California

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• § 905.2 — (a) This section shall apply to claims against the state filed with the Department of General Services except as provided in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b).
• § 905.3 — Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no claim shall be submitted by a local agency or school district, nor shall a claim be considered by the Department of General Services pursuant to Secti
• § 905.4 — Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 900) and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 910) of this part shall not be construed to be an exclusive means for presenting claims to the Legislature nor as prevent
• § 905.5 — A school district, its officers, directors, or employees shall have no civil liability in any civil action for injury, disease, death, or economic loss arising out of exposure on or after January 1, 1
• § 905.6 — This part does not apply to claims against the Regents of the University of California.
• § 905.7 — All claims against a judicial branch entity for money or damages based upon an express contract or for an injury for which the judicial branch entity is liable shall be presented in accordance with Ch
• § 905.8 — Nothing in this part imposes liability upon a public entity unless such liability otherwise exists.
• § 905.9 — All claims against the California State University for money or damages based upon an express contract or for an injury for which the Trustees of the California State University is liable shall be pre
• § 9050 — Every person who wilfully, and by force or fraud, prevents the Legislature, either of the houses composing it, or any of the members thereof from meeting or organizing is guilty of a felony.
• § 9051 — Every person who wilfully disturbs the Legislature, or either of the houses composing it, while in session, or who commits any disorderly conduct in the immediate view and presence of either house ten
• § 9051.5 — As used in this article, “bill or resolution” includes a constitutional amendment.
• § 9052 — Every person who fraudulently alters the draft of any bill or resolution which has been presented to either of the houses composing the Legislature for passage or adoption, with intent to procure it t
• § 9053 — Every person who fraudulently alters the enrolled copy of any bill or resolution which has been passed or adopted by the Legislature, with intent to procure it to be approved by the Governor, certifie
• § 9053.5 — (a) Every person who intentionally, maliciously, with knowledge of the falsity, and with intent to defame a particular legislator, publishes or causes to be published any writing which purports to be
• § 9054 — Every person who obtains, or seeks to obtain, money or other thing of value from another person upon a pretense, claim, or representation that he can or will improperly influence in any manner the act
• § 9055 — Every member of the Legislature convicted of any crime defined in this article, in addition to the punishment prescribed, forfeits his office and is forever disqualified from holding any office in the
• § 9056 — Any person who shall secure through his influence, knowingly exerted for that purpose, the introduction of any bill, resolution or amendment into the State Legislature and shall thereafter solicit or
• § 906 — (a) As used in this section, “amount allowed on the claim” means the amount allowed by the Department of General Services on a claim allowed, in whole or in part, or the amount offered by the departme
• § 907 — A local public entity, as defined in Section 900.
• § 9070 — The Legislature finds and declares that access to information concerning the conduct of the people’s business by the Legislature is a fundamental and necessary right of every citizen in this state.
• § 9071 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Legislative Open Records Act.
• § 9072 — As used in this article: (a) “Person” includes any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, or association.
• § 9073 — Legislative records are open to inspection at all times during the normal office hours of the Legislature and any person has a right to inspect any legislative record, except as hereafter provided.
• § 9074 — All requests to inspect any legislative record shall be made to the appropriate Rules Committee of each house of the Legislature or the Joint Rules Committee, except that all requests to inspect any l
• § 9075 — Nothing in this article shall be construed to invalidate or affect the operation of Sections 10207, 10208, 10525, and 10526 of this code, or Temporary Joint Rule 37 of the Senate and Assembly in effec
• § 9076 — Any person may institute proceedings for injunctive or declarative relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce his right to inspect any legislative record or class of legislative records
• § 9077 — Whenever it is made to appear by verified petition to the superior court of the county where the records or some part thereof are situated that certain legislative records are being improperly withhel
• § 9078 — The court shall award court costs and reasonable attorney fees to the plaintiff should the plaintiff prevail in litigation filed pursuant to Section 9077.
• § 9079 — If the court finds that the plaintiff’s case is clearly frivolous, it shall award court costs and reasonable attorney fees to the public agency.
• § 9080 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that legislative records relating to bills, resolutions, or proposed constitutional amendments before the Legislature provide evidence of legislative intent that
• § 910 — A claim shall be presented by the claimant or by a person acting on his or her behalf and shall show all of the following: (a) The name and post office address of the claimant.
• § 910.2 — The claim shall be signed by the claimant or by some person on his behalf.
• § 910.4 — The board shall provide forms specifying the information to be contained in claims against the state or a judicial branch entity.
