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Military and Veterans Code - MVC

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• § 1 — This act shall be known as the Military and Veterans Code.
• § 10 — “Section” means section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned.
• § 100 — The intent of this code is to conform to all acts and regulations of the United States affecting the same subjects, and all provisions of this code shall be construed to effect this purpose.
• § 1000.1 — This chapter may be cited as the Veterans’ Revenue Debenture Act of 1970.
• § 1000.2 — The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless a different meaning appears from the context: (a) “Department” means the Depa
• § 1000.3 — There is hereby created a Veterans’ Debenture Finance Committee composed of the Governor, the State Controller, the State Treasurer, the Director of Finance, and the Director of Veterans Affairs, each
• § 1001.1 — Debentures may be issued by the department at such times and in such amounts not to exceed five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) in the aggregate as the department, with the approval of the Vete
• § 1001.2 — Whenever the department determines that debentures should be issued, it shall adopt a resolution of issuance, which shall be executed for the department by the Director of Veterans Affairs.
• § 1001.3 — Debentures shall be issued in the name of the Department of Veterans Affairs of the State of California and as the obligation of the department, but neither the principal of, nor the interest on, any
• § 1001.4 — All debentures shall bear the facsimile signature of the Director of Veterans Affairs and the Deputy Director of Veterans Affairs and shall be authenticated by the trustee.
• § 1001.5 — The validity of the authorization and issuance of any debentures shall not be dependent on or affected by the validity or regularity of any proceedings relating to the expenditure of the proceeds ther
• § 1001.6 — Reference on the face of any debentures to a resolution of issuance by its date of adoption, or the apparent date on the face thereof, shall be sufficient to incorporate all of the provisions thereof
• § 1001.7 — In addition to the debentures authorized by Section 1001.
• § 1001.8 — In addition to the debentures authorized by Sections 1001.
• § 1001.9 — In addition to the debentures authorized by Sections 1001.
• § 1002.1 — A resolution of issuance may provide for the issuance of debentures in one or more series and for the aggregate principal amount of any series thereof.
• § 1002.10 — A resolution of issuance may include a provision requiring the department to pay or cause to be paid punctually the principal of all debentures issued thereunder and the interest thereon, on the dates
• § 1002.11 — A resolution of issuance may include a provision requiring the department to preserve and protect the security of the debentures and the rights of the holders thereof and to warrant and defend such ri
• § 1002.12 — A resolution of issuance may include provisions which limit, restrict or prohibit any right, power or privilege of the department to create or give any mortgage, lien or pledge on any personal or real
• § 1002.13 — A resolution of issuance may include provisions requiring, specifying or limiting the kind, amount and character of insurance to be maintained by the department on any property under the jurisdiction
• § 1002.14 — A resolution of issuance may include a provision requiring the department to charge a uniform rate of interest on the unpaid balance of the purchase price of any and all properties acquired by the dep
• § 1002.15 — A resolution of issuance may include provisions requiring the department to hold or cause to be held in trust the revenues, or any part of the revenues, pledged to the payment of debentures and the in
• § 1002.16 — A resolution of issuance may include provisions defining the power of the department in applying the proceeds of the sale of any debentures.
• § 1002.17 — A resolution of issuance may include a provision authorizing, or limiting the power of, the department to issue additional debentures and establishing the terms and conditions upon which additional de
• § 1002.18 — A resolution of issuance may include a clause providing the events of default and the terms and conditions upon which any or all of the debentures then or thereafter issued may become or be declared d
• § 1002.19 — A resolution of issuance may include provisions establishing the rights, powers and duties arising upon breach by the department of any of the covenants, conditions or obligations contained therein.
• § 1002.2 — A resolution of issuance may provide for the dates to be borne by debentures, and by each series, issued thereunder and for the dates of maturity thereof.
