Title GOV — California Gov. Code

Upon the repeal of the city charter provision or ordinance the performance of city functions by county officers authorized by it shall cease.

The county officers shall perform all duties relative to the collection of city taxes, including delinquent taxes, levied prior to the repeal, the enforcement of their payment, and the sale of property for nonpayment, and redemption from sale, pursuant to the laws applicable to c…

The compensation paid the county for the services shall be filed by agreement between the board of supervisors and the city legislative body. Not more than 1 percent shall be charged for collecting the first twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), and not more than one-fourth of …

Notwithstanding any provision of this article relating to compensation paid to the county for assessing and collecting taxes for a city the board of supervisors may, upon a finding of public interest, perform such assessment and collection services for a city without compensation…

As used in this article: (a) “Local agency” means a county, city, school district, district, municipal corporation, political subdivision, public corporation, or other public agency of the state. (b) “Group life insurance” and “group policies of life insurance” includes “group an…

For the purposes of this article, employees employed by the county superintendent of schools and whose salaries are paid from the county school service fund are county employees. The employer’s contribution for such employees is a proper charge against the county school service f…

For the purposes of this article, school district employees whose salaries are paid through the county school service fund, pursuant to the provisions of Section 13843 of the Education Code, are county employees. The employer’s contribution for such employees shall be paid throug…

For the limited purpose of the application of this article, judges of the superior and municipal courts and the officers and attachés of said courts whose salaries are paid either in whole or in part from the salary fund of the county are county employees and shall be subject to …

Employees of a district may be treated as county employees for purposes of this article subject to approval of the district’s governing board and the county board of supervisors. The board of supervisors may impose as a condition to that approval a charge to cover the added costs…

Employees of an agency or entity created for the joint exercise of powers pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1, are county employees for purposes of this article when the county is a party to the joint exercise of powers …

(a) The legislative body of a local agency, subject to conditions as may be established by it, may provide for any health and welfare benefits for the benefit of its officers, employees, retired employees, and retired members of the legislative body, as provided in subdivision (b…

In providing health and welfare benefits the local agency may approve plans of their officers and employees or may contract with one or more admitted insurers, health service organizations, or legal service organizations for such plan or plans of health and welfare benefits as th…

In approving a plan or plans of health and welfare benefits, the local agency may approve policies of life, health, legal expense, and accident insurance, or any of them, from an admitted insurer or from a nonprofit membership corporation, as defined in Section 1157, wherein a bo…

When a policy is approved or adopted and carried into effect the local agency may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures as may properly implement the system, to provide for its administration and to advise its officers and employees of the terms and provisions of the s…

When in the possession of the local agency, applications, claims and all individual records of persons entitled to benefits from any policies or plans established pursuant to this article shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed to anyone except to the extent expressly au…

All plans, policies or other documents used to effectuate the purposes of this article shall provide benefits for large numbers of employees. No plan or policy may be approved pursuant to this article unless its issuance or the payment of benefits thereunder is otherwise lawful i…

From funds under its jurisdiction, the legislative body may authorize payment of all, or such portion as it may elect, of the premiums, dues, or other charges for health and welfare benefits of officers, employees, retired employees, former elective members specified in subdivisi…

(a) From funds under its jurisdiction, the legislative body may authorize payment of all or any portion as it may elect of the premiums, dues, or other charges for health and welfare benefits on the spouse and dependent children under the age of 21, dependent children under the a…

It is the intention of the Legislature to allow legislative bodies to validate or approve any prior, existing, or future payments or claims resulting from insurance or health benefits or health and welfare given their officers and employees and their dependents. The purpose of th…

In granting the approval specified in Sections 53202 and 53202.1 the local agency or governing board shall give preference to such health benefit plans as do not terminate upon retirement of the employees affected, and which provide the same benefits for retired personnel as for …

School districts and community college districts may join with other school districts or community college districts, or any combination of those districts, in providing for the payment of health and welfare benefits by entering into a pooling arrangement under a joint exercise o…

Subject to any applicable limitations of Section 53205 the legislative body may authorize payments to the trustees of a fund established to procure insurance pursuant to Insurance Code Sections 10202.8 or 10270.5 (a)(4) and may deduct from the employees’ compensation amounts for …

Any law prohibiting, restricting, or limiting the assignment of or order for wages or salary does not prohibit, restrict, or limit the powers conferred in this article nor the power of officers or employees to authorize and approve payment of charges for health and welfare benefi…

This article does not require an officer or employee of a local agency to accept or join in any plan of health and welfare benefits or to authorize deductions from their wages or salaries for any portion of the costs thereof.

