Title GOV, California Gov. Code

The board shall, in accordance with this part, approve health benefit plans, and may contract with carriers offering health benefit plans. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 69, Sec. 22. Effective June 24, 2004.)

The board shall have all powers reasonably necessary to carry out the authority and responsibilities expressly granted or imposed upon it under this part. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 69, Sec. 22. Effective June 24, 2004.)

Irrespective of the provisions of Sections 1090 and 1091, a board member who is an officer of a life insurer may participate in all board activities in administering the provisions of this part, except that he or she may not vote on the question of whether a contract should be en…

(a) The board shall, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, adopt all necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this part including, but not limited to, any of the following: (1) Regulations establishing the following: (A) The scope and content of a ba…

(a) The board or an authorized representative may perform audits of each employer and may, at a specified time and place, require the employer to provide information or make available for examination and copying books, papers, data, and records, including, but not limited to, per…

Each member of the board of supervisors shall be elected by the district which he represents, and not at large, except in any county in which supervisorial districts have not been established by law or ordinance, and in which supervisors were on May 17, 1907, required to be elect…

In all other cases each member shall have been a registered voter of the district which he seeks to represent for at least 30 days immediately preceding the deadline for filing nomination documents for the office of supervisor, and shall reside in the district during his incumben…

Any supervisor who (a) refuses or neglects to perform any duty imposed on him, without just cause, or (b) wilfully violates any law provided for his government as a supervisor, or (c) fraudulently or corruptly performs any duty imposed on him, or (d) wilfully, fraudulently, or co…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Disclose” means to have information announced in an open and public meeting and noted in the official records of the board of supervisors. (2) “Family relationship” means a relationship by blood, adoption, ma…

A district attorney shall not during his incumbency defend or assist in the defense of, or act as counsel for, any person accused of any crime in any county. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

A district attorney shall not during his incumbency defend or assist in the defense of, or act as counsel for, any defendant in any eminent domain action or proceeding in which the State or any state agency is a party plaintiff in the county in which he holds office, except when …

If the office of district attorney is vacant the duties of the office may be temporarily discharged by a chief deputy district attorney, assistant or deputy district attorney, as the case may be, next in authority to the district attorney, in office at the time the vacancy occurs…

A district attorney or county counsel shall not during his incumbency act as counsel for any private plaintiff in any action or proceeding in which a city, district, or political subdivision of the State is a party defendant. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 422.)

The administrative officer or auditor, as designated by the board, shall compile the budget requests. (Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 332, Sec. 24. (SB 113) Effective January 1, 2010.)

The board shall designate either the administrative officer or auditor to review the budget requests and prepare a recommended budget. Any differences may be described in the written recommendations or comments, or both. (Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 332, Sec. 25. (SB 113) Effecti…

The recommended budget shall be submitted to the board by the administrative officer or auditor, as designated by the board, on or before June 30 of each year, as the board directs. (Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 332, Sec. 26. (SB 113) Effective January 1, 2010.)

Upon receipt of the recommended budget, the board shall consider it and, on or before June 30 of each year, at such time as it directs, shall make any revisions, reductions, or additions. Any official or person whose budget requests have been revised shall be given the opportunit…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), on or before June 30 of each year the board, by formal action, shall approve the recommended budget, including the revisions it deems necessary for the purpose of having authority to spend until the budget is adopted. (b) (1) Except as p…

On or before September 8 of each year, as the board directs, the recommended budget shall be made available to the public. (Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 332, Sec. 29. (SB 113) Effective January 1, 2010.)

