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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Claims and Judgments Against the State › Section 965.65.

965.65. (a) If a request is made for certification of availability of funds, approval of a settlement, or inclusion of a claim in a claims bill pursuant to Section 948, 965, or 965.2 for a claim in excess of thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) against the state which arose from the activities of any state agency or employee, the agency shall report to the Director of Finance concerning any action it has taken or proposes to take to prevent the future occurrence of circumstances similar to those upon which the claim was based, including any imposition of disciplinary action.
(b) This section does not apply to a judicial branch entity, as defined in Sections 900.3 and 940.3, or claims arising out of the activities of a judicial branch entity or a judge or employee thereof. However, in the case of the categories of claims and settlements described in subdivision (a) arising out of activities of a judicial branch entity or a judge, court executive officer, or employee thereof, the Administrative Director of the Courts shall report to the Judicial Council concerning any action the Administrative Office of the Courts has taken or proposes to take to prevent the future occurrence of circumstances similar to those upon which the claim was based, including any imposition of disciplinary action.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1007, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Claims and Judgments Against the State › Section 965.7.

965.7. (a) A writ of mandate is an appropriate remedy to compel the state, or an officer or employee of the state, to perform any act required by this chapter.
(b) Nothing in this division affects the discretion of the Legislature in determining whether or not to:
(1) Make an appropriation for the payment of a claim, compromise, settlement, or judgment or to provide an offset for a claim, compromise, settlement, or judgment.
(2) Authorize such a payment or offset.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 215.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Claims and Judgments Against the State › Section 965.8.

965.8. Where any provision of this division requires a certificate of the Director of Finance or the Director of Transportation that a sufficient appropriation exists for the payment of a claim, settlement, compromise, or judgment or requires a certificate of the Director of Finance or the Director of Transportation that a sufficient appropriation exists to provide for an offset, a writ of mandate is an appropriate remedy to compel the Director of Finance or the Director of Transportation to so certify if a sufficient appropriation in fact exists for that purpose.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 778, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 1 - Payment of Claims and Judgments Against the State › Section 965.9.

965.9. This chapter does not apply to claims, settlements, and judgments against the Regents of the University of California.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 215.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 970.

970. As used in this article:
(a) “Fiscal year” means a year beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30 unless the local public entity has adopted a different fiscal year as authorized by law, in which case “fiscal year” means the fiscal year adopted by such local public entity.
(b) “Judgment” means a final judgment for the payment of money rendered against a local public entity.
(c) “Local public entity” includes a county, city, district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public corporation in the state, but does not include the Regents of the University of California and does not include the state or any office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, commission or agency of the state claims against which are paid by warrants drawn by the Controller.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 215.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 970.1.

970.1. (a) A judgment is enforceable until 10 years after the time the judgment becomes final or, if the judgment is payable in installments, until 10 years after the final installment becomes due.
(b) A judgment, whether or not final, is not enforceable under Title 9 (commencing with Section 680.010) of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure but is enforceable under this article after it becomes final.
(c) Unless another statute provides a different interest rate, interest on a tax or fee judgment against a local public entity shall accrue at a rate equal to the weekly average one year constant maturity United States Treasury yield at the time of the judgment plus 2 percent, but shall not exceed 7 percent per annum.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 424, Sec. 3. (AB 748) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 970.2.

970.2. A local public entity shall pay any judgment in the manner provided in this article. A writ of mandate is an appropriate remedy to compel a local public entity to perform any act required by this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 285.)
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970.4. Except as provided in Section 970.6, the governing body of a local public entity shall pay, to the extent funds are available in the fiscal year in which it becomes final, any judgment, with interest thereon, out of any funds to the credit of the local public entity that are:
(a) Unappropriated for any other purpose unless the use of such funds is restricted by law or contract to other purposes; or
(b) Appropriated for the current fiscal year for the payment of judgments and not previously encumbered.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 215.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 970.5.

970.5. Except as provided in Section 970.6, if a local public entity does not pay a judgment, with interest thereon, during the fiscal year in which it becomes final, the governing body shall pay the judgment, with interest thereon, during the ensuing fiscal year immediately upon the obtaining of sufficient funds for that purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 215.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 970.6.

