Title GOV, California Gov. Code

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever a taxing agency elects to become a revenue district within the meaning of Section 122 of the Revenue and Taxation Code or elects to utilize the regular city assessment roll, it shall do so by the adoption of a resolution to tha…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 6103, the State Board of Equalization shall establish a schedule of fees for filing and processing the statements and maps or plats that are required to be filed with the board pursuant to Section 54902. (1) The schedule shall not include any fee that …

The creation of any city, district or zone thereof or the change in its boundaries is not effective for assessment or taxation purposes nor shall the tax or the special assessment levy of a district previously levying and collecting taxes or special assessments based on its own a…

When a statement of the creation or change of boundaries of a school district and a map or plat thereof is required to be filed with the State Board of Equalization, the authority required to file the statement and map or plat shall, at the same time, file a copy of the statement…

This chapter does not apply to sanitary districts organized, consolidated, or whose boundaries are changed, pursuant to Part 1 of Division 6 of the Health and Safety Code if the district levies and collects taxes based upon its own assessment without taking advantage of Sections …

This chapter does not apply to any community facilities district organized pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5) if the district does not provide for the collection of special t…

This chapter does not apply to any zones within a permanent road division created pursuant to Section 1162.6 of the Streets and Highways Code, where the zones are formed for a specific permanent road project. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 269, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)

Notwithstanding Sections 54902 and 54903, any change in the boundaries of a fire protection district formed or operating under Part 2.7 (commencing with Section 13801) of Division 12 of the Health and Safety Code as the result of an annexation to a city, the proceedings for which…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 54902, 54902.1, or 54903, the approval of any formation of a fire protection district by the voters at an election held on June 8, 1982, shall be effective for assessment and taxation purposes for the 1982–83 fiscal year if the required s…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 54902, 54902.1, or 54903, any county service area which is formed for the purpose of providing fire protection and emergency medical services, the formation of which is completed on March 3, 1982, shall be effective for assessment and tax…

As used in this chapter, “public securities” means any issue of bonds, notes, warrants or other evidences of indebtedness and the interest coupons, if any, attached thereto, issued or proposed to be issued by any public body. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1315.)

As used in this chapter, “public body” means any county, city and county, city, municipal corporation, political subdivision, public district, public corporation or public authority, or any agency thereof. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1315.)

No public body shall enter into any contract which provides that such public body shall be furnished any report relating to the financial feasibility of any public project or of the issuance or sale of any public securities if: (1) such contract is entered into with any person en…

(a) The executive officer shall prepare and execute a certificate of completion and shall make the filing required by this division upon all of the following: (1) The completion of all commission actions pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 56650), including the time perio…

The certificate of completion prepared and executed by the executive officer shall contain all of the following information: (a) The name of each newly incorporated city, each new district, and the name of each existing local agency for which a change of organization or reorganiz…

(a) If an effective date is fixed in the terms and conditions of the commission resolution, that date shall be the effective date. An effective date shall not be fixed which is either of the following: (1) Earlier than the date of execution of the certificate of completion. (2) L…

The executive officer shall record, no later than 90 days after the election, a certified copy of the certificate of completion with the county recorder of each county in which all or any part of the territory included in the change of organization or reorganization is located, a…

(a) The executive officer shall file the statement of boundary change or creation with the Board of Equalization, the county assessor, and the county auditor as may be provided for by Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 54900) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5. (b) The Board of E…

On and after the effective date of a consolidation, the consolidated district succeeds to all of the powers, rights, duties, obligations, functions, and properties of all predecessor districts which have been united or joined into the consolidated district. The territory of a con…

No payment for the use, or right of use, of any property, real or personal, acquired or constructed by any predecessor district shall be required by reason of the consolidation of the district with other predecessor districts. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 541, Sec. 3. Effective Sep…

The territory of a consolidated district shall be liable for payment of principal, interest, and any other amounts which become due on account of any outstanding or then authorized but thereafter issued bonds, including revenue bonds, or other contracts or obligations of all pred…

In this chapter, “district” means any district created by, or pursuant to, law. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1036.)

