California

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21,845 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 22952 — Unless otherwise indicated, the definition of terms in Part 5 (commencing with Section 22750) apply to this part.
• § 22953 — (a) The state, through the Department of Human Resources, the Trustees of the California State University, or the Regents of the University of California may contract, upon negotiations with employee
• § 22954 — Funds appropriated for self-funded dental care plans for state employees, other than employees of the California State University, shall be maintained in the State Employees’ Dental Care Fund which is
• § 22955 — Funds appropriated for self-funded dental care plans for employees of the California State University shall be maintained in the California State University Employees’ Dental Care Fund, which is hereb
• § 22956 — (a) An annuitant who retires from the state may enroll in a dental care plan offered under this part, provided either of the following apply: (1) The annuitant is not enrolled in a health benefit plan
• § 22957 — A person who was enrolled in a dental care plan at the time he or she became an annuitant under state or federal provisions, may continue his or her enrollment, including eligible family members, with
• § 22958 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 22953 and 22957, the following employees may not receive any portion of the employer contribution payable for annuitants, unless the person is credited with 10 or more yea
• § 22958.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 22953, 22957, and 22958, the following employees shall not receive any portion of the employer contribution payable for annuitants unless the person is credited with 15 or
• § 22958.1.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 22953, 22957, and 22958, the following employees shall not receive any portion of the employer contribution payable for annuitants unless the person is credited with 15 or
• § 22958.1.7 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 22953, 22957, and 22958, the following employees shall not receive any portion of the employer contribution payable for annuitants unless the person is credited with 15 or
• § 22958.2 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 22953, 22957, and 22958, a judicial branch employee who is first employed by the state and becomes a state member of the system on or after January 1, 2017, shall not rece
• § 22958.3 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 22953 and 22957, the following employees of the California State University shall not receive any portion of the employer contribution payable for annuitants unless the pe
• § 22958.4 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 22953 and 22957, an employee who is first employed by the California State University and becomes a member of the system on or after July 1, 2018, and is represented by Ca
• § 22958.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 22953 and 22957, an employee who is first employed by the California State University and becomes a member of the system on or after July 1, 2019, and is represented by Ca
• § 22959 — The Department of Human Resources shall administer the benefits provided by this part for civil service employees and annuitants.
• § 22959.1 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the Vision Care Program for State Annuitants.
• § 22959.2 — The Vision Care Program for State Annuitants shall be administered by the Department of Human Resources.
• § 22959.3 — Unless otherwise indicated, the definition of terms in Article 2 (commencing with Section 22760) of Part 5 apply to this part.
• § 22959.4 — (a) An annuitant who retires from the state may enroll in a vision care plan offered under this part, if any of the following apply: (1) The annuitant was enrolled in a health benefit plan, a dental c
• § 22959.5 — (a) A person who was enrolled in a vision care plan at the time he or she became an annuitant under state or federal provisions, may continue his or her enrollment, including eligible family members,
• § 22959.6 — (a) The Department of Human Resources may contract with one or more vision care plans for annuitants and eligible family members, provided the carrier or carriers have operated successfully in the are
• § 22959.80 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the California State University Annuitant Vision Care Program.
• § 22959.81 — The California State University Annuitant Vision Care Program shall be administered by the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University.
• § 22959.82 — “Annuitant” means any of the following: (a) A person who has retired within 120 days of separation from California State University employment and who receives a retirement allowance under any state r
• § 22959.83 — (a) An annuitant who retires from a California State University campus or the office of the chancellor may enroll in a vision care plan offered under this part, if any of the following apply: (1) The
• § 22959.84 — A California State University employee who was enrolled in a vision care plan at the time he or she became an annuitant under state or federal provisions may continue his or her enrollment, including
• § 22959.85 — (a) The California State University may contract with one or more vision care plans for annuitants and eligible family members if the carrier or carriers have operated successfully in the area of visi
• § 22959.86 — On or after July 1, 2008, the California State University shall implement the California State University Annuitant Vision Care Program.
