California Code
ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts
Section 5544.2.

5544.2. (a) A district may acquire all necessary and proper lands and facilities, or any portion thereof, by means of a plan to borrow money or by purchase on contract.

(b) The amount of indebtedness to be incurred shall not exceed an amount equal to the anticipated property tax revenue allocations for the next five-year period derived pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of Part 0.5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code or the anticipated tax income derived pursuant to Section 50077 of the Government Code, or both. The time period to repay the indebtedness shall not exceed the applicable time period provided in subdivision (c) or (d).

(c) All indebtedness that is incurred on or after July 1, 1982, pursuant to this section shall be repaid during a period not to exceed 20 years from the date on which it is incurred and shall bear interest at the rate allowed pursuant to Section 53531 of the Government Code, payable annually or semiannually or in part annually and in part semiannually. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, with respect to the East Bay Regional Park District only, all indebtedness incurred pursuant to this section for acquisition of lands and facilities designated in the district’s master plan, including the Chabot Ridgelands, shall be repaid during a period not to exceed 30 years and at a rate not exceeding the rate allowed in this section for other districts. All other acquisitions of land and facilities by the East Bay Regional Park District not designated in the master plan are subject to the 20-year repayment period limitation of this section.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), all indebtedness that is incurred by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, on or after January 1, 2012, pursuant to this section, shall be repaid during a period not to exceed 30 years from the date on which it is incurred and shall bear interest at the rate allowed pursuant to Section 53531 of the Government Code, payable annually or semiannually or in part annually and in part semiannually.

(e) Each indebtedness shall be authorized by a resolution adopted by the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the members of the district board, shall be evidenced by a promissory note or contract signed by the president of the board and attested by the secretary or treasurer, and shall be sold at not less than 95 percent of the principal amount in the manner determined by the board at a discount that equals the underwriter’s spread. The board shall determine that the discount reflects an underwriter’s spread that is both reasonable and customary under the prevailing market conditions. One of the two signatures may be by facsimile reproduction. At the time of making the general tax levy after incurring each indebtedness and annually thereafter until the indebtedness is paid or until there is a sum in the treasury set apart for that purpose sufficient to meet all payments of principal and interest on the indebtedness as they become due, a portion of the taxes levied and collected pursuant to Section 50077 of the Government Code, if any, shall be levied and collected and set aside sufficient to pay the interest on the indebtedness and the part of the principal that will become due before the proceeds of a tax levied at the next general tax levy will be available.

(f) For indebtedness incurred pursuant to subdivision (d), the resolution by the district board required pursuant to subdivision (e) shall specify the revenue pledged by the district to repay the indebtedness. The resolution shall recite in substance that the principal of, and interest on, the indebtedness are payable solely from the revenue pledged to repay the indebtedness and that the district is not obligated to pay the principal or interest except from the pledged revenue, and may provide for the same pledge to all other indebtedness incurred pursuant to this section, including indebtedness incurred prior to January 1, 2012, in order to maintain a parity relationship among all outstanding indebtedness incurred by the district pursuant to this section.

(g) The indebtedness authorized to be incurred by this section shall be in addition to, and this section shall not apply to, any bonded indebtedness authorized by vote of the electors.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 104, Sec. 1. (AB 612) Effective January 1, 2012.)

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California Code

Public Resources Code - PRC

DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS

CHAPTER 3 - Districts

ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts

Section 5500.

Section 5501.

Section 5502.

Section 5503.

Section 5503.5.

Section 5504.

Section 5505.

Section 5506.

Section 5506.3.

Section 5506.4.

Section 5506.5.

Section 5506.6.

Section 5506.7.

Section 5506.8.

Section 5506.9.

Section 5506.10.

Section 5506.11.

Section 5506.12.

Section 5506.13.

Section 5507.

Section 5508.

Section 5509.

Section 5510.

Section 5511.

Section 5512.

Section 5512.5.

Section 5513.

Section 5514.

Section 5515.

Section 5516.

Section 5517.

Section 5517.1.

Section 5517.2.

Section 5517.3.

Section 5517.4.

Section 5518.

Section 5519.

Section 5520.

Section 5521.

Section 5522.

Section 5523.

Section 5524.

Section 5525.

Section 5526.

Section 5526.1.

Section 5527.

Section 5527.1.

Section 5528.

Section 5529.

Section 5530.

Section 5531.

Section 5532.

Section 5533.

Section 5533.5.

Section 5533.7.

Section 5534.

Section 5534.5.

Section 5535.

Section 5536.

Section 5536.5.

Section 5537.

Section 5538.

Section 5538.3.

Section 5538.4.

Section 5538.5.

Section 5538.7.

Section 5538.8.

Section 5538.9.

Section 5538.10.

Section 5539.

Section 5539.3.

Section 5539.4.

Section 5539.5.

Section 5539.7.

Section 5539.8.

Section 5539.9.

Section 5539.10.

Section 5540.

Section 5540.1.

Section 5540.2.

Section 5540.5.

Section 5540.6.

Section 5541.

Section 5541.1.

Section 5541.2.

Section 5541.3.

Section 5542.

Section 5542.5.

Section 5543.

Section 5544.

Section 5544.1.

Section 5544.2.

Section 5544.3.

Section 5545.

Section 5545.1.

Section 5545.3.

Section 5545.5.

Section 5545.6.

Section 5546.

Section 5547.

Section 5548.

Section 5549.

Section 5550.

Section 5551.

Section 5552.

Section 5552.1.

Section 5553.

Section 5553.5.

Section 5555.

Section 5556.

Section 5557.

Section 5557.1.

Section 5557.2.

Section 5558.

Section 5558.1.

Section 5558.5.

Section 5559.

Section 5560.

Section 5560.1.

Section 5560.5.

Section 5560.6.

Section 5560.7.

Section 5560.8.

Section 5561.

Section 5561.5.

Section 5561.6.

Section 5562.

Section 5563.

Section 5563.5.

Section 5563.7.

Section 5564.

Section 5565.

Section 5565.5.

Section 5566.

Section 5567.

Section 5568.

Section 5569.

Section 5570.

Section 5571.

Section 5572.

Section 5572.1.

Section 5580.

Section 5581.

Section 5590.

Section 5591.

Section 5593.

Section 5594.

Section 5595.