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• § 53226.3 — The legislative body of a district, other than a school district, may, by resolution, insure against losses caused by an employee or officer of the district in lieu of providing a bond or bonds.
• § 53227 — (a) An employee of a local agency may not be sworn into office as an elected or appointed member of the legislative body of that local agency unless he or she resigns as an employee.
• § 53227.1 — This article shall not be construed to preempt Sections 35107 and 72103 of the Education Code.
• § 53227.2 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Local agency” means a city, city and county, county, district, municipal or public corporation, political subdivision, or other publ
• § 53230 — The legislative body of a county, city, municipal corporation, political subdivision, public district, or other public agency of the State may provide for the purchase of United States savings bonds o
• § 53232 — For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Governing body” means the board of supervisors in the case of a county or a city and county, the city council or
• § 53232.1 — (a) When compensation is otherwise authorized by statute, a local agency may pay compensation to members of a legislative body for attendance at the following occurrences: (1) A meeting of the legisla
• § 53232.2 — (a) When reimbursement is otherwise authorized by statute, a local agency may reimburse members of a legislative body for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties,
• § 53232.3 — (a) If a local agency reimburses members of a legislative body for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties, then a local agency shall provide expense report forms
• § 53232.4 — Penalties for misuse of public resources or falsifying expense reports in violation of expense reporting polices may include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) The loss of reimbursement privi
• § 53234 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Legislative body” has the same meaning as specified in Section 54952.
• § 53235 — (a) (1) If a local agency provides any type of compensation, salary, or stipend to a member of a legislative body, or provides reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred by a member of a
• § 53235.1 — (a) Each local agency official in local agency service as of January 1, 2006, except for officials whose term of office ends before January 9, 2007, shall receive the training required by subdivision
• § 53235.2 — (a) A local agency that provides the ethical training prescribed by this article shall maintain records indicating both of the following: (1) The dates that local officials satisfied the requirements
• § 53237 — For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Local agency” means a city, county, city and county, charter city, charter county, charter city and county, or s
• § 53237.1 — (a) If a local agency provides any type of compensation, salary, or stipend to a local agency official of that agency, then all local agency officials of that agency shall receive sexual harassment pr
• § 53237.2 — (a) A local agency that requires its local agency officials or employees to complete the sexual harassment prevention training and education prescribed by this article shall maintain records indicatin
• § 53237.5 — The requirements of this article are in addition to any other law requiring similar or related training, and nothing in this article shall be construed to supersede the requirements of Section 12940 o
• § 53238 — For purposes of this article: (a) “Fiscal and financial training” includes, but is not limited to, training in all of the following: (1) Laws and principles relating to financial administration and sh
• § 53238.1 — (a) All local agency officials shall receive at least two hours of fiscal and financial training pursuant to this article.
• § 53238.2 — (a) Every local agency official who is in a local agency’s service as of January 1, 2026, and commenced that service prior to January 1, 2026, shall receive the fiscal and financial training required
• § 53238.3 — (a) A local agency that provides the fiscal and financial training required by this article shall maintain records indicating both of the following: (1) The dates that local agency officials satisfied
• § 53238.4 — A local agency official who is in compliance with Section 26945, 26945.
