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• § 32100.6 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the voters of the Eden Township Hospital District may file a petition with its board of directors pursuant to the provisions of Section 32100.
• § 32100.7 — Notwithstanding Section 32100.
• § 32100.8 — (a) The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this section: (1) “Board of supervisors” means the Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa.
• § 32101 — All registered voters residing within the territory comprising a district organized under this division are qualified electors.
• § 32103 — (a) The board of directors shall serve without compensation except that the board of directors, by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of the members of the board, may authorize the payment of not
• § 32104 — The board of directors shall provide for the time and place of holding its regular meetings and the manner of calling the same, and shall establish rules for its proceedings and may adopt such rules a
• § 32106 — (a) Except as provided in this section, Section 32155, or the Ralph M.
• § 32107 — A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
• § 32110 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), no person who is a director, policymaking management employee, or medical staff officer of a hospital owned or operated by a district shall do either of the
• § 32111 — (a) A member of a health care district’s medical or allied health professional staff who is an officer of the district shall not be deemed to be “financially interested,” for purposes of Section 1090
• § 32121 — Each local district shall have and may exercise the following powers: (a) To have and use a corporate seal and alter it at its pleasure.
• § 32121.1 — By resolution, the board of directors of a local hospital district may delegate to its administrator the power to employ (subject to the pleasure of the board of directors), and discharge, such subord
• § 32121.2 — Except as provided in this section, by resolution, the board of directors of a local hospital district may authorize the disposition of any surplus property of the district at fair market value by any
• § 32121.3 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hospital district, or any affiliated nonprofit corporation upon a finding by the board of directors of the district that it will be in the best intere
• § 32121.4 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hospital district or any affiliated nonprofit corporation, upon a finding by the board of directors of the district that it will be in the best interests
• § 32121.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a health care district may enter into a contract of employment with a hospital administrator, including a hospital administrator who is design
• § 32121.6 — If a health care district enters into a written employment agreement with a hospital administrator, including a hospital administrator who is designated as a chief executive officer, the written emplo
• § 32121.7 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the transfer of assets by El Camino Hospital, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation (“El Camino Hospital-Corporation”) that owns and operates El
• § 32121.8 — The El Camino Hospital-Corporation may provide for the operation and maintenance through tenants of the whole or any part of the El Camino Hospital, and for that purpose may enter into any lease agree
• § 32121.9 — A district that leases or transfers its assets to a corporation pursuant to this division, including, but not limited to, subdivision (p) of Section 32121 or Section 32126, shall act as an advocate fo
• § 32122 — The board of directors may purchase all necessary surgical instruments and hospital equipment and equipment for nurses’ homes and all other property necessary for equipping a hospital and nurses’ home
• § 32123 — The board of directors may purchase such real property, and erect or rent and equip such buildings or building, room or rooms as may be necessary for the hospital.
• § 32124 — The board of directors may establish a nurses’ training school in connection with the hospital, prescribe a course of study for such training and after the completion of the course, provide for the is
• § 32125 — (a) The board of directors shall be responsible for the operation of all health care facilities owned or leased by the district, according to the best interests of the public health and shall make and
• § 32126 — (a) The board of directors may provide for the operation and maintenance through tenants of the whole or any part of any hospital acquired or constructed by it pursuant to this division, and for that
• § 32126.3 — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the lease in existence immediately preceding January 1, 2006, between the Grossmont Healthcare District and the Grossmont Hospital Corporation tha
• § 32126.5 — (a) The board of directors of a hospital district or any affiliated nonprofit corporation may do any of the following when it determines that the action is necessary for the provision of adequate heal
• § 32127 — The hospital district shall establish its own treasury and shall appoint a treasurer charged with the safekeeping and disbursal of the funds in the treasury of the district.
