California

Government Code

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

• § 45080 — During any war emergency, the legislative body, by a four-fifths vote, may provide for the emergency employment of any person to fill any office or position in the city.
• § 45081 — An emergency appointee does not acquire civil service or other permanent status because of the emergency appointment.
• § 45082 — The legislative body may provide that an emergency appointee selected from an eligible list who is otherwise eligible for permanent appointment may acquire such rights as are expressly provided for un
• § 45083 — As used in this chapter the word “war” shall mean: (a) Whenever Congress has declared war and for one year after the termination of hostilities therein as proclaimed by the President of the United Sta
• § 45100 — If the legislative body determines that a reduction in personnel is necessary for economy reasons, it shall observe the seniority rule in putting the reduction into effect.
• § 45200 — It is unlawful for any person: (a) Wilfully by himself or in cooperation with another person to defeat, deceive, or obstruct any person with respect to his right of examination, application, or certif
• § 45201 — It is unlawful for any person: (a) To impersonate another person or to permit or aid in any manner any other person to impersonate him in connection with any examination, application, or request to be
• § 45203 — Any city employee, or person whose name appears on any city employment list who uses during duty hours, for training or target practice, any material which is not authorized therefor by the appointing
• § 45210 — Every person who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 4525 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) “Firm” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity permitted by law to pr
• § 4526 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, selection by a state or local agency head for professional services of private architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land surv
• § 4526.5 — A state agency head entering into a contract pursuant to this chapter shall, in addition to any other applicable statute or regulation, also follow Section 6106 of the Public Contract Code.
• § 4527 — In the procurement of architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, environmental, land surveying, and construction project management services, the state agency head shall encourage firms enga
• § 4528 — (a) When the selection is by a state agency head the following procedures shall apply: (1) The state agency head shall negotiate a contract with the best qualified firm for architectural, landscape ar
• § 4529 — This chapter shall not apply where the state or local agency head determines that the services needed are more of a technical nature and involve little professional judgment and that requiring bids wo
• § 4529.10 — For purposes of Article XXII of the California Constitution and this act, the term “architectural and engineering services” shall include all architectural, landscape architectural, environmental, eng
• § 4529.11 — All projects included in the State Transportation Improvement Program programmed and funded as interregional improvements or as regional improvements shall be subject to Article XXII of the California
• § 4529.12 — All architectural and engineering services shall be procured pursuant to a fair, competitive selection process which prohibits governmental agency employees from participating in the selection process
• § 4529.13 — Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to change project design standards, seismic safety standards or project construction standards established by state, regional or local governmental ent
• § 4529.14 — Architectural and engineering services contracts procured by public agencies shall be subject to standard accounting practices and may require financial and performance audits as necessary to ensure c
• § 4529.15 — This act only applies to architectural and engineering services defined in Government Code Section 4529.
• § 4529.16 — This act shall not be applied in a manner that will result in the loss of federal funding to any governmental entity.
• § 4529.17 — The provisions of this act are severable.
• § 4529.18 — If any act of the Legislature conflicts with the provisions of this act, this act shall prevail.
• § 4529.19 — This act shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes.
• § 4529.20 — This act seeks to comprehensively regulate the matters which are contained within its provisions.
• § 4529.5 — Any individual or firm proposing to provide construction project management services pursuant to this chapter shall provide evidence that the individual or firm and its personnel carrying out onsite r
• § 4530 — This chapter shall be known as the “Target Area Contract Preference Act.
• § 45300 — It is the intent of this article to enable any city to adopt such a retirement system as is adaptable to its size and type.
• § 45301 — By ordinance, any city may establish a retirement system for its officers and employees and provide for the payment of retirement allowances, pensions, disability payments, and death benefits, or any
• § 45301.5 — Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, separate rates of contribution for male and female employees shall not be maintained or established, nor shall different allowances or be
• § 45302 — Before the ordinance establishing a retirement system is adopted, the city legislative body shall adopt a resolution giving notice of intention to adopt the ordinance.
