Title GOV — California Gov. Code

Any witness served with a subpena who wilfully and without reasonable excuse fails to attend and testify is guilty of a misdemeanor.

The coroner may adjourn the inquest from time to time as may be necessary.

The coroner shall cause the testimony given by any witness to be reduced to writing or recorded either in shorthand or by a mechanical recording device. It may, if recorded, at his discretion, be transcribed into typewriting by him or under his direction. He may employ a clerk or…

The inquest verdict or decision shall be inadmissible as evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding.

The transcript of the testimony of the witnesses examined in the coroner’s inquest shall be completed and filed within 10 days following the inquest with either the coroner’s office or the county clerk as determined by the board of supervisors.

After hearing the testimony, the jury shall render its verdict and certify it by an inquisition in writing signed by the members of the jury, or the coroner shall render his decision if the inquest is by the coroner sitting without a jury, setting forth the name of the deceased, …

If the findings are that the deceased met his or her death at the hands of another, the coroner shall, in addition to filing the report in his or her office or with the county clerk, as determined by the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 27503, transmit his or her written …

There shall be but one inquest upon a body, unless that taken is set aside by the court, and there shall be but one inquest held upon several bodies of persons who were killed by the same cause and died at the same time.

If it appears that an error in the identity of the body has been made by the jury, the coroner may call another inquest without reference to the court, and a memorandum of the error shall be entered upon the erroneous inquisition.

(a) The coroner shall cause to be performed an autopsy on a decedent, for which an autopsy has not already been performed, if the surviving spouse requests him or her to do so in writing. If there is no surviving spouse, the coroner shall cause an autopsy to be performed if reque…

(a) A postmortem examination or autopsy conducted at the discretion of a coroner, medical examiner, or other agency upon an unidentified body or human remains is subject to this section. (b) Any agency tasked with the exhumation of a body or skeletal remains of a deceased person …

The law enforcement agency investigating the death of an unidentified person shall report the death to the Department of Justice, in a format acceptable to the Department of Justice, no later than 10 calendar days after the date the body or human remains were discovered.

(a) A forensic autopsy shall only be conducted by a licensed physician and surgeon. The results of a forensic autopsy shall only be determined by a licensed physician and surgeon. (b) A forensic autopsy shall be defined as an examination of a body of a decedent to generate medica…

(a) A coroner may test the bodily fluid extracted during the autopsy of a deceased person to determine if any amount, including a trace amount, of xylazine was present at the time of the person’s death in either of the following circumstances: (1) The coroner reasonably suspects …

If the coroner is absent or unable to attend, the duties of his office may be discharged by any of his deputies with like authority and subject to the same obligations and penalties as the coroner.

The legislative body of a city may provide fire engines and all other necessary or proper apparatus for the prevention and extinguishment of fires.

The legislative body of a city may: (a) Establish and maintain fire limits. (b) Regulate building and construction and removal of buildings within the city.

The legislative body of a city organized under general law shall establish a fire department for the city. The fire department shall be under the charge of a chief who shall have had previous training and experience as a fireman. The other members of the fire department shall con…

(a) The police department of a city is under the control of the chief of police. (b) In municipalities which provide for police and other emergency services through a consolidated public safety agency which includes traditional law enforcement, fire protection, and other emergenc…

The legislative body of a city may delegate to either the chief of police of the city or the city manager the authority to: (a) Appoint one or more police officers. (b) Appoint additional police officers when he or she deems it necessary for the preservation of the public order.…

In every city having a regularly organized paid police force, the city legislative body or other body having the management and control of the police force shall grant every member of the force an annual leave of absence of 15 days from active duty.

Leaves of absence shall be so arranged as not to interfere with the police protection of the city.

Leaves of absence granted for sickness or injuries received in the discharge of duty are not a part of the annual leave of absence.

A deduction shall not be made from the pay of any police officer granted leave of absence pursuant to this article.

The mayor or other officer in control of the police force in a city shall direct a sufficient number of peace officers to attend and keep order at any public meeting in the city at which, in his or her opinion, a breach of the peace may occur.