• § 22959.90 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the Retired Public Employees Vision Care Program.
• § 22959.91 — The Retired Public Employees Vision Care Program shall be administered by the board or its designees.
• § 22959.92 — For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply: (a) “Annuitant” means any of the following: (1) A person who has retired from an employer described in subdivision (c) and receives a retire
• § 22959.93 — (a) An annuitant or eligible family member may enroll in a vision care plan offered under this part.
• § 22959.96 — (a) The board may, without compliance with any provisions of law relating to competitive bidding, contract with one or more vision care plans for annuitants and eligible family members, provided each
• § 22959.97 — On or before January 1, 2011, the board shall implement the Retired Public Employees Vision Care Program.
• § 22960 — (a) The State Peace Officers’ and Firefighters’ Defined Contribution Plan is hereby established for state peace officer and firefighter members in Bargaining Unit 6 who have become subject to this par
• § 22960.05 — The plan is intended to constitute a governmental plan as defined by Section 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.
• § 22960.1 — The State Peace Officers’ and Firefighters’ Defined Contribution Plan shall supplement the benefits provided under Part 3 (commencing with Section 20000).
• § 22960.10 — “Account” means the account maintained with respect to the participant which reflects that aggregate value of the following amounts credited to the participant: (a) Employee contributions to the plan.
• § 22960.11 — “Beneficiary” means any person or persons designated by the participant pursuant to this part, or otherwise entitled by statute, to receive distributions from the participant’s account upon the death
• § 22960.12 — “Board” means the Board of Administration of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System.
• § 22960.13 — “Compensation” means the total amount paid to an employee for a plan year as required to be reported on the employee’s Internal Revenue Service form W-2 for income tax withholding purposes.
• § 22960.14 — “Disability” means a disability as determined by the board pursuant to Section 21156.
• § 22960.15 — “Eligible employee” means any person employed by the state, whose compensation is paid out of funds directly controlled by the state, and who is subject to coverage by the plan pursuant to the provisi
• § 22960.16 — “Employee contribution” means the amount withheld from the participant’s compensation by the employer as a contribution to the participant’s account in the plan.
• § 22960.17 — “Employee contribution rate” means the percentage of the participant’s compensation to be withheld by the employer as an employee contribution to the plan.
• § 22960.18 — “Employer” means the State of California.
• § 22960.19 — “Employer contribution” means the amount contributed by the employer to the participant’s account in the plan.
• § 22960.2 — (a) The State Peace Officers’ and Firefighters’ Defined Contribution Plan is a qualified money purchase pension plan under Section 401(a) of Title 26 of the United States Code.
• § 22960.20 — “Employer contribution rate” means the percentage of the participant’s compensation to be contributed by the employer to the participant’s account in the plan.
• § 22960.21 — “Fund” means the State Peace Officers’ and Firefighters’ defined Contribution Plan Fund.
• § 22960.22 — “Net earnings” means the income earned, or losses incurred, on the State Peace Officers’ and Firefighters’ Defined Contribution Plan Fund, less the costs of administering the plan.
• § 22960.23 — “Normal retirement age” means the age at which the participant is eligible for a retirement benefit without special qualifications and is the age of 50 years under this plan.
• § 22960.24 — “Participant” means an employee who is subject to coverage by the plan, and who has contributions credited under the plan.
• § 22960.25 — “Plan” means the State Peace Officers’ and Firefighters’ Defined Contribution Plan.
• § 22960.26 — “Plan year” means the 12-month period commencing on any January 1 and ending on the following December 31.
• § 22960.27 — “Retirement” means termination of all employment for the employer and completion of all conditions precedent to receiving a distribution for retirement.