The clerk of the legislative body conducting the proceeding shall record with the recorder of the county in which the city is located, an affidavit stating that all requirements of law pertaining to the proceeding have been complied with, if it relates to the change of name of a …

The legislative body of any city operating under a charter framed pursuant to Section 8, Article XI of the Constitution may adopt an ordinance by a majority of all its members, changing the fiscal year of the city to begin at a time other than that fixed by the charter. (Added by…

By ordinance passed in the same manner, the legislative body may fix the time for making the annual tax levy, and the time at which the tax lien attaches. It may change the times designated in the charter for making the assessment, demanding statements of property, preparing the …

The ordinance establishing the system shall provide that minimum or maximum age limits for any civil service examination shall not be established and that age shall not be a minimum qualification for any city employment in the classified service. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)

The ordinance shall provide that any person possessing all the minimum qualifications for the position is eligible to take any civil service examination, regardless of age, and that the commission, the personnel officer, or any appointing power shall not adopt any rule prohibitin…

This article does not require nor authorize any city to employ any person in a particular city employment if he has attained the retirement age for that particular employment prescribed by any city employees’ retirement system. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)

A person shall not be employed in city employment while he is receiving a retirement allowance under a city employees’ retirement system of such city by reason of prior service with such city. (Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 504.)

This article does not prevent the legislative body from fixing minimum or maximum age limits for the employment of policemen or firemen. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)

(a) For purposes of this article, “local agency” includes all districts. Except as otherwise provided by law, money, excluding restitution to victims, that is not the property of a local agency that remains unclaimed in its treasury or in the official custody of its officers for …

The notice shall state the amount of money, the fund in which it is held, and that it is proposed that the money will become the property of the local agency on a designated date not less than forty-five days nor more than sixty days after the first publication of the notice. (Ad…

Upon or prior to publication, a party of interest may file a claim with the treasurer which must include the claimant’s name, address, amount of claim, the grounds on which the claim is founded, and any other information that may be required by the treasurer. The claim shall be f…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 50052, the treasurer may release to the depositor of the unclaimed money, their heir, beneficiary, or duly appointed representative, unclaimed money if claimed prior to the date the money becomes the property of the local agency upon submitting proof s…

When any such money becomes the property of a local agency and is in a special fund, the legislative body may transfer it to the general fund. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

Whenever any city or county or city and county renders construction services or constructs public works for any city, county, city and county or any other governmental agency below the level of the state government, the price charged for such services or construction shall be suf…

Any other provision of this article notwithstanding, any individual items of less than fifteen dollars ($15), or any amount if the depositor’s name is unknown, which remain unclaimed in the treasury or in the official custody of an officer of a local agency for the period of one …

The responsibilities of the treasurer as provided under this article may be delegated by the treasurer to the agency, district, or department that maintains the supporting records of the unclaimed money based on the initial receipt or deposit of that money or both. (Added by Stat…

For individual items in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less, the legislative body of any county may, by resolution, authorize the county treasurer to perform on its behalf any act required or authorized to be performed by it under Sections 50050, 50053, and 50055…

A county which provides services through its appropriate departments, boards, commissions, officers or employees, to any city pursuant to contract or as authorized by law, shall charge the city all those costs which are incurred in providing the services so contracted or authoriz…

The members of the governing body shall, ex officio, be the commissioners of the authority except in the case of an area energy authority, as provided by Section 52031. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1550, Sec. 1.)

The powers and functions of an authority are vested in its commissioners. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1550, Sec. 1.)

A majority of the commissioners constitutes a quorum for purposes of conducting the business of the authority. The commissioners shall act by majority vote thereof. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1550, Sec. 1.)

The authority may adopt rules and regulations not in conflict with law. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1550, Sec. 1.)

The records of the authority shall be open to public inspection pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1). (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 192. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pu…

The commissioners shall provide by resolution for the time and place of holding their regular meetings. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson or by two commissioners, and notice thereof shall be mailed to each commissioner and posted in a public place at least 48 hour…

The authority may create advisory committees as deemed necessary for any purpose of the authority. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1550, Sec. 1.)

The term “public agency,” as used in this article, means a district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public corporation in the state, but does not include the state or a county, city and county, or city. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 653.)

(a) Within 70 days after the date of commencement of its legal existence, the governing body of each public agency shall file with the Secretary of State on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State and with the county clerk of each county in which the public agency maintains a…