Title GOV — California Gov. Code

The board may accept or reject any gift, bequest, or devise made to or in favor of the county, or to or in favor of the board in trust for any public purpose. The board may delegate to any county officer or employee the power to accept any gift, bequest, or devise made to or in f…

If any gift, bequest, or devise is unaccompanied by any provision prescribing or limiting the uses and purposes to which the property received, or the income or increase thereof, may be put, it may be put to any uses and purposes which the board prescribes, and the proceeds or in…

Whenever any public building belongs to or is used by a county and is situate on land dedicated to public use but which is not owned by the county in fee, the board may select and acquire a new site for the building and erect a new building or remodel an existing building on the …

The board shall provide all necessary officers, employees, attendants, services, and supplies for the proper maintenance, care, and upkeep of the county buildings and grounds, and the board may contract therefor pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 20120) of Part 3 of…

The board may provide for the working of prisoners confined in the county jail under judgment of conviction of misdemeanors, under the direction of a responsible person appointed by the sheriff, upon the public grounds, roads, streets, alleys, highways, firebreaks, fire roads, ri…

A county may establish and maintain a facility to provide security for victims of and witnesses to crimes who have been or may be subjected to threats or intimidation for the purpose of dissuading or preventing them from attending or giving testimony at any trial, proceeding, or …

The board may insure county buildings and other property in the name and for the benefit of the county. It may procure indemnity insurance, including excess fidelity insurance, against loss or liability on account of burglary, forgery, embezzlement, defalcation, or other insurabl…

The board may grant and convey real property to the United States or any of its agencies, for use for public purposes, in consideration of the grant and conveyance of real property to the county by the United States or any of its agencies.

The board of supervisors may sell or lease at public auction, and convey to the highest bidder, for cash, any property belonging to the county not required for public use. The sale or lease may be made at the courthouse door or at such other place within the county as the board o…

The board may dispose of surplus plants, trees, shrubs, and nursery stock belonging to the county and not required for public use, by public or private sale, or by exchanging them with any person or any other public body for other property required by the county. The sale or exch…

(a) The board of supervisors may, by a four-fifths vote, grant, convey, quitclaim, assign, or otherwise transfer to the state or to any community redevelopment agency, housing authority, community development commission, surplus property authority, federal agency, city, school di…

The board of supervisors of a county, without complying with any other provision of this code, may at any time hereinafter donate, or transfer for such consideration as it determines, lands owned by the county, which the board of supervisors deems is not required for other purpos…

The board of supervisors of a county of over 4,000,000 population, without complying with any other provision of law, may transfer with or without consideration and upon such terms and conditions as it determines, any easement, license or other interest in real property belonging…

The board may perform services for and sell personal property to any road improvement, lighting, irrigation, waterworks, flood control, or other special district within the county whose affairs and funds are under the supervision and control of the board or for which the board is…

In the case of real property which is leased, sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of pursuant to this chapter, the failure of the county to comply with the procedures applicable to such lease, sale, exchange, or other disposition shall not invalidate the interest of a bona fid…

The board may vacate or abandon county easements for light and air or any other easement of the county intended to prohibit the construction of certain structures whenever it determines that the easements are no longer required for public use.

The board of supervisors of any county in which a local hospital district including the entire county has been organized pursuant to Division 23 of the Health and Safety Code, by unanimous vote, may convey to the local hospital district any real property used for hospital purpose…

By a four-fifths vote of the board of supervisors, any county in which a local hospital district including the entire county has been organized may grant any money accumulated in a capital outlay fund pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 53730) of Chapter 4, Part 1, Div…

In any county having a department under the management and control of a county forester and fire warden, the board may authorize rescue or first aid service, or both, as a function of that department and may appoint agents and employees and acquire needed property and equipment f…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors of any county or city and county is hereby authorized and empowered to let to any person, firm or corporation, for a term not to exceed 40 years, any real property which belongs to the county or city and county;…

(a) Except as restricted by any conditions by which the county acquired the property, the board of supervisors may donate or lease any real or personal property that the board declares to be surplus to any public agency or organization exempt from taxation listed in subdivision (…

