(a) None of the bonds of an authority or any other obligations of an authority shall be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the state or any public agency, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or any public agency, but shall be payable solely from the funds provided therefor in the proceedings.
(b) The issuance of bonds shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or any public agency to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatsoever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment.
(c) All bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the following effect:
“Neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State of California or the (insert name of public agency) is pledged to the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any bond, nor is the state or such (insert “city,” “county,” or “city and county” as appropriate) in any manner obligated to make any appropriation for payment.”
(d) Neither the members of governing bodies or of boards nor any persons executing the bonds shall in any event be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance of those bonds.
(e) The bonds shall be only a special obligation of an authority as provided by subdivision (a) of Section 91535, and an authority shall under no circumstances be obligated to pay bonds or project costs (other than administration expenses), except from revenues and other funds received under the project agreements for those purposes, nor to pay administration and costs of issuance expenses except from funds received under project agreements for those purposes or from funds that are made available as otherwise authorized by the proceeding or by law. All bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement of their special obligation nature.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 648, Sec. 13. (AB 1009) Effective November 5, 2009.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018