• § 22960.28 — “Spouse” means the person married to the participant on the date the participant files a beneficiary designation, or an application for a distribution from the plan, or on the date of the participant’
• § 22960.29 — “State peace officers and firefighters” means those persons included in the definition of “state peace officer/firefighter member” pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 20390) of Chapter 4 of
• § 22960.3 — If any provision of this part or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this part that can be given eff
• § 22960.30 — “System” means the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
• § 22960.31 — “Termination” means termination of employment by reason of separation from all service for the employer.
• § 22960.32 — “Valuation date” means the date as of which the assets of the fund are valued.
• § 22960.35 — (a) Except as provided in this part, the plan shall be administered by the board in conformity with its powers and duties for administration of the system as set forth in Part 3 (commencing with Secti
• § 22960.36 — (a) The board shall adopt a trust instrument embodying the material terms and conditions of the plan consistent with this part and the applicable provisions of Title 26 of the United States Code.
• § 22960.37 — In administering the plan, the officers and employees of the system shall discharge their duties with respect to the plan solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries: (a) In accordanc
• § 22960.38 — With regard to the plan, the board shall not engage in any transaction prohibited by Section 503(b) of Title 26 of the United States Code.
• § 22960.39 — The board may require a third-party administrator, recordkeeper, custodian, or investment manager that is contracted with, or appointed by the system, to be subject to the duties set forth in Section
• § 22960.4 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that an agreement between the exclusive representative of state peace officer and firefighter members in State Bargaining Unit 6 and the employer has eliminated
• § 22960.40 — Data filed by any participant or beneficiary with the board is confidential, and no individual record shall be divulged by any official or employee having access to that data to any person other than
• § 22960.45 — The State Peace Officers’ and Firefighters’ Defined Contribution Plan Fund is hereby established as a special trust fund in the State Treasury to accept participant and employer contributions to the p
• § 22960.46 — The board shall have exclusive control of the investment of the fund.
• § 22960.47 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may retain a bank or trust company to serve as a custodian for safekeeping, recordkeeping, delivery, securities valuation, investment performance
• § 22960.48 — Notwithstanding Section 13340, all moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years or plan years, to the board to carry out the purposes of this part.
• § 22960.49 — All costs of the plan shall be charged against the plan participants accounts.
• § 22960.50 — The assets of the fund shall be valued annually, and may be valued more frequently as prescribed by the board.
• § 22960.51 — No part of the assets of the fund may revert to the employer until all liabilities of the plan have been fully satisfied.
• § 22960.52 — Consistent with the requirements of Section 401(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.
• § 22960.55 — (a) Any person who is an eligible employee on the effective date of the plan, as set forth in the memorandum of understanding, shall become a participant on the effective date of the plan.
• § 22960.60 — (a) Employer and employee contribution rates may be determined by the terms of the memorandum of understanding applicable to each plan participant and the employer in accordance with the requirements
• § 22960.61 — The employer shall pick up, for the sole purpose of and in accordance with the requirements of Section 414(h)(2) of Title 26 of the United States Code and Section 17501 of the Revenue and Taxation Cod
• § 22960.62 — Pursuant to terms and conditions established by the board, a participant may be permitted to transfer funds from an eligible retirement plan into the plan to the extent that the transfers are allowabl
• § 22960.63 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or contract to the contrary, contributions to the plan shall be subject to the applicable limitations imposed by Section 415 of Title 26 of the United St
• § 22960.65 — (a) Any contributions made by the participant to the plan shall be credited to the participant’s account.
• § 22960.66 — In the case of a contribution that is made under a mistake of fact, nothing in this part shall prohibit the return of that contribution within one year after discovery of the mistake.
• § 22960.67 — The net earnings of the fund shall be allocated to the participant’s account as of each valuation date in the ratio that the participant’s account balance bears to the aggregate of all participants’ a
• § 22960.68 — The value of each participant’s account shall be determined at least once annually in a manner prescribed by the board.
