Section 16809 Of Chapter 5. State Indebtedness From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 5.
16809
. Bonds of the State of California shall be prepared, issued,
and sold in the amount of two hundred fifty million dollars
($250,000,000), in such denominations, to be numbered, to bear such
dates, and to bear such rate of interest as shall be determined by
the Legislature.
The proceeds of such bonds shall be used:
(a) To provide loans and grants to the several school districts of
the State, subject to such legislation, rules, or regulations as the
Legislature may, from time to time, determine.
(b) To pay the expenses that may be incurred in preparing,
advertising, issuing, and selling the bonds, and in administering and
directing the expenditure of the moneys realized from the sale of
such bonds.
The issuance, signing, countersigning, endorsing, and selling of
the bonds herein provided for, and the interest coupons thereon, the
place and method of payment of principal and interest thereon, the
procedure for initiating, advertising and holding sales thereof, and
the performance by the several state boards and state officers of
their respective duties in connection therewith; and all other
provisions, terms, and conditions relating to the bonds, shall be as
provided by the Legislature.
The Legislature shall pass all laws, general or special, necessary
or convenient to carry into effect the provisions of this section.
Such laws may provide for the allocation of funds to school districts
pursuant to this section by the State Allocations Board or a similar
agency, and in that event, notwithstanding any other provision of
this Constitution, Members of the Legislature who are required to
meet with such board shall have equal rights and duties with the
nonlegislative members to vote and act upon matters pending before
such board.
The people of the State of California in adopting this section
hereby declare that it is in the interests of the state and of the
people thereof for the state to aid school districts of the state in
providing necessary and adequate school sites and buildings for the
pupils of the public school system, such system being a matter of
general concern inasmuch as the education of the children of the
state is an obligation and function of the state.