Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

The board of supervisors shall not modify the boundaries of the proposed district as set forth in the petition so as to exclude from the proposed district any land which would be benefited by the formation of the district, nor shall there be included in the proposed district any …

If the board of supervisors concludes that any land has been improperly omitted from the proposed district and the owner has not appeared at the hearing, it shall continue the further hearing of the petition, and shall order notice given to the nonappearing owner, requiring him t…

The notice shall be given either by publication in the same manner as the original petition and for the same period, or by personal service on each nonappearing owner. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

If the notice is given by personal service, it shall be given at least three days prior to the date fixed for the further hearing. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

The board of supervisors may grant further continuances, by order entered in its minutes, to the end that a full hearing may be had. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

Upon the final hearing of the petition, the board of supervisors, if it approves the petition as originally presented or in a modified form, shall make an order containing: (a) A description of the exterior boundaries of the proposed district, as determined by the board of superv…

The order shall: (a) Fix the day of the election, which shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days from the date of the order. (b) State that at the election there shall be elected a district assessor, and five members of the board.

The order shall be entered in the minutes of the board of supervisors, and is conclusive evidence of the due presentation of a proper petition, and of the fact that each of the petitioners was, at the time of the signature and presentation of the petition, a resident and freehold…

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this article, the provisions of the chapter of this part on elections govern the election on the question of organizing a district and the election of the first district officers, and the board of supervisors of the county and the coun…

A copy of the order shall be posted for four successive weeks prior to the election in three public places in the proposed district at least one of which shall be in each county in which the district is located, and shall be published once a week for four successive weeks prior t…

Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election call to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the coun…

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 to vote on the district formation proposition, or any combination of such voters and associations of citizens, may file a …

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 prescribed, such election officials shall select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to the voters. In selecting the…

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 printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on the district formation question. The ballot pamphlet shall contain th…

At least 15 days prior to the election, the board of supervisors shall select one, and may select two or more, polling places in the proposed district, and shall make suitable arrangements for the election.

The ballots shall contain the words, “Shall the sanitary district be formed?” To the right of or below these words, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting targets. The ballot shall also contain the names of the persons to be voted for at the elec…

At the election there shall be elected an assessor and the members of the board who shall be resident electors of the district.

If a majority of the votes cast in each county are in favor of formation of the district, the board of supervisors shall make and cause to be entered in its minutes an order that a district of the name and with the boundaries stated in the order calling the election, setting fort…

If a majority of the votes cast are against formation of the district, the board of supervisors shall by order entered in its minutes so declare, and no other proceeding shall be taken in relation thereto until the expiration of one year from the date of the presentation of the p…

The Director of Finance shall schedule in the annual proposed budget the projects proposed in any fiscal year, that will incur direct costs for removal and remedial actions at hazardous substance release sites.

(a) For the purposes of this section, an “externally-funded position” means either of the following: (1) A direct or indirect position that provides oversight and related support of remediation and hazardous substance management at a military base, including a closed military bas…

The state account may sue and be sued in its own name.

Expenditures from the state account shall not be made in excess of the total amount of money in the state account at any one time. Expenditures in excess of that amount may be made only when additional money is collected or otherwise added to the state account.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Controller shall establish a separate subaccount in the state account, for any funds received from a settlement agreement or the General Fund for a removal or remedial action to be performed at a specific site. (b) Notwithstandi…

(a) The Controller shall establish a separate subaccount for site operation and maintenance in the state account. All of the following amounts shall be deposited in the subaccount: (1) Funds received from responsible parties for site operation and maintenance. (2) Funds received …

(a) There is hereby continuously appropriated from the state account to the department the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for each fiscal year as a reserve account for emergencies, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code. Funds in the reserve account are gov…

(a) There is in the General Fund the Site Remediation Account, which shall be administered by the director. The account shall be funded by money transferred from the state account, upon appropriation by the Legislature. Consistent with the requirements of Section 104(c) of the fe…

Funds in the Site Remediation Account appropriated for removal or remedial action pursuant to this part are available for encumbrance for three fiscal years subsequent to the fiscal year in which the funds are appropriated and are available for disbursement in liquidation of encu…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Johnston-Filante Hazardous Substance Cleanup Bond Act of 1984.

For purposes of this article, and for purposes of Section 16722 of the Government Code as applied to this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Board” means the department. (b) “Committee” means the Hazardous Substance Cleanup Committee created pursuant to Section 78295.…

The State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code) is adopted for the purpose of the issuance, sale, and repayment of, and otherwise providing with respect to, the bonds authorized to be issu…

The Hazardous Substance Cleanup Committee, which is hereby created, shall consist of the Governor, the Director of Finance, the Treasurer, the Controller, and the secretary.

The committee may create debts or liabilities of the State of California, in the aggregate of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000), in the manner provided in this article. The debts or liabilities shall be created for the purpose of providing moneys, for deposit in the fund…

(a) The moneys in the state account that are the proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this article may be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes specified in this section. (b) The board may expend moneys in the fund that are the proceeds of bonds i…

(a) All bonds authorized by this article, which are sold and delivered as provided in this article, constitute valid and legally binding general obligations of the State of California, and the full faith and credit of the State of California are hereby pledged for the punctual pa…

Notwithstanding Section 78345, the money deposited in the fund is available for transfer to the General Fund if money was deposited in the fund pursuant to any provision of law requiring repayments to the state for assistance financed by the proceeds of the bonds issued pursuant …

There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purpose of this article, an amount equal to the sum of all of the following: (a) The sum, annually, that will be necessary to pay the principal of, and the interest on, the bonds issued and sold pur…

(a) For the purpose of carrying out this article, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that the committee has, by resolution, authorized to be sold for the purpose o…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this bond act that include a bond coun…

Upon the request of the board, and supported by a statement of the proposed actions to be taken pursuant to Section 78305, the committee shall determine whether it is necessary or desirable to issue any bonds authorized pursuant to this article in order to take these actions, and…

The committee may authorize the Treasurer to sell all, or any part of, the bonds authorized under this article at the time or times as may be fixed by the Treasurer.

Except as provided in Section 78315, all proceeds from the sale of bonds, except those derived from premiums and accrued interest, are available for the purposes specified in Section 78305, but are not available for transfer to the General Fund to pay the principal of, and intere…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Brownfield site” has the same meaning as defined in Section 101 of the federal act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601). (b) “Brownfield law” means the federal Small Business Liability…

(a) The Revolving Loans Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys in the fund shall be continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, to the department for expenditure in accordance with this part. Th…

The Illegal Drug Lab Cleanup Account is hereby created in the General Fund and the department may expend any money in the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to carry out the removal actions required by Article 16 (commencing with Section 79350) of Chapter 5 and to im…

Any private corporation authorized by its articles so to do, may establish, maintain, manage, improve, or operate a cemetery, and conduct any or all of the businesses of a cemetery, either for or without profit to its members or stockholders. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

Charges made by a cemetery authority for foundations, for setting of or permitting the setting of, or for endowment care of, grave markers or monuments, shall be uniform whether the marker or monument sale was made by the cemetery authority or by another person, firm, or corporat…

Every contract of a cemetery authority, including contracts executed in behalf thereof by a cemetery broker or salesperson, which provides for the sale by the cemetery authority of an interment plot or any service or merchandise, shall be in writing and shall contain all of the a…

In addition to any right of rescission which the purchaser may have under law, a purchaser entering into a contract with a cemetery broker, salesman, or authority for the provision of an interment plot or any service or merchandise, may cancel such contract without payment of a r…

A cemetery authority shall comply with the Mausoleum and Columbarium Law (Part 5 (commencing with Section 9501)).