California Streets and Highways Code 2701.23 – (a) The department may advance funds in the State Highway …
(a) The department may advance funds in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund for all or a portion of the cost of projects approved for bond funding pursuant to this chapter. The director shall first make a finding that there are adequate funds for the advancement without delaying or adversely affecting any other project. The total amount advanced shall not exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which the committee has, by resolution, authorized to be sold for the purposes of this chapter.
(b) All advances shall be subject to the terms and conditions of an agreement between the department and the public entity which will receive the advancement. The agreement shall contain provisions for reimbursement of the State Highway Account from the proceeds of the next bond sale for funds advanced pursuant to this section. Any amounts advanced pursuant to this section shall be repaid with interest at the rate being earned by the Pooled Money Investment Account at the time of the advance. Interest payments shall be made from the funds of the public entity which received the advancement, other than from the proceeds of bonds authorized by this chapter.
Terms Used In California Streets and Highways Code 2701.23
- Committee: means the Passenger Rail Finance Committee created pursuant to Section 2701. See California Streets and Highways Code 2701.01
- Department: means the Department of Transportation. See California Streets and Highways Code 2701.01
- Director: means the director of the department. See California Streets and Highways Code 21
- Fund: means the Passenger Rail Bond Fund created pursuant to Section 2701. See California Streets and Highways Code 2701.01
- highway: includes bridges, culverts, curbs, drains, and all works incidental to highway construction, improvement, and maintenance. See California Streets and Highways Code 23
- State highway: means any highway which is acquired, laid out, constructed, improved or maintained as a State highway pursuant to constitutional or legislative authorization. See California Streets and Highways Code 24
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 25, Sec. 6. Effective April 1, 1992. Note: This section was added originally by Stats. 1989, Ch. 108, and approved in Prop. 108 on June 5, 1990.)