(a) “Sale” and “purchase,” for the purposes of this part, do not include any transfer of title of tangible personal property constituting any project or pollution control facility to the California Pollution Control Financing Authority by any participating party, nor any lease or transfer of title of tangible personal property constituting any project or pollution control facility by the authority to any participating party, when the transfer or lease is made pursuant to Division 27 (commencing with Section 44500) of the Health and Safety Code. The terms “project,” “pollution control facility,” and “participating party” as used in this section have the meanings ascribed to them in Sections 44506 and 44508 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) This section shall only apply to a project or pollution control facility that is a “project” or “pollution control facility” as defined in Section 44508 of the Health and Safety Code as amended by Chapter 756 of the Statutes of 1999.
(c) This section shall not apply to a project for which the authority refunds bonds or evidences of indebtedness not originally issued by the authority, and the authority makes a finding that the project being refinanced qualifies as a project under Division 27 (commencing with Section 44500) of the Health and Safety Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 643, Sec. 34. (SB 832) Effective November 2, 2009.)