Title GOV, California Gov. Code

If a mandated program included in the State Mandates Apportionment System is modified or amended by the Legislature or by executive order, and the modification or amendment significantly affects the costs of the program, as determined by the commission, the program shall be remov…

(a) The commission shall establish a procedure for reviewing, upon request, any apportionment or base year entitlement of a local agency or school district. (b) Local agencies and school districts which request such a review shall maintain and provide those records and documentat…

The commission shall periodically review programs funded under the State Mandate Apportionments System to evaluate the effectiveness or continued statewide need for each such mandate. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1534, Sec. 4. Effective October 2, 1985.)

The Controller shall have the authority to do either or both of the following: (a) Audit the fiscal years comprising the base year entitlement no later than three years after the year in which the base year entitlement is established. The results of such audits shall be used to a…

The total amount due to each city, county, city and county, and special district, for which the state has determined that reimbursement is required under paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution, shall be appropriated for paym…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, persons employed by the Legislature for two or more consecutive years shall be given an opportunity, upon request, to obtain civil service appointment list eligibility by taking any promotional civil service examination or c…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, persons retired from the United States military, honorably discharged from active military duty with a service-connected disability, or honorably discharged from active duty, shall be eligible to apply for promotional civil service exam…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, persons holding, for two or more consecutive years, nonelected exempt positions in the executive branch of government as defined in subdivisions (c), (e), (f), (g), (i), and (m) of Section 4 of Article VII of the Constitutio…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a legislative or nonelected exempt executive branch employee who is appointed to a career executive assignment pursuant to Section 18990 or 18992, shall be eligible to compete in his or her appointing power’s promotional examination…

For the purpose of providing and maintaining a fund to meet the payments of demands drawn for the payment of pensions and the expenses of the board, a trust fund account to be known as “county peace officers’ retirement fund” shall be opened upon the books of the auditor and trea…

All transfers or payments to the fund and all withdrawals and other cash transactions shall be accounted upon the books of the auditor and treasurer in and out of this fund in the same manner as county transactions. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

All warrants drawn on the fund shall be signed by the treasurer and at least one other member of the board, who shall be designated by the board. No warrant is valid until it is countersigned, numbered, and recorded by the county auditor. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

Payments provided for in this chapter shall be made monthly upon proper vouchers. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

In its ordinance or resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds, a city legislative body may provide that a certain portion of such bonds, as determined and specified in the ordinance or resolution, will be paid by the city each year prior to maturity, at the option of the holde…

In the ordinance or resolution, the legislative body shall prescribe the method for determining the particular bonds to be paid, and the manner in which they are payable. It shall also fix the amount to be paid by the city in lieu of interest on the bonds accrued but not due at t…

If provision is made for the payment of bonds in advance of maturity, the legislative body shall levy and collect a tax which, with any other funds in the treasury set apart for the purpose, is sufficient to pay the portion of such bonds becoming payable before maturity and prior…

Such taxes are in addition to all other taxes levied and collected for municipal purposes and for meeting payments on the principal and interest of the bonded indebtedness as they fall due. They shall be levied and collected at the time and in the manner of other municipal taxes,…

The amount fixed by the legislative body to be paid in lieu of interest accrued but not due shall be paid by the city out of the fund in its treasury for meeting sums coming due for interest on such bonds. At the time of payment of the bonds, this amount, and all due and unpaid i…

As used in this article, the term “peace officer” means a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, or deputy marshal of a county or city and county, or a marshal or police officer of a city or town, employed and compensated as such, whether the members are volunteer, partl…

Whenever any peace officer of a city, county, or city and county of this state is injured, dies, or is disabled from performing his or her duties as a peace officer by reason of engaging in the apprehension or attempted apprehension of law violators or suspected law violators or …

Nothing in this article shall be deemed to: (a) Require the extension of any benefits to a peace officer who at the time of his injury, death, or disability is acting for compensation from one other than the city, county or city and county of his primary employment. (b) Require t…

A local public entity in this state may file a petition and exercise powers pursuant to applicable federal bankruptcy law if either of the following apply: (a) The local public entity has participated in a neutral evaluation process pursuant to Section 53760.3. (b) The local publ…

