California

Government Code

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

• § 25549.20 — Any county or city and county may contract to acquire a condominium interest, as defined in Section 783 of the Civil Code, in real property to be used jointly by the county or city and county and any
• § 25549.21 — The site in which the condominium interest is to be acquired may, prior to acquisition of such interest, be owned by a private person, firm, or corporation.
• § 25549.22 — The condominium interest acquired may be for a term of years or in fee.
• § 25549.23 — Any acquisition of a condominium interest shall be upon such terms and conditions as the parties thereto may agree.
• § 25549.3 — The term of any lease or agreement entered into by a county or city and county pursuant to this article shall not exceed 66 years.
• § 25549.4 — Sections 25521 to 25535, inclusive, shall not apply to leases or agreements made pursuant to this article.
• § 25549.5 — The board of supervisors may lease to any private person, firm, or corporation, any real property which belongs to the county or city and county if the instrument by which such property is let require
• § 25549.6 — Any lease of real property by a county or city and county to a private person, firm, or corporation pursuant to this article shall be upon such terms and conditions as the parties thereto may agree an
• § 25549.7 — Before entering into a lease or agreement pursuant to this article, the board of supervisors shall comply with the provisions of Section 25549.
• § 25549.8 — For the purposes of receiving proposals for the joint occupancy of a building to be constructed on property belonging to a county or city and county, the board of supervisors shall, in a regular open
• § 25549.9 — Notice of adoption of the resolution and the time and place of holding the meeting shall be given by publishing the resolution at least once a week for three weeks in a newspaper of general circulatio
• § 25550 — By unanimous vote, the board of supervisors of any county owning real property situated in any city which is not used and is not needed for any public purpose may convey it to the city for public park
• § 25550.5 — By unanimous vote, the board of supervisors of any county owning any property situated in any city, which real property has been improved for use as a public park, amusement or recreational purposes,
• § 25550.6 — Whenever property owned by any county and which is devoted to or held for ultimate use for park, amusement or recreational purposes is included within a city by annexation, the ownership and control o
• § 25550.7 — Any property transferred to a city by a county pursuant to agreement or condition that said area be developed or maintained or both as a park, recreation or amusement area, whether under Section 25550
• § 25551 — If the legislative body of any city finds that any public park, beach, golf course, or recreation ground belonging to the city is being used by large numbers of residents of the county generally who a
• § 25552 — The resolution shall designate the public park, beach, golf course, or recreation ground affected and state the amount required for enlargement, improvement, or maintenance of the public park, beach,
• § 25553 — Upon receiving a certified copy of the resolution, if the board of supervisors finds by four-fifths vote of all its members that the enlargement or improvement of the public park, beach, golf course,
• § 25554 — The aid may be given in the form of funds, property, or services, but the total amount shall not exceed the amount available from the funds of the county during the fiscal year in which the aid is giv
• § 25555 — The resolution of the board of supervisors is sufficient authority for the county auditor to draw his warrant in favor of the city for any sum of money specified in the resolution and for proper actio
• § 25556 — The aid shall be used by the city within one year from the time it is extended by the county and any sum or property remaining at the end of the year shall be returned to the county.
• § 25557 — A report showing the disposition of the aid shall be made by the legislative body of the city to the board of supervisors within one year from the time it is received.
• § 25558 — To the end that its citizens may enjoy greater cultural, educational, and recreational advantages, any county may provide music free to the public in connection with the maintenance of county-owned pa
• § 25559 — The board of supervisors may: (a) Appropriate and expend money from the general or other appropriate fund of the county to furnish music and supply musical entertainment to the public, either by the e
• § 25560 — The board of supervisors may sell and convey to any school district, high school district, or junior college district within the county, without compensation or upon such compensation as the board may
• § 25560.4 — The board of supervisors of any county may, by a four-fifths vote of the members, use or dedicate any portion of any land acquired by the county by means of special assessment proceedings for park pur
• § 25561 — The board of supervisors of any county, by ordinance, may adandon land, lying outside of the corporate limits of any city, which land has been dedicated for park purposes, by the recording of a subdiv
• § 25562 — In counties having a population in excess of 250,000, the board of supervisors may provide, by contract, with any person, firm, or corporation, for performances within the county including, but not li
• § 25580 — This article may be cited as the County Park Abandonment Law of 1959.
