DIVISION 6. VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES [1170. - 1480.]
Heading of Division 6 amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 604, Sec. 1.
§§ 1170–1480 · 118 sections
CHAPTER 1. Memorial Districts §§ 1170–1259 · 71 sections
ARTICLE 1. Formation §§ 1170–1185 · 22 sections
- § 1170 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates: (a) “District” means a memorial district organized under the provisions of this chapter. (b)…
- § 1171 A memorial district may be established, maintained, governed, supported, and operated in the manner and for the purposes herein provided, and may exercise the…
- § 1172 No district shall include territory not wholly in the same county. A district may include any incorporated territory of the county together with any contiguous…
- § 1173 By petition filed with the county clerk, registered electors residing within the boundaries of a proposed district, equal in number to at least eight per cent…
- § 1174 The petition shall be addressed to the board of supervisors of the county within which the proposed district is situated, shall be signed by the number of…
- § 1175 The petition may be filed in sections, each of which shall fully comply with all of the requirements for a petition, except that each section need not contain…
- § 1176 Within 30 days after the filing of the petition the county elections official shall find and certify whether the petition is signed by the requisite number of…
- § 1177 If the petition and certificate is presented to the board of supervisors at a regular meeting the board at that meeting shall ascertain whether the petition in…
- § 1177.5 The notice required in Section 1176 shall state the fact that the board has fixed the time and place, which shall be stated in the notice, for a hearing on the…
- § 1177.6 At any time prior to the time fixed for a hearing of the matter, any person interested may file with the clerk of the board written objections to the formation…
- § 1178 At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of supervisors shall either adopt an order abandoning the creation of the proposed district or shall by resolution…
- § 1178.5 Sample ballots shall be printed and mailed, together with a synopsis of the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing at Section 1170) of Division 6, to each…
- § 1179 The special election shall be held upon a date not later than the 130th day after the meeting of the board at which the petition was presented. At the special…
- § 1180 The special election shall be called, noticed, held, and conducted, election officers appointed, voting precincts designated, candidates nominated, ballots…
- § 1180.1 Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail,…
- § 1180.2 The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled…
- § 1180.3 If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time…
- § 1180.4 The elections officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be…
- § 1181 For the purposes of this chapter the board of supervisors and the county elections official, respectively, shall have all the powers and duties that boards of…
- § 1182 If a majority of the votes cast at the special election are in favor of formation of the district, the county elections official shall, within ten days after…
- § 1183 Such certified copies when recorded shall, after sixty days from the date of the special election, be conclusive evidence against all persons, firms,…
- § 1185 A district may be formed in the manner prescribed by this article that is within an existing memorial district, if, in addition to the petition required by…
ARTICLE 2. Management §§ 1190–1208 · 25 sections
- § 1190 Every district shall be a public corporation, have perpetual succession, and may: (a) Sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings in all courts and…
- § 1190.5 A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
- § 1191 (a) Every district may do all of the following: (1) Provide and maintain memorial halls, assembly halls, buildings, or meeting places, together with suitable…
- § 1191.1 (a) The Lindsay-Strathmore Memorial District may enter into a joint powers agreement with the Strathmore Public Utility District to provide for the management,…
- § 1191.3 When the district desires to sell real property that was donated to the district by a city or county, the district shall offer to reconvey it to the city or…
- § 1192 Every district may: (a) Cause to be levied and collected in any year a special tax not to exceed three-tenths of one cent ($0.003) on the one dollar ($1) of…
- § 1192.1 When a district is authorized to provide and maintain indoor and outdoor park and recreation facilities including swimming pools, picnic areas and playgrounds,…
- § 1192.5 A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government…
- § 1193 Every district may combine with the county in which it is located or with any incorporated city wholly within the county, in the accomplishment of any of the…
- § 1194 The powers of the district, except as otherwise expressly provided, shall be exercised by the board of directors.
