Section 16314 Of Chapter 1. General From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1.
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. (a) The Pooled Money Investment Board shall establish the
annual rate of interest charged on short-term loans of state funds
executed after January 1, 1981, where the statute authorizing such
loans does not prohibit interest or specify an interest rate or a
method of computing an interest rate. The rate of interest shall not
be less than the last available daily rate of return earned by the
Pooled Money Investment Account on the actual date of withdrawal or
transfer of the loan funds.
(b) The Pooled Money Investment Board shall establish the annual
rate of interest charged on long-term loans of state funds executed
after January 1, 1981, where the statute authorizing such loans does
not prohibit interest or specify an interest rate or a method of
computing an interest rate. The rate of interest shall not be less
than the lesser of the last available daily rate of return earned by
the Pooled Money Investment Account on the actual date of withdrawal
or transfer of the loan funds, or the average of the annual rates of
return earned by the Pooled Money Investment Account for the three
fiscal years immediately preceding the year in which the loan is
executed.
(c) As used in this section, "short-term loans of state funds"
means any loan from any fund or account in the State Treasury or from
the reserve for contingencies or emergencies administered by the
Department of Finance to any other fund in the State Treasury or to
any state or local agency for a period of less than one year.
(d) As used in this section, "long-term loans of state funds"
means any loan from any fund or account in the State Treasury or from
the reserve for contingencies or emergencies administered by the
Department of Finance to any other fund in the State Treasury or to
any state or local agency for a period of one year or longer, except
loans made pursuant to Section 71.4 of the Harbors and Navigation
Code and Section 21602 of the Public Utilities Code.
(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the Director of Finance shall
have the authority to waive interest charges on short-term loans of
state funds to other state agencies or funds to cover temporary
shortages of funds where anticipated reimbursements have not been
forthcoming, or where the agency cannot recover interest charges in
the reimbursement, or where the loan is to a department or agency
which derives its support from the same fund from which the loan is
to be made. This authority shall not apply to loans from the Pooled
Money Investment Account.
(f) The Director of Finance may extend the loan repayment date of
loans of state funds as defined in subdivisions (c) and (d). At the
time any such loan repayment date is extended, the loan shall be
considered to be a new loan for the purposes of establishing the
annual rate of interest under the provisions of subdivisions (a) and
(b) for the period the loan is extended. The interest rate
established on the actual date of withdrawal or transfer of the loan
funds shall not be altered by such an extension.