ARTICLE 1. General [32100. - 32116.]

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 1.

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Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32100. Section 32100.

The total amount of bonds which may be outstanding at any one time under this division shall not exceed six hundred fifty million dollars ($650,000,000). Bonds for which moneys or securities in amounts necessary to pay or redeem the principal, interest, and any redemption premium thereon have been deposited in trust shall not be deemed outstanding for purposes of this section.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32101. Section 32101.

The Legislature may, by statute, authorize the authority to issue bonds in excess of the amount specified in Section 32100.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32102. Section 32102.

(a) The authority is authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds to provide funds to achieve its purposes. (b) Bonds may be authorized to finance a single project for a single participating party, a series of projects for a single participating party, a single project for several participating parties, or several projects for several participating parties.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32103. Section 32103.

Except as otherwise expressly provided by the authority, every issue of its bonds shall be general obligations of the authority payable from any revenues or moneys of the authority available therefor and not otherwise pledged, including the proceeds of additional bonds, subject only to any agreements with the holders of particular bonds, notes, or other obligations pledging any particular revenues or moneys and subject to any agreements with holders of particular bonds pledging any particular revenues. Notwithstanding that the bonds may be payable from a special fund, they shall be deemed to be negotiable instruments for all purposes, subject only to the bond registration provisions.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32104. Section 32104.

Subject to the limitations in Sections 32100 and 32101, the bonds may be issued as serial bonds or as term bonds, or the authority may, in its discretion, issue bonds of both types. The bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the authority and shall bear the date or dates, mature at the time or times, not exceeding 50 years from their respective dates, bear interest at the rate or rates, be payable at the time or times, be in the denominations, be in the form, either coupon or registered, carry the registration privileges, be executed in the manner, be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the place or places, and be subject to the terms of redemption, as the resolution or resolutions provide.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32105. Section 32105.

The bonds or notes shall be sold by the Treasurer within 60 days after receipt of a certified copy of the authority’s resolution authorizing the sale of the bonds, except that the authority may, at its discretion, adopt a resolution extending the 60-day period. The sale may be a public or private sale, and for such price or prices and on such terms and conditions, as the authority determines, after giving due consideration to the recommendations of any participating party to be assisted from the proceeds of the bonds. Pending preparation of the definitive bonds, the Treasurer may issue interim receipts, certificates, or temporary bonds which shall be exchanged for definitive bonds. The Treasurer may sell any bonds at a price below the par value if the discount on any bonds sold does not exceed 6 percent of the par value.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32106. Section 32106.

Any resolution or resolutions authorizing any bonds or any issue of bonds may contain the following provisions, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of the bonds to be authorized: (a) Pledging the full faith and credit of the authority, or pledging all or any part of the revenues of any urban waterfront restoration project or any revenue-producing contract or contracts made by the authority with any individual, partnership, corporation, or association or other body, public or private, or other moneys of the authority, to secure the payment of the bonds or of any particular issue of bonds, subject to those agreements with bondholders as may then exist. (b) The rentals, fees, purchase payments, loan repayments, and other charges to be charged, and the amounts to be raised in each year thereby, and the use and disposition of the revenues. (c) The setting aside of reserves or sinking funds, and the regulation and disposition thereof. (d) Limitations on the right of the authority or its agent to restrict and regulate the use of the project or projects to be financed out of the proceeds of the bonds or any particular issue of bonds. (e) Limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds of sale of any issue of bonds then or thereafter to be issued may be applied, and pledging the proceeds to secure the payment of the bonds or any issue of the bonds. (f) Limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured and the refunding of outstanding bonds. (g) The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds and the holders thereof that are required to give consent thereto, and the manner in which the consent may be given. (h) Limitations on expenditures for operating, administrative, or other expenses of the authority. (i) Defining the acts or omissions to act which constitute a default in the duties of the authority to holders of its obligations, and providing the rights and remedies of the holders in the event of a default. (j) The mortgaging of any project and the site thereof for the purpose of securing the bondholders. (k) The mortgaging of land, improvements, or other assets owned by a participating party for the purpose of securing the bondholders. ( l ) Procedures for the selection of projects to be financed with the proceeds of the bonds authorized by the resolution, if the bonds are to be sold in advance of the designation of the projects and the participating parties to receive the financing.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32107. Section 32107.

Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing the bonds or notes shall be liable personally on the bonds or notes or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32108. Section 32108.

The authority may, out of any funds available therefor, purchase its bonds or notes. The authority may hold, pledge, cancel, or resell the bonds, subject to and in accordance with agreements with bondholders.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32109. Section 32109.