• § 1002.20 — A resolution of issuance may include provisions prescribing a procedure by which the terms and conditions of the resolution may be subsequently amended or modified with the consent of the department a
• § 1002.21 — A resolution of issuance may provide that the debentures issued thereunder and the interest thereon shall be secured by all or part of the revenues, and may establish a lien upon the revenues as the d
• § 1002.22 — A resolution of issuance may include a covenant that the department will duly pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, any taxes, assessments or other governmental charges lawfully impos
• § 1002.23 — A resolution of issuance may include provisions requiring the preparation, filing and publication of financial statements with respect to the revenues, the funds securing the debentures and the expens
• § 1002.24 — A resolution of issuance may include a covenant that the department will at all times use its best efforts to maintain the powers, functions, duties and obligations reposed in it pursuant to law at th
• § 1002.25 — A resolution of issuance may include provisions requiring, permitting, restricting or governing the deposit and investment of funds established for the security of debentures issued thereunder, and re
• § 1002.26 — A resolution of issuance may include a covenant that the department will make or adopt and execute, or cause to be made, adopted and executed, any and all such further resolutions, acts, deeds, convey
• § 1002.27 — A resolution of issuance may include any and all covenants and agreements on the part of the department, and for such other acts or matters which the department, subject to the approval of the Veteran
• § 1002.28 — The State Treasurer shall act as trustee for the department and the holders of its bonds, to receive and disburse all the revenues applicable to the payment of the principal of or interest on the bond
• § 1002.3 — A resolution of issuance may provide for date or dates for the payment of interest on debentures and the interest rate or rates, fixed or variable, or the method of determining such rate or rates.
• § 1002.4 — A resolution of issuance may provide for the call and redemption of debentures issued thereunder, upon such terms, conditions and notice, and upon the payment of such premium, as may be fixed in said
• § 1002.5 — A resolution of issuance may provide for the forms, denominations, registration, transfer and interchange of debentures issued thereunder.
• § 1002.6 — A resolution of issuance may provide for the replacement of lost, destroyed or mutilated debentures or coupons.
• § 1002.7 — A resolution of issuance may provide for the issuance of temporary or interim debentures, certificates or receipts pending the preparation and delivery of definitive debentures.
• § 1002.8 — A resolution of issuance may provide for the payment of the principal and interest of debentures at any place within or without the State of California and in specified coin or currency of the United
• § 1002.9 — A resolution of issuance shall provide the means by which payments of principal and interest of debentures shall be secured.
• § 1003.1 — There is hereby appropriated, from any surplus money in the Veterans’ Farm and Home Building Fund of 1943, not required to meet any immediate demand which has accrued against the fund, without regard
• § 1003.10 — There is in the State Treasury a revolving fund known as the Veterans’ Farm and Home Building Fund of 1970.
• § 1003.11 — There is in the State Treasury a special fund known as the Veterans’ Debenture Revenue Fund.
• § 1003.12 — The State Controller is hereby authorized to make all necessary orders to provide for the establishment of special funds and accounts authorized by any resolution of issuance and for the transfer of m
• § 1003.13 — Prior to the issuance of any debentures the department is authorized to deposit in any reserve fund created for the further security of the debentures, as the initial deposit therein, cash or securiti
• § 1003.14 — Debentures authorized under any resolution of issuance approved by the Veterans’ Debenture Finance Committee shall be sold by the State Treasurer upon the written request of the department at public o
• § 1003.15 — In the event the State Treasurer shall determine to sell the debentures, all costs and expenses of publication of notice of sale shall be a charge against the department and shall be paid by the depar
• § 1003.16 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and in lieu of a pledge of revenues as security for any debentures issued pursuant to this chapter, the department may assign or pledge an undi
• § 1003.2 — The revenues shall be pledged first to the payment of the principal of and interest on the debentures and to all funds created for the further security of such debentures.
• § 1003.3 — In the event of cancellation of any pledged contract or forfeiture or other termination thereof for any cause the department shall, as soon as practicable, enter into a new contract covering the same
• § 1003.4 — The department shall at all times, so long as any of the debentures are outstanding, establish, fix, and collect interest at the rate or rates, which may be fixed interest rates or variable interest r
• § 1003.6 — All interest and other payments or charges of any kind or character due under any and all such contracts shall be payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of pay
• § 1003.7 — All revenues to be received by the department from pledged contracts shall be directly, concurrently and exclusively pledged to the payment of debentures, and all such revenues shall remain so pledged
• § 1003.8 — All debenture redemption and interest payments and any premium payable upon debentures called for redemption, and all payments required for reserve funds, sinking funds and all other funds created as
• § 1004.1 — The department, subject to the approval of the Veterans’ Debenture Finance Committee, may provide for the issuance, sale, or exchange of refunding debentures for the purpose of redeeming or retiring a
• § 1004.2 — Refunding debentures may be issued in a principal amount sufficient to provide funds for the payment of all debentures or obligations to be refunded thereby and in addition to the payment of all expen
• § 1004.3 — Refunding debentures shall not constitute a debt or obligation of the State of California but shall be debentures of the department of the same character and payable from the same funds as other deben
• § 1004.4 — The department may from time to time or at any time sell or exchange refunding debentures for the purpose of retiring, paying or refunding either all or part of the outstanding debentures or obligatio
• § 1005.1 — The holder of any debenture may by mandamus or other appropriate proceedings compel the performance of any of the duties imposed upon any state official or employee or imposed upon the department or i
• § 1005.2 — The department may in any resolution of issuance define the events of default including among others default in the payment of the principal or interest upon or premium due upon any debentures or defa
• § 1005.4 — Whenever a bank or trust company is acting as trustee by reason of any default, or for the protection of the interests of the debenture holders, the bank or trust company as such trustee, shall take s
• § 1005.5 — No remedy conferred upon or reserved to the holders of debentures is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy or remedies now or hereafter provided by law and each and every such remedy shall be c
• § 1005.6 — While any of the debentures remain outstanding the powers, duties or existence of the department and of every other official or agency of the State of California shall not be diminished or impaired in
• § 1006.1 — All debentures and the income therefrom are at all times exempt from taxation in the State of California, except for transfer, inheritance, and gift taxes.