• § 22960.69 — A participant shall receive a statement that displays the value, or balance, of the participant’s account and summarizes any credits to the account or other transactions that occurred after the immedi
• § 22960.70 — A participant has a vested right to 100 percent of the value of the participant’s account.
• § 22960.71 — The right of a participant to a benefit is not subject to execution or any other process whatsoever, except to the extent permitted by Section 704.
• § 22960.75 — (a) Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage of a participant, the court shall include in the judgment or a court order the date on which the parties separated.
• § 22960.76 — For purposes of this chapter, “nonparticipant spouse” means the spouse or the former spouse of the participant, who as a result of petitioning the court for the division of community property, has bee
• § 22960.77 — (a) The nonparticipant spouse shall have the right to a lump-sum distribution of the amounts credited to his or her account.
• § 22960.78 — (a) A nonparticipant spouse may apply for a retirement benefit, provided the participant or the nonparticipant spouse has attained the normal retirement age.
• § 22960.79 — A nonparticipant spouse who is entitled to a distribution for retirement that equals or exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000), may elect to receive the distribution in one of the following forms: (a)
• § 22960.80 — The participant may designate any person or persons as beneficiaries to receive any amount that may be payable upon the death of the participant pursuant to the provisions of Section 22960.
• § 22960.81 — Notwithstanding Section 22960.
• § 22960.82 — Unless otherwise provided in the beneficiary designation form, each designated beneficiary shall be entitled to equal shares of the lump-sum distribution that may be payable from the participant’s acc
• § 22960.83 — In the event the participant dies without a valid beneficiary designation on file, or if no designated beneficiary survives the participant, any balance remaining in the participant’s account shall be
• § 22960.85 — (a) Upon separation from all service for the employer for any reason other than death, disability, or retirement, a participant is entitled to a lump-sum distribution of the balance of his or her acco
• § 22960.86 — (a) Upon separation from all service for the employer, a participant may apply for a retirement benefit, provided the retirement date is no earlier than the date on which the participant attains the n
• § 22960.87 — (a) A disability benefit shall become payable to a participant only upon the participant’s separation from all service for the employer and upon a determination by the board that the participant has a
• § 22960.88 — (a) Upon receipt of proof of a participant’s death, the beneficiary or beneficiaries shall be entitled to a death benefit that is a lump-sum distribution of the balance remaining in the participant’s
• § 22960.89 — Any participant who is entitled to a distribution for retirement or disability that equals or exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000), may elect to receive the distribution in one of the following form
• § 22960.90 — A beneficiary who is the spouse of the participant and who is entitled to a distribution that equals or exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000), may elect to receive the distribution in one of the foll
• § 22960.91 — A beneficiary who is not the spouse of the participant, and who is entitled to a distribution that equals or exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000), may elect to receive the distribution in one of the
• § 22960.92 — The board may contract with an insurance, annuity, mutual fund, or any other qualified company to provide annuities to participants pursuant to Section 22960.
• § 22960.95 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a participant, nonparticipant spouse, or beneficiary shall not be permitted to elect a distribution under this part that does not satisfy the requirem
• § 22960.96 — (a) Distributions from the plan shall be made as soon as practicable after the first valuation date immediately following the date of the application.
• § 22960.97 — If a person becomes entitled to a distribution from the plan that constitutes an eligible rollover distribution within the meaning of Section 401(a)(31) of Title 26 of the United States Code, the pers
• § 22960.98 — Except as otherwise provided in this part, all distributions shall be made directly from the fund to the participant or beneficiary.
• § 22960.99 — (a) The plan’s obligations to a participant, beneficiary, or nonparticipant spouse who has applied for a lump-sum benefit cease upon distribution of the lump-sum benefit.
• § 22970 — (a) The Supplemental Contributions Program is hereby established to be a defined contribution plan within the meaning of subsection (i) of Section 414 of Title 26 of the United States Code.