In this chapter, “assessor” means the assessor of a district, or any other officer who makes assessments for the district. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1036.)

In this chapter, “board” means the board of directors of a district. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1036.)

Where the assessor possesses a complete, accurate map of any land or where such a complete, accurate map of any land prepared for county purposes pursuant to Section 325 or 327 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is possessed by the assessor, he may number or letter the parcels or a…

(a) Prior to levying a new fee or service charge, or prior to approving an increase in an existing fee or service charge, a local agency shall hold at least one open and public meeting, at which oral or written presentations can be made, as part of a regularly scheduled meeting. …

(a) A city, county, or special district that conducts an impact fee nexus study shall follow all of the following standards and practices: (1) Before the adoption of an associated development fee, an impact fee nexus study shall be adopted. (2) When applicable, the nexus study sh…

(a) Prior to levying a new fee or capacity charge, a local agency shall evaluate the amount of the fee or capacity charge. The evaluation shall include evidence to support that the fee or capacity charge does not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing service, in accor…

(a) Any action adopting a fee or charge, or increasing a fee or charge adopted, upon a development project, as defined in Section 66000, which applies to the filing, accepting, reviewing, approving, or issuing of an application, permit, or entitlement to use shall be enacted in a…

(a) Prior to adopting an ordinance, resolution, or other legislative enactment adopting a new fee or approving an increase in an existing fee to which this section applies, a local agency shall hold a public hearing, at which oral or written presentations can be made, as part of …

“Local agency,” as used in this chapter, has the same meaning as provided in Section 66000. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1572, Sec. 20.)

(a) As used in this section: (1) “Fee” means a fee as defined in Section 66000, but does not include any of the following: (A) A fee authorized pursuant to Section 66013. (B) A fee authorized pursuant to Section 17620 of the Education Code, or Sections 65995.5 and 65995.7. (C) Ra…

(a) A development proponent may submit an application that allows development of small home lot development, as defined in subdivision (b). (b) A small home lot development for purposes of this section is a development that meets all of the following requirements: (1) The propose…

(a) Except as specified in subdivision (j), a local agency shall ministerially consider, without discretionary review or a hearing, a parcel map or a tentative and final map for a housing development project that meets all of the following requirements: (1) (A) The proposed subdi…

The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day, and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, and then it is also excluded. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 655.)

Time is computed according to the Gregorian or new style; and January 1st, in every year, after 1752 is reckoned as the first day of the year. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 655.)

The years 1900, 2100, 2200, 2300, or any other future hundredth year, of which the year 2000 is the first, except only every fourth hundredth year, are not leap years, but common years of 365 days. The years 2000, 2400, 2800, and every other fourth hundredth year after 2000 and e…

“Year” means a period of 365 days; “half year,” 182 days; “quarter of a year,” 91 days. The added day of a leap year, and the day immediately preceding, if they occur in any such period, shall be reckoned together as one day. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 655.)

“Month” means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 655.)

A week consists of seven consecutive days. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 655.)

A day is the period of time between any midnight and the midnight following. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 655.)

“Daytime” is the period of time between sunrise and sunset. “Nighttime” is the period of time between sunset and sunrise. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 655.)

(a) The standard time within the state is that of the fifth zone designated by federal law as Pacific standard time (15 U.S.C. Secs. 261 and 263). (b) The standard time within the state shall advance by one hour during the daylight saving time period commencing at 2 a.m. on the s…

Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of any of the following records: (a) Records pertaining to pending litigation to which the public agency is a party, until the pending litigation has been finally adjudicate…

Nothing in this division or any other provision of law requires disclosure of a memorandum submitted to a state body or to the legislative body of a local agency by its legal counsel pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 11126 or Section 54956.9 until the pending litigation has …

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) The gradual movement of land, such as in prehistoric slide areas, or as a result of subsidence due to the depletion of underground or subterranean supporting substances, such as minerals, petroleum sources, water, and similar su…