California

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• § 3599.59 — (a) Once an employee organization is recognized as the exclusive representative of an appropriate unit, it may enter into an agreement with the employer providing for organizational security in the fo
• § 3599.60 — (a) The scope of representation is limited to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, except that the scope of representation does not include consideration of the merits, necessit
• § 3599.61 — (a) Except in cases of emergency as provided in subdivision (b), the employer shall give reasonable written notice to each recognized employee organization affected by any policy or procedure directly
• § 3599.62 — (a) The employer shall meet and confer in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment with representatives of recognized employee organizations, and shall consider
• § 3599.63 — If an agreement is reached between the employer and the recognized employee organization, the parties shall jointly prepare a written memorandum of understanding reflecting the terms of the agreement,
• § 3599.64 — A side letter, appendix, or other addendum to a properly ratified memorandum of understanding shall be expressly identified by the parties if that side letter, appendix, or other addendum is to be inc
• § 3599.65 — If the employer does not fully fund any provision of the memorandum of understanding that requires the expenditure of funds, either party may reopen negotiations on all or part of the memorandum of un
• § 3599.66 — (a) If a memorandum of understanding has expired, and the employer and the recognized employee organization have not agreed to a new memorandum of understanding and have not reached an impasse in nego
• § 3599.67 — If, after a reasonable period of time, the employer and the recognized employee organization fail to reach an agreement, the employer and the recognized employee organization may agree upon the appoin
• § 3599.68 — A reasonable number of employee representatives of recognized employee organizations shall be granted reasonable time off without loss of compensation or other benefits when formally meeting and confe
• § 3599.69 — It is unlawful for the employer to do any of the following: (a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on employees, discriminate or threaten to discriminate against employees, or otherwise interfere
• § 3599.70 — It is unlawful for an employee organization to do any of the following: (a) Cause or attempt to cause the employer to violate Section 3599.
• § 3599.71 — (a) Judicial review of a unit determination is allowed only under either of the following circumstances: (1) When the board, in response to a petition from the employer or an employee organization, ag
• § 3599.72 — (a) The employer shall grant exclusive recognition to employee organizations designated or selected pursuant to rules established by the board for employees or an appropriate unit thereof, subject to
• § 3599.73 — The employer shall adopt reasonable rules for all of the following: (a) Registering employee organizations, as defined by subdivision (c) of Section 3599.
• § 3599.74 — Notwithstanding any other law, if a decision by an administrative law judge regarding the recognition or certification of an employee organization is appealed, the decision is the final order of the b
• § 3599.75 — (a) In determining an appropriate unit, the board is governed by the criteria in subdivision (b).
• § 3599.76 — (a) (1) All initial meet and confer proposals of recognized employee organizations shall be presented to the employer at a public meeting, and those proposals thereafter are a public record.
• § 3599.77 — This chapter does not apply Section 923 of the Labor Code to employees.
• § 3599.78 — This chapter does not modify or eliminate any existing wages, hours, or terms and conditions of employment for employees.
• § 3599.79 — If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect any other provision or application of this chapter that ca
• § 3599.80 — Expenses incurred by the employer in relation to a properly ratified memorandum of understanding pursuant to this chapter are subject to Section 7.
• § 3599.81 — Notwithstanding any other law, the expression of any views, arguments, or opinions, or the dissemination thereof in any form, by a Member of the Legislature or an employee, including any employee spec
• § 3599.82 — Notwithstanding Article 3.
• § 3599.83 — Employees of the Legislature are exempt from civil service under the California Constitution.
• § 3599.84 — This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2026.
• § 3600 — There is within the Public Employment Relations Board a division known as the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service, which shall conduct the services provided pursuant to Section 3601 an
• § 3601 — The board may investigate and mediate labor disputes providing any bona fide party to this type of dispute requests intervention by the board and the board may proffer its services to both parties whe
• § 3602 — Notwithstanding any other law, the board may seek and collect reimbursement from private and public sector employers, labor unions, and employee organizations for election, arbitration, training, and
• § 3603 — (a) The Public Employment Relations Board succeeds to and is vested with all of the powers, duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Department of Industrial Relations and ex
• § 3610 — The definitions set forth in this section shall govern the construction and meaning of the terms used in this chapter: (a) “Local agency” means any city, county, special district, or other public enti
• § 3611 — Notwithstanding any other law, the following provisions shall govern disputes between exclusive bargaining representatives of public transit employees and local agencies: (a) The disputes shall not be
• § 3612 — (a) Whenever in the opinion of the Governor, a threatened or actual strike or lockout will, if permitted to occur or continue, significantly disrupt public transportation services and endanger the pub
• § 3613 — The board of investigation shall be composed of no more than five members, one of whom shall be designated by the Governor as chairperson.
