Title GOV, California Gov. Code

If necessary for the purposes of the election, the board of each affected county shall change the boundaries of the election precincts in its county to make them conform to the boundaries of the proposed county. The boundary lines of any precinct shall not extend beyond the bound…

The elections official of the principal county shall furnish to the officers of each precinct the supplies and equipment as provided for in Sections 14105 and 14110 of the Elections Code. The elections official of each other affected county from which territory is proposed to be …

Immediately on the closing of the polls the election officers shall, in connection with the affected county they represent: (a) Canvass the ballots. (b) Make up and certify the tally sheets of the ballots cast. (c) Seal up the ballots. (d) Attach a statement, signed by each elect…

The clerk of each affected county shall, upon the completion of a canvass of the vote, in the county the clerk represents, forward to the board of that county a certified copy of the results of the canvass, giving the number of votes cast in that affected county for the propositi…

If upon a canvass of the total votes cast in all the affected counties at the election, it appears that within each affected county more than 50 percent of the total number of all votes cast in the affected county, and more than 50 percent of the total number of all votes cast in…

The board of supervisors of the principal county shall cause a copy of the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 23369 to be filed with the State Board of Equalization, the Secretary of State, and the board of supervisors of each affected county. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.…

If upon a canvass of the votes cast at the election, it appears that the votes cast for creation of the proposed county are 50 percent or less, of the total number of votes cast within each and every affected county, or 50 percent or less of the total number of votes cast within …

All costs of an election shall be paid by the principal county, if the creation of the proposed county is defeated, or by the proposed county if it is created pursuant to this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)

Whenever this chapter becomes operative in any county a retirement association shall be organized. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The persons expressly declared to be ineligible to membership by this article shall not become members of the retirement association, and, except as expressly excluded, the persons enumerated in this article or the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 shall bec…

All existing officers and employees of the county become members of the association on the day the retirement system becomes operative, and thereafter each person entering the county employ becomes a member on the first day of the calendar month after his entrance into the servic…

On the first day of the calendar month after this section takes effect all existing officers and employees of the county, who, because of the provisions of Section 31552 prior to its amendment in 1953, were not members, become members on that day. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 789.)…

All existing officers and employees of the county, now members of the retirement system, and who became employed by the county during that interim period when the law did not allow membership into the retirement system until the first day of the calendar month following the expir…

Employees and officers described in Section 101851 of the Health and Safety Code shall not automatically become members of the retirement system of the health authority established pursuant to this chapter, and their eligibility for retirement benefits shall be established pursua…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), employees and officers of the Kern County Hospital Authority, a public agency that is a local unit of government established pursuant to Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 101852) of Part 4 of Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code…

Elective officers become members of the retirement association on the first day of the calendar month following the filing of a declaration with the board to become a member, provided, however, that any such elective officer may, within 60 days after the expiration of the officer…

All officers and attaches of the superior court established within the county, except judges and participants in any other pension system, become members of the association on the first day of the calendar month after the board of supervisors adopts by four-fifths vote a resoluti…

The board of supervisors and all other county officers shall make the appropriations and perform the duties specified in this chapter with reference to court officers and attaches in the same manner as specified for county or district officers or employees. The deductions provide…

All officers and employees of any district become members of the association on the first day of the calendar month after: (a) In the case of districts for which the board of supervisors is the governing body, such body adopts by four-fifths vote a resolution providing for the in…

Officers and employees of a district as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 31468, become members on the date specified in the agreement between the regents and the board of supervisors relating to the transfer to the regents of the hospital in which they are employed or of the…

Any action heretofore taken by the governing body of a district under Section 31557, or under color of that section, is hereby confirmed and validated and made fully effective. Membership in the association of any officers and employees of any district who were included in the as…

On the date a district, as defined in subdivision (l) of Section 31468, is included in the retirement system, any personnel appointed pursuant to Sections 31522.5, 31522.9, 31522.10, and 31529.9 who had previously been in county service shall continue to be members of the system …

All existing members of a pension system established pursuant to either Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 31900) or Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 32200) of this part and all employees eligible as safety members who at the time of entering service elected to become safety me…

