CHAPTER 4. Recreation and Park Districts [5780. - 5796.20.]

Chapter 4 repealed and added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 15, Sec. 4.

§§ 5780–5796.20 · 98 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 5780–5780.9 · 6 sections

   • § 5780 (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Recreation and Park District Law. (b) The Legislature finds and declares that recreation, park, and…
   • § 5780.1 As used in this chapter: (a) “Board of directors” means the board of directors of a district. (b) “City” means any city whether general law or charter,…
   • § 5780.3 (a) This chapter provides the authority for the organization and powers of recreation and park districts. This chapter succeeds the former Chapter 4…
   • § 5780.5 This chapter is necessary for the public health, safety, and welfare, and shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
   • § 5780.7 If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision of this chapter in any circumstance or to any person, city, county, special district,…
   • § 5780.9 Any action to determine the validity of the organization of or of any action of a district shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860)…
2. ARTICLE 2. Area and Boundaries §§ 5781–5781.1 · 2 sections

   • § 5781 Except as provided in this section, territory, whether incorporated or unincorporated, whether contiguous or noncontiguous, may be included in a district.…
   • § 5781.1 The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the Government Code, shall…
3. ARTICLE 3. Formation §§ 5782–5782.7 · 5 sections

   • § 5782 A new district may be formed pursuant to this article.
   • § 5782.1 (a) A proposal to form a new district may be made by petition. The petition shall do all of the things required by Section 56700 of the Government Code. In…
   • § 5782.3 (a) Before circulating any petition, the proponents shall publish a notice of intention that shall include a written statement not to exceed 500 words in…
   • § 5782.5 (a) A proposal to form a new district may also be made by the adoption of a resolution of application by the legislative body of any county or city that…
   • § 5782.7 (a) Once the proponents have filed a sufficient petition or a legislative body has filed a resolution of application, the local agency formation commission…
4. ARTICLE 4. Selection of the Initial Board of Directors §§ 5783–5783.13 · 8 sections

   • § 5783 The initial board of directors of a district formed on or after January 1, 2002, shall be determined pursuant to this article.
   • § 5783.1 In the case of a district that contains only unincorporated territory in a single county, the board of directors may be elected or may be appointed by the…
   • § 5783.3 In the case of a district that contains only unincorporated territory in more than one county, the board of directors may be elected or may be appointed by the…
   • § 5783.5 In the case of a district that contains unincorporated territory and the territory of one or more cities: (a) The board of directors may be elected or…
   • § 5783.7 In the case of a district that includes only incorporated territory within a single city, the board of directors may be elected or appointed by the city…
   • § 5783.9 In the case of a district that includes only incorporated territory in more than one city, the board of directors may be elected or appointed by the city…
   • § 5783.11 (a) In the case of a district where the initial board of directors is to be elected, the elections and the terms of office shall be determined pursuant to the…
   • § 5783.13 In the case of a district where the initial board of directors is to be appointed, the county board of supervisors or the city council that appoints the board…
5. ARTICLE 5. Boards of Directors and Officers §§ 5784–5784.15 · 10 sections

   • § 5784 (a) A legislative body known as the board of directors shall govern every district. The board of directors shall establish policies for the operation of the…
   • § 5784.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if on December 31, 2001, a member of the board of directors was elected or appointed as a voter of this state and…
   • § 5784.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of…
   • § 5784.3 (a) The term of office of each member of a board of directors who has been elected or appointed to a fixed term is four years. Directors shall take office at…
   • § 5784.5 If a county board of supervisors or a city council has appointed itself as the board of directors, the board of supervisors or city council may delegate any or…
   • § 5784.7 (a) Within 45 days after their first election and after each general district election or unopposed election, or at the beginning of each new term for members…
   • § 5784.9 (a) Notwithstanding Section 5784.7, a district may establish an alternative depositary pursuant to this section. (b) The board of directors may adopt a…
   • § 5784.11 A board of directors shall meet at least once every three months. Meetings of the board of directors are subject to the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act,…
   • § 5784.13 (a) A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (b) The board of directors shall act only by ordinance,…
   • § 5784.15 (a) The board of directors may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred…
6. ARTICLE 6. Reorganizing the Board of Directors §§ 5785–5785.5 · 4 sections