As used in this article the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Chapter 9” means Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 901) of Title 11 of the United States Code. (b) “Creditor” means either of the following: (1) An entity that has a noncontingent claim against a munic…

(a) A local public entity may initiate the neutral evaluation process if the local public entity is or likely will become unable to meet its financial obligations as and when those obligations are due or become due and owing. The local public entity shall initiate the neutral eva…

Notwithstanding Section 53760.3, a local public entity may file a petition and exercise powers pursuant to applicable federal bankruptcy law, if the local public entity declares a fiscal emergency and adopts a resolution by a majority vote of the governing board at a noticed publ…

This article shall not impose any liability or responsibility, in law or equity, upon the state, any department, agency, or other entity of the state, or any officer or employee of the state, for any action taken by any local public entity pursuant to this article, for any violat…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1), except as provided in subdivision (c), a local public entity shall provide the name and mailing address of each retired…

There may be imposed by local ordinance a requirement for the payment of fees for purposes of defraying the actual or estimated costs of constructing planned drainage facilities for the removal of surface and storm waters from local or neighborhood drainage areas and of construct…

After completion of the facilities and the payment of all claims from any “planned local drainage facilities fund” or any “planned local sanitary sewer fund,” the legislative body of a county or city shall determine by resolution the amount of the surplus, if any, remaining in an…

Any surplus remaining shall be refunded as follows: (a) There shall be refunded to the current owners of property for which a fee was previously collected, the balance of such moneys in the same proportion which each individual fee collected bears to the total of all individual f…

(a) A local ordinance may require the payment of a fee as a condition of approval of a final map or as a condition of issuing a building permit for purposes of defraying the actual or estimated cost of constructing bridges over waterways, railways, freeways, and canyons, or const…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 66007, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange and the city council or councils of any city or cities in that county may, by ordinance, require the payment of a fee as a condition of approval of a final map or as a condition of issuing a build…

(a) The legislative body of a local agency may adopt an ordinance requiring the payment of a fee as a condition of approval of a subdivision requiring a final or parcel map, or as a condition of issuing a building permit in an area of benefit under a groundwater recharge facility…

(a) A local ordinance may require the payment of a fee, subject to the Mitigation Fee Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 66000), Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 66010), Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 66012), Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 66016), and Chapter 9 (co…

The authorizations granted by this article are additional to all other authority granted by law to local agencies relating to subdivisions and shall in no way be construed as a limitation on or diminution of that authority. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 228, Sec. 2. (AB 147) Effecti…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) (1) “Advertisement” means any general or public communication that is authorized and paid for by a committee for the purpose of supporting or opposing a candidate or candidates for elective office or a ballot meas…

The Commission shall not, by regulation, policy, opinion, or advice letter, construe or interpret any of Sections 82025, 84305, 84310, 84501 through 84511, inclusive, or Section 85704 as allowing the Commission to establish or maintain any thresholds in quantity or amount that ar…

(a) (1) Any advertisement not described in subdivision (b) of Section 84504.3 that is paid for by a committee pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 82013, other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the control…

(a) Any advertisement not described in subdivision (b) of Section 84504.3 that is paid for by a committee pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 82013, other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling…

(a) An advertisement paid for by a committee, other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate, that is disseminated over the radio or by telephonic means shall include the disclosures requi…

(a) An advertisement paid for by a committee, other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate, that is disseminated as a video, including advertisements on television and videos disseminate…

(a) A print advertisement designed to be individually distributed, including, but not limited to, a mailer, flyer, or door hanger, that is paid for by a committee, other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the…

(a) This section applies to an electronic media advertisement if either of the following is true: (1) The advertisement is paid for by a committee other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling cand…

(a) A radio or television advertisement that is paid for by a political party or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate, and that does not support or oppose a ballot measure and is not paid for by an independent expenditur…

An advertisement that is an independent expenditure and paid for by a political party or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate shall include the disclosures required by Sections 84502, 84506.5, and 84514. An advertisement…

(a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Online platform” means a public-facing internet website, web application, or digital application, including a social network, ad network, or search engine, that sells advertisements directly t…