(a) The state or any state board, department, agency, or authority, including, but not limited to, the State Public Works Board, may bring an action to determine the validity of its bonds, warrants, contracts, obligations, or evidences of indebtedness pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(b) (1) Any state board, department, agency, or authority that issues bonds, notes, or other obligations the proceeds of which are to be used to purchase, or to make loans evidenced or secured by, the bonds, warrants, contracts, obligations, or evidences of indebtedness of one or more local agencies, may bring an action to determine the validity of the bonds, warrants, contracts, obligations, or evidences of indebtedness of those local agencies to be purchased by, or used to evidence or secure loans by, the state board, department, agency, or authority, pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, “local agency” shall have the same meaning as set forth in Section 53510.
(c) For the purposes of Section 860 of the Code of Civil Procedure, any action initiated pursuant to this section shall be brought in the Superior Court of the County of Sacramento.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 470, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)