• § 25581 — The board of supervisors of any county may abandon all or any portion of a park dedicated to the county for park purposes or acquired by the county by deed limiting its use to park purposes, and may s
• § 25582 — If the land comprising all or any portion of such park has been purchased with funds realized from the sale of bonds of a bond issue authorized for the purpose of acquiring the land for park purposes,
• § 25583 — Before abandoning all or any portion of a park the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution of intention by unanimous vote of all of its members describing the park or the portion of it proposed
• § 25584 — The resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6063 in a newspaper of general circulation in the county printed and published nearest to the park all or a portion of which is proposed to be aba
• § 25585 — At the time and place stated in the resolution the board of supervisors shall meet and hear and pass on objections to the abandonment of all or any portion of the park.
• § 25586 — If at or before the hearing there is filed with the board of supervisors a petition signed by not less than 200 voters of the county objecting to the abandonment, the board of supervisors shall either
• § 25587 — If all objections are overruled or if the election required by Section 25586 results in a vote of approval by a majority of those voting thereat, the board of supervisors has jurisdiction to order the
• § 25588 — No abandonment or sale or other county use of a park or portion thereof pursuant to this article shall affect any private right in lands acquired or owned by any private person or corporation, nor sha
• § 25600 — By a four-fifths vote the board of supervisors may designate as wild flower reserves, during appropriate times of the year for not to exceed ninety (90) days at any one time, any portion of the public
• § 25601 — The board may protect any land designated as wild flower reserves by prohibiting any person from driving, herding, or grazing herbivorous animals in groups of sizes designated by the board on or over
• § 25602 — This article does not apply to any public grazing land within the scope of an act of Congress entitled “An act to stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deteriorati
• § 25620 — This article may be cited as the Shade Tree Law of 1909.
• § 25621 — The board of supervisors may appoint a county board of forestry, to consist of no less than three persons who shall serve without compensation.
• § 25622 — In any county in which a planning commission has been created, the board of supervisors may appoint a county board of forestry, to consist of the members of the planning commission, who, in addition t
• § 25623 — Whenever the board of supervisors desires to avail itself of this article, it shall by resolution or ordinance so declare.
• § 25624 — Within two months after the adoption of the resolution or ordinance, the board of supervisors shall appoint a county board of forestry or designate the members of the county planning commission to act
• § 25625 — The term of office of the members of the county board of forestry is four years, except that the persons first appointed shall so classify themselves by lot that two of their number shall retire from
• § 25626 — Within 10 days after notice of their appointment, the members of the county board of forestry shall organize by the election of one of their members as chairman and adopt suitable rules for their gove
• § 25627 — The county board of forestry may employ a suitable and competent person as county forester to serve during the pleasure of the board and prescribe his duties.
• § 25628 — The county board of forestry may also employ, or authorize the county forester to employ, a deputy county forester.
• § 25629 — The board of supervisors may fix the compensation of the county forester.
• § 25630 — Whenever the members of the county planning commission have been designated as the county board of forestry, it shall not employ or appoint a county forester, but the employment and appointment may be
• § 25631 — When appointed the forester shall execute a bond to the county board of forestry in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the faithful performance of his duties.
• § 25632 — The board of forestry has exclusive charge and jurisdiction, with the exception of areas included within the limits of any city or fire protection district organized under state law, over the protecti
• § 25633 — In the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties, the board of forestry shall not interfere with the jurisdiction of the board of supervisors over and in the improvement, care, and gene
• § 25634 — This article does not confer upon any county board of forestry, or other local authority however constituted or appointed, any jurisdiction over or within the right of way of any state road or highway
• § 25635 — In any county where a county board of forestry has been created and appointed, it is unlawful for any person except the county board of forestry or its employees to trim, prune, cut, deface, destroy,
• § 25636 — All money received as penalties for the violation of this article shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the county board of forestry fund, and shall be used for the expenses of the c
• § 25637 — Whenever this article is availed of, the board of supervisors shall appropriate money for the use of the county board of forestry sufficient to pay the compensation of the county forester and for the
• § 25638 — By a resolution or ordinance adopted by a four-fifths vote, the board of supervisors may repeal any resolution or ordinance previously enacted whereby it elected to avail itself of this article.