• § 910.6 — (a) A claim may be amended at any time before the expiration of the period designated in Section 911.
• § 910.8 — If, in the opinion of the board or the person designated by it, a claim as presented fails to comply substantially with the requirements of Sections 910 and 910.
• § 9100 — Legislative offices for the use of the Members of the Legislature in the performance of their legislative duties, shall be maintained at all times, and without regard to whether the Legislature is or
• § 91000 — (a) Any person who knowingly or willfully violates any provision of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 91000.5 — An administrative action brought pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 83100) alleging a violation of any of the provisions of this title shall not be commenced more than five years after the
• § 91001 — (a) The Attorney General is responsible for enforcing the criminal provisions of this title with respect to state agencies, lobbyists and state elections.
• § 91001.5 — In any case in which a district attorney could act as the civil or criminal prosecutor under the provisions of this title, the elected city attorney of any charter city may act as the civil or crimina
• § 91002 — No person convicted of a misdemeanor under this title shall be a candidate for any elective office or act as a lobbyist for a period of four years following the date of the conviction unless the court
• § 91003 — (a) Any person residing in the jurisdiction may sue for injunctive relief to enjoin violations or to compel compliance with the provisions of this title.
• § 91003.5 — Any person who violates a provision of Article 2 (commencing with Section 87200), 3 (commencing with Section 87300), or 4.
• § 91004 — Any person who intentionally or negligently violates any of the reporting requirements of this title shall be liable in a civil action brought by the civil prosecutor or by a person residing within th
• § 91005 — (a) Any person who makes or receives a contribution, gift, or expenditure in violation of Section 84300, 84304, 86203, or 86204 is liable in a civil action brought by the civil prosecutor or by a pers
• § 91005.5 — Any person who violates any provision of this title, except Sections 84305, 84307, and 89001, for which no specific civil penalty is provided, shall be liable in a civil action brought by the commissi
• § 91006 — If two or more persons are responsible for any violation, they shall be jointly and severally liable.
• § 91007 — (a) Any person, before filing a civil action pursuant to Sections 91004 and 91005, must first file with the civil prosecutor a written request for the civil prosecutor to commence the action.
• § 91008 — Not more than one judgment on the merits with respect to any violation may be obtained under Sections 91004 and 91005.
• § 91008.5 — No civil action may be filed under Section 91004, 91005, or 91005.
• § 91009 — In determining the amount of liability under Sections 91004 or 91005, the court may take into account the seriousness of the violation and the degree of culpability of the defendant.
• § 9101 — The legislative offices provided for in this article shall be under the management and control of the Senate Committee on Rules.
• § 91010 — No request to the civil prosecutor pursuant to Section 91007 shall be made or filed in connection with a report or statement required by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 84100) until the time when a
• § 91011 — (a) A civil action alleging a violation in connection with a report or statement required by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 84100) shall not be filed more than four years after an audit could begi
• § 91012 — The court may award to a plaintiff or defendant other than an agency, who prevails in any action authorized by this title, that party’s costs of litigation, including reasonable attorney’s fees.
• § 91013 — (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) to (4), if any person files an original statement or report after any deadline imposed by this act, the person shall, in addition to any other penalties or
• § 91013.5 — (a) In addition to any other available remedies, the commission or the filing officer may bring a civil action and obtain a judgment in superior court for the purpose of collecting any unpaid monetary
• § 91013.7 — (a) If the time for judicial review of a final Commission order or decision has lapsed, or if all means of judicial review of the order or decision have been exhausted, the Commission may apply to the
• § 91014 — Nothing in this chapter shall exempt any person from applicable provisions of any other laws of this state.
• § 9103 — The Department of General Services shall provide suitable office space in the State Building in Los Angeles and in the State Building in San Francisco and in an appropriate building in San Diego Count
• § 9104 — Appropriations for the support of the offices provided for in this article shall be included in the Budget Bill.
• § 9105 — The State Capitol Building Annex is the annex to the historic State Capitol, constructed to the east of the original building, situated in the area bounded by 10th, L, 15th and N Streets in the City o
• § 9105.5 — (a) Any work of construction, restoration, rehabilitation, renovation, or reconstruction undertaken pursuant to Article 5.
• § 9106 — The State Capitol Building Annex is intended primarily for the use of the legislative department and, except as otherwise provided in this article, shall be devoted exclusively to such use.
• § 9107 — There is hereby created the Joint Rules Committee which shall have the membership specified in the Joint Rules of the Senate and the Assembly.
