It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to provide for an efficient, equitable, and economical means of satisfying certain pension obligations of the state. Bonds shall be issued pursuant to this chapter only when the Director of Finance determines that the state’s pension obligations are anticipated to be reduced as a result of changes in the Public Employees’ Retirement Law that reduce contributions to the Public Employees’ Retirement System, and it is in the best interest of the state to issue bonds pursuant to this chapter to accelerate a portion of the state’s anticipated lower pension obligations.

(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 215, Sec. 4. Effective August 11, 2004.)

Terms Used In California Government Code 16941

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
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