California Government Code 12333 – (a) The Treasurer may act as trustee, registrar, paying agent, …
(a) The Treasurer may act as trustee, registrar, paying agent, tender agent, custodian, depository, transfer agent, fiscal agent, or in any other fiduciary or representative capacity for any purpose permitted by law, and may accept and execute any trust business permitted by any law of this state or of the United States in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, and delivery of any and all manner of lease, installment sale or purchase agreement, bond, note, bond anticipation note, certificate of participation, or other obligation or certificate evidencing an obligation of the state or any department, agency, board, commission, authority, or other entity of the state or of which the state is a member.
(b) When acting in any capacity authorized by subdivision (a), the Treasurer may exercise all powers that may be exercised by any private person, corporation, bank, trust company, or legal entity in this state.
Terms Used In California Government Code 12333
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- 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.
- Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(c) This section constitutes separate and complete authority for the Treasurer to act in accordance with the terms hereof, and is also additional and supplemental to any other law concerning the powers of the Treasurer.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1366, Sec. 3. Effective October 2, 1989.)