Section 8878.27 - California Earthquake Safety and Housing Rehabilitation Finance Committee(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter, the California Earthquake Safety and Housing Rehabilitation Finance Committee is hereby created. For purposes of this chapter, the California Earthquake Safety and Housing Rehabilitation Finance Committee is "the committee" as that term is used in the State General Obligation Bond Law. The committee consists of the Treasurer, the Controller, the Director of Finance, or their designated representatives, a person appointed by the Senate Rules Committee, a person appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Executive Director of the Seismic Safety Commission. The Treasurer shall serve as the chairperson of the committee. A majority of the committee may act for the committee.(b) For purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, the Department of Housing and Community Development is designated the "board." (c) The board may adopt rules and regulations establishing requirements for local administration of the financing program to the extent necessary to protect the validity of, and tax exemption for, interest on the bonds.Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 27, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 77 at the June 7, 1988, election.