Every district may:
(a) Cause to be levied and collected in any year a special tax not to exceed three-tenths of one cent ($0.003) on the one dollar ($1) of assessed valuation of all the taxable property in the district, exclusive of any tax which may be required to pay the principal of and interest upon any bonded indebtedness of the district, in addition to all other taxes provided for by law upon the taxable property of the district and to be paid into a special fund in the county treasury to be known as the memorial district fund. In no event shall the tax exceed an amount that is sufficient to pay the estimated expenses of operating and maintaining the memorial district for the next year and the estimated capital outlay of the district for the next two years.
(b) Incur, through the board of supervisors, bonded indebtedness on behalf of the district for the purpose of exercising any of the powers of the district or accomplishing any of the purposes of this chapter.
(c) Cause to be levied and collected in any one year a special tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest upon all bonded indebtedness of the district incurred as herein provided, in addition to all other taxes provided for by law or by the provisions of this chapter and to be paid into a special fund in the county treasury to be known as the memorial district bond retirement fund.
(d) Refund or retire any indebtedness that may exist against the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 895.)