Current through the 2023 Legislative Session.
Section 53595.15 - Pledge of tax increment revenues; lien of pledge(a) A pledge by a local agency of tax increment revenues received pursuant to a tax increment agreement shall be valid and binding upon the local agency from the time the pledge is made for the benefit of pledgees and successors in interest thereof. The tax increment revenues pledged by the local agency or its assignees shall immediately, upon receipt by the local agency from the redevelopment agency, be subject to the lien of the pledge without physical delivery or further act.(b) Except as otherwise specified in this section, the lien of the pledge shall be valid and binding against all parties, irrespective of whether the parties have notice of the claim. The indenture by which the pledge is created need not be recorded. The pledge shall remain a valid and binding pledge until the debt instruments secured by the pledge are no longer outstanding.(c) Nothing in this article affects the rights, duties, or obligations of a redevelopment agency with regard to the allocation of tax increment by a redevelopment agency to a local agency pursuant to a tax increment agreement, the terms of which shall exclusively govern the rights, duties, and obligations of the redevelopment agency. This article does not vest in any pledgee, holder of debt instruments, successor in interest thereof, or any person, other than the local agency, any lien, right, claim, interest, or cause of action against a redevelopment agency for tax increment revenues held by, or to be received by, the redevelopment agency.Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 902, Sec. 1. Effective October 8, 1993.