Title GOV — California Gov. Code

(a) All contracts of employment with a superintendent, deputy superintendent, assistant superintendent, associate superintendent, community college president, community college vice president, community college deputy vice president, general manager, city manager, county administ…

For purposes of this article, “local agency” means any general law county, general law city, and any district, school district, community college district, municipal or public corporation, political subdivision, or public agency of the state, or any instrumentality of any one or …

This article shall apply prospectively and shall affect any contract originally approved by the governing body, or any existing contract that is extended by the governing body, after the effective date of this article.

(a) The Legislature hereby finds that the hiring of permanent career civilian federal, state, and local government firefighters by local agencies as specified in this section is in need of uniform statewide regulation and constitutes a matter of statewide concern that shall be go…

As used in this article: (a) “Local agency” means city, county, or district. (b) “Legislative body” means the board of supervisors in the case of a county or a city and county, the city council or board of trustees in the case of a city, and the board of directors or other govern…

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, whenever a local agency takes over or assumes any of the functions of another local agency under a law which provides that all or any employees of such other local agency become employees of the local agency assuming the function, the gove…

(a) Whenever a special district or joint powers agency that provides fire protection or a city fire department is dissolved or the area it serves is decreased by reason of a consolidation, merger, incorporation, annexation, or contract, and the district, joint powers agency, or c…

No agency of the state, formed pursuant to general law or special act, for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries and which has as its primary function the control and conservation of floodwaters, shall contract to provide enginee…

Definitions used in this article: (a) “Local agency” means any county, city, city and county, including any charter county, city, or city and county, and any district, school district, community college district, municipal or public corporation, political subdivision, or public a…

(a) An employee, or applicant for employment, shall have the right to file a complaint with the local agency within 60 days of the date of the act or event which is the subject of the complaint. (b) Prior to filing a written complaint pursuant to this article, the employee shall …

(a) No local agency officer, manager, or supervisor shall take a reprisal action against any employee or applicant for employment who files a complaint pursuant to Section 53297. (b) This article is not intended to prevent a local agency from taking, directing others to take, rec…

(a) Any officer, manager, or supervisor who violates Section 53298 with malicious intent is punishable by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and imprisonment in the county jail for up to a period of one year. In addition, any local agency officer, manager, or sup…

In order for the Governor and the Legislature to determine the need to continue or modify local agency personnel procedures as they relate to disclosure of information by public employees, the League of California Cities in consultation with the County Supervisors Association of …

As used in this chapter, “local agency” means county, city, and sanitary district.

As used in this chapter, “conduits” mean sewers, water mains, or other conduits.

As used in this chapter, “lines” mean pole lines for the transmission of electricity and electric energy.

All powers and duties conferred upon the Public Utilities Commission by this chapter are exclusive. Its judgment is conclusive upon all parties to any proceedings taken pursuant to this chapter.

This chapter is alternative to, and does not repeal, Chapter 1.

Under the terms prescribed by its legislative body a city or sanitary district may permit a local agency to construct and maintain conduits and lines in, along, or across its streets and other public places and to use them for such purpose pursuant to this chapter and not otherwi…

The resolution of necessity and request for permission of a local agency to construct and maintain conduits and poles in another city or sanitary district shall be made and submitted pursuant to Article 2, Chapter 1, except that the submitted resolution of necessity shall be cert…

If a city or sanitary district, grants permission for the construction and maintenance of sewers, it may connect its sewer and those of its inhabitants with the sewers constructed, and use such sewers, pursuant to Article 2, Chapter 1.

A local agency shall let contracts for furnishing labor or materials for the construction or completion of conduits or line constructed by it in another city or sanitary district pursuant to Article 3, Chapter 1. This chapter does not prohibit the local agency itself from constru…

If a controversy arises between the local agencies after permission has been granted by a city or sanitary district or by the Public Utilities Commission concerning the construction, operation, maintenance, or control of any conduits or lines, either local agency may file a petit…

The Public Utilities Commission shall hear and determine the complaint pursuant to the Public Utilities Act.

When the legislative body of a local agency and the legislative bodies of one or more cities or sanitary districts find and adopt a resolution declaring that it will be for the interests or advantage of the local agencies to do so, the legislative bodies may enter into a joint ag…

The legislative body of each local agency may bind or obligate it to pay a proportionate part of the construction and maintenance costs of the conduits or lines at the times and in the installments so approved.