- § 1195 The general district election shall be governed by the provisions of the Uniform District Election Law and be held in every district formed under the…
- § 1195.2 If the board of directors of the district shall fail to take the action necessary to hold a general district election pursuant to Section 1195, the board of…
- § 1197 The board shall consist of five members who shall be registered electors residing within the district or proposed district at the time of their election and…
- § 1198 The board first elected in any district shall hold its first meeting in the meeting room of the board of supervisors commencing at ten o'clock a.m. on the…
- § 1198.5 (a) The secretary of every memorial district shall annually prepare a financial report signed by the board of directors containing the following information…
- § 1199 The president shall sign all contracts on behalf of the district and shall certify to the county auditor all lawful demands against the district payable from…
- § 1200 The moneys in the several funds of the district shall be paid out by the county treasurer only upon warrants drawn by the county auditor against the…
- § 1201 The county auditor shall also draw warrants against the memorial district fund and against the memorial district bond fund, in payment of lawful claims against…
- § 1202 The board shall, annually, at least fifteen days before the first day of the month in which the board of supervisors is required by law to levy the taxes…
- § 1203 The board of supervisors shall annually at the time of levying county taxes and until all bonded indebtedness of the district is fully paid, levy and cause to…
- § 1204 The board of supervisors shall in like manner and until all other expenses and claims are fully paid, levy and cause to be collected by the county tax…
- § 1205 The memorial district tax levied in any one year shall not exceed the rate of three-tenths of one cent ($0.003) on each dollar ($1) of the assessed valuation…
- § 1206 Taxes shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the memorial district bond retirement fund or to the credit of the memorial district fund, as the…
- § 1207 Taxes become delinquent at the time the county taxes become delinquent and shall bear like penalties for delinquency. All taxes shall be a lien upon all the…
- § 1208 Boards of supervisors, governing bodies of incorporated cities and school districts, and all authorities having control of public lands within this State may…
ARTICLE 2.5. Claims § 1209 · 1 section
- § 1209 All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division…
ARTICLE 3. Bonds §§ 1210–1219 · 10 sections
- § 1210 Bonds of a district may be issued, sold, and the proceeds thereof expended in the exercise of any of the powers of the district or in the accomplishment of the…
- § 1211 The board may, and upon petition of eight per cent of the registered electors of the district shall, submit to the electors of the district the question…
- § 1212 The question may be submitted at a special bond election called for that purpose or at a general district election. If called upon petition of the electors of…
- § 1213 If the question whether bonds of the district are to be issued is submitted at a special election, such election shall be noticed, called, conducted, governed,…
- § 1214 If at such election two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of issuing the bonds of the district, the board shall cause that fact to be entered upon its…
- § 1215 Thereupon, the board of supervisors, by an order entered in its minutes, shall provide for the issuance and sale of bonds of the district in the amount…
- § 1216 The board of supervisors shall issue and sell the bonds of the district in the manner and form prescribed by law for county bonds and subject to the conditions…
- § 1217 If any officer whose signature, countersignature, or attestation appears on any district bonds or coupons thereof, ceases to be such officer before the…
- § 1218 The board of supervisors at the time of making the levy of taxes for county purposes shall levy a tax for that year upon the taxable property in the district…
- § 1219 Whenever the bonds of a district have been investigated and certified by any officer of this state authorized to make such investigation and certification, and…
ARTICLE 3.5. Construction and Alteration of Halls, Buildings and Meeting Places §§ 1221–1224 · 4 sections
- § 1221 No contract for the construction or alteration of any hall, building or meeting place shall be let until such time as professional estimates of the cost of…
- § 1222 No contract shall be let for the construction or alteration of any hall, building or meeting place unless such project can be completed and be ready for…
- § 1223 No contract for the construction or alteration of any hall, building or meeting place is valid, and no district funds shall be paid for any work done under…
- § 1224 If the cost of construction or alteration under the contract is ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more, from time to time, as the work of construction or…
ARTICLE 6. Annexation §§ 1251–1259 · 9 sections
- § 1251 The boundaries of any district organized or existing under this chapter may be altered and new territory annexed to, and incorporated within, it pursuant to…
- § 1252 To qualify for annexation, new territory shall be contiguous to the existing district.