Notwithstanding any statutory limitation upon compensation or statutory restriction relating to interest in contracts entered into by any local agency, any member of a legislative body may participate in any plan of health and welfare benefits permitted by this article.

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section, to provide a uniform limit on the health and welfare benefits for the members of the legislative bodies of all political subdivisions of the state, including charter cities and charter counties. The Legislature fin…

Amendments made in this article by the Legislature at the 1957 Regular Session, including, but not limited to, the repeal of Government Code Sections 53203 and 53204, are intended to enlarge the classification of service-type organizations eligible for pay roll deductions and emp…

The legislative body of a county may authorize payment from funds under its jurisdiction of all or such portion as it may elect of the premiums or other charges for hospital, medical, surgical, disability, death benefits, or related benefits whether provided on an insurance or a …

As used in this article, “local agency” means a county, city, public district, joint powers agency, or any public or municipal corporation.

Each local agency may establish for its officers and employees a deferred compensation plan. Participation in such plan shall be by written agreement between such officers and employees and the governing body of the local agency which shall provide for deferral of a portion of su…

(a) Each deferred compensation plan established pursuant to this article shall conform with the requirements promulgated under the federal Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 (Public Law 103-188). Those requirements include, but are not limited to, the holding of assets in …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a participant in a deferred compensation plan may also participate in a public retirement system, and, in ascertaining the amount of compensation of such participant for purposes of computing the amount of his contributions or benefits …

A county or city and county that pays the salaries, either in whole or in part, of judges of the superior courts and the officers and attachés of those courts may allow the judges, officers, and attachés to participate in any deferred compensation plan established pursuant to thi…

“Local agency” as used in this article means a city, city and county, district, school district, municipal or public corporation, political subdivision, or other public agency of the State, or any instrumentality of one or more of any such agencies.

The legislative body of a local agency may establish a pension trust funded by individual life insurance contracts, individual annuities, group policies of life insurance, or group annuities, or any one or combination of them, or by any other investment authorized by this article…

It is the intent of the Legislature, consistent with the mandate of the voters in passing Proposition 21 at the June 5, 1984, Primary Election, to allow the board of any retirement system governed by this article to invest in any form or type of investment deemed prudent by the b…

A county that has established a pension trust pursuant to this article may contract with the courts within the county, and with other local agencies within the county, to permit the officers and employees of those courts and local agencies to participate in any plan under the cou…

The legislative body shall employ investment counsel or trust companies or trust departments of banks to render service in connection with its investment program.

The legislative body of the local agency shall report annually to the beneficiaries and potential beneficiaries of the pension trust on the status of the trust. The report shall include a description of securities held and a comprehensive report of transactions involving the inve…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article and except as otherwise expressly restricted by the California Constitution and by law, the legislative body, trust, or other body, authorized to make investments for a pension trust, may invest, or delegate the authority to in…

The assets of the pension trust are trust funds and shall be held for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to participants in the pension or retirement system and their beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the system. The legislative body, trus…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary, separate rates of contribution for male and female employees shall not be maintained or established nor shall different allowances or benefits for male or female employees be maintained or established.

In the case of a pension trust established pursuant to this article which provides for individual accounts and permits a participant or beneficiary to direct investments in his or her account, if a participant or beneficiary directs investments in his or her account, no person wh…

(a) Any former member who left the service of a local agency with established reciprocity, and who became a member of a county retirement system, a retirement system established under the Public Employees’ Retirement Law, or another reciprocal retirement system and who did not el…

From funds under its jurisdiction the legislative body may authorize payment to the trust of amounts equaling all or any portion of the moneys necessary to fund any pension trust established pursuant to this article. The legislative body may also authorize payment of amounts to c…

(a) On or after January 1, 2003, a member who is credited with less than the number of years of service required for vesting shall have the right to elect to leave accumulated contributions on deposit in the local agency’s retirement fund. Failure to make an election to withdraw …

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section, to provide a uniform limit on the pension trust benefits for the members of the legislative bodies of all political subdivisions of the state, including charter cities and charter counties. The Legislature finds an…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to recognize a public obligation to all those whose duties as local prosecutors, local public defenders, and local public defender investigators expose them to more than ordinary risks in their contribution to an ef…

Any law prohibiting, restricting, or limiting the assignment of or order for wages or salary does not prohibit, restrict, or limit the powers conferred in this article nor the power of officers or employees to authorize and approve payment of trust contributions by wage and salar…

A pension trust established pursuant to this article shall have trustees, agents or officers who shall carry on the business of the pension trust. The by-laws or declaration of trust shall prescribe the manner in which and the officers or agents by whom the pension trust may be c…