• § 9107.5 — Any reference in any code or statute to the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization shall be deemed a reference to the Joint Rules Committee.
• § 9108 — The first floor of the State Capitol Building Annex is excepted from the provisions of this article.
• § 9109 — The determination of the Joint Rules Committee as to the needs of the Legislature shall be subject to change only by action of the committee or by concurrent resolution.
• § 911 — Any defense as to the sufficiency of the claim based upon a defect or omission in the claim as presented is waived by failure to give notice of insufficiency with respect to the defect or omission as
• § 911.2 — (a) A claim relating to a cause of action for death or for injury to person or to personal property or growing crops shall be presented as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 915) not later
• § 911.3 — (a) When a claim that is required by Section 911.
• § 911.4 — (a) When a claim that is required by Section 911.
• § 911.6 — (a) The board shall grant or deny the application within 45 days after it is presented to the board.
• § 911.8 — (a) Written notice of the board’s action upon the application shall be given in the manner prescribed by Section 915.
• § 9110 — (a) The maintenance and operation of all of the State Capitol Building Annex is under the control of the Department of General Services, subject to this article.
• § 9111 — The Joint Rules Committee may participate in the work of the National Conference of State Legislatures.
• § 9112 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, including Section 9108, the Joint Rules Committee may pursue the construction of a state capitol building annex or the restoration, rehabilitation, renovation, o
• § 9112.5 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that available cash sources, including, but not limited to, an allocation of the moneys deposited into the State Project Infrastructure Fund prior to 2018 and m
• § 9113 — An amount of space proportional to the amount of space utilized by the executive branch in the existing State Capitol Building Annex described in Section 9105, or another amount of space as determined
• § 9113.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, moneys transferred from the State Project Infrastructure Fund to the Operating Funds of the Assembly and Senate for purposes of the projects authorized by Section 91
• § 9114 — The work performed pursuant to this article represents a historic partnership between the executive and legislative branches to revitalize the State Capitol Building Annex.
• § 9114.5 — (a) There is hereby appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, from the State Project Infrastructure Fund to the Operating Funds of the Assembly and Senate an amount up to thirty-seven million doll
• § 9115 — (a) In order to adequately provide for the proper housing and administrative requirements of the Legislature, it is necessary for the Legislature to acquire and finance additional legislative office f
• § 9117 — As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Bonds” means bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, and any other evidence of indebtedness, and also includes certificate
• § 9118 — (a) The lessee may lease the project from the lessor, and the lessor may lease the project to the lessee.
• § 9119 — (a) The State Public Works Board may issue bonds pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 15830) of Part 10b of Division 3 of Title 2 to finance the project authorized by this article.
• § 912.2 — If an application for leave to present a claim is granted by the board pursuant to Section 911.
• § 912.4 — (a) The board shall act on a claim in the manner provided in Section 912.
• § 912.5 — (a) The Trustees of the California State University shall act on a claim against the California State University in accordance with the procedure that the Trustees of the California State University p
• § 912.6 — (a) In the case of a claim against a local public entity, the board may act on a claim in one of the following ways: (1) If the board finds the claim is not a proper charge against the public entity,
• § 912.7 — The Judicial Council shall act on a claim against a judicial branch entity or judge of one of those entities in accordance with the procedure that the Judicial Council provides by rule of court.
• § 912.8 — Except as provided in Section 912.
• § 9120 — The terms of the lease financing are those specified in the lease, trust agreement, indenture, and any related documents executed and delivered between the lessor, the lessee, and the Treasurer.
• § 9121 — (a) This article shall be deemed and construed to be separate and complete authority for all of the actions authorized by this article, including, but not limited to, the development, design, construc
• § 9122 — The State of California does pledge to, and agree with, the holders of any bonds issued under this article, and with those parties who may enter into contracts with the lessor, the lessee, and the Tre
• § 9123 — (a) Title to the buildings and property bounded by 10th, 11th, N, and O Streets in the City of Sacramento shall vest in the Legislature on the effective date of this act.