• § 1006.10 — Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter, the proceeds received from the sale of debentures and any revenues received by the department from pledged contracts entered into by the department
• § 1006.11 — This chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out the objects and purposes and the declared public policy of the State of California as in this chapter set forth.
• § 1006.12 — If any section, subdivision, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid or unenforceable, such decision shall not affect the validity or enforc
• § 1006.13 — This chapter shall not operate to rescind or repeal any act of the State of California now or hereafter enacted providing for the issuance of general obligation bonds of the State of California for th
• § 1006.14 — All money in any of the funds created or authorized to be created in any resolution of issuance under the provisions of this chapter is hereby appropriated for expenditure in carrying out the purposes
• § 1006.15 — The purchaser shall make an initial payment of at least 10 percent of the selling price of the property, in case of a farm, and 5 percent in the case of a home.
• § 1006.16 — The department shall require that all applicants under this article qualify under the applicable federal laws and regulations governing the permitted uses of tax-exempt bond funds, and file within the
• § 1006.2 — All debentures shall be legal investments for all trust funds, for the funds of all insurance companies, banks (both commercial and savings), trust companies, state school funds and any pension funds,
• § 1006.3 — Any money or funds which may by law be invested in bonds of the State of California may be invested in debentures.
• § 1006.4 — Whenever any bonds of the State of California may by law be used as security for the performance of any act or the deposit of any public money, debentures may be so used.
• § 1006.5 — All debentures, subject to the provisions for registration contained therein, are negotiable instruments under the law merchant.
• § 1006.6 — The department may include in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of debentures any provisions not inconsistent with this chapter which limit, restrict or regulate the holding, deposit, investmen
• § 1006.7 — The department may provide in the proceedings authorizing issuance of debentures for the establishment of one or more reserve funds out of the proceeds of the sale of the debentures or out of revenues
• § 1006.8 — The State Treasurer may sell any of the debentures authorized under this chapter to the United States of America or to any of its departments, agencies or instrumentalities upon such terms and conditi
• § 1006.9 — Warrants for the payments to be made on account of the debentures either as to principal, interest, premium, or otherwise, shall be duly drawn by the State Controller, upon the request of the State Tr
• § 1008 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Agriculture is a major industry in California, with 81,700 farms and ranches.
• § 1008.5 — (a) By July 1, 2018, the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, the California Department of Veterans Affairs, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture, in consultation with t
• § 101 — All acts of the Congress of the United States relating to the control, administration, and government of the Army of the United States and the United States Air Force and relating to the control, admi
• § 1010 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Home” means any facility operated by the department for the provision of long-term care, assisted living, adult day health, independent living, or other health care servi
• § 1011 — (a) There is in the department a Veterans’ Home of California system, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1010.
• § 1012 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 1012.
• § 1012.1 — (a) Prior to the admission of an applicant, and at any time during which a person is a member of a home, the department may investigate an applicant’s or member’s financial status or criminal backgrou
• § 1012.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any member of the home who is receiving an aid and attendance allowance from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for the member’s own care shall pay to
• § 1012.3 — (a) Members of a home, including members who are nonveteran spouses or domestic partners, shall pay fees as determined by the department to cover room and board and other expenses defined in regulatio
• § 1012.4 — Notwithstanding Section 1012, the department may arrange by contract or any other form of agreement with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to do all of the following: (a) Authorize vete
• § 1013 — All property conveyed to and accepted by the State under the provisions of Chapter 101, Statutes of 1897, and any other property conveyed to and accepted for the home shall be the property of the home
• § 102 — The Uniform Code of Military Justice (Chapter 47 (commencing with Section 801) of Title 10 of the United States Code) and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder, together with the Manual for Cou
• § 1023 — (a) The department may sue and be sued in any of the courts of this state.