• § 45303 — The ordinance shall not be adopted unless an election is first held to permit the employees proposed to be included in the system to express by secret ballot their approval or disapproval of the retir
• § 45304 — The ballot used at the election shall include a summary of the retirement system as set forth in the resolution.
• § 45305 — The election shall be conducted in a manner to be prescribed by the legislative body, and permit firemen, policemen, and other city employees included in the system, as separate groups, to express the
• § 45306 — The ordinance establishing a retirement system may be adopted either by a majority vote of the electorate of the city or by approval of a two-thirds majority of the legislative body of the city.
• § 45307 — The ordinance shall provide for the appointment of a retirement board and for the delegation to the board of such powers and duties in relation to the system as are deemed advisable to carry out the i
• § 45308 — The legislative body may maintain its own pension and retirement fund or may contract with the legislative body of any city or county in the State, or any state department, for: (a) The performance of
• § 45308.1 — All funds received by city retirement systems and not required for current disbursements shall be invested only in: (a) Securities which are legal for savings bank investments in this state, or which
• § 45308.2 — Notwithstanding Section 45308.
• § 45308.3 — Notwithstanding Section 45308.
• § 45308.4 — Notwithstanding Section 45308.
• § 45308.5 — Notwithstanding Section 45308.
• § 45308.55 — Notwithstanding Section 45308.
• § 45308.6 — For purposes of Section 45308.
• § 45308.7 — The city retirement board, if there is one, or the city treasurer with the approval of the city council, may enter into security loan agreements with broker-dealers and with California or national ban
• § 45309 — Among other matters, the ordinance establishing the system shall provide for: (a) The amount of benefits to be paid to any officers or employees, or their beneficiaries, and the terms and conditions u
• § 45309.5 — A member of a pension or retirement system established pursuant to this chapter shall not receive credit for service or contributions for credit for service in violation of the prohibitions provided i
• § 4531 — The Legislature hereby declares that it serves a public purpose, and is of benefit to the state, to encourage and facilitate job maintenance and job development in distressed and declining areas of ci
• § 45310 — The ordinance may provide that: (a) The amount of the retirement, compensation, or pension may be predicated, in part, upon services rendered the city by an officer or employee prior to the establishm
• § 45310.3 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person ceases to be a member for any portion of his or her service as an elected public officer that is forfeited pursuant to Section 1243.
• § 45310.5 — The ordinance may provide for a modification of rights and benefits of a member because of membership in a reciprocal system similar to and under the same conditions as those provided under the County
• § 45310.6 — When a city has established a reciprocal retirement system under this chapter, the following shall apply: (a) Any former member who left service under that system and became a member of a reciprocal r
• § 45310.7 — (a) On and after January 1, 2003, a member who is credited with less than the number of years of service required for vesting shall have the right to elect to leave accumulated contributions on deposi
• § 45311 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to recognize a public obligation to all those whose duties as local prosecutors, local public defenders, and local public defender inve
• § 45312 — Nothing in this article prohibits the enhancement of the pension and retirement fund by private or voluntary contributions, nor the transfer to the fund of any surplus funds of the city which in the s
• § 45313 — The retirement board shall require competent medical proof before retiring any officer or employee for physical disability.
• § 45314 — After the retirement of a person for disability, if it appears that the disability has diminished, the board shall reduce the retirement payment to correspond with the degree of disability.
• § 45315 — The determination of the retirement board is final and shall not be modified or set aside except for fraud or abuse of discretion.
• § 45316 — This article provides an alternative procedure for the establishment of retirement systems in cities.
• § 45317 — Any regularly established fire or police protection district may adopt a retirement system for its employees pursuant to this article.
