California Public Utilities Code Section 130421

CA Pub Util Code § 130421 (2017)  

(a) Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time, and from time to time, by the commission by a two-thirds vote of all members of the commission. Each resolution shall provide for the issuance of bonds in such amounts as the necessity therefor may appear, until the full amount of the bonds authorized shall have been issued. The full amount of bonds may be divided into two or more series and different dates of payment fixed for the bonds of each series. A bond need not mature on its anniversary date.

(b) A resolution providing for the issuance of bonds shall state all of the following:

(1) The purposes for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may include all costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the accomplishment of those purposes, including, without limitation, engineering, inspection, legal, fiscal agents, financial consultant and other fees, bond and other reserve funds, working capital, bond interest estimated to accrue during the construction period and for a period not to exceed three years thereafter, and expenses of all proceedings for the authorization, issuance, and sale of the bonds.

(2) The estimated cost of accomplishing the purposes.

(3) The amount of the principal of the indebtedness.

(4) The maximum term the bonds, proposed to be issued, shall run before maturity, which shall not exceed 31 years from the date thereof or the date of each series thereof.

(5) The maximum rate of interest to be paid, which shall not exceed the maximum allowable by law.

(6) The denomination or denominations of the bonds, which shall not be less than five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(7) The form of the bonds, including, without limitation, registered bonds and coupon bonds, to the extent permitted by federal law, and the form of any coupons to be attached thereto, the registration, conversion, and exchange privileges, if any, pertaining thereto, and the time when the whole or any part of the principal shall become due and payable.

(c) The resolution may also contain any other matters authorized by this article or any other law.

(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1320, Sec. 1.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018