Title GOV, California Gov. Code

(a) Notwithstanding Section 19853, this section shall apply to state employees in State Bargaining Unit 5. (b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), all employees shall be entitled to the following holidays: January 1, the third Monday in January, the third Monday in February, M…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 19853 or 19853.1, a state employee, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, may elect to receive eight hours of holiday credit for observance of a holiday or ceremony of the state employee’s religion, culture, or heritage in lieu of receiving ei…

(a) Every employee, upon completion of six months of his or her initial probationary period in state service, shall be entitled to one personal holiday per fiscal year. The personal holiday shall be credited to each full-time employee on the first day of July. No employee shall l…

Any state employee who was laid off from the Department of Employment on the 31st day of December 1941 and thereafter entered the employ of the United States Employment Service and who returned to state service prior to November 16, 1946 and any person who entered the employ of t…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the County Service Area Law. (Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 158, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Population growth and development in unincorporated areas result in new and increased demands for public facilities and services that promote the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare. (b) The residents and …

Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the county board of supervisors acting as the governing authority of a county service area. (b) “Commission” or “local agency formation commiss…

(a) This chapter provides the authority for the organization and powers of county service areas. This chapter succeeds the former Chapter 2.2 (commencing with Section 25210.1) as added by Chapter 858 of the Statutes of 1953, and as subsequently amended. (b) Any county service are…

This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes. (Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 158, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)

If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision of this chapter in any circumstance or to any person, county, city, special district, school district, the state, or any agency or subdivision of the state is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other…

(a) Any action to determine the validity of the organization of a county service area or zone shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (b) Any action to determine the validity of any bonds, warrants…

(a) Territory, whether contiguous or noncontiguous, in the unincorporated area of a single county may be included in a county service area. (b) A county service area that includes the entire unincorporated area of a county may be formed to provide any or all of the services and f…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, elections for a county service area or zone are subject to the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code). (b) A county may conduct any election for a county service…

This chapter may be known and cited as the Open Space Maintenance Act. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)

The procedure established herein shall be additional or alternative to any other procedure established by ordinance or state law. The election to proceed under this chapter shall be expressed in the ordinance of intention to form the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)

Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and provisions contained in this section shall govern the construction and the meaning and application of words and phrases used in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)

“Clerk” means the clerk of the legislative body of the local agency. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)

“Maintenance” means the performance of all acts and doing of the things necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including the maintenance and improvement of open areas and the doing of those acts set forth in Section 50583. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)

“Open space” or “open area” means any space or area characterized by great natural scenic beauty or whose existing openness, natural condition, or present state of use, if retained, would enhance the present or potential value of abutting or surrounding urban development, or woul…

“Open space maintenance district” or “district” means any district created pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to pay the assessments for the maintenance work to be done hereunder. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1503.)

The purpose of this chapter is to provide a means whereby any local agency may form maintenance districts within which property may be assessed to pay the costs and expenses of improving and maintaining open spaces which the local agency has acquired pursuant to Sections 6950 to …

In addition to matters specified elsewhere in this chapter, the acts authorized under this chapter include the following: (a) The formation of districts pursuant to this chapter. (b) The planning, maintaining, improving, protecting, limiting the future use of or otherwise conserv…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982”. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1451, Sec. 1.)

This chapter provides an alternative method of financing certain public capital facilities and services, especially in developing areas and areas undergoing rehabilitation. The provisions of this chapter shall not affect or limit any other provisions of law authorizing or providi…

Any provision in this chapter which conflicts with any other provision of law shall prevail over the other provision of law. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1102, Sec. 2. Effective September 24, 1986.)

The local agency may take any actions or make any determinations which it determines are necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter and which are not otherwise prohibited by law. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 538, Sec. 1. Effective September 9, 1985.)

