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43602.5
. (a) A city or a city and county may also incur
indebtedness pursuant to this chapter for seismic strengthening of
unreinforced buildings and other buildings. Proceeds of bonds
authorized pursuant to this section may be used to make loans to
public entities or owners of private buildings. Loans shall satisfy
all of the following:
(1) Any loan used to finance seismic strengthening of a
residential structure containing units rented by households specified
in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code before
strengthening shall be subject to a regulatory agreement which will
ensure that the number of those units in the structure will not be
reduced and will remain available at affordable rents pursuant to
Section 50053 of the Health and Safety Code as long as any portion of
the loan is unpaid.
(2) All seismic strengthening financed with any loan funded
pursuant to this section shall be in accordance with a plan developed
for the structure by a registered civil engineer or a licensed
architect, or approved by a city or city and county building
official, one of whom shall certify that the work funded is necessary
for seismic safety reasons, or is otherwise legally required for
completion of the work or occupancy of the building. In no event
shall any loan funded pursuant to this section finance the
destruction of any existing building or the construction of any new
building.
(3) Any amount received in payment of interest on or to repay
principal on any loan made pursuant to this section shall be used to
pay debt service on bonds authorized pursuant to this section, or
shall be used to fund additional loans for seismic strengthening,
except that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply after
the bonds, including any bonds issued to refund the bonds, are fully
repaid.
(4) Loans made pursuant to this section shall constitute liens in
favor of the city or city and county when recorded by the county
recorder of the county in which the real property is located. The
lien shall contain the legal description of the real property, the
assessor's parcel number, and the name of the owner of record as
shown on the latest equalized assessment roll.
(5) The legislative body of the city or city and county may
specify the interest rate, term, and other provisions of any loan
made pursuant to this section.
(6) A city or city and county may issue bonds and make loans
pursuant to this section only if the city or city and county has
completed an inventory of unreinforced masonry structures within its
jurisdiction and has adopted a mitigation ordinance pursuant to
Section 8875.2 or Section 19163 of the Health and Safety Code. The
city or city and county shall establish criteria, terms, and
conditions to identify eligible buildings.
(b) The legislative body of the city or city and county is
authorized to expend the proceeds of bonds authorized by this section
to make loans pursuant to this section. The legislative body of a
city or city and county shall declare in the bond proposition that
loans made from bond proceeds pursuant to this section to owners of
private buildings for seismic strengthening of unreinforced buildings
or other buildings constitute a public purpose resulting in a public
benefit. Loans made pursuant to this section shall not be construed
to be gifts of public funds in violation of Section 6 of Article XVI
of the California Constitution.
(c) Work on qualified historical buildings or structures shall be
done in accordance with the State Historical Building Code (Part 2.7
(commencing with Section 18950) of Division 13 of the Health and
Safety Code).
(d) The Legislature hereby declares that loans made from bond
proceeds pursuant to this section to owners of private buildings for
seismic strengthening of unreinforced buildings or other buildings
constitute a public purpose resulting in a public benefit.