• § 3614 — Upon receiving a report from a board of investigation, the Governor may request the Attorney General to, and he or she shall, petition any court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin the strike or locko
• § 3615 — If the charter or establishing legislation of the local agency establishes a time period for the negotiating or meeting and conferring process which is shorter than 60 days, the provisions of this cha
• § 3616 — Except as expressly provided by subdivision (b) of Section 3612 and Section 3614, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to grant or deprive employees of a right to strike.
• § 36501 — The government of a general law city is vested in: (a) A city council of at least five members.
• § 36501.5 — Every employee has the right to inspect personnel records pursuant to Section 1198.
• § 36502 — (a) A person is not eligible to hold office as councilmember, city clerk, or city treasurer unless he or she is at the time of assuming the office an elector of the city, and was a registered voter of
• § 36502.5 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 36502, the city council of the City of Tustin may adopt by ordinance a proposal to limit the number of terms a member of the city council may serve on the cit
• § 36503 — Unless otherwise required by Section 57379, a general municipal election shall be held on a date prescribed by Section 1301 of the Elections Code.
• § 36503.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the period commencing the day of a recall election pursuant to Division 11 (commencing with Section 11000) of the Elections Code, of an elective offi
• § 36505 — The city council shall appoint the chief of police.
• § 36506 — By resolution or ordinance, the city council shall fix the compensation of all appointive officers and employees.
• § 36507 — Before entering upon his or her duties, each city officer shall take and file with the city clerk the constitutional oath of office, except that the councilmember elected at the incorporation election
• § 36508 — At any municipal election, or a special election held for that purpose, the city council may submit to the electors the question whether the elective officers, or any of them except council members, s
• § 36509 — The question shall be printed on the ballots used at the election substantially in one of the following forms: (a) “Shall the offices of city clerk and city treasurer be appointive?”; or (b) “Shall th
• § 36510 — If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is for it, the city council shall appoint such officers at the expiration of the terms of the officers then in office, and on a vacancy in any such o
• § 36511 — The petition for incorporation of a city may provide for the appointment of the elective officers, or any of them except council members.
• § 36512 — (a) If a vacancy occurs in an appointive office provided for in this chapter, the council shall fill the vacancy by appointment.
• § 36513 — (a) If a city councilmember is absent without permission from all regular city council meetings for 60 days consecutively from the last regular meeting he or she attended, his or her office becomes va
• § 36514.5 — City council members may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.
• § 36515 — The compensation of a city council member appointed or elected to fill a vacancy is the same as that payable to the member whose office was vacated.
• § 36516 — (a) (1) A city council may enact an ordinance providing that each member of the city council shall receive a salary based on the population of the city as set forth in paragraph (2).
• § 36516.1 — A mayor elected pursuant to Sections 34900 to 34904, inclusive, may be provided with compensation in addition to that which he or she receives as a council member.
• § 36516.5 — A change in compensation does not apply to a council member during the council member’s term of office.
• § 36517 — The city clerk and the city treasurer shall receive, at stated times, a compensation fixed by ordinance or resolution.
• § 36518 — Before entering upon the duties of their offices, the city clerk and city treasurer shall each execute a bond to the city.
• § 36519 — The city council may require bonds of any other officer or employee of the city.
• § 36520 — The city council shall approve all bonds.
• § 36521 — Except as otherwise provided, all laws relating to the official bonds of officers apply to bonds required by this chapter.
• § 36522 — Any officer or employee collecting or receiving any money belonging to, or for the use of, the city shall deposit it immediately in the treasury in the manner prescribed by ordinance for the benefit o
• § 36523 — By ordinance or resolution, the city council may provide for a treasurer’s departmental trust fund into which collections of the police department and other officers authorized to make collections may
• § 36524 — The city treasurer shall make withdrawals from such a fund only on order signed by the proper department head and for the following purposes: (a) Making a refund of bail, which has been exonerated, or
• § 36525 — (a) As used in this section “city auditor” includes an elected or appointed officer or full-time employee of the city who is compensated, but does not include an independent contractor.