970.6. (a) The court which enters the judgment shall order that the governing body pay the judgment, with interest thereon, in not exceeding 10 equal annual installments if both of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The governing body of the local public entity has adopted an ordinance or resolution finding that an unreasonable hardship will result unless the judgment is paid in installments.
(2) The court, after hearing, has found that payment of the judgment in installments as ordered by the court is necessary to avoid an unreasonable hardship.
(b) Each installment payment shall be of an equal amount, consisting of a portion of the principal of the judgment and the unpaid interest on the judgment to the date of the payment. The local public entity, in its discretion, may prepay any one or more installments or any part of an installment.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 215.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 970.8.

970.8. (a) Each local public entity shall in each fiscal year include in its budget a provision to provide funds in an amount sufficient to pay all judgments in accordance with this article.
(b) If all or any portion of the revenue used for the maintenance and operation of a local public entity (other than an entity created by an agreement described in Section 895) liable for a judgment is derived from appropriations of another local public entity, such other local public entity shall in each fiscal year appropriate funds equal to its pro rata share of an amount sufficient to permit the local public entity liable for the judgment to pay the judgment in accordance with this article. Such amount shall be paid to the local public entity liable for the judgment and shall be used by such entity to satisfy the judgment. The pro rata share of such other local public entity for each judgment is an amount bearing the same proportion to the total amount of the judgment as the revenue derived from such other local public entity for maintenance and operation during the fiscal year in which the cause of action on such judgment accrued bears to the total revenues used for maintenance and operation during such fiscal year of the local public entity liable for the judgment. For this purpose, such other local public entity shall include in its budget a provision to provide funds sufficient in amount to make the appropriation and payment required by this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 215.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 971.

971. (a) As used in this section:
(1) “Judgment resulting from a discretionary act” means a judgment arising from a liability which the local public entity has discretion to incur or not to incur and includes a judgment rendered in an eminent domain proceeding and a judgment requiring specific performance of a contractual obligation or awarding damages for failure to perform a contractual obligation.
(2) “Judgment resulting from a nondiscretionary act” means a judgment other than one described in paragraph (1) and includes a judgment founded upon tort or inverse condemnation liability.
(b) Any limitation on the amount of taxes, assessments or rates and charges that may be levied or collected by a local public entity, and any limitation on the amount of appropriations and payments that may be made by a local public entity, and any limitation on the amount of liability or indebtedness that may be incurred by a local public entity, contained in any other statute or in any charter or ordinance:
(1) Applies to the taxes, assessments, rates and charges or appropriations levied, collected or made to pay pursuant to this article a judgment resulting from a discretionary act.
(2) Does not apply to the taxes, assessments, rates and charges or appropriations levied, collected or made to pay pursuant to this article a judgment resulting from a nondiscretionary act.
(c) For the purposes of Section 2271 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, taxes levied to pay pursuant to this article a judgment resulting from a nondiscretionary act are levied to pay costs mandated by the courts.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 215.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 971.2.

971.2. (a) All judgments for which a local public entity is liable are legal investments for all trust funds, and for the funds of all insurance companies, banks (both commercial and savings) and trust companies, and for every other local public entity within this state, to the same extent as bonds of the local public entity liable for the judgment.
(b) Whenever any money or funds may by law be invested in or loaned upon the security of bonds of a local public entity, such money or funds may be invested in or loaned upon the security of a judgment for which such local public entity is liable; and whenever bonds of a local public entity may be used as security for the faithful performance or execution of any court or private trust or of any other act, a judgment for which such local public entity is liable may be so used.
(c) All judgments for which a local public entity is liable, to the same extent as bonds of such local public entity, are legal for use by any state or national bank or banks in the state as security for the deposit of funds of any local public entity within this state.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 285.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 975.

975. As used in this article:
(a) “Board” means the governing body of a local taxing entity.
(b) “Local taxing entity” means a local public entity that has the power to levy ad valorem taxes, or ad valorem assessments, upon property within the territory of the entity.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 975.2.

975.2. Whenever the board deems it necessary for the local taxing entity to incur a bonded indebtedness to fund all or any portion of an outstanding judgment against the entity, it shall by resolution state:
(a) The necessity for the indebtedness.
(b) The purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred.
(c) The amount of the proposed debt.
(d) The time and place for a hearing by the board on the question whether the local taxing entity should incur a bonded indebtedness to fund all or any portion of an outstanding judgment against the entity.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 975.4.

