ARTICLE 6. Cancellation of Unsold Bonds [15200. - 15205.]

Cal. Education Code - EDC 6.

in effect

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 15200. Section 15200.

If any bonds authorized under the provisions of Sections 15100 and 15102, and Sections 15107 to 15140, inclusive, and Sections 15142 to 15261, inclusive, have not been offered for sale for one year from the date of the election at which they were authorized or remain unsold for a period of six months after having been offered for sale in the manner prescribed by the board of supervisors, the governing board of the district, for which the bonds were authorized, may petition the board of supervisors that has jurisdiction of the issuance and sale of the bonds to cause the unsold bonds to be canceled.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 15201. Section 15201.

Upon receiving the petition, signed by a majority of the members of the governing board, the board of supervisors shall fix a time for hearing it, which shall not be more than 30 days after receipt of the petition, and shall cause a notice stating the time and place of the hearing, and the object of the petition in general terms, to be published for 10 days prior to the hearing, in a newspaper published in the school district or community college district, if there is one, and if there is no newspaper published in the school district, in a newspaper published at the county seat of the county.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 15202. Section 15202.

At the time and place designated in the notice, or at any subsequent time to which the hearing may be postponed, the board of supervisors shall hear any reasons that may be submitted for or against the granting of the petition.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 15203. Section 15203.

If the board of supervisors deem it for the best interests of the school district or community college district named in the petition that the unsold bonds be canceled, it shall make and enter an order in the minutes of its proceedings that the unsold bonds be canceled. Upon the entry of the order the bonds and the vote by which they were authorized to be issued shall cease to be of any validity.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 15204. Section 15204.

The governing board of any school district or community college district may petition the board of supervisors to cancel the remaining authorization of that district to issue and sell bonds resulting from any particular school bond election after the sale of at least 90 percent of the bonds authorized at the election if the amount of the remaining authorization is not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) and in the opinion of the governing board the sale of the remaining bonds would not be economically justified. Sections 15201 and 15202 shall be applicable and at or following, the hearing provided in Section 15201 and 15202, the board of supervisors, if it determines that the public interest will be served thereby, may make and enter an order in the minutes of its proceedings that the remaining authorization be canceled. Upon the entry of the order the vote by which the remaining authorization was created shall cease to be of any validity with respect to the remaining authorization.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 15205. Section 15205.

For any bonds authorized at a school district election on November 5, 1991, and thereafter cancelled pursuant to this article without having been issued, the board of supervisors may order the cancellation annulled upon a finding that the issuance of the bonds is in the best interest of the district. Upon such order the district shall have the authority to issue the bonds pursuant to all of the terms and limitations of the original authorization, including the purposes for which such bonds may be issued, the maximum interest rate, and the maximum term to maturity, provided that the aggregate amount of bonds issued pursuant to such authorization does not exceed the amount originally authorized by the voters.

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