Section 17302 Of Part 5. State Of California Notes From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 5.
17302
. Notes shall be issued pursuant to this part only to raise
funds in an amount sufficient to satisfy the Controller's registered
demand or demands. Proceeds of notes may also be used for the
payments described in Section 17311 to the extent that those payments
are not included within the appropriations comprising the demand or
demands. The principal amount of the issuance of notes shall equal
the amount of the demand or the portion of the demand that is
satisfied by the issuance. The issuance of any notes pursuant to this
part shall be authorized by a resolution adopted by the Treasurer
with the approval of the Controller and the Director of Finance.
(a) Any note (1) may be negotiable, (2) may be payable to order or
to bearer, (3) may be in any denomination, (4) shall be payable not
later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year in which the
note has been issued and shall not be renewable beyond that date, (5)
may bear fixed or variable interest at a rate or rates to be
determined as provided by the resolution and payable as provided
therein, (6) may be payable on a fixed date or upon demand of the
holder of the note, (7) may be made subject to prepayment or
redemption at the option of the state or at the option of the holder,
and (8) may have a term not exceeding 12 months.
(b) In lieu of issuing notes pursuant to subdivision (a), the
resolution may provide for the issuance of notes in the form of
commercial paper. This commercial paper may be issued and renewed
from time to time, in amounts, subject to the requirements of this
subdivision, as the Treasurer shall determine, from the date of
initial issuance until the final maturity date, which shall not be
more than 12 months, and shall occur not more than 120 days after the
end of the fiscal year in which the commercial paper was first
issued, and shall not be renewed beyond that date. The maximum
principal amount of commercial paper outstanding at any one time
shall be stated in the resolution, and shall not be greater than the
amount of the Controller's demand. The resolution may also provide
that the commercial paper (1) may be negotiable, (2) may be payable
to order or to bearer, (3) may be in any denomination, (4) may bear
fixed or variable interest at a rate or rates to be determined as
provided in the resolution and payable as provided therein, (5) may
be payable on a fixed date or upon demand of the holder of the
commercial paper, (6) may be made subject to prepayment or redemption
at the option of the state or of the holder, and (7) may contain any
other provision necessary or appropriate to carry out the program of
commercial paper.