Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions of California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 8. >> Article 3.

This chapter, being necessary for the health, welfare, and safety of the state and its residents, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.

This chapter shall be deemed to provide a complete and alternative authorization to take the actions necessary to implement this chapter, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to the powers conferred by other laws. The issuance of the bonds and their terms, the application of proceeds to the funding or refunding of pension obligations or prior bonds, and the entering into of any ancillary obligation under this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds or ancillary obligations, including, but not limited to, the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720)). The purposes authorized by this chapter may be effectuated and bonds are authorized to be issued for any purposes under this chapter notwithstanding that any other law may provide for those purposes or for the issuance of bonds for like purposes and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, limitations, or other provisions contained in any other law.

Section 10295 of the Public Contract Code and Article 4 (commencing with Section 10335) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code do not apply to agreements entered into by the committee, or any individual to whom the committee delegates contracting authority, in connection with the sale of bonds or other matters authorized under this chapter.

Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are a legal investment for any state special fund or trust fund, notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the investments that may be made by the fund. The bonds shall be legal investments in which all public officers and public bodies of the state, its political subdivisions, all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, banking institutions, including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries, and all persons authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them. The bonds may be used by any private financial institution, person, or association as security for public officers and bodies of the state or any agency or political subdivision of the state and all municipalities and public corporations for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is authorized by law, including deposits to secure public funds.

The committee may bring an action to determine the validity of any bonds to be issued, or any ancillary obligations and other contracts to be entered into, under this chapter pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. For the purposes of Section 860 of the Code of Civil Procedure, any action initiated pursuant to this section shall be brought in the Superior Court of the County of Sacramento.

Notwithstanding Section 13340, there is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, from the General Fund for the purposes of this chapter, an amount, subject to the limitations of this chapter, that equals the sum annually that is necessary to pay all obligations, including principal, interest, costs, expenses, rebate, legal, commitment, or other fees, and all other amounts incurred by the state under or in connection with bonds and any ancillary obligations payable entered into by the state. The amount hereby appropriated each fiscal year to pay principal on any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter and any ancillary obligations associated therewith may not exceed the outstanding principal amount of all bonds issued pursuant to this chapter. The amount appropriated each fiscal year to pay interest on any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter and any ancillary obligations associated therewith may not exceed 15 percent per annum of the outstanding amount of all bonds issued pursuant to this chapter. The amount hereby appropriated each year to pay costs, expenses, rebate, legal, commitment, or other fees and other amounts of any ancillary obligations may not exceed 5 percent per annum of the outstanding amount of all bonds issued pursuant to this chapter. Expenditures pursuant to this section shall reflect the efforts of the state to secure financing that results in the least cost to the state after considering both short-term and long-term financing costs.