8879.27. (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter, the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Committee is hereby created. For the purposes of this chapter, the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Committee is “the committee” as that term is used in the State General Obligation Bond Law. The committee consists of the Treasurer, the Controller, the Director of Finance, and the Secretary of Transportation, or a designated representative of each of those officials. The Treasurer shall serve as the chairperson of the committee. A majority of the committee may act for the committee.
(b) The committee may adopt guidelines establishing requirements for administration of its financing programs to the extent necessary to protect the validity of, and tax exemption for, interest on the bonds. The guidelines shall not constitute rules, regulations, orders, or standards of general application.
(c) For the purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, any department receiving an allocation pursuant to this chapter is designated to be the “board.”
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 224. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352. Note: This section was added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 25, and approved in Prop. 1B on Nov. 7, 2006.)
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