975.4. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication of a copy of the resolution pursuant to Section 6066 in a newspaper of general circulation circulated within the local taxing entity. If there is no such newspaper, the resolution shall be posted in three public places in the local taxing entity for two succeeding weeks. No other notice of the hearing need be given.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 975.6.

975.6. The copy of the resolution published or posted shall be accompanied by a notice subscribed by the clerk or secretary of the local taxing entity that:
(a) The hearing referred to in the resolution will be had at the time and place specified in the resolution.
(b) At that time and place, any person interested, including persons owning property within the local taxing entity, will be heard upon the question stated in the resolution.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 975.8.

975.8. At the time and place fixed for the hearing on the resolution or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall proceed with the hearing. Any person interested, including persons owning property within the local taxing entity, may appear and present any matters material to the question set forth in the resolution. Thereafter, the board shall determine whether it is necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness. The board’s determination on the question of necessity is conclusive.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 976.

976. After the board has made its determination pursuant to Section 975.8, if it deems it necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness, it shall by resolution state:
(a) That it deems it necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness.
(b) The purpose for which the bonded indebtedness will be incurred.
(c) The amount of the debt to be incurred, which amount may include legal and other fees and costs incidental to or connected with the authorization, issuance and sale of the bonds, including but not limited to the costs of printing the bonds.
(d) The maximum term the bonds to be issued shall run before maturity, which term shall not exceed 40 years.
(e) The annual rate of interest to be paid, which rate shall not exceed 7 percent, payable annually or semiannually, or in part annually and in part semiannually.
(f) The proposition to be submitted to the voters.
(g) The date of the special election of the local taxing entity (which may be consolidated with any other election of the local taxing entity) at which such proposition shall be submitted to the voters; the manner of holding the election and the procedure for voting for or against the proposition.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 976.2.

976.2. The resolution made pursuant to Section 976 shall constitute the notice of such election and such resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 in a newspaper of general circulation circulated within the local taxing entity. If there is no such newspaper, the resolution shall be posted in three public places in the local taxing entity for two succeeding weeks. No other notice of the election need be given.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 976.4.

976.4. The board shall provide for holding the election in the same manner as provided by law in respect to general elections of the local taxing entity so far as applicable, except as otherwise provided in this article.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 976.6.

976.6. Every elector authorized to vote in general elections of the local taxing entity may vote on the proposition to authorize the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 976.8.

976.8. If two-thirds or more of the votes cast upon the proposition at the election are in favor of incurring the bonded indebtedness, the board may issue the bonds at the time or times it deems proper.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 977.

977. The board shall prescribe the form of the bonds. The bonds may be issued in denominations not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) and not less than one hundred dollars ($100). The board shall fix, and designate in the bonds, a time and place for payment of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 977.2.

977.2. The board may provide for the redemption of bonds issued under this article before maturity at prices determined by it. A bond shall not be subject to call or redemption prior to maturity unless it contains a recital to that effect. Notice of redemption shall be published at such time and in such manner as the board may provide in the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 977.4.

977.4. The bonds shall be signed by the presiding officer of the board and countersigned by the clerk or secretary of the local taxing entity, and the coupons shall be signed by the clerk or secretary. All signatures except that of the clerk or secretary on the bonds may be printed, lithographed or engraved. If any officer whose signature appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to be such officer before the delivery of the bonds, his signature is as effective as if he had remained in office.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 977.6.

977.6. The local taxing entity may sell the bonds at the times or in the manner the board deems to be to the public interest. The bonds shall be sold on sealed proposals to the highest bidder after advertising for bids by publication of notice of sale pursuant to Section 6061, not less than 10 days prior to the date of sale, in a newspaper of general circulation circulating in the local taxing entity. If there is no such newspaper, the notice of sale shall be posted in three places in the local public entity for two succeeding weeks ending not less than 10 days prior to the date of sale. If satisfactory bids are received, the bonds offered for sale shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder. If no bids are received or if the board determines that the bids received are not satisfactory as to price or responsibility of the bidders, the board may reject all bids received, if any, and either readvertise or sell the bonds at private sale.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 977.8.

