2007 California Military and Veterans Code Article 5r. Veterans Bond Act Of 1984

CA Codes (mvc:998.063-998.073)

998.063.  This article may be cited as the Veterans Bond Act of
1984.


998.064.  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), except as otherwise provided herein, is
adopted for the purpose of the issuance, sale, and repayment of, and
otherwise providing with respect to, the bonds authorized to be
issued by this article, and the provisions of that law are included
in this article as though set out in full in this article.  All
references in this article to "herein" refer both to this article and
that law.


998.065.  As used herein, the following words shall have the
following meanings:
   (a) "Bond" means veterans bond, a state general obligation bond
issued pursuant to this article adopting the provisions of the State
General Obligation Bond Law.
   (b) "Committee" means the Veterans' Finance Committee of 1943.
   (c) "Board" means the Department of Veterans Affairs.
   (d) "Fund" means the Veterans' Farm and Home Building Fund of
1943.
   (e) "Bond Act" means this article authorizing the issuance of
state general obligation bonds and adopting the State General
Obligation Bond Law by reference.



998.066.  For the purpose of creating a fund to provide farm and
home aid for veterans in accordance with the Veterans' Farm and Home
Purchase Act of 1974 (Article 3.1 (commencing with Section 987.50)),
and of all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, the
committee may create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of
the State of California, in the aggregate amount of not more than six
hundred fifty million dollars (0,000,000) in the manner provided
herein.



998.067.  All bonds authorized by this article, when duly sold and
delivered as provided herein, constitute valid and legally binding
general obligations of the State of California, and the full faith
credit of the State of California is hereby pledged for the punctual
payment of both principal and interest thereof.
   There shall be collected annually in the same manner and at the
same time as other state revenue is collected a sum of money, in
addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, sufficient to pay the
principal and interest on these bonds as provided herein, and all
officers required by law to perform any duty in regard to the
collection of state revenues shall collect this additional sum.
   On the dates on which funds are remitted pursuant to Section 16676
of the Government Code for the payment of the then maturing
principal and interest of the bonds in each fiscal year, there shall
be returned into the General Fund all of the money in the Veterans'
Farm and Home Building Fund of 1943, not in excess of the principal
of and interest on any bonds then due and payable, except as herein
provided for the prior redemption of the bonds, and, if the money so
returned on the remittance dates is less than the principal and
interest then due and payable, the balance remaining unpaid shall be
returned into the General Fund out of the Veterans' Farm and Home
Building Fund of 1943 as soon as it shall become available, together
with interest thereon from the dates of maturity until so returned at
the same rate of interest as borne by the bonds, compounded
semiannually.



998.068.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund, for
purposes of this article, a sum of money that will equal both of the
following:
   (a) That sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and the
interest on, the bonds issued and sold as provided herein, as that
principal and interest become due and payable.
   (b) That sum necessary to carry out Section 998.069, appropriated
without regard to fiscal years.



998.069.  For purposes of this article, the Director of Finance may,
by executive order, authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund
of a sum of money not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which
have been authorized to be sold by this article.  Any sums withdrawn
shall be deposited in the Veterans' Farm and Home Building Fund of
1943.  All money made available under this article to the board shall
be returned by the board to the General Fund from receipts from the
sale of bonds sold under this article, together with interest at the
rate of interest fixed in the bonds so sold.



998.070.  Upon request of the board, supported by a statement of its
plans and projects approved by the Governor, the committee shall
determine whether to issue any bonds authorized under this article in
order to carry out the board's plans and projects, and, if so, the
amount of bonds to be issued and sold.  Successive issues of bonds
may be authorized and sold to carry out these plans and projects
progressively, and it is not necessary that all the bonds be issued
or sold at any one time.



998.071.  So long as any bonds authorized under this article are
outstanding, the Director of Veterans Affairs shall, at the close of
each fiscal year, require a survey of the financial condition of the
Division of Farm and Home Purchases, together with a projection of
the division's operations, to be made by an independent public
accountant of recognized standing.  The results of each survey and
projection shall be reported in writing by the public accountant to
the Director of Veterans Affairs, the California Veterans Board, the
appropriate policy committees dealing with veterans affairs in the
Senate and the Assembly, and the committee.
   The Division of Farm and Home Purchases shall reimburse the public
accountant for these services out of any money which the division
may have available on deposit with the Treasurer.



998.072.  The committee may authorize the Treasurer to sell all or
any part of the bonds authorized by this article at the time or times
fixed by the Treasurer.
   Whenever the committee deems it necessary for an effective sale of
the bonds, the committee may authorize the Treasurer to sell any
issue of bonds at less than their par value, notwithstanding Section
16754 of the Government Code.  However, the discount on the bonds
shall not exceed 3 percent of the par value thereof.




998.073.  Out of the first money realized from the sale of bonds as
provided herein, there shall be redeposited in the General Obligation
Bond Expense Revolving Fund, established by Section 16724.5 of the
Government Code, the amount of all expenditures made for the purposes
specified in that section, and this money may be used for the same
purpose and repaid in the same manner whenever additional bond sales
are made.