• § 25639 — Any county may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county, either within or without the county, for cooperation with the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, the United S
• § 25640 — The board of supervisors may plant shade and ornamental trees on or about the public grounds and buildings of the county and provide for their care.
• § 25641 — Under such regulations as it may adopt, the board of supervisors may encourage the planting and preservation of shade and ornamental trees on and about the public grounds and buildings of the county,
• § 25642 — The board of supervisors may appropriate in any one year such sum of money as the board of supervisors deems necessary for the purpose of providing fire protection.
• § 25643 — The board of supervisors of a county shall determine each year such sum of money as the board of supervisors deems necessary for fire protection services within the county, excluding therefrom any cit
• § 25660 — On the application of any person interested, the board of supervisors may by ordinance declare all or any portion of any slough, river, or stream to be a public highway for the purpose of fishing ther
• § 25661 — If any owner of land adjacent to or across which the slough, river, or stream declared to be a highway for fishing flows does not consent to its use for such purpose with the right to pass along the b
• § 25662 — If the right of passage cannot be purchased at a satisfactory price, the board may authorize condemnation proceedings to be commenced to procure the right.
• § 25680 — The board of supervisors may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county for the following purposes: (a) The construction of works, improvements, levees, or check dams to prevent
• § 25681 — The board may appropriate and expend money from the general or other appropriate funds of the county for the construction of works, improvements, levees, or check dams to prevent the overflow and floo
• § 25681.1 — A county may reclaim public and private lands therein by levees, bulkheads, breakwaters, fills, embankments, basins, drains, canals, excavations, sluices, pipes, watergates, pumping plants and all wor
• § 25682 — In connection with flood control work done by the county or by any district therein or agency thereof, highways, bridges, and other public works affected thereby or which will be of public benefit, wh
• § 25683 — This article does not authorize the imposition of any tax or special assessment on any property outside the county doing the flood control work whether the work is done directly by the county or by an
• § 25684 — The board of supervisors may provide by ordinance for the organization and government of districts: (a) to protect and preserve the banks of rivers and streams and lands lying contiguous thereto from
• § 25690 — The board of supervisors may acquire, develop, distribute, and sell water to the county and its inhabitants for domestic, irrigation, agricultural, and other beneficial uses.
• § 25691 — For purposes of this article the board may acquire water rights by purchase or condemnation and may file applications for the appropriation of unappropriated waters.
• § 25692 — The board may acquire, construct, repair, and manage a water system, pumps, aqueducts, reservoirs, and all other works necessary or proper for supplying water for the use of the county and its inhabit
• § 25693 — For the purposes of this article, the county may incur a bonded indebtedness, upon the conditions, in the manner, and in accordance with the procedure prescribed by Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Division
• § 25694 — Any tax for the purposes of this article may be levied only if a proposal therefor, specifying the purpose, the rate of tax, and the number of years for which the tax is to be levied, is submitted to
• § 25695 — When the acquisition, improvement, development or construction of a water supply system is completed, and the board of supervisors so finds and determines, the management and control of that water sys
• § 25696 — In managing and controlling a water system, the board of supervisors has authority, upon such terms and conditions as the board shall prescribe, to establish the rate or rates for the use of water fur
• § 25697 — In any year a tax may be levied for the maintenance of the water system in the county at a rate calculated to raise a sum of money equal to the amount of the excess, if any, of the amount of the estim
• § 25698 — No tax for the purposes of this article may be levied for acquisition, improvement, development, construction, maintenance or operation upon property within incorporated cities maintaining a municipal
• § 25699 — The board of supervisors may establish a committee or board to advise and make recommendations to the board of supervisors with respect to the water resources of the county.
• § 25701 — The board of supervisors may enter into contracts with municipalities, sanitation districts, sanitary districts or other incorporated bodies within the county, providing for the delivery to the county
• § 25702 — The board of supervisors may acquire, construct, repair, manage, and maintain all works necessary or proper for the treatment, purification, and reclamation of water from sewage or other waste waters,
• § 25703 — The board of supervisors may dispose of recycled water and any byproducts of that recycling, pursuant to this article, in any one or more of the following ways: (a) Sale to the county and the inhabita
• § 25704 — The board of supervisors may enter into contracts with cities within the county, water districts within the county of any type or kind, sanitation districts within the county, the State of California,
• § 25705 — For the purposes of this article, the county may incur a bonded indebtedness, upon the conditions, in the manner, and in accordance with the procedure prescribed by Article 1 (commencing at Section 29
• § 25710 — The Legislature finds that local circumstances in the County of San Mateo require the preparation of a comprehensive water resources management plan for such county; that no general law exists which p
• § 25711 — As used in this article “county” means the County of San Mateo.
