ARTICLE 4. Appropriation, Security, Sale, and Funds [1003.1. - 1003.16.]

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC 4.

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Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC § 1003.1. Section 1003.1.

There is hereby appropriated, from any surplus money in the Veterans’ Farm and Home Building Fund of 1943, not required to meet any immediate demand which has accrued against the fund, without regard to fiscal years, the sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article, but in no event shall the sum be less than 10 percent of the total amount of all debentures outstanding hereunder. Such sum appropriated shall be held in investments which are convertible into cash within the period of time required to satisfy the current requirements of the Veterans’ Debenture Revenue Fund.

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC § 1003.2. Section 1003.2.

The revenues shall be pledged first to the payment of the principal of and interest on the debentures and to all funds created for the further security of such debentures. In addition there shall be pledged to the payment of such principal and interest and all other charges, including reserve fund, sinking fund and all other payments required to be made in connection with the debentures, as further security therefor, such portions of the funds appropriated in Section 1003.1 as the Veterans’ Debenture Finance Committee shall deem necessary to adequately protect the rights of the debenture holders.

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC § 1003.3. Section 1003.3.

In the event of cancellation of any pledged contract or forfeiture or other termination thereof for any cause the department shall, as soon as practicable, enter into a new contract covering the same or similar property and shall substitute the new contract in lieu of the pledged contract so canceled or terminated. The income and receipts of the substituted contract shall be pledged in their entirety to the payment of the debentures.

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC § 1003.4. Section 1003.4.

The department shall at all times, so long as any of the debentures are outstanding, establish, fix, and collect interest at the rate or rates, which may be fixed interest rates or variable interest rates, on the unpaid balance on all pledged contracts to produce an amount that, together with income derived from investments, will yield revenues that will, in the aggregate, be sufficient with respect to the then immediately ensuing fiscal year to pay and provide for all of the following: (a) Interest to become due and payable in that fiscal year on all debentures. (b) The principal amount of all serial debentures maturing by their terms during that fiscal year. (c) The aggregate minimum sinking fund payments, if any, required to be made for that fiscal year on account of debentures then outstanding. (d) Those sums as may be required as reserve fund payments due in that fiscal year. (e) The estimated expenses of maintenance, operation, and administration of the department as provided in the budget of the department for that fiscal year.

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC § 1003.6. Section 1003.6.

All interest and other payments or charges of any kind or character due under any and all such contracts shall be payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC § 1003.7. Section 1003.7.

All revenues to be received by the department from pledged contracts shall be directly, concurrently and exclusively pledged to the payment of debentures, and all such revenues shall remain so pledged until all of the debentures are fully paid or sufficient funds have been accumulated and are legally available for the payment thereof.

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC § 1003.8. Section 1003.8.

All debenture redemption and interest payments and any premium payable upon debentures called for redemption, and all payments required for reserve funds, sinking funds and all other funds created as further security for the debentures constitute a first, direct, and exclusive charge and lien on all revenues of the pledged contracts and the interest or other income derived therefrom. Such revenues, together with any interest or other income earned thereon, and such funds and the interest and income earned thereon, constitute a trust fund for the security and payment of the debentures and shall not be used or pledged for any other purpose or transferred to any other fund as long as any such debentures are outstanding and unpaid.

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC § 1003.10. Section 1003.10.

There is in the State Treasury a revolving fund known as the Veterans’ Farm and Home Building Fund of 1970. Proceeds of sale of debentures shall be deposited in this fund. Money may be withdrawn from such fund in accordance with law upon requisition of the department for the purpose of carrying out the Veterans’ Farm and Home Purchase Act of 1974.

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC § 1003.11. Section 1003.11.

There is in the State Treasury a special fund known as the Veterans’ Debenture Revenue Fund. All revenues shall be deposited in the Veterans’ Debenture Revenue Fund. All moneys deposited in the Veterans’ Debenture Revenue Fund shall be allocated and applied by the State Treasurer only as provided in the appropriate resolution of issuance of the department and separate and apart from all other moneys in the State Treasury. The moneys deposited in the Veterans’ Debenture Revenue Fund shall be segregated and applied as provided in the resolution of issuance. The resolution of issuance may provide for the creation of the Veterans’ Debenture Interest Fund Account, Veterans’ Debenture Principal Fund Account, Veterans’ Debenture Sinking Fund, Veterans’ Debenture Reserve Fund Account and also any other funds or accounts which will be deemed necessary or desirable for the payment of or further security of debentures. The resolution of issuance establishing such funds may provide for the manner and method of disbursement of such funds, the amounts to be deposited therewith and withdrawn therefrom, the application of any surplus moneys in any such funds to the purchase or redemption of debentures and for the investment of moneys in such funds in particular bonds or obligations which are then made eligible for such investments by the terms of such resolution.