• § 1023.1 — (a) A lease of real property held by the department for a home shall not exceed five years, unless one of the following apply: (1) The lessee is a town, city, county, or city and county, or a politica
• § 1023.2 — (a) The general purpose of any use, other than an easement, of real property held by the department for a home by a person or entity, other than the home or a resident of the home, shall meet all of t
• § 1025 — For those services and programs administered by the department and within the purview of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, appropriate facilities of the home shall be open at any time
• § 103 — Whenever reference is made in the Uniform Code of Military Justice or the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, to military service, the Army of the United States, the United States Air Force, or
• § 1030.1 — The department may enter into contracts with the United States or any agency thereof, any governmental agency, any person, or any corporation for the performance of services or manufacture of articles
• § 1030.2 — The department may enter into contracts with the United States or any agency thereof and any other governmental agency for the purpose of providing courses of vocational training for disabled veterans
• § 1032 — (a) (1) The department may fix a schedule of stipends for members who volunteer to support veterans home operations.
• § 1033.1 — (a) The department may pay the premiums on behalf of its members who are required to participate in eligible coverage, including medical assistance provisions contained in Title XVIII and Title XIX of
• § 1034 — Except money received from this state for disbursement, all moneys received by a home, or by an officer of a home, including pension and other moneys belonging to members and other trust moneys, shall
• § 1035 — (a) (1) All moneys and other personal property of any member held by a home, or by its authority, or left by the member upon the premises of a home, shall, upon the death of the member, be held by the
• § 1035.05 — (a) (1) All moneys and other personal property of any member other than that described in Section 1035 shall, upon the death of the member, first be paid to the administrator for payment of funeral ex
• § 1035.1 — (a) (1) A will executed by a member who was a member of a home at the time of death, whether executed prior or subsequent to January 1, 1984, which purports to leave any part of the member’s estate to
• § 1035.2 — Any personal property held by a home pursuant to Section 1035 that the administrator determines to be of no substantial monetary value may be immediately delivered to any heir, devisee, or legatee und
• § 1035.3 — (a) (1) If no will or heir is discovered within two years after the death of the member, any moneys not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) held by a home pursuant to Section 1035 and not pai
• § 1035.4 — (a) All personal property held or received by a home pursuant to Section 1035, other than moneys or property described in Section 1035.
• § 1035.5 — (a) The administrator shall provide to the heirs or devisees of every deceased member who became a member of a home on or after January 1, 1984, a statement or accounting of all charges made against t
• § 1035.6 — (a) The administrator shall provide each member of a home with a quarterly statement or accounting of all charges for the costs of care rendered to the member in excess of the member fee, as defined i
• § 1035.7 — (a) Upon admission to a home, the administrator of each home shall provide written notice to the member informing them of costs of care that may be incurred in excess of the member contribution fee.
• § 1036 — The members may voluntarily deposit money with a home, which the home shall receive and keep without charge as a trust fund.
• § 1037 — The money belonging to a member and voluntarily deposited with a home may be withdrawn, in whole or in part, at the will of the member.
• § 1038 — All money deposited with a home for a member shall be paid to the member, on demand, upon their discharge or voluntary departure from the home.
• § 1038.1 — All personal property other than money left at a home by a member at the time of their discharge or voluntary departure therefrom, unclaimed within a period of one year, either by the member or, in th
• § 1038.5 — Any money deposited with a home by a member shall be credited with interest in compliance with applicable federal law and regulation, and shall be paid to the member or to their heirs, devisees, legat
• § 1039.3 — The administrator, subject to the approval of the secretary, may accept cash donations or other gifts to be used for the welfare of the members.
• § 104 — The articles for the government of the Navy of the United States are hereby adopted as part of this code so far as they are applicable and not modified by this division.
• § 1042 — All accrued interest on money turned over to the administrator and retained by them under this chapter shall be accounted for by the home and deposited to the credit of the Morale, Welfare, and Recrea
• § 1042.1 — If any check is drawn upon any trust fund of a home, except checks drawn by members of the home on their own accounts, and remains unclaimed, or is not cashed, for a period of one year, it shall be ca
• § 1043 — With the exception of officers and employees and their families, no person shall be admitted to reside in a home who is not a member eligible under Section 1012.