• § 25712 — As used in this article “comprehensive water resources management plan” means a plan for coordinating and managing the supply and distribution of water for residential, commercial, industrial or other
• § 25713 — The county is hereby authorized to prepare and adopt a comprehensive water resources management plan as prescribed in this article.
• § 25714 — Every public agency which is involved in supplying or distributing water for residential, commercial, industrial or other purposes within the county and every public agency owning or operating water p
• § 25715 — The comprehensive water resources management plan shall comply with all relevant statutes and with all relevant policies and requirements established pursuant to statute which are applicable to the su
• § 25716 — The comprehensive water resources management plan shall comply with the provisions of any federal, state or regional plans which apply to water supply and distribution and to the treatment and disposa
• § 25717 — The board of supervisors shall provide for public hearings on the proposed comprehensive water resources management plan prior to the adoption thereof.
• § 25718 — Upon the adoption of the plan by the board of supervisors, it shall be submitted to each affected city within the county for approval or disapproval.
• § 25719 — If the plan is approved by at least 50 percent of the cities within whose boundaries reside at least 50 percent of the population of the county, the plan shall be the official policy and plan for the
• § 25720 — (a) The Legislature finds that local circumstances in Inyo and Mono Counties require that those counties be given authority to construct, operate, and maintain hydroelectric facilities, and that no ge
• § 25721 — The hydroelectric plant or plants and transmission lines constructed pursuant to Section 25720 may be leased for operation to, or power generated may be sold to, a public utility or public agency enga
• § 25730 — The board of supervisors of any county may construct, acquire, and develop works constructed after September 29, 1981, for the generation of hydroelectric power, and works constructed after the effect
• § 25731 — The hydroelectric or wind energy plant or plants and transmission lines constructed pursuant to Section 25730 may be leased for operation to, or the power generated may be sold to, a public utility or
• § 25732 — The power to construct, acquire, and develop works for the generation of hydroelectric power and to operate and maintain such works shall only apply to works constructed, acquired, developed, operated
• § 25733 — The power to construct, acquire, develop, operate, and maintain works and facilities for the generation of hydroelectric or wind energy power shall not include, and nothing in this article shall be in
• § 25800 — The board of supervisors shall adopt orders and enact ordinances not in conflict with State or federal laws necessary for the preservation of the health of domestic livestock, and provide for the paym
• § 25801 — The board may enter into agreements with the Director of Agriculture for the purpose of cooperating in the administration and enforcement of those provisions of law subject to the jurisdiction of the
• § 25802 — The board may maintain, regulate, and govern public animal shelters, fix the limits within which animals shall not run at large, and appoint shelter directors.
• § 25803 — The board may provide for the prevention of injuries to sheep by dogs, and for the destruction and control of predatory animals, and may tax the possessors of dogs and direct the application of the ta
• § 25820 — The board of supervisors may acquire, construct, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, maintain, and operate dump sites, incinerators, and other disposal plants for the disposal of combustible or noncombustibl
• § 25821 — The board may permit the use of any dump site, incinerator, or other disposal plant, by lease or otherwise, by municipalities or other governmental agencies.
• § 25822 — The board may acquire by gift, devise, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise such real and personal property and rights of way as it deems necessary and proper to the exercise of the powers set forth
• § 25823 — The board may make and enforce all necessary and proper regulations for the use of disposal facilities not in conflict with the Constitution and the laws of the State.