• § 36801 — The city council shall meet at the meeting at which the declaration of the election results for a general municipal election is made pursuant to Sections 10262 and 10263 of the Elections Code and, fol
• § 36802 — The mayor shall preside at the meetings of the council.
• § 36803 — The mayor may make or second any motion and present and discuss any matter as a member of the council.
• § 36804 — If the city clerk is absent, the deputy city clerk shall act.
• § 36805 — The city council shall hold regular meetings at least once a month at times fixed by ordinance or resolutions.
• § 36807 — At any special meeting the city council shall act only on matters referred to in the notice or consent.
• § 36809 — When an order of adjournment of a regular meeting fails to state the hour at which the adjourned meeting is to be held, it shall be held at the hour specified for regular meetings.
• § 36810 — A majority of the council constitutes a quorum for transaction of business.
• § 36811 — If all council members are absent from any regular meeting, the city clerk shall declare the meeting adjourned to a stated day and hour.
• § 36812 — After incorporation, the city council is judge of the qualifications of its members and of election returns.
• § 36812.1 — If a written statement to contest the election of a city officer pursuant to Sections 16400 and 16401 of the Elections Code is filed with the city clerk prior to the commencement of any proceeding by
• § 36812.5 — A city may defend any person elected to the city council or to the office of city clerk or city treasurer in any election contest instituted for any of the causes set forth in subdivisions (a), (d), o
• § 36813 — The council may establish rules for the conduct of its proceedings.
• § 36814 — The council shall cause the clerk to keep a correct record of its proceedings.
• § 36815 — Any reference to “councilman” or “councilmen” shall also mean and include “councilwoman” or “councilwomen.
• § 36900 — (a) Violation of a city ordinance is a misdemeanor unless by ordinance it is made an infraction.
• § 36901 — The city legislative body may impose fines, penalties, and forfeitures for violations of ordinances.
• § 36903 — Imprisonment for violation of an ordinance shall be in the city jail, unless by ordinance the legislative body prescribes imprisonment in the county jail.
• § 36904 — The legislative body may require persons imprisoned for violation of an ordinance to labor on public property or works within the city.
• § 36931 — The enacting clause of ordinances shall be: “The city council of the City of ____ does ordain as follows:”.
• § 36932 — (a) Ordinances shall be signed by the mayor and attested by the city clerk.
• § 36933 — (a) Within 15 days after its passage, the city clerk shall cause each ordinance to be published at least once, with the names of those city council members voting for and against the ordinance, in a n
• § 36933.1 — Whenever a city having a population of less than 2,500 inhabitants adopts an ordinance code containing all ordinances and amendments previously adopted and amendments and new ordinances to bring the c
• § 36934 — Ordinances shall not be passed within five days of their introduction, nor at other than a regular meeting or at an adjourned regular meeting.
• § 36935 — Resolutions or orders for the payment of money shall be adopted or made only at a regular meeting or at a special meeting for which the notice of such special meeting specifies the business to be tran
• § 36936 — Resolutions, orders for the payment of money, and all ordinances require a recorded majority vote of the total membership of the city council.
• § 36936.1 — The rates of taxes to be levied or the amount of revenue required to be raised by taxation may be fixed either by ordinance or resolution.
• § 36937 — Ordinances take effect 30 days after their final passage.
• § 37100 — The legislative body may pass ordinances not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the State or the United States.
• § 37100.5 — Except as provided in Section 7282 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the legislative body of any city may levy any tax which may be levied by any charter city, subject to the voters’ approval pursuant
• § 37101 — (a) The legislative body may license, for revenue and regulation, and fix the license tax upon, every kind of lawful business transacted in the city, including shows, exhibitions, and games.
• § 37101.5 — Notwithstanding Section 37101, no legislative body shall require a regulatory license or impose a regulatory license or impose a regulatory license fee with respect to cafe musicians.
• § 37101.7 — (a) In accordance with the provisions of subdivision (b), the legislative body may license for revenue, and fix the license tax upon, persons who transact in the city the business of a contractor lice
• § 37102 — The legislative body may use any available funds to provide employment to the city’s destitute or needy unemployed residents.
• § 37103 — The legislative body may contract with any specially trained and experienced person, firm, or corporation for special services and advice in financial, economic, accounting, engineering, legal, or adm
• § 37104 — The legislative body may issue subpenas requiring attendance of witnesses or production of books or other documents for evidence or testimony in any action or proceeding pending before it.
