CHAPTER 1. General
Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.
§§ 53000–53170 · 190 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions § 53000 · 1 section
- § 53000 As used in this chapter, “legislative body” means the board of supervisors in the case of a county or a city and county, the city council or board of trustees…
ARTICLE 2. Emergency Powers §§ 53019–53023 · 5 sections
- § 53019 It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the State of California that the control of fires and dangerous conditions caused by great public calamities…
- § 53020 As used in this article, “local agency” means public agency.
- § 53021 Services performed or expenditures made by a local agency within or without its territorial limits are conclusively deemed for the direct protection and…
- § 53022 If such services are performed outside the local agency’s limits, they shall be ordered by the chief administrative officer of the office or department…
- § 53023 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or any local ordinance all the privileges and immunities from liability, exemptions from laws and rules, all…
ARTICLE 2.5. Disposal of Coastal Property §§ 53035–53036 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 2.6. Restoration of Records Destroyed by Public Calamity § 53040 · 1 section
- § 53040 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Acquire” includes acquisition by gift, purchase, lease, eminent domain, or otherwise. (2) “Local public entity” means any…
ARTICLE 3. Roster of Public Agencies §§ 53050–53051 · 2 sections
- § 53050 The term “public agency,” as used in this article, means a district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public corporation…
- § 53051 (a) Within 70 days after the date of commencement of its legal existence, the governing body of each public agency shall file with the Secretary of State on a…
ARTICLE 3.5. Cable Television and Video Provider Customer Service and Information Act §§ 53054–53056 · 8 sections
- § 53054 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Cable Television and Video Provider Customer Service and Information Act.
- § 53054.1 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) In an unregulated environment, customers of cable and video providers should get their money’s…
- § 53054.2 As used in this article: (a) “Cable television operator” means the person or entity providing cable television services through the cable television system.…
- § 53055 Each cable television operator or video provider in the state shall establish customer service standards. These customer service standards shall include, but…
- § 53055.1 (a) Each cable television operator or video provider shall annually distribute to employees, to each customer, and to the city, county, or city and county in…
- § 53055.2 After the customer service standards established pursuant to Section 53055 have been in effect for one year, each cable television operator and video provider…
- § 53055.3 No provision of this article shall be construed to preempt the prerogative of a city, county, or city and county to enforce customer protection standards that…
- § 53056 (a) The legislative body of the city, county, or city and county in which the cable television operator or video provider furnishes service to customers may,…
ARTICLE 4. Miscellaneous §§ 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…
ARTICLE 4.5. Video Customer Service Act §§ 53088–53088.2 · 3 sections
- § 53088 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Video Customer Service Act.
- § 53088.1 (a) “Video provider” means any person, company, or service which provides one or more channels of video programming to a residence, including a home,…
- § 53088.2 (a) Every video provider shall render reasonably efficient service, make repairs promptly, and interrupt service only as necessary. (b) All video provider…
ARTICLE 4.6. Consumer Contracts: Cable Television §§ 53088.5–53088.8 · 4 sections
- § 53088.5 The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) It is a common practice in the sale or lease of cable television services for a fee to be imposed…
- § 53088.6 Notwithstanding Section 53088.2, a fee may not be imposed upon consumers for any delinquent payment for sale of cable television services unless all of the…
- § 53088.7 Notwithstanding Section 53088.2, a delinquency fee charged in a cable television transaction which is not in excess of four dollars and seventy-five cents…
- § 53088.8 This article shall apply to the sale or lease of cable television services on or after January 1, 1997. This article shall not apply to late fee practices…
ARTICLE 5. Regulation of Local Agencies by Counties and Cities §§ 53090–53097.5 · 9 sections
- § 53090 As used in this article: (a) “Local agency” means an agency of the state for the local performance of governmental or proprietary function within limited…
- § 53091 (a) Each local agency shall comply with all applicable building ordinances and zoning ordinances of the county or city in which the territory of the local…
- § 53092 The State Director of Public Works, upon recommendation of the Division of Architecture, may delegate to any county or city all or part of the powers and…
- § 53094 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, this article does not require a school district to comply with the zoning ordinances of a county or…
- § 53095 The provisions of this article shall prevail over Sections 17215 and 81035 of the Education Code and over Section 65402 of the Government Code.
