Title GOV, California Gov. Code

(a) The board may include each year in the contribution required of the contracting agency a reasonable amount, which may differ from agency to agency, to cover the costs of administering this system as it affects the active and retired employees of that agency. The board may als…

The board may charge interest on the amount of any payment due and unpaid by a contracting agency until payment is received. Interest shall be charged at a simple annual rate of 10 percent. The interest shall be deemed interest earnings for the year in which the late payment is r…

(a) All amounts due to the retirement system by a contracting agency under this part shall be paid through an electronic funds transfer method prescribed by the board. This payment requirement is effective upon declaration by the board. (b) A contracting agency that is unable, fo…

Every special election held under the provisions of this chapter, for the election of a charter commission or for the submission of a proposed or revised charter, or any amendment or amendments thereto, or repeal thereof, shall be called by the governing body, by ordinance, which…

The county elections official shall prepare and mail to each eligible registered voter in the county a sample ballot. In all other respects, the election shall be held and conducted, the returns canvassed and the result declared by the governing body in the same manner as provide…

Whenever a charter commission shall be elected, or any such proposed charter or revised charter, or amendment or amendments thereto, or repeal thereof, shall be submitted, at a general election, the general laws applicable to the election of county officers and the submission of …

The board of supervisors may purchase, lease, construct, or otherwise acquire, own, operate, manage, and control, in any county in the State, a cement manufacturing plant, and may purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire real or personal property to be used in connection with the pl…

No cement manufacturing plant shall be purchased, leased, or otherwise acquired, nor any works constructed, until notice of the intention to purchase or construct such works has been given for a period of 30 days by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published with…

The notice shall contain a description of the property to be purchased or works to be constructed, a statement of the amount of money to be invested, the terms upon which it is to be invested, and the time when the proposition will come before the board of supervisors to be acted…

The board of supervisors may sell the products of the cement manufacturing plant in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as it deems proper. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The State and any municipal or public corporation of the State shall have a preferred right to purchase the products of the cement manufacturing plant at the same price as they are offered to private persons. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

Any officer required to pay into the county treasury taxes, fees, or other money collected by him may pay the money to the treasurer daily without making an account of the sources from which it was collected. The treasurer and auditor shall credit the officer with the amount paid…

Where the county treasurer has entered into a contract for the deposit of moneys with a depository pursuant to Section 53682, the county treasurer may authorize any county officer, required to deposit into the county treasury all money collected by him or her, to deposit that mon…

The clerk of the court may deposit in the county treasury any money deposited as jury fees or as a portion of the naturalization fees required by law to be paid to the United States. The treasurer shall accept and keep separate accounts of such deposits. The money may be withdraw…

Upon receiving from the coroner money found on a dead body, the treasurer shall place it to the credit of the county. The money shall be credited to a separate trust fund or trust account. If the legal representatives of the decedent demand the money in the treasury belonging to …

If any warrant issued by the county auditor is lost or destroyed before it is paid by the treasurer, the amount due may be recovered by the legal owner or custodian by filing with the auditor or his or her designee an affidavit setting forth the fact of the loss or destruction of…

Upon the filing of the affidavit, the auditor shall issue and deliver to the legal owner or custodian a duplicate warrant for the full amount of the original warrant, or for any lesser amount still due if any portion of the amount for which the warrant was drawn has been paid, an…

If the duplicate warrant is not presented for payment to the county treasurer within the time within which the original warrant could have been presented for payment it is void. (Amended by Stats. 1947, Ch. 585.)