• § 32127.1 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors of any district which is licensed to have 85 beds and located within a county of 2,000,000 or more population, as determined by the 1
• § 32127.2 — Exclusively for the purpose of securing state insurance of financing for the construction of new health facilities, the expansion, modernization, renovation, remodeling and alteration of existing heal
• § 32127.3 — (a) Exclusively for the purpose of securing federal mortgage insurance, federal loans, federal loans or grants or guaranteed loans issued pursuant to the federal Consolidated Farm and Rural Developmen
• § 32127.5 — (a) Upon the adoption of a resolution of the board of directors of the district so providing, all funds on hand in the treasury of the district may, be paid over to the county treasurer of the county
• § 32128 — (a) The rules of the hospital, established by the board of directors pursuant to this article, shall include all of the following: (1) Provision for the organization of physicians and surgeons, podiat
• § 32128.10 — No hospital established by the board of directors pursuant to this article which permits sterilization operations for contraceptive purposes to be performed therein, nor the medical staff of such hosp
• § 32129 — Notwithstanding the provisions of the Medical Practice Act, the board of directors of a hospital district or any affiliated nonprofit corporation may contract with physicians and surgeons, podiatrists
• § 32129.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors of a hospital district or any affiliated nonprofit corporation may contract with a physician and surgeon or podiatrist for the render
• § 32130 — A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness in an amount not to exceed 85 percent of all estimated income and revenue for the current fiscal year, including, but not limited to, tax revenues, o
• § 32130.1 — A district is also authorized, when funds are needed to meet current expenses of maintenance and operation, to borrow money on certificates of indebtedness or other evidence of indebtedness in an amou
• § 32130.2 — (a) A district may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the district board, issue negotiable promissory notes to acquire funds for any district purposes subject to the restrictions and requirements
• § 32130.5 — The first board of directors of a district may, within a period of two years from and after the formation of the district, pursuant to a resolution adopted by it for the purpose, borrow money on certi
• § 32130.6 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district may do any of the following by resolution adopted by a majority of the district board: (a) (1) Enter into a line of credit with a commercial lend
• § 32131 — The board of directors may maintain membership in any local, state or national group or association organized and operated for the promotion of the public health and welfare or the advancement of the
• § 32132 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, or in Chapter 3.
• § 32132.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other provision of law, upon approval by the board of directors of the Sonoma Valley Health Care District, the design-build procedure described in Chapter 4 (c
• § 32132.6 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other law, upon approval by its board of directors, a health care district may use the design-build procedure described in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2
• § 32132.7 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other law, upon approval by the board of directors of the Last Frontier Health Care District, the design-build procedure described in Chapter 4 (commencing wit
• § 32132.8 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other law, upon approval by the board of directors of the Mayers Memorial Hospital District, the design-build procedure described in Chapter 4 (commencing with
• § 32132.96 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), (c), or (d), a district that is authorized and elects to use the design-build process described in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 22160) of Part 3 of Div
• § 32133 — At least once each year the board shall engage the services of a qualified accountant of accepted reputation to conduct an audit of the books of the hospital and prepare a report.
• § 32134 — The effective date of any contract entered into for the construction and leasing of any hospital building or facilities shall be the date of execution of said lease notwithstanding the fact that said
• § 32136 — The board of directors may, without following the bidding provisions in Section 32132 hereof, let contracts for work to be done or for materials and supplies to be furnished, sold or leased to the dis
• § 32137 — The board of directors may, by resolution, change the name of the district.
• § 32138 — (a) The board of directors shall acquire electronic data processing and telecommunications goods and services with a cost to the district of more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) through co
• § 32139 — The board of directors shall do all of the following: (a) Adopt an annual budget in a public meeting, on or before September 1 of each year, that conforms to generally accepted accounting and budgetin
• § 32140 — Upon filing a petition under federal bankruptcy law, the board of directors shall provide written notice within 10 business days to the local agency formation commission of the principal county in whi
• § 32150 — The board of directors shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations, or bylaws, providing for appellate review of any action, decision, or recommendation of the medical staff affecting the professiona
• § 32151 — The secretary of the board of directors or the hospital administrator shall mail notice of the action or decision to the affected applicant or medical staff member within the time specified in the app
• § 32154 — The board or the hearing officer, if one is appointed, shall have the same power with respect to the issuance of subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum as that granted to any agency or presiding officer
• § 32155 — The board of directors may order that the hearing pursuant to this article, and hearings on the reports of the hospital medical audit or quality assurance committees, be held in private or executive s
• § 32200 — Any district formed pursuant to this division may be financed by assessment on real and personal property within the district, pursuant to this chapter.
• § 32202 — The board of supervisors shall thereupon levy upon the taxable property of the district within its own county a tax sufficient in amount to maintain the district but not to exceed the twenty-cent ($0.
• § 32203 — The tax, exclusive of the levy for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds and any special assessment voted hereunder, and exclusive of the levy for the payment of rentals and all other sum
• § 32204 — The tax shall be computed, entered upon the tax rolls and collected in the same manner as county taxes are computed, entered and collected.
