SECTIONS 4460-4471 - California Statutes

PENAL CODE

SECTION 4460-4471

4460. The State General Obligation Bond Law is adopted for the
purpose of the issuance, sale, and repayment of, and otherwise
providing with respect to, the bonds authorized to be issued pursuant
to this title, and the provisions of that law are included in this
title as though set out in full in this chapter except that,
notwithstanding anything in the State General Obligation Bond Law,
the maximum maturity of the bonds shall not exceed 20 years from the
date of each respective series. The maturity of each respective
series shall be calculated from the date of these series.

4461. As used in this title, and for the purpose of this title, the
following words shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Committee" means the County Jail Capital Expenditure Finance
Committee created by Section 4463.
(b) "Fund" means the County Jail Expenditure Fund.

4462. There is in the State Treasury the County Jail Capital
Expenditure Fund, which fund is hereby created.

4463. For the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale,
pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds
authorized by this title, the County Jail Capital Expenditure Finance
Committee is hereby created. The committee consists of the Governor
or his or her designated representative, the Controller, the
Treasurer, and the Director of Finance. The County Jail Capital
Expenditure Committee shall be the "committee" as that term is used
in the State General Obligation Bond Law, and the Treasurer shall
serve as chairman of the committee. The Board of Corrections is
hereby designated as "the board" for purposes of this title and for
the purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law.

4464. The committee is hereby authorized and empowered to create a
debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of California,
in the aggregate amount of two hundred fifty million dollars
($250,000,000), in the manner provided in this title. Such debt or
debts, liability or liabilities, shall be created for the purpose of
providing the funds to be used for the object and work specified in
Section 4465 and for administrative costs incurred in connection
therewith.

4465. Moneys in the fund shall be available for the construction,
reconstruction, remodeling, and replacement of county jail
facilities, and the performance of deferred maintenance on county
jail facilities pursuant to criteria adopted by the Legislature.

4465.3. Money in the fund shall be allocated in accordance with the
provisions of Chapter 444 of the Statutes of 1984.

4465.5. During the design and planning stage for county jail
facilities whose construction, reconstruction, or remodeling is
financed by the fund, consideration shall be given to proper design
to allow for areas where persons arrested for misdemeanors who are
attempting to obtain release on bail can be safely accommodated
without the necessity of unclothed body searches.

4466. (a) When sold, the bonds authorized by this title shall
constitute valid and legally binding general obligations 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 thereon.
(b) There shall be collected annually in the same manner and at
the same time as other state revenue is collected such a sum, in
addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, as shall be required
to pay the interest and principal on the bonds maturing each year,
and it is hereby made 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 shall be necessary to collect that
additional sum.
(c) All money deposited in the fund which has been derived from
premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be available for
transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond
interest.

4467. All money deposited in the fund pursuant to any provision of
law requiring repayments to the state for assistance financed by the
proceeds of the bonds authorized by this title shall be available for
transfer to the General Fund. When transferred to the General Fund,
this money shall be applied as a reimbursement to the General Fund on
account of principal and interest on the bonds which have been paid
from the General Fund.

4468. There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the
State Treasury for the purpose of this title, such an amount as will
equal the following:
(a) That sum annually as will be necessary to pay the principal of
and the interest on the bonds issued and sold pursuant to the
provisions of this title, as principal and interest become due and
payable.
(b) That sum as is necessary to carry out the provisions of
Section 4469, which sum is appropriated without regard to fiscal
years.

4469. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this title,
the Director of Finance may by executive order authorize the
withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to
exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which the committee has by
resolution authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this
title. Any amounts withdrawn shall be deposited in the fund and
shall be disbursed by the board in accordance with this title. Any
money made available under this section to the board shall be
returned by the board to the General Fund from moneys received from
the sale of bonds sold for the purpose of carrying out this title.
These withdrawals from the General Fund shall be returned to the
General Fund with interest at the rate which would have otherwise
been earned by these sums in the Pooled Money Investment Fund.

4470. The committee may authorize the Treasurer to sell all or any
part of the bonds herein authorized at such time or times as may be
fixed by the Treasurer.

4471. All proceeds from the sale of bonds, except those derived
from premiums and accrued interest, shall be available for the
purpose provided in Section 4465 but shall not be available for
transfer to the General Fund to pay principal and interest on bonds.
The money in the fund may be expended only as herein provided.