Title GOV, California Gov. Code

After incorporation, the city council is judge of the qualifications of its members and of election returns. It shall determine contested elections of city officers. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)

If a written statement to contest the election of a city officer pursuant to Sections 16400 and 16401 of the Elections Code is filed with the city clerk prior to the commencement of any proceeding by the city council, pursuant to Section 36812, the authority of the city council t…

A city may defend any person elected to the city council or to the office of city clerk or city treasurer in any election contest instituted for any of the causes set forth in subdivisions (a), (d), or (e) of Section 16100 of the Elections Code. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, …

The council may establish rules for the conduct of its proceedings. It may punish a member or other person for disorderly behavior at a meeting. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)

The council shall cause the clerk to keep a correct record of its proceedings. At the request of a member, the city clerk shall enter the ayes and noes in the journal. (Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 79.)

Any reference to “councilman” or “councilmen” shall also mean and include “councilwoman” or “councilwomen.” A female member of a city council may designate herself “councilwoman.” Any member of a city council may designate himself or herself “councilmember.” (Amended by Stats. 19…

(a) There shall be a seal of this state, which shall be called “the Great Seal of the State of California.” (b) The Great Seal of the state shall be used by the Governor officially. (Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 312.)

The design of the Great Seal of the State shall correspond substantially with the following representation thereof: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NOTICE OF INCOMPLETE TEXT: The Great Seal appears in the hard-copy publication of the chaptered bill. …

This chapter does not apply to maintenance work, work occasioned by emergency, and work costing less than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). (Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 623.)

As used in this chapter, “engineer” means the Director of Transportation, the Director of Water Resources, the Director of General Services, or a deputy or other person authorized by any such officer, and every county engineer, county surveyor, county highway engineer, road commi…

As used in this chapter, “public work” means the construction of any bridge, road, street, highway, ditch, canal, dam, tunnel, excavation, building or structure within the State by day’s labor or force account. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

The engineer directing, supervising or superintending the construction, or in charge of the engineering work for or in connection with public work shall keep an accurate account of the cost of the public work. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

Prior to the commencement of the public work, the engineer shall prepare and file in his office either full, complete and accurate plans and specifications or a work authorization approved by the engineer describing the work to be performed, and an estimate of the cost thereof, e…

Within 60 days from the completion of any public work, the engineer shall prepare and file in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which the public work is performed, or if the engineer maintains an office in the county where the work is performed,…

Plans, specifications, work authorizations describing work to be performed, and all other information referred to in this chapter are open to inspection and examination as a public record. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 225.)

Every engineer who wilfully violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

Any document signed prior to August 27, 1937, by the Governor, the Secretary of State, or both of them and bearing an impression purporting to be an impression of the Great Seal of the State has the same validity as if the impression thereon were an impression of the Great Seal o…

(a) Every person who maliciously or for commercial purposes uses or allows to be used any reproduction or facsimile of the Great Seal of the State in any manner whatsoever is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the Great Seal of the State may be used for…

(a) In addition to the acts prohibited by Section 402, a person who uses or allows to be used any reproduction or facsimile of the Great Seal of the State in any campaign literature or mass mailing, as defined in Section 82041.5, with intent to deceive the voters, is guilty of a …

All grants and commissions shall be kept in the name and by the authority of the people of the State of California, sealed with the Great Seal of the state, signed by the Governor, and countersigned by the Secretary of State. (Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 161.)

(a) No person shall represent, either directly or indirectly, that the State of California is sponsoring or endorsing a world’s fair or exhibition unless the representation has been specifically authorized by law. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor. (b) The Board of Direc…

When the Great Seal of the state is prepared in color, the following colors shall be used: The field of the seal shall be Independence Blue, Cable No. 70076; the outer circle shall be Golden Poppy, Cable No. 70071; the 31 stars and the words “Eureka” and “The Great Seal of the St…

In the absence of the mayor, the mayor pro tempore shall exercise the powers granted in this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 624.)

The mayor shall sign: (a) All warrants drawn on the city treasurer. (b) All written contracts and conveyances made or entered into by the city. (c) All instruments requiring the city seal. The legislative body may provide by ordinance that the instruments described in (a), (b) an…

The mayor may administer oaths and affirmations, take affidavits, and certify them. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 40. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2019.)

