California

Public Resources Code - PRC

8,181 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 5301 — Any city or city and county may acquire and hold land for public parks, or public boulevards, or both, by purchase, or by condemnation.
• § 5302 — The land may be within the corporate limits of the city or city and county or conveniently adjacent.
• § 5303 — The legislative body of any city or city and county may, by ordinance, or in such manner as other municipal legislative acts are enacted by it, determine what lands are necessary and proper to be acqu
• § 5305 — The legislative body of the city or city and county may, by ordinance or in such manner as other municipal legislative acts are enacted by it, call an election and submit to the qualified electors of
• § 5306 — If at the election two-thirds of the qualified electors who vote assent to the issuance of the bonds, the city or city and county may, by ordinance, or in such manner as other municipal legislative ac
• § 5307 — The bonds shall be numbered consecutively from one upwards, and shall be issued in the order of their respective numbers, commencing with number one.
• § 5308 — The bonds or any number issued shall be sold to the highest bidder, after advertised notice for sealed proposals.
• § 5309 — The money obtained from the sale of the bonds shall be kept in a separate fund, and shall be used exclusively for the acquisition, or maintenance, or improvement of the public parks or boulevards, or
• § 531 — The members of the commission shall be selected from areas distributed throughout the state and because of their interest in park, recreation, conservation, and boating and waterways matters and, exce
• § 5310 — Whenever there is in the sinking fund an amount sufficient for the purpose, the legislative body of the municipality issuing the bonds, may, by ordinance or in such manner as other municipal legislati
• § 5311 — If sufficient bids are not received to consume the money in the sinking fund, and a sum sufficient for the purpose still remains in the sinking fund, notice shall be given by advertisement for not les
• § 5312 — Any city or city and county availing itself of the provisions of this article, may, by ordinance or in such manner as other municipal legislative acts are enacted by it, prescribe further conditions a
• § 5313 — All notices and advertisements provided for in this article shall be given by publication in a newspaper, if there is one published within the municipality; if there is none, then by posting in at lea
• § 533 — In case of any vacancy, the appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term.
• § 534 — The commission shall elect a chair from its number who shall serve as chair for one year and until a successor is elected.
• § 534.5 — The Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation shall act as secretary of the commission and shall appoint such assistants as are necessary to carry out this function.
• § 535 — The commission shall report annually to the Governor, through the director, on existing and operating recreational facilities, programs and activities of the state park system, and on the needs of the
• § 535.5 — (a) The commission shall evaluate and assess the department’s deferred maintenance obligations.
• § 5350 — Any portion of a municipality incorporated under the laws of this State may be formed into a municipal park improvement district for the purpose of creating an indebtedness, to be represented by bonds
• § 5351 — Whenever a petition, verified by one or more persons and signed by not less than 10 percent of the qualified electors residing in the territory which is proposed to be formed into a municipal park imp
• § 5352 — The ordinance of intention shall contain: (a) An accurate description of the exterior boundaries of the proposed municipal park district; (b) A general description of the improvement or work proposed
• § 5353 — The ordinance of intention shall be published in the city pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government Code.
• § 5354 — Any person interested, objecting to the formation of the district, or to the extent of the district, or to the proposed improvement or work, may file a written protest, setting forth such objection, w
• § 5355 — If the protest is against the proposed work or improvement and the legislative body finds that the protest is made by the owners of more than one-half of the area of the property to be taxed for the w
• § 5356 — If any protests are against the extent of the district or against the inclusion of property in the district, then the legislative body shall have power to make such changes in the boundaries of the pr
• § 5357 — If the legislative body has denied all protests, it may call an election to be held within the district described in the ordinance or resolution calling the election, which description shall conform w
• § 5358 — For the purposes of the bond election the legislative body shall establish in the ordinance, or resolution, one or more precincts within the boundaries of the district, designate a polling place and a
• § 5359 — If at such election two-thirds of all the voters voting, vote in favor of incurring the bonded indebtedness, then the legislative body shall thereupon be authorized and empowered to issue the bonds of
• § 5359.1 — The legislative body may divide the principal amount of any issue into two or more series and fix different dates for the bonds of each series.
• § 536 — The members of the commission may receive a salary for their services in an amount of fifty dollars ($50) for each day, up to a maximum salary of one hundred dollars ($100) per month.