977.8. An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 978.

978. Any bonds issued by any local taxing entity under the provisions of this article have the same force, value and use as bonds issued by any municipality and are exempt from all taxation within the State.
Such bonds are legal investments for all trust funds, for the funds of all insurance companies, banks (both commercial and savings) and trust companies, for the state school funds, and for any funds which may be invested in bonds of cities, counties, school districts, or municipalities in the State.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 978.2.

978.2. Bonds issued under this article constitute general obligations of the local taxing entity for the payment of both principal and interest of which all property in the local taxing entity subject to ad valorem taxation by the local taxing entity or subject to ad valorem assessment by the local taxing entity shall be taxed or assessed without limitation of rate or amount.
The board shall, at the time and in the manner provided by law for levying taxes or assessments, fix an ad valorem rate of tax or assessment sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on all bonds issued under this article as they become due. Such ad valorem taxes or assessments shall be in addition to all other taxes or assessments levied by the local taxing entity, and when collected shall be used for no purpose other than the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of other revenues of the local taxing entity for the payment of principal and interest on bonds issued under this article.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 978.4.

978.4. The proceeds from the sale of bonds issued pursuant to this article shall not be used for any purpose other than the purpose stated in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 978.6.

978.6. The board may by resolution adopted by two-thirds vote of all its members declare that no part of a described bond issue authorized under this article which remains unsold shall be issued or sold. When the resolution takes effect, the bonds described in the resolution which remain unsold are voided.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 5 - PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS › CHAPTER 2 - Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities › ARTICLE 2 - Funding Judgments With Bonds › Section 978.8.

978.8. The authority provided in this article is in addition and supplementary to any other law authorizing public entities to issue bonds to fund an outstanding indebtedness.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 6 - INSURANCE › Section 989.

989. As used in this part, “local public entity” means any public entity except a state agency covered by Section 11007.4 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1682, Sec. 12.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 6 - INSURANCE › Section 990.

990. Except for a liability which may be insured against pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) of the Labor Code, a local public entity may:
(a) Insure itself against all or any part of any tort or inverse condemnation liability.
(b) Insure any employee of the local public entity against all or any part of his liability for injury resulting from an act or omission in the scope of his employment.
(c) Insure, contract or provide against the expense of defending a claim against the local public entity or its employee, whether or not liability exists on such claim, including a claim for damages under Section 3294 of the Civil Code or otherwise for the sake of example or by way of punishment, where such liability arose from an act or omission in the scope of his employment, and an insurance contract for such purpose is valid and binding notwithstanding Section 1668 of the Civil Code, Section 533 of the Insurance Code, or any other provision of law.
(d) A hospital district may participate in a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange with the members of its medical staff as provided in Section 1284 of the Insurance Code.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a local public entity to pay for, or to insure, contract, or provide for payment for, such part of a claim or judgment against an employee of the local entity as is for punitive or exemplary damages.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 904.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 6 - INSURANCE › Section 990.2.

990.2. The Judicial Council may insure any officer or attaché of its superior courts against all or any part of the officer or attaché’s liability for injury resulting from any act or omission in the scope of the officer or attaché’s employment, and also may insure against the expense of defending any claim against the officer or attaché, whether or not liability exists on that claim.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 478, Sec. 25. (AB 1756) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 6 - INSURANCE › Section 990.4.

990.4. The insurance authorized by this part may be provided by:
(a) Self-insurance, which may be, but is not required to be, funded by appropriations to establish or maintain reserves for self-insurance purposes.
(b) Insurance in any insurer authorized to transact such insurance in this state.
(c) Insurance secured in accordance with Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760) of Part 2 of Division 1 of the Insurance Code.
(d) Participation by a hospital district and its medical staff in a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange as provided in Section 1284 of the Insurance Code.
(e) Any combination of insurance authorized by subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d).
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 904.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 6 - INSURANCE › Section 990.6.

990.6. The cost of the insurance authorized by this part is a proper charge against the local public entity.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1682, Sec. 12.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 6 - INSURANCE › Section 990.8.