• § 37105 — Subpenas shall be signed by the mayor and attested by the city clerk.
• § 37106 — If any person duly subpenaed neglects or refuses to obey a subpena, or, appearing, refuses to testify or answer any questions which a majority of the legislative body decide proper and pertinent, the
• § 37107 — The judge shall issue an attachment directed to the sheriff of the county where the witness was required to appear, commanding the sheriff to attach the person, and forthwith bring the person before t
• § 37108 — On return of the attachment and production of the witness, the judge has jurisdiction.
• § 37109 — The right of a witness to purge himself of the contempt and the proceedings, penalties, and punishment shall be the same as if the contempt had been committed in a civil trial in a superior court.
• § 37110 — The legislative body may spend money from the general fund for music and promotion, including promotion of sister city and town affiliation programs.
• § 37110.5 — The legislative body may authorize and provide for contributions to nonprofit educational radio and television stations, provided all of the following conditions exist: (a) The purpose of the contribu
• § 37111 — When the legislative body deems it necessary that land purchased for park or other purposes be used for construction of public buildings or creation of a civic center, it may adopt an ordinance by a f
• § 37111.1 — When a legislative body deems it necessary that land purchased in fee for any municipal purpose and subsequently dedicated by use for park purposes should be used for other municipal purposes, it may
• § 37112 — In addition to other powers, a legislative body may perform all acts necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this title.
• § 37114 — If real property is conveyed by a city and it is subsequently determined and mutually agreed by the legislative body of the city and the person to whom the property was conveyed that an error was made
• § 37115 — The legislative body may, within the powers otherwise conferred by law upon the city, do and perform all acts necessary to enable the city to participate in the “Economic Opportunity Act of 1964” (P.
• § 37116 — Upon receipt of an application from the governing body of any school district maintaining a school within a city, requesting to borrow funds from the city for the purpose of removing or replacing asbe
• § 37200 — If the legislative body adopts an annual budget, the budget document shall include the appropriations limit and the total annual appropriations subject to limitation as determined pursuant to Division
• § 37201 — Demands against the city for money or damages are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.
• § 37202 — Except as provided in Section 37208, the legislative body shall approve or reject demands only after such demands have been audited in the manner prescribed by ordinance or resolution.
• § 37203 — Upon allowing a demand or approving a register of audited demands, the mayor shall draw a warrant or warrants upon the city treasurer specifying the purpose for which drawn and the fund from which pay
• § 37204 — When an order or demand is not approved for want of funds and its amount does not exceed the income and revenue for the year in which the indebtedness was incurred, the city clerk shall endorse on it:
• § 37205 — The clerk shall number the endorsement, register the order or demand in his records, and deliver it to the claimant, or his order.
• § 37206 — By ordinance or resolution, the legislative body shall prescribe the time and method of paying salaries and wages of officers and employees.
• § 37207 — Department heads shall certify or approve departmental pay rolls or attendance records for employees in their departments.
• § 37208 — (a) Payroll warrants or checks need not be audited by the legislative body prior to payment.
• § 37209 — The duties imposed upon the city clerk by this article may be transferred to a director of finance when such office has been established and the powers and duties thereof defined by ordinance.
• § 37210 — Newly incorporated cities that have not received revenues from property taxes may issue temporary non-negotiable notes bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 6 percent per annum to pay lawfully incu
• § 37350 — A city may purchase, lease, receive, hold, and enjoy real and personal property, and control and dispose of it for the common benefit.
• § 37350.5 — A city may acquire by eminent domain any property necessary to carry out any of its powers or functions.
• § 37351 — The legislative body may purchase, lease, exchange, or receive such personal property and real estate situated inside or outside the city limits as is necessary or proper for municipal purposes.
• § 37351.5 — (a) Prior to the entering into agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the issuance of certificates of participation of lease revenue bonds, the legislative body of a city
• § 37352 — The legislative body may erect and maintain buildings for municipal purposes.
• § 37352.1 — After January 1, 1980, with respect to the construction, purchase, or lease of buildings which are located or will be located in a standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) with a population of 25
• § 37352.2 — The requirements of Section 37352.
• § 37353 — The legislative body may acquire property needed for: (a) Parking motor vehicles.