(a) On and after January 1, 1994, a local agency may initiate proceedings to establish a district pursuant to this chapter only if it has first considered and adopted local goals and policies concerning the use of this chapter. The policies shall include at least the following: (…

(a) (1) Territory that is dedicated or restricted to agricultural, open-space, or conservation uses may not be included within or annexed to a community facilities district that provides or would provide facilities or services related to sewers, nonagricultural water, or streets …

A community facilities district may be established under this chapter to finance any one or more of the following types of services within an area: (a) Police protection services, including, but not limited to, criminal justice services. However, criminal justice services shall b…

To the extent that any capital facility is provided under this chapter, a duplicate levy, impact fee, or other exaction may not be required for the same purpose under Section 66477. (Added by renumbering Section 53313.8 (as added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1451) by Stats. 1992, Ch. 427,…

Any territory within a community facilities district established for the acquisition or improvement of school facilities for a school district shall be exempt from any fee, increase in any fee other than a cost-of-living increase as authorized by law, or other requirement first l…

A community facilities district may also finance the purchase, construction, expansion, improvement, or rehabilitation of any real or other tangible property with an estimated useful life of five years or longer or may finance planning and design work that is directly related to …

The legislative body may enter into an agreement for the construction of discrete portions or phases of facilities to be constructed and purchased consistent with Section 53313.5. The agreement may include any provisions that the legislative body determines are necessary or conve…

The legislative body may provide for adjustments in ad valorem property taxes pursuant to Section 53313.7 within a community facilities district only after making both of the following findings at the conclusion of the public hearing held pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Se…

(a) Upon making the findings pursuant to Section 53313.6, the legislative body may, with the concurrence of the legislative body which levied the property tax described in subdivision (a) of Section 53313.6, by ordinance, determine that the total annual amount of ad valorem prope…

(a) All or any part of the cost of any school facilities financed by a community facilities district may be shared by the State Allocation Board pursuant to Section 17718.5 of the Education Code. (b) If the State Allocation Board shares in any part of the cost of the school facil…

The legislative body may from time to time transfer moneys to a community facilities district or to an improvement area within a community facilities district, for the benefit of the district or improvement area, from any funds available to the legislative body. Any moneys so tra…

In the first fiscal year in which a special tax or charge is levied for any facility or for any services in a community facilities district or a zone within a community facilities district, the legislative body shall include in the levy a sum sufficient to repay to the legislativ…

Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the legislative body, the legislative body may appropriate any of its available moneys to a revolving fund to be used for the acquisition of real or personal property, engineering services, or the construction of structures or improvements need…

(a) In connection with the financing of services and facilities pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 53313 and subdivision (k) of Section 53313.5, the legislative body may establish a revolving fund to be kept in the treasury of the district. Except as provided in subdivision (…

(a) Any responsible party as defined by subdivision (a) of Section 78145 of the Health and Safety Code shall be liable to the district for the costs incurred in the removal or remedial action for the cleanup of any hazardous substance released or threatened to be released into th…

At any time either before or after the formation of the district, the legislative body may provide, by ordinance, that for a period specified in the ordinance, the local agency may contribute, from any source of revenue not otherwise prohibited by law, any specified amount, porti…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 53313.5, at any time either before or after the formation of the district, the legislative body may accept advances of funds or work in-kind from any source, including, but not limited to, private persons or private entities and may provide, by resolut…

This chapter shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate its purposes. No error, irregularity, informality, and no neglect or omission of any officer, in any procedure taken under this chapter, which does not directly affect the jurisdiction of the legislative body to ord…

The failure of any person to receive a notice, resolution, order, or other matter shall not affect in any way whatsoever the validity of any proceedings taken under this chapter, or prevent the legislative body from proceeding with any hearing so noticed. (Added by Stats. 1982, C…

When any proceeding is initiated under this chapter by a legislative body other than that of a city or county, a copy of the resolution of intention shall be transmitted to the legislative body of the city, where the land to be assessed lies within the corporate limits of any cit…