• § 32205 — An election on the formation of a hospital district in and around the City of Dos Palos in the County of Merced, may be combined with an election for the adoption of a special tax pursuant to Article
• § 32221 — The board of directors may establish a fund for capital outlays; provided, that no part of said fund shall be used for acquisition of additional patient bed capacity by lease or purchase of any hospit
• § 32222 — At any time after the creation of a capital outlay fund, the board of directors may transfer to such fund any unencumbered surplus funds remaining on hand in the district at the end of any fiscal year
• § 32223 — Whenever a capital outlay fund is established, it shall be used only for such purposes, except the board of directors may, by a four-fifths vote of all members, if it finds that the fund is no longer
• § 32240 — Whenever it is desired that expenditures be made by the district for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or alteration of work for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out of the purpose o
• § 32241 — An election shall be held to authorize such assessment and may be called by the board of directors of the district in its discretion.
• § 32242 — The resolution of the board of directors calling an election to decide whether a special assessment shall be levied, in addition to all other matters required by this division for a resolution calling
• § 32243 — If two-thirds of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the special assessment, the board of directors shall cause the assessment to be levied in like manner as a regular assessment to pay the
• § 32300 — Bonds may be issued by a district for the purpose of acquiring, maintaining, constructing, or altering work, or for the purpose of funding the district’s portion of the funding of a coinsurance plan b
• § 32300.1 — In determining the amount of bonds to be issued, the legislative body may include: (a) All costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the acquisition, construction, improving or financi
• § 32300.2 — Bonds may be issued by a district for the purpose of refunding any or all of the outstanding bonds or other indebtedness of the district.
• § 32301 — An election shall be held to authorize the issuance of any bonds of a district.
• § 32302 — The resolution of the board of directors calling a bond election, in addition to all of the matters required by this division for a resolution calling an election, shall state the amount of the propos
• § 32303 — The board of directors by resolution entered on its minutes shall prescribe the form of the bonds and of the interest coupons attached thereto, shall fix the time when the whole or any part of the pri
• § 32304 — Bonds first to mature in each issue shall mature not later than five years from the date of issuance thereof; and those last to mature of each issue shall mature not later than 30 years from the date
• § 32305 — The rate of interest to be borne by bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall be fixed by the board of directors.
• § 32306 — Bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall be of such denomination or denominations as the board of directors may prescribe.
• § 32307 — All bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be signed by the presiding officer and attested by the secretary of the board of directors of the district, and shall be valid as to future sale thereaf
• § 32308 — No hospital district shall incur a bonded indebtedness exceeding 10 percent of the assessed value of all the taxable property in the district as shown by the last equalized county assessment roll or r
• § 32309 — The board of directors may, from time to time, sell bonds in such quantities as may be necessary and most advantageous to raise money for the purposes for which they were issued.
• § 32310 — Bonds shall be sold for at least par value.
• § 32311 — At the time appointed, the board of directors shall open the proposals, and may sell the bonds or any portion thereof to the highest responsible bidder or bidders.
• § 32312 — The board or boards of supervisors of the county or counties in which the district lies shall, at the time of fixing the general tax levy, sometimes called the annual assessment or regular annual asse
• § 32314 — The board may provide that any bond issued by the district may be subject to call and retirement prior to maturity at such times and prices and upon such other terms as the board may specify.
• § 32315 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local hospital district may issue revenue bonds pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5
• § 32316 — By resolution of the board of directors adopted by a vote of four-fifths of the membership of the board, the district may issue bonds of not more than a maximum of 50 percent of the average of the dis
• § 32317 — The resolution adopted pursuant to Section 32316 shall include all of the following: (a) The purpose for which the bonds are proposed to be issued.
• § 32318 — The resolution adopted pursuant to Section 32316 shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district, or if there is none, in the ne
• § 32319 — The board of directors may sell the bonds pursuant to the resolution as follows: (a) By giving notice inviting sealed bids and selling to the highest responsible bidder.
• § 32320 — No hospital district shall sell revenue bonds until a formal agreement of the sale has been approved by the board of directors, by ordinance, which shall state that the agreement is subject to referen
• § 32321 — (a) Any ordinance subject to Section 32320 shall be published after adoption once a week for two successive weeks, commencing within 15 days after adoption, in a newspaper of general circulation publi
• § 32322 — If an ordinance enacted pursuant to Section 32320 is subjected to a successful referendum election, or is repealed or rescinded by the board of directors, no ordinance authorizing the district to sell
• § 32350 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to encourage physicians to practice in rural areas which have insufficient numbers of physicians to provide comprehensive medical care.
