PART 1. GENERAL

Part 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.

§§ 36501–36525 · 29 sections

§ 36501 The government of a general law city is vested in: (a) A city council of at least five members. (b) A city clerk. (c) A city treasurer. (d) A chief of police.…
§ 36501.5 Every employee has the right to inspect personnel records pursuant to Section 1198.5 of the Labor Code
§ 36502 (a) A person is not eligible to hold office as councilmember, city clerk, or city treasurer unless he or she is at the time of assuming the office an elector…
§ 36502.5 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 36502, the city council of the City of Tustin may adopt by ordinance a proposal to limit the number of terms a member…
§ 36503 Unless otherwise required by Section 57379, a general municipal election shall be held on a date prescribed by Section 1301 of the Elections Code. Except as…
§ 36503.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the period commencing the day of a recall election pursuant to Division 11 (commencing with Section 11000)…
§ 36505 The city council shall appoint the chief of police. It may appoint a city attorney, a superintendent of streets, a civil engineer, and such other subordinate…
§ 36506 By resolution or ordinance, the city council shall fix the compensation of all appointive officers and employees. Such officers and employees hold office…
§ 36507 Before entering upon his or her duties, each city officer shall take and file with the city clerk the constitutional oath of office, except that the…
§ 36508 At any municipal election, or a special election held for that purpose, the city council may submit to the electors the question whether the elective officers,…
§ 36509 The question shall be printed on the ballots used at the election substantially in one of the following forms: (a) “Shall the offices of city clerk and city…
§ 36510 If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is for it, the city council shall appoint such officers at the expiration of the terms of the officers then…
§ 36511 The petition for incorporation of a city may provide for the appointment of the elective officers, or any of them except council members. If it does, a…
§ 36512 (a) If a vacancy occurs in an appointive office provided for in this chapter, the council shall fill the vacancy by appointment. A person appointed to fill a…
§ 36513 (a) If a city councilmember is absent without permission from all regular city council meetings for 60 days consecutively from the last regular meeting he or…
§ 36514.5 City council members may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. Reimbursement for these expenses is…
§ 36515 The compensation of a city council member appointed or elected to fill a vacancy is the same as that payable to the member whose office was vacated.
§ 36516 (a) (1) A city council may enact an ordinance providing that each member of the city council shall receive a salary based on the population of the city as set…
§ 36516.1 A mayor elected pursuant to Sections 34900 to 34904, inclusive, may be provided with compensation in addition to that which he or she receives as a council…
§ 36516.5 A change in compensation does not apply to a council member during the council member’s term of office. This prohibition shall not prevent the adjustment of…
§ 36517 The city clerk and the city treasurer shall receive, at stated times, a compensation fixed by ordinance or resolution.
§ 36518 Before entering upon the duties of their offices, the city clerk and city treasurer shall each execute a bond to the city. Except as otherwise provided, the…
§ 36519 The city council may require bonds of any other officer or employee of the city.
§ 36520 The city council shall approve all bonds. When approved, the clerk’s bond shall be filed with the mayor, and other bonds shall be filed with the city clerk.
§ 36521 Except as otherwise provided, all laws relating to the official bonds of officers apply to bonds required by this chapter.
§ 36522 Any officer or employee collecting or receiving any money belonging to, or for the use of, the city shall deposit it immediately in the treasury in the manner…
§ 36523 By ordinance or resolution, the city council may provide for a treasurer’s departmental trust fund into which collections of the police department and other…
§ 36524 The city treasurer shall make withdrawals from such a fund only on order signed by the proper department head and for the following purposes: (a) Making a…
§ 36525 (a) As used in this section “city auditor” includes an elected or appointed officer or full-time employee of the city who is compensated, but does not include…