• § 53240 — The legislative body of a county, city, municipal corporation, political subdivision, public district, or other public agency may provide for the payment of the costs of replacing or repairing propert
• § 53243 — On or after January 1, 2012, any contract executed or renewed between a local agency and an officer or employee of a local agency that provides paid leave salary offered by the local agency to the off
• § 53243.1 — On or after January 1, 2012, any contract executed or renewed between a local agency and an officer or employee of a local agency that provides funds for the legal criminal defense of an officer or em
• § 53243.2 — On or after January 1, 2012, any contract of employment between an employee and a local agency employer shall include a provision which provides that, regardless of the term of the contract, if the co
• § 53243.3 — On or after January 1, 2012, if a local agency provides, in the absence of a contractual obligation, for any of the payments described in this article, then the employee or officer receiving any payme
• § 53243.4 — For purposes of this article, “abuse of office or position” means either of the following: (a) An abuse of public authority, including, but not limited to, waste, fraud, and violation of the law under
• § 53244 — (a) A local public officer, as defined in subdivision (b), who is convicted by a state or federal trial court of any felony under state or federal law for conduct arising out of, or in the performance
• § 53245 — (a) Any person now or hereafter employed by a county, city, municipal corporation, district, or other public agency may file with their appointing power a designation of a person who, notwithstanding
• § 53247 — As used in this article, “local agency” means any county, city, city and county, including any charter county, city, or city and county, and any district, school district, municipal or public corporat
• § 53248 — (a) No local agency shall adopt or continue in effect an ordinance or policy which prohibits consideration of comparability of the value of the work as one of the factors which may be used during the
• § 53250 — The legislative body of a city or a fire protection district in which there is a regularly organized paid fire department or county fire warden department, shall grant to each regular or permanent mem
• § 53251 — The legislative body shall arrange such leaves so as not to impair the efficiency of the department.
• § 53252 — Deduction shall not be made from the salary or pay of a member of the department granted such a leave of absence.
• § 53260 — (a) All contracts of employment between an employee and a local agency employer shall include a provision that provides that regardless of the term of the contract, if the contract is terminated, the
• § 53261 — The cash settlement specified in Section 53260 shall not include any other noncash items except health benefits, which may be continued for the same duration of time as covered in the settlement, purs
• § 53262 — (a) All contracts of employment with a superintendent, deputy superintendent, assistant superintendent, associate superintendent, community college president, community college vice president, communi
• § 53263 — For purposes of this article, “local agency” means any general law county, general law city, and any district, school district, community college district, municipal or public corporation, political s
• § 53264 — This article shall apply prospectively and shall affect any contract originally approved by the governing body, or any existing contract that is extended by the governing body, after the effective dat
• § 53270 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds that the hiring of permanent career civilian federal, state, and local government firefighters by local agencies as specified in this section is in need of uniform sta
• § 53290 — As used in this article: (a) “Local agency” means city, county, or district.
• § 53291 — Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, whenever a local agency takes over or assumes any of the functions of another local agency under a law which provides that all or any employees of such other l
• § 53292 — (a) Whenever a special district or joint powers agency that provides fire protection or a city fire department is dissolved or the area it serves is decreased by reason of a consolidation, merger, inc
• § 53293 — No agency of the state, formed pursuant to general law or special act, for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries and which has as its primary functio
• § 53296 — Definitions used in this article: (a) “Local agency” means any county, city, city and county, including any charter county, city, or city and county, and any district, school district, community colle
• § 53297 — (a) An employee, or applicant for employment, shall have the right to file a complaint with the local agency within 60 days of the date of the act or event which is the subject of the complaint.
• § 53298 — (a) No local agency officer, manager, or supervisor shall take a reprisal action against any employee or applicant for employment who files a complaint pursuant to Section 53297.
• § 53298.5 — (a) Any officer, manager, or supervisor who violates Section 53298 with malicious intent is punishable by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and imprisonment in the county jail for up
• § 53299 — In order for the Governor and the Legislature to determine the need to continue or modify local agency personnel procedures as they relate to disclosure of information by public employees, the League
• § 533 — From the county seat of Plumas County to Sacramento it is one hundred and thirty-six (136) miles.
• § 53311 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982”.
• § 53311.5 — This chapter provides an alternative method of financing certain public capital facilities and services, especially in developing areas and areas undergoing rehabilitation.
• § 53312 — Any provision in this chapter which conflicts with any other provision of law shall prevail over the other provision of law.
• § 53312.5 — The local agency may take any actions or make any determinations which it determines are necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter and which are not otherwise prohibited by law
• § 53312.7 — (a) On and after January 1, 1994, a local agency may initiate proceedings to establish a district pursuant to this chapter only if it has first considered and adopted local goals and policies concerni
• § 53312.8 — (a) (1) Territory that is dedicated or restricted to agricultural, open-space, or conservation uses may not be included within or annexed to a community facilities district that provides or would prov
• § 53313 — A community facilities district may be established under this chapter to finance any one or more of the following types of services within an area: (a) Police protection services, including, but not l
• § 53313.1 — To the extent that any capital facility is provided under this chapter, a duplicate levy, impact fee, or other exaction may not be required for the same purpose under Section 66477.