   • § 5785 (a) In the case of a district with an elected board of directors, the directors may be elected: (1) At large. (2) By divisions. (3) From divisions. (b) As used…
   • § 5785.1 (a) In the case of a board of directors elected by divisions or from divisions, the board of directors shall adjust the boundaries of the divisions before…
   • § 5785.3 (a) If a majority of the voters voting on the question at a general district or special district election are in favor, a district that has an appointed board…
   • § 5785.5 (a) Before circulating any petition pursuant to Section 5785 or Section 5785.3, the proponents shall publish a notice of intention that shall include a written…
7. ARTICLE 7. Powers and Duties §§ 5786–5786.31 · 17 sections

   • § 5786 A district may: (a) Organize, promote, conduct, and advertise programs of community recreation, including, but not limited to, parks and open space, parking,…
   • § 5786.1 A district shall have and may exercise all rights and powers, expressed or implied, necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter, including,…
   • § 5786.3 When acquiring, improving, or using any real property, a district shall comply with Article 5 (commencing with Section 53090) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of…
   • § 5786.5 (a) If a district was formed without the power of eminent domain, the district shall not exercise eminent domain to acquire any real or personal property,…
   • § 5786.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) If a majority of the voters voting on the question at a general district or special district election are in…
   • § 5786.9 (a) A district shall have perpetual succession. (b) A board of directors may, by a four-fifths vote of its total membership, adopt a resolution to change the…
   • § 5786.11 (a) A district may cooperate with any city, county, special district, school district, state agency, or federal agency to carry out the purposes and intent of…
   • § 5786.13 A district may contract with other public agencies to provide recreation facilities and programs of community recreation within the district’s boundaries. A…
   • § 5786.15 (a) Each district shall adopt policies and procedures, including bidding regulations, governing the purchase of supplies and equipment. Each district shall…
   • § 5786.17 (a) Violation of any rule, regulation, or ordinance adopted by a board of directors is a misdemeanor punishable pursuant to Section 19 of the Penal Code. (b)…
   • § 5786.19 (a) The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code applies to all districts. (b) A…
   • § 5786.21 If a county board of supervisors has appointed itself as the board of directors and the county has by ordinance provided a civil service system: (a) A county…
   • § 5786.23 (a) This section shall apply only to a district where all of the following apply: (1) The county board of supervisors has appointed itself as the board of…
   • § 5786.25 A board of directors may require any employee or officer to be bonded. The district shall pay the cost of the bonds.
   • § 5786.27 A board of directors may provide for any programs for the benefit of its employees and members of the board of directors pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with…
   • § 5786.29 A district may authorize the members of its board of directors and its employees to attend professional or vocational meetings and pay their actual and…
   • § 5786.31 Whenever the boundaries of a district or a zone change, the district shall comply with Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 54900) of Part 1 of Division 2 of…
8. ARTICLE 8. Elections §§ 5787–5787.3 · 3 sections

   • § 5787 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, districts are subject to the Uniform District Election Law, Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10…
   • § 5787.1 A board of directors may require that the election of members to the board of directors shall be held on the same day as the statewide general election…
   • § 5787.3 If the proposition on the question of formation fails, the county or counties shall pay the expenses of the election. If the proposition on the question of…
9. ARTICLE 9. Finance §§ 5788–5788.25 · 14 sections

   • § 5788 On or before July 1 of each year, the board of directors shall adopt a preliminary budget that shall conform to the accounting and budgeting procedures for…
   • § 5788.1 (a) On or before July 1 of each year, the board of directors shall publish a notice stating all of the following: (1) That it has adopted a preliminary budget…
   • § 5788.3 At the time and place specified for the meeting, any person may appear and be heard regarding any item in the budget or regarding the addition of other items.…
   • § 5788.5 On or before August 30 of each year, after making any changes in the preliminary budget, the board of directors shall adopt a final budget. The board of…
   • § 5788.7 At any regular meeting or properly noticed special meeting after the adoption of its final budget, the board of directors may adopt a resolution amending the…
   • § 5788.9 (a) In its annual budget, the board of directors may establish a restricted reserve for capital outlay and a restricted reserve for contingencies. When the…
   • § 5788.11 On or before July 1 of each year, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution establishing its appropriations limit and make other necessary determinations…
   • § 5788.13 The auditor of each county in which a district is located shall allocate to the district its share of property tax revenue pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing…
   • § 5788.15 On or before July 1 of any year, the city council of a city which is located wholly or partially within a district may adopt a resolution ordering the transfer…
   • § 5788.17 (a) A district may accept any revenue, money, grants, goods, or services from any federal, state, regional, or local agency or from any person for any lawful…
   • § 5788.19 A local agency may loan any of its available funds to a district.
   • § 5788.21 (a) A district may acquire any necessary real property by borrowing money or purchasing on contract pursuant to this section. That indebtedness shall be in…
   • § 5788.23 (a) All claims for money or damages against a district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of…
   • § 5788.25 (a) The board of directors shall provide for regular audits of the district’s accounts and records pursuant to Section 26909 of the Government Code. (b) The…
10. ARTICLE 10. Alternative Revenues §§ 5789–5789.5 · 4 sections

