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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6520.1.

6520.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the Board of Supervisors of Siskiyou County and the city councils of the cities within Siskiyou County may create, by joint powers agreement, the Collier Interpretive and Information Center Agency to construct, improve, finance, lease, maintain, and operate the Randolph E. Collier Safety Roadside Rest Area as an information and safety rest facility and to expand the use of the site into a cultural, tourist, river fisheries, water, natural resource, and aquatic habitat interpretive center.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6522.

6522. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any state department or agency entering into a joint powers agreement with a federal, county, or city government or agency or public district in order to create a joint powers agency, shall ensure that the participation goals specified in Section 16850 and Section 10115 of the Public Contract Code and in Article 6 (commencing with Section 999) of Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code become a part of the agreement, and shall apply to contracts executed by the joint powers agency.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1214, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6523.

6523. (a) The West Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, a joint powers entity that is created pursuant to an agreement entered into, in accordance with this article, by the City of West Sacramento, Reclamation District No. 537, and Reclamation District No. 900 is granted the authority to accomplish the purposes and projects necessary to achieve and maintain at least a 200-year level of flood protection, and may exercise the authority granted to reclamation districts under Part 7 (commencing with Section 51200) and Part 8 (commencing with Section 52100) of Division 15 of the Water Code for the purposes of Sections 12670.2, 12670.3, and 12670.4 of the Water Code.
(b) Prior to January 1, 2009, the agency may create indebtedness and thereafter continue to levy special assessments to repay that indebtedness for the purposes described in subdivision (a), pursuant to any of the following provisions:
(1) The Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Streets and Highways Code).
(2) The Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Division 12 (commencing with Section 1000) of the Streets and Highways Code).
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 553, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6523.4.

6523.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Selma Community Hospital, a private, nonprofit hospital in Fresno County, may enter into a joint powers agreement with one or more of the following public agencies:
(1) The Alta Hospital District.
(2) The Kingsburg Hospital District.
(3) The Sierra-Kings Hospital District.
(b) The joint powers authority created pursuant to subdivision (a) may perform only the following functions:
(1) Engage in joint planning for health care services.
(2) Allocate health care services among the different facilities operated by the hospitals.
(3) Engage in joint purchasing, joint development, and joint ownership of health care delivery and financing programs.
(4) Consolidate or eliminate duplicative administrative, clinical, and medical services.
(5) Engage in joint contracting and negotiations with health plans.
(6) Take cooperative actions in order to provide for the health care needs of the residents of the communities they serve.
(c) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any power to any nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. Nothing in this section shall permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section.
(e) Nothing in this section shall authorize activities that corporations and other artificial legal entities are prohibited from conducting by Section 2400 of the Business and Professions Code.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 55, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6523.5.

6523.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of Contra Costa may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6523.6.

6523.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of Tulare may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500.
(b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any power to any nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. Nothing in this section shall permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6523.7.

6523.7. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of Kings may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500.
(b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any power to any nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. Nothing in this section shall permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6523.8.

6523.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a nonprofit hospital in the County of Tuolumne may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500.
(b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority.
(c) The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any power to any nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. Nothing in this section shall permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 227, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6523.9.

6523.9. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a nonprofit hospital in the County of San Diego may enter into a joint powers agreement with any public agency, as defined in Section 6500.
(b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority.
(c) The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any power to any nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. Nothing in this section shall permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section.
(Added by renumbering Section 6523.75 by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6523.10.

6523.10. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of El Dorado may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500.
(b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes.
(c) This section shall not be construed to grant any power to a nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. This section shall not permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 124, Sec. 1. (AB 545) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6523.11.

6523.11. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of Santa Barbara may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500.
(b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes.
(c) This section shall not be construed to grant any power to a nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. This section shall not permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 706, Sec. 1. (AB 653) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6524.

6524. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit children’s hospital in a county of the third class may enter into a joint powers agreement with any public agency, as defined in Section 6500.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 212, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6525.

6525. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a mutual water company may enter into a joint powers agreement with any public agency for the purpose of jointly exercising any power common to the contracting parties.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a mutual water company and a public agency may enter into a joint powers agreement for the purpose of risk-pooling in accordance with Section 990.8, provided that the agreement shall ensure that no participating public agency becomes responsible for the underlying debts or liabilities of the joint powers agency, and shall indemnify any participating public agency against those debts and liabilities.
(2) A joint powers agency established pursuant to this subdivision shall solely utilize any revenues it generates through the insurance provided to its members under this section for its necessary operating expenses, and to provide technical support, continuing education, safety engineering, operational and managerial advisory assistance to its members for the purpose of reducing risk liabilities and furthering the technical managerial and financial capacity of those members.
(c) 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. 2. (AB 656) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6526.

