(a)
Following formation of the benefit district or concurrently therewith, if the board deems it necessary to incur a bonded indebtedness for the acquisition, construction, development, joint development, completion, operation, maintenance, or repair of one or more eligible transit facilities located within the benefit district, the board may provide, by resolution, that the bonded indebtedness shall be payable from special benefit assessments levied within the benefit district. The resolution shall be adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members of the board, and shall declare and state all of the following:
(1)
That the board intends to incur
an indebtedness, by the issuance of bonds of the operator, for the benefit district which the board has formed, or intends to form, within a portion of the service area of the operator.
(2)
The purposes for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may include all costs and estimated costs necessary or convenient for, incidental to, or connected with, the accomplishment of the purposes, including, without limitation, engineering, inspection, legal, fiscal agent, financial consultant, bond and other reserve funds, working capital, bond interest estimated to accrue during the construction period, if any, and for a period not exceeding three years thereafter, and the expenses of all proceedings for the authorization, issuance, and sale of the bonds.
(3)
The estimated cost of
accomplishing the purposes and the amount of the principal of the indebtedness to be incurred.
(4)
That a general description of the benefit district and of each zone, if any, therein and maps showing the exterior boundaries thereof are on file with the operator and available for inspection by any interested person.
(5)
That special benefit assessments for the payment of the bonds, and the interest thereon, have been, or are proposed to be levied in the benefit district or zones therein in accordance with the procedures and approval process set forth in Section 4 of Article XIIID of the California Constitution.
(6)
The extent to which, if at all, all or a portion of the revenues of the operator are
to be used to pay the principal of, interest on, and sinking fund payments for, the bonds, including the establishment and maintenance of any reserve fund therefor.
(7)
The time and place set for hearing on the proposed issuance of the bonds.
(8)
That, prior to levying a special benefit assessment, the board shall comply with the notice, protest, and hearing procedures set forth in Section 53753 of the Government Code.
(9)
The maximum term the proposed bonds shall run before maturity, which shall not exceed 40 years from the date of the bonds or any series thereof.
(10)
The maximum rate or rates of interest to be paid, which shall not exceed 12 percent per
annum.
(11)
That the pledge of special benefit assessment revenues to the bonds authorized by this section has priority over the use of any of those revenues for pay-as-you-go financing, except to the extent that this priority is expressly restricted by any of the operator’s agreements with bondholders.
(b)
The notice stating the time and place of the hearing on the proposed issuance of bonds shall be published prior to the time fixed for the hearing pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code.