• § 53313.4 — Any territory within a community facilities district established for the acquisition or improvement of school facilities for a school district shall be exempt from any fee, increase in any fee other t
• § 53313.5 — A community facilities district may also finance the purchase, construction, expansion, improvement, or rehabilitation of any real or other tangible property with an estimated useful life of five year
• § 53313.51 — The legislative body may enter into an agreement for the construction of discrete portions or phases of facilities to be constructed and purchased consistent with Section 53313.
• § 53313.6 — The legislative body may provide for adjustments in ad valorem property taxes pursuant to Section 53313.
• § 53313.7 — (a) Upon making the findings pursuant to Section 53313.
• § 53313.9 — (a) All or any part of the cost of any school facilities financed by a community facilities district may be shared by the State Allocation Board pursuant to Section 17718.
• § 53314 — The legislative body may from time to time transfer moneys to a community facilities district or to an improvement area within a community facilities district, for the benefit of the district or impro
• § 53314.3 — In the first fiscal year in which a special tax or charge is levied for any facility or for any services in a community facilities district or a zone within a community facilities district, the legisl
• § 53314.5 — Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the legislative body, the legislative body may appropriate any of its available moneys to a revolving fund to be used for the acquisition of real or personal proper
• § 53314.6 — (a) In connection with the financing of services and facilities pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 53313 and subdivision (k) of Section 53313.
• § 53314.7 — (a) Any responsible party as defined by subdivision (a) of Section 78145 of the Health and Safety Code shall be liable to the district for the costs incurred in the removal or remedial action for the
• § 53314.8 — At any time either before or after the formation of the district, the legislative body may provide, by ordinance, that for a period specified in the ordinance, the local agency may contribute, from an
• § 53314.9 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 53313.
• § 53315 — This chapter shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes.
• § 53315.3 — The failure of any person to receive a notice, resolution, order, or other matter shall not affect in any way whatsoever the validity of any proceedings taken under this chapter, or prevent the legisl
• § 53315.6 — When any proceeding is initiated under this chapter by a legislative body other than that of a city or county, a copy of the resolution of intention shall be transmitted to the legislative body of the
• § 53315.8 — A county may not form a district within the territorial jurisdiction of a city without the consent of the legislative body of the city.
• § 53316 — This chapter applies to all local agencies insofar as those entities have the power to install or contribute revenue for any of the facilities or provide or contribute revenue for any of the services
• § 53316.2 — (a) A community facilities district may finance facilities to be owned or operated by a public agency other than the agency that created the district, or services to be provided by a public agency oth
• § 53316.4 — The agreement entered into pursuant to Section 53316.
• § 53316.6 — The agreement entered into pursuant to Section 53316.
• § 53317 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 53317.3 — If property not otherwise exempt from a special tax levied pursuant to this chapter is acquired by a public entity through a negotiated transaction, or by gift or devise, the special tax shall, notwit
• § 53317.5 — If property subject to a special tax levied pursuant to this chapter is acquired by a public entity through eminent domain proceedings, the obligation to pay the special tax shall be treated, pursuant
• § 53318 — Proceedings for the establishment of a community facilities district may be instituted by the legislative body on its own initiative and shall be instituted by the legislative body when any of the fol
• § 53318.5 — Notwithstanding any provision of Part 1 (commencing with Section 56000) of Division 3, a local agency formation commission shall have no power or duty to review and approve or disapprove a proposal to
• § 53319 — A petition requesting the institution of proceedings for the establishment of a community facilities district shall do all of the following: (a) Request the legislative body to institute proceedings t
• § 53320 — Within 90 days after either a written request by two members of the legislative body or a petition requesting the institution of proceedings for the establishment of a community facilities district is
• § 53321 — Proceedings for the establishment of a community facilities district shall be instituted by the adoption of a resolution of intention to establish the district which shall do all of the following: (a)
• § 53321.5 — At the time of the adoption of the resolution of intention to establish a community facilities district, the legislative body shall direct each of its officers who is or will be responsible for provid
• § 53322 — (a) The clerk of the legislative body shall publish a notice of the hearing pursuant to Section 6061 in a newspaper of general circulation published in the area of the proposed district.
