Title GOV, California Gov. Code

“Building standard” has the same meaning provided in Section 18909 of the Health and Safety Code. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1060, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2001.)

“Cost impact” means the amount of reasonable range of direct costs, or a description of the type and extent of direct costs, that a representative private person or business necessarily incurs in reasonable compliance with the proposed action. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1059, Sec…

“Director” means the director of the office. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1060, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2001.)

“Emergency” means a situation that calls for immediate action to avoid serious harm to the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare. (Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 713, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)

“Major regulation” means any proposed adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation subject to review by the Office of Administrative Law pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 11349) that will have an economic impact on California business enterprises and individuals in…

“Office” means the Office of Administrative Law. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1060, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2001.)

“Order of repeal” means any resolution, order, or other official act of a state agency that expressly repeals a regulation in whole or in part. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1060, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2001.)

“Performance standard” means a regulation that describes an objective with the criteria stated for achieving the objective. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1060, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2001.)

“Plain English” means language that satisfies the standard of clarity provided in Section 11349. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1060, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2001.)

“Prescriptive standard” means a regulation that specifies the sole means of compliance with a performance standard by specific actions, measurements, or other quantifiable means. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1060, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2001.)

“Proposed action” means the regulatory action, notice of which is submitted to the office for publication in the California Regulatory Notice Register. (Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 59, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2002.)

“Regulation” means every rule, regulation, order, or standard of general application or the amendment, supplement, or revision of any rule, regulation, order, or standard adopted by any state agency to implement, interpret, or make specific the law enforced or administered by it,…

(a) “Small business” means a business activity in agriculture, general construction, special trade construction, retail trade, wholesale trade, services, transportation and warehousing, manufacturing, generation and transmission of electric power, or a health care facility, unles…

The board is authorized to, and may, finance the construction or renovation, and the equipping, of public buildings or facilities on a site or sites within the University of California, including buildings to be lease purchased by the United States Government, the California Stat…

Any public building or facility which is constructed or renovated and equipped pursuant to this chapter shall be utilized only for educational and research purposes related to fields of high technology, as defined in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1268, Sec. 1.)

The board shall lease-purchase to the Regents of the University of California and lease or lease-purchase to the Trustees of the California State University, the Board of Governors of the California Maritime Academy, and to the California Community College districts, upon approva…

Proceedings for the consolidation of two or more contiguous counties may be initiated by petition, or by resolution of the board of supervisors of each affected county filed with the board of supervisors of the principal county. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)

A petition initiating proceedings shall be signed by qualified electors of each affected county equaling in number not less than 25 percent of the number of electors of each county registered within the county on the date of the last preceding gubernatorial election. Each elector…

A petition may consist of a single instrument or several counterparts. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)

A petition may designate not more than three persons as chief petitioners setting forth their names and mailing addresses. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)

No petition shall be accepted for filing pursuant to this article unless the signatures therein shall have been secured within six months of the date on which the first signature on the petition was affixed and such petition is submitted for filing as provided in Section 23515 wi…

All petitions shall be filed with the clerk of the principal county. All counterparts of a petition shall be filed at the same time. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)

Within 30 days after the date of filing of a petition, the clerk of the principal county shall examine the petition and determine whether it is signed by the requisite number of electors. When the clerk has completed the examination, the clerk shall certify the results of the exa…

If the clerk certifies a petition to be insufficient the clerk shall give mailed notice thereof to each of the chief petitioners, if any, and file the petition as a public record without prejudice to the filing of a new petition. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)

If the clerk certifies a petition to be sufficient, the clerk shall immediately transmit a copy of the certification to the board of supervisors of each county and to each of the chief petitioners, if any. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)

In certifying the sufficiency of a petition, the clerk shall compare the name of each person signing the petition with the registration records of the county in which the person signing the petition resides. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)

Upon receipt of the certification of a petition for county consolidation or the adoption of resolutions pursuant to Section 23510, the board of the principal county shall forthwith transmit to the Governor a copy of the certification or a certified copy of the resolutions. (Added…

The board shall issue revenue bonds in the name of the local agency. These bonds shall constitute obligations of the project only, and neither the payment of the principal or interest of any such bond constitutes a debt, liability or obligation of the local agency or of the State…

The board shall determine the time, form and manner of the issuance of revenue bonds. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2066.)

The board may enter into indentures providing for the aggregate principal amount, date, or dates, maturities, interest rate, denominations, form, registration transfer and interchange of such bonds and coupons, and the terms and conditions upon which the same shall be executed, i…

An indenture pursuant to which bonds are issued may include such covenants and agreements on the part of the board as the board deems necessary or advisible for the better security of the bonds issued thereunder. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2066.)

An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to pay or cause to be paid punctually the principal of all such bonds and the interest thereon on the date or dates, at the place or places, and in the manner mentioned in such bonds and…

An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to continuously operate all improvements acquired, constructed, or completed, in whole or in part, from the proceeds of the bonds in an efficient and economical manner. (Added by Stats. …

An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to make all needful and necessary repairs, renewals and replacements to any improvements and to keep them at all times in good repair, working order and condition. (Added by Stats. 1957,…

An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to preserve and protect the security of the bonds and the rights of the holders thereof and to warrant and defend such rights. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2066.)

An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged from the funds available for that purpose all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies or other charges which, if unpaid, m…

An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder which limits, restricts, or prohibits any right, power or privilege of the board to mortgage or otherwise encumber, sell, lease or dispose of any improvements constructed from the proceeds of the bonds, or …

An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to fix, prescribe and collect fees, rates, tolls, rentals or other charges in connection with the services and facilities furnished from the improvements acquired, constructed or purchas…

An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to hold in trust the revenues pledged to the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon, or to any reserve or other fund created for the further protection of the bonds, and to apply…

An indenture may include a clause limiting the power of the board to apply the proceeds of the sale of any issue of bonds for the acquiring, constructing, or completing of any improvement or any part thereof, or more than one of such improvements. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2066.…

An indenture may include a clause limiting the power of the board to issue additional bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing or completing any improvement or any part thereof. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2066.)

An indenture may include a clause requiring, specifying or limiting the kind, amount and character of insurance to be maintained by the board on any improvement, or any part thereof, and the use and disposition of the proceeds of any such insurance thereafter collected. (Added by…

An indenture may include a clause providing the events of default and the terms and conditions upon which any or all of the bonds then or thereafter issued may become or be declared due and payable prior to maturity, and the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and it…

An indenture may include a clause designating the rights, limitations, powers and duties arising upon breach by the board of any of the covenants, conditions, or obligations contained in any indenture. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2066.)

An indenture may include a clause prescribing a procedure by which the terms and conditions of the indenture may be subsequently amended or modified with the consent of the board and the vote or written assent of the holders of a specified principal amount of the bonds issued and…

The indenture may include a clause providing for such other acts and matters as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to secure the bonds or to make the bonds more marketable. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2066.)