• § 1044 — The secretary may adopt rules and regulations governing the admission of applicants and may prescribe the conditions upon which they may enter and remain with a home.
• § 1044.5 — (a) A member of a home has the right to complain and otherwise exercise the freedom of expression and assembly guaranteed by the Sections 2 and 3 of Article I of the California Constitution and the Fi
• § 1045 — This chapter does not prevent the state from transferring the property and management of a home to the United States for a home of similar character.
• § 1046 — (a) If it appears necessary or proper that a guardian or conservator of the estate of a member be appointed, the court, in its discretion, upon application of the administrator, or officer designated
• § 1047 — (a) (1) The Veterans’ Home Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Special Fund (MWR Fund) is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 1048 — (a) A Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Operating Fund (MWRO Fund) shall be maintained by the administrator of each home to administer quality of life activities for the general welfare of the members,
• § 1049 — (a) Moneys in the Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Fund maintained under subdivision (a) of Section 1047 may be used, subject to approval by the secretary, to establish or operate a canteen and base ex
• § 105 — Notwithstanding Section 11425.
• § 1050 — Veterans’ Home Allied Councils, which are established pursuant to the constitution of the Allied Council, Veterans’ Home of California, for each home, and which are composed of members of each home, a
• § 1051 — (a) On or before January 1, 2019, the department shall create a transparent admissions and waiting list process for admission to the homes.
• § 1052 — (a) The master plan for the overall operation of the veterans’ homes system mandated by Provision 4 of Item 8955-001-0001 of Section 2.
• § 1070 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Department” means the Department of Veterans Affairs.
• § 1072 — (a) On or before February 1, 2019, the department shall submit to the Legislature and post in a prominent location on its Internet Web site in an accessible and searchable format a financial report th
• § 1074 — (a) The department periodically shall review the use of each home to determine the best continued, unrestricted use of the home.
• § 1075 — When the department reviews the use of each home to determine the best continued, unrestricted use of the home, pursuant to Section 1074, the department shall additionally assess all of the following:
• § 1078 — The department shall submit each report to the Legislature required by this chapter in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
• § 1080 — This chapter shall not be deemed to require or authorize the disclosure of personal or medical information otherwise prohibited or restricted from disclosure.
• § 11 — The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present.
• § 1100 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Veterans’ Homes Bond Act of 2000.
• § 1102 — As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) “Board” means the Department of Veterans Affairs designated in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 1108.
• § 1103 — The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Veterans’ Home Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 1104 — (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, money in the fund shall be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of designing and constructing veterans’ homes in California and complet
• § 1104.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys in the Veterans’ Home Fund established by Section 1103 are, subject to the limit set forth in subdivision (b), hereby continuously
• § 1104.2 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, an amount, not to exceed the sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000), is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years
• § 1105 — The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Veterans’ Home Fund, created by Section 1103.
• § 1106 — Bonds in the total amount of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 1130, or as much thereof as is necessary, may be iss
• § 1107 — The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Pa
• § 1108 — (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter, the Veterans’ Home Finance Committee is her
• § 1109 — The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter in order to carry out the actions specified in this chapter and, if so, the
• § 1110 — There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pa
• § 1111 — Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this chapter, an amount that will equal the total of
• § 1112 — The Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that have been authorized by the committee to be sold fo
• § 1113 — The Department of Veterans Affairs may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code for the
• § 1114 — All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to exp
• § 1115 — The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, which is a part of the State General Obli
• § 1116 — Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this chapter that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the
• § 1117 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the Cal
• § 1120 — Any county may provide and maintain a home for veteran soldiers, sailors, airmen, guardians, and marines who have served the United States honorably in any of its wars.
• § 1121 — For the purposes of this chapter the board of supervisors of any county may: (a) Purchase, receive by donation, condemn, lease, or otherwise acquire real and personal property necessary for such home,
• § 1170 — As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates: (a) “District” means a memorial district organized under the provisions of this chapter.
• § 1171 — A memorial district may be established, maintained, governed, supported, and operated in the manner and for the purposes herein provided, and may exercise the powers and jurisdiction herein expressly
• § 1172 — No district shall include territory not wholly in the same county.
