 - California Poet Laureate|Section 8763.

8763.  The Arts Council shall, commencing in 2010 and every 10 years thereafter, and with the agreement of the past California Poets Laureate and their representatives, publish or cause to be published an anthology featuring examples of the work of the poets laureate of the past decade.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 206, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Govt Code § 8765 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 9.5 - California Poet Laureate|Section 8765.

8765.  The council may solicit and receive gifts, donations, bequests, grants of funds, or any other revenues, from public or private sources, and expend those moneys to increase the stipend of the California Poet Laureate and for any other purpose it deems necessary to implement this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 206, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Govt Code § 8847 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 11 - The Public Works Project Peer Review Act of 2013|Section 8847.

8847.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Public Works Project Peer Review Act of 2013. (Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 252, Sec. 1. (SB 425) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Govt Code § 8847.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 11 - The Public Works Project Peer Review Act of 2013|Section 8847.1.

8847.1.  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless expressly stated otherwise: (a) “Administering agency” means a public agency principally tasked with administering, planning, developing, and operating a public works project.(b) “Peer review group” means a group of persons qualified by training and experience in particular scientific or technical fields related to the public works project under review, who give expert advice on the scientific and technical aspects of the public works project.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 252, Sec. 1. (SB 425) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Govt Code § 8848 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 11 - The Public Works Project Peer Review Act of 2013|Section 8848.

8848.  (a) An administering agency may establish a peer review group. (b) If an administering agency establishes a peer review group, the administering agency shall do all of the following:(1) Before establishing a peer review group, develop a transparent process for selecting members of the group.(2) Draft a charter. The charter also shall be posted on the administering agency’s Internet Web site as a public document and shall contain all of the following information: (A) The group’s official name or designation. (B) The group’s objective and the scope of its activities. (C) A statement of the expertise and balance of interests required of the group membership to perform its charge. (D) The name of the administering agency and official to whom the group reports. (E) A description of the duties for which the group is responsible. (F) The estimated number and frequency of group meetings. (G) The estimated annual operating costs for the group. (H) A statement that authorizes a peer reviewer to conduct his or her duties under the charter impartially, without restriction or limitation, and in a manner the peer reviewer believes is necessary to appropriately review a proposed project.(I) A statement that declares whether the members of the peer review group have signed a conflict of interest disclosure form that would identify real or perceived conflicts between a peer reviewer and the specified public works project.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 252, Sec. 1. (SB 425) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Govt Code § 8856 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 11.5 - California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission|Section 8856.

8856.  In carrying out the purposes of this chapter, the commission may charge fees to the lead underwriter, the purchaser, or the lender in an amount equal to one-fortieth of 1 percent of the principal amount of the issue, but not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for any one issue. Amounts received under this section shall be deposited in the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. All money in the fund shall be available, when appropriated, for expenses of the commission and the Treasurer.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 181, Sec. 2. (AB 2274) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Govt Code § 8857 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 11.5 - California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission|Section 8857.

8857.  The chairperson of the commission, on its behalf, may employ an executive director and other persons necessary to perform the duties imposed upon it by this chapter. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the commission and shall receive compensation as fixed by the commission. The commission may delegate to the executive director the authority to enter contracts on behalf of the commission.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 833, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Govt Code § 8859 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 11.5 - California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission|Section 8859.

8859.  The commission may, upon request, advise local agencies regarding the formation of local bond pooling authorities pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1, and may advise the authorities regarding the planning, preparing, insuring, marketing, and selling of bonds as authorized by that article.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 868, Sec. 7. Effective September 23, 1985.)
CA Govt Code § 8869.80 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee|Section 8869.80.