• § 53322.4 — The clerk of the legislative body may also give notice of the hearing by first-class mail to each registered voter and to each landowner within the proposed district.
• § 53323 — At the hearing, protests against the establishment of the district, the extent of the district, or the furnishing of specified types of public facilities or services within the district may be made or
• § 53324 — (a) If 50 percent or more of the registered voters, or six registered voters, whichever is more, residing within the territory proposed to be included in the district, or the owners of one-half or mor
• § 53325 — The hearing may be continued from time to time, but shall be completed within 30 days, except that if the legislative body finds that the complexity of the proposed district or the need for public par
• § 53325.1 — (a) If the legislative body determines to establish the district, it shall adopt a resolution of formation establishing the district.
• § 53325.3 — A tax imposed pursuant to this chapter is a special tax and not a special assessment, and there is no requirement that the tax be apportioned on the basis of benefit to any property.
• § 53325.5 — (a) A community facilities district may include areas of territory that are not contiguous.
• § 53325.6 — Land devoted primarily to agricultural, timber, or livestock uses and being used for the commercial production of agricultural, timber, or livestock products may be included in a community facilities
• § 53325.7 — The legislative body may submit a proposition to establish or change the appropriations limit, as defined by subdivision (h) of Section 8 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution, of a communi
• § 53326 — (a) The legislative body shall then submit the levy of any special taxes to the qualified electors of the proposed community facilities district or to the qualified electors of the territory to be ann
• § 53327 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of law regulating elections of the local agency that calls an election pursuant to this chapter, insofar as they may be applicable, sha
• § 53327.5 — (a) If the election is to be conducted by mail ballot, the election official conducting the election shall provide ballots and election materials pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 53326 and Secti
• § 53328 — After the canvass of returns of any election pursuant to Section 53326, the legislative body may, pursuant to Section 53340, levy any special tax as specified in the resolution of formation adopted pu
• § 53328.1 — (a) As an alternate and independent procedure for forming a community facilities district, the legislative body may form a community facilities district that initially consists solely of territory pro
• § 53328.3 — Upon a determination by the legislative body that the requisite two-thirds of votes cast in an election held pursuant to Section 53326 are in favor of levying the special tax, the clerk of the legisla
• § 53328.5 — Division 4.
• § 53329 — After the canvass of returns of any election conducted pursuant to Section 53326, the legislative body shall take no further action with respect to authorizing the specified special tax within the com
• § 53329.5 — (a) The owners of three-fourths of the area of lands taxed or liable to be taxed, or their agents (who shall declare under penalty of perjury that they are such owners or agents), shall not be require
• § 53329.6 — In order to reduce the procedural burdens on local agencies, this chapter establishes certain procedures by which one or more property owners may vote in favor of special taxes, bonded indebtedness, a
• § 53330 — Upon the establishment of a community facilities district, only the public facilities and services as described in the resolution of formation may be financed by the district under the authority of th
• § 53330.3 — Under no circumstances shall any buyer or prospective buyer of any completed structure for which a certificate of occupancy for private residential use has been issued which is located within any dist
• § 53330.5 — Upon approval of a special tax pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 53318), the special tax may be levied only at the rate and may be apportioned only in the manner specified in the resoluti
• § 53330.7 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, the legislative body may, at any time, after conducting a public hearing, eliminate one or more of the types of facilities and services specified in the r
• § 53331 — (a) If the legislative body determines that the public convenience and necessity require any change in the types of authorized public facilities or services which should be financed by an established
• § 53331.5 — In addition to the other changes that may be made pursuant to this article, the legislative body may use the procedures of this article to gain authorization to accept bonds tendered in payment of spe
• § 53332 — (a) If a petition signed by 25 percent or more of the registered voters residing in the district, or by the owners of 25 percent or more of the land within the district not exempt from the special tax
• § 53333 — The petition shall request the legislative body to commence proceedings to make specified changes to a named community facilities district.
