(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 title and the making of those determinations and the taking of other actions as are authorized by this title, the Economic Recovery Financing Committee is hereby created. For purposes of this title, the Economic Recovery Financing Committee is “the committee” as that term is used in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2).

(b) The committee consists of all of the following members:

Terms Used In California Government Code 99055

  • Committee: means the Economic Recovery Financing Committee created pursuant to Section 99055. See California Government Code 99051
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18

(1) The Governor or his or her designee.

(2) The Director of Finance.

(3) The Treasurer.

(4) The Controller.

(5) The Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.

(6) The Director of General Services.

(7) The Director of Transportation.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any member may designate a deputy to act as that member in his or her place and stead for all purposes, as though the member were personally present.

(d) The Legislature finds and declares that each member of the committee has previously acted as a member of a similar finance committee.

(e) A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum of the committee and may act for the committee.

(f) The Director of Finance shall serve as chairperson of the committee.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 353, Sec. 110. (SB 820) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 129 of Ch. 353. Note: This section was added by Stats. 2003, 5th Ex. Sess., Ch. 2, and approved in Prop. 57 on March 2, 2004.)