• § 5360 — The legislative body shall, subject to the provisions of this article, prescribe the form of the bonds, and of the interest coupons.
• § 5361 — The legislative body may fix a date, not more than two years from the date of issuance, for the earliest maturity of each issue or series of bonds.
• § 5362 — The bonds shall be issued in such denomination as the legislative body may determine, except that no bonds shall be of a less denomination than one hundred dollars ($100), nor of a greater denominatio
• § 5363 — The legislative body may issue and sell the bonds at not less than par value, and the proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be placed in the treasury of the municipality to the credit of the proper
• § 5363.1 — An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
• § 5364 — The legislative body of the city shall, at the time of fixing the general tax levy, and in the manner for the general tax levy, levy and collect a tax each year upon the taxable land in the district s
• § 5365 — All contracts for the construction or completion of any work or improvement, or for furnishing labor, materials or supplies shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder.
• § 5366 — The State Contract Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code) and Part 7 (commencing with Section 1720) of Division 2 of the Labor Code shall be applicable
• § 5367 — The municipality shall have full power and authority to expend the proceeds acquired from the sale of bonds for the acquisition or construction of the improvement or work set forth in the ordinance ca
• § 5368 — Any district formed under the provisions of this article shall be known as Municipal Park Improvement District No.
• § 5368.5 — Any property in the municipality within which the municipal park improvement district is formed may be annexed to such district in the manner provided in Part 11 (commencing with Section 72670) of Div
• § 5369 — This article shall not affect any other act or acts relating to the same, or a similar subject, but it is intended to provide an alternative method of procedure governing the subject to which it relat
• § 5370 — The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed to effect the purpose thereof and no provision shall be deemed or construed to prohibit the inclusion within the boundaries of any district
• § 538 — The commission may designate, delete, or modify state marine reserves, state marine parks, state marine conservation areas, state marine cultural preservation areas, and state marine recreational mana
• § 5380 — The board of supervisors, in order to protect county parks from damage and preserve the peace therein, may confer on the county officer in charge of its parks, and on other uniformed park employees wh
• § 5385 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Eligible entity” means any of the following: (1) A qualified nonprofit public benefit corporation organized pursuant to Part 2 (comm
• § 5386 — (a) Use of a local park by an eligible entity to provide interpretive services to no more than 30 participating park visitors at once shall be considered an allowable public use of the local park, and
• § 539 — The commission shall establish general policies for the guidance of the director in the administration, protection and development of the state park system.
• § 540 — (a) The commission shall cause to be studied and shall consider the whole problem of recreation of the people of the State of California as it affects and may affect the welfare of the people and espe
• § 5400 — This chapter shall be known as the Public Park Preservation Act of 1971.
• § 5400.5 — As used in this chapter “public park” includes only a park operated by a public agency.
• § 5400.6 — As used in this chapter “operating entity” means the entity owning the park land and the facilities thereon.
• § 5401 — (a) No city, city and county, county, public district, or agency of the state, including any division, department or agency of the state government, or public utility, shall acquire (by purchase, exch
• § 5402 — The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the acquisition of real property or any interest in real property for the construction or maintenance of underground utility services.
• § 5403 — The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a public utility, whether privately or publicly owned, acquiring real property or an interest in real property for the purpose of providing services t
• § 5403.5 — The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a public utility, whether privately or publicly owned, acquiring real property or any interest in real property as a waterway; provided, that the legi
• § 5404 — In the event that the park land and facilities are acquired, the operating entity shall acquire substitute park land and facilities.
• § 5405 — Unless the provisions of Section 5407.
• § 5406 — Upon receiving an offer of compensation or land, or both, from the acquiring entity for the acquisition of the park, the legislative body of the operating entity may enter into an agreement with the a
• § 5407 — Unless improvement of an unacquired portion of the park land and facilities is undertaken pursuant to Section 5404, all funds, or land and funds received by the operating entity shall be used to obtai
• § 5407.1 — Such substitute park land and facilities shall be of comparable characteristics and of substantially equal size located in an area which would allow for use of the substitute park land and facilities
• § 5407.2 — The operating entity, after holding a public hearing, with due notice posted at the park being acquired, and after finding on the basis of evidence submitted at such hearing that there is a lack of ne
• § 5408 — Failure of any public entity or public utility to comply with any provision of this chapter shall not affect the validity of an acquisition by such entity or utility.