• § 53334 — The resolution of consideration to alter the types of public facilities and services financed by an established community facilities district, or to levy a new special tax or special taxes, or to alte
• § 53335 — The clerk of the legislative body shall give notice of the hearing in the same manner and within the same time as provided for the giving of notice of a hearing on a resolution of intention to establi
• § 53336 — At the hearing, protests against the proposals described in the resolution may be made orally, or in writing by any interested persons.
• § 53337 — If 50 percent or more of the registered voters, or six registered voters, whichever is more, residing within the district, or the owners of one-half or more of the area of the land in the territory in
• § 53338 — (a) The hearing may be continued from time to time, but shall be completed within 30 days, except that if the legislative body finds that the complexity of the proposed changes or the need for public
• § 53338.5 — The legislative body may, by ordinance, dissolve any existing Mello-Roos Community Facilities District which it has created upon making all of the following determinations: (a) That the district is no
• § 53339 — Territory may be annexed to an existing community facilities district as provided in this article.
• § 53339.2 — If the legislative body of the local agency that created a community facilities district determines that public convenience and necessity require that territory be added to the existing community faci
• § 53339.3 — The resolution of intention to annex the territory or to provide for future annexation of territory shall do all of the following: (a) State the name of the existing community facilities district.
• § 53339.4 — The clerk of the legislative body shall give notice of the hearing in the same manner and within the same time as provided for the giving of notice of a hearing on a resolution of intention to establi
• § 53339.5 — At the hearing, protests against the proposals described in the resolution of intention may be made orally or in writing by any interested person.
• § 53339.6 — If 50 percent or more of the registered voters, or six registered voters, whichever is more, residing within the existing community facilities district, or if 50 percent or more of the registered vote
• § 53339.7 — (a) The hearing may be continued from time to time, but shall be completed within 30 days.
• § 53339.8 — (a) After the canvass of returns of any election conducted in accordance with Section 53339.
• § 53339.9 — After the canvass of returns of any election conducted in accordance with Section 53339.
• § 53340 — (a) After a community facilities district has been created and authorized to levy specified special taxes pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 53318), Article 3 (commencing with Section 5333
• § 53340.1 — (a) If a public agency owning property, including property held in trust for any beneficiary, which is exempt from a special tax pursuant to Section 53340 grants a leasehold or other possessory intere
• § 53340.2 — (a) The legislative body levying the special tax shall designate an office, department, or bureau of the local agency that shall be responsible for annually preparing the current roll of special tax l
• § 53340.3 — At the request of the legislative body, the tax collector may set forth on the tax bill descriptive information provided by the legislative body to identify each public entity receiving portions of th
• § 53340.5 — If the legislative body of the local agency levying the special taxes is not the legislative body of a county and those special taxes are collected by county officials, the county auditor shall, at th
• § 53340.7 — If the legislative body supplies to the tax collector each year a listing of the specific amount due from each parcel within the district, and the tax collector bills for and collects the tax without
• § 53341 — Any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the levy of a special tax or an increase in a special tax pursuant to this chapter shall be commenced within 30 days after the spe
• § 53341.5 — (a) If a lot, parcel, or unit of a subdivision is subject to a special tax levied pursuant to this chapter, the subdivider, his or her agent, or representative, shall not sell, or lease for a term exc
• § 53343 — Any special taxes collected pursuant to this chapter may only be used for facilities and services authorized by this chapter.