• § 25824 — This article does not limit the right of any city or county to buy, lease, or otherwise acquire and operate a dump site, incinerator, or other disposal plant in another county for the disposal of garb
• § 25825 — The board of supervisors may acquire, construct, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, lay, renew, replace, maintain, and operate within or without the county sewers, drains, septic tanks, sewerage collection
• § 25825.5 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) There are ongoing discharges to the Los Osos Discharge Prohibition Zone established in the Water Quality Control Plan for the Central C
• § 25826 — The board of supervisors may fix and collect a fee from each camper or party of two or more campers for the privilege of using for camping purposes, any land owned by the State, the county, or any lan
• § 25827 — (a) The board of supervisors of each county may collect or contract for the collection, or both, of garbage, waste, refuse, rubbish, offal, trimmings, or other refuse matter under such terms and condi
• § 25828 — If services are provided, or arranged for, by a county pursuant to Section 25827, or pursuant to Section 40059 of the Public Resources Code, and the service is compulsory or provided at the request of
• § 25829 — The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors may acquire, construct, reconstruct, alter, enlarge, lay, renew, replace, maintain, and operate dump sites, incinerators, garbage disposal systems, sewers, dr
• § 25830 — (a) On or before the first day of July of each calendar year, the board of supervisors of any county may, by resolution or ordinance, establish a schedule of fees to be imposed on land within the unin
• § 25831 — Any fees authorized pursuant to Section 25830, or pursuant to Section 40059 of the Public Resources Code, that remain unpaid for a period of 60 or more days after the date upon which they were billed
• § 25832 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, solid waste handling service provided by, or arranged for provision by, a county under Section 25827 or 25830, or under Section 40059 of the Public Resource
• § 25840 — The board of supervisors may prohibit and prevent the unnecessary firing and discharge of firearms on or into the highways and other public places and may pass all necessary ordinances regulating or f
• § 25842 — The board of supervisors may provide for the control or destruction of gophers, squirrels, other wild animals, noxious weeds, plant diseases, and insects injurious to fruit or fruit trees, vines, or v
• § 25842.5 — (a) The board of supervisors may provide the same services and exercise the powers of mosquito abatement districts or vector control districts formed pursuant to the Mosquito Abatement and Vector Cont
• § 25843 — The board of supervisors may establish safety incentive programs designed to encourage county officers and employees to follow recognized safety practices and focus upon policies and activities establ
• § 25844 — The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county, either within or without the county, for the purpose of providing weather data and may co-o
• § 25845 — (a) The board of supervisors, by ordinance, may establish a procedure for the abatement of a nuisance.
• § 25845.5 — The board of supervisors, by ordinance, may provide that upon entry of a second or subsequent civil or criminal judgment within a two-year period finding that an owner of property is responsible for a
• § 25846 — Subject to the provisions contained in Article 6.
• § 25900 — The board of supervisors may join and participate in the affairs of associations having for their purpose the interchange of information relating to livestock, poultry, and other agricultural animals
• § 25901 — The board of supervisors may erect and maintain permanent county fair buildings within the county on lands owned by the county or any municipal corporation or body politic.
• § 25902 — If any real property which was acquired or used for fair purposes and which was purchased or improved in whole or in part from funds apportioned or allocated to the county for fair purposes by the sta
• § 25903 — With the approval of the Department of Food and Agriculture and the State Public Works Board, the amount paid into the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to Section 25902 shall be available for expendi
• § 25904 — (a) The board of supervisors may levy a special tax, pursuant to Article 3.
• § 25905 — The board of supervisors may contract with a nonprofit corporation or association for the conducting of an agricultural fair, as agent of the county, for a period not exceeding five years.
• § 25906 — The board of supervisors of a county may contract with a nonprofit corporation or association for the conducting of an agricultural fair in the county for the period and under those conditions as the
• § 25907 — The board of supervisors of any county owning or operating any public park or recreation area, shall have authority: (a) to lease, let or grant licenses for the use of its real estate or personal prop
• § 25908 — The board of supervisors of any county owning fairgrounds and fairground facilities may (a) lease, let, or grant licenses for the use of its real estate or personal property or any portion thereof to
• § 25909 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law and in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors, the board of directors of a fair that is operated pursuant to this article may enter
• § 25920 — The boards of supervisors may carry on and conduct experiments, investigations, and research work, including both cultural and industrial processes, with trees, plants, shrubs, flowers, and other vege
• § 25921 — The board of supervisors may sell at a price not less than the county’s estimated cost, surplus plants, shrubs, flowers, trees, and vegetation, and their seeds or products, produced at a county arbore
• § 26 — For the purposes of this code, “recycled water” or “reclaimed water” has the same meaning as recycled water as defined in subdivision (n) of Section 13050 of the Water Code.