• § 22970.1 — The benefits provided under the Supplemental Contributions Program shall supplement the benefits provided under Part 3 (commencing with Section 20000) and Chapter 3.
• § 22970.10 — “Account” means the account maintained with respect to the participant that reflects the aggregate value of the following amounts credited to the participant: (a) Employee after-tax contributions to t
• § 22970.11 — “Beneficiary” means any person or persons designated by the participant pursuant to this part, or otherwise entitled by statute, to receive distributions from the participant’s account upon the death
• § 22970.12 — “Board” means the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
• § 22970.13 — “Compensation” means the total amount paid to an employee for a plan year as required to be reported on the employee’s Internal Revenue Service form W-2 for income tax withholding purposes.
• § 22970.14 — “Disability” means a disability of permanent or extended and uncertain duration, as determined by the board.
• § 22970.15 — “Early retirement age” means the age at which the participant attains age 50 or qualifies for early retirement under Part 3 (commencing with Section 20000).
• § 22970.16 — (a) “Eligible employee” means: (1) A person employed by the state, the university, a school employer, or a contracting agency who is a member of the system as defined pursuant to the provisions of Cha
• § 22970.17 — “Employee contribution” means the amount contributed by the participating employee to his or her account in the plan.
• § 22970.175 — “Employer” means any city, county, city and county, district, school district, community college district, county superintendent of schools, or other public agency, instrumentality, or political subdi
• § 22970.18 — “Fund” means the Supplemental Contributions Program Fund.
• § 22970.19 — “Net earnings” means the income earned, or losses incurred, after asset management fees, on the applicable investment fund options offered under the Supplemental Contributions Program, less the costs
• § 22970.2 — The design and administration of the Supplemental Contributions Program shall conform with the applicable provisions of Title 26 of the United States Code and the Revenue and Taxation Code.
• § 22970.20 — “Participant” means an eligible employee who has contributions credited under the plan.
• § 22970.21 — “Plan” means the Supplemental Contributions Program.
• § 22970.22 — “Plan year” means the 12-month period commencing on any January 1 and ending on the following December 31.
• § 22970.23 — “Retirement” means termination of all employment for the employer and completion of all conditions precedent to receiving a distribution for retirement.
• § 22970.24 — “System” means the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
• § 22970.25 — “Termination” means termination of employment by reason of separation from all service for all employers that participate in the system.
• § 22970.26 — “Valuation date” means the date as of which the assets of the fund are valued.
• § 22970.3 — If any provision of this part or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this part that can be given eff
• § 22970.30 — (a) Except as provided in this part, the plan shall be administered by the board in conformity with its powers and duties for administration of the system as set forth in Part 3 (commencing with Secti
• § 22970.31 — (a) The board shall adopt a plan instrument embodying the material terms and conditions of the plan consistent with this part and the applicable provisions of Title 26 of the United States Code.
• § 22970.32 — With regard to the plan, the board shall not engage in any transaction prohibited by subsection (b) of Section 503 of Title 26 of the United States Code.
• § 22970.33 — The board may require a third-party administrator, recordkeeper, custodian, or investment manager that is contracted with, or appointed by, the system to be subject to the duties set forth in Section
• § 22970.40 — The Supplemental Contributions Program Fund is hereby established as a special trust fund in the State Treasury to accept participant contributions to the plan.
• § 22970.41 — The board shall have control of the investment of the assets of the fund.
• § 22970.42 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may retain a bank or trust company to serve as a custodian for safekeeping, recordkeeping, delivery, securities valuation, investment performance
• § 22970.43 — Notwithstanding Section 13340, all moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years or plan years, to the board to carry out the purposes of this part.
• § 22970.44 — The assets of the fund shall be valued annually, and may be valued more frequently as prescribed by the board.
• § 22970.50 — Any person who is an eligible employee may elect, in a manner prescribed by the board, to participate in the plan.