6526. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any public agency that is a member of the South East Regional Reclamation Authority, the Aliso Water Management Agency, the South Orange County Reclamation Authority, or the San Juan Basin Authority may exercise any power granted to those entities by any of the joint powers agreements creating those entities, whether or not that public agency is a signatory to any of these joint powers agreements granting that power or is otherwise authorized by law to exercise that power, for the purpose of promoting efficiency in the administration of these joint powers entities.
(Added by renumbering Section 6524 (as added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 230) by Stats. 1995, Ch. 91, Sec. 44. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6528.

6528. A charter school, including a charter school organized pursuant to Section 47604 of the Education Code, may be considered a public agency, as defined in Section 6500, for the purpose of being eligible for membership in a joint powers agreement for risk-pooling.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 14, Sec. 1. Effective May 5, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6529.

6529. (a) (1) The Elk Valley Rancheria Tribal Council, as the governing body of the Elk Valley Rancheria, California, a federally recognized Indian tribe, may enter into a joint powers agreement with the County of Del Norte and the City of Crescent City, or both, and shall be deemed to be a public agency for purposes of this chapter.
(2) The Smith River Rancheria Tribal Council, as the governing body of the Smith River Rancheria, California, a federally recognized Indian tribe, may enter into a joint powers agreement to participate in the Border Coast Regional Airport Authority, and may also enter into a joint powers agreement with the County of Del Norte and the City of Crescent City, or both, to assist, facilitate, develop, or enhance sewer, stormwater, drinking water, or transportation services, and, for those purposes, shall be deemed to be a public agency for purposes of this chapter.
(b) On and after January 1, 2004, the joint powers authorities created pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not have the power to authorize or issue bonds pursuant to the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) of Chapter 5 of Division 7) unless the public improvements to be funded by the bonds will be owned and maintained by the authorities or one or more of its public agency members, and the revenue streams pledged to repay the bonds derive from the authorities or one or more of its public agency members.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 85, Sec. 1. (AB 798) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6529.5.

6529.5. (a) Any joint powers authority that includes a federally recognized Indian tribe shall not have the authority to authorize or issue bonds pursuant to the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584)) unless the public improvements to be funded by the bonds will be owned and maintained by the authority or one or more of its public agency members, and the revenue streams pledged to repay the bonds derive from the authority, one or more of its public agency members, or any governmental or public fund or account the proceeds of which may be used for that purpose.
(b) As used in this section, “governmental or public fund or account” includes, but is not limited to, any fund or account that is funded by moneys or revenue streams derived from, held by, belonging to, due to, or otherwise held for the benefit of, one or more public agency members, but shall not include any fund or account that is funded by any grants distributed pursuant to Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 12710) of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 266, Sec. 2. (AB 307) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6534.

6534. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Prison Inmate Health Service Reform Act.
(b) The Department of Corrections may enter into joint powers agreements under this chapter with one or more health care districts established in accordance with Division 23 (commencing with Section 32000) of the Health and Safety Code, in order to establish regional inmate health service joint powers agencies.
(c) Inmate health service joint powers authorities may be utilized for any purpose related to the provision, acquisition, or coordination of inmate health care services, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) The provision of district hospital-based surgical, diagnostic, emergency, trauma, acute care, skilled nursing, long-term, and inpatient psychiatric care.
(2) Health care utilization review services.
(3) Health facility management consultation services.
(4) Health care contract design, negotiation, management, and related consultation services.
(5) Health care quality monitoring, management, and oversight consulting services.
(6) Physician and health care staff recruitment services.
(7) The design, construction, and operation of dedicated, secure, community-based health care facilities for the provision of inmate health care services.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6535.

6535. Any entity that is established pursuant to a joint powers agreement authorized under this article that is also licensed under Chapter 2.2 (commencing with Section 1340) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, where one of the parties to the joint powers agreement is an entity established pursuant to Section 14018.7, 14087.31, 14087.35, 14087.36, 14087.38, or 14087.9605 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, shall be subject to all of the same provisions, including, but not limited to, governance, public records requirements, open meeting requirements, and conflicts of interest as is the entity established pursuant to Section 14018.7, 14087.31, 14087.35, 14087.36, 14087.38, or 14087.9605 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, as applicable, that is a party to the joint powers agreement.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 516, Sec. 1. Effective October 4, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6536.

