Title GOV, California Gov. Code

(a) There shall be maintained in the State Treasury the Public Employees’ Health Care Fund to fund the health benefit plans administered or approved by the board. The board may invest funds in the Public Employees’ Health Care Fund in accordance with the provisions of law governi…

(a) The Controller shall suitably identify and remit the state’s monthly contribution, as required by Section 22870, and the monthly amounts authorized to be deducted from the salaries or retirement allowances of state employees and annuitants for payment of their contributions, …

There is in the State Treasury the State Annuitants’ Vision Care Benefits Fund that is, upon appropriation by the Legislature, available to the board for expenditure solely for the provision of vision care benefits to state annuitants pursuant to this part. (Added by Stats. 2004,…

Whenever the board of supervisors deems it necessary or important to examine any person as a witness upon any subject or matter within the jurisdiction of the board, or to examine any officer of the county in relation to the discharge of his official duties as to the receipt or d…

Whenever the board appoints any of its members a committee upon any subject or matter of which it has jurisdiction and confers upon the committee power to send for persons and papers, the chairman of the committee has all the powers and duties of the chairman of the board of supe…

The sheriff of the county to whom the subpena is delivered shall serve it by reading it to the person named therein, and at the same time delivering to him a copy thereof. The official return of the sheriff upon the subpena, showing the time and place of service is prima facie ev…

Whenever any person duly subpenaed to appear and give evidence or to produce any books and papers before the board or a committee neglects or refuses to appear, or to produce any books and papers, as required by the subpena, or refuses to testify or to answer any questions which …

Upon receipt of the report, the judge of the superior court shall issue an attachment directed to any sheriff, marshal, or police chief in the State of California, commanding him or her to attach that person and forthwith bring him or her before the judge who ordered the attachme…

On the return of the attachment and the production of the body of the defendant, the judge has jurisdiction of the matter. The person charged may purge himself of the contempt in the same way, and the same proceeding shall be had, and the same penalties may be imposed, and the sa…

Witnesses subpenaed to testify on behalf of the county in matters of public concern before the board of supervisors are not entitled to have their fees prepaid, but the board shall allow them the reasonable expenses of their attendance. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

As used in this article: (a) “Local agency” means a city, a city and county, or a county. (b) “Legislative body” means the legislative body of a local agency. (c) “Superintendent” means street superintendent, his assistants and deputies, or other public officer designated by the …

The legislative body may declare by resolution as public nuisances and abate all abandoned excavations located upon private property within the local agency. The resolution shall contain a statement of the facts which constitute the nuisance. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1142.)

The resolution shall describe the property upon which the nuisance exists by giving its lot and block number according to the official or local agency assessment map or by other means sufficient to identify the property. The legislative body may specify the type of covering, fill…

Any number of parcels of private property may be included within one resolution. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1142.)

After passage of the resolution, the superintendent shall cause notices to be conspicuously posted on or in front of the property on which the nuisance exists. He shall post: (a) One notice to each separately owned parcel of property of not over 50 feet frontage. (b) Not more tha…

The heading of the notices shall be “Notice to abate abandoned excavation” in letters not less than one inch in height. (Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1178.)

The notice shall be substantially in the following form: NOTICE TO ABATE ABANDONED EXCAVATION Notice is hereby given that on the ____ day of ____, 19__, the (name of the legislative body) passed a resolution declaring that an abandoned excavation was located upon the property on …

The notices shall be posted at least five days prior to the time for hearing objections by the legislative body. A copy of the written notice shall be mailed by certified mail to the owner of the property as shown on the last equalized assessment roll at least five days prior to …

At the time stated in the notices, the legislative body shall hear and consider all objections to the proposed abatement of the abandoned excavation. It may continue the hearing from time to time. (Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1178.)

By motion or resolution at the conclusion of the hearing the legislative body shall allow or overrule any objections. At that time the legislative body acquires jurisdiction to proceed and perform the work of abating the abandoned excavation. (Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1178.)

The decision of the legislative body is final. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1142.)

If objections have not been made or after the legislative body has disposed of those made, it shall order the superintendent to abate the nuisance. The order shall be made by motion or resolution. (Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1178.)