• § 9124 — (a) The determination of the Senate Committee on Rules and the Assembly Committee on Rules as to the needs of the Legislature shall be subject to change only by action of those committees or by concur
• § 9125 — (a) (1) In order to adequately provide for the housing and administrative requirements of the Legislature and the executive branch during the construction of a state capitol building annex or the rest
• § 9125.5 — (a) (1) The State Public Works Board may issue lease-revenue bonds, notes, or bond anticipation notes in an amount not exceeding four hundred twenty-two million five hundred eighty-seven thousand doll
• § 9125.6 — It is the intent of the legislative and executive branches to expedite and not unreasonably delay in taking actions needed to advance the expeditious development and construction of the projects autho
• § 9126 — Unless specifically exempted from this section, all appropriations for contingent expenses of the Senate and legislative committees thereof, including appropriations previously made which have not rev
• § 9127 — Unless specifically exempted from this section, all appropriations for contingent expenses of the Assembly and legislative committees thereof, including appropriations previously made which have not r
• § 9128 — Any money appropriated for legislative printing shall be disbursed under or pursuant to the direction of the Senate or Assembly as provided in the rules, orders, and resolutions of the Senate or Assem
• § 9129 — Appropriations deposited in and credited to the Senate Contingent Fund or the Assembly Contingent Fund shall be continuously available without regard to fiscal years, except that appropriations made a
• § 913 — (a) Written notice of the action taken under Section 912.
• § 913.2 — The board may, in its discretion, within the time prescribed by Section 945.
• § 9130.5 — Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, on any claim against the Senate Contingent Fund or the Assembly Contingent Fund there may be a certification under penalty of perjury in lieu of an affid
• § 9131 — For the period ending on November 30 of each year, the Assembly Committee on Rules, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Joint Rules Committee shall annually prepare a report to the public of all ex
• § 9131.5 — When expenditures are made from the appropriate contingent fund at the direction of the Assembly Committee on Rules, the Senate Committee on Rules, or the Joint Rules Committee for advances for travel
• § 9132 — The Assembly Committee on Rules and Senate Committee on Rules, and the Joint Rules Committee, shall annually provide to the Director of Finance an itemized statement of proposed expenditures from the
• § 9133 — (a) The Joint Rules Committee shall annually contract for an independent audit or audits of all funds and entities of the Legislature, including, but not limited to, the expenditures of the Assembly O
• § 9133.5 — No funds from the Assembly Operating Fund, the Senate Operating Fund, the Operating Funds of the Assembly and Senate, or appropriations made for legislative printing, shall be expended for purposes of
• § 9134 — Any reference in any code or statute to the Senate Contingent Fund, the Assembly Contingent Fund or the Contingent Funds of the Assembly and Senate shall be deemed a reference, respectively, to the Se
• § 9140 — The Joint Legislative Budget Committee is hereby created.
• § 9141 — The committee shall consist of eight Members of the Senate and eight Members of the Assembly who shall be selected in the manner provided for in the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly.
• § 9142 — The committee is authorized to make rules governing its own proceedings and to create subcommittees from its membership and assign to such subcommittees any study, inquiry, investigation, or hearing w
• § 9143 — The committee shall have authority to appoint a legislative analyst and such other clerical and technical employees as may appear necessary, pursuant to the provisions of subsection (4) of subdivision
• § 9144 — The Legislative Analyst shall prepare a judicial impact analysis, with the assistance of the Department of Finance and the Judicial Council when and as requested by the Legislative Analyst, on selecte
• § 9146 — Any state agency which is required or permitted by federal law or regulation to establish or alter a federal aid allocation formula to a local agency shall notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committe
• § 9147 — If a state agency finds that there is imminent danger of irreparable harm to the public peace, health, safety, or welfare of the state if it does not establish or alter a federal aid allocation formul
• § 9147.10 — (a) The Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies is hereby created.
• § 9147.7 — (a) For the purpose of this section, “eligible agency” means any agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, conservancy, council, department, division, or office of state government, however denomi
• § 9148 — Any state board or category of licensed professional proposed for creation by the Legislature shall be subject to this article.
• § 9148.2 — For purposes of this article, “state board” means any administrative or regulatory board, commission, committee, council, association, or authority consisting of more than one person, whose members ar
• § 9148.4 — Prior to consideration by the Legislature of legislation creating a new state board or legislation creating a new category of licensed professional, a plan for the establishment and operation of the p
• § 9148.50 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s multilevel, complex governmental structure today contains more than 400 categories of administrative or regulatory boards, com
• § 9148.51 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all existing and proposed eligible agencies, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 9147.
• § 9148.52 — (a) The Joint Sunset Review Committee established pursuant to Section 9147.
• § 9148.6 — Prior to consideration by the Legislature of legislation creating a new state board that is advisory only, except for a proposed new state board whose primary purpose is to advise on the licensing and
• § 9148.8 — (a) The appropriate policy committee of the Legislature may evaluate a plan prepared pursuant to Section 9148.
