CHAPTER 1. Organization
Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.
§§ 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…