Title GOV, California Gov. Code

Every officer with whom official bonds are filed shall carefully keep and preserve the bonds. He shall give certified copies thereof to any person demanding copies, upon being paid the same fees as are allowed by law for certified copies of papers in other cases. (Enacted by Stat…

The county recorder shall record the bond and return it to the county officer with whom it is required to be filed. Such officer shall keep the bond on file for one year following the expiration of the term of the office for which the bond was issued at which time said bond may b…

Any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall give a bond, corresponding in substance and form with the bond required of the officer originally elected or appointed, before entering upon the duties of the office. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

No fee shall be charged by any officer to file or record any official bond of any official of this state or any political subdivision of this state. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1105.)

For the purposes of this chapter, a government crime insurance policy or employee dishonesty insurance policy, including faithful performance, may be provided as an alternative to the official bond by any county or city, subject to approval by the presiding judge of the superior …

The Legislature finds and declares that many special districts have the ability to raise revenue through user charges and fees and that their ability to raise revenue directly from the property tax for district operations has been eliminated by Article XIII A of the California Co…

As used in this chapter: (a) “Governing body” means the board of supervisors except that in the case of a subsidiary district “governing body” means the city council, and in the case of a multi-county district “governing body” means the governing body of the multi-county district…

Eligible securities for the investment of surplus moneys shall be any of the following: (a) Bonds or interest-bearing notes or obligations of the United States, or those for which the faith and credit of the United States are pledged for the payment of principal and interest. (b)…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, funds held by the state, pursuant to a written agreement between the state and employees of the state to defer a portion of the compensation otherwise receivable by the state’s employees and pursuant to a plan for that deferr…

This article does not apply to persons expressly excluded from membership in this system by Article 2 (commencing with Section 20300) and Article 3 (commencing with Section 20320). (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)

All members of the retirement system immediately prior to the time this part becomes operative continue to be members of this system. An employee of a contracting agency on the effective date of its contract with the board becomes a member immediately. Every other employee become…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 20281, a person who becomes a state miscellaneous member or state industrial member of the system on or after the effective date of this section because the person is first employed by the state and qualifies for membership shall be subject to the prov…

All officers, warrant officers, and enlisted persons who after October 1, 1961, are placed on full-time active duty with the office of the Adjutant General, pursuant to Sections 142, 321, 340 and 551, or former Section 167 of the Military and Veterans Code, shall become members i…

(a) Any employer that fails to enroll an employee into membership when he or she becomes eligible, or within 90 days thereof, when the employer knows or can reasonably be expected to have known of that eligibility shall be required to pay all arrears costs for member contribution…

When any person who is an employee of the state within the meaning of Section 20028 is assigned to the performance of work for which his or her compensation is paid, pursuant to statute or duly authorized contract entered into by the state or the state agency by which the person …

Any employee, who was a state member in employment in a function at the time of the assumption of the function by a city and county and became a local member on the date of the assumption and in employment of the city and county in that function under the contract with the city a…

The board shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry into effect the provisions of this part in conformity with Section 218 of Title II of the Social Security Act and federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto, including, but not limited to, the conditions, method and proc…

The board, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may designate other state agencies to perform work, furnish services, materials, or equipment, or otherwise assist in the administration of this part in accordance with this code relating to interagency services …

Agreements as defined in Section 22006, and all applications and agreements and contracts and any amendments thereto between the board and the Adjutant General, the Teachers’ Retirement Board, the Regents of the University of California, and any public agency, except the state, e…

The board may delegate to the executive officer authority to perform any act within the power of the board itself to perform under this part. The executive officer may delegate to his or her subordinates any act or duty unless the board, by motion or resolution recorded in the mi…

New counties may be formed and created from portions of one or more existing counties solely pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)

As used in this chapter: (a) “Affected county” means each county from which territory is proposed to be transferred to create a new county. (b) “Approved county” means the territory to be included in a new county after the registered voters in the affected county or counties have…

Any action to determine the validity of the formation of a county pursuant to this chapter shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 699, Sec. 4.5. (SB 894) Effective Janua…