• § 4532 — As used in this chapter: (a) “California-based company” means either of the following: (1) A business or corporation whose principal office is located in California, and the owners, or officers if the
• § 4533 — (a) Whenever the state prepares a solicitation for a contract for goods in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), except a contract in which the worksite is fixed by the provisions of the
• § 4533.1 — Where a bidder complies with the provisions of Section 4533 or 4534, or the worksite or worksites where at least 50 percent of the labor required to perform the contract is within commuting distance o
• § 4534 — (a) In evaluating proposals for contracts for services in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), except a contract in which the worksite is fixed by the provisions of the contract, the sta
• § 45341 — The legislative body may establish a pension plan and provide retirement and death benefits for city employees in order to effect economy and efficiency in the public service and provide a means by wh
• § 45342 — Any pension or retirement system adopted shall be on a sound actuarial basis and provide for contributions by both the city and the employee members of the system which shall be based on percentages o
• § 45343 — Contributions shall be in amounts which will accumulate at retirement a fund sufficient to carry out the promise to pay benefits to the individual on account of his service as a member of the system,
• § 45344 — Benefits based on service rendered prior to membership in the system shall be met by additional contributions of the employer.
• § 45345 — As an alternate method of providing a retirement system, the city may contract with the Board of Administration of the State Employees’ Retirement System and enter all or any portion of its employees
• § 4535 — All state contracts issued to bidders who are awarded preferences under this chapter shall contain conditions to ensure that the contractor performs the contract at the location specified and meets an
• § 4535.1 — A business that requests and is given the preference provided for in Section 4533, 4533.
• § 4535.2 — (a) The maximum preference and incentive a bidder may be awarded pursuant to this chapter and any other provision of law shall be 15 percent.
• § 4535.3 — The Department of General Services, with the cooperation of the Employment Development Department, the Department of Industrial Relations and the Office of Planning and Research, and under the directi
• § 4550 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Public purchase” means a purchase by means of competitive bids of goods, services, or materials by the state or any of its political subdivisions or public agencies on wh
• § 4552 — In submitting a bid to a public purchasing body, the bidder offers and agrees that if the bid is accepted, it will assign to the purchasing body all rights, title, and interest in and to all causes of
• § 4553 — If an awarding body or public purchasing body receives, either through judgment or settlement, a monetary recovery for a cause of action assigned under this chapter, the assignor shall be entitled to
• § 4554 — Upon demand in writing by the assignor, the assignee shall, within one year from such demand, reassign the cause of action assigned under this part if the assignor has been or may have been injured by
• § 4560 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a substantial need to provide adequate child care facilities for state employees.
• § 4561 — Child care facilities for the employees of the California State University and Colleges and the University of California shall be incorporated into the campus master plans and constructed subject to t
• § 4562 — This chapter shall not apply to the design of new state office buildings, additions, alterations, or repairs of existing state-owned office buildings, where the Public Works Board has approved, prior
• § 4563 — (a) Sections 4560, 4561, and 4562 are not applicable to any state-owned transportation facility.
• § 460 — The state is divided into counties.
• § 5 — Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, these general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions shall govern the construction of this code.
• § 500 — The legal distances in the State are fixed in this chapter.
• § 5000 — The owner of any coupon bond, or of any bond payable to bearer, issued by the State, or any county, municipal corporation, or other public corporation in the State may present the bond to the treasure
• § 50001 — “Local agency” as used in this division means county, city, or city and county, unless the context otherwise requires.
• § 50002 — “Legislative body” as used in this division, means board of supervisors in the case of a county or city and county, and city council or board of trustees in the case of a city, unless the context othe
• § 5001 — The treasurer, or officer performing the duties of treasurer, shall cut off and cancel the coupons of a coupon bond so presented, and shall stamp, print, or write upon the back or the face of a coupon
• § 5002 — The statement may be in substantially the following form: (Date, giving month, year, and day.
