26295-26295.14
GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 26295-26295.14
26295. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Orange County Regional Justice Facilities Act. 26295.2. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the existing state of overcrowding in jails and court facilities in Orange County is so great as to significantly impede the administration of justice and create a situation wherein persons who are a danger to society are required to be released into that society for lack of adequate facilities to house them. The Legislature further finds and declares that it is in the public interest to create the Orange County Regional Justice Facilities Commission so that regional justice facility needs may be addressed in an expeditious and appropriate fashion on a countywide basis. The Legislature further finds and declares that it is in the public interest to allow the voters to approve a general tax for the general governmental purposes of the Orange County Regional Justice Facilities Commission. 26295.4. As used in this chapter, "commission" means the Orange County Regional Justice Facilities Commission created pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 26296). 26295.6. As used in this chapter, "bonds" means indebtedness and securities of any kind or class, including bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, and commercial paper. 26295.8. As used in this chapter, "county" means the County of Orange. 26295.10. As used in this chapter, "board of supervisors" means the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange. 26295.12. As used in this chapter, "master plan" means the plan for construction, furnishing, acquisition, maintenance, and operation of adult and juvenile detention facilities and courthouse facilities, and structures necessary or convenient to those facilities. The master plan shall be developed and approved, and may be amended from time to time, by the commission. Subject to the limitations on the commission's powers, as set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 26296.14, the master plan may include, but is not limited to, all of the following: (a) The adult detention facilities to be constructed, furnished, acquired, maintained or operated throughout the county. (b) The juvenile detention facilities to be constructed, furnished, acquired, maintained, or operated throughout the county. (c) The courthouse facilities to be constructed, furnished, acquired, maintained, or operated throughout the county. (d) The time schedule according to which the facilities referenced in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) shall be constructed, furnished, or acquired. (e) Projections of revenues, including revenues expected to be derived from the tax provided for in this chapter, together with other federal, state, and local funds, and funds from the sale of bonds under this chapter, and expenditures for capital, maintenance, and operations purposes for adult and juvenile detention facilities and courthouse facilities purposes. (f) Those other requirements as the commission, in carrying out its responsibility for the provision of detention and court facilities and services, deems necessary and appropriate. 26295.14. As used in this chapter, "outstanding," when used as of any particular time with reference to bonds issued by the commission, means all bonds theretofore and thereupon being authenticated and delivered by an authenticating agent duly appointed by the commission or its authorized designee except: (a) Bonds theretofore canceled by an authenticating agent or surrendered to such authenticating agent for cancellation. (b) Bonds that are owned or held by or for the account of the commission or any other obligor on the bonds, or any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, the commission or any other obligor on the bonds. (c) Bonds for the transfer or exchange of or in lieu of or in substitution for which other bonds shall have been authenticated and delivered. (d) Refunding bonds issued pursuant to Section 26298.42, except to the extent that the principal amount of the refunding bonds exceeds the principal amount of the bonds to be refunded with the proceeds of such refunding bonds.