8869.80.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) The Tax Reform Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-514) establishes a volume ceiling on the aggregate amount of private activity bonds that can be issued in each state. The volume ceiling is the product of seventy-five dollars ($75) multiplied by the state population in 1987 and fifty dollars ($50) multiplied by the state population in each succeeding calendar year.(b) Sections 1112 and 1401 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (26 U.S.C. Secs. 54a and 1400U-1) establish an aggregate amount of bond authority that can be issued in each state. Said amount may be determined from time to time by federal law, federal notice, or both federal law and notice.(c) The federal act requires each state to allocate its volume ceiling according to a specified formula unless a different procedure is established by Governor’s proclamation or state legislation.(d) Therefore, it is necessary to designate a state agency and create an allocation system to administer the state volume ceiling.(e) A substantial public benefit is served by promoting housing for lower income families and individuals.(f) A substantial public benefit is served by preserving and rehabilitating existing governmental assisted housing for lower income families and individuals.(g) A substantial public benefit is served by providing federal tax credits or reduced interest rate mortgages to assist teachers, principals, vice principals, assistant principals, and classified employees who are willing to serve in high priority schools to purchase a home.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 344, Sec. 1. (AB 447) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Govt Code § 8869.81 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee|Section 8869.81.

8869.81.  This chapter is enacted to implement the state volume limit established in Section 1301 of the Federal Tax Reform Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-514), Sections 1112 and 1401 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (26 U.S.C. Secs. 54a and 1400U-1), and Sections 142(k) and 146 of the Internal Revenue Code.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. (AB 1195) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Govt Code § 8869.83 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee|Section 8869.83.

8869.83.  (a) There is in state government the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, consisting of six members as follows:(1) The Treasurer, or his or her designee.(2) The Controller, or his or her designee.(3) The Governor, or his or her designee.(4) The Director of Housing and Community Development, who shall be a nonvoting member.(5) The Executive Director of the California Housing Finance Agency, who shall be a nonvoting member.(6) A representative from local government who shall be a nonvoting member, selected by two voting members of the committee.(b) The Treasurer shall serve as chairperson of the committee and the office of the Treasurer shall provide an executive director and any administrative assistance and support staff that is needed for the committee to operate. The chairperson shall keep, or cause to be kept, minutes and other records and documents of the committee. The committee may, by resolution, delegate to one or more of its members, its executive director, or any other official or employee of the committee any powers and duties that it may deem proper, including, but not limited to, the power to enter into contracts on behalf of the committee.(c) Members of the committee shall serve without compensation.(d) Two voting members of the committee shall constitute a quorum. The affirmative vote of two voting members of the committee shall be necessary for any action taken by the committee. However, the committee may, by unanimous vote, delegate to its chairperson the authority to carry out any acts empowered to it under this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 211, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Govt Code § 8869.85 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee|Section 8869.85.

8869.85.  (a) Each state agency shall apply to the committee for allocation of a portion of the state ceiling, supplying any information which the committee may require. The application may be for a specific project, or it may be for a designated dollar amount, to be utilized for projects or programs at the discretion of the state agency. No private activity bonds issued by any state agency shall be deemed to receive the benefit of any portion of the state ceiling unless the committee has allocated or permitted the transfer of a portion of the state ceiling to the state agency. The allocation may be on any terms and conditions as the committee may determine.(b) Any local agency may apply to the committee for an allocation of a portion of the state ceiling, supplying any information which the committee may require. Applications from local agencies may only be for specific projects or programs. No private activity bond issued by a local agency shall be deemed to receive the benefit of any portion of the state ceiling unless the committee has allocated or permitted the transfer of a portion of the state ceiling to the local agency. The allocation may be upon any terms and conditions as the committee may determine.(c) Any allocation made pursuant to this section shall be irrevocable upon issuance of bonds pursuant thereto at least to the extent of the amount of the bonds so issued. No allocation shall permit the state agency or local agency which receives it to use all or any portion of the allocation for a carryforward pursuant to Section 146(f) or Section 142(k)(5)(B)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code, unless the committee expressly allows use of the allocation for a carryforward.(d) No allocation made to a state agency or a local agency pursuant to this section may be transferred by the initial recipient thereof to any other state agency or local agency unless the committee expressly permits the transfer. With the committee’s permission, any state or local agency may, by resolution, transfer to any other local agency or to any state agency or back to the committee all or any portion of the agency’s private activity bond limit. Any such transfer shall be made in writing and may be general or limited and subject to any terms and conditions as may be set forth in the resolution or under the committee’s permission, as long as the transfer is irrevocable upon issuance of bonds pursuant to the transfer, at least to the extent of the amount of the bonds so issued. Each transferee shall maintain a written record of the transfer in its records for at least the term of all private activity bonds issued pursuant to the transfer. No transfer may be made pursuant to this section in return for any payment of cash, property, or other marketable thing of value.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 277, Sec. 4. (AB 1195) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Govt Code § 8869.86 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee|Section 8869.86.