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 31558 to the contrary, each person who, prior to July 1, 1969, was employed in a position, the principal duties of which consist of active law enforcement as defined in Section 31469.3 or active fire suppression as defined in Secti…

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 31558 to the contrary, each person who, prior to the effective date of this section was employed in positions the principal duties of which consist of active law enforcement for not less than 10 years and who is employed by a count…

All members employed by a county having a population in excess of 2,000,000 who are employed on and prior to January 1, 1958, whose duties are described in Section 31470.6 and who prior to that date file with the board a written election to become safety members, shall become saf…

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 31558 to the contrary, each person who is employed in a position, the principal duties of which consist of juvenile hall group counseling and group supervision as defined in Section 31469.4, on the date the provisions of Section 31…

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 31558 to the contrary, a person over 35 years of age who is employed by a county of the third class, as established by Sections 28020 and 28024, as amended in 1971, as a detective or investigator in the office of the district attor…

Whenever a county or district subject to the provisions of this chapter takes over and assumes any of the functions of any other public agency, and because of such assumption all or any employees of such other public agency become employees of such county or district, any such em…

A safety member shall remain a safety member only while the principal duties of his position consist of active law enforcement, active fire suppression or active lifeguard service as defined in Section 31469.3. While holding any other position in county service he shall remain a …

Any person employed under contract for temporary services requiring professional or highly technical skill is ineligible for membership. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

Any elective officer who does not declare his intention to become a member of the retirement association as required by this chapter is ineligible to membership. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person ceases to be a member for any portion of his or her service as an elected public officer or as a public employee that is forfeited pursuant to Sections 7522.70, 7522.72, and 7522.74. (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 741, Sec. 3. (A…

(a) All officers and employees of any district who have become members of the association as provided in Section 31557, may be withdrawn by a resolution of the governing body declaring all of the district’s employees withdrawn from the association; provided, the governing body ha…

(a) If a district’s participation in the retirement system is terminated pursuant to the provisions of Section 31564, the district shall remain liable to the retirement system for the district’s share of any unfunded actuarial liability of the system which is attributable to the …

Whenever the governing body of a district for which the board of supervisors is not the governing body adopts a resolution for the inclusion of such district in the retirement association, if, in the opinion of the board because of conditions peculiar to such district the contrib…

Any member of a system established under this chapter who is employed in a status requisite for membership in the State Teachers’ Retirement System, may elect to transfer his membership to that system. Any member who elects to transfer his membership pursuant to this section may …

Any member of a system established under this chapter who ceases to be an employee of the county under the provisions of Section 1312 of the Education Code may elect as authorized in Section 1313 of the Education Code to remain a member of such system. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that this section is declaratory of existing law. (b) A county or district whose officers and employees are enrolled as members of a retirement system pursuant to this chapter shall not exclude from membership in the system any employee, gro…

Any member of a retirement system established under this chapter who is employed in a position, the principal duties of which consist of active law enforcement or active fire suppression as defined under Sections 31469.3, 31470.2 and 31470.4, and who, prior to 1955, had the right…

As used in this article: (a) “Local agency” means any county, city, or city and county, including a chartered city, or special district, including a school district. (b) “Legislative body” means the city council in the case of a city, and the board of supervisors in the case of a…

Except as otherwise provided in the initiating resolution, any election required under this article shall be conducted as other elections of the local agency. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)

When two or more propositions for incurring indebtedness are submitted at the same election, the votes cast for and against each proposition shall be counted separately. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)

If two-thirds of the voters voting on a proposition initiated pursuant to this article vote for it, the legislative body may, by majority vote, adopt a resolution approving the issuance, sale, and delivery of the bonds. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 320, Sec. 2.)

The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding the maximum rate authorized by Section 53531, may be payable at the time or times, may be in one or more series, may bear a date or dates, may mature at a time or times not exceeding 31 years from their respective dat…

The bonds are special obligations of the local agency and shall be a charge against and are secured by a lien upon and shall be payable, as to the principal thereof and interest thereon, and any premiums upon the redemption thereof, from the revenues and such funds as are describ…