Title GOV — California Gov. Code

Upon the filing of vouchers at any time, the board may reimburse the special appropriation in a sum not to exceed the amount accounted for by the vouchers. The reimbursement shall be made in the same manner as the establishment of the appropriation.

The sheriff’s special appropriation is in addition to any other appropriations at his disposal, and this article does not limit or affect any provision of law relative to the expenses of the sheriff which are incurred by him and paid as are other county claims, after allowance by…

The provisions of this article relating to the sheriff’s special appropriation do not apply to any county operating under a charter making provision for a similar appropriation.

In addition to any other revolving funds provided for by this chapter, the board of supervisors may establish a revolving fund to be used by the sheriff in paying the expense of transporting persons committed to state institutions. The fund shall be in an amount sufficient to ena…

The board of supervisors in any county in which the public administrator or guardian receives a salary in lieu of fees may, in addition to any other revolving fund, establish a revolving fund to be used by the public administrator and a revolving fund to be used by the public gua…

The fees, charges, and expenses incurred in connection with any estate required to be administered by the public administrator or guardian in which the assets of the estate prove insufficient are county charges.

The board shall fix the amount of the public administrator’s revolving fund and the amount of the public guardian’s revolving fund in a sum sufficient to enable the public administrator and the public guardian at all times to meet necessary fees, charges, and expenses.

As soon as sufficient assets of an estate are received by the public administrator or guardian, he shall replenish his revolving fund by payment from such assets. If the assets are insufficient therefor, the revolving fund shall be replenished by a warrant drawn by the auditor on…

In all other respects, the provisions of Article 2 shall govern this fund.

All money received by the State from the United States in pursuance of any act of Congress providing for the distribution and payment to states and territories of a fixed percentage of the money received by the United States from the forest reserves established therein shall be c…

The payment made to each county from the receipts of any given forest reserve shall be in the proportion which the area of the forest reserve situated in the county bears to the total area of the reserve in this State.

The State Controller shall keep a record of the money received from the United States on account of each forest reserve in this State. On or before June 30th of each year he shall draw his warrant in favor of the treasurer of each county entitled to payment of money pursuant to t…

The computation of the amount of money due each county pursuant to this article shall be based on data furnished to the State by the responsible agency of the United States Government, showing the area of each United States forest reserve located within each county, and the amoun…

The auditor of any county receiving a payment of money pursuant to this article, shall immediately apportion the money by placing 50 percent to the credit of the forest reserve account in the county school service fund of the county, and 50 percent to the credit of the road fund.

Whenever the principal or interest on any bonds legally issued by the county or any district within the county which becomes due and there is not sufficient money in the fund established for the payment of the principal or interest to pay it, the board of supervisors may order th…

(a) If the board of supervisors so agrees by contract with the State Board of Equalization, the board of supervisors shall establish a local transportation fund in the county treasury and shall deposit in the fund all revenues transmitted to the county by the State Board of Equal…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors for any county of the first class may, upon the adoption of a resolution approved by a majority of all of its members, modify, for one fiscal year, its contract with the State Board of Equalization, as descr…

The board of supervisors shall continuously appropriate the money in such fund for expenditure for the purposes specified in this article and in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 99200) of Part 11 of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code.

From funds appropriated pursuant to Section 29531, the county auditor shall pay to public transportation entities the amounts allocated by the transportation planning agencies designated by the Director of Transportation as follows: (a) For a county included within the jurisdicti…

Pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 29532, each of the following entities is designated the transportation planning agency for its respective area: (a) The Metropolitan Transportation Commission created by Title 7.1 (commencing with Section 66500). (b) The Tahoe Regional Plann…

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 29532, the county transportation commission created in the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino by Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000) of the Public Utilities Code shall not be designated by the Dir…

In the event that any allocation, if approved in accordance with Section 29532, would cause the county to incur any indebtedness or liability in any year in excess of the money in the local transportation fund for such year, the board of supervisors shall, upon notification from …

The county auditor shall keep records and make reports concerning the local transportation fund as the Director of Transportation or the Controller shall prescribe. This section shall become operative on July 1, 1987.