• § 37354 — The legislative body may accept or reject any gift, bequest, or devise made to or for the city, or to or for any of its officers in their official capacity or in trust for any public purpose.
• § 37355 — If the terms of a gift, bequest, or devise do not prescribe or limit the uses to which the property received or the income or increase from it may be put, it may be put to such uses as the legislative
• § 37356 — When the legislative body determines that the public interest or convenience requires the construction and maintenance of passageways or other structures under or over any public alley in the city, to
• § 37357 — By majority vote the legislative body may grant property owners or proprietors of manufacturing or industrial enterprises the right to construct, maintain, and operate spur tracks from their premises
• § 37358 — When the State has granted a city tide and submerged lands within its boundaries, it may grant any portion of such lands to the United States for public or governmental uses, including military or nav
• § 37359 — Unless otherwise provided by law, the legislative body having control of any property owned or controlled by the city may at any time withdraw the property from the personal access and use of members
• § 37360 — The legislative body of any city having jurisdiction over any tide, submerged, or reclaimed lands of the city, which lands or any interest therein are sought by the United States in eminent domain pro
• § 37361 — (a) The legislative body may acquire property for the preservation or development of a historical landmark.
• § 37361.1 — Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, the legislative body may convey, upon such terms and conditions as it determines to be in the public interest, any surplus real property, toge
• § 37362 — The Legislature hereby finds that many persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined by Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code, cannot afford to purchase housing in the conventional
• § 37363 — When the legislative body of a city finds the public interest and convenience require the sale for less than the market price of residential property acquired by the city, it may pass an ordinance pro
• § 37364 — (a) The Legislature reaffirms its finding that the provision of housing for all Californians is a concern of vital statewide importance.
• § 37380 — (a) A city may lease property owned or held or controlled by it, or any of its departments, for not to exceed 55 years.
• § 37382 — A city may lease city land used for agricultural or horticultural purposes upon which sewage or waste water is discharged for not to exceed twenty-five years.
• § 37383 — A city may lease city property not acquired for park purposes for not to exceed thirty-five years for the production of minerals, oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon substances.
• § 37384 — Except when the state grant specifically provides otherwise, a city may lease tide or submerged lands for not to exceed fifty years.
• § 37385 — A city may lease tide and submerged lands, the wharves, docks, piers, and other structures or improvements on these lands, and as much of the uplands abutting upon them as the legislative body deems n
• § 37386 — A city may lease such tide and submerged lands and uplands for: (a) Industrial uses.
• § 37387 — When the legislative body deems that industrial use of such tidelands and uplands is inimical to the best interest of the city, it may lease them for park, recreational, residential, or educational pu
• § 37388 — A city may lease property owned or held or controlled by it or any of its departments for not to exceed fifty years to any nonprofit corporation for a housing development on the property.
• § 37389 — A city may lease or sublease property owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by it for not to exceed fifty years for airport purposes or purposes incidental to aircraft, including: (a) Manufacture of
• § 37390 — A city may lease sewage and sewage effluent for not to exceed fifty years.
• § 37391 — A city or any of its departments may lease or sublease land to the State or any of its political subdivisions, or any nonprofit corporation, for fair, exposition, celebration, or exhibition purposes,
• § 37392 — A city or any of its departments may lease or sublease land to the state for housing personnel and equipment, or to the State Adjutant General for military or armory purposes, for not to exceed 99 yea
• § 37392.1 — A city, district, or other public corporation, acting individually or jointly with others, may lease sewers and sewage treatment and disposal facilities, and any land, rights of way, or other property
• § 37392.2 — Notwithstanding Section 718 of the Civil Code, a city may lease any of its lands to a county, county water authoritiy, or special district for the purpose of constructing, operating, maintaining, and
• § 37393 — A lease of an interest in real property of a city shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which the property is located.
• § 37394 — A city or city and county may lease property owned, held or controlled by it for not to exceed 55 years, if the contemplated use of the property is for off-street parking purposes.
• § 37395 — A city may lease for not to exceed 55 years property owned, held, or controlled by it, or any of its departments, for commercial development for business purposes, when the governing body determines b
• § 37396 — (a) A city, county, or city and county may lease property owned, held, or controlled by it for not to exceed 99 years, for stadium, park, recreational, fair, exposition, or exhibition purposes, or for
• § 37420 — The provisions of this article are alternative to Sections 37350 and 37351 of this code and any other authority granted by law to cities to dispose of city-owned property.