    • § 5789 Whenever a board of directors determines that the amount of revenue available to the district or any of its zones is inadequate to meet the costs of providing…
    • § 5789.1 A district may levy special taxes pursuant to: (a) Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the…
    • § 5789.3 A district may levy special benefit assessments consistent with the requirements of Article XIIID of the California Constitution to finance capital…
    • § 5789.5 (a) A board of directors may charge a fee to cover the cost of any service which the district provides or the cost of enforcing any regulation for which the…
11. ARTICLE 11. General Obligation Bonds §§ 5790–5790.17 · 10 sections

    • § 5790 (a) Whenever a board of directors determines that it is necessary to incur a general obligation bonded indebtedness for the acquisition or improvement of real…
    • § 5790.1 The resolution shall state: (a) The purpose for which the proposed debt is to be incurred, which may include expenses for the authorization, issuance, and sale…
    • § 5790.3 (a) The election shall be conducted pursuant to the Uniform District Election Law, Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code.…
    • § 5790.5 (a) The board of directors may provide for the issuance of bonds in any amounts, in any series, and on any terms, provided that they do not exceed the limits…
    • § 5790.7 (a) Before selling the bonds, the board of directors shall give notice inviting sealed bids. At a minimum, the board of directors shall publish notice at least…
    • § 5790.9 Any general obligation bonds issued by a district shall have the same force, value, and use as bonds issued by a city and the bonds and interest on the bonds…
    • § 5790.11 (a) All premiums and accrued interest received from the sale of the bonds shall be deposited with the treasurer in a special bond service fund to be used for…
    • § 5790.13 For any bond approved by the voters on or after January 1, 2001, the treasurer shall file the annual report required pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with…
    • § 5790.15 (a) After incurring a general obligation indebtedness, and annually thereafter until the indebtedness is paid or until there is a sum in the district treasury…
    • § 5790.17 If a district dissolves after incurring a general obligation indebtedness, the property in the territory that constituted the district at the time of its…
12. ARTICLE 12. Zones §§ 5791–5791.7 · 5 sections

    • § 5791 (a) Whenever a board of directors determines that it is in the public interest to provide different services, to provide different levels of service, or to…
    • § 5791.1 (a) At the hearing, the board of directors shall hear and consider any protests to the formation of the zone. If, at the conclusion of the hearing, the board…
    • § 5791.3 A board of directors may change the boundaries of a zone or dissolve a zone by following the procedures in Sections 5791 and 5791.1.
    • § 5791.5 A local agency formation commission shall have no power or duty to review and approve or disapprove a proposal to form a zone, a proposal to change the…
    • § 5791.7 (a) As determined by the board of directors, a zone may provide any service at any level within its boundaries that the district may provide. (b) As determined…
13. ARTICLE 13. Lower Los Angeles River Recreation and Park District §§ 5795–5795.20 · 5 sections

    • § 5795 (a) The Lower Los Angeles River Recreation and Park District may be established subject to this chapter and the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government…
    • § 5795.5 For purposes of this article, “district” means the Lower Los Angeles River Recreation and Park District.
    • § 5795.10 Notwithstanding Article 4 (commencing with Section 5783), the initial board of directors of the district shall consist of no more than 17 members, as follows:…
    • § 5795.15 The board of directors may be reorganized pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 5785).
    • § 5795.20 (a) In addition to the powers enumerated in Article 7 (commencing with Section 5786), which shall be subject to review and approval by the Los Angeles County…
14. ARTICLE 14. Lower San Gabriel River Recreation and Park District §§ 5796–5796.20 · 5 sections

    • § 5796 (a) The Lower San Gabriel River Recreation and Park District may be established subject to this chapter and the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government…
    • § 5796.5 For purposes of this article, “district” means the Lower San Gabriel River Recreation and Park District.
    • § 5796.10 Notwithstanding Article 4 (commencing with Section 5783), the initial board of directors of the district shall consist of no more than 15 members, as follows:…
    • § 5796.15 The board of directors may be reorganized pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 5785).
    • § 5796.20 (a) In addition to the powers enumerated in Article 7 (commencing with Section 5786), which shall be subject to review and approval by the Los Angeles County…