Title GOV, California Gov. Code

Notwithstanding Section 20466, the approximate contribution quoted by the board and the actual contributions for a contracting agency that is an employer for purposes of Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 20790) shall be the employer rate under Chapter 9, plus the additional amou…

The approximate and actual contributions are similar to premiums under insurance policies. The approximate contribution quoted by the board to the public agency is subject to the contingency that the actual contribution certified by the board after the approval of a contract may …

If after receiving the approximate contribution quotation the governing body intends to approve the proposed contract, it shall adopt a resolution giving notice of that intention. The resolution shall contain a summary of the major provisions of the proposed retirement plan. The …

(a) Notwithstanding 20469, if after receiving the approximate contribution quotation the governing body of a county and the presiding officer of a trial court located in the same county intend to approve a proposed joint contract, both shall adopt a resolution giving notice of th…

The governing body shall not include in this system any group if a majority of its members voted to disapprove the proposed plan or if two-thirds of those of its members who are also members of an existing local retirement pension or annuity fund or system do not vote for approva…

Approval of the contract shall be by ordinance adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the governing body, not less than 20 days after the adoption of the resolution of intention, or by ordinance adopted by a majority vote of the electorate of the public a…

Notwithstanding Section 20471, and except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 20469.1, approval of a proposed joint contract by a trial court and county shall be by ordinances or resolutions adopted by both the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the governing …

(a) A county and a trial court that elect to separate the joint contract into individual contracts shall do so by ordinances or resolutions adopted by both the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the governing body of a county and the presiding officer of the trial c…

Errors in any contract may be corrected through amendments approved by the adoption of suitable resolutions by the contracting parties. Excluded employees may be included by groups through amendments approved in the manner prescribed for the approval of the contracts, except that…

Investigations and valuations necessary to adjust the agency’s contributions on account of changed benefits or conditions of retirement shall be made in the manner prescribed for valuations and investigations to determine the approximate and actual contributions. Amendments in th…

Whenever by any provision of law an election is given to contracting agencies to subject themselves and their employees to provisions of this part otherwise not applicable to contracting agencies and their employees, and no other means of making the election is expressly provided…

Notwithstanding Section 20474, a contracting agency may amend its contract or previous amendments to its contract, without election among its employees, to reduce benefits, to terminate provisions that are available only by election of the agency to become subject thereto, to pro…

Whenever any provision of this part requires action by ordinance, action by resolution is authorized, except with respect to cities and counties, if the governing body of the public agency is authorized to take action by resolution. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effecti…

If the head of a public agency is an individual, rather than a board or other governing body, all actions required or permitted by this part to be taken by ordinance may be taken by order of the individual, and every action required by this part to be taken by a public agency gov…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the board of directors of a metropolitan water district, or the governing body of any other public agency, shall adopt any order, motion, resolution or ordinance, required under the provisions of this part to be adopted by a major…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1, no contract or contract amendment shall be made to provide retirement benefits for some, but not all members of the following membership …

Notwithstanding Section 20479, where a memorandum of understanding entered prior to August 11, 1988, provided a different retirement benefit formula for a subgroup of employees in a member classification, that contracting agency may, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding, ame…

(a) An out-of-class appointment by a contracting agency employer or a school employer shall not exceed a total of 960 hours in each fiscal year. (b) A contracting agency employer or school employer shall track the hours worked by an employee serving in an out-of-class appointment…

All members of a local system included by contract in this system thereupon become subject to this part and cease to be members of the local system. Payments being made to persons who have retired or their survivors or beneficiaries under the local system on the effective date of…

Subject to the approval of the board as in the case of all other employees, the contracting agency may elect to continue the local system and to place under this system only a portion of the members of the local system. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1,…

If all members of the local system become members of this system, the operation of the local system shall be discontinued as of the date provided for in the contract, and if only a part of the members become members of this system, the operation of the local system shall be so di…

Notwithstanding Section 20483, if a member of a local system, which is also a reciprocal system pursuant to Section 20351, elects to join this system as permitted by Section 20504, the operation of the local system shall continue. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective…

It is the intent of the Legislature that contracting agencies in conjunction with recognized local employee organizations, develop alternative retirement plans that provide benefits under a defined contribution program. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1,…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 20484, a contracting agency that continued the local system for members who elected to become members of this system prospectively pursuant to Section 20504 may transfer to this system the cash and securities to the credit of the local system and held …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no contracting agency or public agency that becomes the subject of a case under the bankruptcy provisions of Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 901) of Title 11 of the United States Code shall reject any contract or agreement between th…

Counties may enact charters or revise existing charters according to the provisions of this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 238.)

