PART 2. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Part 2 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.
§§ 25000–26490 · 670 sections
CHAPTER 1. Organization §§ 25000–25176 · 54 sections
ARTICLE 1. General §§ 25000–25008 · 7 sections
- § 25000 (a) Each county shall have a board of supervisors consisting of five members. Not more than three members shall be elected at the same general election. If the…
- § 25003 The board may make and enforce rules and regulations necessary for the government of the board, the preservation of order, and the transaction of business.
- § 25004 It may adopt a seal. A description and impression of the seal shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.
- § 25005 A majority of the members of the board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No act of the board shall be valid or binding unless a majority of…
- § 25006 Any member of the board may administer oaths when necessary in the performance of his official duties.
- § 25007 Members may attend meetings of the California State Association of Counties.
- § 25008 Members shall be allowed their actual expenses in going to, attendance upon, and returning from state association meetings and their actual and necessary…
ARTICLE 2. Chairman §§ 25020–25022 · 4 sections
- § 25020 The members of the board of supervisors shall elect a chairman, who shall preside at all meetings of the board. If he is absent or unable to act, the members…
- § 25020.1 Instead of selecting a temporary chairman whenever the chairman is absent or unable to act, the members of the board of supervisors may elect a vice chairman…
- § 25021 The chairman of the board shall perform such duties as are prescribed by law or by the board.
- § 25022 In any emergency affecting the interest of the county or when any defalcation or official misconduct comes to his knowledge, the chairman shall forthwith call…
ARTICLE 3. Members §§ 25040–25043 · 4 sections
- § 25040 Each member of the board of supervisors shall be elected by the district which he represents, and not at large, except in any county in which supervisorial…
- § 25041 In all other cases each member shall have been a registered voter of the district which he seeks to represent for at least 30 days immediately preceding the…
- § 25042 Any supervisor who (a) refuses or neglects to perform any duty imposed on him, without just cause, or (b) wilfully violates any law provided for his government…
- § 25043 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Disclose” means to have information announced in an open and public meeting and noted…
ARTICLE 4. Vacancies §§ 25060–25062 · 3 sections
- § 25060 Whenever a vacancy occurs in a board of supervisors, the Governor shall fill the vacancy. The appointee shall hold office until the election and qualification…
- § 25061 The election of a supervisor to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term shall be held at the next general election, unless the term expires on the first Monday…
- § 25062 When a vacancy occurs from the failure of the person elected to file his or her oath or bond as provided by law, and the person elected is appointed to fill…
ARTICLE 5. Meetings §§ 25080–25084 · 4 sections
- § 25080 Except as otherwise provided by state law, all meetings of the board of supervisors shall be public.
- § 25081 By ordinance the board shall provide for the holding of regular meetings of the board at the county seat. The board may change the place for the holding of one…
- § 25083 Whenever the board of supervisors of any county is required by law to canvass the votes of any local or special election on a day other than one on which the…
- § 25084 Whenever the board of supervisors of any county is required by law to receive proposals or bids after publication of a resolution or other public notice, the…
ARTICLE 6. Clerk of the Board §§ 25100–25105.5 · 9 sections
- § 25100 Unless otherwise provided by law, the county clerk is ex officio clerk of the board of supervisors of his county.
- § 25100.5 The board of supervisors of any county may provide by ordinance that the clerk of the board of supervisors may be appointed by the board in the same manner as…
- § 25101 The clerk of the board shall: (a) Attend each session of the board of supervisors of his county and attend committee meetings when requested so to do. (b) Keep…
- § 25102 The board shall cause to be kept: (a) Its minute book. (b) An ordinance book. (c) An “allowance book” in which shall be recorded all orders for the allowance…
- § 25102.1 In lieu of entering resolutions in full in the minute book, the clerk, with the approval of the board, may keep a resolution book in which he shall enter all…
- § 25103 (a) The records and minutes of the board, acting in any capacity, shall be signed by the chairperson and the clerk. The board may authorize the use of a…
- § 25104 The books, records, and accounts of the board shall be kept in the custody of the clerk and available for public inspection during normal business hours.
- § 25105 The board of supervisors may authorize the use of photographs, microphotographs, electronic data processing records, optical disks, or any other medium that is…
- § 25105.5 The clerk of the board of supervisors may, without complying with any other provision of law, destroy records consisting of claims against the county and…
ARTICLE 7. Ordinances §§ 25120–25132 · 14 sections
- § 25120 The enacting clause of all ordinances of the board of supervisors shall be as follows: “The Board of Supervisors of the County of ____ ordains as follows.”
- § 25121 (a) Every ordinance shall be signed by the chairperson of the board and attested by the clerk. When attesting to an electronic or digital signature, the clerk…
- § 25122 On the passage of all ordinances the votes of the several members of the board shall be entered on the minutes, and all ordinances shall be entered at length…
- § 25123 All ordinances shall become effective 30 days from the date of final passage, except the following ordinances, which shall take effect immediately: (a) Those…
- § 25123.5 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 25123, that portion of any ordinance which changes supervisorial salaries shall become effective 60 days after its…
- § 25124 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), within 15 days after the passage of an ordinance it shall be published once, with the names of the members voting…
- § 25125 No county ordinance passed prior to September 13, 1941, is void solely by reason of the fact that it was not published for a full week within 15 days after its…
- § 25126 Any or all ordinances of any county which have been enacted and published in accordance with the provisions of its charter or this article, and which have not…
- § 25127 The ordinance code may be adopted by reference by the passage of an ordinance for the purpose, which shall be adopted and approved in the manner provided by…
- § 25128 The ordinance code itself need not be published in the manner required for other ordinances, but not less than three copies of the code shall be filed for use…
- § 25129 After the code has been adopted all ordinances thereafter adopted pertaining to the subjects in the code shall be amendatory or revisory of the code. No…
- § 25130 An ordinance code adopted and fully published, or adopted by reference as provided in this article, may be subsequently recompiled, recodified and indexed,…
- § 25131 Ordinances shall not be passed within five days of their introduction, nor at other than a regular meeting or at an adjourned regular meeting. However, an…
- § 25132 (a) Violation of a county ordinance is a misdemeanor unless by ordinance it is made an infraction. The violation of a county ordinance may be prosecuted by…
ARTICLE 8. Publication of Notice and Proceedings §§ 25150–25151 · 2 sections
- § 25150 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), within 10 days after each session of the board of supervisors, it shall cause to be published a fair…
- § 25151 (a) All public notices of proceedings of or to be had before the board, not otherwise specifically provided for, shall be posted at the meeting place of the…
ARTICLE 9. Subpenas §§ 25170–25176 · 7 sections
- § 25170 Whenever the board of supervisors deems it necessary or important to examine any person as a witness upon any subject or matter within the jurisdiction of the…
- § 25171 Whenever the board appoints any of its members a committee upon any subject or matter of which it has jurisdiction and confers upon the committee power to send…
- § 25172 The sheriff of the county to whom the subpena is delivered shall serve it by reading it to the person named therein, and at the same time delivering to him a…
- § 25173 Whenever any person duly subpenaed to appear and give evidence or to produce any books and papers before the board or a committee neglects or refuses to…
- § 25174 Upon receipt of the report, the judge of the superior court shall issue an attachment directed to any sheriff, marshal, or police chief in the State of…
- § 25175 On the return of the attachment and the production of the body of the defendant, the judge has jurisdiction of the matter. The person charged may purge himself…
- § 25176 Witnesses subpenaed to testify on behalf of the county in matters of public concern before the board of supervisors are not entitled to have their fees…
CHAPTER 2. General Powers §§ 25200–25209.6 · 19 sections
- § 25200 The board of supervisors may divide the county into election, road, and supervisorial districts and change their boundaries as convenience requires.
- § 25201 Subject to the provisions of the Elections Code, the board may establish, abolish, and change election precincts, appoint inspectors, clerks, and judges of…
- § 25202 The board shall equalize assessments and levy taxes upon the taxable property of the county for all county purposes, and also upon the taxable property of any…
- § 25203 The board shall direct and control the conduct of litigation in which the county, or any public entity of which the board is the governing body, is a party; by…
- § 25204 The board may assume and discharge such municipal functions of the cities within the county as are authorized by any county charter.
- § 25205 If any county officer performs municipal duties imposed by a charter framed under Section 8 of Article XI of the California Constitution, the compensation and…
- § 25206 The board may direct the sheriff to attend, either in person or by deputy, all the meetings of the board, to preserve order, and to serve notices, subpenas,…
- § 25207 The board may do and perform all other acts and things required by law not enumerated in this part, or which are necessary to the full discharge of the duties…
- § 25207.1 Any ordinance adopted by a board of supervisors requiring any person who represents a corporation, firm, association, organization, or person other than…
- § 25207.5 A county may disseminate information to the public concerning the rights, duties, properties, and activities of the county.
- § 25208 The board of supervisors may employ such persons as it deems necessary to assist the board in the performance of its duties. The board may adopt an ordinance…
- § 25208.3 The board of supervisors of a county may contract for optometric service with an optometrist licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Business and…
- § 25208.4 The board of supervisors of a county may expend county funds for the training and orientation of persons elected to, but who have not yet assumed office as, a…
- § 25208.5 The board of supervisors of a county has all of the powers to provide for community recreation which are granted to the governing board of a public authority…
- § 25209 If real property is conveyed by a county and it is subsequently determined and mutually agreed by the board of supervisors and the person to whom the property…
- § 25209.1 (a) During any fiscal year, the board of supervisors of any county or city and county may upon the recommendation of the county auditor authorize the treasurer…
- § 25209.3 The board of supervisors may do and perform all acts necessary to enable the county to participate in the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended, and its…
- § 25209.5 The board of supervisors may do and perform all acts necessary to participate in the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-512)…
- § 25209.6 The board of supervisors may take all necessary action on behalf of the county to participate as a health maintenance organization in Section 1876 of the…
CHAPTER 2.5. County Service Areas §§ 25210–25217.4 · 50 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 25210–25210.8 · 9 sections
- § 25210 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the County Service Area Law.
- § 25210.1 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Population growth and development in unincorporated areas result in new and increased demands for…
- § 25210.2 Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the county board of…
- § 25210.3 (a) This chapter provides the authority for the organization and powers of county service areas. This chapter succeeds the former Chapter 2.2 (commencing with…
- § 25210.4 This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
- § 25210.5 If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision of this chapter in any circumstance or to any person, county, city, special district,…
- § 25210.6 (a) Any action to determine the validity of the organization of a county service area or zone shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section…
- § 25210.7 (a) Territory, whether contiguous or noncontiguous, in the unincorporated area of a single county may be included in a county service area. (b) A county…
- § 25210.8 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, elections for a county service area or zone are subject to the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4…
ARTICLE 2. Formation §§ 25211–25211.5 · 6 sections
- § 25211 A new county service area may be formed pursuant to this article.