- § 1253 Proceedings may be commenced for the annexation of territory to an existing district by petition filed with the county clerk and signed by registered voters…
- § 1254 The petition shall be addressed to the board of supervisors of the county within which the district is situated, shall be signed by the number of qualified…
- § 1255 Within 30 days after the filing of the petition the county elections official shall find and certify whether the petition is signed by the requisite number of…
- § 1256 The notice required in Section 1255 shall state the fact that the board has fixed the time and place, which shall be stated in the notice, for a hearing on the…
- § 1257 If, at the close of the hearing, the board of supervisors determines to annex the territory, or any portion thereof, it shall so declare by resolution. The…
- § 1258 The declaration of the result and recordation of the statement of the election shall be carried out substantially pursuant to Sections 1182 and 1183 of this…
- § 1259 Territory forming a part of any existing district at the time of presentation of a petition for annexation, shall not be annexed pursuant to this article.
CHAPTER 2. County and City Buildings §§ 1260–1266 · 8 sections
- § 1260 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates: (a) “Political subdivision” means any city, county, district, or other local governmental…
- § 1261 Any political subdivision may lease any lot or building or part thereof belonging to it and not required for public use, for not exceeding 20 years, or may…
- § 1262 Any county may provide, maintain, or provide and maintain buildings, memorial halls, meeting places, memorial parks, or recreation centers for the use or…
- § 1262.1 Not to exceed 50 percent of any funds accumulated in, transferred from or accumulated by transfer from, the General Fund pursuant to, and for any of the…
- § 1263 Any money which is made available by the State to any political subdivision for the purposes of acquiring and constructing public buildings may be used for the…
- § 1264 The governing body maintaining any facilities constructed or maintained pursuant to this chapter may provide for the use of such facilities by persons or…
- § 1265 The board of supervisors of any county may sell real property contiguous to an existing cemetery which it acquired for the purposes of Section 1262 to the…
- § 1266 (a) Whenever a city, county, or city and county has provided, maintained, or provided and maintained any building, memorial hall, meeting place, memorial park,…
CHAPTER 4. Capitol Park Veterans Memorials §§ 1300–1303 · 4 sections
- § 1300 There is hereby created within the State Treasury the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing…
- § 1301 The Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of the maintenance and…
- § 1302 The Department of Veterans Affairs shall administer the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of General…
- § 1303 When administering the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall prioritize, in consultation with the California Veterans…
CHAPTER 5.5. Vandalism of Veterans’ Memorials § 1318 · 1 section
- § 1318 Every person who maliciously destroys, cuts, breaks, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any veterans’ memorial constructed or…
CHAPTER 7. California Mexican American Veterans’ Memorial Beautification and Enhancement §§ 1330–1338 · 9 sections
- § 1330 (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a California Mexican American Veterans’ Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Committee composed of…
- § 1331 Members of the committee shall not receive any compensation.
- § 1332 The committee may request staff support and facilities for its activities from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the department may provide that support…
- § 1333 The committee shall be responsible for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
- § 1334 (a) The beautification and enhancement of an existing memorial on state grounds is hereby authorized. For the purposes of this act, “state grounds” means that…
- § 1335 With respect to the design and construction of an enhanced memorial, the committee may do all of the following: (a) Establish a schedule for the design,…
- § 1335.5 With respect to the design and construction of an enhanced memorial, the Department of General Services, in consultation with the committee, shall seek to…
- § 1336 The design of the enhanced memorial shall be as politically neutral as possible.
