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GOV § 53996
Where this section sits in the code
- Government Code - GOV
- TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES [50001. - 57607.]
- DIVISION 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES [53000. - 55821.]
- PART 1. POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES [53000. - 54999.7.]
- CHAPTER 4. Financial Affairs [53600. - 53997.]
- ARTICLE 19. Obligation of Contract [53995. - 53997.]
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that a local agency’s obligation of contract, as that term is used and interpreted in Section 9 of Article I of the California Constitution, in a financial transaction, commences when the legislative body adopts a resolution officially entering into the contract or when the treasurer, acting on his or her authority, enters into the contract. Therefore, in interpreting Section 9 of Article I of the California Constitution, the Legislature finds and declares that no law may be passed which has the effect of impairing a local agency’s existing obligation of contract with regard to a financial transaction.
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