SECTIONS 17700 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 17700

17700. (a) The state or any state board, department, agency, or
authority, including, but not limited to, the State Public Works
Board, may bring an action to determine the validity of its bonds,
warrants, contracts, obligations, or evidences of indebtedness
pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of
Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(b) (1) Any state board, department, agency, or authority that
issues bonds, notes, or other obligations the proceeds of which are
to be used to purchase, or to make loans evidenced or secured by, the
bonds, warrants, contracts, obligations, or evidences of
indebtedness of one or more local agencies, may bring an action to
determine the validity of the bonds, warrants, contracts,
obligations, or evidences of indebtedness of those local agencies to
be purchased by, or used to evidence or secure loans by, the state
board, department, agency, or authority, pursuant to Chapter 9
(commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of
Civil Procedure.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, "local agency" shall have
the same meaning as set forth in Section 53510.
(c) For the purposes of Section 860 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, any action initiated pursuant to this section shall be
brought in the Superior Court of the County of Sacramento.