CHAPTER 4. Fiscal Provisions [5930. - 5938.]

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 4.

in effect

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5930. Section 5930.

Bonds in the total amount of seven hundred sixty-eight million six hundred seventy thousand dollars ($768,670,000), or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to be used for carrying out the purposes expressed in this division and in Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 2700) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code and to be used to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code. A sum, not to exceed seven hundred twenty-six million dollars ($726,000,000) of the bond proceeds, shall be deposited in the California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Fund of 1988 for the purposes of this division, and a sum, not to exceed fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) of bond proceeds, shall be deposited in the Wildlife and Natural Areas Conservation Fund for the purposes of the Wildlife and Natural Areas Conservation Program (Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 2700) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code). The bonds shall, when sold, be and constitute a valid and binding obligation of the State of California, and the full faith and credit of the State of California is hereby pledged for the punctual payment of both principal and interest as they become due and payable.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5931. Section 5931.

The bonds authorized by this division shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), and all provisions of that law shall apply to the bonds and are hereby incorporated in this division as though set forth in full in this division.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5932. Section 5932.

(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this division, the California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Program of 1988 Finance Committee is hereby created. For purposes of this division, the California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Program of 1988 Finance Committee is “the committee” as that term is used in the State General Obligation Bond Law. The committee shall consist of the Controller, the Director of Finance, and the Treasurer, or their designated representatives. The Treasurer shall serve as chairperson of the committee. A majority of the committee may act for the committee. (b) For purposes of this division and Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 2700) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code and the State General Obligation Bond Law, the Wildlife Conservation Board, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Water Resources, the Department of Forestry, the Department of Fish and Game, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, or the State Coastal Conservancy, depending on which agency has jurisdiction, is hereby designated as “the board.”

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5933. Section 5933.

The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this division in order to carry out the actions specified in Section 5907 of this code and Section 2720 of the Fish and Game Code, and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be authorized and sold to carry out those actions progressively, and it is not necessary that all of the bonds authorized to be issued be sold at any one time.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5934. Section 5934.

There shall be collected annually in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds each year, and it is the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in regard to the collection of the revenue to do and perform each and every act which is necessary to collect that additional sum.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5935. Section 5935.

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund, for the purposes of this division, an amount that will equal the total of the following: (1) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division, as the principal and interest become due and payable. (2) The sum which is necessary to carry out the provisions of Section 5936, appropriated without regard to fiscal years.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5936. Section 5936.

For the purposes of carrying out this division and Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 2700) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which have been authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out those provisions. Any amounts withdrawn shall be deposited in the California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Fund of 1988 or the Wildlife and Natural Areas Conservation Fund, as appropriate. Any money made available under this section shall be returned to the General Fund, plus the interest that the amounts would have earned in the Pooled Money Investment Account, from money received from the sale of bonds which would otherwise be deposited in that fund.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5936.5. Section 5936.5.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this bond act that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for federal tax purposes under designated conditions, the Treasurer may maintain separate accounts for the bond proceeds invested and the investment earnings on those proceeds, and may use or direct the use of those proceeds or earnings to pay any rebate, penalty, or other payment required under federal law, or take any other action with respect to the investment and use of those bond proceeds, as may be required or desirable under federal law in order to maintain the tax-exempt status of those bonds and to obtain any other advantage under federal law on behalf of the funds of this state.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5937. Section 5937.

All money derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest.

Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5938. Section 5938.

The people of California hereby find and declare that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this division are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the California Constitution, the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the limitation imposed by that article.

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