• § 5409 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the acquisition of public park property by purchase, exchange, condemnation, or otherwise.
• § 541 — In accordance with the general policies established by the commission, and as requested by the director, the Department of Parks and Recreation shall: (a) Assist the commission in the performance of i
• § 541.5 — (a) The department shall not close, or propose to close, a state park in the 2012–13 or 2013–14 fiscal year.
• § 541.6 — (a) There is hereby appropriated ten million dollars ($10,000,000) from the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Water Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006 (Division
• § 5410 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that playground equipment accessible to and usable by all persons regardless of physical condition is becoming increasingly available.
• § 5411 — All public agencies operating playgrounds, including state agencies, cities, counties, a city and county, school districts and other districts, shall, with respect to new playground equipment purchase
• § 542 — The department may encourage and render assistance in the promotion of training programs for volunteer and professional recreation leaders in cooperation with other agencies, organizations and institu
• § 543 — The department may assist every department, commission, board, agency and officer of the state in rendering recreational services in conformity with their respective authorized powers and duties and e
• § 546 — The director may authorize any employee of the department to exercise any power granted to, or to perform any duty imposed upon, the director.
• § 5500 — As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “District” means any regional park district, regional park and open-space district, or regional open-space district formed pursuant to thi
• § 5501 — A district may be created pursuant to, and it may exercise the powers granted by, this article.
• § 5502 — (a) Three or more cities, together with any parcel or parcels of city or county territory, whether in the same or different counties, may organize and incorporate.
• § 5503 — Whenever it is desired to form a district, a petition requesting the creation and maintenance of a district, and describing the exterior boundaries of the proposed district shall be signed by at least
• § 5503.5 — (a) In lieu of a petition described in Section 5503, a proposal to form a new district may also be made by the adoption of a resolution of application by the legislative body of any county or city tha
• § 5504 — A petition may consist of any number of separate instruments, all of which together shall constitute one petition.
• § 5505 — If the petition contains names of electors residing in a county other than the one having the largest area within the proposed district, and does not contain the requisite number of signatures of elec
• § 5506 — If the petition contains sufficient signatures of electors residing in the county having the largest area within the proposed district, but the petition includes land within another county or other co
• § 5506.10 — (a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the population of Sacramento County continues to grow at an increasing rate, and already the county is far behind in providing adequate park, rec
• § 5506.11 — (a) A proceeding for the formation of a regional district in Santa Barbara County may be initiated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara, adopted after a hearing not
• § 5506.12 — (a) A proceeding for the formation of a regional district in Ventura County may be initiated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Ventura, adopted after a hearing noticed in acco
• § 5506.13 — (a) A proceeding for the formation of a regional district in the County of Solano may be initiated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Solano, adopted after a hearing noticed in
• § 5506.3 — (a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the population of San Diego County continues to grow at an increasing rate, and already the county is far behind other urban areas in the state i
• § 5506.4 — (a) Proceedings for the formation of a district with boundaries coterminous with those of Napa County may be initiated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of Napa County adopted after a hearing
• § 5506.5 — (a) If the exterior boundaries of a proposed district are coterminous with the exterior boundaries of the County of Marin or the County of Sonoma, proceedings for formation of that district may, in li
• § 5506.6 — The governing body of a district formed pursuant to Section 5506.
• § 5506.7 — (a) Proceedings for the formation of a district in Riverside County may be initiated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside, in lieu of a petition.
• § 5506.8 — (a) Proceedings for the formation of a regional park and open-space or regional open-space district in San Bernardino County may be initiated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of
• § 5506.9 — (a) Proceedings for the formation of a regional park and open-space or regional open-space district with boundaries coterminous with those of Los Angeles County may be initiated by resolution of the B
• § 5507 — If the clerk’s certificate or certificates indicate that the petition has been properly signed, the board of supervisors of the county or counties not having the largest area within the proposed distr
• § 5508 — Notice of the hearing, specifying the time and place, shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county conducting the hearing.
• § 5509 — The hearing may be continued from time to time, not exceeding four weeks in all.
• § 5510 — The board of supervisors of the county having the largest area within the proposed district shall then, by resolution, fix a time and place for a hearing upon the question whether the petition should
• § 5511 — Notice of the hearing, specifying the time and place, shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county conducting the hearing.