• § 32351 — In the event the Chowchilla Memorial Hospital District enters into a joint powers agreement with a hospital district or hospital districts, whereby an independent governmental agency, as provided in C
• § 32352 — Loans made pursuant to this article shall be repaid to the state pursuant to a schedule mutually agreed upon by the state department and the hospital district receiving the loan, not exceeding 40 year
• § 32353 — The provisions of this section shall apply only to the Chowchilla Memorial Hospital District, and to any other hospital district with a bed capacity of less than 100 beds, which has entered into a joi
• § 32355 — As a condition of eligibility for loans under this chapter, any hospital district having a licensed bed capacity of less than 100 beds and which participates in a joint powers agreement described in S
• § 32356 — Any provisions applicable to the payment of tort claims against a hospital district shall be applicable for the repayment of any loan from the state to a hospital district pursuant to this chapter.
• § 32357 — Duplicate copies of any reports prepared pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 53890) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code by the joint powers entity specifi
• § 32358 — The state department shall prepare and adopt regulations establishing the specific criteria to be used for the approval of a loan application of a district hospital under this chapter to ensure that t
• § 32359 — The Department of General Services shall, without cost or obligation to the state, assist the Chowchilla Memorial Hospital District, and any other hospital district with a bed capacity of less than 10
• § 32492 — All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.
• § 32495 — For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Administrative expenses” means expenses relating to the general management of a health care district, such as accounting,
• § 32496 — (a) A nonprovider health care district shall not spend more than 20 percent of its annual budget on administrative expenses.
• § 32498 — Notwithstanding Section 32496, and prior to payment of any annual budget item described in Section 32496, a nonprovider health care district shall pay any amount required to be paid in the district’s
• § 32498.5 — (a) A local hospital district designated as the Pajaro Valley Health Care District is hereby formed within the Counties of Santa Cruz and Monterey.
• § 32498.6 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, within five years of the date of the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Pajaro Valley Health Care District, the board of directors shall adopt a resoluti
• § 32498.7 — (a) The district shall notify the County of Santa Cruz local agency formation commission (LAFCO) of when the district, or any other entity, acquires the Watsonville Community Hospital.
• § 32498.8 — (a) The district shall notify the Santa Cruz County local agency formation commission if the district sells the Watsonville Community Hospital to another entity or stops providing health care services
• § 32498.9 — (a) Within one year of the district’s date of formation, the Santa Cruz County local agency formation commission shall develop and determine a sphere of influence for the district pursuant to Section
• § 32499 — (a) The Desert Healthcare District may be expanded in accordance with this chapter.
• § 32499.2 — (a) Thirty days after the expansion of the district, and notwithstanding Sections 32100.
• § 32499.3 — (a) Following the expansion of the Board of Directors of the Desert Healthcare District, and notwithstanding Section 32100.
• § 32499.4 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the Desert Healthcare District maximize the use of its assets to provide direct health services to individuals within the district through direct operation of
• § 32499.5 — (a) A local health care district designated as the Imperial Valley Healthcare District is hereby formed within the County of Imperial.
• § 32499.6 — (a) (1) The initial board of directors of the district shall be composed of the following members: (A) One member from and appointed by the Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District Board of Directors.
• § 32499.7 — (a) (1) Following appointment, the Board of Directors of the Imperial Valley Healthcare District, notwithstanding Section 32100.
• § 32499.8 — (a) The district shall make annual reports to the Imperial County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), by December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2025, regarding health care service provision within
• § 32499.9 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the Imperial Valley Healthcare District maximize the use of its assets to provide direct health care services to individuals within the district through direct
• § 32499.95 — (a) Upon receipt of the recommendation from the Board of Directors of the Imperial Valley Healthcare District pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 32499.
• § 32500 — The provisions of this division shall be liberally construed to effect its objects and promote its purposes.
• § 32501 — Any person desiring in his or her lifetime to promote the public welfare by founding, endowing, and having maintained within this state a hospital for the relief of the sick, and for use as a training
• § 32502 — The grant may be executed, acknowledged, and recorded in the manner provided by law for the execution, acknowledgment, and recording of a grant of real property.
• § 32503 — The grantor may designate in the grant: (a) The nature, object, and purpose of the hospital.
• § 32504 — The trustee may in the name of the hospital grant, receive, and hold gifts of property, and sue and defend in relation to the trust property and all matters affecting the hospital.
• § 32505 — The trustee may exercise corporate powers and privileges, and to that end may organize and act as a board of trustees, elect such officers of the board as he may deem necessary, adopt by-laws, and as
• § 32506 — The board may adopt and use a seal.