• § 50020 — When a statute requires a local agency to take legislative action by resolution and the local agency is required by its charter to take legislative action by ordinance, action by ordinance is complian
• § 50022.1 — (a) “Code,” as used in this article, means any statute, or any published compilation of rules, regulations or standards adopted by the federal government or the State of California, or by any agency o
• § 50022.10 — A code adopted and fully published or adopted by reference as provided in this article, may be subsequently recodified or recompiled and thereafter adopted by reference in the same manner as prescribe
• § 50022.2 — Provided that all the procedures and requirements of this article are complied with, any local agency is hereby authorized to enact any ordinance which adopts any code by reference, in whole or in par
• § 50022.3 — After the first reading of the title of the adopting ordinance and of the title of the code to be adopted thereby, and of the title of the secondary codes therein adopted by reference, the legislative
• § 50022.4 — After the hearing, the legislative body may amend, adopt or reject the adopting ordinance in the same manner in which it is empowered to act in the case of other ordinances; and, except as to the adop
• § 50022.5 — Nothing contained in this article shall be deemed to relieve any local agency from the requirement of publishing in full the ordinance that adopts any code, and all provisions applicable to the public
• § 50022.6 — At least one copy of each primary code adopted by reference, and of each secondary code pertaining thereto, all certified to be true copies by the clerk of the legislative body, shall be filed in the
• § 50022.7 — If at any time any code which any local agency has previously adopted by reference, shall be amended by the agency which originally promulgated or adopted it, then the legislative body may adopt such
• § 50022.8 — Copies of such codes in published form, duly certified by the clerk of the legislative body, shall be received without further proof as prima facie evidence of the provisions of such codes or public r
• § 50022.9 — A city may enact ordinances which adopt by reference county ordinances, codes, or any parts thereof and any amendments thereto by complying with the requirements of this article.
• § 50023 — The legislative body of a local agency, directly or through a representative, may attend the Legislature and Congress, and any committees thereof, and present information to aid the passage of legisla
• § 50024 — The legislative bodies of local agencies may enter into associations and through a representative of the associations attend the Legislature and Congress, and any committees thereof, and present infor
• § 50025 — By resolution, a legislative body may withdraw from the association at any time.
• § 50026 — The legislative body of any local agency, chartered or general law, which is otherwise authorized by law or charter to impose any tax on the privilege of earning a livelihood by an employee or any oth
• § 50026.5 — (a) The legislative body of any local agency, chartered or general law, which is otherwise authorized by law or charter to impose any tax, shall not impose any tax, fee, or charge on or measured by th
• § 50027 — Any city, county, or city and county in the State of California may, pursuant to such provisions as may be prescribed by its governing body, prohibit or regulate the practice of astrology for compensa
• § 50028 — (a) The legislative body of any county, city, or city and county, whether general law or chartered, may adopt, by ordinance, such rules and regulations as it deems necessary, which require any coin-op
• § 50029 — The board of supervisors of the County of Orange or the city council of any city in that county may, by resolution, establish a fee program requiring the payment of a fee as a condition of issuing a b
• § 5003 — After any bond is registered, the principal and interest of the bond are payable to the registered owner.
• § 50030 — Any permit fee imposed by a city, including a chartered city, a county, or a city and county, for the placement, installation, repair, or upgrading of telecommunications facilities such as lines, pole
• § 50031 — (a) A city, including a charter city, county, including a charter county, or city and county, including a charter city and county, that approves a building permit for the construction of an electrifie
• § 50032 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish minimum crowd safety standards to guide local authorities when permitting large outdoor events throughout the state.
• § 50033 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (1) The legislative body of a city, county, or city and county shall not grant credit for service to an elective officer for service that the elective o
• § 50034 — (a) (1) No later than January 1, 2029, a local agency that maintains an internet website for use by the public shall ensure that the internet website utilizes a “.
• § 5004 — The treasurer, or other officer performing the duties of treasurer, shall keep in his office a book which shall at all times show what bonds are registered and in whose names respectively.
• § 5005 — After a bond is registered it may be transferred from time to time by the registered owner, in person or by attorney, on presentation of the bond to the treasurer, or such other officer, and the bond
• § 50050 — (a) For purposes of this article, “local agency” includes all districts.