• § 5512 — The hearing may be continued from time to time, not exceeding four weeks in all.
• § 5512.5 — (a) Except as provided in Section 5506.
• § 5513 — Where all the territory described in the petition is located entirely within one county, the board of supervisors of that county shall, after the petition has been checked and certified by the clerk,
• § 5514 — (a) The board of supervisors of the county having the largest area within the proposed district shall, if the petition, after the hearing, has been approved, in whole or in part, have jurisdiction to
• § 5515 — Before calling the election the board of supervisors shall divide the proposed district into five or seven wards or subdistricts, the boundaries of which shall be so drawn that each contains approxima
• § 5516 — Upon establishing the wards the board of supervisors of the county shall give notice of an election to be held within the proposed district for the purpose of determining whether it shall be created a
• § 5517 — The notice shall be published once a week for at least three weeks before the day of the election in each municipality in the proposed district.
• § 5517.1 — 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
• § 5517.2 — 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
• § 5517.3 — 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
• § 5517.4 — 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
• § 5518 — The ballots for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law, and in addition the following: Shall the (giving the name) district be created and established? YES NO The ballots
• § 5519 — The election, including the nomination and election of directors and all matters not otherwise provided for by this article, shall be held and conducted and the result ascertained, determined, and dec
• § 5520 — The election returns shall be forwarded to the board of supervisors of the county having the largest area within the proposed district at the conclusion of the canvass, pursuant to Section 15372 of th
• § 5521 — The board of supervisors shall also canvass the returns of the election with respect to the persons voted for as directors, and shall declare the persons receiving the highest number of votes, for eac
• § 5522 — A person is not entitled to serve as a director unless he is a resident and elector of the district as finally determined, and any vacancies on the board of directors caused by the elimination of terr
• § 5523 — The directors shall hold their respective offices only until the first Monday after the first day of January next following the first general election held at least 11 months after the election at whi
• § 5524 — The board of supervisors of the county having the largest area within the district shall cause a certified copy of the order declaring the district created and established, declaring the result of the
• § 5525 — The board of supervisors calling the election shall make all provisions for holding the election throughout the entire proposed district.
• § 5526 — No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct of the election, not substantially affecting adversely the legal rights of any person, shall be held to invalidate the incorporation of any district,
• § 5526.1 — Any action or proceeding in a district formed pursuant to Section 5506.
• § 5527 — The government of each district shall be vested in a board of five or seven directors, one from each of the wards or subdistricts, together with the other officers mentioned in this article.
• § 5527.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 5527, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two or more districts into a single regional park dis
• § 5528 — All elections and nominations of candidates for directors subsequent to the first shall be held and conducted in accordance with the general election laws of the State as near as they may be applicabl
• § 5529 — At least 10 days before the date fixed for the district election, notice of the election shall be given by publication once in one or more newspapers of general circulation published and circulated in
• § 5530 — The board of directors shall, in the notice, ordinance, or resolution calling an election, consolidate the district election with the election to be held at the same time in the respective counties in
• § 5531 — The election shall be held in all respects as if there were only one election, and only one ticket or ballot shall be used.
• § 5532 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and Section 5531, Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 8000) of Part 1 of Division 8 of the Elections Code shall substantially govern the manner of appoi
• § 5533 — Of the directors elected at the next general state election following the election at which the district is created, those three elected by the highest vote in a five-ward district, or those four elec
• § 5533.5 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5533, with respect to any district formed after December 31, 1974, the board of directors shall at its first meeting determine by lot which three wards in a f
• § 5533.7 —
• § 5534 — The board of directors may by resolution or ordinance fix the boundaries of the wards or subdistricts for the purpose of electing directors, after the first election creating and establishing the dist
• § 5534.5 — Notwithstanding any provision in this article to the contrary, the board may at any time by ordinance alter the existing boundaries of the wards or subdistricts and create new wards or subdistricts fo
• § 5535 — The board of directors shall choose one of its members president, and another vice president, who shall act for the president during his absence or disability.
• § 5536 — (a) The board shall establish rules for its proceedings.
• § 5536.5 — Members of the board of directors may be allowed actual necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred in the performance of official business of the district as approved by the district board.
• § 5537 — The board of directors is the legislative body of the district and shall determine all questions of policy.