The mayor may acknowledge the execution of all instruments executed by the city and required to be acknowledged. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 467, Sec. 41. (SB 1498) Effective January 1, 2019.)

In general law cities where the office of mayor is an elective office pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 34900) of Chapter 7 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 4, the mayor, with the approval of the city council, shall make all appointments to boards, commissions, and c…

The permanent seat of government of the state is at the City of Sacramento, but the Governor shall designate by written proclamation an alternative temporary seat of government for use in the event of war or enemy-caused disaster, or the imminence thereof. The proclamation shall …

The owner of any coupon bond, or of any bond payable to bearer, issued by the State, or any county, municipal corporation, or other public corporation in the State may present the bond to the treasurer or other officer who by law performs the duties of treasurer and request the c…

The treasurer, or officer performing the duties of treasurer, shall cut off and cancel the coupons of a coupon bond so presented, and shall stamp, print, or write upon the back or the face of a coupon or bearer bond so presented a statement to the effect that the bond is register…

The statement may be in substantially the following form: (Date, giving month, year, and day.) This bond is registered pursuant to the statute in such cases made and provided in the name of (Here insert name of owner) and the interest and principal thereof are heareafter payable …

After any bond is registered, the principal and interest of the bond are payable to the registered owner. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

The treasurer, or other officer performing the duties of treasurer, shall keep in his office a book which shall at all times show what bonds are registered and in whose names respectively. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

After a bond is registered it may be transferred from time to time by the registered owner, in person or by attorney, on presentation of the bond to the treasurer, or such other officer, and the bond be again registered as before. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any law or municipal charter authorizing the issuance of bonds, whenever under any statute of the State or any charter of any municipal corporation in the State, any bonds are issued, they may be issued either in the form of coupon…

Any legislative or governing body which authorizes the issuance of bonds of any county, city and county, city, municipal corporation, public district, public authority or other public corporation may, in its ordinance, resolution or order providing for the issuance of such bonds,…

The treasurer, or officer performing the duties of treasurer, of any county, district, municipal corporation, or other public corporation in the State shall be entitled for registering a bond to charge and collect a fee of one dollar ($1) for every one thousand dollars ($1,000) o…

All moneys received by the State Treasurer under this chapter shall be paid monthly into the State Treasury for credit to the General Fund. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

It is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the following: (a) Promote economic development on a local level so that communities can enact local strategies to increase jobs, create economic opportunity, and generate tax revenue for all levels of government. (b) Give local go…

As used in this part, “economic opportunity” means any of the following: (a) Development agreements, loan agreements, sale agreements, lease agreements, or other agreements that create, retain, or expand new jobs, in which the legislative body finds that the agreement will create…

It is declared to be the policy of the state: (a) To protect and promote the sound development of economic opportunity in cities and counties and the general welfare of the inhabitants of those communities through the employment of all appropriate means. (b) That whenever the cre…

(a) (1) This part shall not be interpreted to authorize the use of eminent domain for economic development purposes. (2) For the purposes of this part, a city, county, or city and county shall not sell, lease, or otherwise transfer, at a price that is less than the fair market va…

(a) (1) As part of the ballot proposition to approve the imposition of a retail transactions and use tax pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 7285) of Part 1.7 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, an authority established pursuant to Section 7285.5 of the Rev…

(a) The bonds authorized by the voters pursuant to Section 55800 may be issued at any time by the authority and shall be payable from the proceeds of the tax. The bonds shall be referred to as “limited tax bonds.” The bonds may be secured by a pledge of revenues from the proceeds…

Limited tax bonds issued under this chapter may be used only for the following purposes: (a) To finance the capital outlay expenditures to carry out the purposes of the retail transactions and use tax imposed by the authority. (b) To pay costs incurred in the issuance of the limi…

Limited tax bonds shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted at any time, and from time to time, by a two-thirds vote of the governing board of the authority, provided voter approval authorizing the issuance of bonds by the authority has been obtained by a majority vote, ex…