§ 53541
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Any provision of law requiring an election to the contrary notwithstanding, the legislative body without a vote of the electors may issue bonds of the local agency, zone or improvement district if all the following occur:
(a)The principal amount of such bonds does not exceed the then unissued balance of the principal amount of bonds of the same type authorized at an election heretofore held in the local agency, or in such zone or improvement district.
(b)The bonds are issued for the same purpose as that for which the unissued bonds were authorized.
(c)The bonds are issued in accordance with the laws governing the issuance of bonds of the local agency, except for the requirement of a bond election.
Bonds issued pursuant to this section may bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed 12 percent per year. When bonds are issued pursuant to this section, unissued bonds as referred to in subdivisions
(a)and
(b)in a principal amount at least equal to the principal amount of bonds issued pursuant to this section, shall be canceled by order of the legislative body and shall not be issued.