6536. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit corporation that conducts fairs and other events and exhibitions on land leased from the County of Los Angeles may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500, for mutually beneficial uses of the public land. The agency formed pursuant to this joint powers agreement shall be deemed a public entity as described in Section 6507.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 122, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6537.

6537. (a) The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the communities on the Monterey Peninsula that any joint exercise of powers authority formed under this article to which the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District and one or more other public agencies are members is authorized to issue water rate relief bonds, hereafter “agency bonds,” the proceeds of which will be used to purchase water rate relief bonds that are authorized to be issued by an affiliate of a qualifying water utility in a financing order issued pursuant to Article 5.7 (commencing with Section 849) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code, to fund any necessary reserves and to pay the costs of issuance of the agency bonds. The agency bonds may be issued only if the commission finds in a financing order that the issuance, due to the availability of a federal or state income tax exemption, will provide savings to water customers on the Monterey Peninsula.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the joint powers agency may issue bonds pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 6540) or Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584). If the agency issues bonds under this section, the agency, notwithstanding Article 5 (commencing with Section 53760) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, shall not be eligible to file for bankruptcy pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 901) of Title 11 of the United States Code as long as the bonds and any related financing costs are outstanding and unpaid and shall remain ineligible for a period of one year and one day after repayment of the bonds and any related financing costs.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 482, Sec. 5. (SB 936) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6539.

6539. Notwithstanding any other law, the composition of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Fire Authority shall not include alternate members.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 504, Sec. 1. (AB 1217) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6539.5.

6539.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the County of Orange and any of the cities within the County of Orange may enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to this chapter to create and operate a joint powers agency to fund housing to assist the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, within the County of Orange.
(2) The joint powers agency created pursuant to this section shall be known as the Orange County Housing Finance Trust, and shall be created and operate in accordance with this section.
(b) The Orange County Housing Finance Trust shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of elected officials representing the County of Orange and representative cities that are party to the joint powers agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, the Orange County Housing Finance Trust may do any of the following:
(1) Fund the planning and construction of housing of all types and tenures for the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, including, but not limited to, permanent supportive housing.
(2) Receive public and private financing and funds.
(3) Authorize and issue bonds, certificates of participation, or any other debt instrument repayable from funds and financing received pursuant to paragraph (2) and pledged by the Orange County Housing Finance Trust.
(d) The Orange County Housing Finance Trust shall incorporate into its joint powers agreement annual financial reporting and auditing requirements that shall maximize transparency and public information as to the receipt and use of funds by the agency. The annual financial report shall show how the funds have furthered the purposes of the Orange County Housing Finance Trust.
(e) The Orange County Housing Finance Trust shall comply with the regulatory guidelines of each specific state funding source received.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 336, Sec. 2. (AB 448) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements › Section 6539.7.

6539.7. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the County of Riverside and any of the cities located within western Riverside County that are members of the Western Riverside Council of Governments may enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to this chapter to create and operate a joint powers agency to fund housing to assist the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, within the County of Riverside.
(2) The joint powers agency created pursuant to this section shall be known as the Western Riverside County Housing Finance Trust, and shall be created and operate in accordance with this section.
(b) The Western Riverside County Housing Finance Trust shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of elected officials representing the County of Riverside and representative cities that are party to the joint powers agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, the Western Riverside County Housing Finance Trust may do any of the following:
(1) Fund the planning and construction of housing of all types and tenures for the homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, including, but not limited to, permanent supportive housing.
(2) Receive public and private financing and funds.
(3) Authorize and issue bonds, certificates of participation, or any other debt instrument repayable from funds and financing received pursuant to paragraph (2) and pledged by the Western Riverside County Housing Finance Trust.
(d) The Western Riverside County Housing Finance Trust shall incorporate into its joint powers agreement annual financial reporting and auditing requirements that shall maximize transparency and public information as to the receipt and use of funds by the agency. The annual financial report shall show how the funds have furthered the purposes of the Western Riverside County Housing Finance Trust.
(e) The Western Riverside County Housing Finance Trust shall comply with the regulatory guidelines of each specific state funding source received.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 120, Sec. 1. (AB 687) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Power to Issue Revenue Bonds › Section 6540.

6540. As used in this article “bonds” means revenue bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Power to Issue Revenue Bonds › Section 6541.

6541. “Bondholder” or “holder of bonds” or any similar term, as used in this article, shall mean any person who shall be the bearer of any outstanding revenue bond or the owner of bonds which shall at the time be registered to other than to bearer.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Power to Issue Revenue Bonds › Section 6542.