- § 53096 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the governing board of a local agency, by vote of four-fifths of its members, may render a city or…
- § 53097 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the governing board of a school district shall comply with any city or county ordinance (1) regulating…
- § 53097.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, no school district may render a city or county ordinance inapplicable to a charter school facility…
- § 53097.5 A county or city may inspect school buildings, as defined in Section 39141 of the Education Code, pursuant to guidelines adopted pursuant to Section 16500 of…
ARTICLE 5.5. Regulation of the Environmental Management Plan by State Agencies §§ 53098–53098.2 · 3 sections
- § 53098 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, review, certification, and approval of any and all provisions of the San Francisco Bay Regional Environmental…
- § 53098.1 After adoption or the annual revision of the Environmental Management Plan by the General Assembly of the Association of Bay Area Governments, any state agency…
- § 53098.2 (a) In the event that an appropriate state agency finds that the Environmental Management Plan, or portion thereof, does not satisfy an applicable…
ARTICLE 6. Local Emergency Telephone Systems §§ 53100–53122 · 33 sections
- § 53100 (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act. (b) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is in the…
- § 53100.5 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The provision of fire protection services, rescue services, emergency medical services, hazardous…
- § 53101 “Public agency,” as used in this article, means the state, and any city, county, city and county, municipal corporation, public district, or public authority…
- § 53102 “Public safety agency,” as used in this article, means a functional division of a public agency which provides firefighting, police, medical, or other…
- § 53103 “Direct dispatch method,” as used in this article, means a telephone service providing for the dispatch of an appropriate emergency service unit upon receipt…
- § 53104 “Relay method,” as used in this article, means a telephone service whereby pertinent information is noted by the recipient of a telephone request for emergency…
- § 53105 “Transfer method,” as used in this article, means a telephone service which receives telephone requests for emergency services and directly transfers such…
- § 53106 “Referral method,” as used in this article, means a telephone service which, upon the receipt of a telephone request for emergency services, provides the…
- § 53107 “Basic system,” as used in this article, means a telephone service which automatically connects a person dialing the digits “911” to an established public…
- § 53108 “Sophisticated system,” as used in this article, means a basic system with the additional capability of automatic identification of the caller’s number,…
- § 53108.1 “Incremental costs”, as used in this article, mean any costs necessary for the establishment of a system required by this article and recommended for…
- § 53108.5 “Division,” as used in this article, means the Public Safety Communications Division within the Office of Emergency Services.
- § 53109 Every local public agency within its respective jurisdiction shall establish and have in operation by December 31, 1985, a basic system as provided in this…
- § 53109.5 The Legislature finds and declares that environmental considerations in the Tahoe region have halted or delayed the development of facilities necessary for the…
- § 53110 (a) Every system shall include police, firefighting, and emergency medical and ambulance services, and may include other emergency services, in the discretion…
- § 53111 The digits “911” shall be the primary emergency telephone number within the system, but a public agency or public safety agency may maintain a separate…
- § 53112 (a) All systems shall be designed to meet the specific requirements of each community and public agency served by the system. Every system, whether basic or…
- § 53113 The Legislature finds that, because of overlapping jurisdiction of public agencies, public safety agencies, and telephone service areas, a general overview or…
- § 53114 The office, with the advice and assistance of the Attorney General, shall coordinate the implementation of systems established pursuant to the provisions of…
- § 53114.1 To accomplish the responsibilities specified in this article, the division is directed to consult at regular intervals with the State Fire Marshal, the State…
- § 53114.2 On or before December 31, 1976, and each even-numbered year thereafter, after consultation with all agencies specified in Section 53114.1, the office shall…
- § 53115 The office shall monitor all emergency telephone systems to ensure they comply with minimal operational and technical standards as established by the office.…
- § 53115.1 (a) There is in state government the State 911 Advisory Board. (b) The advisory board shall be comprised of the following members appointed by the Governor who…
- § 53115.2 (a) The State 911 Advisory Board shall advise and may make formal recommendations to the office on all of the following subjects: (1) Policies, practices, and…
- § 53115.3 When proposed implementation of the 911 system by a single public agency within its jurisdiction may adversely affect the implementation of the system by a…
- § 53116 The Attorney General may, on behalf of the office or on his or her own initiative, commence judicial proceedings to enforce compliance by any public agency or…
- § 53118 The Legislature declares that a major purpose in enacting this article is to eliminate instances in which a responding emergency service refuses to render aid…
- § 53119 Any telephone corporation serving rural telephone areas that cannot currently provide enhanced “911” emergency telephone service capable of selective routing,…
- § 53120 The office shall not delay implementation of the enhanced “911” emergency telephone system in those portions of cities or counties, or both, served by a local…
- § 53121 (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall develop a plan and timeline of target dates for the testing, implementation, and operation of a Next Generation 911…
- § 53121.1 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Independent evaluator” means the Rand Corporation. (2) “Next Generation 911 system”…
- § 53121.2 (a) For purposes of this section, both of the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Next Generation 911 system” means the Next Generation 911 emergency…
- § 53122 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Office” means the Office of Emergency Services. (2) “Telecommunications service” has…
ARTICLE 6.3. Miles Hall Lifeline and Suicide Prevention Act §§ 53123.1–53123.6 · 7 sections
- § 53123.1 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Miles Hall Lifeline and Suicide Prevention Act.”
