Bonds in the total amount of seven hundred sixty-eight million six hundred seventy thousand dollars ($768,670,000), or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to be used for carrying out the purposes expressed in this division and in Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 2700) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code and to be used to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to § 16724.5 of the Government Code. A sum, not to exceed seven hundred twenty-six million dollars ($726,000,000) of the bond proceeds, shall be deposited in the California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Fund of 1988 for the purposes of this division, and a sum, not to exceed fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) of bond proceeds, shall be deposited in the Wildlife and Natural Areas Conservation Fund for the purposes of the Wildlife and Natural Areas Conservation Program (Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 2700) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code). The bonds shall, when sold, be and constitute a valid and binding obligation of the State of California, and the full faith and credit of the State of California is hereby pledged for the punctual payment of both principal and interest as they become due and payable.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 39, Sec. 93. (SB 1018) Effective June 27, 2012. Note: This section was added on June 7, 1988, by initiative Prop. 70.)