For the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized in this chapter, the Senior Center Finance Committee is hereby created. The committee consists of the Treasurer, the Controller, the Director of Finance, and the director. The committee is hereby authorized and empowered to create a debt or debts, or liability or liabilities, of the State of California, in the aggregate amount of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), in the manner provided in this chapter. The debt or debts, or liability or liabilities shall be created for the purpose of acquiring, renovation, constructing, purchasing of equipment, funding startup costs of programs, or funding expansion of existing programs of senior centers. When sold, the bonds authorized by this chapter shall constitute valid and legally binding general obligations of the State of California, and the full faith and credit of the State of California is hereby pledged for the punctual payment of both principal and interest thereon. There shall be collected annually in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected such a sum, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, as shall be required to pay the interest and principal on the bonds maturing each year, and it is hereby made the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in regard to the collection of the revenue to do and perform each and every act that shall be necessary to collect that additional sum. All money deposited in the fund that has been derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest. All money deposited in the fund pursuant to any provision of law requiring repayments to the state for assistance financed by the proceeds of the bonds authorized by this chapter shall be available for transfer to the General Fund. When transferred to the General Fund, this money shall be applied as a reimbursement to the General Fund on account of principal and interest on the bonds paid from the General Fund.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1097, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)