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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation of District › Section 50590.

50590. Proceedings for the formation of an open space maintenance district may be initiated by petition signed by the owners of assessable land in the proposed district, as shown by the last equalized assessment roll of the county, owning lands of an assessed value of not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total assessed value of all assessable land in the district, as shown by the last equalized county assessment roll. The petition shall contain a general description of the exterior boundaries of the proposed district, a general description of the open spaces to be maintained, a general description of the maintenance to be done on the open spaces, and a statement that the petition is filed pursuant to this chapter. The petition shall be filed with the clerk, who shall check or cause it to be checked. If it is signed by the requisite number of qualified signers, the clerk shall make his certificate to that effect and shall present the petition and certificate to the legislative body.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation of District › Section 50591.

50591. Before the legislative body adopts an ordinance of intention to form the district, the superintendent of streets or other officer, board or commission of the local agency designated by the legislative body shall make and file with the clerk a preliminary report which shall contain the following information:
(a) A general description of the open areas proposed to be maintained, all of which must lie wholly within the boundaries of the district;
(b) A general description of the proposed maintenance;
(c) An estimate of the annual costs and expenses of maintenance of the open areas which benefit property within the proposed district;
(d) A diagram or map showing:
(i) The boundaries of the district proposed to be assessed and the public streets, alleys, ways or other public places situated therein;
(ii) Each parcel of land benefited by the maintenance, giving each a separate number or designation upon the diagram. The said diagram, as approved by the legislative body, shall govern for all details as to the lands determined to be benefited by the maintenance and to thereafter be assessed.
The preliminary report, prior to its filing with the clerk, shall be referred to the planning commission, if any, for its recommendation upon the formation of such district. The recommendation of the planning commission shall be transmitted to the clerk along with the preliminary report.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation of District › Section 50592.

50592. After the filing of the report, the clerk shall present it to the legislative body for consideration. The legislative body may approve, amend, alter, modify or correct the report or may direct changes to be made therein. When the report has been approved by the legislative body, it may fix a time and place for hearing objections to the proposed formation of the district or to the report and may adopt an ordinance declaring its intention to form the district. The report shall thereafter be open to inspection in the office of the clerk until the public hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation of District › Section 50593.

50593. If the legislative body determines that the public interest and convenience require the formation of a district, it may adopt an ordinance declaring its intention to form a district pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The ordinance of intention, in addition to making the foregoing determination, shall also contain:
(a) A general description of the exterior boundaries of the proposed district, as specified in Section 50594.
(b) A general description of the maintenance proposed to be done and the open areas to be maintained or conserved thereby.
(c) A statement that an annual assessment may be levied to pay the costs and expenses of the maintenance on the open areas.
(d) A statement that amounts so assessed shall be billed for and collected as a part of the regular tax bills.
(e) The day, hour and place for the hearing by the legislative body of protests and objections to the formation of the proposed district or to the proposed maintenance, and a statement that any owner of property liable to be assessed for the maintenance may make written protest against the proposed maintenance or against the formation of the proposed district or both by filing a written protest with the clerk at any time not later than the hour so fixed for the hearing. The time for the hearing shall not be less than 15 or more than 60 days from the date of the adoption by the legislative body of the ordinance. If new or increased assessments are proposed, the legislative body shall comply with the notice, hearing, and protest procedures in Section 53753.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 262, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation of District › Section 50594.

50594. The proposed assessment district may be described in the ordinance of intention by stating the exterior boundaries thereof or by referring to the diagram provided for in the Preliminary report required therefor. The description of the maintenance shall be sufficient if the ordinance states in general terms the classes or kinds of maintenance contemplated, contains a general description of the property upon which the maintenance is to be done or the name by which such property is commonly known, and refers to plans and reports on file, if any, or such of them as may be suitable or proper for a description of the proposed maintenance. Portions of the improvement or of the territory comprising the assessment district need not be contiguous.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation of District › Section 50596.

50596. The legislative body in its discretion may, in the ordinance of intention or at any subsequent time, order that a portion of the costs and expenses of the maintenance shall be paid out of the treasury of the local agency from such fund as the legislative body may designate and the amount of such payment shall be so specified.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation of District › Section 50597.