- § 25211.1 (a) A proposal to form a new county service area may be made by petition. The petition shall do all of the things required by Section 56700. In addition, the…
- § 25211.2 (a) Before circulating any petition, the proponents shall publish a notice of intention which shall include a written statement not to exceed 500 words in…
- § 25211.3 (a) A proposal to form a new county service area may also be made by the adoption of a resolution of application by the board of supervisors. Except for the…
- § 25211.4 (a) Once the proponents have filed a sufficient petition or a board of supervisors has filed a resolution of application, the local agency formation commission…
- § 25211.5 (a) If the local agency formation commission orders the formation of a county service area subject to the approval by the voters pursuant to Section 25211.4…
ARTICLE 3. General Powers §§ 25212–25212.4 · 5 sections
- § 25212 The board shall have and may exercise all rights and powers, expressed and implied, necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter, including,…
- § 25212.1 (a) The board shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or motion. (b) The minutes of the board shall record the aye and nay votes taken by the members of the…
- § 25212.2 (a) When acquiring, improving, or using any real property, the board shall comply with Article 5 (commencing with Section 53090) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of…
- § 25212.3 (a) The board may contract with any local agency, state department or agency, federal department or agency, or any tribal government for the provision of any…
- § 25212.4 (a) The board may appoint one or more advisory committees to give advice to the board of supervisors regarding a county service area’s services and facilities.…
ARTICLE 4. Services and Facilities §§ 25213–25213.6 · 7 sections
- § 25213 A county service area may provide any governmental service and facility within the county service area that the county is authorized to perform and that the…
- § 25213.1 In the County of Lassen, a county service area may be formed to purchase electrical energy generated within the boundaries of the county, and the board may…
- § 25213.2 (a) In the County of Napa, a county service area may be formed for the sole purpose of acquiring, constructing, leasing, or maintaining, or any combination…
- § 25213.3 In the County of Orange, a county service area that is the successor to a dissolved harbor improvement district may exercise the powers of a harbor improvement…
- § 25213.4 (a) In the County of San Bernardino, a county service area in whose territory all or any portion of the redevelopment project area referenced in subdivision…
- § 25213.5 (a) If the board desires to exercise a latent power, the board shall first receive the approval of the local agency formation commission, pursuant to Article 1…
- § 25213.6 (a) If a board desires to divest a county service area of the authority to provide a service or facility, the board shall adopt a resolution of intention. The…
ARTICLE 5. Finance §§ 25214–25214.5 · 6 sections
- § 25214 (a) The board shall adopt an annual budget pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 29000) of Division 3. (b) A county service area shall be deemed to be…
- § 25214.1 (a) On or before July 1 of each year, the board shall adopt a resolution establishing the appropriations limit, if any, for each county service area and make…
- § 25214.2 (a) The board may accept any revenue, money, grants, goods, or services from any federal, state, regional, or local agency or from any person for any lawful…
- § 25214.3 The board of supervisors may authorize expenditures from the county’s general fund on behalf of a county service area and shall repay the county general fund…
- § 25214.4 (a) The board of supervisors may loan any available funds of the county to a county service area to pay for any lawful expenses of the county service area. The…
- § 25214.5 (a) The board of supervisors may appropriate up to two million dollars ($2,000,000) from any available funds of the county to a revolving fund to be used by…
ARTICLE 6. Revenues §§ 25215–25215.7 · 8 sections
- § 25215 Whenever the board determines that the amount of revenue available to a county service area or any of its zones is inadequate to meet the costs of operating…
- § 25215.1 The auditor shall allocate to each county service area its share of property tax revenue, if any, pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of Part…
- § 25215.2 The board may levy special taxes pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5. The special taxes…
- § 25215.3 The board may levy benefit assessments for operations and maintenance consistent with the requirements of Article XIIID of the California Constitution,…
- § 25215.4 The board may, by resolution or ordinance, do any of the following: (a) Establish user fees, rates, or other charges, provided that they are not…
- § 25215.5 The board may, by resolution or ordinance, do any of the following: (a) Impose property-related fees and charges for the property-related services that the…
- § 25215.6 (a) The board may charge standby charges for water, sewer, or water and sewer services pursuant to the Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act (Chapter 12.4…
- § 25215.7 Whenever a person installs any facilities including, but not limited to, facilities for sewer or water service, and the board determines that it is necessary…
ARTICLE 7. Capital Financing §§ 25216–25216.3 · 4 sections
- § 25216 Whenever the board determines that the amount of revenue available to a county service area is inadequate to acquire, construct, improve, rehabilitate, or…
- § 25216.1 (a) Whenever the board determines that it is necessary for a county service area to incur a general obligation bond indebtedness for the acquisition or…
- § 25216.2 The board of supervisors may finance any enterprise and issue revenue bonds pursuant to the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300)…
- § 25216.3 The board may levy benefit assessments to finance facilities consistent with the requirements of Article XIII D of the California Constitution including, but…
ARTICLE 8. Zones §§ 25217–25217.4 · 5 sections
- § 25217 (a) Whenever the board determines that it is in the public interest to provide different authorized services, provide different levels of service, provide…
- § 25217.1 (a) At the public hearing, the board shall hear and consider any protests to the formation of the zone. (b) (1) In the case of inhabited territory, if at the…
- § 25217.2 The board may change the boundaries of a zone or dissolve a zone by following the procedures in Sections 25217 and 25217.1, as appropriate.
- § 25217.3 A local agency formation commission shall have no power or duty to review and approve or disapprove a proposal to form a zone, a proposal to change the…
- § 25217.4 (a) The board may provide any authorized service, any level of service, or any authorized facility within a zone that the board may provide in the county…
CHAPTER 3. Financial Powers §§ 25250–25265 · 21 sections
- § 25250 At least biennially the board of supervisors shall examine and audit, or cause to be audited, the financial accounts and records of all officers having…
- § 25251 The board shall examine, settle, and allow all accounts legally chargeable against the county, except salaries of officers and such demands as are authorized…
- § 25252 The board of supervisors shall establish or abolish, those funds as are necessary for the proper transaction of the business of the county, and may transfer…
- § 25252.5 The board of supervisors may in its discretion establish: (a) A revolving fund of an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) from which the county…
- § 25252.6 The board of supervisors may in its discretion establish and determine the amount of, or may by resolution authorize the county auditor to establish and…
- § 25253 Annually the board shall cause to be prepared and published a statistical report showing in compendious form all the financial transactions of the county for…
- § 25254 The board may cause to be prepared and printed: (a) An annual statement showing valuations of property, taxes levied, tax rates, legal requirements, and other…
- § 25256 Except as permitted by the Constitution, the board shall not for any purpose contract debts or liabilities which exceed in any fiscal year the income and…
- § 25257 (a) Any department, officer, or employee of a county charged by law with the collection of any county or district tax assessment, penalty, cost, license fees,…
- § 25258 The application for a discharge from accountability under Section 25257 shall include: (a) The amount owing. (b) Except where disclosure of such information is…
- § 25259 The board of supervisors may make an order discharging the department, officer, or employee from further accountability and direct the county auditor to adjust…
- § 25259.5 The board of supervisors may, by resolution, authorize and designate the county auditor to exercise the powers set forth in Sections 25257 through 25259.
- § 25259.7 Any collection program that is operated by a court may apply to the presiding judge of the court for a discharge from accountability for any court-ordered debt…
- § 25259.8 (a) The application for a discharge from accountability under Section 25259.7 shall include the following: (1) The amount owing. (2) The names of the persons…
- § 25259.9 (a) The presiding judge may make an order discharging the collection program from further accountability. The order shall have the same effect as a discharge…
- § 25259.95 The presiding judge may authorize and designate another judge in the court to exercise the powers of the presiding judge set forth in Sections 25259.7,…
- § 25260 The board of supervisors may by resolution create one or more working capital funds. The board may make available such amounts as are necessary to establish…
- § 25261 The board shall by resolution create enterprise funds specified as mandatory by the State Controller pursuant to regulations adopted under the provisions of…
- § 25262 The county budget may contain a provision for an equipment replacement reserve within a fund. The amount in this reserve shall be identified with the class of…
- § 25263 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the board of supervisors of a county may, by resolution, establish and maintain a reserve account to insure…
- § 25265 Where a county provides financial or accounting services to a special district, including a school district, and such district requests either: (1) A type of…
CHAPTER 4. Officers and Employees §§ 25300–25307 · 14 sections
- § 25300 The board of supervisors shall prescribe the compensation of all county officers, including the board of supervisors, and shall provide for the number,…
- § 25303 The board of supervisors shall supervise the official conduct of all county officers, and officers of all districts and other subdivisions of the county, and…
- § 25303.1 The board of supervisors of any county may authorize any officer of a county who is not specifically authorized by any other code section to accept negotiable…
- § 25303.2 As used in this chapter, negotiable paper means bank checks and drafts and express and post-office money orders.
- § 25303.3 The acceptance of negotiable paper constitutes payment of any amount owing to a county or a city and county as of the date of acceptance when, but not before,…
- § 25303.4 (a) If, pursuant to another provision of law, a bank account has been authorized for the use of the officer, he shall deposit in that account as soon as…
- § 25303.5 If any negotiable paper is not paid on due presentment for any reason, any record of payment made on any official record or in cash and fee book of the officer…
- § 25303.6 When cancellation is made, the officer making it shall record it on the roll or on his cash and fee book. He shall immediately send a notice to the person who…
- § 25303.7 (a) (1) A county may create a sheriff oversight board, either by action of the board of supervisors or through a vote of county residents, comprised of…
- § 25304 The board of supervisors shall fill by appointment all vacancies that occur in any office filled by the appointment of the board and elective county officers,…
- § 25304.5 If on the first Monday after January 1 following a general election the person elected to an elective county office has resigned or died, the board of…
- § 25305 When in its judgment the public interest requires, the board may purchase automobiles for the use of county officers and county employees whose duties require…
- § 25306 The board may rent or lease office space for the members of the board and employ a secretary at such office.
- § 25307 All meetings conducted by the board pertaining to salaries of county employees shall be open and public, except as provided in the Ralph M. Brown Act, Chapter…
CHAPTER 4.5. Provision of County Services §§ 25330–25338 · 9 sections
ARTICLE 1. Optional Services and Enhanced Services Provided to the Public §§ 25330–25338 · 9 sections
- § 25330 The Legislature finds that counties are faced with critical revenue shortages and a need to provide and maintain vital public services that the public wants…
- § 25331 It is the intent of the Legislature that the fees or charges authorized by this chapter are for optional services that the public may or may not choose to…
- § 25332 (a) The Boards of Supervisors of Butte, Kings, Los Angeles, Merced, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Clara, Sonoma, and Ventura Counties may enter into…
- § 25333 The board of supervisors may approve a contract or new fee only after conducting a public hearing as a part of a regularly held meeting of the board of…
- § 25334 Persons interested in receiving notice of the public hearing held pursuant to Section 25333 shall file a written request with the clerk of the board of…
- § 25335 Any contract entered into pursuant to this chapter shall be authorized by a resolution of the board of supervisors.
