Article 3. Harbor Improvement Fund of California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 4. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 3.

Pursuant to this article, any city whose corporate limits include or front upon any harbor, bay or estuary, or other navigable water, whether the tidelands or waterfront is owned or controlled by it or by the State, either in whole or in part, may incur an indebtedness for:
  (a) The improvement, repair, and maintenance of its harbor.
  (b) The erection of wharves, piers, seawall, state or municipal railroad and spurs along the harbor.
  (c) Betterments, appurtenances, and dredging and filling necessary in connection with the harbor.

The city may create one or more funds for the payment of such indebtedness. Whether the funds are under the management and control of a state board of harbor commissioners or the management and control of the city, or any of its officers, boards or departments, pursuant to statute or charter of the city, the city may provide money for such funds by either or both of the following methods:
  (a) The levy and collection of taxes.
  (b) The issuance and sale of bonds.

The city may also issue and sell its bonds to provide a fund for the redemption, cancellation, and retirement of state bonds issued and sold to provide a fund for any improvement or construction in its harbor.

All provisions of law, or of the charter of the city, relative to the issuance and sale of other city bonds and the mode and manner of calling, holding, and canvassing an election authorizing the issuance and sale of such bonds, apply equally to the issue and sale of the bonds authorized by this article and to the mode and manner of calling, holding, and canvassing an election with reference to such bonds.

Where by law or charter of the city the management, control, and improvement of the harbor or tidelands is vested in whole or in part in a state board of harbor commissioners, the city may turn over to the State Board of Harbor Commissioners any funds which it provides. Such funds shall be used, managed, and controlled by the State Board of Harbor Commissioners for such work of improvement, repair, maintenance, and construction as the city lawfully designates.

When any city provides any fund for the redemption, cancellation, or retirement of any state bonds pursuant to this article, the city through its appropriate officers may transfer the money in the fund to the State Treasurer. Upon its receipt the State Treasurer shall place the money in the appropriate sinking fund and apply it to the redemption, cancellation, and retirement of such state bonds.