• § 53343.1 — A community facilities district formed after January 1, 1992, shall prepare, if requested by a person who resides in or owns property in the district, within 120 days after the last day of each fiscal
• § 53343.2 — A local agency that has an Internet Web site, within seven months after the last day of each fiscal year of the district, shall display prominently on its Internet Web site all of the following inform
• § 53344 — In the event that the legislative body has specified conditions pursuant to Section 53321 under which the obligation to pay the special tax identified therein may be prepaid and permanently satisfied,
• § 53344.1 — (a) The legislative body may provide in the resolution of intention or the resolution of consideration, and in documents setting forth the rights of the debtholders that it shall reserve to itself, th
• § 53344.4 — Any district preparing a report pursuant to Section 53343.
• § 53345 — Whenever the legislative body deems it necessary for the community facilities district to incur a bonded indebtedness, it shall, by resolution, set forth all of the following: (a) A declaration of the
• § 53345.3 — The amount of the proposed bonded indebtedness may include all costs and estimated costs incidental to, or connected with, the accomplishment of the purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurr
• § 53345.8 — (a) The legislative body may sell bonds pursuant to this chapter only if it determines prior to the award of sale of bonds that the value of the real property that would be subject to the special tax
• § 53346 — The clerk of the legislative body shall publish a notice of the hearing pursuant to Section 6061 in a newspaper of general circulation circulated within the district.
• § 53348 — At the time and place fixed for the hearing on the resolution declaring the necessity for incurring the bonded indebtedness or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the legislative
• § 53349 — At the hearing any person interested, including persons owning property within the area, may appear and present any matters material to the questions set forth in the resolution declaring the necessit
• § 53350 — (a) For purposes of financing of, or contributing to the financing of, specified public facilities, the legislative body may by resolution designate a portion or portions of the district as one or mor
• § 53351 — After the legislative body has made its determination pursuant to Section 53350, if it deems it necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness, it shall by resolution state all of the following: (a) That
• § 53352 — The resolution provided for in Section 53351 shall constitute the notice of such special bond election and such resolution shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation circulating within t
• § 53353.5 — (a) Propositions relating to the levy of a special tax, the incurring of bonded indebtedness, or to establish or change an appropriations limit, or any combination thereof, under this chapter, may be
• § 53354 — If the area designated in the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 53351 does not include the entire community facilities district, a separate ballot shall be prepared for the vote upon the proposit
• § 53355 — A two-thirds vote shall be required for the issuance of bonds under authority of this chapter.
• § 53355.5 — (a) As an alternate and independent procedure for conducting an election on the proposition to authorize bonded indebtedness for a community facilities district formed pursuant to Section 53328.
• § 53355.7 — The refusal by a person to undertake or cause to be undertaken an act relating to Chapter 2.
• § 53356 — If more than two-thirds of the votes cast at the election are in favor of incurring the indebtedness, the legislative body may, by resolution, at the time or times it deems proper, provide for the fol
• § 53356.03 — The proceeds of any bond, note, or other security issued pursuant to this chapter, or the proceeds of any bond, note, or other security issued pursuant to any other authority where revenue collected p
• § 53356.05 — The bond indenture or other bond documents may provide that the legislative body agrees to notify one or more parties, including the underwriter or other first purchaser of the bonds, an appropriate n
• § 53356.1 — (a) As a cumulative remedy, if debt is outstanding, the legislative body may, not later than four years after the due date of the last installment of principal thereof, order that any delinquent speci
• § 53356.1.5 — (a) This section applies if delinquent special taxes, together with any penalties, interest, and costs, are collected through the sale of the property by the tax collector pursuant to Chapter 7 (comme
• § 53356.2 — (a) When any foreclosure actions are ordered by the local agency or legislative body, or when subsequent installments and interest that are also to be made the subject of a foreclosure action thereaft
• § 53356.3 — At any time after the tax collector has been relieved of his or her duty to collect sums under Section 53356.
• § 53356.4 — The foreclosure action shall be brought in the name of the local agency or trustee on behalf of the bondholders pursuant to Section 53356.