- § 25336 Any fee adopted by the board of supervisors pursuant to this chapter shall be adopted by ordinance. Prior to adopting the fee, the board of supervisors shall…
- § 25337 The procedures, pursuant to this chapter, are alternative to any other procedure provided by law with respect to the establishment of fees or charges,…
- § 25338 The services to be provided by the county pursuant to this chapter shall not include any of the following: (a) Services provided pursuant to Chapter 10…
CHAPTER 5. County Property §§ 25350–25549.23 · 150 sections
ARTICLE 1. General §§ 25350–25376 · 55 sections
- § 25350 No purchase of real property, including any water right or other interest therein, of which the purchase price is in excess of the dollar limit established by…
- § 25350.1 (a) Nothing in this chapter limits, restricts, or prohibits a county from complying with Article 8 (commencing with Section 54220) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of…
- § 25350.5 The board of supervisors of any county may acquire by eminent domain any property necessary to carry out any of the powers or functions of the county.
- § 25350.51 (a) The board may, by ordinance or resolution, delegate to the purchasing agent or other appropriate county official, subject to any rules and regulations as…
- § 25350.55 (a) Prior to entering into an agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be,…
- § 25350.6 (a) Moneys credited to the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund or allocated to the Vehicle License Fee Property Tax Compensation…
- § 25350.60 (a) The board of supervisors of a county may, by ordinance, authorize a county officer it deems appropriate to perform any or all acts necessary to approve and…
- § 25350.7 (a) Prior to entering into an agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be,…
- § 25350.75 (a) Prior to entering into an agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be,…
- § 25350.8 (a) Taxes collected by the State Board of Equalization pursuant to Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that are derived from that portion of the…
- § 25350.85 (a) Taxes collected by the State Board of Equalization pursuant to Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that are derived from that portion of the…
- § 25350.9 (a) Prior to entering into an agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be,…
- § 25350.95 (a) Prior to entering into an agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be,…
- § 25350.10 (a) Taxes collected by the State Board of Equalization pursuant to Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that are derived from the taxes imposed by…
- § 25350.105 (a) Taxes collected by the State Board of Equalization pursuant to Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that are derived from the taxes imposed by a…
- § 25350.11 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the sum of the amounts pledged with respect to any fiscal year pursuant to Sections 25350.6, 25350.8, and…
- § 25350.115 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the sum of the amounts pledged with respect to any fiscal year pursuant to Sections 25350.6, 25350.85,…
- § 25351 (a) The board may construct, expand, lease, build, rebuild, furnish, refurnish, or repair buildings for a hospital, almshouse, courthouse, jail, historical…
- § 25351.1 After January 1, 1980, with respect to the construction, purchase, or lease of buildings which are located or will be located in a standard metropolitan…
- § 25351.15 The requirement of Section 25351.1 shall be met if the board has obtained from the transportation planning agency approval of its procedures and criteria for…
- § 25351.2 In the operation of a county art institute, the board may charge fees necessary to defray the cost of instruction and may issue certificates evidencing the…
- § 25351.3 In addition to its other powers and duties, the board of supervisors may do any or all of the following: (a) Acquire land for and construct, lease, sublease,…
- § 25351.35 In the case of any contract or lease described in subdivision (b) of Section 25351.3, obligating the county to make payments or incur obligations of one…
- § 25351.4 As used in Section 25351.3, the term “motion picture and television museums” means a museum which includes, but is not limited to, any one or more of the…
- § 25351.5 When a county owns, leases or operates a convention hall, an exhibition hall, an auditorium, an opera house, a music hall and center, a museum, an art gallery,…
- § 25351.6 As used in Section 25351.3 the term “related facilities,” in connection with music halls or centers constructed and operated pursuant thereto, shall include,…
- § 25352 The board may purchase, acquire, construct, equip, and maintain all necessary tanks, reservoirs, pumps, apparatus, motor vehicles, and other machinery…
- § 25353 The board may purchase, receive by donation, lease, or otherwise acquire water rights or real or personal property necessary for use of the county for any…
- § 25354 The board shall receive from the United States, or other sources, lands and other property granted or donated to the county for the purpose of aiding in the…
- § 25355 The board may accept or reject any gift, bequest, or devise made to or in favor of the county, or to or in favor of the board in trust for any public purpose.…
- § 25356 If any gift, bequest, or devise is unaccompanied by any provision prescribing or limiting the uses and purposes to which the property received, or the income…
- § 25357 Whenever any public building belongs to or is used by a county and is situate on land dedicated to public use but which is not owned by the county in fee, the…
- § 25358 The board shall provide all necessary officers, employees, attendants, services, and supplies for the proper maintenance, care, and upkeep of the county…
- § 25359 The board may provide for the working of prisoners confined in the county jail under judgment of conviction of misdemeanors, under the direction of a…
- § 25360 A county may establish and maintain a facility to provide security for victims of and witnesses to crimes who have been or may be subjected to threats or…
- § 25361 The board may insure county buildings and other property in the name and for the benefit of the county. It may procure indemnity insurance, including excess…
- § 25362 The board may grant and convey real property to the United States or any of its agencies, for use for public purposes, in consideration of the grant and…
- § 25363 The board of supervisors may sell or lease at public auction, and convey to the highest bidder, for cash, any property belonging to the county not required for…
- § 25364 The board may dispose of surplus plants, trees, shrubs, and nursery stock belonging to the county and not required for public use, by public or private sale,…
- § 25365 (a) The board of supervisors may, by a four-fifths vote, grant, convey, quitclaim, assign, or otherwise transfer to the state or to any community redevelopment…
- § 25365.5 The board of supervisors of a county, without complying with any other provision of this code, may at any time hereinafter donate, or transfer for such…
- § 25365.6 The board of supervisors of a county of over 4,000,000 population, without complying with any other provision of law, may transfer with or without…
- § 25366 The board may perform services for and sell personal property to any road improvement, lighting, irrigation, waterworks, flood control, or other special…
- § 25366.5 In the case of real property which is leased, sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of pursuant to this chapter, the failure of the county to comply with the…
- § 25367 The board may vacate or abandon county easements for light and air or any other easement of the county intended to prohibit the construction of certain…
- § 25368 The board of supervisors of any county in which a local hospital district including the entire county has been organized pursuant to Division 23 of the Health…
- § 25369 By a four-fifths vote of the board of supervisors, any county in which a local hospital district including the entire county has been organized may grant any…
- § 25369.5 In any county having a department under the management and control of a county forester and fire warden, the board may authorize rescue or first aid service,…
- § 25371 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors of any county or city and county is hereby authorized and empowered to let to any person,…
- § 25372 (a) Except as restricted by any conditions by which the county acquired the property, the board of supervisors may donate or lease any real or personal…
- § 25373 (a) The board of supervisors may acquire property for the preservation or development of a historical landmark. The board of supervisors may also acquire…
- § 25374 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors in a county containing a population of 4,000,000 or more may, without advertising for…
- § 25374.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors in counties with a population of over 600,000 and under 700,000, as determined on the…
- § 25375 In any county containing a population of 4,000,000 or more, the board of supervisors by appropriate rules may provide that nonprofit hospital volunteer groups…
- § 25376 Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, the board of supervisors may convey, upon such terms and conditions as the board determines to be in…
ARTICLE 2. Jails in Other Counties §§ 25380–25384 · 5 sections
- § 25380 Pursuant to this article, the board of supervisors may purchase, receive by donation, lease, or otherwise acquire real or personal property in another county…
- § 25381 No purchase of real property shall be made unless a notice of the intention of the board to make the purchase is published for at least three weeks prior to…
- § 25382 The board may construct, lease, build, rebuild, furnish, refurnish, or repair the jail, and provide all necessary offices, employees, attendants, and supplies…
- § 25383 The consent of the board of supervisors of the county in which the jail is to be situated shall be first obtained and filed with the board.
- § 25384 All persons adjudged guilty of an offense punishable by imprisonment in the county jail, may be confined in such jail located in another county to the same…
ARTICLE 3. Cement Manufacturing Plants §§ 25400–25404 · 5 sections
- § 25400 The board of supervisors may purchase, lease, construct, or otherwise acquire, own, operate, manage, and control, in any county in the State, a cement…
- § 25401 No cement manufacturing plant shall be purchased, leased, or otherwise acquired, nor any works constructed, until notice of the intention to purchase or…
- § 25402 The notice shall contain a description of the property to be purchased or works to be constructed, a statement of the amount of money to be invested, the terms…
- § 25403 The board of supervisors may sell the products of the cement manufacturing plant in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as it deems proper.
- § 25404 The State and any municipal or public corporation of the State shall have a preferred right to purchase the products of the cement manufacturing plant at the…
ARTICLE 6. Purchase of Personal Property §§ 25480–25486 · 7 sections
- § 25480 In any county which does not employ a purchasing agent the board of supervisors shall annually or at such lesser intervals as it deems appropriate advertise…
- § 25481 All bids shall be on a schedule prepared by the clerk of the board showing all articles needed in the several offices and departments and shall state…
- § 25482 In considering the bids, the board may accept or reject all or any of them, or may accept or reject a part of any bid, preference being given, however, to the…
- § 25483 All supplies furnished the county or any county officer shall be at a price no greater than is specified in the bid which is accepted by the board.
- § 25484 In any county which does not employ a purchasing agent, the board shall annually fix the price at which the county will be supplied with job printing and blank…
- § 25485 Each county officer shall procure blank books, job printing, and advertising required for the proper discharge of his official duties from any person or…
- § 25486 Whenever the county advertises for bids for the furnishing of personal property, it may permit any person to submit at the time bids are received an offer of…
ARTICLE 7. Purchasing Agents §§ 25500–25509 · 17 sections
- § 25500 The board of supervisors may employ a purchasing agent and such assistants as are necessary for him properly to fulfill his duties.