990.8. (a) Two or more local public entities, or a mutual water company and a public agency, as authorized under subdivision (b) of Section 6525, by a joint powers agreement made pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7, may provide insurance authorized by this part or for any other purpose by any one or more of the methods specified in Section 990.4. Where two or more hospital districts have joined together to pool their self-insurance claims or losses, any nonprofit corporation created pursuant to subdivision (p) of Section 32121 of the Health and Safety Code, and affiliated with a hospital district which is a party to the pool may participate in the pool.
(b) Two or more local public entities having the same governing board, or a mutual water company and a public agency, as authorized under subdivision (b) of Section 6525, may be coinsured under a master policy and the total premium may be prorated among those entities.
(c) The pooling of self-insured claims or losses among entities as authorized in subdivision (a) of Section 990.4 shall not be considered insurance nor be subject to regulation under the Insurance Code.
(d) Any liability or loss under a joint powers agreement for the pooling of self-insured claims or losses authorized by this part and provided pursuant to this section may, notwithstanding Section 620 of the Insurance Code or any other provision of law, be reinsured to the same extent and the same manner as insurance provided by an insurer.
(e) Where a joint powers agreement authorized by this part or authorized pursuant to Section 6516 provides for the pooling of self-insured claims or losses among entities, if any peril insured or covered under contract has existed, and the joint powers authority or other parties to the pool have been liable for any period, however short, the agreement may provide that the party insured or covered under contract is not entitled to the return of premiums, contributions, payments, or advances so far as that particular risk is concerned.
(f) For purposes of this section, “mutual water company” has the same meaning as the term does in Section 14300 of the Corporations Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 250, Sec. 1. (AB 656) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 6 - INSURANCE › Section 990.9.

990.9. Any city, county, city and county, or any other local public entity with authority to provide health care services may provide insurance or provide indemnity through self-insurance for medical or other health-care tort claims against any person who, in good faith and without compensation, renders voluntary care to low-income patients within the scope of his or her practice at a community clinic or free clinic, as those terms are defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1204 of the Health and Safety Code, serving residents within the jurisdiction of the local public entity, and who is licensed under Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of the Business and Professions Code or under an initiative act referred to in those provisions. However, the insurance or indemnity provided pursuant to this section shall not cover liability for which there is other insurance coverage in effect.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 154, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 6 - INSURANCE › Section 991.

991. Where an enactment, other than this part, authorizes or requires a local public entity to insure against its liability or the liability of its employees:
(a) The authority provided by this part to insure does not affect such other enactment.
(b) Such other enactment does not limit or restrict the authority to insure under this part; but, except to the extent authorized by Section 1251 of the Education Code, nothing in this part permits a school district to self-insure in any case where the school district is required to insure.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1682, Sec. 12.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 6 - INSURANCE › Section 991.2.

991.2. Neither the authority provided by this part to insure, nor the exercise of such authority, shall:
(a) Impose any liability upon the local public entity or its employee unless such liability otherwise exists.
(b) Impair any defense the local public entity or its employee otherwise may have.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1682, Sec. 12.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 7 - DEFENSE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › Section 995.

995. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 995.2 and 995.4, upon request of an employee or former employee, a public entity shall provide for the defense of any civil action or proceeding brought against him, in his official or individual capacity or both, on account of an act or omission in the scope of his employment as an employee of the public entity.
For the purposes of this part, a cross-action, counterclaim or cross-complaint against an employee or former employee shall be deemed to be a civil action or proceeding brought against him.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1683, Sec. 16.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 7 - DEFENSE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › Section 995.2.

995.2. (a) A public entity may refuse to provide for the defense of a civil action or proceeding brought against an employee or former employee if the public entity determines any of the following:
(1) The act or omission was not within the scope of his or her employment.
(2) He or she acted or failed to act because of actual fraud, corruption, or actual malice.
(3) The defense of the action or proceeding by the public entity would create a specific conflict of interest between the public entity and the employee or former employee. For the purposes of this section, “specific conflict of interest” means a conflict of interest or an adverse or pecuniary interest, as specified by statute or by a rule or regulation of the public entity.
(b) If an employee or former employee requests in writing that the public entity, through its designated legal counsel, provide for a defense, the public entity shall, within 20 days, inform the employee or former employee whether it will or will not provide a defense, and the reason for the refusal to provide a defense.
(c) If an actual and specific conflict of interest becomes apparent subsequent to the 20-day period following the employee’s written request for defense, nothing herein shall prevent the public entity from refusing to provide further defense to the employee. The public entity shall inform the employee of the reason for the refusal to provide further defense.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1046, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 7 - DEFENSE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › Section 995.3.

