Section 16754.3 Of Article 4. Sale Of Bonds From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 4.
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. (a) The bonds specified in the resolution shall be sold by
the Treasurer, at the time fixed by the Treasurer, and upon the
notice that the Treasurer may deem advisable, or at the time to which
the sale shall have been so continued, either at a competitive sale
to the bidder whose bid will result in the lowest interest cost on
account of those bonds or by a negotiated sale if the Treasurer
determines it will result in a lower interest cost. With respect to
bonds sold by the Treasurer by negotiated sales, the Treasurer shall
make a finding on the public record as to why a competitive sale was
not used. The Treasurer may sell the bonds at a price below the par
value thereof, but the discount on bonds so sold shall not exceed 3
percent of the par value. The interest, if any, accrued to the date
of delivery of, and payment for, the bonds shall be added to the sale
price of the bonds in any case.
(b) (1) The method of determining the lowest interest cost bid
shall be prescribed in the bond resolution and shall be limited to
either the net interest cost method or the true interest cost method.
(A) The net interest cost of each bid shall be determined by
ascertaining the total amount of interest that the state would be
required to pay under that bid, from the date of the bonds to the
respective maturity dates of the bonds then offered for sale, at the
interest rate or rates specified in the bid, less the total amount of
the premium, if any, or plus the total amount of the discount, if
any, offered by the bid. The bid under which the amount so
ascertained is the least shall be deemed to be the bid resulting in
the lowest net interest cost.
(B) Under the true interest cost method, the bonds shall be
awarded to the bidder submitting the lowest interest rate bid
determined by the nominal interest rate that, when compounded
semiannually and used to discount the debt service payments on the
bonds to the date of the bonds, results in an amount equal to the
price bid for the bonds, excluding interest accrued to the date of
delivery.
(2) Under either method specified in this subdivision, the sale
shall be for cash, payable upon the delivery of the bonds in
definitive form, or if the right to deliver temporary securities has
been reserved, then upon the delivery of the temporary securities.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) or (b), if the resolution
prescribes that the bonds may pay a variable interest rate, as
specified in subdivision (d) of Section 16731, the Treasurer may sell
the bonds by negotiated sales if the Treasurer determines that it is
in the best interest of the state to do so.
(d) This section shall apply to any bonds authorized at any
statewide election held at any time after the effective date of this
section. Section 16754 shall apply only to bonds authorized at
elections held before the effective date of this section.