- § 25501 The purchasing agent may: (a) Purchase for the county and its offices all materials, supplies, furnishings, equipment, livestock, and other personal property.…
- § 25501.5 The board of supervisors may authorize the destruction or disposition of any written requisition received by the purchasing agent which is more than three…
- § 25502 Whenever the board of supervisors employs a purchasing agent it shall not be necessary for it to advertise for bids for furnishing county supplies as required…
- § 25502.3 In counties having a population of less than 200,000, the board of supervisors may authorize the purchasing agent to engage independent contractors to perform…
- § 25502.5 (a) In counties having a population of 200,000 or more, the board of supervisors may authorize the purchasing agent to engage independent contractors to…
- § 25502.6 It is unlawful for the purchasing agent in any county having a population of 900,000 or more to split or separate into smaller work orders or projects any…
- § 25502.7 Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 25502.3 and 25502.5, the board of supervisors may, whenever it has proclaimed a local emergency pursuant to Section…
- § 25503 When purchasing personal property for which it is not necessary to advertise for bids, the board may authorize the county purchasing agent by ordinance to…
- § 25504 The county purchasing agent may by direct sale or otherwise sell, lease, or dispose of any personal property belonging to the county not required for public…
- § 25504.5 The county purchasing agent, with the approval of the board of supervisors, and after publishing notice of his or her intended action pursuant to Section 6061,…
- § 25505 Where specifically authorized by law the purchasing agent may sell, lease, or dispose of the personal property of any special district, and pay the proceeds…
- § 25506 Notices of sales shall be posted for not less than five business days preceding the day of sale in the courthouse of the county and in the office of the…
- § 25507 In the disposition of any personal property pursuant to this article and upon approval by the board, the purchasing agent may purchase advertising space and…
- § 25508 The board of supervisors may by ordinance establish rules and regulations requiring the purchasing agent to obtain quotations by the use of formal or informal…
- § 25508.8 (a) The board of supervisors of any county may, by resolution, authorize the purchasing agent to procure construction materials pursuant to Section 25508 for…
- § 25509 In any county which employs a purchasing agent the board of supervisors may by ordinance create and maintain a purchasing agent’s stores account for the…
ARTICLE 7.5. Development of Public Property §§ 25515–25515.5 · 6 sections
- § 25515 The Legislature finds that counties are faced with critical revenue shortages and a need for additional revenue sources to provide basic and essential public…
- § 25515.1 (a) After complying with Section 65402 and Article 8 (commencing with Section 54220) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, in managing its real…
- § 25515.2 (a) Any sale, lease, lease with option to purchase, development, or contract agreement entered into pursuant to this article shall be authorized by an…
- § 25515.3 The procedure prescribed by this article may be used by a county notwithstanding any other provision of law and without complying with any other provisions in…
- § 25515.4 The provisions of this article shall not apply to tide and submerged lands granted in trust by the Legislature to a city, county, or a city and county.
- § 25515.5 Nothing in this article shall amend, alter, or modify the duties of a county to comply with the provisions of a community redevelopment plan or an agreement…
ARTICLE 8. Sale or Lease of Real Property §§ 25520–25539.10 · 38 sections
- § 25520 The board of supervisors of any county shall receive in the name of the county conveyances for all property received and purchased by it, and shall make in the…
- § 25521 The board of supervisors of any county may sell or lease for a term not exceeding 99 years, without a vote of the electors of the county first being taken, any…
- § 25521.5 The Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside may transfer to the Riverside County Regional Park and Open Space District, without a vote of the electors…
- § 25522 The sale may be made for cash, or for part cash and upon such terms of deferred payments secured by purchase money, mortgage, or deed of trust as are…
- § 25523 The board of supervisors may use funds derived from the sale for the general purposes of the county, provided that the derived funds are used, in accordance…
- § 25524 Any lease may be made upon such consideration or for such rental, as is authorized by the action of the board of supervisors.
- § 25525 Every sale or lease shall be made in the manner provided by this article.
- § 25526 Before ordering the sale or lease of any property the board of supervisors shall, in a regular open meeting, by a two-thirds vote of all its members, adopt a…
- § 25526.5 Whenever the board of supervisors determines that any real property or interest therein belonging to the county is no longer necessary for county or other…
- § 25526.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may grant or otherwise convey, or by ordinance, may authorize such county officer or officers as are…
- § 25526.7 Whenever the board of supervisors of a county containing a population of 6,000,000 or more determines that any real property or interest therein belonging to…
- § 25527 If, in the discretion of the board, it is advisable to offer to pay a commission to a licensed real estate broker who is instrumental in obtaining any…
- § 25528 Notice of the adoption of the resolution and of the time and place of holding the meeting shall be given by posting copies of the resolution signed by the…
- § 25529 Whenever it is proposed to lease real property and the board of supervisors unanimously determines in the resolution that in its opinion, the monthly rental…
- § 25530 At the time and place fixed in the resolution for the meeting of the board of supervisors, all sealed proposals which have been received shall, in public…
- § 25531 Before accepting any written proposal, the board shall call for oral bids. If, upon the call for oral bidding, any responsible person offers to purchase the…
- § 25532 In the event of a sale on a higher oral bid to a purchaser procured by a licensed real estate broker, other than the broker who submitted the highest written…
- § 25533 The final acceptance by the board of supervisors may be made either at the same session or at any adjourned session of the same meeting held within the 10 days…
- § 25534 The board of supervisors may at the session, if it deems such action to be for the best public interest, reject any and all bids, either written or oral, and…
- § 25535 Any resolution of acceptance of any bid made by the board of supervisors authorizes and directs the president of the board of supervisors, or other presiding…
- § 25536 (a) Nothing in this article shall prevent the board of supervisors of a county from, and the board of supervisors of any county is empowered to make contracts,…
- § 25536.2 Whenever real property has been granted to a county, prior to January 1, 1942, by gift deed for theatrical, musical or other cultural purposes, the board of…
- § 25536.5 The board of supervisors may, by a four-fifths vote, enter into an agreement with the lessee or concessionaire to amend any existing lease, sublease,…
- § 25536.7 Whenever real property has been operated by a county as an art institute, the county board of supervisors, in addition to its other powers, may, without…
- § 25536.8 (a) In addition to the authority provided for in Section 25536, and in accordance with subdivision (b), the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, by a…
- § 25536.9 (a) In addition to the authority provided for in Section 25536, and in accordance with subdivision (b), the County of Merced, by a four-fifths vote of the…
- § 25537 (a) In any county the board of supervisors may prescribe by ordinance a procedure alternative to that required by Sections 25526 to 25535, inclusive, for the…
- § 25537.5 In any county the board of supervisors may prescribe by order a procedure alternative to that required by Sections 25526 to 25535 of this article for entering…
- § 25538 (a) In counties having a population of 1,000,000 or more, based on the most recent estimate by the demographic research unit of the Department of Finance, the…
- § 25538.1 In counties containing a population of 6,000,000 or more, the board of supervisors may, by ordinance, authorize any county officer as is deemed appropriate to…
- § 25538.5 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, the board of supervisors may adopt an ordinance that designates a county officer or department head to sell…
- § 25539 In any county the board of supervisors may prescribe by order a procedure alternative to that required by Sections 25526 to 25535 of this article with respect…
- § 25539.1 The Legislature hereby finds that many persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined by Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, cannot afford…
- § 25539.2 When the legislative body of a county finds the public interest and convenience require the sale for less than the market price of residential property…
- § 25539.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors of a county of the 34th class may lease to employees of the county, without competitive…
- § 25539.4 (a) The Legislature recognizes that real property of counties can be utilized, in accordance with a county’s best interests, to provide housing affordable to…
- § 25539.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors of a county of the 16th class may lease, for a term of one year or more and without…
- § 25539.10 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors of a county of the 15th class may sell, trade, or lease property near the county…
ARTICLE 10. Joint Occupancy §§ 25549.1–25549.13 · 13 sections
- § 25549.1 Any county or city and county may enter into leases and agreements relating to real property and buildings to be used jointly by the county or city and county…
- § 25549.2 Before a board of supervisors enters into a lease or agreement pursuant to this article, it shall own a site upon which a building to be used by the county or…
- § 25549.3 The term of any lease or agreement entered into by a county or city and county pursuant to this article shall not exceed 66 years.
- § 25549.4 Sections 25521 to 25535, inclusive, shall not apply to leases or agreements made pursuant to this article.
- § 25549.5 The board of supervisors may lease to any private person, firm, or corporation, any real property which belongs to the county or city and county if the…
- § 25549.6 Any lease of real property by a county or city and county to a private person, firm, or corporation pursuant to this article shall be upon such terms and…
- § 25549.7 Before entering into a lease or agreement pursuant to this article, the board of supervisors shall comply with the provisions of Section 25549.8.
- § 25549.8 For the purposes of receiving proposals for the joint occupancy of a building to be constructed on property belonging to a county or city and county, the board…
- § 25549.9 Notice of adoption of the resolution and the time and place of holding the meeting shall be given by publishing the resolution at least once a week for three…
- § 25549.10 At the time and place fixed in the resolution for the meeting of the board of supervisors, the board shall meet and receive all plans and proposals submitted…
- § 25549.11 (a) After considering all proposals submitted, the board of supervisors shall have the authority to select the plan or proposal which best meets the needs of…
- § 25549.12 The board of supervisors shall have the authority to review and approve the plans and specifications of any building constructed for use of the county or city…
- § 25549.13 The provisions of this article prevail over any provisions of law which conflict therewith.
ARTICLE 11. Condominium Occupancy §§ 25549.20–25549.23 · 4 sections
- § 25549.20 Any county or city and county may contract to acquire a condominium interest, as defined in Section 783 of the Civil Code, in real property to be used jointly…
- § 25549.21 The site in which the condominium interest is to be acquired may, prior to acquisition of such interest, be owned by a private person, firm, or corporation.
- § 25549.22 The condominium interest acquired may be for a term of years or in fee.
- § 25549.23 Any acquisition of a condominium interest shall be upon such terms and conditions as the parties thereto may agree. However, a notice of intention shall be…
CHAPTER 6. Parks and Recreation §§ 25550–25588 · 26 sections
ARTICLE 1. General §§ 25550–25562 · 17 sections
- § 25550 By unanimous vote, the board of supervisors of any county owning real property situated in any city which is not used and is not needed for any public purpose…
- § 25550.5 By unanimous vote, the board of supervisors of any county owning any property situated in any city, which real property has been improved for use as a public…
- § 25550.6 Whenever property owned by any county and which is devoted to or held for ultimate use for park, amusement or recreational purposes is included within a city…
- § 25550.7 Any property transferred to a city by a county pursuant to agreement or condition that said area be developed or maintained or both as a park, recreation or…
- § 25551 If the legislative body of any city finds that any public park, beach, golf course, or recreation ground belonging to the city is being used by large numbers…
- § 25552 The resolution shall designate the public park, beach, golf course, or recreation ground affected and state the amount required for enlargement, improvement,…
- § 25553 Upon receiving a certified copy of the resolution, if the board of supervisors finds by four-fifths vote of all its members that the enlargement or improvement…
- § 25554 The aid may be given in the form of funds, property, or services, but the total amount shall not exceed the amount available from the funds of the county…
- § 25555 The resolution of the board of supervisors is sufficient authority for the county auditor to draw his warrant in favor of the city for any sum of money…
- § 25556 The aid shall be used by the city within one year from the time it is extended by the county and any sum or property remaining at the end of the year shall be…
- § 25557 A report showing the disposition of the aid shall be made by the legislative body of the city to the board of supervisors within one year from the time it is…
- § 25558 To the end that its citizens may enjoy greater cultural, educational, and recreational advantages, any county may provide music free to the public in…
- § 25559 The board of supervisors may: (a) Appropriate and expend money from the general or other appropriate fund of the county to furnish music and supply musical…
- § 25560 The board of supervisors may sell and convey to any school district, high school district, or junior college district within the county, without compensation…
- § 25560.4 The board of supervisors of any county may, by a four-fifths vote of the members, use or dedicate any portion of any land acquired by the county by means of…
- § 25561 The board of supervisors of any county, by ordinance, may adandon land, lying outside of the corporate limits of any city, which land has been dedicated for…
- § 25562 In counties having a population in excess of 250,000, the board of supervisors may provide, by contract, with any person, firm, or corporation, for…
ARTICLE 2. County Park Abandonment Law of 1959 §§ 25580–25588 · 9 sections
- § 25580 This article may be cited as the County Park Abandonment Law of 1959.
