Title GOV, California Gov. Code

To be classified as a “complete depository” or as a “selective depository” of physical materials, a library must contract with the California State Library to provide adequate facilities for the storage and use of the publications, and must agree to render reasonable service with…

Any municipal or county free library, any state college or state university library, the library of any incorporated college or university in this state, the library of any public community college in this state, and the California State Library may contract as provided in this a…

Upon application, county law libraries, the law libraries of any law school approved by the State Bar of California, the Supreme Court Library, the law libraries of the courts of appeal, and the law libraries of the Department of Justice and the law library of the Continuing Educ…

Because of the specialized service rendered the citizens of this state through assistance in the administration of justice, proximity to another depository library shall be disregarded in the selection of a law library as a depository of legal materials. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch…

Maintenance of basic general documents shall not be required of law library depositories, but basic legal documents shall be maintained by them. Such basic legal documents shall include legislative bills, legislative committee hearings and reports, legislative journals, statutes,…

To facilitate the distribution of state publications, the California State Library shall maintain information about state publications issued and deposited with the library on the California State Library internet website. All state departments, commissions, and other agencies sh…

If any state agency maintains a mailing list of public officials or other persons to whom publications or other printed matter is sent without charge, the state agency shall correct its mailing list and verify its accuracy at least once each year. (Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 110…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the number of copies of statutes distributed to an authorized recipient shall not exceed the number requested by such recipient, or the number authorized by this article, whichever is the lesser. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 72.)…

The board of supervisors may enter into contracts with municipalities, sanitation districts, sanitary districts or other incorporated bodies within the county, providing for the delivery to the county of sewage, or other waste water, or both, produced by or coming from such incor…

The board of supervisors may acquire, construct, repair, manage, and maintain all works necessary or proper for the treatment, purification, and reclamation of water from sewage or other waste waters, or both, and may reclaim any sewage or other waste water obtained pursuant to c…

The board of supervisors may dispose of recycled water and any byproducts of that recycling, pursuant to this article, in any one or more of the following ways: (a) Sale to the county and the inhabitants thereof. (b) Sale to any public entity or water corporation. (c) Replenishme…

The board of supervisors may enter into contracts with cities within the county, water districts within the county of any type or kind, sanitation districts within the county, the State of California, or the Government of the United States, under such terms as may be mutually adv…

For the purposes of this article, the county may incur a bonded indebtedness, upon the conditions, in the manner, and in accordance with the procedure prescribed by Article 1 (commencing at Section 29900) of Chapter 6 of Division 3 of this title. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 28.)

(a) It is the policy of the state to avoid, whenever practicable, the location of any federal, state, or local public improvements and any improvements of public utilities, and the acquisition of land therefor, in agricultural preserves. (b) It is further the policy of the state …

As used in this chapter, “public improvement” means facilities or interests in real property, including easements, rights-of-way, and interests in fee title, owned by a public agency or person, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 51291. (Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 690, Sec.…

(a) As used in this section and Sections 51292 and 51295, (1) “public agency” means any department or agency of the United States or the state, and any county, city, school district, or other local public district, agency, or entity, and (2) “person” means any person authorized t…

The notice requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 51291 shall not apply to the acquisition of land for the erection, construction, or alteration of gas, electric, piped subterranean water or wastewater, or communication facilities. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1018, Sec. 11. Ef…

No public agency or person shall locate a public improvement within an agricultural preserve unless the following findings are made: (a) The location is not based primarily on a consideration of the lower cost of acquiring land in an agricultural preserve. (b) If the land is agri…

Section 51292 shall not apply to: (a) The location or construction of improvements where the board or council administering the agricultural preserve approves or agrees to the location thereof, except when the acquiring agency and administering agency are the same entity. (b) The…

Any public agency or person requiring land in an agricultural preserve for a use which has been determined by a city or county to be a “compatible use” pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 51201 in that agricultural preserve shall not be excused from the provisions of subdivisi…

Section 51292 shall be enforceable only by mandamus proceedings by the local governing body administering the agricultural preserve. However, as applied to condemnors whose determination of necessity is not conclusive by statute, evidence as to the compliance of the condemnor wit…

After 30 days have elapsed following its action, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51291, advising the local governing body of a county or city administering an agricultural preserve of its intention to consider the location of a public improvement within such agricultural p…

