Title GOV, California Gov. Code

Notwithstanding any other requirement of law, any duly appointed county officer serving in the capacity of county treasurer, county tax collector, or county treasurer-tax collector shall, beginning in 2000, complete a valid continuing course of study as prescribed in this section…

The treasurer shall file and keep the certificates of the auditor delivered to him or her when money is paid into the treasury. Notwithstanding Sections 26201, 26202, and 26205, the treasurer may destroy any certificate pursuant to this section under either of the following circu…

The treasurer shall keep an account of the receipt and expenditure of all money received or paid out by him or her in books provided for the purpose. He or she shall enter in the books the amount, the time, from whom, and on what account all money was received by him or her, and …

(a) The treasurer may, in lieu of entering in books an account of the receipt and expenditure of all money received or paid out by him or her as provided in Section 27002, photograph, microphotograph, photocopy, or enter into an electronic data-processing system that utilizes opt…

The treasurer shall keep his or her books or any other authorized form of record so that the amounts received and paid out on account of separate funds or specific appropriations are exhibited in separate and distinct accounts, and the whole receipts and expenditures shown in one…

The treasurer shall disburse the county money and all other money placed in his or her custody by official authority only on county warrants, checks, or electronic fund transfers issued by the county auditor, except for the making of legal investments. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch…

The treasurer shall disburse the money in the treasury on county warrants only when they are based on orders of the board of supervisors, upon order of the superior court, or as otherwise provided by law. In the payment of the warrants he may issue his order, check, or draft draw…

The treasurer shall keep all money belonging to the State, or any county of the State in his own possession until disbursed according to law. He shall not place the money in the possession of any person to be used for any purpose, nor shall he loan or in any manner use, or permit…

(a) The treasurer shall not receive money into the treasury or for deposit with him or her as treasurer, unless it is accompanied by the certificate of the auditor. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the auditor and treasurer may establish alternate control procedures for the t…

The treasurer shall give a receipt to each person who deposits money into the county treasury. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 643, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2007.)

The treasurer may receive any money constituting gift, bequest, or devise, and pay it out in accordance with the terms thereof, or, if none are fixed, according to law. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

Any county officer who knowingly accepts or allows any deposit in the county treasury of money from any private and unofficial source is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than six months nor more than one year, or by a fine of not…

The Controller may summon county treasurers or the authorized representative of any county treasurer to meet with the Controller or his or her duly authorized representatives, in those groups and at that place or those places within the state as may be designated by the Controlle…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any treasurer, or other authorized county officer, who invests, deposits or otherwise handles funds for public agencies for the purpose of earning interest or other income on such funds as permitted by law, may deduct from such interest…

All warrants issued by the county auditor shall be numbered consecutively within each series. The number, date, amount of each, and the name of the person to whom payable, shall be stated thereon. The auditor shall enter the warrants in his register at the time they are issued. (…

Separate series of numbers may be used for the different kinds of warrants, such as pay roll warrants, general warrants drawn for miscellaneous supplies and expenses, and special warrants drawn on court orders. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

(a) Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, any warrant issued is void if not presented to the county treasurer for payment within six months after its date. Whenever, under the provisions of this section, warrants drawn on trust funds became void, the moneys in the county treasu…

Except as provided in Section 53912, the auditor shall issue warrants on the treasurer in favor of the persons entitled thereto in payment of all claims chargeable against the county which have been legally examined, allowed, and ordered paid by the board of supervisors. (Amended…

Except as provided in Section 53912, the auditor shall issue warrants on the treasurer for all debts and demands against the county when the amounts are fixed by law or are authorized by law to be allowed by a person or tribunal other than the board. (Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. …

Warrants drawn by order of the board on the county treasury for the current expenses during each year shall be paid in the order of presentation to the treasurer. If the fund is insufficient to pay any warrant, the warrant shall be registered and paid in the order of its registra…

