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50 California Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1967)

handle is hein.sag/sagca0050 and id is 1 raw text is: OPINIONS
OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF CALIFORNIA
Volume 50
Opinion No. 67-27-July 25, 1967
SUBJECT: BONDS-Bonds by an authority or agency created under the provi-
sions of the Joint Powers Act are eligible to secure the deposit of public
monies in banks under the provisions of Section 53651(c) of the Government
Code.
Requested by: ASSEMBLYMAN, 23rd DISTRICT
Opinion by: THOMAS C. LYNCH, Attorney General
Edmund E. White, Deputy
The Honorable John Francis Foran, Assemblyman for the Twenty-Third
District, has requested an opinion on the following question:
Are bonds by an authority or agency created under the provisions of the
Joint Powers Act (Government Code 6500-6514) eligible to secure the deposit
of public monies in banks under the provisions of Section 53651(c) of the
Government Code?
The conclusion is:
The question is answered in the affirmative.
ANALYSIS
The Joint Exercise of Powers Act' basically provides a procedure or manner
whereby existing powers may be exercised by cooperative action, rather than
granting new powers, see City of Oakland v. Williams, 15 Cal. 2d 542, 549 (1940);
15 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 108 (1950). But in addition to exercising, pursuant to
'Government Code sections 6500-6583 (all section references are to the Government
Code).
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