Title GOV — California Gov. Code

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.

(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.

The purpose of this article is to maintain in effect in every county the state plans for aid to the needy aged, aid to needy children, and aid to the needy blind; to protect such plans from interruption of operation in any county because of the temporary financial exigencies of t…

“Registered,” as used in this article, means endorsed and signed by the county treasurer.

Any county which is liable under the Welfare and Institutions Code for the payment of aid to the needy aged, aid to the needy blind, or aid to needy children may apply to the Department of Finance for purchase by the State of registered warrants of the county in such amount as wi…

The county shall submit its application to the State Department of Social Services. The application shall be in such form and show such facts as are prescribed by the State Department of Social Services and the Department of Finance. If the State Department of Social Services app…

If the Department of Finance determines that the purchase will tend to effect the purpose of this article and that the county is eligible to make application, it may, with the approval of the Treasurer, purchase, in the name of the state, registered warrants of the county in the …

The purchase shall be effected as follows: (a) In lieu of the issue of registered warrants to the persons to whom the county is liable for the payment of aid, a warrant or warrants in favor of the State in the amount agreed upon between the county and the Department of Finance sh…

The funds received by a county from the State in payment for warrants of the county shall be kept in a separate fund and used only for the payment of the aid for which the county is liable under the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to the needy aged, aid to the needy blind…

Any funds received by the Department of Finance in payment of county registered warrants purchased pursuant to this article shall be immediately deposited in the State Treasury. The proceeds received as the principal amount of the warrants shall be credited to the appropriations …

All registered warrants issued to the State pursuant to this article are subject in every respect to Article 2.

This chapter may be cited as the County Fire Service Retirement Law.

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.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions contained in this article govern the construction of this chapter.

“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.

“Board” and “board of retirement” mean the County Foresters, Firewardens, and County Fire Protection District Firemen’s Retirement Board.

“Fund” means the County Foresters, Firewardens, and Firemen’s Retirement Fund.

“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.

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.

This chapter shall become effective in any county, upon its acceptance by ordinance passed by four-fifths vote of the board of supervisors, and shall become operative in the county on January 1st or July 1st following the expiration of three months after the passage of the ordina…

By the adoption of an ordinance passed by a four-fifths (4/5) vote, the board of supervisors may abolish a system theretofore established pursuant to this chapter or its predecessor in the county. The abolishment of the system shall not impair the right of any person to whom pens…

If any such system is abolished in any county, each active member as of the date of the abolishment shall be paid a refund of all contributions made by him to the fund and all interest credited to his contributions as of the date of the abolishment of the system.

The system established pursuant to this chapter or its predecessor is exclusive, and persons entitled to membership in this system shall not participate in any other system provided by law for county or county fire protection district officers or employees.

Except as provided in this article, all county foresters, firewardens, and firemen shall be included in and be subject to this chapter on the first day of the calendar month following the expiration of 30 days after it becomes operative in any county or on the first day of the ca…

Any county forester, firewarden, or fireman may elect to be excluded from this chapter at any time within 30 days after it becomes operative in any county. Any employee who elects to be excluded shall not thereafter be included in or participate in this system.

Any employee of the county or any special district thereof who is a member of another retirement system, and who through transfer or appointment becomes eligible for membership in this chapter, may elect to be excluded from this system. Any employee who so elects within thirty da…

Upon election by any qualified person to come within this chapter, he shall be excluded from any other retirement system established under the laws of this State or any city or county.

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.

One member of the board shall be the county treasurer, acting in an ex officio capacity.

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.

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.

The board shall organize by choosing one of its number as chairman. Thereafter the officers shall be chosen biennially by the board.

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.

A majority of the members may transact any business of the board provided that the second or third member is present.

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.

The board may make regulations not inconsistent with this chapter. The regulations shall become effective when approved by the board of supervisors.

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.