- § 25581 The board of supervisors of any county may abandon all or any portion of a park dedicated to the county for park purposes or acquired by the county by deed…
- § 25582 If the land comprising all or any portion of such park has been purchased with funds realized from the sale of bonds of a bond issue authorized for the purpose…
- § 25583 Before abandoning all or any portion of a park the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution of intention by unanimous vote of all of its members…
- § 25584 The resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6063 in a newspaper of general circulation in the county printed and published nearest to the park all or…
- § 25585 At the time and place stated in the resolution the board of supervisors shall meet and hear and pass on objections to the abandonment of all or any portion of…
- § 25586 If at or before the hearing there is filed with the board of supervisors a petition signed by not less than 200 voters of the county objecting to the…
- § 25587 If all objections are overruled or if the election required by Section 25586 results in a vote of approval by a majority of those voting thereat, the board of…
- § 25588 No abandonment or sale or other county use of a park or portion thereof pursuant to this article shall affect any private right in lands acquired or owned by…
CHAPTER 7. Public Resources §§ 25600–25733 · 67 sections
ARTICLE 1. Wild Flowers §§ 25600–25602 · 3 sections
- § 25600 By a four-fifths vote the board of supervisors may designate as wild flower reserves, during appropriate times of the year for not to exceed ninety (90) days…
- § 25601 The board may protect any land designated as wild flower reserves by prohibiting any person from driving, herding, or grazing herbivorous animals in groups of…
- § 25602 This article does not apply to any public grazing land within the scope of an act of Congress entitled “An act to stop injury to the public grazing lands by…
ARTICLE 2. Forestry and Trees §§ 25620–25643 · 24 sections
- § 25620 This article may be cited as the Shade Tree Law of 1909.
- § 25621 The board of supervisors may appoint a county board of forestry, to consist of no less than three persons who shall serve without compensation.
- § 25622 In any county in which a planning commission has been created, the board of supervisors may appoint a county board of forestry, to consist of the members of…
- § 25623 Whenever the board of supervisors desires to avail itself of this article, it shall by resolution or ordinance so declare.
- § 25624 Within two months after the adoption of the resolution or ordinance, the board of supervisors shall appoint a county board of forestry or designate the members…
- § 25625 The term of office of the members of the county board of forestry is four years, except that the persons first appointed shall so classify themselves by lot…
- § 25626 Within 10 days after notice of their appointment, the members of the county board of forestry shall organize by the election of one of their members as…
- § 25627 The county board of forestry may employ a suitable and competent person as county forester to serve during the pleasure of the board and prescribe his duties.
- § 25628 The county board of forestry may also employ, or authorize the county forester to employ, a deputy county forester.
- § 25629 The board of supervisors may fix the compensation of the county forester.
- § 25630 Whenever the members of the county planning commission have been designated as the county board of forestry, it shall not employ or appoint a county forester,…
- § 25631 When appointed the forester shall execute a bond to the county board of forestry in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the faithful performance of…
- § 25632 The board of forestry has exclusive charge and jurisdiction, with the exception of areas included within the limits of any city or fire protection district…
- § 25633 In the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties, the board of forestry shall not interfere with the jurisdiction of the board of supervisors…
- § 25634 This article does not confer upon any county board of forestry, or other local authority however constituted or appointed, any jurisdiction over or within the…
- § 25635 In any county where a county board of forestry has been created and appointed, it is unlawful for any person except the county board of forestry or its…
- § 25636 All money received as penalties for the violation of this article shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the county board of forestry fund,…
- § 25637 Whenever this article is availed of, the board of supervisors shall appropriate money for the use of the county board of forestry sufficient to pay the…
- § 25638 By a resolution or ordinance adopted by a four-fifths vote, the board of supervisors may repeal any resolution or ordinance previously enacted whereby it…
- § 25639 Any county may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county, either within or without the county, for cooperation with the State Board of…
- § 25640 The board of supervisors may plant shade and ornamental trees on or about the public grounds and buildings of the county and provide for their care. The cost…
- § 25641 Under such regulations as it may adopt, the board of supervisors may encourage the planting and preservation of shade and ornamental trees on and about the…
- § 25642 The board of supervisors may appropriate in any one year such sum of money as the board of supervisors deems necessary for the purpose of providing fire…
- § 25643 The board of supervisors of a county shall determine each year such sum of money as the board of supervisors deems necessary for fire protection services…
ARTICLE 3. Fish §§ 25660–25662 · 3 sections
- § 25660 On the application of any person interested, the board of supervisors may by ordinance declare all or any portion of any slough, river, or stream to be a…
- § 25661 If any owner of land adjacent to or across which the slough, river, or stream declared to be a highway for fishing flows does not consent to its use for such…
- § 25662 If the right of passage cannot be purchased at a satisfactory price, the board may authorize condemnation proceedings to be commenced to procure the right.
ARTICLE 4. Streams and Flood Waters §§ 25680–25684 · 6 sections
- § 25680 The board of supervisors may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county for the following purposes: (a) The construction of works,…
- § 25681 The board may appropriate and expend money from the general or other appropriate funds of the county for the construction of works, improvements, levees, or…
- § 25681.1 A county may reclaim public and private lands therein by levees, bulkheads, breakwaters, fills, embankments, basins, drains, canals, excavations, sluices,…
- § 25682 In connection with flood control work done by the county or by any district therein or agency thereof, highways, bridges, and other public works affected…
- § 25683 This article does not authorize the imposition of any tax or special assessment on any property outside the county doing the flood control work whether the…
- § 25684 The board of supervisors may provide by ordinance for the organization and government of districts: (a) to protect and preserve the banks of rivers and streams…
ARTICLE 5. Water System §§ 25690–25699 · 10 sections
- § 25690 The board of supervisors may acquire, develop, distribute, and sell water to the county and its inhabitants for domestic, irrigation, agricultural, and other…
- § 25691 For purposes of this article the board may acquire water rights by purchase or condemnation and may file applications for the appropriation of unappropriated…
- § 25692 The board may acquire, construct, repair, and manage a water system, pumps, aqueducts, reservoirs, and all other works necessary or proper for supplying water…
- § 25693 For the purposes of this article, the county may incur a bonded indebtedness, upon the conditions, in the manner, and in accordance with the procedure…
- § 25694 Any tax for the purposes of this article may be levied only if a proposal therefor, specifying the purpose, the rate of tax, and the number of years for which…
- § 25695 When the acquisition, improvement, development or construction of a water supply system is completed, and the board of supervisors so finds and determines, the…
- § 25696 In managing and controlling a water system, the board of supervisors has authority, upon such terms and conditions as the board shall prescribe, to establish…
- § 25697 In any year a tax may be levied for the maintenance of the water system in the county at a rate calculated to raise a sum of money equal to the amount of the…
- § 25698 No tax for the purposes of this article may be levied for acquisition, improvement, development, construction, maintenance or operation upon property within…
- § 25699 The board of supervisors may establish a committee or board to advise and make recommendations to the board of supervisors with respect to the water resources…
ARTICLE 6. Reclamation of Water §§ 25701–25705 · 5 sections
- § 25701 The board of supervisors may enter into contracts with municipalities, sanitation districts, sanitary districts or other incorporated bodies within the county,…
- § 25702 The board of supervisors may acquire, construct, repair, manage, and maintain all works necessary or proper for the treatment, purification, and reclamation of…
- § 25703 The board of supervisors may dispose of recycled water and any byproducts of that recycling, pursuant to this article, in any one or more of the following…
- § 25704 The board of supervisors may enter into contracts with cities within the county, water districts within the county of any type or kind, sanitation districts…
- § 25705 For the purposes of this article, the county may incur a bonded indebtedness, upon the conditions, in the manner, and in accordance with the procedure…
ARTICLE 7. Water Resources Management Plan §§ 25710–25719 · 10 sections
- § 25710 The Legislature finds that local circumstances in the County of San Mateo require the preparation of a comprehensive water resources management plan for such…
- § 25711 As used in this article “county” means the County of San Mateo.
- § 25712 As used in this article “comprehensive water resources management plan” means a plan for coordinating and managing the supply and distribution of water for…
- § 25713 The county is hereby authorized to prepare and adopt a comprehensive water resources management plan as prescribed in this article.
- § 25714 Every public agency which is involved in supplying or distributing water for residential, commercial, industrial or other purposes within the county and every…
- § 25715 The comprehensive water resources management plan shall comply with all relevant statutes and with all relevant policies and requirements established pursuant…
- § 25716 The comprehensive water resources management plan shall comply with the provisions of any federal, state or regional plans which apply to water supply and…
- § 25717 The board of supervisors shall provide for public hearings on the proposed comprehensive water resources management plan prior to the adoption thereof. After…
- § 25718 Upon the adoption of the plan by the board of supervisors, it shall be submitted to each affected city within the county for approval or disapproval. In…
- § 25719 If the plan is approved by at least 50 percent of the cities within whose boundaries reside at least 50 percent of the population of the county, the plan shall…
ARTICLE 8. Hydroelectric Facilities §§ 25720–25721 · 2 sections
- § 25720 (a) The Legislature finds that local circumstances in Inyo and Mono Counties require that those counties be given authority to construct, operate, and maintain…
- § 25721 The hydroelectric plant or plants and transmission lines constructed pursuant to Section 25720 may be leased for operation to, or power generated may be sold…
ARTICLE 8.5. Electric Power §§ 25730–25733 · 4 sections
- § 25730 The board of supervisors of any county may construct, acquire, and develop works constructed after September 29, 1981, for the generation of hydroelectric…
- § 25731 The hydroelectric or wind energy plant or plants and transmission lines constructed pursuant to Section 25730 may be leased for operation to, or the power…
- § 25732 The power to construct, acquire, and develop works for the generation of hydroelectric power and to operate and maintain such works shall only apply to works…
- § 25733 The power to construct, acquire, develop, operate, and maintain works and facilities for the generation of hydroelectric or wind energy power shall not…
CHAPTER 8. Health and Safety §§ 25800–25846 · 26 sections
ARTICLE 1. Animals §§ 25800–25803 · 4 sections
- § 25800 The board of supervisors shall adopt orders and enact ordinances not in conflict with State or federal laws necessary for the preservation of the health of…
- § 25801 The board may enter into agreements with the Director of Agriculture for the purpose of cooperating in the administration and enforcement of those provisions…
- § 25802 The board may maintain, regulate, and govern public animal shelters, fix the limits within which animals shall not run at large, and appoint shelter directors.…
- § 25803 The board may provide for the prevention of injuries to sheep by dogs, and for the destruction and control of predatory animals, and may tax the possessors of…
ARTICLE 2. Disposal Facilities §§ 25820–25832 · 14 sections
- § 25820 The board of supervisors may acquire, construct, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, maintain, and operate dump sites, incinerators, and other disposal plants for the…
- § 25821 The board may permit the use of any dump site, incinerator, or other disposal plant, by lease or otherwise, by municipalities or other governmental agencies.
