Cal. FIN § 7265
This is the official text of Cal. FIN § 7265, part of California’s Financial Code — regulates banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial institutions.
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Official statutory text
Bonds of any irrigation district, water, storage district, water conservation district, county water district, reclamation district, drainage district, and any district the primary function of which is the irrigation, reclamation, or drainage of land within its boundaries, located in California, other than bonds referred to in Section 7262, subject to any of the following:
(a) The bonds qualify under Section 7263.
(b) The bonds have been certified as legal securities pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 20000) of Division 10 of the Water Code and the certification remains unrevoked.
(c) The total outstanding bonded indebtedness of the district, including bonds authorized, but not issued, but excluding bonds payable solely from revenues and not directly or indirectly from assessments, does not exceed 50 percent of the aggregate of the assessed value of the lands, exclusive of improvements, subject to assessment by the district, and the value of the property owned by the district or to be acquired or constructed with the proceeds of the bonds under consideration.
(a) The bonds qualify under Section 7263.
(b) The bonds have been certified as legal securities pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 20000) of Division 10 of the Water Code and the certification remains unrevoked.
(c) The total outstanding bonded indebtedness of the district, including bonds authorized, but not issued, but excluding bonds payable solely from revenues and not directly or indirectly from assessments, does not exceed 50 percent of the aggregate of the assessed value of the lands, exclusive of improvements, subject to assessment by the district, and the value of the property owned by the district or to be acquired or constructed with the proceeds of the bonds under consideration.
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