6542. “Entity” as used in this article means any agency, board or commission provided for by a joint powers agreement pursuant to Article 1 of this chapter. Such agency, board or commission is an entity separate from the public agencies which are parties to such agreement.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Power to Issue Revenue Bonds › Section 6542.1.

6542.1. “Fair and exhibition authority,” as used in this article, means an entity created by a joint powers agreement for the purpose of financing or otherwise facilitating agricultural, livestock, industrial, cultural, or other types of fairs or exhibitions.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1356.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Power to Issue Revenue Bonds › Section 6542.5.

6542.5. “Local agency” as used in this article means any public agency designated in Section 6500 other than the federal government or any federal department or agency, this state, an adjoining state, or any state department or agency.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 721.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Power to Issue Revenue Bonds › Section 6543.

6543. “Governing body” as used in this article means the board or commission provided for by a joint powers agreement, pursuant to Article 1 of this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Power to Issue Revenue Bonds › Section 6544.

6544. “Indenture” as used in this article means the instrument providing the terms and conditions for the issuance of the revenue bonds, and may be a resolution, order, agreement or other instrument.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 329.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Power to Issue Revenue Bonds › Section 6545.

6545. “Project” as used in this article includes buildings, structures, improvements and all facilities appurtenant thereto or provided therefor together with land and offstreet parking facilities necessary therefor to be financed by revenue bonds issued pursuant to this article. In addition, with respect to a facility for the generation or transmission of electric energy, a project also includes an ownership interest or a capacity right in that facility that may be situated in whole or in part within or without the state. In addition, with respect to a telecommunication system or service, a project also includes a contract for the installation, provision, or maintenance of that system or service. In addition, a project also includes any of the purposes specified in an agreement pursuant to Section 6516.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 190, Sec. 1. Effective July 26, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Power to Issue Revenue Bonds › Section 6546.2.

6546.2. In addition to other powers, any agency, commission or board provided for by joint powers agreement pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of this chapter and created in a county of the third class as determined by Sec. 28020 may, by ordinance, authorize the issuance of revenue bonds pursuant to this article to pay the cost and expenses of acquiring or improving a regional public park or regional public recreation area and all facilities and improvements related thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 514.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Power to Issue Revenue Bonds › Section 6546.3.

6546.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any local agency entering into one or more leases or rental contracts or agreements with a joint powers entity formed for the purposes specified in Section 6546.2 shall do so only following the effective date of an ordinance adopted by the governing body of the local agency authorizing the local agency to enter into one or more such leases or rental contracts or agreements. Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall not take effect until and unless it shall first have been approved by a majority of the voters of the local agency. The ordinance submitted to the voters shall, in general terms:
(a) Describe the property or facilities to be leased or rented.
(b) State the maximum time period for which the lease or rental contract or agreement will run.
(c) State the maximum amount to be paid by the local agency to the joint powers entity under the lease or rental contract or agreement and the maximum yearly or monthly payments to be made thereon.
In the event that the governing body of the local agency desires to levy, or have levied on its behalf, a property tax rate in addition to the maximum property tax rate established pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 2260) of Chapter 3 of Part 4 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, to provide funds for the preparation of plans and specifications, the payment of rentals and other amounts payable by the local agency under any such lease or rental contract or agreement or the payment of other costs and expenses related to the operation or maintenance of the regional public park or regional public recreation area, the governing body may specify in the ordinance to be submitted to the voters the additional property tax rate to be authorized for such purposes and the number of years for which such additional property tax rate shall be authorized. The revenue from such an additional property tax rate shall be used only for the purposes specified in the ordinance. Such additional property tax rate, when levied, shall be reported to the State Controller as provided in Section 2325 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
As used in this section, “property tax rate” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2213 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
For purposes of this section “lease or rental contract or agreement” means any lease, sublease, contract or other agreement involving land or buildings, structures or other facilities which are permanently attached to land, where the lease, sublease, contract or agreement is made directly or indirectly between a local agency and a joint powers entity, if the proceeds of the lease, sublease, contract or agreement provided by the local agency will be used in whole or in part by such joint powers entity for payment of principal or interest on any bonds issued by it pursuant to Section 6546.2.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 580.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Power to Issue Revenue Bonds › Section 6546.4.