• § 9149 — The Legislature finds and declares that the historic State Capitol is a state historic and architectural legacy which must be preserved and maintained in a manner befitting the significance of the str
• § 9149.1 — As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Commission” means the Historic State Capitol Commission created by Section 9149.
• § 9149.10 — The commission may request and shall receive assistance and data, relevant to the commission’s duties and responsibilities, from every agency of state government.
• § 9149.11 — The commission shall maintain complete records of its proceedings and may publish reports and other publications in connection with its duties and responsibilities.
• § 9149.12 — The commission shall use any funds appropriated to its use, or allocated to its use by the Joint Rules Committee, donated to it, or acquired as revenue from any concession operated in the State Capito
• § 9149.13 — The commission shall review and advise on any interagency agreement for management of concessions within the historic State Capitol.
• § 9149.14 — The commission shall employ an executive officer, who shall have at least three years of administrative-curatorial experience in the cultural or historic preservation fields, and staff persons as may
• § 9149.15 — The commission may contract with any agency, public or private, for services, in connection with the commission’s duties and responsibilities, as the commission determines to be necessary, including,
• § 9149.16 — The commission annually shall report to the Legislature on its activities.
• § 9149.17 — The commission shall be supported by allocations by the Joint Rules Committee from the Contingent Funds of the Assembly and Senate.
• § 9149.2 — (a) There is in state government, the Historic State Capitol Commission, which shall consist of seven members, initially appointed as follows: (1) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly,
• § 9149.20 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Whistleblower Protection Act.
• § 9149.21 — It is the intent of the Legislature that state employees and other persons should disclose, to the extent not expressly prohibited by law, improper governmental activities.
• § 9149.22 — For the purposes of this article, the following words have the following meanings: (a) “Committee” means any investigating committee of the Legislature.
• § 9149.23 — (a) An employee may not directly or indirectly use or attempt to use the official authority or influence of the employee for the purpose of intimidating, threatening, coercing, commanding, or attempti
• § 9149.3 — The appointees of both the Speaker of the Assembly and the President pro Tempore of the Senate shall include one person who represents the arts or humanities and one person from the general public.
• § 9149.30 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Legislative Employee Whistleblower Protection Act.
• § 9149.31 — The Legislature finds and declares that, in addition to existing retaliation protections under Section 1102.
• § 9149.32 — For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Interfere” means to intimidate, threaten, coerce, or command, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, coerce, or com
• § 9149.33 — (a) A Member of the Legislature or legislative employee shall not directly or indirectly use or attempt to use that individual’s official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with the
• § 9149.34 — An individual who intentionally retaliates against a legislative employee for having made a protected disclosure is subject to a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and imprisonment in a
• § 9149.35 — (a) In addition to all other penalties, rights, and remedies provided by law, an individual or entity that intentionally retaliates against a legislative employee for having made a protected disclosur
• § 9149.36 — (a) This article does not limit the application of any other rights or remedies under federal or state law, and any penalties imposed or damages awarded under this article are in addition to those pro
• § 9149.38 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Legislative Discriminatory Harassment Retaliation Prevention Act.
• § 9149.39 — For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Discriminatory harassment” means harassment based on race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physic
• § 9149.4 — The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall receive reimbursement for travel and living expenses in connection with their official duties, at rates established by the Dep
• § 9149.40 — (a) A house of the Legislature shall not discharge, expel, or otherwise discriminate against a legislative advocate or a legislative employee because that person has opposed any practices forbidden un
• § 9149.41 — Each house of the Legislature shall implement a system to maintain a record of each discriminatory harassment complaint made to that house for a period of at least 12 years after the complaint is made
• § 9149.5 — The Joint Rules Committee shall appoint a Subcommittee on the Capitol Restoration Project, comprised of three members from the Senate and three from the Assembly, to monitor the commission.
• § 9149.6 — (a) Four members of the commission shall constitute a quorum to do business, and no action of the commission may be taken except upon an affirmative recorded vote of four or more members.
• § 9149.7 — The commission shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To prepare, complete, and, from time to time, to amend, a comprehensive master plan, based on a priority of needs, for the restoration, p
• § 9149.8 — In carrying out its duties and responsibilities under this article, the commission shall follow accepted standards for restoration, preservation, and maintenance of historic structures, including all
• § 9149.9 — The commission shall maintain and may utilize all historic data, research, and project files developed and gathered by the state, and in the possession of the state, in connection with the State Capit
• § 915 — (a) A claim, any amendment thereto, or an application to the public entity for leave to present a late claim shall be presented to a local public entity by any of the following means: (1) Delivering i
• § 915.2 — (a) If a claim, amendment to a claim, or application to a public entity for leave to present a late claim is presented or sent by mail under this chapter, or if any notice under this chapter is given
• § 915.4 — (a) The notices provided for in Sections 910.
