Title GOV, California Gov. Code

The Legislature further finds and declares that the area of White Slough was not within the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission from the time the commission was established in 1965 until the winter of 1976–77, when storms and other natura…

The Legislature further finds and declares that the breaches in the Napa River levees have caused a major sewerline to be covered by tidal waters, which could lead to serious water pollution in sensitive wildlife habitat areas in the event of leakage or breakage, to problems of i…

The Legislature further finds and declares that it is in the public interest to provide flood protection to the residents and property surrounding White Slough, to relocate the flooded sewerlines in White Slough, and to enhance the ecological values of South White Slough, even th…

The Legislature further finds and declares that use of State Highway Route 37 now exceeds the highway’s capacity, and that widening of the highway to four lanes with a minimum amount of fill may only be accomplished in the context of a project to relocate existing sewerlines, to …

The Legislature further finds and declares as follows: (a) The provisions of this chapter are required because of extraordinary circumstances which have developed in the area of White Slough caused by the breaches of the Napa River levee. (b) Existing public access to the waters …

The Legislature further finds and declares that, in order to preserve the integrity and to assure the continued wildlife use of White Slough, to provide adequate flood protection, to reduce air pollution, and to complete a necessary transportation facility, there is a need for al…

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “City” means the City of Vallejo. (b) “Commission” means the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. (c) “County” means the County of Solano. (d) “Department” means the Department of …

(a) The city, in consultation with the county, the commission, the department, and other affected local, state, and federal agencies, has previously prepared a draft White Slough Specific Area Plan proposal as a first step toward the orderly, long-range conservation, use, and man…

The commission shall review and approve, or disapprove, the plan on the basis of whether the plan provides all of the following: (a) Permanent protection and enhancement of marshes, tidelands, tidally influenced wetlands, and upland habitat sufficient to assure the long-term usef…

The plan shall be implemented as follows: (a) The city and the county shall adopt the relevant provisions of the plan into their general and specific plans, shall adopt land use ordinances that implement the policies of the plan, and shall review and issue or deny any necessary l…

The commission shall issue a permit for all, or any portion, of the White Slough Project only if the commission finds that the work is consistent with the plan, subdivision (b) of Section 66681, and all of the following requirements have been met: (a) The city and the county have…

(a) The board shall provide for regular audits of the authority’s accounts and records and shall maintain accounting records and shall report accounting transactions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles adopted by the Government Accounting Standards Board o…

The authority shall be funded through gifts, donations, grants, state or local bonds, assessments, other appropriate funding sources, and other types of financial assistance from public and private sources. (Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 690, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009. Repeal…

The conservancy may receive gifts, donations, subventions, grants, rents, royalties, and other financial aids and funds from private and public sources. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1239, Sec. 19. Effective September 17, 1984.)

The conservancy may fix and collect fees for any services rendered by it. The amount of any fee may not exceed the reasonable costs of providing the services rendered by the conservancy. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1239, Sec. 19. Effective September 17, 1984.)

Proceeds from any lease, rental, sale, exchange, transfer of land, interest therein, or option thereon, or income shall be deposited in the fund and shall be available for expenditure for the purposes of this title when appropriated by the Legislature. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. …

The conservancy is authorized to lease lands acquired in accordance with Section 66907.8. When the leases are made to private individuals or groups, the conservancy shall annually, upon appropriation of these amounts by the Legislature, transfer 25 percent of the gross income of …

The state may dissolve the California Tahoe Regional Planning Agency by enacting a statute repealing this title. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1589.)

On the effective date of the ordinances, rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section (a) of Article V, of the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact (as set forth in Title 7.4 (commencing with Section 66801)) in order to implement the revisions in such compact, including the revis…

(a) The Legislature finds that on the date on which the agency is deactivated, as provided in Section 67131, various matters involving the agency, such as litigation, and arrangements for disposition of agency assets, will be pending and unresolved. In order to provide for bringi…

(a) If a tax ordinance is approved by the voters pursuant to this title, the commission shall establish an ad hoc adjudication committee for a subject operator if the commission receives a petition submitted pursuant to subdivision (d) at any time commencing two years after the t…

The scope of the adopted standards, policies, or commitments, or application of those standards, policies, or commitments, that may be the subject of a petition, assessment, and adjudication shall be the following issues related to the operation or maintenance of the subject oper…