• § 50051 — The notice shall state the amount of money, the fund in which it is held, and that it is proposed that the money will become the property of the local agency on a designated date not less than forty-f
• § 50052 — Upon or prior to publication, a party of interest may file a claim with the treasurer which must include the claimant’s name, address, amount of claim, the grounds on which the claim is founded, and a
• § 50052.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 50052, the treasurer may release to the depositor of the unclaimed money, their heir, beneficiary, or duly appointed representative, unclaimed money if claimed prior to the
• § 50053 — When any such money becomes the property of a local agency and is in a special fund, the legislative body may transfer it to the general fund.
• § 50054 — Whenever any city or county or city and county renders construction services or constructs public works for any city, county, city and county or any other governmental agency below the level of the st
• § 50055 — Any other provision of this article notwithstanding, any individual items of less than fifteen dollars ($15), or any amount if the depositor’s name is unknown, which remain unclaimed in the treasury o
• § 50056 — The responsibilities of the treasurer as provided under this article may be delegated by the treasurer to the agency, district, or department that maintains the supporting records of the unclaimed mon
• § 50057 — For individual items in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or less, the legislative body of any county may, by resolution, authorize the county treasurer to perform on its behalf any act req
• § 5006 — Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any law or municipal charter authorizing the issuance of bonds, whenever under any statute of the State or any charter of any municipal corporation in
• § 50060 — As used in this article: (a) “District” means a habitat maintenance assessment district formed pursuant to this article.
• § 50060.5 — (a) A local agency may, by ordinance or by resolution adopted after notice and hearing, establish a district to provide for the improvement or maintenance of natural habitat.
• § 50061 — (a) The ordinance or resolution shall establish uniform assessment rates based on the costs of providing the maintenance or improvement by the district.
• § 50061.5 — (a) The legislative body of the local agency shall cause to be prepared and filed with the clerk of the local agency a written report which shall contain all of the following: (1) Plans and specificat
• § 50062 — (a) The assessment shall refer to the fiscal year to which it applies and shall do all of the following: (1) State the net amount, determined in accordance with Section 50061, to be assessed upon asse
• § 50062.5 — If a district established pursuant to this article levies an assessment under this article to maintain or improve natural habitat, any lot or parcel is presumed to specifically benefit from the natura
• § 50063 — After approval of the report, either as filed or as modified, the legislative body shall adopt a resolution of intention.
• § 50063.5 — (a) The legislative body may establish zones or areas of benefit within the district and shall restrict the imposition of assessments to areas lying within those zones or areas of benefit.
• § 50064 — The clerk of the local agency shall cause notice of the filing of the report prepared pursuant to Section 50061.
• § 50066 — If the local agency is a city, it shall pay the county for costs, if any, incurred by the county in conducting the election.
• § 50067 — (a) If no majority protest exists pursuant to Section 53753, the legislative body may adopt a resolution ordering the improvements and the formation of the district and confirming the diagram and asse
• § 50067.5 — The legislative body may provide for the collection of the assessment in the same manner, and subject to the same penalties as, other fees, charges, and taxes fixed and collected by, or on behalf of t
• § 50068 — (a) The legislative body may, by resolution, determine and declare that bonds shall be issued to finance the estimated cost of the proposed improvements described in Section 50060.
• § 50068.5 — The legislative body shall provide by resolution each year for the levy and collection of annual assessments to pay for the long-term maintenance of natural habitat pursuant to this article in the amo
• § 50069 — Any resolution providing for the levy of assessments for payment of debt service on bond debt or notes, or for the long-term maintenance of natural habitat, or any hearings upon the formation of a dis
• § 50069.5 — (a) Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure applies to any judicial action or proceeding to validate, attack, review, set aside, void, or annul an
• § 5007 — Any legislative or governing body which authorizes the issuance of bonds of any county, city and county, city, municipal corporation, public district, public authority or other public corporation may,
• § 50070 — This article does not limit or prohibit the levy or collection of any other fee, charge, assessment, or tax for habitat maintenance authorized by any other provision of law.