- § 25822 The board may acquire by gift, devise, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise such real and personal property and rights of way as it deems necessary and…
- § 25823 The board may make and enforce all necessary and proper regulations for the use of disposal facilities not in conflict with the Constitution and the laws of…
- § 25824 This article does not limit the right of any city or county to buy, lease, or otherwise acquire and operate a dump site, incinerator, or other disposal plant…
- § 25825 The board of supervisors may acquire, construct, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, lay, renew, replace, maintain, and operate within or without the county sewers,…
- § 25825.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) There are ongoing discharges to the Los Osos Discharge Prohibition Zone established in the…
- § 25826 The board of supervisors may fix and collect a fee from each camper or party of two or more campers for the privilege of using for camping purposes, any land…
- § 25827 (a) The board of supervisors of each county may collect or contract for the collection, or both, of garbage, waste, refuse, rubbish, offal, trimmings, or other…
- § 25828 If services are provided, or arranged for, by a county pursuant to Section 25827, or pursuant to Section 40059 of the Public Resources Code, and the service is…
- § 25829 The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors may acquire, construct, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, lay, renew, replace, maintain, and operate dump sites,…
- § 25830 (a) On or before the first day of July of each calendar year, the board of supervisors of any county may, by resolution or ordinance, establish a schedule of…
- § 25831 Any fees authorized pursuant to Section 25830, or pursuant to Section 40059 of the Public Resources Code, that remain unpaid for a period of 60 or more days…
- § 25832 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, solid waste handling service provided by, or arranged for provision by, a county under Section 25827 or 25830, or…
ARTICLE 3. Miscellaneous §§ 25840–25846 · 8 sections
- § 25840 The board of supervisors may prohibit and prevent the unnecessary firing and discharge of firearms on or into the highways and other public places and may pass…
- § 25842 The board of supervisors may provide for the control or destruction of gophers, squirrels, other wild animals, noxious weeds, plant diseases, and insects…
- § 25842.5 (a) The board of supervisors may provide the same services and exercise the powers of mosquito abatement districts or vector control districts formed pursuant…
- § 25843 The board of supervisors may establish safety incentive programs designed to encourage county officers and employees to follow recognized safety practices and…
- § 25844 The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county, either within or without the county, for the…
- § 25845 (a) The board of supervisors, by ordinance, may establish a procedure for the abatement of a nuisance. The ordinance shall, at a minimum, provide that the…
- § 25845.5 The board of supervisors, by ordinance, may provide that upon entry of a second or subsequent civil or criminal judgment within a two-year period finding that…
- § 25846 Subject to the provisions contained in Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 38780) of Chapter 10 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 4, a county may provide that…
CHAPTER 9. Agriculture and Fairs §§ 25900–25921 · 12 sections
ARTICLE 1. Fairs §§ 25900–25909 · 10 sections
- § 25900 The board of supervisors may join and participate in the affairs of associations having for their purpose the interchange of information relating to livestock,…
- § 25901 The board of supervisors may erect and maintain permanent county fair buildings within the county on lands owned by the county or any municipal corporation or…
- § 25902 If any real property which was acquired or used for fair purposes and which was purchased or improved in whole or in part from funds apportioned or allocated…
- § 25903 With the approval of the Department of Food and Agriculture and the State Public Works Board, the amount paid into the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to…
- § 25904 (a) The board of supervisors may levy a special tax, pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5,…
- § 25905 The board of supervisors may contract with a nonprofit corporation or association for the conducting of an agricultural fair, as agent of the county, for a…
- § 25906 The board of supervisors of a county may contract with a nonprofit corporation or association for the conducting of an agricultural fair in the county for the…
- § 25907 The board of supervisors of any county owning or operating any public park or recreation area, shall have authority: (a) to lease, let or grant licenses for…
- § 25908 The board of supervisors of any county owning fairgrounds and fairground facilities may (a) lease, let, or grant licenses for the use of its real estate or…
- § 25909 Notwithstanding any other provision of law and in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors, the board of directors of a fair that is…
ARTICLE 2. Experiments §§ 25920–25921 · 2 sections
- § 25920 The boards of supervisors may carry on and conduct experiments, investigations, and research work, including both cultural and industrial processes, with…
- § 25921 The board of supervisors may sell at a price not less than the county’s estimated cost, surplus plants, shrubs, flowers, trees, and vegetation, and their seeds…
CHAPTER 10. Transportation and Airports §§ 26000–26028 · 18 sections
ARTICLE 1. Transportation Facilities §§ 26000–26006 · 9 sections
- § 26000 Subject to Chapter 1, Division 7 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, the board of supervisors may grant licenses and franchises for the construction of…
- § 26001 The board may grant franchises along and over the public roads and highways for all lawful purposes, upon such terms, conditions, and restrictions as in its…
- § 26001.5 The board may deposit funds that it receives from its grant of a franchise to use the public roads in the general fund of the county.
- § 26002 Unless otherwise provided by law, the board may lay out, maintain, control, construct, repair, and manage public ferries, bridges, wharves, chutes, other…
- § 26002.5 The legislative body of any city and county located in the area served by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company from the City of San Jose to the City and…
- § 26003 Whenever an application is made to the board of supervisors for an order, franchise, or license relating to any road, bridge, ferry, wharf, chute, pier, or…
- § 26004 The board of supervisors may install and maintain watering troughs along any state highway subject to agreement as to location with the Department of…
- § 26005 If the board of supervisors determines that it is beneficial to the county, and an equal or greater sum of money has been made available from private sources,…
- § 26006 The board of supervisors may make contributions of public funds, materials, property and services to any city or to any statutorily created transit district…
ARTICLE 2. Airports §§ 26020–26028 · 9 sections
- § 26020 As a necessary adjunct to aerial transportation and the use of aerial highways, the board of supervisors may provide and maintain public airports and landing…
- § 26021 By a resolution adopted by a four-fifths vote of its members, the board may determine that the acquisition by purchase, condemnation, lease, or otherwise of…
- § 26022 The board by resolution shall specify the general nature of the improvement proposed, the nature of the aid to be furnished by the county, and any funds from…
- § 26023 The county may give aid in one or more of the following ways: (a) Contribute money. (b) Acquire and deliver material. (c) Furnish labor or engineering…
- § 26024 The expense of the aid may be paid from the county general fund and any other fund available for the purpose.
- § 26025 The city shall use all aid which it receives for the activities described in the resolution and shall return to the county any portion which is not so used.
- § 26026 The board of supervisors, by a four-fifths vote, may contribute money to the United States for the acquisition or improvement by the United States or any of…
- § 26027 Any zoning ordinance adopted after October 1, 1949, by any county, shall not be effective, nor shall any zoning ordinance previously adopted remain effective…
- § 26028 The finding required by Section 26027 shall not be made without notice and opportunity to be heard being given to all interested persons. Notice shall be given…
CHAPTER 11. Advertising §§ 26100–26110 · 11 sections
- § 26100 (a) The board of supervisors may levy a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5,…
- § 26101 If the proceeds from the special tax levied pursuant to Section 26100 will not raise fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in any one year, the board may…
- § 26102 The tax authorized by this chapter is in addition to any tax authorized by this part to be levied for fair purposes.
- § 26103 The board may use any portion of the fund raised pursuant to this chapter in furnishing music and musical appearances, either within or outside of the…
- § 26104 The board of supervisors may create a body for the purpose of advising and assisting it in the matter of advertising, exploiting, and making known the…
- § 26105 The board of supervisors shall adopt rules for conducting the affairs of the board of trade or chamber of commerce, which shall not conflict with law nor usurp…
- § 26106 Under the direction of the board of supervisors, the county board of trade or county chamber of commerce shall advertise, exploit, and make known and exhibit…
- § 26107 The board of supervisors may appoint a secretary to the county board of trade or county chamber of commerce and may fix his salary, which shall be paid from…
- § 26108 The board of supervisors may provide that the members of the county board of trade or county chamber of commerce established under Section 26104 shall receive…
- § 26109 A county board of supervisors may, by ordinance, provide for and regulate the sale of advertising space on county real or personal property, for the sole…
- § 26110 (a) A county board of supervisors may, by ordinance, provide for the following commercial uses of county property listed in subdivision (b) provided that: (1)…
CHAPTER 12. Libraries and Education §§ 26150–26157 · 9 sections
- § 26150 County free libraries may be constructed, leased, built, rebuilt, furnished, refurnished, or repaired pursuant to the Education Code, or pursuant to this part;…
- § 26151 The board of supervisors may provide library service at charitable, detention, and penal institutions of the county under its supervision and control, and may…
- § 26152 The board of supervisors may authorize and provide for the education or information of the public relative to the prevention of fires and the conservation of…
- § 26153 The board of supervisors may authorize and provide for the education or information of the public relative to accident prevention and for the presentation to…
- § 26154 The board of supervisors may provide financial assistance to elementary school districts which have within the boundaries of such school districts (a) a…
- § 26154.5 The board of supervisors may provide financial assistance to elementary school districts which have within the boundaries of such school districts any…
- § 26155 The board of supervisors may authorize and provide for contributions to nonprofit educational radio and television stations, provided all of the following…
- § 26156 The board of supervisors may contract with any radio, television broadcasting station, or cable television originating facilities to broadcast or rebroadcast…
- § 26157 For purposes of assisting in the development of the human resources of the county, the board of supervisors may provide for the testing of individuals to…
CHAPTER 13. Miscellaneous Powers §§ 26200–26231 · 32 sections
- § 26200 If by reason of conflagration or other public calamity any index to any public records of a county is lost or destroyed, leaving the records without the…
- § 26201 The board may authorize at any time the destruction or disposition of any duplicate record, paper, or document, the original or a permanent photographic…
- § 26202 The board may authorize the destruction or disposition of any record, paper, or document which is more than two years old and which was prepared or received in…
- § 26202.1 The board may authorize the destruction or disposition of any unaccepted bid or proposal for the construction or installation of any building, structure,…
- § 26202.5 The board may authorize the destruction of any record, paper or document, by a four-fifths vote, if the documents have been inadvertently exposed to asbestos…
- § 26202.6 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 26202, 26205, and 26205.1, the head of a department of a county, after one year, may destroy recordings of…
- § 26203 In years other than those in which a census is taken by the United States, the board of supervisors by ordinance may cause a census of the county or any…
- § 26205 At the request of the county officer concerned, the board of supervisors of any county may authorize the destruction of any record, paper, or document that is…
- § 26205.1 (a) The county officer having custody of nonjudicial public records, documents, instruments, books, and papers may cause to be destroyed any or all of the…
- § 26205.5 At the request of the county recorder, the board of supervisors of any county may authorize the destruction of any or all of the filed papers or record books…
- § 26205.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other law relating to the destruction of city or county records, the county recorder may cause to be destroyed any original document…
- § 26205.7 Recognizing that certain early created handwritten records of the county recorder may be of historical value, the recorder shall, prior to destroying any of…
- § 26205.8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the destruction of attorney-client information or county records, at the request of the public defender,…
- § 26206 The board of supervisors of any county may prepare, procure and present commemorative medals, resolutions, plaques, or other memorials honoring persons who…
- § 26206.7 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 26202, the legislative body of a county may prescribe a procedure whereby duplicates of county records less than two…
- § 26206.8 (a) When installing new security systems, a transit agency operated by a county shall only purchase and install equipment capable of storing recorded images…
- § 26207 The board of supervisors may offer and pay rewards, payable from county funds, for the furnishing of information leading to the apprehension and conviction of…
- § 26208 The board of supervisors may establish a uniform procedure for the payment of rewards, payable from county funds, for ideas or suggestions made by members of…
- § 26209 The Board of Supervisors of the County of Humboldt may establish a uniform procedure for the payment of rewards, payable from county funds, for ideas or…
- § 26220 (a) The board of supervisors may, by a four-fifths vote of its members, assign for purposes of collection, under any terms and conditions that the board may…
- § 26220.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 26220, in Orange County, upon a four-fifths vote of the board of supervisors, the board of supervisors may sell or assign, for…
- § 26221 As a prerequisite to assignment under Section 26220, the board of supervisors shall require the collection agency to furnish a bond in the sum of not less than…
- § 26222 The assignee, through an attorney duly licensed to practice in this State, may invoke legal process in the collection of obligations assigned.