(a) Before taking a board action pursuant to subdivision (b), a participating county transportation entity or county board of supervisors shall seek to address the issue that is the subject of a prospective petition directly with the subject operator, including by providing the o…

(a) If presented with a petition, an ad hoc adjudication committee, in consultation with the entity that submitted the petition and the applicable subject transit operator, shall do both of the following: (1) Determine whether it agrees with the entity’s claim or claims in the pe…

(a) After receiving a recommendation from an ad hoc adjudication committee pursuant to Section 67786, the commission shall approve the recommendation and, if the ad hoc adjudication committee recommended corrective action, provide the subject operator with a period of at least 90…

The State of California does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds issued, and with any public or private entity with which the board has entered into a contract or an agreement, pursuant to the provisions of this title, that the state will not alter or change …

Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of any of the following: (a) Records of Native American graves, cemeteries, and sacred places. (b) Records of Native American places, features, and objects described in Sect…

Nothing in this division requires disclosure of records that relate to archaeological site information and reports maintained by, or in the possession of, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the State Historical Resources Commission, the State Lands Commission, the Native Ame…

As used in this chapter, “tax” includes a tax, assessment, fee or charge. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.)

Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for an injury caused by: (a) Instituting any judicial or administrative proceeding or action for or incidental to the assessment or collection of a tax. (b) An act or omission in the interpretation or application of any law …

Nothing in this chapter affects any law relating to refund, rebate, exemption, cancellation, amendment or adjustment of taxes. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.)

The commission may contract with any participating party for the construction of a project by the participating party. All contracts for the construction of a project by a participating party shall provide that the participating party shall be responsible for the architectural an…

The commission may agree to pay the cost of a project constructed by any participating party and to advance the costs from time to time in installments or otherwise as required by the contract for the construction thereof. Title to all projects shall be vested in the commission, …

The commission may, as lessor or lessee, enter into leases and agreements with any participating party relating to the acquisition, construction, and installation of any project or part thereof. The terms and conditions of the leases may be as mutually agreed upon. (Added by Stat…

Any lease may provide the means or methods by which title shall vest in a participating party upon the termination of the lease and shall contain other terms and conditions that the commission may determine. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1553, Sec. 2.)

The commission may fix, revise, charge, and collect rates, rents, fees, and charges for each project. The rates, rents, fees, and charges shall be fixed and adjusted with respect to the aggregate of rates, rents, fees, and charges from all projects so as to provide funds sufficie…

The commission may enter into contracts of sale with any participating party covering any project financed by the commission. The purchase price pursuant to the contract of sale shall be sufficient to provide funds for all the purposes provided in Section 92304 and may be paid in…

As an alternative to leasing or selling a project or part thereof to a participating party, the commission may finance the acquisition, construction, or installation of a project, or any part thereof, by means of a loan to the participating party. The principal amount of the part…

All money received pursuant to this title, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this title. Any bank or trust company with which the mon…

Any holder of bonds, notes, or other obligations issued under this title, or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee or trustees under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by any resolution authorizing the issuance o…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) The commission and its revenues, amounts for administration expenses, and any other income shall be exempt from all taxes on, or measured by, income. (b) Bonds issued by the commission shall be exempt from all property taxation, and…

Subject to Section 92352, the existence of the commission may be terminated at any time by the Legislature. Upon dissolution of the commission, the title to all properties owned by it shall vest in and become the property of the State of California and shall not inure to the bene…

(a) Claims against a local public entity for money or damages which are excepted by Section 905 from Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 900) and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 910) of this part, and which are not governed by any other statutes or regulations expressly relatin…

A charter provision, or a local public entity by ordinance or resolution, may establish a claims board or commission of not less than three members to perform such functions of the governing body of the public entity under this part as are prescribed by the local public entity. A…

A charter provision, or a local public entity by ordinance or resolution, may authorize an employee of the local public entity to perform those functions of the governing body of the public entity under this part that are prescribed by the local public entity, but only a charter …

(a) The Department of General Services may authorize any state agency to settle and pay claims filed pursuant to Section 905.2 if the settlement does not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or a lesser amount as the department may determine, or to reject the claim and provide th…