CHAPTER 12. California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2000 [19985. - 20011.]

Chapter 12 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 726, Sec. 1.

§§ 19985–20011 · 28 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 19985–19986 · 3 sections

   • § 19985 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2000.
   • § 19985.5 The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Reading and literacy skills are fundamental to success in our economy and our society. (b) The…
   • § 19986 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Committee” means the California Library Construction and Renovation Finance…
2. ARTICLE 2. Program Provisions §§ 19987–19999 · 13 sections

   • § 19987 The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the California Public Library Construction and Renovation Fund, which is…
   • § 19988 All moneys deposited in the fund, except as provided in Section 20011, are continuously appropriated to the State Librarian, notwithstanding Section 13340 of…
   • § 19989 The grant funds authorized pursuant to Section 19988, and the matching funds provided pursuant to Section 19995, shall be used by the recipient for any of the…
   • § 19990 Any grant funds authorized pursuant to Section 19988, or matching funds provided pursuant to Section 19995, may not be used by a recipient for any of the…
   • § 19991 All construction contracts for projects funded in part through grants awarded pursuant to this chapter shall be awarded through competitive bidding pursuant to…
   • § 19992 This chapter shall be administered by the State Librarian. The board shall adopt rules, regulations, and policies for the implementation of this chapter.
   • § 19993 A city, county, city and county, or district may apply to the State Librarian for a grant pursuant to this chapter, as follows: (a) Each application shall be…
   • § 19994 (a) The State Librarian shall consider applications for construction of new public library facilities submitted pursuant to Section 19993 in the following…
   • § 19995 (a) Each grant recipient shall provide matching funds from any available source in an amount equal to 35 percent of the costs of the project. The remaining 65…
   • § 19996 (a) The estimated costs of a project for which an application is submitted shall be consistent with normal public construction costs in the applicant’s area.…
   • § 19997 Once an application has been approved by the board and included in the State Librarian’s request to the committee, the amount of the funding to be provided to…
   • § 19998 (a) In reviewing applications, as part of establishing the priorities set forth in Section 19994 the board shall consider all of the following factors: (1)…
   • § 19999 (a) A facility, or the part thereof, acquired, constructed, or remodeled, or rehabilitated with grants received pursuant to this chapter shall be dedicated to…
3. ARTICLE 3. Fiscal Provisions §§ 20000–20011 · 12 sections

   • § 20000 Bonds in the amount of three hundred fifty million dollars ($350,000,000), exclusive of refunding bonds, or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and…
   • § 20001 The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law…
   • § 20002 (a) For purposes of this chapter, the California Library Construction and Renovation Finance Committee established pursuant to Section 19972 is the “committee”…
   • § 20003 The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter in order to carry out the actions…
   • § 20004 There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the…
   • § 20005 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this…
   • § 20006 For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed…
   • § 20007 The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, in accordance with Section 16312 of the…
   • § 20008 Any bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter may be refunded by the issuance of refunding bonds in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section…
   • § 20009 All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold pursuant to this chapter shall be reserved in the fund and…
   • § 20010 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that…
   • § 20011 Amounts deposited in the fund pursuant to this chapter may be appropriated in the annual Budget Act to the State Librarian for the actual amount of office,…