ARTICLE 9. Tax for Payment of Bonds [15250. - 15254.]

Cal. Education Code - EDC 9.

in effect

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 15250. Section 15250.

The board of supervisors of the county, the superintendent of schools of which has jurisdiction over any district, shall annually at the time of making the levy of taxes for county purposes, levy a tax for that year upon the property in the district for the interest and redemption of all outstanding bonds of the district. The tax shall not be less than sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds as it becomes due and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of the principal on or before maturity and may include an allowance for an annual reserve, established for the purpose of avoiding fluctuating tax levies. The tax shall be sufficient to provide funds for the payment of the interest on the bonds as it becomes due and also any part of the principal and interest that is to become due before the proceeds of a tax levied at the time for making the next general tax levy may be made available for the payment of the principal and interest.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 15251. Section 15251.

(a) When collected, all taxes levied shall be paid into the county treasury of the county whose superintendent of schools has jurisdiction over the school district on behalf of which the tax was levied, to the credit of the interest and sinking fund of the school district, or community college district as designated by the California Community Colleges Budget and Accounting Manual, and shall be used for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds and for no other purpose. (b) Bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be secured by a statutory lien on all revenues received pursuant to the levy and collection of the tax. The lien shall automatically attach without further action or authorization by the governing board of the school district or community college district. The lien shall be valid and binding from the time the bonds are executed and delivered. The revenues received pursuant to the levy and collection of the tax shall be immediately subject to the lien, and the lien shall automatically attach to the revenues and be effective, binding, and enforceable against the school district or community college district, its successors, transferees, and creditors, and all others asserting rights therein, irrespective of whether those parties have notice of the lien and without the need for any physical delivery, recordation, filing, or further act.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 15252. Section 15252.

The board of supervisors of the county, the superintendent of schools which has jurisdiction over any school district, shall annually at the time of making the levy of taxes for county purposes estimate the amount of money required to meet the payment of the principal and interest on bonds of the district authorized by the electors of the district and not sold, and which the governing board of the district informs the board in their belief will be sold before the next tax levy, and the board of supervisors shall levy a tax sufficient to pay the principal and interest so estimated.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 15253. Section 15253.

If the bonds are declared invalid or are not issued for any reason, the tax levied and collected shall, if the school district or community college district has other bonds outstanding, be retained in the interest and sinking fund of the district to meet the interest and principal falling due on the bonds. If the district has no bonds outstanding the proceeds of the tax levy shall be transferred to the general fund of the district on the order of the auditor.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 15254. Section 15254.

This article shall apply only to bonds of a school district or community college district which were approved by the electors prior to July 1, 1978, and to bonded indebtedness for the acquisition or improvement of real property approved by two-thirds of the voters on or after June 4, 1986.

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