Title GOV — California Gov. Code

The board shall fix the rental rates, fees and all other charges to be made for all facilities furnished, acquired, constructed or completed under this chapter for the use thereof by any persons utilizing such facilities. Subject to such contractual obligations as may be entered …

The board may lease concessions for a period of time not exceeding 10 years as may be agreed upon by the contracting parties with or without advertising for bids.

Every contract entered into by the board for the use of any project or part thereof, acquired, constructed or completed from the proceeds of the sale of revenue bonds shall incorporate by reference the provisions of any indenture pursuant to which the bonds were issued. Every suc…

The board may include, in an indenture for the issuance of revenue bonds, a clause that no competitive projects will be acquired or constructed by the board as long as any of the bonds issued under any such indenture are outstanding. Such limitation shall be valid and binding upo…

The board may also include in an indenture for the issuance of bonds a clause that no project acquired, constructed or completed from the proceeds of revenue bonds shall be used without charge therefor or be furnished free of charge to any person, including the State of Californi…

The holder of any bond issued pursuant to this chapter may by mandamus or other appropriate proceeding, require and compel the performance of any of the duties imposed upon the board or its officers, agents or employees in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation,…

While any revenue bonds issued by the board remain outstanding, the powers and duties of the board shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that will adversely affect the interest and rights of the holders of the bonds.

The board may accept contributions or appropriations from the United States of America, the State of California, or any department or agency of either thereof, or from any city, city and county, political subdivision, agency, district or other public corporation of this State.

The board may enter into any contract, arrangement or agreement with the United States, the State or any other municipal corporation or public agency and may cooperate with the United States, the State or any other municipal corporation or public agency for the development, maint…

The board may cooperate and contract with the United States under the War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944, approved October 3, 1944, and any acts amendatory or supplemental thereto or any other act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted, authorizing or permitting s…

The board may authorize or direct any officer, employee or department of the local agency to perform services for or in connection with the development, construction, maintenance or operation of any project and the cost of such services shall be a charge against the appropriate p…

The board may provide for the construction, maintenance and operation of any project upon any lands owned by the local agency without regard to the manner in which such lands were acquired, and if such lands were acquired other than through the issuance of revenue bonds authorize…

The proceeds from the sale of all bonds authorized under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the treasury of the local agency to the credit of the construction fund which the treasurer is hereby directed to establish for the particular project for which the bonds we…

If any surplus shall exist in the construction fund after the payment in full of all costs of acquisition, construction and completion of the project for which the revenue bonds were issued, the same may be paid out and disbursed for any of the purposes provided for in this chapt…

The board may provide for the payment of the interest becoming due and payment on the principal of revenue bonds prior to and during the period of actual construction of the project for which the bonds are issued and for the period specified in the indenture for the issuance of t…

Moneys in the construction fund not required to meet acquisition or construction costs or expenses payable from the construction fund or interest on the bonds, may be invested in bonds and other obligations eligible for investment of surplus county moneys; subject to such limitat…

All revenues received from the operation of the project acquired, constructed or completed by the board shall be paid into the treasury of the local agency to the credit of the revenue fund which the treasurer is hereby directed to establish for the particular project for which t…

This chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out its objects and purposes and to finance the construction of needed public improvements through the medium of revenue bonds and to protect the holders of such bonds.

“Bonds” as used in this chapter means the written evidence of any obligation incurred by the board payable out of revenues as provided in this chapter in order to secure funds with which to carry out the purposes of this chapter irrespective of the form of such obligation whether…

“Revenue” as used in this chapter shall mean all fees, rates, charges, rentals or other income and revenue actually received or receivable by or for the account of the board from the operation of any particular project including without limiting the generality of the foregoing in…

“Board” as used in this chapter means the board of supervisors in the case of a county or city and county, and city council or board of trustees in the case of a city.

