Title GOV — California Gov. Code

(a) When the mayor is unable to attend a meeting of a city selection committee, the mayor shall designate another member of the city’s legislative body to attend and vote at the meeting as the mayor’s representative. (b) For the city selection committee in the County of Los Angel…

Representatives of a majority of the number of cities within a county entitled to representation on the city selection committee shall constitute a quorum of the committee; provided, however, that a majority vote of the representatives of the number of cities within a county enti…

In order to provide for initial organization of a city selection committee pursuant to this article, an organizational meeting of each committee shall be held within 60 days after the effective date of this article. The clerk of each county shall act as temporary chairman of the …

(a) At the first organizational meeting of a city selection committee held pursuant to Section 50273, it shall select from among its members a permanent chairman and vice chairman, and such other officers as it deems necessary. The term of office of the chairman and vice chairman…

In order to carry out the provisions and purposes of this article, a city selection committee shall formulate and adopt rules and regulations to govern the conduct of their meetings and the selection of city representatives. Such rules and regulations shall include, but not be li…

The clerk of each county shall act as the permanent secretary and recording officer of the city selection committee organized within such county. All meetings of a city selection committee shall be conducted in the presence of the clerk of the county in which the committee is org…

A city selection committee shall conduct regular meetings at the times specified by it in its rules and regulations, and shall also meet upon the call of its chairman. The chairman of a selection committee may call a special meeting of the committee at any time, and the chairman …

At least two weeks prior to the date of any meeting of a city selection committee, the secretary of the committee shall give notice of the meeting to each member of the committee. The secretary shall also give reasonable notice to each member of a selection committee of the time,…

Members of a city selection committee shall serve without compensation.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, in any county in which there is only one incorporated city, the legislative body of such city is hereby created and shall serve as the city selection committee in the county for the purpose of appointing city representatives to…

Upon the application of an owner or the agent of an owner of any qualified historical property, as defined in Section 50280.1, the legislative body of a city, county, or city and county may contract with the owner or agent to restrict the use of the property in a manner which the…

“Qualified historical property” for purposes of this article, means privately owned property which is not exempt from property taxation and which meets either of the following: (a) Listed in the National Register of Historic Places or located in a registered historic district, as…

Any contract entered into under this article shall contain the following provisions: (a) The term of the contract shall be for a minimum period of 10 years. (b) Where applicable, the contract shall provide the following: (1) For the preservation of the qualified historical proper…

The legislative body entering into a contract described in this article may require that the property owner, as a condition to entering into the contract, pay a fee that shall not exceed the reasonable cost of providing the service pursuant to this article for which the fee is ch…

(a) Each contract shall provide that on the anniversary date of the contract or such other annual date as is specified in the contract, a year shall be added automatically to the initial term of the contract unless notice of nonrenewal is given as provided in this section. Each c…

If the legislative body determines that the owner has breached any of the conditions of the contract provided for in this article or has allowed the property to deteriorate to the point that it no longer meets the standards for a qualified historical property, the legislative bod…

No contract shall be canceled under Section 50284 until after the legislative body has given notice of, and has held, a public hearing on the matter. Notice of the hearing shall be mailed to the last known address of each owner of property within the historic zone and shall be pu…

(a) If a contract is canceled under Section 50284, the owner shall pay a cancellation fee equal to 121/2 percent of the current fair market value of the property, as determined by the county assessor as though the property were free of the contractual restriction. (b) The cancell…

As an alternative to cancellation of the contract for breach of any condition, a landowner that is a party to the contract may bring any action in court necessary to enforce a contract, including, but not limited to, an action to enforce the contract by specific performance or in…

In the event that property subject to contract under this article is acquired in whole or in part by eminent domain or other acquisition by any entity authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain, and the acquisition is determined by the legislative body to frustrate the pu…

In the event that property restricted by a contract with a county under this article is annexed to a city, the city shall succeed to all rights, duties, and powers of the county under such contract.

Local agencies and owners of qualified historical properties may consult with the State Historical Resources Commission for its advice and counsel on matters relevant to historical property contracts.

This article does not apply to cities containing a population of over 1,900,000 according to the 1950 federal census or to cities which are also cities and counties.

A board of supervisors may contract with a city, governed under general laws or charter, within the county, and the city legislative body may contract with the county for the performance by its appropriate officers and employees, of city functions.

The term of the contract shall not exceed five years but may continue for periods of five years each, unless the legislative body of either local agency votes not to continue the term at a meeting more than one year before the expiration of any five-year period.

The county officers and employees named in the contract shall exercise within the city all of the powers and duties conferred upon the city officers or employees named in the contract.

The city may provide in the contract for the payment to the county of a consideration agreed upon, which shall be paid to the county treasurer.

If the contract results in a unification of a county department with a similar city department requiring a reduction of employees in either department and in a particular line of promotion, the reduction shall be made only from those employees most recently employed within the li…

The contract shall provide for the assumption of all city pension rights of the transferred employees by the county, or for their continuation by the city, or by both.

The board of supervisors shall hold separately in trust pension money or property taken over by it from the city under the contract and all earnings, increases, and additions to such funds. The money or property shall be expended solely for the payment of the city’s portion of su…

Any person pensioned at the execution of the contract has a vested property right in the pension fund for the payment of his pension.

If authorized by the city charter and approved by resolution of the board of supervisors, a city organized under a freeholders’ charter may transfer any of its functions and any of the functions of an officer, board, or commission to an officer, board, or commission of the county…

The resolution of the board of supervisors shall recite: (a) The functions to be transferred. (b) The county officers, boards, or commissions to perform the function. (c) The compensation to be paid by the city to the county for the services to be performed.

The transfer may be rescinded: (a) At any time by the joint action of the city and the county. (b) By separate action of either with one year’s notice.

The city shall express its rescission as provided by its charter or, if the charter does not provide, by resolution of its legislative body. The county shall express its rescission by resolution of the board of supervisors.

City functions relating to the assessment of property for taxation, the collection of taxes levied for municipal purposes, the collection of assessments, and the sale of property for the nonpayment of taxes or assessments, may be transferred pursuant to this article. Where a city…

If the city charter so authorizes, other functions may be transferred and performed as provided by law.

A county which provides services through its appropriate departments, boards, commissions, officers or employees, to any city pursuant to contract or as authorized by law, shall charge the city all those costs which are incurred in providing the services so contracted or authoriz…

This chapter may be cited as the Community Energy Authority Act.

It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this part to provide the means by which a county or city can plan and implement a comprehensive energy strategy that will assist in planning energy projects and uses that will encourage energy efficiency and conservation in new and …

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article govern the construction of this chapter.

“Authority” means a community energy authority created pursuant to this chapter.

“City” means any city or city and county.

“County” means any county.

“Governing body” means the city council in the case of a city or the board of supervisors in the case of a county.

“Area of operation” means either of the following: (a) In the case of an authority created by a city, the area within its boundaries. It does not include any area which lies within another city unless the governing body of the other city has consented by resolution or ordinance. …

“Federal government” means the United States, or any agency or instrumentality of the United States.

“Energy project” means any project within the city’s or county’s boundaries that directly or indirectly involves a substantial use of energy in its operation, except that this part does not apply to any work or project undertaken within the city or county by a privately owned pub…

“Bond” means any bonds, notes, certificates of participation, interim certificates, debentures, or other obligations issued by an authority pursuant to this chapter.

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, this invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisi…