The board may finance prison facilities using lease-purchase financing arrangements by the issuance of bonds pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 15830). The construction and acquisition of prison facilities or the financing of prison facilities constitutes the construction of public buildings for the purposes of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 15830). In addition to the cost of construction, the board may authorize any additional amounts necessary to pay the costs of financing, including, but not limited to, interest during construction of the project and a reasonably required reserve fund.

The total amount of bonds issued pursuant to this section shall not exceed six hundred fifty million dollars ($650,000,000).

Terms Used In California Government Code 15819.3

  • Board: means the State Public Works Board. See California Government Code 15802
  • Bonds: means revenue bonds, notes, including commercial paper notes or other forms of negotiable short-term indebtedness, or bond anticipation notes issued to finance prison facilities, interest during construction of prison facilities, reserve funds, and costs of issuance of the bonds, as the board may determine. See California Government Code 15819.1
  • Construction: includes the extension, enlargement, repair, renovation, restoration, improvement, furnishing, and equipping of any public building. See California Government Code 15802
  • Lease-purchase financing: means the financing of prison facilities from the proceeds of the sale of bonds authorized by the board. See California Government Code 15819.1

(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 532, Sec. 2. Effective August 20, 1986.)

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