• § 32507 — The grantor, by a provision in the grant, may during his lifetime elect, in relation to the property conveyed and to the erection, maintenance, and management of the hospital, to perform all the dutie
• § 32508 — No suit, action, or proceeding shall be commenced or maintained by any person to set aside, annul, or affect the conveyance or the title to the property conveyed, or the right to the possession, rents
• § 33000 — This part may be cited as the Community Redevelopment Law.
• § 33001 — The definitions and general provisions contained in this article govern the construction of this part, unless the context otherwise requires.
• § 33002 — “Community” means a city, county, city and county, or Indian tribe, band, or group which is incorporated or which otherwise exercises some local governmental powers.
• § 33003 — “Agency” means a redevelopment agency created by this part or its predecessor, or a legislative body which has elected to exercise the powers granted to an agency by this part.
• § 33004 — “Public body” means the State, or any city, county, district, authority, or any other subdivision or public body of the State.
• § 33005 — “State” includes any state agency or instrumentality.
• § 33006 — “Federal government” means the United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.
• § 33007 — “Legislative body” means the city council, board of supervisors, or other legislative body of the community.
• § 33008 — “Planning commission” means a planning agency established pursuant to law or charter.
• § 33009 — “Obligee” includes any bondholder, his trustee, any lessor demising to the agency property used in connection with a project area or any assignee of all or part of his interest, and the federal govern
• § 33010 — “Redevelopment project” means any undertaking of an agency pursuant to this part.
• § 33011 — “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
• § 33011.2 — “Director” means the Director of Housing and Community Development.
• § 33013 — “Small housing project” means real property containing or proposed to contain a separate residential structure having not more than four dwelling units and which is owned by an agency and proposed to
• § 33020 — “Redevelopment” means the planning, development, replanning, redesign, clearance, reconstruction, or rehabilitation, or any combination of these, of all or part of a survey area, and the provision of
• § 33020.5 — In addition to Section 33020, “redevelopment” also means payments to school districts in the fiscal years specified in Sections 33690 and 33690.
• § 33021 — Redevelopment includes: (a) The alteration, improvement, modernization, reconstruction, or rehabilitation, or any combination of these, of existing structures in a project area.
• § 33021.1 — In a city and county, redevelopment includes improving, increasing, or preserving emergency shelters for homeless persons or households.
• § 33022 — Redevelopment does not exclude the continuance of existing buildings or uses whose demolition and rebuilding or change of use are not deemed essential to the redevelopment and rehabilitation of the ar
• § 33030 — (a) It is found and declared that there exist in many communities blighted areas that constitute physical and economic liabilities, requiring redevelopment in the interest of the health, safety, and g
• § 33031 — (a) This subdivision describes physical conditions that cause blight: (1) Buildings in which it is unsafe or unhealthy for persons to live or work.
• § 33035 — It is further found and declared that: (a) The existence of blighted areas characterized by any or all of such conditions constitutes a serious and growing menace which is condemned as injurious and i
• § 33036 — It is further found and declared that: (a) Such conditions of blight tend to further obsolescence, deterioration, and disuse because of the lack of incentive to the individual landowner and his inabil
• § 33037 — For these reasons it is declared to be the policy of the State: (a) To protect and promote the sound development and redevelopment of blighted areas and the general welfare of the inhabitants of the c
• § 33039 — The Legislature of the State of California recognizes that among the principal causes of slum and blighted residential areas are the following factors: (a) Inadequate enforcement of health, building,
• § 33050 — (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state that in undertaking community redevelopment projects under this part there shall be no discrimination because of any basis listed in subdivision
• § 33051 — If the legislative body of the City and County of San Francisco adopts, or has adopted, an ordinance which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, it may require the agency to pro
• § 33070 — The Legislature finds and declares that decent housing and genuine employment opportunities for all the people of this state are vital to the state’s future peace and prosperity, for all of the follow
• § 33071 — The Legislature further finds and declares that a fundamental purpose of redevelopment is to expand the supply of low- and moderate-income housing, to expand employment opportunities for jobless, unde
• § 33080 — (a) Every redevelopment agency shall file with the Controller within six months of the end of the agency’s fiscal year a copy of the report required by Section 33080.
• § 33080.1 — Every redevelopment agency shall submit the final report of any audit undertaken by any other local, state, or federal government entity to its legislative body within 30 days of receipt of that audit
• § 33080.2 — (a) When the agency presents the annual report to the legislative body pursuant to Section 33080.
• § 33080.3 — The Controller shall develop and periodically revise the guidelines for the content of the report required by Section 33080.
