Exclusively for the purpose of securing the financing of projects or working capital pursuant to this part through the issuance of revenue bonds, certificates of participation, or other means, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, any city, city and county, county, or local hospital district may issue bonds to the authority or borrow money from the authority at the interest rate or rates, with the maturity date or dates, payment, security, default, remedy, and other terms as specified in the bonds of the city, city and county, county, or local hospital district or a loan, loan purchase, or other agreement between the authority and the city, city and county, county, or hospital district, and the city, city and county, county or hospital district may enter into any agreement for liquidity or credit enhancement or any other agreement or instrument that may be necessary or appropriate in connection with any of the foregoing. This section provides a complete, additional, and alternative method for performing the acts authorized by this section, and the borrowing of money from the authority, and any provisions for payment or security or any agreement for liquidity or credit enhancement in connection with the borrowing of money pursuant to this section need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to borrowing by a city, county, city and county, or hospital district.

(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1426, Sec. 9. Effective September 30, 1987.)

Terms Used In California Government Code 15462

  • Authority: means the California Health Facilities Financing Authority created by this part or any board, body, commission, department, or officer succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to which the powers conferred upon the authority by this part shall be given by law. See California Government Code 15432
  • City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Government Code 20
  • County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Working capital: means moneys to be used by, or on behalf of, a participating health institution to pay or prepay maintenance or operation expenses or any other costs that would be treated as an expense item, under generally accepted accounting principles, in connection with the ownership or operation of a health facility, including, but not limited to, reserves for maintenance or operation expenses, interest for not to exceed two years on any loan for working capital made pursuant to this part, and reserves for debt service with respect to, and any costs necessary or incidental to, that financing. See California Government Code 15432
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