Whenever any district, public corporation or public agency uses the county treasury as the depository of its moneys, the county auditor, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may, in lieu of complying with any other procedure for the withdrawal of moneys from the county tre…

The auditor may direct the transfer of the amount of the order, requisition or other authorization, from the account or funds of the district, public corporation or public agency to one or more clearing funds in the county treasury to the end that warrants for all districts, publ…

This chapter may be cited as the County Fire Service Retirement Law. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The purpose of this chapter is to recognize a public obligation to employees in the public service whose duties expose them to more than ordinary risks and to provide a means whereby such public employees who become incapacitated in the performance of their duties or by age may b…

This chapter shall be given a liberal interpretation with a view of carrying out its purpose and shall not be construed as a local measure or one intended as a benefit to particular persons or places. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions contained in this article govern the construction of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

“County foresters, firewardens and firemen” include all county foresters, county firewardens, deputy or assistant county foresters, deputy or assistant county firewardens, fire apparatus engineers, fire prevention inspectors, forest firemen, fire patrolmen, and foremen assigned t…

Any person who enters service as a “county forester, firewarden, or fireman” and has reached his fortieth birthday, shall be ineligible to become a member under this chapter, except any person who is a member at the time of the adoption of this amendment will retain his membershi…

“Terminal salary” means the average salary earnable by any member during (a) the last three years, or (b) the last five years prior to the date of his retirement, whichever is the greater. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

“Board” and “board of retirement” mean the County Foresters, Firewardens, and County Fire Protection District Firemen’s Retirement Board. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

“Fund” means the County Foresters, Firewardens, and Firemen’s Retirement Fund. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

“System” means the retirement system provided for in this chapter or its predecessor. The retirement system for county foresters, fire wardens, and county fire protection district firemen created by Chapter 174 of the Statutes of 1939, as amended, is continued in existence under …

“Member” means any person included in the membership of the system, and includes retired members. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The title to all property acquired pursuant to this chapter shall be taken in the name of the county. The title to any money which becomes due to any member shall not pass from the county or county fire protection district to the member until he or she is entitled thereto under t…

The board of supervisors may levy a special tax to be used for the payment of pensions and annuities under such pension, retirement, and benefit systems or associations as are established by law. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

A city may purchase, lease, receive, hold, and enjoy real and personal property, and control and dispose of it for the common benefit. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)

A city may acquire by eminent domain any property necessary to carry out any of its powers or functions. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)

The legislative body may purchase, lease, exchange, or receive such personal property and real estate situated inside or outside the city limits as is necessary or proper for municipal purposes. It may control, dispose of, and convey such property for the benefit of the city. The…

(a) Prior to the entering into agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the issuance of certificates of participation of lease revenue bonds, the legislative body of a city may elect, by resolution, to guarantee payment under that financing agreement i…

The legislative body may erect and maintain buildings for municipal purposes. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)

After January 1, 1980, with respect to the construction, purchase, or lease of buildings which are located or will be located in a standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) with a population of 250,000 or more according to the most recent decennial census, which is served by …

The requirements of Section 37352.1 shall be met if the legislative body has obtained from the transportation planning agency approval of its procedures and criteria for giving adequate consideration to the location of existing public transit corridors when acquiring public build…

The legislative body may acquire property needed for: (a) Parking motor vehicles. (b) Opening and laying out any street, alley, lane, or tunnel from the point where it ceases to the point where it again commences. It may lay out and improve such a street, alley, lane, or tunnel a…

The legislative body may accept or reject any gift, bequest, or devise made to or for the city, or to or for any of its officers in their official capacity or in trust for any public purpose. It may hold and dispose of the property and the income and increase from the property fo…

If the terms of a gift, bequest, or devise do not prescribe or limit the uses to which the property received or the income or increase from it may be put, it may be put to such uses as the legislative body prescribes. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)

When the legislative body determines that the public interest or convenience requires the construction and maintenance of passageways or other structures under or over any public alley in the city, to connect buildings located on abutting property and facilitate the public use of…