The bonds shall be authorized by resolution or resolutions of the legislative body of the local agency, shall bear such date or dates, and shall mature at the time or times as the resolution or resolutions may provide, except that no bond shall mature more than 40 years from the date of its issuance. The bonds may be issued as serial bonds or as term bonds, or as a combination thereof, and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount of principal of, or interest on, bonds maturing at each date of maturity need not be equal. The bonds shall bear interest at the rate or rates, be in the denominations, be in the form, either coupon or registered, carry the registration privileges, be executed in the manner, be payable in the medium of payment at the place or places within or without the state, and be subject to the terms of redemption as the resolution or resolutions may provide.
The bonds may be sold at public or private sale in the manner and upon the terms as may be provided in the resolution or by separate resolution. Pending the preparation of definitive bonds, interim receipts or certificates in the form and with any provisions as may be provided in the resolution, may be issued to the purchaser or purchasers of bonds sold pursuant to this division. The bonds and interim receipts or certificates shall be deemed to be securities and negotiable instruments within the meaning of, and for all the purposes of, the California Uniform Commercial Code, subject to the provisions for registration thereof contained in the resolution.