Title GOV — California Gov. Code

In managing and controlling a water system, the board of supervisors has authority, upon such terms and conditions as the board shall prescribe, to establish the rate or rates for the use of water furnished or provided by the county. All revenues derived from such charge, are ava…

In any year a tax may be levied for the maintenance of the water system in the county at a rate calculated to raise a sum of money equal to the amount of the excess, if any, of the amount of the estimated cost of such maintenance over the estimated amount of revenues derived that…

No tax for the purposes of this article may be levied for acquisition, improvement, development, construction, maintenance or operation upon property within incorporated cities maintaining a municipal water system until approved by a vote of the electors thereof as provided in Se…

The board of supervisors may establish a committee or board to advise and make recommendations to the board of supervisors with respect to the water resources of the county. The members appointed to the committee or board so established shall receive no compensation but shall be …

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.

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.

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.

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.

(a) The Legislature finds that local circumstances in Inyo and Mono Counties require that those counties be given authority to construct, operate, and maintain hydroelectric facilities, and that no general law exists which provides the necessary authority. (b) The Board of Superv…

The hydroelectric plant or plants and transmission lines constructed pursuant to Section 25720 may be leased for operation to, or power generated may be sold to, a public utility or public agency engaged in the distribution, use, or sale of electricity. The power generated may be…

The board of supervisors of any county may construct, acquire, and develop works constructed after September 29, 1981, for the generation of hydroelectric power, and works constructed after the effective date of the amendments to this section enacted by the Statutes of 1982 for t…

The hydroelectric or wind energy plant or plants and transmission lines constructed pursuant to Section 25730 may be leased for operation to, or the power generated may be sold to, a public utility or another public agency engaged in the distribution, use, or sale of electricity.…

The power to construct, acquire, and develop works for the generation of hydroelectric power and to operate and maintain such works shall only apply to works constructed, acquired, developed, operated, and maintained after September 29, 1981. The power to construct, acquire, and …

The power to construct, acquire, develop, operate, and maintain works and facilities for the generation of hydroelectric or wind energy power shall not include, and nothing in this article shall be interpreted to allow, the acquisition of property already employed in the generati…

An officer forfeits his office upon conviction of designated crimes as specified in the Constitution and laws of the State. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

Any State, county, or city officer who is intoxicated while in discharge of the duties of his office, or by reason of intoxication is disqualified for the discharge of, or neglects his duties, is guilty of a misdemeanor. On conviction of such misdemeanor he forfeits his office, a…

Whenever the Governor is authorized to appoint a person to an office with the advice and consent of, or subject to confirmation by, the Senate, and no fixed term has been provided by law for such office, the Governor may at any time, without cause and without hearing, remove the …

(a) An elected officer of the state or a city, county, city and county, or district in this state forfeits his or her office upon the conviction of a crime pursuant to the federal Stolen Valor Act of 2013 (18 U.S.C. Sec. 704) or the California Stolen Valor Act (as specified in Se…

State officers elected on a statewide basis, members of the State Board of Equalization, and judges of state courts are subject to impeachment for misconduct in office.

The Senate when sitting as the court of impeachment is a court of record. The officers of the Senate are the officers of the court.

All impeachments shall be by resolution adopted, originated in, and conducted by managers elected by the Assembly. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

The managers shall prepare articles of impeachment, present them at the bar of the Senate, and prosecute them. The trial shall be before the Senate, sitting as a court of impeachment. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

When an officer is impeached by the Assembly for a misdemeanor in office, the articles of impeachment shall be delivered to the President of the Senate. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

The Senate shall assign a day for the hearing of the impeachment and inform the Assembly thereof. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

Not less than 10 days before the day fixed for the hearing, the President of the Senate shall have served on the defendant a copy of the articles of impeachment, with a notice to appear and answer the same at the time and place appointed. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

The service shall be made upon the defendant personally. If upon diligent inquiry he can not be found within the State, upon proof of that fact the Senate may order publication to be made, in such manner as it deems proper, of a notice requiring him to appear at a specified time …

If the defendant does not appear, upon proof of service or publication the Senate may, of its own motion or for cause shown, assign another day for hearing the impeachment, or may proceed to trial and judgment in the absence of the defendant. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

When the defendant appears, he may object in writing to the sufficiency of the articles of impeachment, or he may answer the articles by an oral plea of not guilty. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

If the objection to the sufficiency of the articles of impeachment is not sustained by a majority of the members of the Senate who heard the argument, the defendant shall be ordered forthwith to answer the articles of impeachment. If he then pleads guilty, or refuses to plead, th…

If the defendant pleads not guilty, the Senate shall try the impeachment at the time it appoints. The plea shall be entered upon the Senate Journal, and puts in issue every material allegation of the articles of impeachment. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

At the time and place appointed, and before the Senate acts on the impeachment, the secretary shall administer to the President of the Senate, and the President of the Senate to each of the members of the Senate present, an oath truly and impartially to hear, try, and determine t…

The defendant can not be convicted on impeachment without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members elected, voting by ayes and noes. If two-thirds of the members elected do not concur in a conviction, he shall be acquitted. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

After conviction and at the time appointed by the Senate, it shall pronounce judgment, in the form of a resolution entered upon the Senate Journal. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

On the adoption of the resolution by a majority of the members present who voted on the question of acquittal or conviction, it becomes the judgment of the Senate. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

The judgment may be that the defendant be suspended, or that he be removed from office and disqualified to hold any office of honor, trust, or profit under the State. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

If judgment of suspension is given, during the continuance of the judgment the defendant is disqualified from receiving the salary, fees, or emoluments of the office. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

Whenever articles of impeachment against any officer subject to impeachment are presented to the Senate, the officer is temporarily suspended from his office and can not act in his official capacity until he is acquitted. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

Upon temporary suspension of any officer other than the Governor, his office shall at once be temporarily filled by an appointment made by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The office shall be filled by the appointee until the acquittal of the party impeach…

If the Lieutenant Governor is impeached, notice of the impeachment shall be immediately given to the Senate by the Assembly in order that another president may be chosen. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)