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HomePublic Utilities CodeDiv. 10Pt. 3Ch. 7Art. 1§ 30903 Bond Issuance Authorization Rules

§ 30903 Bond Issuance Authorization Rules

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§ 30903 Bond Issuance Authorization Rules

Key Takeaways

  • •If 60% of voters say 'yes' to a proposal, the board can borrow money by selling bonds.
  • •The board can split the total borrowed money into smaller parts and pay them back at different times.
  • •The longest time they can take to pay back any part of the borrowed money is 50 years.
  • •The board decides how the bonds look, when to pay them back, and other details.

Example

A small town wants to build a new school but doesn't have enough money. They ask the voters if they can borrow $1,000,000 to build it.

If 60% or more of the voters agree, the town's board can sell bonds to borrow the money. They might decide to pay back $500,000 in 20 years and the other $500,000 in 30 years. They can't take more than 50 years to pay back any part of the money.

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§ 30903 Bond Issuance Authorization Rules

If 60 percent of the electors voting on the proposition vote for it, then the board may, by resolution, at such time or times as it deems proper, issue bonds of the district for the whole or any part of the amount of the indebtedness so authorized and may from time to time, by resolution, provide for the issuance of such amounts as the necessity thereof may appear, until the full amount of such bonds authorized shall have been issued. Said full amount of bonds may be divided into two or more series and different dates and different dates of payment fixed for the bonds of each series. A bond need not mature on an anniversary of its date. The maximum term the bonds of any series shall run before maturity shall not exceed 50 years from the date of each series respectively. In such resolution or resolutions the board shall prescribe the form of the bonds (including, without limitation, registered bonds and coupon bonds) and the form of any coupons to be attached thereto, the registration, conversion and exchange privileges, if any, pertaining thereto, and fix the time when the whole or any part of the principal shall become due and payable. (Added by Stats. 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 62.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

electorsbondsindebtednessresolutionseriesmaturity50 yearsboard

Related Statutes

  • § 102504 Bond Issuance Authorization Rules
  • § 103503 Bond Issuance Authorization Rules
  • § 100403 Vta Bond Issuance Authority
  • § 105203 Bond Issuance Authorization Rules
  • § 13241 Bond Maturity And Series

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Public Utilities Code. Section 30903.
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