• § 1173 — By petition filed with the county clerk, registered electors residing within the boundaries of a proposed district, equal in number to at least eight per cent of the number of votes cast in the propos
• § 1174 — The petition shall be addressed to the board of supervisors of the county within which the proposed district is situated, shall be signed by the number of qualified registered voters specified in sect
• § 1175 — The petition may be filed in sections, each of which shall fully comply with all of the requirements for a petition, except that each section need not contain the total number of signatures required f
• § 1176 — Within 30 days after the filing of the petition the county elections official shall find and certify whether the petition is signed by the requisite number of qualified registered voters of the propos
• § 1177 — If the petition and certificate is presented to the board of supervisors at a regular meeting the board at that meeting shall ascertain whether the petition in all respects complies with the requireme
• § 1177.5 — The notice required in Section 1176 shall state the fact that the board has fixed the time and place, which shall be stated in the notice, for a hearing on the matter of the formation of a memorial di
• § 1177.6 — At any time prior to the time fixed for a hearing of the matter, any person interested may file with the clerk of the board written objections to the formation of the district.
• § 1178 — At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of supervisors shall either adopt an order abandoning the creation of the proposed district or shall by resolution call a special election to vote upon the
• § 1178.5 — Sample ballots shall be printed and mailed, together with a synopsis of the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing at Section 1170) of Division 6, to each registered voter in the proposed district.
• § 1179 — The special election shall be held upon a date not later than the 130th day after the meeting of the board at which the petition was presented.
• § 1180 — The special election shall be called, noticed, held, and conducted, election officers appointed, voting precincts designated, candidates nominated, ballots printed, polls opened and closed, ballots co
• § 1180.1 — Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election ca
• § 1180.2 — The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposit
• § 1180.3 — If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select on
• § 1180.4 — The elections officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled
• § 1181 — For the purposes of this chapter the board of supervisors and the county elections official, respectively, shall have all the powers and duties that boards of trustees and city clerks have under Secti
• § 1182 — If a majority of the votes cast at the special election are in favor of formation of the district, the county elections official shall, within ten days after the board of supervisors has declared the
• § 1183 — Such certified copies when recorded shall, after sixty days from the date of the special election, be conclusive evidence against all persons, firms, associations and corporations, except the State, o
• § 1185 — A district may be formed in the manner prescribed by this article that is within an existing memorial district, if, in addition to the petition required by Section 1173, there is filed with the county
• § 1190 — Every district shall be a public corporation, have perpetual succession, and may: (a) Sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
• § 1190.5 — A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
• § 1191 — (a) Every district may do all of the following: (1) Provide and maintain memorial halls, assembly halls, buildings, or meeting places, together with suitable indoor and outdoor park and recreation fac
• § 1191.1 — (a) The Lindsay-Strathmore Memorial District may enter into a joint powers agreement with the Strathmore Public Utility District to provide for the management, maintenance, and operation of the memori
• § 1191.3 — When the district desires to sell real property that was donated to the district by a city or county, the district shall offer to reconvey it to the city or county before selling it and shall reconvey
• § 1192 — Every district may: (a) Cause to be levied and collected in any year a special tax not to exceed three-tenths of one cent ($0.
• § 1192.1 — When a district is authorized to provide and maintain indoor and outdoor park and recreation facilities including swimming pools, picnic areas and playgrounds, unobligated funds of the district accumu
• § 1192.5 — A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.
• § 1193 — Every district may combine with the county in which it is located or with any incorporated city wholly within the county, in the accomplishment of any of the purposes of this chapter, and to that end
• § 1194 — The powers of the district, except as otherwise expressly provided, shall be exercised by the board of directors.
• § 1195 — The general district election shall be governed by the provisions of the Uniform District Election Law and be held in every district formed under the provisions of this chapter on the first Tuesday af
• § 1195.2 — If the board of directors of the district shall fail to take the action necessary to hold a general district election pursuant to Section 1195, the board of supervisors of the county in which the dist
• § 1197 — The board shall consist of five members who shall be registered electors residing within the district or proposed district at the time of their election and shall be elected by the qualified electors
• § 1198 — The board first elected in any district shall hold its first meeting in the meeting room of the board of supervisors commencing at ten o'clock a.
• § 1198.5 — (a) The secretary of every memorial district shall annually prepare a financial report signed by the board of directors containing the following information and related data in such detail as may be n
• § 1199 — The president shall sign all contracts on behalf of the district and shall certify to the county auditor all lawful demands against the district payable from the memorial district fund and from the me