ARTICLE 5. Park and Boulevard Bonds [5301. - 5313.]

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 5.
in effect

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5302. Section 5302.

The land may be within the corporate limits of the city or city and county or conveniently adjacent. In either case it shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the municipality acquiring it, and to its laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5303. Section 5303.

The legislative body of any city or city and county may, by ordinance, or in such manner as other municipal legislative acts are enacted by it, determine what lands are necessary and proper to be acquired for public parks or boulevards.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5305. Section 5305.

The legislative body of the city or city and county may, by ordinance or in such manner as other municipal legislative acts are enacted by it, call an election and submit to the qualified electors of the municipality a proposition to issue bonds of the municipality, to a specified amount, the proceeds to be applied exclusively to the acquisition, maintenance, and improvement of its public parks, or boulevards, or both. The election shall be conducted, and the result determined substantially as are other local municipal elections of the municipality in which it is held.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5306. Section 5306.

If at the election two-thirds of the qualified electors who vote assent to the issuance of the bonds, the city or city and county may, by ordinance, or in such manner as other municipal legislative acts are enacted by it, provide for the issuance of, and cause to be issued, its bonds to the amount specified and voted for. The bonds shall mature and become due and payable at a time not exceeding 20 years, and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 8 percent a year, payable annually. Before or at the time of the issuance of the bonds, provision shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest as it falls due, and to constitute a sinking fund to pay the principal at maturity.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5307. Section 5307.

The bonds shall be numbered consecutively from one upwards, and shall be issued in the order of their respective numbers, commencing with number one. There shall be attached coupons for the payment of the annual interest. The bonds shall be known and designated either as the “park and boulevard,” or “park,” or “boulevard” bonds of the municipality issuing them. Each bond shall not exceed in the amount of its principal one thousand dollars, and may be in any smaller amount.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5308. Section 5308.

The bonds or any number issued shall be sold to the highest bidder, after advertised notice for sealed proposals. No bid of less than par value shall be accepted, nor shall any bonds be sold during any one year in excess of the actual expenditures incurred in that year.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5309. Section 5309.

The money obtained from the sale of the bonds shall be kept in a separate fund, and shall be used exclusively for the acquisition, or maintenance, or improvement of the public parks or boulevards, or both, of the municipality issuing them, and for no other use or purpose.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5310. Section 5310.

Whenever there is in the sinking fund an amount sufficient for the purpose, the legislative body of the municipality issuing the bonds, may, by ordinance or in such manner as other municipal legislative acts are enacted by it, cause notice to be given by advertisement, stating the amount in the sinking fund available for the redemption of the bonds, and inviting sealed proposals for the redemption, surrender, and cancellation of bonds, with interest, to the specified amount in the sinking fund. At the date designated in the notice the bids, if any, shall be opened and the bids offering to surrender bonds for the lowest sum, not more than par value, shall be accepted.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5311. Section 5311.

If sufficient bids are not received to consume the money in the sinking fund, and a sum sufficient for the purpose still remains in the sinking fund, notice shall be given by advertisement for not less than thirty days, stating that there is an amount, to be specified in the notice, still remaining in the sinking fund to be applied to the redemption of the bonds with interest, having the highest numbers, specifying the numbers. If those bonds are not presented for redemption, surrender, and cancellation within the time specified in the notice, they shall thereafter cease to draw interest. The amount in the sinking fund shall be kept for their redemption when presented, but no more shall be paid than the amount of principal and interest due at the expiration of the time specified in the notice.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5312. Section 5312.

Any city or city and county availing itself of the provisions of this article, may, by ordinance or in such manner as other municipal legislative acts are enacted by it, prescribe further conditions and provisions for the issuance and sale of the bonds and for their redemption which are not inconsistent with the Constitution of this State, or the provisions of this article, or the charter or act of incorporation of the city or city and county.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5313. Section 5313.

All notices and advertisements provided for in this article shall be given by publication in a newspaper, if there is one published within the municipality; if there is none, then by posting in at least three public places within the municipality. When no other time is prescribed in this article, the legislative body of the municipality shall fix a reasonable time. Bonds issued pursuant to this article, and sold to purchasers in good faith, shall not be held to be invalid for any defect in any of the notices provided for.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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