- § 53123.1.5 For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “988” means the three-digit telephone number designated by the Federal Communications…
- § 53123.2 (a) No later than July 16, 2022, the Office of Emergency Services shall verify that technology that allows for transfers between 988 centers, as well as…
- § 53123.3 (a) (1) No later than December 31, 2024, the California Health and Human Services Agency shall create a set of recommendations to support a five-year…
- § 53123.4 (a) The 988 State Suicide and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. (b) (1) The fund shall consist of the revenue…
- § 53123.5 Notwithstanding any law, including Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the office and the…
- § 53123.6 For purposes of implementing this article, the State Department of Health Care Services may enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts, or amend existing…
ARTICLE 6.6. State Nonemergency Telephone System §§ 53126–53127 · 3 sections
- § 53126 Every local public agency may establish a nonemergency telephone system as provided in this article. The digits “311” shall be dedicated as the nonemergency…
- § 53126.5 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Local public agency” means a city, county, city and county, and joint powers authority that…
- § 53127 The Public Safety Communications Division is authorized to aid local public agencies in the formulation of concepts, methods, and procedures that will improve…
ARTICLE 7. Federally Mandated Audits of Block Grant Funds Allocated to Local Agencies §§ 53130–53138 · 9 sections
- § 53130 In connection with federal block grant funds which require mandated financial and compliance auditing, the Legislature finds that there is limited coordination…
- § 53131 As used in this article: (a) “Qualified state and local government auditors” means those auditors employed by state and local governments that meet the…
- § 53132 State departments shall identify and provide to the Controller listings of all agreements allocating block grant funds to local agencies.
- § 53133 The Controller shall identify and make available to local agencies federally mandated financial and compliance block grant audit requirements.
- § 53134 (a) Local agencies shall have the option, pursuant to the provisions of Section 53135, to provide for federally mandated financial and compliance audits of…
- § 53135 State agencies administering federal block grant programs shall prepare audit plans based on audit plan guidelines developed no later than December 1, 1982, by…
- § 53136 The Controller shall assure that audits conducted in accordance with this article meet the federal audit requirements provided pursuant to block grant laws and…
- § 53137 The Controller shall review and monitor audit report findings to determine that both state and local entities have taken appropriate corrective action, or…
- § 53138 The Controller, the Department of Finance, the State Auditor’s office, or other state department auditors may perform audit activities pursuant to this article…
ARTICLE 8. Costs of Emergency Response §§ 53150–53159 · 11 sections
- § 53150 Any person who is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug, whose negligent…
- § 53151 Any person who is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug, whose negligent…
- § 53152 Any person who is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug, whose negligent…
- § 53153 For purposes of this article, a person is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any…
- § 53153.5 (a) Any person 18 years of age or older who is convicted of making a false police report, in violation of Section 148.3 of the Penal Code, and that false…
- § 53154 The expense of an emergency response shall be a charge against the person liable for expenses under this article. The charge constitutes a debt of that person…
- § 53155 In no event shall a person’s liability under this article for the expense of an emergency response exceed twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) for a particular…
- § 53156 As used in this article: (a) “Expense of an emergency response” means reasonable costs incurred by a public agency in reasonably making an appropriate…
- § 53157 Any testimony, admission, or any other statement made by the defendant in any proceeding brought pursuant to this article, or any evidence derived from the…
- § 53158 It is not the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to occupy the field of recovery of the expense of an emergency response by a public agency,…
- § 53159 (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Expenses of an emergency response” means those reasonable and necessary…
ARTICLE 9. Preservation of Videotapes and Recordings §§ 53160–53162 · 3 sections
- § 53160 (a) The head of a special district, after one year, may destroy recordings of routine video monitoring, and after 100 days may destroy recordings of telephone…
- § 53161 Notwithstanding Section 53160, the legislative body of a special district may prescribe a procedure whereby duplicates of special district records less than…
- § 53162 (a) When installing new security systems, a transit agency operated by a special district shall only purchase and install equipment capable of storing recorded…
ARTICLE 10. Prohibition on Penalties Against Tenants and Landlords for Law Enforcement Contact or Emergency Services §§ 53165–53165.1 · 2 sections
- § 53165 (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Individual in an emergency” means a person who believes that immediate action is required to prevent or mitigate the…
- § 53165.1 (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Law enforcement agency” means a department or agency of the United States, state, local government, or other…
ARTICLE 11. Cellular Communications Interception § 53166 · 1 section
- § 53166 (a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Cellular communications interception technology” means any device that…
ARTICLE 12. Public Broadband Services §§ 53167–53167.5 · 6 sections
- § 53167 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Broadband internet access service” means a mass-market retail service provided by a local…
- § 53167.1 It is the intent of the Legislature that this article protect and promote the Internet as an open platform enabling consumer choice, freedom of expression,…
- § 53167.2 Except for reasonable network management, a local agency insofar as it is engaged in the provision of broadband Internet access service shall not block lawful…
- § 53167.3 Except for reasonable network management, a local agency insofar as it is engaged in the provision of broadband Internet access service shall not impair or…
- § 53167.4 A local agency insofar as it is engaged in the provision of broadband Internet access service shall not engage in paid prioritization.
- § 53167.5 Except for reasonable network management, a local agency insofar as it is engaged in the provision of broadband Internet access service shall not unreasonably…
ARTICLE 13. Local Identification Cards § 53170 · 1 section
- § 53170 (a) Information or documents obtained by a city, county, or other local agency for the purpose of issuing a local identification card shall be used only for…