• § 26000 — Subject to Chapter 1, Division 7 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, the board of supervisors may grant licenses and franchises for the construction of wharves, chutes, booms, and piers, and for the t
• § 26001 — The board may grant franchises along and over the public roads and highways for all lawful purposes, upon such terms, conditions, and restrictions as in its judgment are necessary and proper, and in s
• § 26001.5 — The board may deposit funds that it receives from its grant of a franchise to use the public roads in the general fund of the county.
• § 26002 — Unless otherwise provided by law, the board may lay out, maintain, control, construct, repair, and manage public ferries, bridges, wharves, chutes, other shipping facilities, and passenger transportat
• § 26002.5 — The legislative body of any city and county located in the area served by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company from the City of San Jose to the City and County of San Francisco may make a bulk
• § 26003 — Whenever an application is made to the board of supervisors for an order, franchise, or license relating to any road, bridge, ferry, wharf, chute, pier, or other subject over which the board has juris
• § 26004 — The board of supervisors may install and maintain watering troughs along any state highway subject to agreement as to location with the Department of Transportation, and along any county road or stock
• § 26005 — If the board of supervisors determines that it is beneficial to the county, and an equal or greater sum of money has been made available from private sources, it may appropriate and expend money from
• § 26006 — The board of supervisors may make contributions of public funds, materials, property and services to any city or to any statutorily created transit district for the purpose of improving public transpo
• § 26020 — As a necessary adjunct to aerial transportation and the use of aerial highways, the board of supervisors may provide and maintain public airports and landing places for aerial traffic for the use of t
• § 26021 — By a resolution adopted by a four-fifths vote of its members, the board may determine that the acquisition by purchase, condemnation, lease, or otherwise of real or personal property for the construct
• § 26022 — The board by resolution shall specify the general nature of the improvement proposed, the nature of the aid to be furnished by the county, and any funds from which the aid is to be paid.
• § 26023 — The county may give aid in one or more of the following ways: (a) Contribute money.
• § 26024 — The expense of the aid may be paid from the county general fund and any other fund available for the purpose.
• § 26025 — The city shall use all aid which it receives for the activities described in the resolution and shall return to the county any portion which is not so used.
• § 26026 — The board of supervisors, by a four-fifths vote, may contribute money to the United States for the acquisition or improvement by the United States or any of its authorized agencies of airports in the
• § 26027 — Any zoning ordinance adopted after October 1, 1949, by any county, shall not be effective, nor shall any zoning ordinance previously adopted remain effective six months after the effective date of thi
• § 26028 — The finding required by Section 26027 shall not be made without notice and opportunity to be heard being given to all interested persons.
• § 26100 — (a) The board of supervisors may levy a special tax pursuant to Article 3.
• § 26101 — If the proceeds from the special tax levied pursuant to Section 26100 will not raise fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in any one year, the board may appropriate from the general fund of the county an
• § 26102 — The tax authorized by this chapter is in addition to any tax authorized by this part to be levied for fair purposes.
• § 26103 — The board may use any portion of the fund raised pursuant to this chapter in furnishing music and musical appearances, either within or outside of the boundaries of its county, in connection with, as
• § 26104 — The board of supervisors may create a body for the purpose of advising and assisting it in the matter of advertising, exploiting, and making known the resources of the county, for the purposes of this
• § 26105 — The board of supervisors shall adopt rules for conducting the affairs of the board of trade or chamber of commerce, which shall not conflict with law nor usurp the powers vested by law in any officer
• § 26106 — Under the direction of the board of supervisors, the county board of trade or county chamber of commerce shall advertise, exploit, and make known and exhibit the agricultural, mineral, manufacturing,
• § 26107 — The board of supervisors may appoint a secretary to the county board of trade or county chamber of commerce and may fix his salary, which shall be paid from the advertising fund of the county in the s
• § 26108 — The board of supervisors may provide that the members of the county board of trade or county chamber of commerce established under Section 26104 shall receive their actual and necessary traveling expe
• § 26109 — A county board of supervisors may, by ordinance, provide for and regulate the sale of advertising space on county real or personal property, for the sole purpose of raising revenue for the county.
