Title GOV — California Gov. Code

If any savings and loan association or credit union fails to pay all or any part of deposits on demand of the Treasurer, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the contract relating to the deposit that is to be withdrawn in whole or in part, the Treasurer shall forthwith recover…

If at any time the security deposited with the Treasurer is not deemed satisfactory by the Treasurer, he may require such additional security as is satisfactory to him.

As used in this article, “qualified trust company” means the trust department of any state or national bank in this state or a trust company authorized to act as such in this state.

With the consent of the savings and loan association or credit union owning securities deposited or to be deposited with him or her as security, the Treasurer may: (a) Authorize any qualified trust company or any federal reserve bank or any branch thereof or any state or national…

The Treasurer shall take from the qualified trust company or from any federal reserve bank or any branch thereof or the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco a receipt for any securities received by it under this article. Neither the Treasurer nor the state is responsible for t…

Any qualified trust company or any federal reserve bank or any branch thereof or the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco to which securities are delivered, either as agent or depositary for the Treasury, shall make such disposition of the securities as the Treasurer directs a…

The charges of any qualified trust company or of any federal reserve bank or any branch thereof or the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco for the handling and safekeeping of such securities are not a charge against the Treasurer but shall be paid by the owner.

The Treasurer shall enter into contracts with savings and loan associations as in his or her judgment will be to the public advantage so to do. The contracts shall fix the duration of deposits and the rates of interest to be received, if any, the interest payment date, and provid…

In order to obtain as high rates of interest as possible, the contracts may contain any conditions necessary to conform with Section 5B of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, as amended (12 USC Sec. 1425 (b)), and with regulations established pursuant thereto by the Federal Home Loan…

The contracts covering deposits shall provide that the interest to be paid by the savings and loan association or credit union shall be paid upon the expiration of the certificate or certificates of deposit issued as a part of the contract. The contract may also provide for perio…

The contracts shall be executed by the savings and loan associations and credit unions in triplicate. The Treasurer shall file one copy of each contract with the Controller.

At the time of depositing state money in any savings and loan association or credit union, designated as a depository, the Treasurer shall take and preserve a receipt, certificate of deposit, or any other evidence of the deposit as the Treasurer may require, stating the amount de…

The Legislature finds that counties are faced with critical revenue shortages and a need to provide and maintain vital public services that the public wants and needs. The Legislature finds that many counties have employees who possess expertise, education, and training that enab…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the fees or charges authorized by this chapter are for optional services that the public may or may not choose to purchase, and are not taxes for the purposes of Article XIII A of the California Constitution.

(a) The Boards of Supervisors of Butte, Kings, Los Angeles, Merced, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Clara, Sonoma, and Ventura Counties may enter into contracts with private enterprise to provide services that require special experience, education, and training that the …

The board of supervisors may approve a contract or new fee only after conducting a public hearing as a part of a regularly held meeting of the board of supervisors. Notice of the time and place of the meeting, including a general description of the matter under consideration, sha…

Persons interested in receiving notice of the public hearing held pursuant to Section 25333 shall file a written request with the clerk of the board of supervisors, and pay a fee to cover the county’s cost of providing each notice.

Any contract entered into pursuant to this chapter shall be authorized by a resolution of the board of supervisors.

Any fee adopted by the board of supervisors pursuant to this chapter shall be adopted by ordinance. Prior to adopting the fee, the board of supervisors shall make a finding that the following circumstances exist: (a) The county has sufficient resources and capability available to…

The procedures, pursuant to this chapter, are alternative to any other procedure provided by law with respect to the establishment of fees or charges, execution of contracts, or the publication of notices thereof. These procedures may be used by a county notwithstanding any other…

The services to be provided by the county pursuant to this chapter shall not include any of the following: (a) Services provided pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4525) of Title 1 of Division 5. (b) Services that are provided to cities by the county pursuant to serv…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award System is not a retirement system but an incentive program for volunteer firefighters. (b) The purpose of the award system can be achieved more efficiently and at a low…

(a) This chapter establishes the Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award System and may be cited as the Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act. (b) Notwithstanding any other contrary law, enrollment for an award shall not be construed as a retirement, the recei…

For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth below shall mean the following: (a) “Actuarial interest rate” means the interest rate fixed by the board for purposes of actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of the awa…

(a) The award system shall be administered by the board and the board shall comply with the following requirements: (1) The board shall maintain a plan as described in Section 457(e)(11) of Title 26 of the United States Code. (2) The representatives on the board shall be elected.…