50597. The ordinance of intention shall be published as provided in Section 6061 and at least 15 days before the date set for hearing protests or objections.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation of District › Section 50603.

50603. At the hearing the legislative body may order changes in the proposed maintenance or the proposed boundaries of the district by the elimination of any portion thereof which will not in its opinion be benefited by the work proposed to be done.
If the legislative body proposes a change in the boundaries to include additional land in the district, the legislative body shall adopt a resolution briefly describing the change proposed to be made and giving notice of the time and place when and where any interested person may object to such change. The clerk shall mail a copy of a notice of intention to do so to each person described in Section 50598 included in the area proposed to be added, within the time and in the manner set forth in Section 50598. The notice shall describe the proposed change and specify the time for hearing objections. The notice shall also be published in the time and manner provided for in Section 50597.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation of District › Section 50604.

50604. If the boundaries are changed, objections or protests made by owners of land excluded by the change shall not be counted in computing a majority protest, but written objections or protests to the things proposed to be done as an entirety made by owners of the remaining assessable land in the district, including assessable land added by a change, and filed with the clerk not later than the time set for hearing objections to the proposed change, shall be included in computing a majority protest.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation of District › Section 50605.

50605. Except in the case of a majority protest, the legislative body may sustain or deny any or all objections or protests and its determination is final. The determination shall be entered upon the minutes. If the protests are denied or if no protests are filed, the legislative body shall immediately acquire jurisdiction to form the district and to order the maintenance, as proposed or as changed, to be done and to proceed further in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. In the event there is a majority protest against a change of boundaries to include additional land, as provided for in Section 50603, no such change shall be ordered by the legislative body.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation of District › Section 50606.

50606. If the legislative body decides to proceed, it shall by ordinance fix and establish the boundaries of the district, declare that the district is formed pursuant to this chapter, describe the open areas to be maintained by the district, order the maintenance to be performed and provide that the cost and expense of doing the maintenance shall be paid by annual assessments upon the land within the district. The ordinance forming the district shall be final and conclusive on all persons in all particulars.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 262, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation of District › Section 50607.

50607. Any objections or protests not made at the time and in the manner provided for by this chapter are deemed waived voluntarily. The validity of proceedings taken under this chapter shall not be attacked subsequent to the hearing upon any ground not stated in an objection or protest filed pursuant to this chapter. Any landowner or person interested in any land within the district is estopped to attack the proceedings upon any ground not stated in a protest filed by him pursuant to this chapter. The validity of the formation of a district formed pursuant to this chapter shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless the action or proceeding is commenced within 30 days after the time the district is formed. Any appeal from a final judgment in such an action or proceeding must be perfected within 30 days after the entry of the judgment. Any defect, error, or informality in the petition, the clerk’s certificate, the publication, posting, or mailing of notices, or failure of the landowner or person interested in the land to receive notice shall not invalidate any proceeding pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Administrative Provisions › Section 50610.

50610. The legislative body shall have complete charge, supervision and control of all open areas maintained pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The legislative body may appoint an advisory board composed of five property owners within a district, which advisory board may make recommendations to the legislative body with respect to the maintenance and operation of the open areas. Members of the board shall serve without compensation and shall hold office for a term of three years from the date of their appointment.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Administrative Provisions › Section 50611.

50611. The legislative body may enter into such annual contracts as may be required for performance of the maintenance or may cause any part or parts thereof to be performed or furnished by the local agency and may employ the necessary labor and provide, by purchase order when necessary, the required materials and equipment and shall cause the maintenance to be performed or furnished.
The costs and expenses of all maintenance to be done or furnished by the local agency shall be paid for from the funds of the district or out of any fund which may be provided or advanced by the legislative body for expenditure for such purposes. The payments so advanced may be reimbursed from the district funds when moneys are available therein.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Administrative Provisions › Section 50612.

