74950-74952

WATER CODE
SECTION 74950-74952




74950.  The district may issue negotiable promissory notes bearing
interest at a rate not exceeding the rate set by Article 7
(commencing with Section 53530) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 2
of Title 5 of the Government Code. The notes shall be general
obligations of the district payable from revenues and assessment
taxes, unless paid from other available funds of the district, in the
same manner as bonds of the district. The maturity of the notes
shall not be later than five years from the date thereof and the
total aggregate amount of the notes outstanding at any one time shall
not exceed the lesser of 2 percent of the assessed valuation of the
taxable property in the district, according to the last assessment
roll or five million dollars ($5,000,000), except that a district
which has been formed for less than 18 months may not borrow an
amount exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).



74951.  "Taxable property," as used in Section 74950, means:
   (a) All lands and improvements within a district or improvement
district, as the case may be, if the provisions of Section 74056 were
complied with in the formation of the district or district within
which the improvement district is created.
   (b) All lands and improvements within an improvement district if
the basis of taxation in the improvement district has been changed
pursuant to Section 75151 from land to land and improvements.
   (c) Land only within any district or improvement district not
mentioned in subdivision (a) or (b) of this section.



74952.  If a district undertakes to issue promissory notes pursuant
to the limitations set forth in Section 74950, the limitations
provided in Sections 75357 and 75358 shall not apply.