(a) The board shall adopt rules and regulations to administer the award system, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) Eligibility requirements for a member to receive an award, including, but not limited to, minimum age and minimum years of certified service cr…

(a) The board shall, from time to time, determine and fix the annual interest rate and actuarial interest rate. (b) The board shall keep in convenient form the data necessary for the actuarial valuation of the award system. The board shall, at least quadrennially, cause to be mad…

(a) On the basis of investigation and valuation, the board shall adopt the mortality, service, and other tables as it deems necessary, and shall make changes in the contributions required from contracting departments as the board considers appropriate in order to assure the actua…

The custodian of the fund shall be subject to the exclusive control of the board to administer and invest the assets of the fund. The assets in the fund shall be used to pay the costs of administration and for the payment of awards under this chapter.

Only members may accumulate service credit in the award system. A volunteer becomes a member when he or she satisfies the minimum requirements for membership, as established by the board, and the minimum service requirements as certified by a qualifications review commission. Mem…

(a) The award system shall be funded by contributions paid by contracting departments and income from the fund. The award system is a noncontributory system, and no contributions shall be required from members of the award system. (b) As determined by actuarial valuation reported…

(a) Only those volunteers who have been certified by their contracting department as having satisfactorily completed a service year shall be credited with current service for that year. A member is not required to qualify in consecutive years. (b) Members of departments contracti…

(a) The governing body of each contracting department shall establish a qualifications review commission that shall include the fire chief, one member of the governing body appointed by the governing body, and one volunteer elected by the volunteers employed by the contracting de…

When the member’s application for an award is received by the board, an award shall be granted to accrue and become effective pursuant to the terms, conditions, and eligibility requirements established by the board.

The board shall determine the terms, conditions, and eligibility requirements for all of the following: (a) The amount of an award payable under the award system. (b) If a member is entitled to a cost-of-living adjustment and the amount of that cost-of-living adjustment. (c) If a…

(a) Except as described in subdivision (b), a department may participate in and make all of its volunteers members of the award system by a contract entered into between the governing body of the department and the board pursuant to this chapter. (b) The board may prohibit a new …

When the governing body of a department desires to consider participation in the award system, the governing body shall ask the board for a quotation of the approximate contribution to the award system that would be required by the department for participation in the award system…

An employee organization, recognized under the provisions of appropriate authority, may request the governing body of the department to ask the board for a quotation of the approximate contribution to the award system that would be required of the department for participation in …

On request of the board, the department shall furnish the data concerning its volunteers as the board requires to make the necessary valuations and investigations into the experience among the volunteers.

The approximate contribution quoted by the board and the actual contribution to be made if a contract results shall be determined by actuarial valuations of the future service liability under the award system, on account of the volunteers involved in the computation, and in consi…

The approximate and actual contributions payable by a contracting department shall be similar to premiums under insurance policies. The approximate contribution quoted by the board to the department is subject to the contingency that the actual contribution certified by the board…

(a) Approval of the contract by the governing body of the department shall be by resolution or by any other means permitted by law. (b) The board shall inform the governing body of the projected costs of the program.

Errors in a contract may be corrected through amendments approved by the adoption of suitable resolutions by the contracting parties. All contract amendments shall be made in the same manner as prescribed for the approval of the initial contract.

The contract may be terminated by the governing body of a contracting department by resolution or by any other means permitted by law. All liability of the department with respect to its volunteer members of the award system shall cease. All moneys deposited in the fund shall be …

The board may provide that an award under this chapter shall not be payable, or begin to accrue, until the board establishes, by appropriate resolution, that the fund contains sufficient net assets to make the payments provided by this chapter based upon an actuarial reserve basi…

Upon termination of the award system, assets in the fund shall be disbursed in the following order: (a) An amount sufficient to pay awards previously granted shall be retained by the board. (b) An amount sufficient to pay reasonable administrative expenses shall be retained by th…

The Public Employees’ Retirement System, as a public entity, and the present, future, and former board members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, jointly and individually, and state officers and employees, shall be indemnified from the General Fund as described in Sectio…

(a) The Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall not be liable for any action or failure to act by the board of the California State Fire Employees Welfare Benefit Corporation. Upon transfer of the award system, the board of the California State Fi…

If the transfer of the Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award System from the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System to the board of the California State Fire Employees Welfare Benefit Corporation is not completed on or before March 1, 2008, th…

For purposes of this chapter, if the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System transfers the data and files that are necessary to effect the transfer of and relate to members and beneficiaries who participate in the award system to the board of the Califo…