Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an action may be brought under Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to determine the validity of any bonds issued under this article to finance the purchase of bonds for local agencies, the financing of public capital improvements or utility projects, or the purchase of VLF receivables pursuant to Section 6588.5 or Proposition 1A receivables pursuant to Section 6588.6 and any contracts of sale of VLF receivables or Proposition 1A receivables or utility project property entered into by any local agency, and any related documents. If an action is commenced, the action shall be brought in the jurisdiction in which the authority maintains its principal office and is not required to be brought in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions of any of the local agencies. However, publication of summons, as provided in Section 861 of the Code of Civil Procedure, shall be made in the county in which the authority maintains its principal office and in each county in which any local agency that has sold bonds to the authority, for which a public capital improvement is being financed or that has entered into a sales agreement for a VLF receivable or a Proposition 1A receivable where the authority is located.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 636, Sec. 6. (AB 850) Effective January 1, 2014.)