50612. The legislative body may levy an annual ad valorem special assessment not to exceed fifty cents ($0.50) per one hundred dollars ($100) assessed valuation of taxable land and improvements within the maintenance district to pay the costs of maintenance and operation of the open areas or such portion of said costs as the legislative body determines shall be borne by the maintenance district. The legislative body may determine that all or a portion of the costs may be borne by the local agency. The annual assessments shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner and with the same interest and penalties as general taxes for the local agency are collected.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Administrative Provisions › Section 50613.

50613. The proceeds of the annual special assessments shall be paid to the treasurer of the local agency, who shall place the proceeds in a special fund to the credit of the district and payment shall be made out of the special fund only for the purposes provided for in this chapter for the district. To expedite any maintenance work, the legislative body may at any time transfer into the special fund, out of any money in the general fund, such sums as it may deem necessary, and the sums so transferred shall be deemed as a loan to the special fund, and shall be repaid out of the proceeds of the assessments provided for in this chapter.
If a district is organized in any year too late for the levy of a special assessment in that year or in the next ensuing year, the legislative body is hereby authorized to transfer funds out of the general fund of the local agency to the special fund of the district to be used for the payment of the expenses of the district until such time as special assessment receipts are available therefor. The legislative body shall include in the levy of the special assessment for the district for the first fiscal year in which the assessment may be levied or in ensuing years, a sum sufficient to repay the local agency the amount so transferred to the district for the portion or portions of the preceding fiscal year or years for which no levy of assessment was made for that purpose. The amount so transferred shall be repaid into the general fund of the local agency from the district fund out of the first available receipts from the assessment levied or as determined by the legislative body.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Administrative Provisions › Section 50614.

50614. If for any reason there shall be a deficiency in the funds derived from the annual assessments levied for the district, the legislative body may meet the deficiency by an appropriation out of the general fund or may advance such sums, to be repaid out of the proceeds of the annual assessment for the next or ensuing years, as deemed appropriate by the legislative body.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Administrative Provisions › Section 50615.

50615. Any unexpended balance remaining in the special fund for the district after the payment of the costs and expenses of the maintenance for which the assessment was levied shall be credited to the fund to be raised for the next ensuing period of maintenance for the district. Whenever the legislative body does not order or reorder maintenance as authorized in this chapter, any such unexpended balance may be retained in the fund to be used, until exhausted, to defray the costs and expenses of maintaining and caring for the open spaces benefiting the district for which the annual assessment had been levied.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Annexations, Additions and Withdrawals › Section 50620.

50620. The boundaries of any district may be altered, and contiguous or noncontiguous territory may be annexed thereto. The legislative body may by resolution fix a time and place for hearing upon the question of annexation of such territory to an existing district. The resolution shall describe the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed. The legislative body may by resolution determine that each parcel of territory annexed or to be annexed to a district should pay its proportionate share of the cost of any improvements constructed prior to such annexation. No such parcel may be annexed until the full amount of its contribution has been determined and paid. All such amounts paid to the local agency shall be placed in the special fund of the district and may be used for the purposes for which the proceeds from the annual assessments may be used. The date set for the hearing on the proposed annexation shall be at least three weeks from and after the date of the adoption of the resolution setting the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Annexations, Additions and Withdrawals › Section 50621.

50621. The legislative body shall direct the clerk to give notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing, by mailing written notice to each property owner within the boundaries of the territory sought to be annexed whose name and address appears on the last equalized assessment roll. The clerk shall file, upon the completion of the mailing, an affidavit setting forth the time and manner of the compliance with this section. The notice shall be mailed at least 10 days prior to the date set for hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Annexations, Additions and Withdrawals › Section 50622.

50622. The legislative body shall also direct the clerk to publish a notice as provided in Section 6061 and at least 15 days before the date set for hearing. The notice shall state the time and place of the hearing and shall contain a description of the territory proposed to be annexed, or, in lieu of such description, the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed may be shown by means of a diagram. An affidavit of publication shall be filed with the clerk.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Annexations, Additions and Withdrawals › Section 50623.