- § 26223 Any of the revenues received by a county under a sales and use tax adopted by the board of supervisors in accordance with the provisions of Part 1.5…
- § 26224 The board of supervisors of any county may contract with any community council or council on social planning functioning within the county, which council has…
- § 26225 The board of supervisors of one or more counties may authorize studies of the feasibility of a high-speed transit system, to operate in one or more counties.
- § 26226 The board of supervisors of one or more counties may loan up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to a transit district located wholly or partially within such…
- § 26227 The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county to establish county programs or to fund other…
- § 26227.5 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Board” means the board of supervisors of the county. (2) “County” means the County of…
- § 26229 Nothing in any other provision of law shall prohibit the board of supervisors of a county having a population in excess of 6,000,000 persons from establishing…
- § 26230 As a means of implementing a county underground utility ordinance adopted to remove existing overhead utility lines and to require property owners served by…
- § 26231 (a) For purposes of this section, “broadband internet access service” has the same meaning as defined in Section 53167. (b) The board of supervisors of a…
CHAPTER 14. Revenue Bonds for County Improvements §§ 26301–26400.53 · 78 sections
ARTICLE 1. Authority §§ 26301–26313 · 14 sections
- § 26301 Subject to the provisions of this chapter, boards of supervisors in their respective counties shall have authority to undertake and to issue revenue bonds to…
- § 26302 Each separate improvement shall be designated as a “project.”
- § 26303 If in the opinion of the board, it is advisable that any project be acquired, constructed or completed, in whole or in part, it shall cause a report thereon to…
- § 26304 If the report is approved by the board, the board may adopt a resolution declaring that the public interest and necessity demand the acquisition, construction…
- § 26305 The board has full charge of the acquisition, construction and completion of all projects authorized by it and may proceed with such work subject to the…
- § 26306 The board may institute any proceedings and acquire all real property necessary therefor on such terms and conditions as it deems advisable. Whenever the cost…
- § 26306.5 It is unlawful to split or separate into smaller work orders or projects any project undertaken pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of evading any…
- § 26307 Title to all property acquired under this chapter and the revenue and income therefrom shall be in the name of the county. The title to such property and the…
- § 26308 So long as any bonds issued are outstanding and unpaid, the operation, maintenance, control, repair, construction, alteration and improvement of any project…
- § 26309 The board may only use for the payment of the acquisition, construction, completion, maintenance, or insurance of any project undertaken under the authority of…
- § 26310 The board may insure against any accident to or destruction of any project or any part thereof. Any money collected on such insurance shall be used for the…
- § 26311 The board may insure against loss of revenue from any cause whatever and the proceeds of such insurance shall be used solely for the payment of the bonds and…
- § 26312 The board may insure against public liability or property damage in connection with any project. It may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of…
- § 26313 This chapter provides an alternative procedure to that otherwise provided by law for undertaking the improvements authorized herein and shall not operate to…
ARTICLE 2. Revenue Bonds §§ 26315–26353 · 39 sections
- § 26315 The board shall issue revenue bonds in the name of the county. These bonds shall constitute obligations of the project only, and neither the payment of the…
- § 26316 The board shall determine the time, form and manner of the issuance of revenue bonds.
- § 26317 The board may enter into indentures providing for the aggregate principal amount, date, or dates, maturities, interest rate, denominations, form, registration…
- § 26318 An indenture pursuant to which bonds are issued may include such covenants and agreements on the part of the board as the board deems necessary or advisable…
- § 26319 An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to pay or cause to be paid punctually the principal of all such…
- § 26320 An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to continuously operate all improvements acquired, constructed,…
- § 26321 An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to make all needful and necessary repairs, renewals and…
- § 26322 An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to preserve and protect the security of the bonds and the rights…
- § 26323 An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged from the…
- § 26324 An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder which limits, restricts, or prohibits any right, power or privilege of the board to…
- § 26325 An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to fix, prescribe and collect fees, rates, tolls, rentals or…
- § 26326 An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to hold in trust the revenues pledged to the payment of such…
- § 26327 An indenture may include a clause limiting the power of the board to apply the proceeds of the sale of any issue of bonds for the acquiring, constructing, or…
- § 26328 An indenture may include a clause limiting the power of the board to issue additional bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing or completing any…
- § 26329 An indenture may include a clause requiring, specifying or limiting the kind, amount and character of insurance to be maintained by the board on any…
- § 26330 An indenture may include a clause providing the events of default and the terms and conditions upon which any or all of the bonds then or thereafter issued may…
- § 26331 An indenture may include a clause designating the rights, limitations, powers and duties arising upon breach by the board of any of the covenants, conditions,…
- § 26332 An indenture may include a clause prescribing a procedure by which the terms and conditions of the indenture may be subsequently amended or modified with the…
- § 26333 The indenture may include a clause providing for such other acts and matters as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to secure the bonds or to…
- § 26334 The board may designate a bank or trust company, qualified to do business in this State, as a trustee for the holders of bonds issued hereunder, and may…
- § 26335 The board shall fix and determine the conditions upon which any trustee shall receive, hold or disburse any or all revenues collected for or on account of the…
- § 26336 The board may issue bonds in series or may divide any issue into one or more divisions and fix different maturities or dates of such bonds, different rates of…
- § 26337 Bonds may be issued as coupon bonds or as registered bonds. The board may provide for the interchange of coupon bonds for registered bonds and registered bonds…
- § 26338 Bonds shall bear interest at a rate of not to exceed 8 percent per annum, payable annually or semiannually or in part annually and in part semiannually. Prior…
- § 26339 Bonds may be callable upon such terms, conditions, and upon such notice as the board may determine, and upon the payment of the premium fixed by the board in…
- § 26340 The board may provide for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds at any place within or without the State of California, and in specified coin or…
- § 26341 The board may provide for the execution and authentication of bonds by the manual, lithographed or printed facsimile signature of officers of the board. If any…
- § 26342 Bonds shall bear dates prescribed by the board. Bonds may be serial bonds or sinking fund bonds with such maturities as the board may determine. No bond by its…
- § 26343 The board may fix terms and conditions for the sale or other disposition of any authorized issue of bonds. The board may sell bonds at less than their par or…
- § 26344 The board may provide for the security of bonds.
- § 26345 Interest on bonds may be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds during the actual construction of any project for the acquisition, construction or…
- § 26346 The board may provide in the proceedings for the issuance of bonds that the bonds and the interest thereon constitute such lien upon the revenues of any…
- § 26347 Pending the actual issuance or delivery of revenue bonds, the board may issue temporary or interim bonds, certificates or receipts of any denominations…
- § 26348 All bonds, and the interest or income therefrom, are exempt from all taxation in this State other than gift, inheritance and estate taxes.
- § 26349 The bonds issued under this chapter, except for those revenue bonds issued pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 26400.50), shall be subject to…
- § 26350 The board may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds for the purpose of redeeming or retiring any revenue bonds issued by the board.…
- § 26351 Funding or refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to provide funds for the payment of all bonds to be funded or refunded thereby, and…
- § 26352 All bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter are negotiable instruments, except when registered in the name of a registered owner.
- § 26353 An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil…
ARTICLE 3. Rental Rates, Charges and Fees §§ 26360–26362 · 3 sections
- § 26360 The board shall fix the rental rates, fees and all other charges to be made for all facilities furnished, acquired, constructed or completed under this chapter…
- § 26361 The board may lease all or any portion or portions of the project, or of any of the lands, improvements, concessions, facilities or other property comprising a…
- § 26362 Every contract entered into by the board for the use of any project or part thereof, acquired, constructed or completed from the proceeds of the sale of…
ARTICLE 4. Competitive Projects §§ 26365–26366 · 2 sections
- § 26365 The board may include, in an indenture for the issuance of revenue bonds, a clause that no competitive projects will be acquired or constructed by the board as…
- § 26366 The board may also include in an indenture for the issuance of bonds a clause that no project acquired, constructed or completed from the proceeds of revenue…
ARTICLE 5. Rights of Bondholders §§ 26370–26371 · 2 sections
- § 26370 The holder of any bond issued pursuant to this chapter may by mandamus or other appropriate proceeding, require and compel the performance of any of the duties…
- § 26371 While any revenue bonds issued by the board remain outstanding, the powers and duties of the board shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that will…
ARTICLE 6. Contributions and Cooperation §§ 26386–26390 · 5 sections
- § 26386 The board may accept contributions or appropriations from the United States of America, the State of California, or any department or agency of either thereof,…
- § 26387 The board may enter into any contract, arrangement or agreement with the United States, the State or any other municipal corporation or public agency and may…
- § 26388 The board may cooperate and contract with the United States under the War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944, approved October 3, 1944, and any acts…
- § 26389 The board may authorize or direct any county officer, employee or department to perform services for or in connection with the development, construction,…
- § 26390 The board may provide for the construction, maintenance and operation of any project upon any lands owned by the county without regard to the manner in which…
ARTICLE 7. Funds §§ 26393–26397 · 5 sections
- § 26393 The proceeds from the sale of all bonds authorized under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of a bond fund or…
- § 26394 If any surplus shall exist in a bond fund or enterprise fund, after the payment in full of all costs of acquisition, construction and completion of the project…
- § 26395 The board may provide for the payment of the interest becoming due and payment on the principal of revenue bonds prior to and during the period of actual…
- § 26396 Moneys in a bond fund or enterprise fund not required to meet acquisition or construction costs or expenses payable from the construction fund or interest on…
- § 26397 All revenues received from the operation of the project acquired, constructed or completed by the board shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of…
ARTICLE 8. Definition and General Provisions §§ 26398–26400.4 · 4 sections
- § 26398 This chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out its objects and purposes and to finance the construction of needed public improvements through the…
- § 26399 “Bonds” as used in this chapter means the written evidence of any obligation incurred by the board payable out of revenues as provided in this chapter in order…
- § 26400 “Revenue” as used in this chapter shall mean all fees, rates, charges, rentals or other income and revenue actually received or receivable by or for the…
- § 26400.4 This chapter shall not be operative in any county until the board of supervisors, either at a general or a special election, shall submit to the electors of…
ARTICLE 9. Revenue Bonds for County Airports §§ 26400.50–26400.53 · 4 sections
- § 26400.50 This article applies only to the County of Orange and the County of Sacramento and is in addition to any other authority contained in this chapter.