• § 22970.55 — (a) Employee after-tax contributions to the plan shall be made solely at the option of the participant.
• § 22970.56 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, contributions to the plan shall be subject to the applicable limitations imposed by Section 415 of Title 26 of the United States Code, a
• § 22970.57 — (a) There shall be no employer contributions to the plan.
• § 22970.58 — The board may permit a participant to transfer funds, including eligible rollover contributions, from an eligible retirement plan into this plan to the extent that the transfers are allowed under appl
• § 22970.60 — (a) Contributions made to the plan by the participant shall be credited to the participant’s account.
• § 22970.61 — In the case of a contribution that is made under a mistake of fact, nothing in this part shall prohibit the return of that contribution to the participant within one year after discovery of the mistak
• § 22970.62 — The net earnings of the applicable investment fund option available under the plan shall be allocated to the participant’s account as of each valuation date.
• § 22970.63 — The value of each participant’s account shall be determined at least once annually in a manner prescribed by the board.
• § 22970.64 — A participant shall receive a statement that displays the value, or balance, of the participant’s account and summarizes any credits to the account or other transactions.
• § 22970.65 — A participant has a vested right to 100 percent of the value of the participant’s account.
• § 22970.66 — The right of a participant to allocations to the participant’s account is not subject to execution or any other process whatsoever, except to the extent permitted by Section 704.
• § 22970.70 — (a) Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage of a participant, the court shall include in the judgment or a court order the date on which the parties separated.
• § 22970.71 — For purposes of this chapter, “nonparticipant spouse” means the spouse or the former spouse of the participant, who as a result of petitioning the court for the division of community property, has bee
• § 22970.72 — The nonparticipant spouse shall have the right to a lump sum distribution of the amount awarded to the nonparticipant spouse by the judgment or court order.
• § 22970.75 — The participant may designate any person or persons as beneficiaries to receive any amount that may be payable upon the death of the participant pursuant to the provisions of Section 22970.
• § 22970.76 — Notwithstanding Section 22970.
• § 22970.77 — Unless otherwise provided in the beneficiary designation form, each designated beneficiary shall be entitled to equal shares of the lump sum distribution that may be payable from the participant’s acc
• § 22970.78 — In the event the participant dies without a valid beneficiary designation on file, any balance remaining in the participant’s account shall be payable to the participant’s survivors in the following o
• § 22970.80 — (a) Upon termination for any reason other than death, disability, or retirement, a participant is entitled to a lump sum distribution of the balance of the participant’s account within a reasonable ti
• § 22970.81 — (a) Upon termination, a participant may apply for a distribution for retirement, provided the retirement date is no earlier than the date on which the participant attains the early retirement age purs
• § 22970.82 — (a) Upon termination, a participant may apply for a distribution for disability.
• § 22970.83 — (a) Upon receipt of proof of a participant’s death, the beneficiary or beneficiaries shall be entitled to a death benefit that is a lump sum distribution of the balance remaining in the participant’s
• § 22970.84 — (a) Any participant who is entitled to a distribution may elect to receive the distribution in either of the following forms: (1) A single lump sum payment.
• § 22970.85 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a participant or beneficiary shall not be permitted to elect a distribution under this part that does not satisfy the requirements of paragraph (9) of
• § 22970.855 — The board may permit a participant to withdraw some or all of his or her after-tax contributions without requiring the participant to terminate from the plan to the extent that this in-service distrib
• § 22970.86 — (a) Distributions from the plan shall be made as soon as practicable after the first valuation date immediately following the date of the request for distribution calculated based upon the valuation d
• § 22970.87 — (a) If a person becomes entitled to a distribution from the plan that constitutes an eligible rollover distribution within the meaning of paragraph (31) of subsection (a) of Section 401 of Title 26 of
• § 22970.88 — Except as otherwise provided in this part, all distributions shall be made directly from the fund to the participant or beneficiary.