50623. At the time fixed for the hearing or to which it may be continued, the legislative body shall hear and pass upon the proposal and any objections which may be filed to the inclusion of any property within the proposed annexation. The legislative body, by ordinance, may determine that the territory or any part thereof will be benefited by annexation to the district and may order that the boundaries of the district be altered to include the benefited territory.
If at the hearing it appears that owners of more than one-half of the real property within the area proposed to be annexed and subject to assessment have made objection in writing to the annexation, and protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the number of protests to less than a majority, the legislative body, by resolution entered upon its minutes, shall so find. Thereafter the legislative body shall not proceed further, and the proceeding is terminated.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Annexations, Additions and Withdrawals › Section 50624.

50624. If, after the formation of a district, the addition of properties to be maintained as open areas by the existing district is proposed, the legislative body shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention that the cost of maintaining the additional open areas shall be borne by the existing district. It shall fix a time and place for a hearing on the resolution, at which hearing any and all persons having any objections to the things proposed to be done may appear and be heard. The resolution shall contain the statement of the estimated annual cost of maintaining the additional open areas. If new or increased assessments are proposed, the legislative body shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures pursuant to Section 53753.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 262, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Annexations, Additions and Withdrawals › Section 50626.

50626. Any portion of any district which will not be benefited by remaining within the district may be withdrawn therefrom. The legislative body may by resolution fix a time for a hearing on the question of the withdrawal of any portion of a district which will not be benefited by remaining within the district. The time for the hearing shall be not less than 10 or more than 30 days after the date of the adoption of the resolution. The legislative body shall, at least 10 days prior to the time so fixed, cause a notice of such hearing to be published as provided in Section 6061. Copies of the notice shall also be posted at least 10 days prior to the date fixed for hearing in at least three conspicuous places within that portion of the district sought to be withdrawn and in at least three conspicuous places within the remaining portion of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Annexations, Additions and Withdrawals › Section 50627.

50627. Any person interested may appear at the hearing and object to the withdrawal of the portion from the district or may object to the continuance of the remaining territory as a district. The legislative body shall consider and pass upon all objections and if it finds that the portion of the district sought to be withdrawn will not be benefited by remaining within the district and that the remaining territory not sought to be withdrawn will be benefited by continuing as a maintenance district, then it shall by ordinance order the withdrawal and the continuance of the remaining territory as a district.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 2.5 - Open Space Maintenance Districts › ARTICLE 4 - Annexations, Additions and Withdrawals › Section 50628.

50628. This chapter shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person, property, or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 3 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Registration of Bonds › Section 50630.

50630. When a bond or interest coupon payable from funds in the custody of the treasurer of a local agency is presented to him for payment and is not paid for want of funds, he shall endorse upon it “Not paid for want of funds,” the date of presentation, and a serial number indicating the order of presentation, and shall sign or stamp his name thereon.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 3 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Registration of Bonds › Section 50631.

50631. Upon receipt of the first money in the treasury applicable to their payment, the treasurer shall set apart the amount necessary to pay the registered bonds and coupons. He shall give notice by registered mail to the owner or holder of the registered bonds and coupons, at the address last filed, stating that he is ready to pay them. The bonds and coupons shall be paid from such money in the order of their registration.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 3 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Registration of Bonds › Section 50632.

50632. If the registered bonds and coupons are not presented for payment within thirty days from mailing of the notice the treasurer shall apply the fund set aside to the payment of the unpaid registered bonds and coupons next in order, until all registered bonds and coupons have been called.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 3 - Bonds › ARTICLE 2 - Registration of Bonds › Section 50633.

50633. Upon the direction of the legislative body, the treasurer, having the duty of paying the interest on an issue of ad valorem special assessment district improvement bonds, shall keep a register. Upon presentation of an interest coupon of such bond, he shall enter in the register the name and address of the owner or holder and the number and amount of the bond.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 3 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Negotiability › Section 50660.

50660. As used in this article, “local agency” includes any board or department of the local agency.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 3 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Negotiability › Section 50661.

50661. As used in this article, “bond” means revenue bond or other evidences of indebtedness but not attached coupons.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 3 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Negotiability › Section 50662.

50662. When a local agency is authorized by charter to issue bonds payable solely from revenues of a municipal utility or a special fund, in negotiable form, the local agency may issue the bonds and any coupons for interest thereon in negotiable form, and they are negotiable instruments for all purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 110.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 3 - Bonds › ARTICLE 3 - Negotiability › Section 50663.

