ARTICLE 4. Miscellaneous

Article 4 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 522.

§§ 53060–53087.9 · 76 sections

§ 53060 The legislative body of any public or municipal corporation or district may contract with and employ any persons for the furnishing to the corporation or…
§ 53060.1 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section, to provide a uniform limit on the retirement benefits for the members of the legislative…
§ 53060.3 (a) Every employee of a local agency has the right to inspect personnel records pursuant to Section 1198.5 of the Labor Code. (b) As used in this section: (1)…
§ 53060.4 (a) The legislative body of a city or county may delegate to a county or city official or department head its authority to issue subpoenas and to report…
§ 53060.5 The term “district,” as used in this section, means a district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public corporation in…
§ 53060.7 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (1) That police protection is an essential service for the protection of life and property and…
§ 53060.8 (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) The purpose of this section is to enhance the accuracy, comprehensiveness, and consistency of…
§ 53061 The legislative body of a city, county, or fire protection district may expend money for the payment of contributions to a retirement system authorized to do…
§ 53062 Whenever any notice or other communication is required by law to be mailed by registered mail to or by any county, city or district, or any officer or agency…
§ 53063 Any county, city, city and county, district, authority or other public corporation or agency which has the power to produce, conserve, control or supply water…
§ 53064 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the event there are two or more identical lowest or highest bids, as the case may be, submitted to a local…
§ 53064.5 No local agency furnishing water for residential use to a tenant shall seek to recover any charges or penalties for the furnishing of water to or for the…
§ 53065 The provisions of law (except Section 25256 of this code) relating to budgets and other fiscal matters except borrowing which apply to counties shall also…
§ 53065.5 Each special district, as defined by subdivision (a) of Section 56036, shall, at least annually, disclose any reimbursement paid by the district within the…
§ 53066 (a) Any city or county or city and county in the State of California may, pursuant to such provisions as may be prescribed by its governing body, authorize by…
§ 53066.01 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 53066, with respect to any franchise which becomes effective on or after January 1, 1984, the initial franchise fee…
§ 53066.2 (a) In awarding a cable television franchise pursuant to Section 53066, a city, county, or city and county shall assure that access to cable service is not…
§ 53066.3 (a) If a city, county, or city and county elects to grant an additional cable television franchise in an area where a franchise has already been granted to a…
§ 53066.4 Every cable television system operating under a franchise or license awarded pursuant to Section 53066 shall, by July 1, 1984, and thereafter, offer to make a…
§ 53066.5 Unless a cable television system operating under a franchise granted pursuant to Section 53066 incorporates technology to prevent unwanted reception of audio…
§ 53067 (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) That trees and other woody plants respond in specific and predictable ways to pruning and other…
§ 53068 Any local agency, as defined in Section 54951 of the Government Code, which seeks to enter a contract that requires the letting of bids, shall specify in the…
§ 53069 In any agreement entered into whereby any city, county, city and county, or local agency obtains a grant of easement, lease, license, right-of-way or…
§ 53069.3 (a) A city, county, or city and county may enact an ordinance to provide for the use of city or county funds to remove graffiti or other inscribed material…
§ 53069.4 (a) (1) The legislative body of a local agency, as the term “local agency” is defined in Section 54951, may by ordinance make any violation of any ordinance…
§ 53069.44 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a local jurisdiction shall not adopt a local ordinance, or enforce an existing ordinance, that prohibits a person or…
§ 53069.45 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the legislative body of a local agency, as defined in Section 54951, that provides water services, may adopt an…
§ 53069.46 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the legislative body of a local agency, as defined in Section 54951, that provides retail water services, may adopt an…
§ 53069.5 A local agency, as defined in Section 54951, may offer and pay a reward, the amount thereof to be determined by the local agency, for information leading to…
§ 53069.6 Each local agency, as defined in Section 54951, shall take all practical and reasonable steps to recover civil damages for the negligent, willful, or unlawful…
§ 53069.7 A local agency, as defined in Section 54951, may offer and pay a reward, the amount thereof to be determined by the local agency, to any person who comes to…
§ 53069.75 In order to comply with state law requirements mandated by Section 3753 of Title 42 of the United States Code, which bases eligibility of federal grants under…
§ 53069.8 (a) The board of supervisors of any county may contract on behalf of the sheriff of that county, and the legislative body of any city may contract on behalf of…
§ 53069.85 The legislative body of a city, county, or district may include or cause to be included in contracts for public projects a provision establishing the time…
§ 53069.9 (a) Any public agency providing water for fire protection purposes may, by ordinance or resolution, fix and collect a charge to pay the costs of operation,…
§ 53070 (a) No city, county, or district may enact an ordinance prohibiting or regulating the playing of duplicate bridge. Duplicate bridge is defined as the card game…
§ 53071 It is the intention of the Legislature to occupy the whole field of regulation of the registration or licensing of commercially manufactured firearms as…
§ 53071.5 (a) By the enactment of this section, the Legislature occupies the whole field of regulation of the manufacture, sale, or possession of imitation firearms, as…