8869.86.  (a) Subject to any limitations on transferred private activity bond limit as may be provided in subdivision (d) of Section 8869.85, any state agency or local agency may utilize its private activity bond limit for any of the following:(1) The issuance of private activity bonds.(2) If permitted by the committee, to make a carryforward election pursuant to Section 142(k) or Section 146(f) of the Internal Revenue Code.(3) If permitted by the committee, to make a transfer to any state agency, local agency, or the committee.(b) Prior to issuing any private activity bonds, the issuer shall, in the bond resolution or other similar action giving approval for the issuance of bonds, specifically designate to the bond issue a portion of the private activity bond limit available or expected to be available to that issuer. The designation shall be irrevocable upon the issuance of the bonds to the extent of the amount thereof.(c) Each state agency and local agency shall notify the committee in writing, as directed by the committee, after any of the following:(1) The issuance of any private activity bonds.(2) Any action taken pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 8869.85 to transfer any portion of its private activity bond limit.(3) Any election to treat all or any portion of the state agency’s or local agency’s private activity bond limit as a carryforward pursuant to Section 142(k) or Section 146(f) of the Internal Revenue Code. The committee shall keep the notices in its records for a period no less than the term of all private activity bonds issued as described in the notices.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 277, Sec. 5. (AB 1195) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Govt Code § 8869.87 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee|Section 8869.87.

8869.87.  The committee may request local agencies and state agencies to provide the committee with information pertaining to the amount and purpose of anticipated future private activity bond issues, or any other information which may be useful to the committee in performing its duties and responsibilities under this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 943, Sec. 2.5.)
CA Govt Code § 8869.88 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee|Section 8869.88.

8869.88.  The committee may transfer any private activity bond limit directly to any joint powers authority created pursuant to Chapter 5(commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1. This section is specifically intended to be an expressed statement of an alternative allocation as provided in Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.103(n)-3T, A-14 and A-15, to the extent the regulations, or any successor thereto or similar regulations, are applicable to private activity bonds.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 943, Sec. 2.5.)
CA Govt Code § 8869.89 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee|Section 8869.89.

8869.89.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the committee may, upon any terms and conditions as it determines, authorize the use of a portion of the state ceiling, as contemplated by Section 146(n) of the Internal Revenue Code, in connection with the issuance by any state agency or local agency or mortgage credit certificates under a Qualified Mortgage Credit Certificate Program, as those terms are defined in Section 25(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 943, Sec. 2.5.)
CA Govt Code § 8869.90 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee|Section 8869.90.

8869.90.  (a) The committee may charge fees to the lead underwriter, the bond purchaser, or the bond issuer to cover the committee’s costs in carrying out the duties and responsibilities set out in this chapter. Any fees received shall be deposited in the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee Fund, which is hereby created. All money in the fund shall be available, when appropriated, for expenses of the committee and the Treasurer.(b) Until the time that fees are received by the committee and appropriated pursuant to this chapter for the expenses of the committee, the committee may borrow any money as may be required for the purpose of meeting necessary expenses of initial organization and operation of the committee.(c) Any moneys received by the committee from fees or deposits beginning in fiscal year 1987–88, shall also be deposited into the fund.(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 77, Sec. 1. Effective April 14, 1988.)
CA Govt Code § 8869.91 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee|Section 8869.91.

8869.91.  This chapter is intended to provide a full, fair, flexible, and workable means of utilizing the state ceiling available under the Internal Revenue Code, and it shall be liberally construed and implemented to achieve those purposes.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 943, Sec. 2.5.)
CA Govt Code § 8869.92 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee|Section 8869.92.

8869.92.  To the extent that any provision of this chapter is held to be inconsistent with or repugnant to the federal law, the provision shall be given effect in accordance with its terms to the greatest extent possible and consistent with federal law and an inconsistency shall have no effect on the remaining provisions of the chapter.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 943, Sec. 2.5.)