• § 5538 — (a) The board shall appoint a general manager, who shall be the chief administrative officer of the district.
• § 5538.10 — The officers and employees of the County of Sacramento may act, ex officio, as officers and employees of the regional district formed pursuant to Section 5506.
• § 5538.3 — The officers and employees of the County of San Diego may act, ex officio, as officers and employees of the regional district formed pursuant to Section 5506.
• § 5538.4 — If a district is created and established in Napa County, the district may contract with Napa County to furnish the services of the officers and employees of the county to discharge the authority and r
• § 5538.5 — If the Board of Supervisors of the County of Marin acts as the governing body of a district pursuant to Section 5506.
• § 5538.7 — If a district is created and established in Riverside County, officers and employees of the County of Riverside may act, ex officio, as officers and employees of the district and may discharge the aut
• § 5538.8 — If a regional district is created and established in San Bernardino County, the regional district may contract with the County of San Bernardino to furnish its officers and employees to discharge the
• § 5538.9 — If the regional district is created and established in Los Angeles County, officers and employees of the County of Los Angeles may act, ex officio, as officers and employees of the regional district a
• § 5539 — A district: (a) Has perpetual succession.
• § 5539.10 — (a)(1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the land acquisition, improvements, and services provided by the regional district formed pursuant to Section 5506.
• § 5539.3 — (a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the land acquisition, improvements, and services provided by the regional district formed pursuant to Section 5506.
• § 5539.4 — The formation of a district with boundaries coterminous with those of Napa County is not subject to the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with
• § 5539.5 — For purposes of open space, parkland acquisition, and development, all provisions of the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000), Streets and Highways Code), the Improvement
• § 5539.7 — (a) In addition to the authority conferred in Section 5539.
• § 5539.8 — (a) In addition to the authority conferred in Section 5539.
• § 5539.9 — (a) In addition to the authority conferred in Section 5539.
• § 5540 — (a) A district may take by grant, appropriation, purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, or lease, and may hold, use, enjoy, and lease or dispose of real and personal property of every kind, and rights
• § 5540.1 — Notwithstanding Section 5540, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District shall not exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire any real property or any interest in real property in the San Mate
• § 5540.2 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) The sale of private watershed lands owned by the water company in the Upper Guadalupe watershed, including the Los Gatos Creek and Saratoga Creek
• § 5540.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 5540, a district, with the approval by a two-thirds vote of the members of its board of directors, may exchange real property or an interest in real property dedicated and
• § 5540.6 — Notwithstanding Section 5540, a district may, with the approval by a four-fifths vote of the board of directors, convey to another public agency any real property, or any interest in real property, de
• § 5541 — A district may plan, adopt, lay out, plant, develop, and otherwise improve, extend, control, operate, and maintain a system of public parks, playgrounds, golf courses, beaches, trails, natural areas,
• § 5541.1 — The East Bay Regional Park District may plan, adopt, lay out, plant, develop, and otherwise improve, extend, control, operate, and maintain vehicular recreational areas and trails for the use and enjo
• § 5541.2 — The Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District may plan, acquire, preserve, protect, and otherwise improve, extend, control, operate, and maintain open-space areas, greenbelt areas, wildli
• § 5541.3 — The district may develop, improve, operate, and maintain the real property conveyed pursuant to Section 5003.
• § 5542 — A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of this article.
• § 5542.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and except as provided in subdivision (b), when property, whether owned in fee or lesser title interest, leased, or operated under a lic
• § 5543 — A district may make contracts, employ labor, and do all acts necessary for the full exercise of its powers.
• § 5544 — A district may borrow money, incur indebtedness, and issue bonds or other evidences of such indebtedness, but it shall not incur any funded indebtedness except in accordance with the provisions of sec
• § 5544.1 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the board may borrow money by the issuance of promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness in an amount, or of a value, not exceeding, in t
• § 5544.2 — (a) A district may acquire all necessary and proper lands and facilities, or any portion thereof, by means of a plan to borrow money or by purchase on contract.
• § 5544.3 — The district may, pursuant to Section 5544, borrow not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to cover operating expenses between the time of formation of the district and the first receipt
• § 5545 — It may levy and collect, or cause to be levied and collected, taxes to carry out any of its objects or purposes and to pay the obligations of the district.
• § 5545.1 — The board may submit a proposition to the electors of the district for an increase in the maximum rate of tax specified by Section 5545.