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC § 1003.12. Section 1003.12.

The State Controller is hereby authorized to make all necessary orders to provide for the establishment of special funds and accounts authorized by any resolution of issuance and for the transfer of moneys from the Veterans’ Debenture Revenue Fund into such account. Such transfer shall be made by the State Treasurer without further action on the part of the department. Neither the department nor the State of California nor any officer thereof shall have or exercise any rights with respect to the moneys in any of such funds or accounts so established save only in trust for the direct benefit of the holders of debentures.

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC § 1003.13. Section 1003.13.

Prior to the issuance of any debentures the department is authorized to deposit in any reserve fund created for the further security of the debentures, as the initial deposit therein, cash or securities equal to the minimum amounts required to be maintained therein by any resolution of issuance. Excess money in the reserve fund or account not required to be maintained therein by the provisions of any resolution of issuance may be withdrawn at the request of the department and transferred to the Veterans’ Farm and Home Building Fund of 1970 and used and applied for the purpose of carrying out the Veterans’ Farm and Home Purchase Act of 1974.

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC § 1003.14. Section 1003.14.

Debentures authorized under any resolution of issuance approved by the Veterans’ Debenture Finance Committee shall be sold by the State Treasurer upon the written request of the department at public or private sale, as determined by the department with the approval of the Veterans’ Debenture Finance Committee, and at those times and in those amounts that the department deems necessary to provide sufficient funds for the purposes for which the debentures are then authorized. Successive issues of debentures within the limits of the authorization for the issuance of debentures, if any of those limitations are included in the proceedings for the issuance of the debentures, shall be equally and regularly secured without preference, priority or distinction as to security or otherwise by reason of time of issue, or sale, except as debentures of various series may differ with respect to dates, numbers, interest rates, maturity, redemption provisions, sinking fund provisions, or otherwise as authorized in any resolution of issuance.

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC § 1003.15. Section 1003.15.

In the event the State Treasurer shall determine to sell the debentures, all costs and expenses of publication of notice of sale shall be a charge against the department and shall be paid by the department. The department shall likewise pay the cost of printing, lithographing or otherwise preparing the debentures, the charges of any duly authorized agent of the State Treasurer appointed for the payment of principal and interest of the debentures in any place other than the office of the State Treasurer, any expenses incurred in connection with delivery of the debentures, including the fees and expenses of municipal bond attorneys whose opinion on the validity of the debentures is to be provided by the department without charge to the successful purchaser of the debentures. The department is authorized to employ any nationally known municipal bond attorney or attorneys and the Attorney General for the purpose of rendering legal opinions as to the validity of the debentures to be furnished to the purchaser of the debentures without cost. The department is also authorized to employ or appoint such independent financial consultants, attorneys, certified public accountants, public accountants, engineers or other independent consultants whose services or opinions are necessary or advisable in connection with the issuance and sale of revenue debentures. Payment for such services shall be made from the proceeds of the sale of the debentures or from any other funds available to the department on Controller’s warrant duly drawn for that purpose. Such expenses may also include the cost of delivering debentures at any place other than the office of the State Treasurer, including transportation and insurance costs.

Cal. Military and Veterans Code - MVC § 1003.16. Section 1003.16.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and in lieu of a pledge of revenues as security for any debentures issued pursuant to this chapter, the department may assign or pledge an undivided interest in the assets of the Veterans’ Farm and Home Building Fund of 1943 as security for the debentures. Undivided interest so assigned or pledged shall not exceed the amount of principal and interest of the debentures secured thereby, and shall be secondary and subordinate to any interest or right of the people and the holders of general obligation bonds in the fund under any general obligation veterans bond act. (b) In that event, the department shall deposit the proceeds of the sale of the debentures and the revenues therefrom in the Veterans’ Farm and Home Building Fund of 1943, and money may be withdrawn therefrom in accordance with law upon requisition of the department for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter and of the Veterans’ Farm and Home Purchase Act of 1943 and the Veterans’ Farm and Home Purchase Act of 1974. The department may create any accounts or funds within the Veterans’ Farm and Home Building Fund of 1943 and the Veterans’ Debenture Revenue Fund that may be appropriate or desirable for carrying out the provisions of this section. (c) Further, in that event, and notwithstanding Section 1006.15, the interest rates on veterans’ purchase contracts shall be established as provided in Section 987.87.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026