All contracts for construction of conduits or lines pursuant to this article shall be made and entered into by one of the local agencies designated by the legislative bodies of all the local agencies and in the manner provided by Section 55308.

The legislative body of a local agency and the legislative bodies of one or more cities or sanitary districts may enter into an agreement with each other for the joint use by them of any conduits or lines which have been wholly or partially constructed in the streets or other pub…

For the purposes of this chapter, all conduits and lines are declared to be public utilities.

When the legislative body of the city or sanitary district to which a request has been made fails to grant permission or prescribe the terms upon which the permission may be granted for three months from the filing of the request, such failure is deemed a refusal to grant the req…

Except as otherwise provided in this article, proceedings before the Public Utilities Commission shall be had and conducted pursuant to the Public Utilities Act.

A local agency may make a complaint to the Public Utilities Commission in either of the following cases: (a) If a city or sanitary district refuses to grant permission to construct and maintain conduits or lines in, along, or across its streets or other public places after a requ…

The local agency may make the complaint within one year after making the application and request for permission.

The complaint shall set forth: (a) Copies of the resolutions of the legislative bodies of the several local agencies, relative to the application and its refusal. (b) A copy of the resolution adopted by its legislative body rejecting the terms. (c) A copy of the request. (d) The …

The Public Utilities Commission shall hear the complaint. If it appears to the commission that the public interest or convenience requires that the streets and public places be used for the purposes set forth in the complaint, it shall enter its judgment granting to the local age…

In the judgment the Public Utilities Commission may prescribe the terms upon which the local agency making the application may use the streets and public places.

(a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, the authority may impose, by resolution, a parcel tax within the jurisdiction of the authority pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 o…

(a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, an authority may impose, by resolution, a special tax, measured by gross receipts, for the privilege of engaging in any kind of lawful business transacted in the jurisdiction of the authority pursuant to t…

(a) (1) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, an authority may impose, by resolution, a special tax measured by the number of employees employed by the taxpayer for the privilege of engaging in any kind of lawful business activity transacted in th…

(a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, an authority may impose, by resolution, a special parcel tax on a property owner, and related affiliates, that own a rental housing portfolio that exceeds 500 units. (b) The special tax may have graduated …

The special taxes authorized in this article may also be imposed by qualified voter initiative.

(a) An authority shall consult with relevant local governments to identify the most efficient and appropriate method of administering and collecting any tax levied pursuant to Section 62551, 62551.1, or 62551.2. (b) The entity charged with administering and collecting any tax lev…

All special taxes levied pursuant to this article shall be administered in the following manner: (a) Taxes collected shall be deposited in a separate fund, which shall be established in the treasury of the entity charged with administering and collecting the special taxes pursuan…

As used in this article: (a) “Commercial development project” means any project involving the issuance of a permit by an underlying land use jurisdiction for construction, not including remodeling of an existing property, that is undertaken within the jurisdiction of the authorit…

(a) (1) Subject to paragraph (4), the authority may establish, increase, or impose a commercial linkage fee, in an amount not to exceed ten dollars ($10) per square foot, within the jurisdiction of the authority by enactment of a resolution, in accordance with the requirements of…

(a) A commercial linkage fee established, increased, or imposed pursuant to this article shall not exceed the reasonable cost of providing the housing necessitated by the commercial development project for which the commercial linkage fee is imposed, as determined in the regional…

(a) Before adopting a resolution establishing or imposing a new commercial linkage fee or approving an increase in an existing commercial linkage fee pursuant to this article, the authority board shall hold a public hearing, at which oral or written presentations can be made, as …

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), if the authority board adopts a resolution or other legislative enactment establishing or imposing a new commercial linkage fee or approving an increase in an existing commercial linkage fee, each underlying land use jurisdicti…

(a) Any party may protest the imposition of a commercial linkage fee imposed on a commercial development project by the authority pursuant to this article as follows: (1) The party shall pay the total amount of commercial linkage fee required by the resolution enacted pursuant to…

(a) In any judicial action or proceeding to validate, attack, review, set aside, void, or annul any resolution providing for the establishment, increase, or imposition of a commercial linkage fee pursuant to this article in which there is an issue whether the fee is a special tax…