• § 53356.5 — (a) Any judgment shall decree the amount of the continuing lien against each parcel to be foreclosed, and shall order the parcel to be sold on execution as in other cases of the sale of real property
• § 53356.6 — Property sold hereunder may not be sold for less than the amount of the judgment plus postjudgment interest and authorized costs without the consent of the owners of 75 percent by value of the outstan
• § 53356.7 — No special tax installment, interest or penalties thereon, or deed shall be held invalid for any error in computation if the error is found to be comparatively negligible, or is found to be in favor o
• § 53356.8 — Provided the legislative body permits bonds or debt to be tendered for special taxes and the penalties and interest thereon pursuant to Section 53344.
• § 53356.9 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other provision of law applicable to foreclosure action, the judgment of foreclosure and sale of a lot or parcel pursuant to this chapter
• § 53357 — The bonds shall be signed by the chairperson of the legislative body and countersigned by the clerk of the legislative body or his or her deputy.
• § 53357.1 — (a) In connection with the issuance of bonds in which a property owner agrees, by written consent, to disclose certain information on a continuous basis through the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Boa
• § 53358 — When the legislative body provides for the fixing and levying of special taxes and charges for the community facilities district it shall also provide for the fixing and levying of that amount of spec
• § 53359 — An action to determine the validity of bonds issued pursuant to this chapter or the validity of any special taxes levied pursuant to this chapter may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with
• § 53359.5 — (a) The legislative body shall, no later than 30 days prior to the sale of any bonds pursuant to this article, give written notice of the proposed sale to the California Debt and Investment Advisory C
• § 53359.7 — Current information on the items listed in Section 53359.
• § 53360 — The community facilities district may sell the bonds so issued at the times or in the manner the legislative body deems to be to the public interest.
• § 53360.4 — Notwithstanding Section 53360, the legislative body may sell bonds at private sale, without advertising for bids, if the legislative body determines that the action would result in a lower overall cos
• § 53360.7 — The legislative body may provide that bonds shall bear a variable interest rate, and for the manner and intervals in which the rate shall vary.
• § 53361 — Any bonds issued by a district organized under the provisions of this chapter are hereby given the same force, value and use as bonds issued by any municipality and shall be exempt from all taxation w
• § 53361.1 — All bonds issued by any district payable from taxes or charges are legal investments for all trust funds, for the trust funds of all insurance companies, the state school funds, and any funds which ma
• § 53362 — The legislative body may, by resolution, issue new bonds to refund any or all of the district bonds outstanding or improvement area bonds outstanding that have been issued pursuant to this article.
• § 53362.5 — Refunding bonds shall not be issued if the total interest cost to maturity on the refunding bonds plus the principal amount of the refunding bonds exceeds the total interest cost to maturity on the bo
• § 53362.7 — The total authorized amount of the bonded indebtedness of a district or an improvement area therein, as approved by the qualified voter thereof, shall not be reduced by the principal amount of any ref
• § 53363 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, the legislative body may issue refunding bonds without repeating any of the procedures required for the approval of the original bond issue, if the legisl
• § 53363.2 — If the legislative body determines to issue refunding bonds pursuant to this article it shall adopt a resolution providing for their issuance.
• § 53363.5 — Any refunding bonds issued pursuant to this article may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded on such basis as the legislative body determines is for the benefit of the district, but shall be issu
• § 53363.7 — The designated costs of issuing the refunding bonds, as defined by Section 53363.
• § 53363.8 — For purposes of this article, the term “designated costs of issuing the refunding bonds” means any of the following costs and expenses designated by the legislative body in the resolution providing fo
• § 53363.9 — (a) The proceeds and investments in the “refunding fund” shall be in an amount sufficient to meet either the requirements of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) at the time of issuance of the refunding bon
• § 53364 — Following the issuance of any refunding bonds pursuant to this article, the treasurer of the local agency shall provide for the payment of principal and interest on the refunding bonds in the same man
• § 53364.2 — (a) If further facilities or services are authorized to be financed by the district, savings achieved through the issuance of refunding bonds may be used by the legislative body for those purposes.
• § 53364.5 — Any bonds issued by the district may be made callable by resolution of the legislative body adopted at or prior to the time of issuing the bonds.
• § 53365 — Notice designating the bonds called for redemption shall be mailed to the underwriter or other first purchaser and to the registered owners of the bonds to be called by first-class mail.