The superintendent may enter upon private property to abate the nuisance. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1142.)

Before the superintendent arrives, any property owner may abate the abandoned excavation at his own expense. (Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1178.)

The superintendent shall keep an account of the cost of abatement on each separate parcel of land where the work is done by him. He shall submit to the legislative body for confirmation an itemized written report showing such cost. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1142.)

A copy of the report shall be posted for at least three days prior to its submission to the legislative body on or near the chamber door of the legislative body, with a notice of the time of submission. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1142.)

At the time fixed for receiving and considering the report, the legislative body shall hear it with any objections of the property owners liable to be assessed for the abatement. It may modify the report if it is deemed necessary. The legislative body shall then confirm the repor…

The cost of abatement upon each parcel of land constitutes a special assessment against that parcel. After the assessment is made and confirmed, it is a lien on the parcel. Such lien attaches upon recordation in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the propert…

After confirmation of the report, a copy shall be given to the assessor and tax collector of the local agency, who shall add the amount of the assessment to the next regular tax bill levied against the parcel for local agency purposes. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1142.)

If the county assessor and the tax collector assess property and collect taxes for the city, a certified copy of the report shall be filed with the county auditor on or before August 10th. The descriptions of the parcels reported shall be those used for the same parcels on the co…

The county auditor shall enter each assessment on the county tax roll opposite the parcel of land. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1142.)

The amount of the assessment shall be collected at the time and in the manner of ordinary local agency taxes. If delinquent, the amount is subject to the same penalties and procedure of foreclosure and sale provided for ordinary local agency taxes. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1142…

As an alternative method the county tax collector in his discretion may collect the assessments without reference to the general taxes by issuing separate bills and receipts for the assessments. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1142.)

Laws relating to the levy, collection, and enforcement of county taxes apply to such special assessment taxes. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1142.)

The superintendent may receive the amount due on the abatement cost and issue receipts at any time after the confirmation of the report and until 10 days before a copy is given to the local agency assessor and tax collector, or, where a certified copy is filed with the county aud…

The legislative body may order refunded all or part of a tax paid pursuant to this article if it finds that all or part of the tax has been erroneously levied. A tax or part shall not be refunded unless a claim is filed with the clerk of the legislative body on or before March 1s…

If the legislative body finds that property damage was caused by the negligence of an officer or employee of the local agency in connection with the abatement of a nuisance pursuant to this article, a claim for such damages may be paid from the general fund of the local agency. (…

Anything contained in this article to the contrary notwithstanding, the legislative body shall not require to be filled any abandoned excavation which contains a surface area of more than one-half acre. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 836.)

Nothing in this act allows an authority to acquire or operate any public utility facilities or property employed in the generation, transmission, or distribution of gas, electricity, steam, or water, except by mutual agreement between the authority and the public utility. (Added …

(a) The head of a special district, after one year, may destroy recordings of routine video monitoring, and after 100 days may destroy recordings of telephone and radio communications maintained by the special district. This destruction shall be approved by the legislative body a…

Notwithstanding Section 53160, the legislative body of a special district may prescribe a procedure whereby duplicates of special district records less than two years old may be destroyed if they are no longer required. For purposes of this section, video recording media, includi…

(a) When installing new security systems, a transit agency operated by a special district shall only purchase and install equipment capable of storing recorded images for at least one year, unless all of the following conditions apply: (1) The transit agency has made a diligent e…

It is the policy of the State of California that the composition of state boards and commissions shall be broadly reflective of the general public including ethnic minorities and women. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 977.)

In making appointments to state boards and commissions, the Governor and every other appointing authority shall be responsible for nominating a variety of persons of different backgrounds, abilities, interests, and opinions in compliance with the policy expressed in this article.…

(a) The Legislature recognizes that, because of the size and significant economic impact of the tourism industry on the economy of the County of Los Angeles, it being the second largest economic activity within the county, and due to many independent factors that have adversely a…

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “County commission” means the Los Angeles County Tourism Marketing Commission. (b) “County commissioner” means a commissioner of the county commission. (c) “County selection committee” means the Los Ange…