• § 50075 — It is the intent of the Legislature to provide all cities, counties, and districts with the authority to impose special taxes, pursuant to the provisions of Article XIII A of the California Constituti
• § 50075.1 — On or after January 1, 2001, any local special tax measure that is subject to voter approval that would provide for the imposition of a special tax by a local agency shall provide accountability measu
• § 50075.3 — The chief fiscal officer of the levying local agency shall file a report with its governing body no later than January 1, 2002, and at least once a year thereafter.
• § 50075.5 — As used in this article: (a) “Local agency” means any county, city, city and county, including a charter city or county, or any special district.
• § 50076 — As used in this article, “special tax” shall not include any fee which does not exceed the reasonable cost of providing the service or regulatory activity for which the fee is charged and which is not
• § 50077 — (a) Except as provided in Section 7282 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the legislative body of any city, county, or district may, following notice and public hearing, propose by ordinance or resolut
• § 50077.5 — (a) Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure applies to any judicial action or proceeding to validate, attack, review, set aside, void, or annul an
• § 50078 — Any local agency which provides fire suppression services directly or by contract with the state or a local agency may, by ordinance or by resolution adopted after notice and hearing, determine and le
• § 50078.1 — As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Legislative body” means the board of directors, trustees, governors, or any other governing body of a local agency specif
• § 50078.13 — The local agency shall pay the county for costs, if any, incurred by the county in conducting the election.
• § 50078.16 — The legislative body may provide for the collection of the assessment in the same manner, and subject to the same penalties as, other fees, charges, and taxes fixed and collected by, or on behalf of t
• § 50078.17 — Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure applies to any judicial action or proceeding to validate, attack, review, set aside, void, or annul an ordi
• § 50078.19 — This article does not limit or prohibit the levy or collection of any other fee, charge, assessment, or tax for fire suppression services authorized by any other provisions of law.
• § 50078.2 — (a) The ordinance or resolution shall establish uniform schedules and rates based upon the type of use of property and the risk classification of the structures or other improvements on, or the use of
• § 50078.20 — Any fire protection district may specifically allocate a portion of the revenue generated pursuant to this article to pay the interest and that portion of the principal as will become due on an annual
• § 50078.3 — Any ordinance or resolution adopted by a local agency pursuant to this article establishing uniform schedules and rates for assessments for fire suppression services which substantially conforms with
• § 50078.4 — The legislative body of the local agency shall cause to be prepared and filed with the clerk of the local agency a written report which shall contain all of the following: (a) A description of each lo
• § 50078.5 — (a) The legislative body may establish zones or areas of benefit within the local agency and may restrict the imposition of assessments to areas lying within one or more of the zones or areas of benef
• § 50078.6 — The clerk of the local agency shall cause the notice, protest, and hearing procedures to comply with Section 53753.
• § 50079 — (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article
• § 50079.1 — A community college district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.
• § 50079.2 — Notwithstanding any other law, when any school district in the County of Santa Barbara is in any manner merged with one or more school districts so as to form a single district pursuant to subdivision
• § 50079.3 — Notwithstanding any other law, the Santa Barbara Unified School District may impose a special tax in compliance with Article 3.
• § 50079.5 — This article shall not be construed to affect the authority of any community facilities district to levy any special tax or other charge under Chapter 2.
• § 50079.6 — (a) In addition to those persons described in subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 50079, a qualified special tax imposed by the Davis Joint Unified Scho
• § 5008 — The treasurer, or officer performing the duties of treasurer, of any county, district, municipal corporation, or other public corporation in the State shall be entitled for registering a bond to charg
• § 50080 — When the legislative body of a local agency orders an officer or employee to attend a special training school he may be paid from the treasury his traveling and other actual and necessary expenses inc
• § 50081 — (a) To the extent that funds have been made available to a local agency pursuant to Section 50082, the legislative body of a local agency shall furnish each newly hired police officer and deputy sheri
• § 50081.1 — The legislative body of a local agency may furnish police officers and deputy sheriffs assigned to solo motorcycle duty with the following safety equipment: (a) Motorcycle boots and riding breeches.
