Cal. Water Code - WAT 2. — ARTICLE 2. Financial Matters [81650. - 81658.] | Water Code - WAT — California

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 81650. Section 81650.

The board shall adopt a budget for each fiscal year.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 81651. Section 81651.

The accounts of the authority shall be audited annually in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by independent certified public accountants with experience in auditing the accounts of local public entities.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 81652. Section 81652.

The authority may borrow money, incur indebtedness, and issue notes and bonds as provided in this division, or as otherwise authorized by law.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 81653. Section 81653.

(a) The authority may issue revenue bonds upon the adoption of an ordinance by a two-thirds vote of all of the voting members of the board, after notice and public hearing. For the purposes of issuing bonds pursuant to this subdivision, the authority need not conduct an election or otherwise secure the approval of the voters within the boundaries of the authority. (b) The authority shall publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation at least 15 days before the date of the meeting at which the issuance of revenue bonds is to be considered and shall provide an opportunity for public comments during that meeting and before the directors vote on the issuance of those bonds. (c) The authority may not issue any revenue bonds after December 31, 2030.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 81654. Section 81654.

The authority may issue bonds for the purpose of refunding any revenue bonds of the authority, whether due or not due.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 81655. Section 81655.

The authority may issue negotiable promissory notes to acquire funds for any authority purpose. The notes shall have a term not to exceed five years. The total amount of notes issued pursuant to this section that may be outstanding at any one time may not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000).

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 81656. Section 81656.

Bonds and other evidences of indebtedness issued by the authority are legal investments for all trust funds and for funds of all insurers, commercial and savings banks, trust companies, and state schools. Funds that may be invested in bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties, school districts, or other local entities may also be invested in bonds and other evidences of indebtedness of the authority.

Cal. Water Code - WAT § 81658. Section 81658.

(a) The proceeds of revenue bonds issued by the authority in accordance with this division may be used only on projects designed and intended in substantial part to improve the reliability of the regional water system, including, but not limited to, strengthening the system’s ability to withstand seismic events. (b) The proceeds shall be made available for the purposes set forth in subdivision (a) upon terms and conditions that the board determines necessary and appropriate. The terms and conditions shall include, but are not limited to, San Francisco’s entering into one or more legally binding contracts with the authority that, at a minimum, do all of the following: (1) Identify specific projects and proposed completion dates, subject to reasonable delays, for which the proceeds are to be used. (2) Grant to the authority the authority to oversee and audit the disposition of proceeds to third party consultants, suppliers, and contractors. (3) Grant to the authority the authority to determine the procedure by which contracts are awarded to consultants, suppliers, and contractors, consistent with the requirements of San Francisco’s charter and ordinances. (4) Grant to the authority the authority to inspect the construction of projects on which bond proceeds are expended. (5) Require San Francisco to provide complete, accurate, and timely information to the authority on the expenditure of the bond proceeds. (6) (A) (i) Require San Francisco, on behalf of the authority, to impose a surcharge on Stanford University, the California Water Service Company, and each of the public entities identified in Section 81608.5, other than San Francisco, in an amount that will generate sufficient revenue to pay the debt service on bonds issued by the authority and the operating expenses of the authority. (ii) The surcharge shall be calculated annually by the authority as a uniform percentage of each entity’s water bill. (B) Require San Francisco to impose the surcharge described in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) on its retail water customers upon the occurrence of either of the following events: (i) The voters of San Francisco approve a ballot measure authorizing retail water rates to be increased to pay for the retail water customer’s share of the debt service on bonds issued by the authority and the operating expenses of the authority. (ii) The restrictions on water rate increases set forth in “Proposition H,” adopted by the voters of San Francisco on June 2, 1998, are not in effect. (7) Require San Francisco to transmit the proceeds of the surcharge collected by San Francisco to the authority in the manner determined by the authority. (8) Provide that, for the purposes of the master water sales contract, the revenue generated by the surcharge imposed pursuant to paragraph (6) does not constitute revenue of the regional water system or revenue as defined in San Francisco’s indenture of trust relating to its revenue bonds. (9) Provide that the facilities constructed with the proceeds of bonds issued by the authority shall not be included in the wholesale system rate base. (10) Provide for the continuation of the surcharge imposed pursuant to paragraph (6) after the expiration of the master water sales contract in 2009. (11) Provide that the ownership and operational control of improvements to the regional water system that are financed in any part by the authority shall remain with San Francisco, unless San Francisco agrees to a change in that ownership or operational control. (c) San Francisco may require the authority to reimburse San Francisco for the direct and reasonable costs San Francisco actually incurs in implementing the requirements of paragraphs (6) and (7) of subdivision (b). (d) The authority may not take any action that results in an affirmative or defacto pledge of any facilities of, or improvements to, the regional water system. The authority may not take any action that results in a pledge of revenue collected by San Francisco, other than revenue generated by the imposition of the surcharge described in paragraph (6) of subdivision (b).