• § 26110 — (a) A county board of supervisors may, by ordinance, provide for the following commercial uses of county property listed in subdivision (b) provided that: (1) a county of the first class develops a vi
• § 26150 — County free libraries may be constructed, leased, built, rebuilt, furnished, refurnished, or repaired pursuant to the Education Code, or pursuant to this part; provided that, in counties wherein a uni
• § 26151 — The board of supervisors may provide library service at charitable, detention, and penal institutions of the county under its supervision and control, and may also provide to officers and employees of
• § 26152 — The board of supervisors may authorize and provide for the education or information of the public relative to the prevention of fires and the conservation of natural resources and the presentation of
• § 26153 — The board of supervisors may authorize and provide for the education or information of the public relative to accident prevention and for the presentation to the public of information designed for the
• § 26154 — The board of supervisors may provide financial assistance to elementary school districts which have within the boundaries of such school districts (a) a redevelopment agency and a housing authority or
• § 26154.5 — The board of supervisors may provide financial assistance to elementary school districts which have within the boundaries of such school districts any facilities used by the county to house county emp
• § 26155 — The board of supervisors may authorize and provide for contributions to nonprofit educational radio and television stations, provided all of the following conditions exist: (1) The purpose of the cont
• § 26156 — The board of supervisors may contract with any radio, television broadcasting station, or cable television originating facilities to broadcast or rebroadcast meetings of the board of supervisors and m
• § 26157 — For purposes of assisting in the development of the human resources of the county, the board of supervisors may provide for the testing of individuals to determine such individual’s level of education
• § 26200 — If by reason of conflagration or other public calamity any index to any public records of a county is lost or destroyed, leaving the records without the necessary index for the convenience of the publ
• § 26201 — The board may authorize at any time the destruction or disposition of any duplicate record, paper, or document, the original or a permanent photographic reproduction of which is in the files of any of
• § 26202 — The board may authorize the destruction or disposition of any record, paper, or document which is more than two years old and which was prepared or received in any manner other than pursuant to a stat
• § 26202.1 — The board may authorize the destruction or disposition of any unaccepted bid or proposal for the construction or installation of any building, structure, bridge, or highway or other public works which
• § 26202.5 — The board may authorize the destruction of any record, paper or document, by a four-fifths vote, if the documents have been inadvertently exposed to asbestos fiber in a quantity which presents a risk
• § 26202.6 — (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 26202, 26205, and 26205.
• § 26203 — In years other than those in which a census is taken by the United States, the board of supervisors by ordinance may cause a census of the county or any district therein to be taken which shall be val
• § 26205 — At the request of the county officer concerned, the board of supervisors of any county may authorize the destruction of any record, paper, or document that is not expressly required by law to be filed
• § 26205.1 — (a) The county officer having custody of nonjudicial public records, documents, instruments, books, and papers may cause to be destroyed any or all of the records, documents, instruments, books, and p
• § 26205.5 — At the request of the county recorder, the board of supervisors of any county may authorize the destruction of any or all of the filed papers or record books created by handwriting, typing on printed
• § 26205.6 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law relating to the destruction of city or county records, the county recorder may cause to be destroyed any original document left with and recorded by the county record
• § 26205.7 — Recognizing that certain early created handwritten records of the county recorder may be of historical value, the recorder shall, prior to destroying any of his handwritten records under the authority
• § 26205.8 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the destruction of attorney-client information or county records, at the request of the public defender, the board of supervisors may authorize t
• § 26206 — The board of supervisors of any county may prepare, procure and present commemorative medals, resolutions, plaques, or other memorials honoring persons who have performed unique or particularly notewo
• § 26206.7 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 26202, the legislative body of a county may prescribe a procedure whereby duplicates of county records less than two years old may be destroyed if they are no
• § 26206.8 — (a) When installing new security systems, a transit agency operated by a county shall only purchase and install equipment capable of storing recorded images for at least one year, unless all of the fo
• § 26207 — The board of supervisors may offer and pay rewards, payable from county funds, for the furnishing of information leading to the apprehension and conviction of persons who willfully destroy or damage p
• § 26208 — The board of supervisors may establish a uniform procedure for the payment of rewards, payable from county funds, for ideas or suggestions made by members of the public which the board determines, in
• § 26209 — The Board of Supervisors of the County of Humboldt may establish a uniform procedure for the payment of rewards, payable from county funds, for ideas or suggestions made by county employees or members