Proceedings to enact or revise a charter may be initiated by ordinance, adopted by a majority vote of the members of the governing body of each county. The ordinance shall declare that the public interest requires the election of a charter commission composed of 15 qualified elec…

Petitions to propose or revise a charter shall be subject to Article 1 (commencing with Section 9100) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of the Elections Code. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 47. Effective January 1, 1995.)

Upon the adoption of such ordinance, or the presentation of such petition, the governing body shall order the holding of a special election for the purpose of electing a charter commission, which special election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 8…

Candidates for election as members of the charter commission shall be nominated substantially in the same manner provided by general law for the nomination of candidates for county offices. (Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1264.)

At such election the electors shall vote first on the question “Shall a charter commission be elected to propose or revise a charter?” and secondly, for the candidates for the office of charter commissioner. If the first question receives a majority of the votes of the qualified …

It shall be the duty of the charter commission to prepare and propose a charter or revised charter for the county, which shall be signed in duplicate by the members of the charter commission, or a majority of them, and be filed, one copy in the office of the county clerk and the …

The county elections official shall cause the complete text of the proposed charter or revised charter to be printed. A copy of the proposed charter shall be made available to any voter upon request. The impartial analysis prepared pursuant to Section 9160 of the Elections Code s…

The proposed charter or revised charter shall be submitted by the governing body to the eligible registered voters of the county at a special election held on the next established election date not less than 88 days after the completion of the publication, or posting provided for…

As an alternative to the procedure provided for in Sections 23700 through 23710 of this article, the governing body of any county, on its own motion may propose or cause to be proposed or revise or cause to be revised, a proposed charter and submit the proposal for adoption to th…

If the electors, voting at a general or special election, shall vote in favor of the charter proposed or revised by a charter commission or the governing body of a county, it shall be deemed to be ratified, but shall not take effect until accepted and filed by the Secretary of St…

Two copies of the complete text of a charter proposal or of any revised, amended, or repealed section ratified by the electors of a county shall be certified and authenticated by the chairperson and clerk of the governing body and attested by the county elections official, settin…

A charter proposal or revision ratified by the voters of a county and submitted to the Secretary of State in compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall be accepted and filed by the Secretary of State. The charter shall be published in the statutes in a charter chapter s…

No purchase of real property, including any water right or other interest therein, of which the purchase price is in excess of the dollar limit established by ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 25350.60, or, if no ordinance is adopted, in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,…

(a) Nothing in this chapter limits, restricts, or prohibits a county from complying with Article 8 (commencing with Section 54220) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, and Section 65402. (b) This section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, existing…

(a) Taxes collected by the State Board of Equalization pursuant to Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that are derived from the taxes imposed by the County of Orange pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, ot…

(a) Taxes collected by the State Board of Equalization pursuant to Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that are derived from the taxes imposed by a county of the second class pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation …

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the sum of the amounts pledged with respect to any fiscal year pursuant to Sections 25350.6, 25350.8, and 25350.10 shall not exceed the amounts to be paid in that fiscal year on the certificates of participation or lease reven…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the sum of the amounts pledged with respect to any fiscal year pursuant to Sections 25350.6, 25350.85, and 25350.105 shall not exceed the amounts to be paid in that fiscal year on the certificates of participation or lease rev…

The board of supervisors of any county may acquire by eminent domain any property necessary to carry out any of the powers or functions of the county. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)

(a) The board may, by ordinance or resolution, delegate to the purchasing agent or other appropriate county official, subject to any rules and regulations as it may impose, the following authority: (1) To lease real property for use by the county or to obtain the use of real prop…