995.3. (a) If a state employee provides his or her own defense against an action brought for an alleged violation of Section 8547.3, and if it is established that no violation of Section 8547.3 occurred, the public entity shall reimburse the employee for any costs incurred in the defense.
(b) A public entity which does provide for the defense of a state employee charged with a violation of Section 8547.3 shall reserve all rights to be reimbursed for any costs incurred in that defense. If a state employee is found to have violated Section 8547.3, he or she is liable for all defense costs and shall reimburse the public entity for those costs.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 277, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 7 - DEFENSE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › Section 995.4.

995.4. A public entity may, but is not required to, provide for the defense of:
(a) An action or proceeding brought by the public entity to remove, suspend or otherwise penalize its own employee or former employee, or an appeal to a court from an administrative proceeding by the public entity to remove, suspend or otherwise penalize its own employee or former employee.
(b) An action or proceeding brought by the public entity against its own employee or former employee as an individual and not in his official capacity, or an appeal therefrom.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1683, Sec. 16.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 7 - DEFENSE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › Section 995.6.

995.6. A public entity is not required to provide for the defense of an administrative proceeding brought against an employee or former employee, but a public entity may provide for the defense of an administrative proceeding brought against an employee or former employee if:
(a) The administrative proceeding is brought on account of an act or omission in the scope of his employment as an employee of the public entity; and
(b) The public entity determines that such defense would be in the best interests of the public entity and that the employee or former employee acted, or failed to act, in good faith, without actual malice and in the apparent interests of the public entity.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1683, Sec. 16.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 7 - DEFENSE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › Section 995.8.

995.8. A public entity is not required to provide for the defense of a criminal action or proceeding (including a proceeding to remove an officer under Sections 3060 to 3073, inclusive, of the Government Code) brought against an employee or former employee, but a public entity may provide for the defense of a criminal action or proceeding (including a proceeding to remove an officer under Sections 3060 to 3073, inclusive, of the Government Code) brought against an employee or former employee if:
(a) The criminal action or proceeding is brought on account of an act or omission in the scope of his employment as an employee of the public entity; and
(b) The public entity determines that such defense would be in the best interests of the public entity and that the employee or former employee acted, or failed to act, in good faith, without actual malice and in the apparent interests of the public entity.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1683, Sec. 16.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 7 - DEFENSE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › Section 995.9.

995.9. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon a request made in writing to a public entity, the public entity may defend or indemnify or defend and indemnify any witness who has testified on behalf of the public entity in any criminal, civil, or administrative action. The decision of the public entity to defend or indemnify or defend and indemnify such a witness shall rest within the sound discretion of the public entity and may be based on any relevant factors, including, but not limited to, whether the provision of defense or indemnity would serve the public interest. The public entity may defend or indemnify or defend and indemnify the witness only if it is determined by the public entity that the action being brought against the witness is based directly upon the conduct which the public entity requested of the witness related to the witness’ testimony or provision of evidence. The public entity has the discretion to provide a defense alone apart from indemnity, and the public entity may offer to defend or indemnify or defend and indemnify while reserving all rights to subsequently withdraw these offers upon reasonable notice.
Neither defense nor indemnification shall be provided if the testimony giving rise to the action against the witness was false in any material respect, or was otherwise not given by the witness with a good faith belief in its truth; nor shall representation or indemnification under this section be offered or promised unless the action has been commenced and the witness has requested the public entity to act for the witness’ benefit under this section. The public entity shall not be liable for indemnification of a defendant witness for punitive damages awarded to the plaintiff in such an action. If the plaintiff prevails in a claim for punitive damages in an action defended at the expense of the public entity, the defendant shall be liable to the public entity for the full costs incurred by the public entity in providing representation to the defendant witness.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 799, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › PART 7 - DEFENSE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES › Section 996.

996. A public entity may provide for a defense pursuant to this part by its own attorney or by employing other counsel for this purpose or by purchasing insurance which requires that the insurer provide the defense. All of the expenses of providing a defense pursuant to this part are proper charges against a public entity. A public entity has no right to recover such expenses from the employee or former employee defended.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1683, Sec. 16.)