Title GOV — California Gov. Code

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.

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.

This article does not prevent the legislative body from fixing minimum or maximum age limits for the employment of policemen or firemen.

During any war emergency, the legislative body, by a four-fifths vote, may provide for the emergency employment of any person to fill any office or position in the city. The legislative body first shall find that national mobilization of trained manpower makes it impracticable fo…

An emergency appointee does not acquire civil service or other permanent status because of the emergency appointment.

The legislative body may provide that an emergency appointee selected from an eligible list who is otherwise eligible for permanent appointment may acquire such rights as are expressly provided for under regulations which it may adopt.

As used in this chapter the word “war” shall mean: (a) Whenever Congress has declared war and for one year after the termination of hostilities therein as proclaimed by the President of the United States; (b) Whenever the President of the United States has proclaimed the existenc…

If the legislative body determines that a reduction in personnel is necessary for economy reasons, it shall observe the seniority rule in putting the reduction into effect.

It is unlawful for any person: (a) Wilfully by himself or in cooperation with another person to defeat, deceive, or obstruct any person with respect to his right of examination, application, or certification for employment under the personnel system, merit system, or civil servic…

It is unlawful for any person: (a) To impersonate another person or to permit or aid in any manner any other person to impersonate him in connection with any examination, application, or request to be examined under the personnel system, merit system, or civil service system of a…

Any city employee, or person whose name appears on any city employment list who uses during duty hours, for training or target practice, any material which is not authorized therefor by the appointing power, shall be disciplined pursuant to the city personnel, merit or civil serv…

Every person who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Exercises, drills or other training or practice activities designed to aid personnel to prepare for, cope with or prevent any disaster or other emergency to which this compact applies. (c) Except as expressly limited by this compact or a supplementary agreement in force pursuant …

“Local agency” as used in this division means county, city, or city and county, unless the context otherwise requires.

“Legislative body” as used in this division, means board of supervisors in the case of a county or city and county, and city council or board of trustees in the case of a city, unless the context otherwise requires.

When a statute requires a local agency to take legislative action by resolution and the local agency is required by its charter to take legislative action by ordinance, action by ordinance is compliance with the statute for all purposes.

(a) “Code,” as used in this article, means any statute, or any published compilation of rules, regulations or standards adopted by the federal government or the State of California, or by any agency of either of them. It shall include any codification or compilation of existing o…

A code adopted and fully published or adopted by reference as provided in this article, may be subsequently recodified or recompiled and thereafter adopted by reference in the same manner as prescribed by this article for the original adoption by reference of the code.

Provided that all the procedures and requirements of this article are complied with, any local agency is hereby authorized to enact any ordinance which adopts any code by reference, in whole or in part; and such primary code, thus adopted, may in turn adopt by reference, in whole…

After the first reading of the title of the adopting ordinance and of the title of the code to be adopted thereby, and of the title of the secondary codes therein adopted by reference, the legislative body shall schedule a public hearing thereon. Notice of the hearing shall be pu…

After the hearing, the legislative body may amend, adopt or reject the adopting ordinance in the same manner in which it is empowered to act in the case of other ordinances; and, except as to the adoption of a code of existing ordinances of the adopting agency, nothing in this ar…

Nothing contained in this article shall be deemed to relieve any local agency from the requirement of publishing in full the ordinance that adopts any code, and all provisions applicable to the publication shall be fully carried out.

At least one copy of each primary code adopted by reference, and of each secondary code pertaining thereto, all certified to be true copies by the clerk of the legislative body, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the legislative body at least 15 days preceding the heari…

If at any time any code which any local agency has previously adopted by reference, shall be amended by the agency which originally promulgated or adopted it, then the legislative body may adopt such amendment or amended code by reference through the same procedure as required fo…

Copies of such codes in published form, duly certified by the clerk of the legislative body, shall be received without further proof as prima facie evidence of the provisions of such codes or public records in all courts and administrative tribunals of this State.

A city may enact ordinances which adopt by reference county ordinances, codes, or any parts thereof and any amendments thereto by complying with the requirements of this article.

The legislative body of a local agency, directly or through a representative, may attend the Legislature and Congress, and any committees thereof, and present information to aid the passage of legislation which the legislative body deems beneficial to the local agency or to preve…

The legislative bodies of local agencies may enter into associations and through a representative of the associations attend the Legislature and Congress, and any committees thereof, and present information to aid the passage of legislation which the association deems beneficial …

By resolution, a legislative body may withdraw from the association at any time.

The legislative body of any local agency, chartered or general law, which is otherwise authorized by law or charter to impose any tax on the privilege of earning a livelihood by an employee or any other tax, fee or charge on or measured by the earnings, or any part thereof, of an…

(a) The legislative body of any local agency, chartered or general law, which is otherwise authorized by law or charter to impose any tax, shall not impose any tax, fee, or charge on or measured by the sale of any stocks, bonds, or any other securities. (b) It is the intent of th…

Any city, county, or city and county in the State of California may, pursuant to such provisions as may be prescribed by its governing body, prohibit or regulate the practice of astrology for compensation. In connection therewith, the governing body may prescribe such rules and r…

(a) The legislative body of any county, city, or city and county, whether general law or chartered, may adopt, by ordinance, such rules and regulations as it deems necessary, which require any coin-operated viewing machine to have permanently attached thereto a tally counter that…

The board of supervisors of the County of Orange or the city council of any city in that county may, by resolution, establish a fee program requiring the payment of a fee as a condition of issuing a building permit for purposes of defraying the actual or estimated cost of constru…

Any permit fee imposed by a city, including a chartered city, a county, or a city and county, for the placement, installation, repair, or upgrading of telecommunications facilities such as lines, poles, or antennas by a telephone corporation that has obtained all required authori…

(a) A city, including a charter city, county, including a charter county, or city and county, including a charter city and county, that approves a building permit for the construction of an electrified security fence shall notify the local fire department and fire marshal and pro…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish minimum crowd safety standards to guide local authorities when permitting large outdoor events throughout the state. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the minimum crowd safety standards, as established purs…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (1) The legislative body of a city, county, or city and county shall not grant credit for service to an elective officer for service that the elective officer has not performed. (2) The legislative body of a city, county, or city an…

(a) (1) No later than January 1, 2029, a local agency that maintains an internet website for use by the public shall ensure that the internet website utilizes a “.gov” top-level domain or a “.ca.gov” second-level domain. (2) If a local agency that is subject to paragraph (1) main…

(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.

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.

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.

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…

As used in this article: (a) “District” means a habitat maintenance assessment district formed pursuant to this article. (b) “Improvement” means one or any combination of the following: (1) The acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of any facilities needed to create, resto…