A proposed county shall not be created if: (a) The population of any affected county shall be reduced to less than 20,000. (b) The population of the proposed county shall be less than 10,000. (c) The area of any affected county will be reduced to less than 1,200 square miles. The…

Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (c) of Section 23306, a county may be created from the territory of Nevada County provided that the territory which is proposed to be transferred from such county does not exceed 25 percent of the total territory of such county. (Adde…

No boundary line of a proposed county shall pass through or divide the territory of any incorporated city. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)

Proceedings under this chapter shall not be subject to the provisions of Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, relating to local agency formation commissions. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)

Except as otherwise provided by law, the county clerk shall act as clerk of the board of supervisors in the county. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 263, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2008.)

Except as provided by law, the county clerk shall register as voters any electors who apply for registration and shall perform any other duties required of him or her by the Elections Code. In those counties in which a registrar of voters office has been established, the registra…

In the Counties of El Dorado, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Lake, Marin, Merced, Modoc, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Riverside, San Joaquin, Solano, Sonoma, and Tulare, a registrar of voters may be appointed by the board of supervisors in the same manner as other county officers are appointe…

He shall take charge of and safely keep, or dispose of pursuant to law, all books, papers, and records which are filed or deposited in his office pursuant to law. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

Each regulation and order of repeal of a regulation filed with a county clerk pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11380) of Chapter 4.5, Part 1, Division 3, Title 2, of this code shall be retained in an active file, available for public inspection, until receipt by the…

The clerk must keep a calendar of all criminal actions pending in the court, enumerating them according to the date of the filing of the indictment or information, specifying opposite the title of each action whether it is for a felony or a misdemeanor, and whether the defendant …

(a) In counties having a population of 900,000 or over, the clerk of the court may employ as many foreign language interpreters as may be necessary to interpret in criminal cases in the superior court, and in the juvenile court within the county and to translate documents intende…

The county clerk shall keep an official seal of his office for use when performing official duties other than ex officio duties which shall, when embossed, stamped, impressed or affixed to a certification, show legibly. Such seal shall: (a) be circular in shape; (b) be not less t…

The county clerk shall distribute to persons applying for a marriage license a list of family planning and birth control clinics located in the county, which shall be prepared by the county health officer. If there is a marriage license bureau within the county clerk’s office, th…

Unless another provision of law requires a longer retention period, the county clerk may destroy or otherwise dispose of any paper or document filed with or submitted to him or her more than one year previously, if he or she determines that there is no need for its retention. In …

(a) The clerk of the superior court may cause the following documents to be photographed, microphotographed, photocopied, electronically imaged, or otherwise reproduced on film and stored in that form: (1) A document transferred to the clerk under Section 732 of the Probate Code.…

Charges incurred against the county pursuant to this title are county charges. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The following expenses of the district attorney and the sheriff are county charges: (a) Traveling and other personal expenses incurred in criminal cases arising in the county and in civil actions and proceedings in which the county is interested. (b) All other expenses necessaril…

Expenses incurred by a county in returning a fugitive or escaped prisoner to another county for trial or detention in a county facility shall be paid by the county of trial or detention to the county which incurred the expenses of returning the fugitive. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch…

The expenses necessarily incurred in the support of persons charged with or convicted of a crime and committed to the county jail and the maintenance therein and in other county adult detention facilities of a program of rehabilitative services in the fields of training, employme…

The sums required by law to be paid to grand jurors and witnesses in criminal cases tried in a superior court, other than expert witnesses appointed by the court for the court’s needs pursuant to Section 730 of the Evidence Code, are county charges. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 4…

The accounts of the coroner for such services as are not otherwise provided for are county charges. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The necessary expenses incurred in the support of the county hospitals, almshouses, and the indigent sick and otherwise dependent poor, whose support is chargeable to the county, are county charges. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

When authorized by the board of supervisors, expenses incurred by county authorities pursuant to Section 1451.5 of the Health and Safety Code or for temporary, emergency, or extended care or treatment of indigent patients of the county by local hospitals or any hospital maintaine…