CHAPTER 5. Construction and Leases of Facilities [32200. - 32208.]

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 5.

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Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32200. Section 32200.

The authority may contract with any participating party for the construction of an urban waterfront restoration project by the participating party. All contracts for the construction of a project by a participating party shall provide that the participating party is responsible for the architectural and engineering design and for the construction and completion thereof, subject to the standards for architectural and engineering design as may be established, and subject to the supervision, as the conservancy and the authority deem necessary. The authority may agree to pay the cost of the project constructed by any participating party and to advance the costs from time to time in installments or otherwise as required by the contract for the construction thereof. Title to all projects shall be vested in the authority, subject to the terms of any lease thereof to the participating party or the rights of a participating party under any contract for the purchase of the project, including the payment of the purchase price under installment sales contracts.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32201. Section 32201.

The authority may, as lessor or lessee, enter into leases and agreements with any participating party relating to the acquisition, construction, and installation of any project, including real property, buildings, machinery, furnishings, equipment, and urban waterfront restoration facilities of any kind or character. The terms and conditions of these leases may be as mutually agreed upon. The lease may provide the means or methods by which title shall vest in a participating party upon the termination of the lease and shall contain other terms and conditions that the authority may determine. The authority may fix, revise, charge, and collect rates, rents, fees, and charges for each project. These rates, rents, fees, and charges shall be fixed and adjusted with respect to the aggregate of rates, rents, fees, and charges from all projects so as to provide funds sufficient with other revenues and moneys available therefor, if any, to do all of the following: (a) Pay the principal of, and the interest on, outstanding bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness of the authority issued with respect to the urban waterfront restoration project that become due and payable. (b) Create and maintain reserves required or provided for in any resolution authorizing, or trust agreement securing, the bonds. A sufficient amount of the revenues derived from a project may be set aside at regular intervals as may be provided in the resolution or trust agreement in a sinking or other similar fund which is hereby pledged to, and charged with, the payment of the principal of and interest on these bonds as they become due, and the redemption price or the purchase price of bonds retired by call or purchase as provided therein. The pledge shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made; the rates, rents, fees, and charges and other revenues or other moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of this pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of this pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority, regardless of whether the parties have notice thereof. The resolution or any trust agreement or any other agreement or any lease by which a pledge is created need not be filed or recorded except in the records of the authority. The use and disposition of moneys to the credit of the sinking or other similar fund shall be subject to the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or of the trust agreement. Except as may otherwise be provided in the resolution or the trust agreement, the sinking or other similar fund may be a fund for all bonds of the authority issued to finance projects of a particular participating party without distinction or priority of one over another. However, the authority, in any resolution or trust agreement, may provide that the sinking or other similar fund shall be the fund for a particular project or projects and for the bonds issued to finance a particular project or projects and may, additionally, permit and provide for the issuance of bonds having a subordinate lien with respect to the security authorized for other bonds of the authority, and, in such case, the authority may create separate sinking or other similar funds with respect to the subordinate lien bonds. (c) Pay the operating and administrative costs of the authority, and the operating and administrative expenses of the conservancy in carrying out its responsibilities under this division.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32202. Section 32202.

The authority may enter into contracts of sale with any participating party covering any urban waterfront restoration project financed by the authority. The purchase price pursuant to the contract of sale shall be treated in substantially the same manner and shall be at least sufficient to provide funds for all the purposes specified in Section 32201 and may be paid in installments, together with interest on the unpaid balance, or otherwise, as may be mutually agreed and set forth in the contract of sale. All payments received by the authority under any installment sales or conditional sales contract shall be applied by the authority substantially in the same manner as in Section 32201 in the case of lease payments or rental charges received by the authority.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32203. Section 32203.

As an alternative to leasing or selling an urban waterfront restoration project to a participating party, the authority may finance the acquisition, construction, or installation of a project by means of a loan to the participating party. The principal amount of the participating party’s obligation, as borrower, shall be sufficient to provide funds for all the purposes specified in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 32201 and may be paid in installments, together with interest on the unpaid balance, or otherwise as may be mutually agreed by the authority and the participating party and set forth in the loan agreement. Loans made pursuant to this section may be secured or unsecured, in the discretion of the authority. Section 32200 is not applicable to projects constructed with money loaned pursuant to this section.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32204. Section 32204.

All moneys received pursuant to this division, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness or as revenues, are trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this division. Any bank or trust company with which the moneys are deposited shall act as trustee of these moneys and shall hold and apply them for the purposes of this division, subject to the resolution authorizing the bonds of any issue or the trust agreements securing the bonds provide.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32205. Section 32205.

Any holder of bonds, notes, or other obligations issued under this division or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee or trustees under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights herein given which may be restricted by any resolution authorizing the issuance of, or the trust agreement securing, the bonds, notes, or other obligations, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the state or granted hereunder or under the resolution or trust agreements, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this division or by the resolution or trust agreement to be performed by the authority or by any officer, employee, or agent thereof, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of the rates, rents, fees, and charges authorized by this division and required by the resolution or trust agreement to be fixed, established, and collected.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32206. Section 32206.

The exercise of the powers granted by this division shall be in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state, for their health and welfare, and protection of the state’s environment. Any bonds, notes, or other obligations issued under this division, their transfer and the income therefrom, shall at all times be free from taxation of every kind by the state and by municipalities and other political subdivisions of the state. However, the preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to any bonds, notes, or other obligations, or the income therefrom, for any period during which the bonds, notes, or other obligations are held by (1) Any normally taxable participating party, (2) persons, organizations, trades, or business, whether incorporated, organized in this state, or affiliated with a participating party, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the participating party, or (3) persons, organizations, trades, or businesses, whether incorporated, organized in this state, or affiliated with the participating party, which own or control, directly or indirectly, the participating party.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32207. Section 32207.

If the jurisdiction of the authority to order a proposed act is not affected, an omission of any officer or of the authority in the proceedings under this division or any other defect in the proceedings does not invalidate the proceedings for issuance of bonds pursuant to this division.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32208. Section 32208.

An action may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure to determine the validity of any issuance or proposed issuance of bonds under this division and the legality and validity of all proceedings previously taken or proposed in a resolution of the authority to be taken for the authorization, issuance, sale, and delivery of the bonds and for the payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon.

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