This chapter shall not be operative in any local agency until the board, either at a general or a special election, shall submit to the electors of the local agency the question as to whether the board shall be authorized to adopt the revenue-bond method of financing for the impr…

(a) There is created in the State Government the California Law Revision Commission. (b) Commencing January 1, 2020, there exists within the California Law Revision Commission the Committee on Revision of the Penal Code. (c) For purposes of this article, the following terms have …

(a) The commission consists of one Member of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, one Member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, and seven members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Legislative Counsel …

(a) The Committee on Revision of the Penal Code consists of one Member of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, one Member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, and five members appointed by the Governor. (b) (1) The Members of the Legislature…

(a) The members of the commission and committee shall serve without compensation, except that each member appointed by the Governor shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day’s attendance at a meeting of the commission or committee. (b) Each member of the commission an…

(a) The commission shall select one of its members chairperson. Five members constitute a quorum of the commission. (b) The Governor shall select one of the committee members to serve as chairperson. Three members constitute a quorum of the committee.

The commission may appoint an executive director and fix the director’s compensation, in accordance with law.

The commission may employ and fix the compensation, in accordance with law, of such professional, clerical and other assistants as may be necessary.

The material of the State Library shall be made available to the commission and the committee. All state agencies, and other official state organizations, and all persons connected therewith shall give the commission and committee full information, and reasonable assistance in an…

A local governmental entity may give the committee full information and reasonable assistance in any matters of research requiring recourse to them, or data within their knowledge or control.

The Board of Trustees of the State Bar shall assist the commission and the committee in any manner the commission or committee may request within the scope of its powers or duties.

(a) No employee of the commission and no member appointed by the Governor shall, with respect to any proposed legislation concerning matters assigned to the commission for study pursuant to Section 8293, advocate the passage or defeat of the legislation by the Legislature or the …

The commission shall, within the limitations imposed by Section 8293: (a) Examine the common law and statutes of the state and judicial decisions for the purpose of discovering defects and anachronisms in the law and recommending needed reforms. (b) Receive and consider proposed …

The commission shall recommend the express repeal of all statutes repealed by implication, or held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the state or the Supreme Court of the United States.

(a) The committee shall study and make recommendations on revision of the Penal Code to achieve all of the following objectives: (1) Simplify and rationalize the substance of criminal law. (2) Simplify and rationalize criminal procedures. (3) Establish alternatives to incarcerati…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The terms “dependent adult” and “dependent person” are misleading because many of the people with disabilities that those terms cover live independently. These terms can mislead law enforcement officers, social work…

(a) The commission and the committee shall submit their reports, and their recommendations as to revision of the laws, to the Governor and the Legislature. (b) Notwithstanding Section 9795, the commission and the committee may provide a copy of a recommendation to each member of …

The commission and the committee may, within the limitations imposed by Section 8293, include in their reports the legislative measures proposed by them to effect the adoption or enactment of the proposed revision. The reports may be accompanied by exhibits of various changes, mo…

(a) The commission shall file a report at each regular session of the Legislature that shall contain a calendar of topics selected by it for study, including a list of the studies in progress and a list of topics intended for future consideration. The commission shall confine its…

The commission’s and committee’s reports, exhibits, and proposed legislative measures shall be printed by the State Printing Office under the supervision of the commission or committee, respectively. The exhibits shall be so printed as to show in the readiest manner the changes a…

The commission and the committee shall confer and cooperate with any legislative committee on revision of the law and may contract with any other committee for the rendition of service, by either for the other, in the work of revision.

The commission and the committee may cooperate with any bar association or other learned, professional, or scientific association, institution, or foundation in any manner suitable for the fulfillment of the purposes of this article.

The commission may, with the approval of the Director of General Services, enter into, amend and terminate contracts with colleges, universities, schools of law or other research institutions, or with qualified individuals for the purposes of research.

The commission may study and recommend revisions to correct technical or minor substantive defects in the statutes of the state without a prior concurrent resolution of the Legislature referring the matter to it for study.

This chapter may be cited as the Legislators’ Retirement Law.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.

“Net earnings” means the earnings of the retirement fund less the administrative costs specified in Section 9354 and transfers to the reserve against deficiencies.

“Retirement system” or “this system” means the Legislators’ Retirement System established by this chapter.

“Board of Administration” or “board” means the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System.