50663. In issuing the bonds, the local agency may provide:
(a) (1) That the required signatures to the bonds may be by facsimile, except that at least one signature to the bonds shall be by autograph.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the local agency may, in its discretion, determine that all of the required signatures shall be by facsimile, provided, however, that the bonds shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until manually signed by an authenticating agent duly appointed by the governing board of the local agency or its authorized designee.
(b) For the registration of the bonds or coupons.
(c) For making the bonds and coupons payable by the treasurer of the local agency or an agency established for the purpose by the local agency at one or more points within or without the state upon presentation and surrender and without demand and approval required by charter for claims against the local agency.
(d) For the deposit with the agency of money from the fund from which the bonds and coupons are payable, for their payment upon presentation and surrender to the agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1055, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 3 - Bonds › ARTICLE 4 - Limited Obligation Bonds › Section 50665.1.

50665.1. As used in this article:
(a) “Local agency” means any county, city, or city and county, including a chartered city, or special district, including a school district.
(b) “Legislative body” means the city council in the case of a city, and the board of supervisors in the case of a county.
(c) “Revenues” means the funds received by a local agency from any source or combination of sources, which a local agency is not precluded by any other provision of law from using for the purposes of this article. “Revenues” include the proceeds of ad valorem taxes on real property levied by, or allocated to, the local agency, and the proceeds of sales and use taxes.
(d) “Pledged revenue” means a specified annual dollar amount from a specified source or combination of sources of revenue, which the legislative body of a local agency, in a resolution providing for the issuance of limited obligation bonds, has designated and pledged as security for the bonds in accordance with Section 50665.7.
(e) “Limited obligation bonds” are bonds issued by a local agency which are to be paid solely from pledged revenue.
(f) “Initiating resolution” means a resolution by which a legislative body determines that public interest or necessity demands the issuance of bonds.
(g) “Resolution” means a resolution by which a legislative body authorizes the issuance, sale, and delivery of bonds.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1388, Sec. 1.)
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50665.2. Limited obligation bonds may be issued for the acquisition, installation, construction, or improving of any or all public works or improvements which the local agency is otherwise authorized to acquire, install, construct, or improve, and for the acquisition of lands and easements therefor.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)
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50665.3. In determining the amount of bonds to be issued, the legislative body may include:
(a) All costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the acquisition, construction, improving, or financing of the public works or improvements.
(b) All engineering, inspection, legal, and fiscal agent’s fees, all costs of the bond election and of the issuance of limited obligation bonds, all bond reserve funds, and all bond interest estimated to accrue during the construction period and for a period determined by the legislative body after completion of construction.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)
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50665.4. Proceedings are initiated when the legislative body passes an initiating resolution by a majority vote of all its members.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)
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50665.5. For all local agencies, the initiating resolution shall recite each of the following:
(a) That the initiating resolution is being adopted pursuant to the powers granted by this article.
(b) The object and purpose of incurring the indebtedness.
(c) The estimated cost of the public improvements.
(d) The maximum amount of the indebtedness.
(e) A maximum rate of interest on the indebtedness.
(f) (1) A pledge by the local agency that any bonds issued pursuant to the initiating resolution shall be secured by all or part of the revenues received by the local agency.
(2) The local agency may restrict the pledge to the revenues received by the local agency from a specified geographical area that is within the local agency’s exterior boundaries. The legal description of the boundaries of the geographical area shall be contained in the resolution.
(g) The date of the election.
(h) The manner of holding the election and the procedure for voting for or against the proposition.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 25, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
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50665.6. The initiating resolution shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the local agency. If there is no such newspaper, it shall be posted in a public place within the jurisdiction of the local agency.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)
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50665.7. The bonds and the resolution providing for their issuance shall state that the bonds are limited obligation bonds payable solely from revenues of the local agency pledged for that purpose.
In addition, the resolution of the legislative body providing for the issuance of limited obligation bonds shall specify the amount and source of revenue pledged therefor. The pledged revenue shall be sufficient to pay the following amounts annually, as they become due and payable:
(a) The interest on and the principal on the bonds.
(b) All payments required for compliance with the resolution authorizing issuance of the bonds or any other contract with the bondholders, including the creation of a sinking fund and reserve funds.
(c) All payments to meet any other obligations of the local agency which are charges, liens, or encumbrances on the pledged revenue.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)