- § 1338 The committee shall notify the Governor and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs when beautification and enhancement of the memorial pursuant to this chapter is…
CHAPTER 8. California Mexican American Veterans’ Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Account §§ 1340–1341 · 2 sections
- § 1340 The California Mexican American Veterans’ Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Account is hereby created in the General Fund. All funds received by the…
- § 1341 (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all funds deposited in the California Mexican American Veterans’ Memorial Beautification and…
CHAPTER 8.5. National World War II Veterans Memorial Trust Fund § 1350 · 1 section
- § 1350 There is hereby established the National World War II Veterans Memorial Trust Fund to receive those moneys transferred in accordance with Section 18702 of the…
CHAPTER 8.6. Veterans Memorial Registry §§ 1360–1361 · 2 sections
- § 1360 The Department of Veterans Affairs shall establish a statewide Veterans Memorial Registry. The registry shall provide the location and condition of all known…
- § 1361 The Veterans Memorial Registry shall be made available on the web site of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The department shall provide the geographically…
CHAPTER 8.7. Veterans Appreciation Week § 1365 · 1 section
- § 1365 In recognition of the efforts and sacrifices of veterans of the United States Armed Forces, the second full week in November is hereby annually designated as…
CHAPTER 9. Northern California Veterans Cemetery §§ 1400–1403 · 4 sections
- § 1400 (a) (1) The Department of Veterans Affairs, in voluntary cooperation with the Shasta County Board of Supervisors and the boards of supervisors of other…
- § 1401 (a) For the purposes of Section 1400, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors may join with other northern California counties including, but not limited to,…
- § 1402 (a) Proposals for the construction, placement, or donation of monuments and memorials to the cemetery shall be subject to review by an advisory committee…
- § 1403 (a) Notwithstanding Section 11005 of the Government Code, the cemetery administrator, subject to the approval of the director, may accept donations of personal…
CHAPTER 9.5. Southern California Veterans Cemetery §§ 1410–1418 · 5 sections
- § 1410 (a) (1) Pursuant to Section 1412, the department, in voluntary cooperation with local government entities in the County of Orange, shall first study and then…
- § 1412 (a) For the purposes of Section 1410, all local government entities in the County of Orange may join together for the purpose of cooperating with the…
- § 1414 (a) Proposals for the construction, placement, or donation of monuments and memorials to the cemetery shall be subject to review by an advisory committee…
- § 1416 (a) Notwithstanding Section 11005 of the Government Code, the cemetery administrator, subject to the approval of the secretary, may accept donations of…
- § 1418 For purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the department may adopt regulations. All regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be…
CHAPTER 10. Central Coast Veterans Cemetery §§ 1450–1457 · 9 sections
- § 1450 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Department” means the Department of Veterans Affairs. (b) “Endowment Fund” means the…
- § 1450.1 (a) Pursuant to this chapter, the department, in voluntary cooperation with the Board of Supervisors of the County of Monterey, the City of Seaside, the Fort…
- § 1450.2 (a) The Secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs shall establish the California Central Coast Veterans Cemetery Advisory Committee that…
- § 1451 (a) The California Central Coast State Veterans Cemetery at Fort Ord Endowment Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Moneys in the Endowment Fund shall…
- § 1453 (a) (1) The Controller, upon appropriation by the Legislature, shall transfer moneys from the Endowment Fund to the Operations Fund in an amount equal to the…
- § 1454 (a) The Central Coast Veterans Cemetery Master Development Fund is hereby renamed the California Central Coast State Veterans Cemetery at Fort Ord Operations…
- § 1455 (a) Subsequent to the department’s submission of the State Veterans Cemetery Grant Program application, pursuant to Section 1453, the department shall adopt…
- § 1456 (a) Proposals for the construction, placement, or donation of monuments or memorials, excluding headstones, and other amenities to the veterans cemetery shall…
- § 1457 (a) Notwithstanding Section 11005 of the Government Code, the veterans cemetery administrator may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Veterans…
CHAPTER 10.5. State Veterans Cemeteries Fee Waiver § 1480 · 1 section
- § 1480 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the fee for the interment of the spouses or children of eligible veterans in a cemetery operated under this division may be…