• § 22970.89 — (a) The plan’s obligations to a participant, beneficiary, or nonparticipant spouse who elected a lump-sum distribution cease upon distribution of the lump-sum benefit.
• § 22980 — (a) If a correctional officer who was injured as a result of an incident at a state prison and subsequently retired from state employment and sustained an injury as the result of a work-related event
• § 23 — If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the code, or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstan
• § 23000 — A county is the largest political division of the State having corporate powers.
• § 23001 — The State is divided into counties, named, bounded, and constituted as provided in this title.
• § 23002 — The several existing counties of the State and such other counties as are hereafter organized are legal subdivisions of the State.
• § 23003 — A county is a body corporate and politic, has the powers specified in this title and such others necessarily implied from those expressed.
• § 23004 — A county may: (a) Sue and be sued.
• § 23004.1 — (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 23004.
• § 23004.2 — (a) The county may (1) compromise, or settle and execute a release of, any claim which the county has by virtue of the rights established by Section 23004.
• § 23004.3 — Sections 23004.
• § 23004.4 — A county may provide insurance coverage for persons operating foster home facilities licensed pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 16000) of Part 4 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Instituti
• § 23004.5 — Health care facilities, including, but not limited to, hospitals and clinics licensed under Division 2 (commencing with Section 1200) of the Health and Safety Code, that are owned or operated by count
• § 23005 — A county may exercise its powers only through the board of supervisors or through agents and officers acting under authority of the board or authority conferred by law.
• § 23006 — Any contract, authorization, allowance, payment, or liability to pay, made or attempted to be made in violation of law, is void, and shall not be the foundation or basis of a claim against the treasur
• § 23007 — Except as specified in this chapter, a county shall not, in any manner, give or loan its credit to or in aid of any person or corporation that is not a public bank, as defined in Section 57600.
• § 23007.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (1) A county shall not grant credit for service to an elective officer or member of the board of supervisors for service that the elective officer or me
• § 23008 — Whenever it is economical and satisfactory to do so, a county may lease equipment, perform work, or furnish goods for any district or municipal corporation within the county, if before the work is don
• § 23009 — In such event, charges for work done or goods supplied may be made by claims and warrants upon the district or municipal corporation or by properly approved bill, in such form and manner as the audito
• § 23010 — (a) Pursuant to a resolution adopted by its board of supervisors, a county may lend any of its available funds to any community services district, county waterworks district, mosquito abatement distri
• § 23010.1 — Pursuant to a resolution adopted by its board of supervisors, a county may lend any of its available funds to any fire protection district located wholly within the county if the funds of the fire pro
• § 23010.2 — The board of supervisors may loan to any city within its limits which has been incorporated for less than one year an amount not exceeding eighty-five percent (85%) of the city’s anticipated revenues
• § 23010.3 — Upon adoption of an authorizing resolution by the board of supervisors, in connection with the construction of any sanitary sewer, storm sewer, or drainage improvements, a county may expend any of its
• § 23010.4 — Upon receipt of an application from the governing body of any school district maintaining a school within a county, requesting to borrow funds from the county for the purpose of removing or replacing
• § 23011 — The name of a county designated in this chapter is its corporate name, and it shall be designated thereby in any action or proceeding touching its corporate rights, property, and duties.
• § 23012 — The names of the counties of the State are: Alameda Marin San Luis Obispo Alpine Mariposa San Mateo Amador Mendocino Santa Barbara Butte Merced Santa
• § 23013 — The board of supervisors of any county may, by resolution, establish a department of corrections, to be headed by an officer appointed by the board, which shall have jurisdiction over all county funct
• § 23014 — Pursuant to a resolution adopted by its board of supervisors by a four-fifths vote of all of the members of the board of supervisors, a county may appropriate any of its available moneys to a revolvin
• § 23015 — A county may conduct or participate in programs for the training, education or rehabilitation of wards or offenders, including, but not limited to, programs in which state or federal funds are granted