• § 9150 — The Secretary of the Senate, the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, and the minute clerks and Sergeant-at-Arms of each house for any session shall perform the duties of their offices at the next succeeding
• § 91500 — This title may be cited as the California Industrial Development Financing Act.
• § 91501 — The Legislature hereby finds that it is necessary and essential that the state, in cooperation with the federal government, use all practical means and measures to promote and enhance economic develop
• § 91502 — It is the purpose of this title to carry out and make effective the findings of the Legislature, and to that end, to provide business with an alternative method of financing in acquiring, constructing
• § 91502.1 — (a) The Legislature declares that it is the policy of this state, consistent with environmental, resource conservation, and other policies, to facilitate for and on behalf of private enterprise the ac
• § 91503 — The property acquired pursuant to this article shall be suitable for, or shall evidence an obligation respecting, certain activities or uses.
• § 91504 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article shall govern the construction of this title, as follows: (a) “Acquire” and its variants means acquire, construct, improve, furnis
• § 9151 — The Secretary of the Senate may appoint such temporary employees as are in his opinion necessary for the proper organization of the Senate.
• § 91520 — (a) There is in each public agency a public, corporate instrumentality of the State of California, known as the industrial development authority of the public agency.
• § 91521 — (a) The sole purpose of an authority is to undertake projects through the issuance of bonds in accomplishment of the purposes provided in Section 91502, and to carry out and complete such projects and
• § 91522 — (a) All powers vested in authorities shall be exercisable as their respective boards shall provide, solely in the accomplishment of the purposes of authorities.
• § 91523 — As an alternate to the appointment of directors pursuant to Section 91522, the governing body may, at its sole discretion and at any time regardless of the incumbency of any directors appointed pursua
• § 91524 — (a) The principal office of an authority shall be located at the principal office of the public agency.
• § 91525 — (a) An authority may appoint such employees and agents, including without limitation financial advisers or consultants, accountants, architects, engineers, or other experts or advisers as it requires,
• § 91525.5 — A member of the board or other officer of an authority or a member of the governing body who has any financial interest, other than an interest as defined by Section 1091 or 1091.
• § 91526 — An authority may: (a) Sue and be sued in its own name.
• § 91527 — Authorities shall have all powers necessary or appropriate for carrying out the purposes of this title including, without limitation, the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto:
• § 91528 — An authority shall not have the power to operate any facility as a business, except in the event of a default on any bonds, through a trustee, for the minimum reasonable time needed to sell or otherwi
• § 91529 — Companies may apply for financing pursuant to this article by filing with an authority an application therefor which includes all of the following: (a) Such financial, legal, and other information as
• § 91530 — (a) Applications for projects or companies not in accordance with the reasonable priorities and criteria that an authority may establish need not be accepted and further processed by an authority.
• § 91533 — Authorities shall undertake projects by entry into project agreements in substance not inconsistent with the following: (a) The company shall comply with (or cause to be complied with) all legal requi
• § 91534 — No company shall, by reason of any project agreement, be deemed the agent of an authority in the carrying out of such agreement unless (and in such case only to the extent) such agreement specifically
• § 91535 — (a) All bonds issued by an authority in connection with a project shall be special obligations, only, of the authority, payable solely out of the revenues or out of the other sources specified in the
• § 91536 — In the discretion of an authority, any bonds issued under the provisions of this title may be secured by an indenture.
• § 91537 — The issuance of bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the board adopted at any time following the determinations provided for in subdivision (j) of Section 91527 or Section 91530.
• § 91537.5 — The bonds may bear interest on the amount or amounts, payable at the time or times, evidenced in the manner and at the fixed or variable rate or rates as shall be established by or pursuant to a metho
• § 91538 — Bonds may be sold at the prices that the board directs, at public or private sale, subject to subdivision (b) of Section 91535.
• § 91539 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) Authorities and their revenues, amounts for administration or costs of issuance expenses, and any other income shall be exempt from all taxes on, or mea
• § 91540 — (a) All property, revenues, and funds, owned or possessed by an authority for the purposes of this title, shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of execution or other judicial process.
• § 91541 — (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
• § 91542 — At such time as all obligations under the project agreements respecting any particular project have been satisfied or otherwise discharged or adequately provided for and all the bonds issued to financ