A warrant is considered lost if it has been mailed and has not been received by the addressee within 20 days after the date of mailing or within a shorter period of time as the board of supervisors may by ordinance establish. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 939, Sec. 11. Effective S…

(a) To the extent permitted by federal law and notwithstanding Article 3 (commencing with Section 29850) of Chapter 5 of Division 3 of Title 3 of the Government Code, a public assistance warrant, which has been lost, stolen, destroyed, or lost in the mail, shall be replaced by th…

The auditor and treasurer shall each make the proper entries on their respective books, showing that the warrant is lost or destroyed and that a duplicate warrant has been issued. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The management of the system is vested in a county foresters, fire wardens, and fire protection district foremen’s retirement board, consisting of five members. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

One member of the board shall be the county treasurer, acting in an ex officio capacity. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The second member shall be a member of the county forester and firewarden department and a member of the system. He shall be elected by the members of that department who are members of the system, within 30 days after the date on which the system becomes operative, in a manner d…

The third member shall be a member of the county fire protection districts personnel and a member of the system. He shall be elected by the members of the county fire protection districts who are members of the system, within 30 days after the date on which the system becomes ope…

If any county has all of its fire protective personnel under the jurisdiction of a single fire protection district or a series of fire protection districts and has no fire protective personnel under the jurisdiction of a general county forester or firewarden, the second and third…

If any county has all of its fire protective personnel under the jurisdiction of a general county forester or firewarden, or both, and has no fire protective personnel under the jurisdiction of a fire protection district, the second and third members shall be elected from the mem…

The fourth and fifth members shall be qualified electors of the county who are not connected with county government in any capacity, appointed by the board of supervisors within 30 days after the operative date, except that one of such members may be a member of the board of supe…

The first persons elected or appointed as the second and fourth members shall serve for two years from the operative date, and the third and fifth members so elected or appointed shall serve for a term of three years from the operative date. Thereafter, the term of office of the …

The first, second, and third members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed out of the funds of the county for any expense or loss of salary or wages which they incur through services on the board and for costs of operation of this system. (Added b…

The fourth and fifth members of the board shall each receive as compensation for his services ten dollars ($10) for each meeting of the board at which he is in attendance, not to exceed 12 board meetings in any one calendar year. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The board shall organize by choosing one of its number as chairman. Thereafter the officers shall be chosen biennially by the board. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The board shall meet for the transaction of business at least once every three months in each calendar year and at other times as it or a majority of its members orders. Notice of all meetings shall be given by the secretary at least three days in advance of the meeting. (Added b…

A majority of the members may transact any business of the board provided that the second or third member is present. (Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1236.)

The board may compel witnesses to attend and testify before it, upon all matters connected with the operation of this chapter, in the same manner as is provided by law for the taking of testimony before notaries public. The chairman or any member of the board may administer oaths…

The board may appoint a secretary and provide for the payment from the fund of all its necessary expenses, including secretary hire and printing. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The board may make regulations not inconsistent with this chapter. The regulations shall become effective when approved by the board of supervisors. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The board shall report annually in January to the board of supervisors the condition of the fund and the receipts and disbursements on account of the fund with a complete list of the beneficiaries of the fund and the amounts paid them for the preceding calendar year. (Added by St…

The board shall annually prepare a budget of the cost of maintaining the pension fund. For this purpose it may employ an actuary to assist it in preparing the budget and report, to the end that the system may be scientifically financed and administered. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch.…

The board shall cause an actuarial investigation and valuation of the system to be made immediately after the first year of operation and thereafter at not to exceed five-year intervals. The investigation shall be conducted under the supervision of an actuary and shall cover the …

After the receipt of the recommendation the board of supervisors shall adjust the rate of interest, the rates of contributions of members, and county appropriations, as it deems advisable, but shall not fix them so as to reduce the amount of individual benefits. (Added by Stats. …

The board has charge and control of the funds of the system and shall administer them and shall order payments therefrom in accordance with this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The board shall invest and reinvest the funds of the system, and may from time to time sell and invest and reinvest the proceeds of any securities held by it and invest and reinvest all unappropriated income of the funds. All funds received by it not required for current disburse…

Whenever securities belonging to or held for the system are sold, the county treasurer shall deliver the securities sold upon receiving the proceeds and may execute any and all documents necessary to transfer title. The duties imposed upon the county treasurer are a part of his o…

The provisions of this article are alternative to Sections 37350 and 37351 of this code and any other authority granted by law to cities to dispose of city-owned property. (Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1330.)

When the legislative body of a city finds the public interest and convenience require the sale of any public building and site dedicated to a public use, it may adopt a resolution of its finding and intention to sell the property. (Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 624.)