Within each county which is not within the jurisdiction of a statutorily created regional transportation planning agency or a council of governments, a local transportation commission shall be established and composed of three members appointed by the board of supervisors, three …

A county that is not included within the jurisdiction of a statutorily created regional transportation agency but for which there is a council of governments may, pursuant to this section, elect, with the concurrence of a majority of the cities which include at least 50 percent o…

(a) (1) Subject to subdivision (d) of Section 29551, a county may impose a fee upon a city, special district, school district, community college district, college, or university for reimbursement of county expenses incurred with respect to the booking or other processing of perso…

(a) The board of supervisors or city council of any county, city and county, or city that opts to receive funds pursuant to Section 29552 shall establish a local detention facility revenue account, on behalf of the sheriff or the official responsible for local detention facilitie…

(a) (1) Commencing with the 2007–08 fiscal year, all counties and cities and counties that charged fees pursuant to Section 29550 and cities with Type One detention facilities that charged fees pursuant to Section 29550.3 during the 2006–07 fiscal year may apply to the Controller…

(a) The amount specified in Chapter 92 of the Statutes of 2020 shall be appropriated according to the methodology specified within this section to counties to provide fiscal relief due to the repeal of the fees specified in Chapter 92 of the Statutes of 2020. (b) The Director of …

(a) The amount specified in Chapter 257 of the Statutes of 2021 shall be appropriated according to the methodology specified within this section to counties to provide fiscal relief due to the repeal of the fees specified in Chapter 257 of the Statutes of 2021. (b) The Director o…

(a) Violation of a city ordinance is a misdemeanor unless by ordinance it is made an infraction. The violation of a city ordinance may be prosecuted by city authorities in the name of the people of the State of California, or redressed by civil action. (b) Every violation determi…

The city legislative body may impose fines, penalties, and forfeitures for violations of ordinances. It may fix the penalty by fine or imprisonment, or both. A fine shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). Imprisonment shall not exceed six months.

Imprisonment for violation of an ordinance shall be in the city jail, unless by ordinance the legislative body prescribes imprisonment in the county jail. If city prisoners are imprisoned in the county jail the expense is a charge against the city.

The legislative body may require persons imprisoned for violation of an ordinance to labor on public property or works within the city.

The enacting clause of ordinances shall be: “The city council of the City of ____ does ordain as follows:”.

(a) Ordinances shall be signed by the mayor and attested by the city clerk. When attesting to an electronic or digital signature, the clerk may presume that the signature is genuine and attributable to the signatory if the electronic or digital signature complies with the require…

(a) Within 15 days after its passage, the city clerk shall cause each ordinance to be published at least once, with the names of those city council members voting for and against the ordinance, in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the city, or if ther…

Whenever a city having a population of less than 2,500 inhabitants adopts an ordinance code containing all ordinances and amendments previously adopted and amendments and new ordinances to bring the codification up to the date of adoption, instead of publishing such code, amendme…

Ordinances shall not be passed within five days of their introduction, nor at other than a regular meeting or at an adjourned regular meeting. However, an urgency ordinance may be passed immediately upon introduction and either at a regular or special meeting. Except when, after …

Resolutions or orders for the payment of money shall be adopted or made only at a regular meeting or at a special meeting for which the notice of such special meeting specifies the business to be transacted.

Resolutions, orders for the payment of money, and all ordinances require a recorded majority vote of the total membership of the city council.

The rates of taxes to be levied or the amount of revenue required to be raised by taxation may be fixed either by ordinance or resolution. Where the tax rate or the amount of revenue required to be raised by taxation is fixed by resolution, such resolution shall be published in t…

Ordinances take effect 30 days after their final passage. An ordinance takes effect immediately, if it is an ordinance: (a) Relating to an election. (b) For the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, containing a declaration of the facts constituting the ur…

A chartered city may provide, in a special assessment improvement procedure ordinance adopted pursuant to its charter, for the application of the supplemental remedy provisions of Part 13 (commencing with Section 8800) of Division 10 of the Streets and Highways Code.

It is the intent of this article to enable any city to adopt such a retirement system as is adaptable to its size and type.

By ordinance, any city may establish a retirement system for its officers and employees and provide for the payment of retirement allowances, pensions, disability payments, and death benefits, or any of them.

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, separate rates of contribution for male and female employees shall not be maintained or established, nor shall different allowances or benefits be established for male and female employees.

Before the ordinance establishing a retirement system is adopted, the city legislative body shall adopt a resolution giving notice of intention to adopt the ordinance. The resolution shall contain a summary of the major provisions of the proposed retirement system.

The ordinance shall not be adopted unless an election is first held to permit the employees proposed to be included in the system to express by secret ballot their approval or disapproval of the retirement proposal.

The ballot used at the election shall include a summary of the retirement system as set forth in the resolution.