The legislative body of a city may: (a) Regulate the construction of and the materials used in all buildings, chimneys, stacks, and other structures and in foundations and foundation walls. (b) Regulate the construction, repair, or alteration of buildings pursuant to Health and S…

A city may acquire by gift, purchase, or condemnation, water, water rights, reservoir sites, rights of way for pipes, aqueducts, flumes, or other conduits, and all other property and appliances suitable and proper to supply water for the use of the city and its inhabitants.

Two or more cities may jointly acquire and develop a source of water supply for municipal and domestic purposes and construct the works necessary for their joint and several purposes and needs.

When a city legislative body deems it advisable to investigate the desirability of joint action with any other city for acquiring and maintaining a water supply, the legislative body shall pass a resolution so stating. With the consent and advice of the legislative body, the mayo…

The commissioners from the several cities shall meet and consider the desirability of the joint acquisition and development of a water supply and the plans and terms they deem feasible and equitable. If they agree upon the plans and terms, they shall report them to their legislat…

If the legislative bodies approve the plans and terms reported by the commissioners, they shall declare their approval by resolution and submit them to the qualified voters of their respective cities for approval or rejection at the next city election or at a special election cal…

If the terms and plans are approved by a majority of the voters voting on the proposition at the election, the cities may begin developing or acquiring the water supply in accordance with the plans and terms.

Any city may issue bonds to complete the acquisition of a water supply jointly with other cities. All proceedings relating to the issue of such bonds shall be taken pursuant to law for the issue of bonds to acquire a water supply.

Joint ownership and costs shall be restricted to those portions of the sources and works which are common to all the cities served. Each city shall exclusively own, construct, and operate those sources and works which are for its exclusive use.

The apportionment of all costs of acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance of the joint properties shall be made upon the basis of the amount of water proposed to be apportioned to the several cities, unless a different apportionment of costs is agreed upon.

The total costs of works which exclusively serve one city shall be borne by that city exclusively.

The plans and terms or other agreement for acquiring the water supply may be modified by agreement between the cities, as declared by the legislative bodies.

Before a resolution or ordinance relating to the joint acquisition of a water supply is binding upon a city, it shall be approved by the mayor or passed over the mayor’s veto pursuant to the charter provision or general law for the passage of ordinances.

The legislative body of any city may: (a) Contract for supplying the city with water for municipal purposes. (b) Acquire, construct, repair, and manage pumps, aqueducts, reservoirs, or other works necessary or proper for supplying water for the use of the city or its inhabitants …

A city may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753, fix, on or before the first day of July in each calendar year, an annual water service standby or immediate availability charge to be applied on an area or frontage or parcel basis, or a combina…

If any water standby charge authorized to be collected pursuant to Section 38743 remains unpaid on the first day of the month before the month in which the board of supervisors of the county in which the city is located is required by law to levy county general taxes, a 6-percent…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city council of a city may, by resolution, establish zones or areas of benefit within the city for purposes of restricting the imposition of the water service standby or immediate availability charges authorized in Section 38743 to …

Any city which owns and operates a waterworks system, or any part of such a system, may sell, lease, or otherwise transfer the control or management of the system, or the portion thereof, to any municipal water district which is engaged in supplying the inhabitants of the city wi…

If the legislative body of the city determines that it is for the best interests of the city to sell, lease, or otherwise transfer the control or management of its waterworks system, or portion thereof, to such a municipal water district, by a four-fifths vote of all its members,…

The ordinance shall specify the price, the yearly or monthly rental, or if the transfer and control of the waterworks system is to be made upon terms, the ordinance shall briefly state the terms.

The ordinance shall also state such conditions and stipulations as the legislative body determines necessary to a proper understanding of the transaction, and may refer to the proposed form of contract for further particulars.

The ordinance shall be published weekly for at least four weeks in a newspaper published in the city, or if there is no such newspaper it shall be posted in three public places in the city for three weeks.

The ordinance is subject to referendum in the same manner as other ordinances.

The sale, lease, or transfer on terms shall be for a valuable consideration, which shall be agreed upon between the legislative body of the city and the board of directors of the municipal water district.

The contract or deed shall be executed on behalf of the city by its mayor.