California Financial Code

§ 7264

FIN § 7264Div. 2 · Ch. 6 · Art. 2.5

Statute text

Bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of, or which are unconditionally guaranteed by the State of Israel, the United States of Mexico, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any state of the United States other than California, for the payment of both principal and interest of which in United States dollars, the faith and credit of that entity is pledged; in limited obligations; and in the bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of any city, county, political subdivision, public corporation, or district (herein referred to generally as public corporations) of any state of the United States other than California, or of the State of Israel, or of the United States of Mexico, or of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, having the power without limit as to rate or amount to levy taxes to pay the principal and interest of those bonds upon all property within its boundaries subject to taxation by that public corporation; subject to the following:

(a)In the case of bonds constituting general obligations of any such state, commonwealth, dominion, or country, the state, commonwealth, dominion, or country has not within 10 years prior to that investment defaulted for a period of more than 90 days in the payment of any part of either principal or interest of any of its debts.

(b)In the case of limited obligations of any such state or commonwealth, (1) that the state or commonwealth has not within 10 years prior to the date of the investment defaulted for a period of more than 90 days in the payment of either principal or interest of any of its debts; (2) the special taxes pledged for the payment of the limited obligations shall have been collected for five fiscal years next preceding any investment and during the five fiscal years shall have averaged at least 112 times the debt service requirements, including those for principal, interest, and sinking fund, on all such special obligations existing at the time; and (3) the special taxes for each of those five fiscal years shall have equaled at least the amount of all the debt service requirements on those special obligations.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 718, Sec. 14.