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50665.8. The proposition for incurring a bonded debt shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the local agency at an election held for that purpose. The election may be consolidated with any other election of the local agency.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)
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50665.9. A proposition to be submitted to the voters of a local agency for approval of the issuance of limited obligation bonds shall state that the bonds are limited obligation bonds to be paid solely from pledged revenue, and shall specify the source and amount of the pledged revenue.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)
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50665.10. Except as otherwise provided in the initiating resolution, any election required under this article shall be conducted as other elections of the local agency.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)
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50665.11. When two or more propositions for incurring indebtedness are submitted at the same election, the votes cast for and against each proposition shall be counted separately.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)
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50665.12. If two-thirds of the voters voting on a proposition initiated pursuant to this article vote for it, the legislative body may, by majority vote, adopt a resolution approving the issuance, sale, and delivery of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)
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50665.13. The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding the maximum rate authorized by Section 53531, may be payable at the time or times, may be in one or more series, may bear a date or dates, may mature at a time or times not exceeding 31 years from their respective dates, may be payable in the medium of payment at a place or places, may carry the registration privileges, may be subject to the terms of redemption at the premiums, may be executed in a manner, may contain those terms, covenants and conditions, and may be in the form, either coupon or registered, as the resolution authorizing the bonds may provide. The bonds may be sold at public or private sale in the manner and upon the terms as may be provided in the resolution. Pending the preparation of definitive bonds, interim receipts or certificates, in the form and with those provisions as may be provided in the resolution, may be issued to the purchaser or purchasers of bonds sold pursuant to this article. The bonds and interim receipts or certificates shall be deemed to be securities and negotiable instruments within the meaning and for all purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code of this state, subject to the provisions for registration thereof contained in the resolution.
Prior to approving the sale of bonds at a private sale, the legislative body of the issuing entity shall retain an investment firm which has had no prior underwriting relationship with the issuing entity on a similar bond issue within the previous three years to analyze the terms and conditions of the proposed bond issue. The bonds shall be sold at private sale only if the investment firm determines and reports to the legislative body that it has found the following to be true:
(a) The underwriter’s price differential is reasonable.
(b) The final negotiated offering is consistent with common practices in the industry and is comparable to other bond offerings of a comparable amount that have been offered within the previous six months.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)
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50665.14. The bonds are special obligations of the local agency and shall be a charge against and are secured by a lien upon and shall be payable, as to the principal thereof and interest thereon, and any premiums upon the redemption thereof, from the revenues and such funds as are described in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds. If funds and revenues described in the authorizing resolution are insufficient for the payment of interest and principal on the bonds, the local agency, at its discretion, may make such payments from any other funds or revenues that may be legally applied to their payment.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)
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50666. By resolution, the legislative body may pledge, place a charge upon, and assign all or any part of the revenues for the security of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)
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50666.1. The payment of interest on and principal of the bonds and any premiums upon the redemption of any thereof are secured by an exclusive pledge, charge, and lien upon all of the revenues.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)
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50666.2. The revenues and any interest earned on the revenues constitute a trust fund for the security and payment of the interest on and principal of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)
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50666.3. So long as any bonds or interest thereon are unpaid following their maturity, the revenues and interest thereon shall not be used for any other purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)
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50666.4. If the interest and principal of the bonds and all charges to protect or secure them are paid when due, an amount or amounts for other purposes may be apportioned from the revenues.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)
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50666.5. Bonds of the same issue shall be equally secured by a pledge, charge, and lien upon the revenues specified in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, without priority for number, date of bonds, of sale, of execution, or of delivery pursuant to this article and the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds; except that any local agency may authorize the issuance of bonds of different series and may provide that the bonds in any series shall, to the extent and in the manner prescribed in the resolution, be subordinated and be junior in standing, with respect to the payment of principal and interest and the security thereof, to such other bonds as may be specified in the resolution.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)