• § 50081.2 — The legislative body of a local agency may furnish police officers and deputy sheriffs assigned to helicopter duty with the following safety equipment: (a) Fireproof coveralls or other suitable firepr
• § 50082 — The Legislature shall make available to the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training in the Department of Justice for allocation to local agencies, funds to be used to provide the equipment
• § 50083 — No local agency or district shall require that its employees be residents of such local agency or district.
• § 50084 — Each local agency’s hiring practices and promotional practices shall conform to the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964.
• § 50084.5 — (a) (1) A local official, whether elected or appointed, shall not make available to an immediate family member a public vehicle owned or operated by, or a credit card issued by, the local agency that
• § 50085 — No local agency shall, as a part of its hiring practices or promotional practices, employ any educational prerequisites or testing or evaluation methods which are not job-related unless there is no ad
• § 50085.5 — (a) Every local agency shall provide to the Civil Rights Council a copy of any affirmative action plan and subsequent amendments to such plan adopted by the local agency.
• § 50086 — No person who is summoned by a county sheriff, city police department, fire department, park ranger, or other local agency to voluntarily assist in a search or rescue operation, who possesses first ai
• § 50088 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Civil service system,” as applied to a county or city or county, means the approved local merit system (ALMS).
• § 50089 — (a) Any employee organization primarily comprised of peace officers, as described by Chapter 4.
• § 5009 — All moneys received by the State Treasurer under this chapter shall be paid monthly into the State Treasury for credit to the General Fund.
• § 501 — When mileage is allowed by law to any person, the distance shall be computed as fixed in this chapter.
• § 50110 — The legislative body, and each office, officer, or employee of a local agency shall furnish the clerk three copies of each printed, mimeographed, or processed book, pamphlet, report, bulletin, or othe
• § 50111 — When a book, document, map, or record required to be kept by an officer of a local agency is damaged by conflagration or other public calamity, the legislative body may cause the book, document, map,
• § 50112 — When copied, the book, document, map, or record shall be carefully compared with the original.
• § 50113 — The certified copy is prima facie evidence of the contents of the original book, document, map, or record, and shall bear the name and designation of the original.
• § 50114 — The legislative body may make reasonable provision to pay for copying the books, documents, maps, and records, not exceeding the amount authorized for copying and recording the originals, and such cop
• § 50115 — Unless another provision of law requires a longer retention period, the clerk of the legislative body may destroy or otherwise dispose of any paper or document filed with or submitted to the legislati
• § 50140 — Whenever any statute, ordinance, or regulation requires that as a condition to the erection of one or more buildings or structures, sewers, drains, or other facilities for sewers or drains, or both, b
• § 50141 — Whenever the legislative body of a local agency pursuant to this article has reimbursed or agreed to reimburse a builder for the construction of a lateral or other facility, which can or will be used
• § 50142 — The word “person” as used in this article in reference to a person liable to pay a charge includes districts formed for the purpose of constructing or maintaining sewers.
• § 50143 — When property is subject to a fee which has been or may be imposed under the authority of this article and also to a fee which has been or may be imposed under the authority of Article 5 (commencing w
• § 502 — From the county seat of Alameda County to Sacramento it is eighty-four (84) miles.
• § 50230 — As used in this article: (a) “Local agency” means a city, a city and county, or a county.
• § 50231 — The legislative body may declare by resolution as public nuisances and abate all abandoned excavations located upon private property within the local agency.
• § 50232 — The resolution shall describe the property upon which the nuisance exists by giving its lot and block number according to the official or local agency assessment map or by other means sufficient to id