In the discretion of the authority, any bonds issued under this division may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the authority and a corporate trustee or trustees, which may be the Treasurer or any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32110. Section 32110.

(a) The trust agreement or the resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds may pledge or assign the revenues to be received or proceeds of any contract or contracts pledge and may convey or mortgage the project or projects, or any portion thereof, to be financed out of the proceeds of the bonds. The trust agreement or resolution providing for the issuance of the bonds may contain the provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including particularly provisions specifically authorized to be included in any resolution or resolutions of the authority authorizing bonds thereof. (b) Any bank or trust company doing business under the laws of this state which may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds or of revenues or other moneys may furnish indemnifying bonds or pledge securities as may be required by the authority. (c) The trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee or trustees, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders. In addition, any trust agreement or resolution may contain other provisions that the authority may deem reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32111. Section 32111.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Treasurer shall not be deemed to have a conflict of interest by reason of acting as trustee pursuant to this division.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32112. Section 32112.

All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this trust agreement or resolution may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of a project.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32113. Section 32113.

Bonds issued under this division do not constitute a debt or liability of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, other than the authority, or a pledge of the full faith and credit of the state or any of its political subdivisions, other than the authority, but are payable solely from the funds provided therefor under this division. All the bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the following effect: “Neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State of California is pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on this bond.” The issuance of bonds under this division shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or any political subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment. Nothing in this section shall prevent, or be construed to prevent, the authority from pledging its full faith and credit to the payment of bonds or issue of bonds authorized pursuant to this division.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32114. Section 32114.

(a) The authority may provide for the issuance of bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding any bonds, notes, or other securities of the authority then outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the earliest or subsequent date of redemption, purchase, or maturity of these bonds and, if deemed advisable by the authority, for the additional purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of constructing and acquiring additions, improvements, extensions, or enlargements of an urban waterfront restoration project or any portion thereof. (b) The proceeds of any bonds issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds, notes, or other securities may, in the discretion of the authority, be applied to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption of these outstanding bonds either on their earliest or any subsequent redemption date or upon the purchase or retirement at the maturity thereof and may, pending the application, be placed in escrow to be applied to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption on the date as may be determined by the authority. (c) Pending this use, the escrowed proceeds may be invested and reinvested by the Treasurer in obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America, or in certificates of deposit or time deposits secured by obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America, maturing at time or times appropriate to assure the prompt payment, as to principal, interest, and redemption premium, if any, of the outstanding bonds to be so refunded. The interest, income, and profits, if any, earned or realized on the investment may also be applied to the payment of the outstanding bonds to be so refunded. After the terms of the escrow have been fully satisfied and carried out, any balance of the proceeds and interest, income, and profits, if any earned or realized on the investments thereof, shall be returned to the authority and the conservancy for use in carrying out this division. (d) The portion of the proceeds of the bonds issued for the additional purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of constructing and acquiring additions, improvements, extensions, or enlargements of an urban waterfront restoration project may be invested and reinvested by the Treasurer in obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America, or in certificates of deposit or time deposits secured by obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America, maturing not later than the time or times when these proceeds will be needed for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost. The interest, income and profits, if any earned or realized on this investment, may be applied to the payment of all or any part of the cost or may be used by the authority and the conservancy in carrying out this division. (e) All these bonds are subject to this division in the same manner and to the same extent as other bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this division.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32115. Section 32115.

Bonds issued by the authority are legal investments for all trust funds, the funds of all insurance companies, banks, both commercial and savings, trust companies, savings and loan associations, and investment companies, for executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries, for state school funds, and for any funds which may be invested in county, municipal, or school district bonds, and these bonds are securities which may properly and legally be deposited with, and received by, any state or municipal officer or agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state, is now, or may hereafter be, authorized by law, including deposits to secure public funds if, and only to the extent that, evidence of indebtedness or debt securities of the participating party receiving financing through the issuance of these bonds which qualify or are eligible for these purposes and uses.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32116. Section 32116.

No liability shall be incurred by the authority beyond the extent to which moneys have been provided under this division, except that, for the purposes of meeting the necessary expenses of initial organization and operation until the date that the authority derives revenues or proceeds from bonds or notes as provided under this division, the authority may borrow money as needed for these expenses from the General Fund in the State Treasury. The borrowed money shall be repaid with interest within a reasonable time after the authority receives revenues or proceeds from bonds or notes as provided under this division.

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