• § 37421 — When the legislative body of a city finds the public interest and convenience require the sale of any public building and site dedicated to a public use, it may adopt a resolution of its finding and i
• § 37422 — The resolution shall: (a) Fix a time for hearing protests to the sale.
• § 37423 — The resolution shall be published at least once in a daily newspaper published and circulated in the city or, if there is none, the legislative body shall designate a newspaper published in the county
• § 37424 — At any time prior to final action, any person interested may protest the proposed sale.
• § 37425 — If no protests are received or the legislative body overrules the protests by a four-fifths vote of its members, it may proceed with the sale.
• § 37426 — If four-fifths of the legislative body do not vote to complete the sale, it shall not take further steps for sale of the property for six months after final action unless it shall first call a special
• § 37427 — The legislative body may adopt an ordinance calling and fixing the date of a special election at which the proposition of sale of the property will be submitted to the city electors.
• § 37428 — If a majority of the votes is for the proposition, the legislative body may sell the property.
• § 37429 — The legislative body may agree with the purchaser of the property that the city will remain in temporary occupancy after the sale until other arrangements have been completed.
• § 37430 — If a legislative body sold property prior to May 23, 1945, by a proceeding substantially complying with this article, the sale is as effective as if it had occurred after that date.
• § 37440 — The provisions of this article are alternative to Sections 37350 and 37351 of this code and any other authority granted by law to cities to dispose of city-owned property.
• § 37441 — This article applies only to a municipal airport or property owned by a city for the purposes specified in Section 37442, which property is restricted, under the terms of the instrument conveying the
• § 37442 — Pursuant to this article the legislative body of a city may sell, or lease for a term not exceeding 20 years with an option to purchase, any municipal airport or any property owned by a city for airpo
• § 37443 — In any sale or lease of property with option to purchase, made or entered into pursuant to Section 37442, the purchase price for any property sold or the consideration for or rentals payable pursuant
• § 37444 — No sale or lease of any property with option to purchase shall be made or entered into pursuant to Section 37442 except when previously authorized by ordinance adopted by a four-fifths vote of all mem
• § 37460 — As used in this article, “veteran” means a soldier, sailor, airman, guardian, or marine who has served the United States honorably in any of its wars.
• § 37461 — A city may provide and maintain homes for veterans.
• § 37462 — The legislative body may acquire real or personal property necessary for such buildings, by condemnation or otherwise.
• § 37463 — The legislative body may furnish sites for such buildings, and may use any portion of a public lot, block, or park for such purpose.
• § 37464 — The legislative body may purchase, lease, construct, furnish, or repair such buildings.
• § 37466 — The legislative body may establish a fund for the purposes of this article, and transfer money from the general fund to such fund as it deems necessary.
• § 37467 — The city may incur a bonded indebtedness for the purposes of this article.
• § 37468 — To accomplish the objects of this article, the city may combine with the county in which it is situated and hold property and expend money jointly with the county.
• § 37500 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 43600) of Chapter 4 of Division 4 apply to all proceedings initiated pursuant to this article.
• § 37501 — A city may acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, the necessary land and construct and maintain a public assembly or convention hall upon it, and may incur indebtedness for such purpose pursuant to th
• § 37502 — The resolution initiating bonding proceedings may be enacted by majority vote of the legislative body.
• § 37503 — In addition to other required recitations, the ordinance calling the election shall recite the rate of interest to be paid on the indebtedness.
• § 37504 — The ordinance shall be published in a newspaper published in the city, once a day for five days if in a daily paper, or once a week for three successive weeks, if in a weekly paper.
• § 37505 — Money obtained from the use of such building shall be deposited in the city treasury to the credit of the proper fund and applied, in order, to the following purposes exclusively: (a) The necessary ex
• § 37506 — In cities not having a board of public works, by ordinance the legislative body may appoint a commission to select the site for the building, supervise its construction, and manage its use.
• § 37541 — By ordinance, the legislative body may establish a public museum of natural and historical objects in a city where there is none.
• § 37542 — Upon receiving a petition signed by one-third of the city electors, the legislative body shall establish a museum in such a city.
• § 37543 — With the consent of the legislative body, the mayor shall appoint a board of five museum trustees to manage the museum.
• § 37544 — The trustees shall hold office for three years, and shall serve without compensation.
• § 37545 — The board of museum trustees shall meet at least once a month at the time and place it fixes by resolution.