ARTICLE 7. Leases

Article 7 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.

§§ 50490–50516 · 27 sections

§ 50490 Pursuant to this article, the legislative body of a local agency may lease real property owned by it if: (a) The property was acquired for a particular purpose…
§ 50491 The legislative body shall lease the property upon receipt of a petition signed by the owners of at least 51 percent of the property lying in the assessment…
§ 50492 The legislative body of the local agency or assessment district shall not lease the property or use it except for the purposes for which it is acquired unless…
§ 50493 The petition shall be in general language and no particular requirements are necessary for its validity, except it shall provide that the property be leased to…
§ 50494 Upon receiving the petition, the legislative body may adopt a resolution of intention to lease the property according to the terms of the petition. The…
§ 50495 The resolution of intention shall also contain a notice of the time and place persons objecting to the proposed leasing may appear before the legislative body…
§ 50496 The clerk of the legislative body shall cause the resolution of intention to be published once a week for two successive weeks in one or more daily newspapers…
§ 50497 At the time fixed in the resolution of intention, any owner of property assessed or being assessed to purchase the property to be leased may appear before the…
§ 50498 At any time not later than the hour set for hearing objections, any owner of property assessed or being assessed to purchase the property to be leased may make…
§ 50499 At the time for hearing protests, the legislative body shall hear and pass upon all protests and objections and its decision is final.
§ 50500 The legislative body shall also pass upon the protests filed by other persons than those petitioning. If in the opinion of a majority of the legislative body…
§ 50501 At the time for hearing protests, evidence may be produced in such order as the legislative body may summarily direct.
§ 50502 The hearing may be continued from time to time upon the order of the legislative body.
§ 50503 If no protests have been received by the legislative body, it may lease the property pursuant to the petition.
§ 50504 If a majority of the owners of property assessed or being assessed protest the leasing of the property pursuant to the petition, the legislative body shall…
§ 50505 Unless the power to proceed has ceased, at the conclusion of the hearing and on a determination of all questions arising, the legislative body shall declare…
§ 50506 If the legislative body has denied the protests, or if no protests have been made, it shall by resolution order the property leased pursuant to the petition.
§ 50507 In the resolution ordering the lease the legislative body shall fix a time for receiving bids for the leasing of the property and the amount of the bond…
§ 50508 The time for receiving bids shall not be fixed until the first regular meeting of the legislative body after the expiration of 15 days following the adoption…
§ 50509 The legislative body shall cause a notice to be posted conspicuously for five days on or near the legislative body’s chamber door.
§ 50510 The notice shall contain the terms of the petition and an invitation for sealed bids for the leasing of the property.
§ 50511 The notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in a daily, semiweekly, or weekly newspaper published or circulated in the local agency or…
§ 50512 If the property is offered for lease at a monthly rental, all bids shall be accompanied by a bond in the amount fixed by the legislative body.
§ 50513 If the petition requires the making of improvements upon the property and the payment of rentals in products from the land, royalties, or commissions, the…
§ 50514 The legislative body shall award the lease to the highest responsible bidder.
§ 50515 After the bid has been accepted by the legislative body, it shall enter into a lease with the highest bidder. The lease shall contain all the terms of the…
§ 50516 This article shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.