§ 53072 Whenever a special district as defined in Section 56036 is formed, the district shall reimburse the county in which all or a portion of the district is located…
§ 53073 Notwithstanding anything in the law to the contrary, the governing body of any public district may convey, upon such terms and conditions as it determines to…
§ 53074 Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any local ordinance, an officer or employee of any animal control agency shall not seize or impound a dog for the…
§ 53074.1 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Evacuation order” means an order from the Governor, or a county emergency management…
§ 53074.5 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Nonprofit organization” means a private, nonprofit organization that qualifies for…
§ 53075 (a) No local agency may impose a tax upon, or require a license for, the conduct of ridesharing which uses a motor vehicle with a seating capacity of not more…
§ 53075.5 (a) Notwithstanding Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 5351) of Division 2 of the Public Utilities Code, every city or county in which a taxicab company is…
§ 53075.51 (a) Any city or county, regardless of whether a taxicab company is substantially located within its jurisdiction as defined in Section 53075.5, may adopt, by…
§ 53075.52 Beginning January 1, 2018, taxicab companies shall collect data that demonstrates the total number of prearranged and nonprearranged trips that originate…
§ 53075.53 (a) Notwithstanding Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 5351) of Division 2 of the Public Utilities Code, the City and County of San Francisco shall protect the…
§ 53075.6 Whenever a peace officer or public officer or employee, when authorized by ordinance and as defined in Section 836.5 of the Penal Code, arrests any person for…
§ 53075.61 A transportation inspector, authorized by a local government to cite any person for operating as a taxicab without a valid taxicab certificate, license, or…
§ 53075.7 (a) Upon receipt of a complaint containing sufficient information to warrant conducting an investigation, the local agency shall investigate any business that…
§ 53075.8 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that advertising and use of telephone service is essential for a taxicab transportation service to obtain business and…
§ 53075.9 (a) Every taxicab transportation service shall include the number of its certificate, license, or permit in every written or oral advertisement of the services…
§ 53076 No local agency shall deny a permit to repair an underground steel storage tank containing a motor vehicle fuel product not under pressure which has developed…
§ 53076.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 51037, the City and County of San Francisco may adopt an ordinance requiring a permit for the sale, on public property, including…
§ 53077 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing body of a district may adopt or the residents of a district may propose, by initiative, a…
§ 53077.5 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meaning: (1) “Charge” means any fee or other impost, including, but not limited to, a…
§ 53078 (a) For the purposes of this section, “local agency” means any local agency which awards direct service contracts to nonprofit organizations including, but not…
§ 53079 (a) “Local public entity,” as used in this section, means any city or county, whether general law or chartered, district, public authority, public agency, or…
§ 53080 (a) No city, county, city and county, or special district, including, but not limited to, a community services district, recreation and park district, regional…
§ 53080.5 (a) No city or county may require an applicant for a building or encroachment permit to file a certificate of insurance evidencing coverage for bodily injury…
§ 53082 (a) By July 1, 1991, local agencies shall refund any sewer service fees collected for which no services were delivered. (b) Any sewer service fees collected by…
§ 53082.5 Subject to all applicable constitutional restrictions, a county, a city, or a special district that provides, or intends to provide, water or wastewater…
§ 53082.6 A local agency may serve as an administrator for the purposes of Section 116686 of the Health and Safety Code.
§ 53083 (a) On and after January 1, 2014, each local agency shall, before approving any economic development subsidy within its jurisdiction, provide all of the…
§ 53083.1 (a) On and after January 1, 2020, each local agency shall, before approving any economic development subsidy for a warehouse distribution center within its…
§ 53084 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a local agency shall not provide any form of financial assistance to a vehicle dealer or big box…
§ 53084.5 (a) On or after January 1, 2016, a local agency shall not enter into any form of agreement that would result, directly or indirectly, in the payment, transfer,…
§ 53085 A local agency, as defined in Section 54951, may require an applicant for economic development loans, grants, or similar financial assistance to sign a…
§ 53086 (a) Any private person or private company which advertises that it provides information or services regarding the sale or purchase of public property of any…
§ 53087.4 (a) In the case of a special tax levied by a local agency on a per parcel basis, both of the following conditions shall apply: (1) A parcel created by a…
§ 53087.5 A loan or expenditure of funds by a local public entity, including a charter city, to upgrade or improve privately owned property for purposes of seismic…
§ 53087.6 (a) (1) A city, county, or city and county auditor or controller who is elected to office may maintain a whistleblower hotline to receive calls from persons…
§ 53087.7 (a) A city, including a charter city, county, or city and county, shall not enact any ordinance or regulation, or enforce any existing ordinance or regulation,…
§ 53087.8 (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), beginning on January 1, 2020, every independent special district, as defined in Section 56044, shall maintain an…
§ 53087.9 (a) (1) A local agency, as defined in Section 7920.510, may, at the request of the governing board of a California Community College district, enter into a…