{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-53595","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 53595","heading":"","body":"As used in this article:\n(a) “Debt instruments” means bonds, notes, certificates of participation, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by a local agency pursuant to this article.\n(b) “Indenture” means the instrument providing the terms and conditions for the issuance of the debt instruments, and may be a resolution, order, agreement, or other instrument.\n(c) “Legislative body” means the city council, board of supervisors, or other legislative or governing body of a local agency.\n(d) “Local agency” means any city, county, city and county, district, including, but not limited to, a school district or other public entity authorized to enter into a tax increment agreement.\n(e) “Redevelopment agency” means a redevelopment agency established pursuant to Part 1 (commencing with Section 33000) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code and includes a community development commission exercising the powers granted to a redevelopment agency pursuant to Section 34141 of the Health and Safety Code.\n(f) “Tax increment” means that portion of tax revenues allocated to a redevelopment agency pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 33670 of the Health and Safety Code.\n(g) “Tax increment agreement” means any agreement between a local agency and a redevelopment agency which allocates tax increment to the local agency pursuant to Section 33401 of the Health and Safety Code.\n(h) “Tax increment revenues” means tax increment received or receivable by a local agency pursuant to a tax increment agreement.","path":["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 3. Bonds [53400. - 53595.55.]","ARTICLE 13. Collateralized Borrowing [53595. - 53595.55.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"ee3f4a686530b72064a3798cc14a9f427336217906fb4d1c860cf82346190c5a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-53594","next":"us-ca/gov-53595.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}