(a) The board of supervisors may acquire property for the preservation or development of a historical landmark. The board of supervisors may also acquire property for development for recreational purposes and for development of facilities in connection therewith. (b) The board ma…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors in a county containing a population of 4,000,000 or more may, without advertising for bids, lease any real property owned by the county to any nonprofit corporation or nonprofit association for a term not to…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors in counties with a population of over 600,000 and under 700,000, as determined on the basis of the 1960 federal census, may, without advertising for bids, lease any real property owned by a county to any nonprof…

In any county containing a population of 4,000,000 or more, the board of supervisors by appropriate rules may provide that nonprofit hospital volunteer groups and hospital auxiliaries recognized by such county may install and operate gift shops within medical and health facilitie…

Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, the board of supervisors may convey, upon such terms and conditions as the board determines to be in the public interest, any surplus real property, together with any building thereon, owned by the county which has been de…

Pursuant to this article, the board of supervisors may purchase, receive by donation, lease, or otherwise acquire real or personal property in another county necessary for the use of the county for a jail.

No purchase of real property shall be made unless a notice of the intention of the board to make the purchase is published for at least three weeks prior to the purchase in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county where the property is to be occupied. If no news…

The board may construct, lease, build, rebuild, furnish, refurnish, or repair the jail, and provide all necessary offices, employees, attendants, and supplies for its proper maintenance.

The consent of the board of supervisors of the county in which the jail is to be situated shall be first obtained and filed with the board.

All persons adjudged guilty of an offense punishable by imprisonment in the county jail, may be confined in such jail located in another county to the same extent as if it were located in the county having jurisdiction of the offense.

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.

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.

In any county which does not employ a purchasing agent the board of supervisors shall annually or at such lesser intervals as it deems appropriate advertise for at least 10 days in a newspaper of general circulation in the county for sealed bids for furnishing the county with sta…

All bids shall be on a schedule prepared by the clerk of the board showing all articles needed in the several offices and departments and shall state separately the price of each article to be furnished. Any person may bid upon any article separately.

In considering the bids, the board may accept or reject all or any of them, or may accept or reject a part of any bid, preference being given, however, to the lowest responsible bidder.

All supplies furnished the county or any county officer shall be at a price no greater than is specified in the bid which is accepted by the board.

In any county which does not employ a purchasing agent, the board shall annually fix the price at which the county will be supplied with job printing and blank books, from a schedule prepared by the clerk of the board, showing all blanks and blank books used in the several office…

Each county officer shall procure blank books, job printing, and advertising required for the proper discharge of his official duties from any person or newspaper he designates, but at a price no greater than that fixed by the board of supervisors. He shall certify the bill there…

Whenever the county advertises for bids for the furnishing of personal property, it may permit any person to submit at the time bids are received an offer of purchase of any county personal property designated in the notice and not further required for public use. It may permit o…

The board of supervisors may employ a purchasing agent and such assistants as are necessary for him properly to fulfill his duties.

The purchasing agent may: (a) Purchase for the county and its offices all materials, supplies, furnishings, equipment, livestock, and other personal property. (b) Rent for the county and its offices furnishings, equipment, and livestock. (c) Contract for services pursuant to this…

The board of supervisors may authorize the destruction or disposition of any written requisition received by the purchasing agent which is more than three years old. Such requisitions need not be photographed, reproduced, or microfilmed prior to destruction and no copy thereof ne…

Whenever the board of supervisors employs a purchasing agent it shall not be necessary for it to advertise for bids for furnishing county supplies as required in Section 25480, with the exception of advertising.

In counties having a population of less than 200,000, the board of supervisors may authorize the purchasing agent to engage independent contractors to perform services for the county or county officers, with or without the furnishing of material, when the annual aggregate cost do…

(a) In counties having a population of 200,000 or more, the board of supervisors may authorize the purchasing agent to engage independent contractors to perform services for the county or county officers, with or without the furnishing of material, when the annual aggregate cost …

It is unlawful for the purchasing agent in any county having a population of 900,000 or more to split or separate into smaller work orders or projects any public work project for the purpose of evading the provisions of this chapter or of any other law requiring public work to be…