6546.4. The governing body of any local agency adopting an ordinance pursuant to Section 6546.3 shall call an election for purposes of submitting to the qualified electors of the agency the question of whether the ordinance shall be adopted. Such election shall be called, held, conducted and the votes canvassed in the same manner, or as near thereto as is possible, as an election at which the local agency submits a general obligation bond proposal to its voters.
For purposes of this section the voters of the local agency shall be the voters entitled to vote at elections for members of the governing board of the agency, if the agency has an elected governing board, and the vote of each such voter shall be given the same weight as it would be given in an election for members of the governing board. If a local agency does not have an elected governing board, the voters of the agency shall be the voters residing within the boundaries of the agency who would be qualified to vote for candidates for Governor at any gubernatorial election. If a majority of the votes cast within a local agency are for adoption of the ordinance, the ordinance shall be deemed adopted; provided, however, that the ordinance shall not take effect until a certified copy of the record of the final canvass of votes is filed with the Secretary of State.
If a local agency does not have statutory power to introduce an ordinance and submit it to the voters of the agency, the governing body of such local agency may introduce and submit such ordinance at any regular meeting by the approving votes of a majority of all of its members.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 514.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Power to Issue Revenue Bonds › Section 6546.5.

6546.5. In the event that two-thirds of the votes cast in an election called pursuant to Section 6546.4 are against adoption of the ordinance, no ordinance authorizing the local agency to enter into a lease or rental contract or agreement for the same or substantially the same purpose shall be submitted to the voters of that local agency for a period of one year from the date of the election.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 514. See same-numbered section added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1152.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Power to Issue Revenue Bonds › Section 6546.5.

6546.5. For purposes of an agency, commission, or board that is authorized pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 6546 to issue revenue bonds for facilities for the production, storage, transmission, or treatment of water or waste water, that authority includes the authority to issue revenue bonds for facilities to remove hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants from that water.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1152, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995. See same-numbered section added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 514.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Power to Issue Revenue Bonds › Section 6546.6.

6546.6. In addition to any other powers, any agency, commission, or board provided for by joint powers agreement entered into by cities pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) and created in a county of the fifth class, as determined by Section 28020, may issue revenue bonds pursuant to this article to pay all or part of the cost and expenses of acquiring, constructing, or improving, facilities for the collection, treatment or disposal of sewage, waste, or stormwater, provided that entity has the power to construct, maintain, or operate the facilities.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. Effective March 2, 1981.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Power to Issue Revenue Bonds › Section 6546.7.

6546.7. Public agencies may enter into a joint powers agreement for the purposes of creating a fair and exhibition authority with the power to issue revenue bonds for financing projects under this article. A fair and exhibition authority of which the Department of Food and Agriculture is a contracting party, may contract with citrus fruit fairs for the financing of projects for such fairs and may issue revenue bonds for such purpose. A fair and exhibition authority of which a county is a contracting party, which county contracts with a nonprofit corporation to conduct a fair pursuant to Sections 25905 and 25906 of the Government Code, or any similar or successor provision, may contract with such nonprofit corporation for the financing of projects for such fairs, and may issue revenue bonds for such purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1356.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Power to Issue Revenue Bonds › Section 6546.11.

6546.11. In addition to other powers, any joint powers entity created to exercise the powers granted by Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 33750) of Part 1 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code or Part 13 (commencing with Section 37910) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code, may issue revenue bonds for the purposes, and in accordance with the procedures, specified in those statutory provisions.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1159, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 1 - GENERAL › DIVISION 7 - MISCELLANEOUS › CHAPTER 5 - Joint Exercise of Powers › ARTICLE 2 - Power to Issue Revenue Bonds › Section 6546.12.

6546.12. In any county with a population determined by the last official census of 4,000,000 or more, any agency, commission, or board provided for by joint powers agreement entered into by cities pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) for the purpose of the acquisition of land, design, engineering, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, and administration of an intermodal container transfer facility, may carry out that purpose and may authorize the issuance of revenue bonds, pursuant to this article, to pay for acquiring the land, designing, engineering, constructing, and improving that project, including all facilities, improvements, and all expenses incidental thereto or connected therewith.
The power to issue revenue bonds under this section shall be of no further force and effect after December 31, 1995, unless (1) the entity has initially issued revenue bonds on or prior to December 31, 1995, or (2) the entity is unable to initially issue revenue bonds to accomplish the purpose of this section by reason of litigation relating to the initial issuance, in which case the power to initially issue revenue bonds under this section shall continue to be effective until the final determination of that litigation and for one year thereafter. If the entity has initially issued revenue bonds within either of the time periods permitted by the prior sentence of this paragraph, the power to issue subsequent issues of revenue bonds under this section shall continue so long as this section shall be in effect.
(Added by renumbering Section 6546.6 (as amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 914) by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 33.)