• § 33080.4 — (a) For the purposes of compliance with subdivision (c) of Section 33080.
• § 33080.5 — For the purposes of compliance with subdivision (b) of Section 33080.
• § 33080.6 — On or before May 1 of each year, the department shall compile and publish reports of the activities of redevelopment agencies for the previous fiscal year, based on the information reported pursuant t
• § 33080.7 — For purposes of compliance with subdivision (c) of Section 33080.
• § 33080.8 — (a) On or before April 1 of each year, the Controller shall compile a list of agencies that appear to have major audit violations as defined in this section, based on the independent financial audit r
• § 33100 — There is in each community a public body, corporate and politic, known as the redevelopment agency of the community.
• § 33101 — An agency which, on September 15, 1961, was not authorized to transact any business or exercise any powers by a resolution adopted prior to such date, shall not transact any business or exercise any p
• § 33102 — The agency shall cause a certified copy of the ordinance to be filed in the office of the county clerk.
• § 33103 — In any proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or relating to, any contract by an agency, the agency is conclusively deemed to have been established and authorized to transact business an
• § 33103.5 — Any ordinance of a legislative body heretofore adopted declaring the need for an agency to function in Crescent City is hereby validated, and in any proceeding involving the validity of, or enforcemen
• § 33104 — Agencies which transacted business and exercised powers prior to September 15, 1961, shall, in any proceeding involving the validity of, or enforcement of, or relating to, any contract by an agency, b
• § 33105 — In any case where an agency was activated in a community by a resolution adopted pursuant to Section 33101 prior to January 1, 1951, and where thereafter and prior to January 1, 1951, the legislative
• § 33110 — When the legislative body adopts an ordinance declaring the need for an agency, the mayor or chairman of the board of supervisors, with the approval of the legislative body, shall appoint five persons
• § 33111 — A member may not be an elective officer or an employee of the community, but, notwithstanding any other law, he may be a member, commissioner, or employee of any other agency or authority of, or creat
• § 33112 — Three of the members first appointed shall be designated to serve the terms of one, two, and three years, respectively, from the date of their appointments and two shall be designated to serve for ter
• § 33113 — The appointing officer shall designate the first chairman from among the members.
• § 33114 — Members shall receive their actual and necessary expenses, including traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties.
• § 33114.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the legislative body of a city having a population of less than 200,000 or the legislative body of a county declares itself to be the agency pursua
• § 33115 — For inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, a member may be removed by the appointing officer, but only after he has been given a copy of the charges at least 10 days prior to a public
• § 33120 — The territorial jurisdiction of the agency of a county is the unincorporated territory in the county, and that of a city or city and county is the territory within its limits.
• § 33121 — The powers of each agency are vested in the members in office.
• § 33121.5 — When a decision, determination, or other action by the agency or legislative body is required by this part, neither the agency nor the legislative body shall delegate the obligation to decide, determi
• § 33122 — Each redevelopment agency exercises governmental functions and has the powers prescribed in this part.
• § 33123 — Each agency is performing a public function of the community.
• § 33125 — An agency may: (a) Sue and be sued.
• § 33125.5 — An agency shall keep a record of the proceedings of its meetings and those records shall be open to examination by the public to the extent required by law.
• § 33126 — (a) An agency may select, appoint, and employ such permanent and temporary officers, agents, counsel, and employees as it requires, and determine their qualifications, duties, benefits, and compensati
• § 33127 — An agency may: (a) Obtain, hire, purchase, or rent office space, equipment, supplies, insurance, or services.
• § 33128 — For the purposes of the agency, it shall have access to the services and facilities of the planning commission, the city engineer, and other departments and offices of the community.
• § 33129 — The grant of money appropriated by the legislative body of the community to the community redevelopment agency administrative fund is not to be construed as making the agency a department of the commu
• § 33130 — (a) No agency or community officer or employee who in the course of his or her duties is required to participate in the formulation of, or to approve plans or policies for, the redevelopment of a proj
• § 33130.5 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, an officer, employee, consultant, or agent of the agency or community, for personal residential use, may purchase or lease property within a project area a
• § 33131 — An agency may: (a) From time to time prepare and carry out plans for the improvement, rehabilitation, and redevelopment of blighted areas.
• § 33132 — The agency may accept financial assistance from public or private sources as authorized by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 33600) or any other provision in this part.
• § 33133 — The agency may accept any other assistance from the state or federal government or any public or private source for any redevelopment project within its area of operation or for the agency’s activitie