• § 5545.3 — In the event the board of directors proposes to submit a special tax, as provided in Section 50077 of the Government Code, and a bond issue for approval by the voters of the district, or a zone or zon
• § 5545.6 — Any tax imposed under Section 5545 by a district formed pursuant to Section 5506.
• § 5546 — A district may contribute money, in those amounts the board of directors, by resolution, finds to be proper, to the State Park and Recreation Commission or to any municipality, county, or other public
• § 5547 — The board of directors shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or a motion duly recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
• § 5548 — The president shall preside over all meetings of the board.
• § 5549 — (a) The general manager has the following administrative and executive functions, powers, and duties.
• § 5550 — (a) The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, applies to all districts.
• § 5551 — The secretary of the board, the administrative secretary, or the clerk, as the case may be, shall countersign and affix the seal to all contracts and conveyances on behalf of the district, shall act a
• § 5552 — The controller is the custodian of the funds of the district and shall make payments by check or by warrant drawn upon the district’s depositories for obligations that have been first approved by a ma
• § 5552.1 — Notwithstanding Section 5552, the boards of directors of the Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District and the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District may, by reso
• § 5553 — The controller shall install and maintain a system of auditing and accounting, which will at all times show the financial condition of the district, and he shall perform such other duties as may be im
• § 5553.5 — 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.
• § 5555 — The directors of the district, before assuming the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe an official oath, and file it in the office of the board.
• § 5556 — The board may appoint, employ, or contract for the services of attorneys, consultants, advisers, and such other experts as they deem necessary, and shall authorize the appointment or employment by the
• § 5557 — The board shall have a suitable office in the district where its maps, plans, documents, records, and accounts shall be kept, subject at all reasonable times and under reasonable regulations to public
• § 5557.1 — The board may authorize at any time the destruction or disposition of any duplicate record, paper, or document, the original or a permanent photographic reproduction of which is in the files of the di
• § 5557.2 — A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
• § 5558 — (a) The board shall superintend, control, and make available to all of the inhabitants of the district, subject to its ordinances, rules, and regulations, all public parks, playgrounds, beaches, parkw
• § 5558.5 — (a) By ordinance, a board of directors may declare that an encroachment onto district land constitutes a nuisance.
• § 5559 — The board may adopt regulations, and it shall cause the regulations made by it to be posted upon park or other property of the district to which they apply, and it shall cause them to be published at
• § 5560 — (a) Violation of an ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted pursuant to this article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county j
• § 5560.1 — In order to protect property, improvements, and facilities of parks under its management or belonging to the district and to preserve the peace within such parks, the district board may confer, on uni
• § 5560.5 — (a) A district may enact in its ordinances clauses which provide that if any person is arrested for a violation of the ordinance, and such person is not immediately taken before a magistrate, the arre
• § 5560.6 — A district may enact in its ordinances clauses which prohibit any person from willfully violating his written promise to appear in court regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he was o
• § 5560.7 — A district may further provide in its ordinance that when a person signs a written promise to appear at the time and place specified in the written promise to appear and has not posted bail as provide
• § 5560.8 — A district may enact the foregoing as a separate and distinct ordinance which shall apply to all or one or more of its ordinances.
• § 5561 — The police appointed or employed by the board shall have, within the district for which they are appointed or employed, all the powers of police officers of municipal corporations except the power of
• § 5561.5 — The board may provide by resolution or regulation for the care, restitution, sale, or destruction of unclaimed property in the possession of the district.
• § 5561.6 — The district shall be primarily responsible for the prevention and suppression of all fires on any lands in its possession or control, excluding all lands of a district located within the exterior bou
• § 5562 — The board may acquire, construct, improve, maintain, and operate golf courses, bathhouses, boathouses, tennis courts, gymnasiums, and other special amusements and forms of recreation, and it may acqui
• § 5563 — If, in the opinion of the board, any land or property owned by the district, or any interest therein, becomes unnecessary for the purposes of the district, the board may, subject to the provisions of
• § 5563.5 — Notwithstanding Sections 5540 and 5563, the Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District may, and the Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional Park District may, without obta
• § 5564 — (a) If it is necessary or advisable to acquire or construct any works, structures, or embankments, including nature-based and built, in order to protect the property of the district from damage by flo