- § 26400.51 The board of supervisors may issue bonds pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, maintenance, operation,…
- § 26400.52 Bonds may be issued pursuant to this article under terms and conditions that the board of supervisors determines to be reasonable and without compliance with…
- § 26400.53 Notwithstanding the first two sentences of Section 26307, nothing in this chapter requires the board of supervisors to pledge for the payment of any bonds…
CHAPTER 15. Revenue Bonds for County Incinerators §§ 26401–26488 · 73 sections
ARTICLE 1. Authority §§ 26401–26413 · 14 sections
- § 26401 Subject to the provisions of this chapter, boards of supervisors in their respective counties shall have authority to undertake and to issue revenue bonds to…
- § 26402 Incinerators may be acquired, constructed, maintained and operated either individually or in groups. Each individual incinerator or group of incinerators shall…
- § 26403 If in the opinion of the board, it is advisable that any project be acquired, constructed or completed, in whole or in part, it shall cause a report thereon to…
- § 26404 If the report is approved by the board, the board may adopt a resolution declaring that the public interest and necessity demand the acquisition, construction…
- § 26405 The board has full charge of the acquisition, construction and completion of all projects authorized by it and may proceed with such work subject to the…
- § 26406 The board may institute any proceedings and acquire all real property necessary therefor on such terms and conditions as it deems advisable. Whenever the cost…
- § 26406.5 It is unlawful to split or separate into smaller work orders or projects any project undertaken pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of evading any…
- § 26407 Title to all property acquired under this chapter and the revenue and income therefrom shall be in the name of the county. The title to such property and the…
- § 26408 So long as any bonds issued are outstanding and unpaid, the operation, maintenance, control, repair, construction, alteration and improvement of any project…
- § 26409 The board may use for the payment of the acquisition, construction, completion, maintenance, operation or insurance of any project undertaken under the…
- § 26410 The board may insure against any accident to or destruction of any project or any part thereof. Any money collected on such insurance shall be used for the…
- § 26411 The board may insure against loss of revenue from any cause whatever and the proceeds of such insurance shall be used solely for the payment of the bonds and…
- § 26412 The board may insure against public liability or property damage in connection with any project. It may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of…
- § 26413 This chapter provides an alternative procedure to that otherwise provided by law for undertaking the improvements authorized herein and shall not operate to…
ARTICLE 2. Revenue Bonds §§ 26415–26453 · 39 sections
- § 26415 The board shall issue revenue bonds in the name of the county. These bonds shall constitute obligations of the project only, and neither the payment of the…
- § 26416 The board shall determine the time, form and manner of the issuance of revenue bonds.
- § 26417 The board may enter into indentures providing for the aggregate principal amount, date, or dates, maturities, interest rate, denominations, form, registration…
- § 26418 An indenture pursuant to which bonds are issued may include such covenants and agreements on the part of the board as the board deems necessary or advisable…
- § 26419 An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to pay or cause to be paid punctually the principal of all such…
- § 26420 An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to continuously operate all projects acquired, constructed, or…
- § 26421 An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to make all needful and necessary repairs, renewals and…
- § 26422 An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to preserve and protect the security of the bonds and the rights…
- § 26423 An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged from the…
- § 26424 An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder which limits, restricts, or prohibits any right, power or privilege of the board to…
- § 26425 An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to fix, prescribe and collect fees, tolls, rentals or other…
- § 26426 An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to hold in trust the revenues pledged to the payment of such…
- § 26427 An indenture may include a clause limiting the power of the board to apply the proceeds of the sale of any issue of bonds for the acquiring, constructing, or…
- § 26428 An indenture may include a clause limiting the power of the board to issue additional bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing or completing any…
- § 26429 An indenture may include a clause requiring, specifying or limiting the kind, amount and character of insurance to be maintained by the board on any project,…
- § 26430 An indenture may include a clause providing the events of default and the terms and conditions upon which any or all of the bonds then or thereafter issued may…
- § 26431 An indenture may include a clause designating the rights, limitations, powers and duties arising upon breach by the board of any of the covenants, conditions,…
- § 26432 An indenture may include a clause prescribing a procedure by which the terms and conditions of the indenture may be subsequently amended or modified with the…
- § 26433 The indenture may include a clause providing for such other acts and matters as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to secure the bonds or to…
- § 26434 The board may designate a bank or trust company, qualified to do business in this State, as a trustee for the holders of bonds issued hereunder, and may…
- § 26435 The board shall fix and determine the conditions upon which any trustee shall receive, hold or disburse any or all revenues collected for or on account of the…
- § 26436 The board may issue bonds in series or may divide any issue into one or more divisions and fix different maturities or dates of such bonds, different rates of…
- § 26437 Bonds may be issued as coupon bonds or as registered bonds. The board may provide for the interchange of coupon bonds for registered bonds and registered bonds…
- § 26438 Bonds shall bear interest at a rate of not to exceed 8 percent per annum, payable annually or semiannually or in part annually and in part semiannually. Prior…
- § 26439 Bonds may be callable upon such terms, conditions, and upon such notice as the board may determine, and upon the payment of the premium fixed by the board in…
- § 26440 The board may provide for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds at any place within or without the State of California, and in specified coin or…
- § 26441 The board may provide for the execution and authentication of bonds by the manual, lithographed or printed facsimile signature of officers of the board. If any…
- § 26442 Bonds shall bear dates prescribed by the board. Bonds may be serial bonds or sinking fund bonds with such maturities as the board may determine. No bond by its…
- § 26443 The board may fix terms and conditions for the sale or other disposition of any authorized issue of bonds. The board may sell bonds at less than their par or…
- § 26444 The board may provide for the security of the bonds.
- § 26445 Interest on bonds may be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds during the actual construction of any project for the acquisition, construction or…
- § 26446 The board may provide in the proceedings for the issuance of bonds that the bonds and the interest thereon constitute such lien upon the revenues of any…
- § 26447 Pending the actual issuance or delivery of revenue bonds, the board may issue temporary or interim bonds, certificates or receipts of any denominations…
- § 26448 All bonds, and the interest or income therefrom, are exempt from all taxation in this State other than gift, inheritance and estate taxes.
- § 26449 All bonds issued under this chapter shall be legal investments for both public and private funds.
- § 26450 The board may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding bonds for the purpose of redeeming or retiring any revenue bonds issued by the board.…
- § 26451 Funding or refunding bonds may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to provide funds for the payment of all bonds to be funded or refunded thereby, and…
- § 26452 All bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter are negotiable instruments, except when registered in the name of a registered owner.
- § 26453 An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil…
ARTICLE 3. Rates, Charges and Fees §§ 26460–26461 · 2 sections
- § 26460 The board shall fix the rates, fees and all other charges to be made for all projects, services or facilities furnished, acquired, constructed or completed…
- § 26461 Every contract entered into by the board for the use of any project or the services or facilities thereof, acquired, constructed or completed from the proceeds…
ARTICLE 4. Competitive Projects §§ 26465–26466 · 2 sections
- § 26465 The board may include, in an indenture for the issuance of revenue bonds, a clause that no competitive projects will be acquired or constructed by the board as…
- § 26466 The board may also include in an indenture for the issuance of bonds a clause that no project or the facilities or services thereof acquired, constructed or…
ARTICLE 5. Rights of Bondholders §§ 26470–26471 · 2 sections
- § 26470 The holder of any bond issued pursuant to this chapter may by mandamus or other appropriate proceeding, require and compel the performance of any of the duties…
- § 26471 While any revenue bonds issued by the board remain outstanding, the powers and duties of the board shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that will…
ARTICLE 6. Contributions and Cooperation §§ 26475–26479 · 5 sections
- § 26475 The board may accept contributions or appropriations from the United States of America, the State of California, or any department or agency of either thereof,…
- § 26476 The board may enter into any contract, arrangement or agreement with the State or any other municipal corporation or public agency and may cooperate with the…
- § 26477 The board may cooperate and contract with the United States under the War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944, approved October 3, 1944, and any acts…
- § 26478 The board may authorize or direct any county officer, employee or department to perform services for or in connection with the development, construction,…
- § 26479 The board may provide for the construction, maintenance and operation of any project upon any lands owned by the county without regard to the manner in which…
ARTICLE 7. Funds §§ 26480–26484 · 5 sections
- § 26480 The proceeds from the sale of all bonds authorized under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of a bond fund or…
- § 26481 If any surplus shall exist in a bond fund or enterprise fund after the payment in full of all costs of acquisition, construction and completion of the project…
- § 26482 The board may provide for the payment of the interest becoming due and payment on the principal of revenue bonds prior to and during the period of actual…
- § 26483 Moneys in a bond fund or enterprise fund not required to meet acquisition or constructions costs or expenses payable from the construction fund or interest on…
- § 26484 All revenues received from the operation of the project acquired, constructed or completed by the board shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of…
ARTICLE 8. Definitions and General Provisions §§ 26485–26488 · 4 sections
- § 26485 This chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out its objects and purposes and to finance the construction of needed public improvements through the…
- § 26486 “Bonds” as used in this chapter means the written evidence of any obligation incurred by the board payable out of revenues as provided in this chapter in order…
- § 26487 “Revenue” as used in this chapter shall mean all fees, rates, charges, rentals or other income and revenue actually received or receivable by or for the…
- § 26488 This chapter shall not be operative in any county until the board of supervisors, either at a general or a special election, shall submit to the electors of…
CHAPTER 16. Heritage and Historical Commissions § 26490 · 1 section
- § 26490 The board of supervisors may designate an existing county historical commission or county museum commission to foster and promote the preservation of…