If any local governing body administering an agricultural preserve within 90 days after receiving a request pursuant to Section 51294.1 has not approved or agreed to the location of water transmission facilities as provided in Section 51294.1 or in subdivision (a) of Section 5129…

When any action in eminent domain for the condemnation of the fee title of an entire parcel of land subject to a contract is filed, or when that land is acquired in lieu of eminent domain for a public improvement by a public agency or person, or whenever there is any such action …

Each trial court shall adopt personnel rules, subject to the obligation to meet and confer in good faith, to provide trial court employees with access to their official personnel files. The rules shall provide, at a minimum, that all of the following applies: (a) Each trial court…

Nothing in this chapter shall operate to prevent the Governor or the Office of Emergency Services from formally recognizing committees or boards established by or with segments of the private sector, public agencies, or both the private sector and public agencies, that control fa…

(a) (1) Any report required or requested by law, or identified in the Legislative Analyst’s Supplemental Report of the Budget Act, to be submitted by a state or local agency to a committee of the Legislature or the Members of either house of the Legislature generally, shall inste…

The Legislature finds that local circumstances in the County of San Mateo require the preparation of a comprehensive water resources management plan for such county; that no general law exists which provides procedures for the preparation and adoption of such a plan; and that the…

As used in this article “county” means the County of San Mateo. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 178.)

As used in this article “comprehensive water resources management plan” means a plan for coordinating and managing the supply and distribution of water for residential, commercial, industrial or other purposes and for coordinating and managing the treatment and disposal of waste …

The county is hereby authorized to prepare and adopt a comprehensive water resources management plan as prescribed in this article. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 178.)

Every public agency which is involved in supplying or distributing water for residential, commercial, industrial or other purposes within the county and every public agency owning or operating water pollution control facilities within the county shall cooperate with the county in…

The comprehensive water resources management plan shall comply with all relevant statutes and with all relevant policies and requirements established pursuant to statute which are applicable to the supply and distribution of water and to the treatment and disposal of waste water.…

The comprehensive water resources management plan shall comply with the provisions of any federal, state or regional plans which apply to water supply and distribution and to the treatment and disposal of waste water and which are required by statute or intergovernmental agreemen…

The board of supervisors shall provide for public hearings on the proposed comprehensive water resources management plan prior to the adoption thereof. After such hearings have occurred, the board of supervisors may make any changes in the comprehensive water resources management…

Upon the adoption of the plan by the board of supervisors, it shall be submitted to each affected city within the county for approval or disapproval. In reaching a determination each city shall consult with any public water supply agency or any agency owning or operating water po…

If the plan is approved by at least 50 percent of the cities within whose boundaries reside at least 50 percent of the population of the county, the plan shall be the official policy and plan for the county and affected governmental entities within the county. (Added by Stats. 19…

The Legislature finds and declares that it is desirable to expand options available to landowners for the preservation of agricultural land. It is therefore the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to encourage the creation of longer term voluntary enforceable restr…

A landowner or group of landowners may petition the board to rescind a contract or contracts entered into pursuant to this chapter in order to simultaneously place the land subject to that contract or those contracts under a new contract designating the property as a farmland sec…

Both of the following shall apply to land within a designated farmland security zone: (a) The land shall be eligible for property tax valuation pursuant to Section 423.4 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any special tax approved by …

Notwithstanding any provision of the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000)), a local agency formation commission shall not approve a change of organization or reorganization that would result in the annexati…

Notwithstanding any provision of the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000)), a local agency formation commission shall not approve a change of organization or reorganization that would result in the annexati…

Notwithstanding Article 5 (commencing with Section 53090) of Chapter 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, a school district shall not render inapplicable a county zoning ordinance to the use of land by the school district if the land is within a designated farmland security zone. (Added b…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school district shall not acquire any land that is within a designated farmland security zone. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2001.)

The board shall not approve any use of land within a designated farmland security zone based on the compatible use provisions contained in subdivision (c) of Section 51238.1. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2001.)

Sections 51296 to 51297.4, inclusive, shall only apply to land that is designated on the Important Farmland Series maps, prepared pursuant to Section 65570 as predominantly one or more of the following: (a) Prime farmland. (b) Farmland of statewide significance. (c) Unique farmla…