California Government Code ARTICLE 1 - General

• Section 29900.
  Any county may issue funding or refunding bonds pursuant to this chapter for the following purposes:(a) To refund any outstanding county indebtedness, evidenced by bonds or...
• Section 29900.5.
  (a) A county may also issue bonds pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of seismic strengthening of unreinforced buildings and other buildings. Proceeds of bonds...
• Section 29901.
  The board of supervisors shall adopt an order calling and providing for a bond election, which order shall state:(a) The purpose or purposes for which the...
• Section 29901.5.
  All or any part of the proceeds of the bonds may be contributed or paid to any agency, board, commission or entity constituted or provided...
• Section 29902.
  The board of supervisors shall provide for submitting the question of the issuance of the bonds to the qualified electors of the county at the...
• Section 29903.
  The words “Bonds—Yes,” and “Bonds—No,” or words of similar import shall appear on the ballot adjacent to each bond proposition.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 141.)
• Section 29904.
  Several separate propositions may be submitted at the same election, and any single proposition may include one or more purposes.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 141.)
• Section 29905.
  A special election may be held as provided in this article. Only qualified voters of the county may vote. The election shall be held as...
• Section 29906.
  The order calling and providing for a bond election shall be published in one or more newspapers published in the county once a week for...
• Section 29907.5.
  Article 3 (commencing with Section 9160) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of the Elections Code, relating to arguments concerning county measures, are applicable to...
• Section 29908.
  If two-thirds of the electors voting on a proposition vote in favor of it, the bonds in an amount not exceeding that specified in said...
• Section 29909.
  The total amount of bonded indebtedness shall not at any time exceed 5 percent of the taxable property of the county as shown by the...
• Section 29910.
  If the issuance of the bonds is authorized at said election, the board may thereafter adopt a resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of...
• Section 29910.1.
  The board may divide the principal amount of any issue into two or more series and fix different dates for the bonds of each series....
• Section 29910.2.
  When the issuance of bonds shall have been authorized pursuant to two or more propositions submitted at the same or different elections, all or any...
• Section 29911.
  In the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds, the board may provide for the call and redemption of all or any part of...
• Section 29912.
  Notice of redemption shall be published at such time and in such manner as the board may provide in the resolution providing for the issuance...
• Section 29913.
  If funds are made available for the payment of the principal, interest, and premium on the bonds called, the interest on the bonds shall cease...
• Section 29914.
  The bonds may be issued in such denomination or denominations as the board of supervisors may prescribe.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 736.)
• Section 29915.
  The principal and interest shall be payable in lawful money of the United States, either at the treasury of the county or at such place...
• Section 29916.
  Interest on the bonds shall not exceed 8 percent per annum, payable semiannually, except that interest for the first year after the date of the...
• Section 29917.
  (a) The bonds shall be signed by the chairperson of the board of supervisors or by any other member thereof as the board of supervisors shall,...
• Section 29918.
  The bonds shall be sold at the times, in the amounts, and in the manner prescribed by the board, but for not less than par.(Added...
• Section 29919.
  At its option the board may use the following form of bond: “No. _________$ _________United States of AmericaCounty of ________State of CaliforniaThe County of ____, State...
• Section 29920.
  The interest coupon may be in the following form:“The County of ____, State of California, hereby promises to pay to the holder hereof, on the...
• Section 29921.
  All premiums and accrued interest received shall be placed in the fund to be used for the payment of principal of and interest on the...
• Section 29922.
  At the time of making the next general tax levy after incurring the bonded indebtedness, and annually thereafter until all of the bonds are paid...
• Section 29923.
  The tax for interest and redemption of bonds shall be in addition to all other taxes, and shall not be less than sufficient to pay...
• Section 29924.
  When collected the tax shall be paid into the treasury of the county and used solely to pay the interest and principal of the bonds...
• Section 29924.5.
  (a) Prior to the issuance by a county of bonds pursuant to this chapter, the board may elect, by resolution, to guarantee payment on outstanding bonds...
• Section 29925.
  If the board fails to make the levy necessary to pay the bond or interest coupons at maturity and any bond or interest coupon is...
• Section 29926.
  The tax shall be levied and collected as a part of the state tax and paid into the State Treasury and passed to the special...
• Section 29927.
  The payments shall be made, as they mature, by warrants to the holder of the registered obligations, as shown by the register in the office...
• Section 29928.
  If any officer whose signature, counter-signature, or attestation appears on any county bond or coupon ceases to be such officer before the delivery of the...
• Section 29929.
  The board may contract a bonded indebtedness for county purposes only as provided in this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
• Section 29930.
  When the board of supervisors deems it in the best interests of the county, it may authorize the county treasurer, upon such terms and conditions...

Last modified: October 22, 2018