text: The board of supervisors may prohibit and prevent the unnecessary firing and discharge of firearms on or into the highways and other public places and may pass all necessary ordinances regulating or forbidding such acts.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 3. Miscellaneous

path: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES > 2. OFFICERS > 8. Health and Safety > 3. Miscellaneous


kind: section

code: GOV

text: The board of supervisors may provide for the control or destruction of gophers, squirrels, other wild animals, noxious weeds, plant diseases, and insects injurious to fruit or fruit trees, vines, or vegetable or plant life.

division: 2. OFFICERS

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

chapter: 8. Health and Safety

article: 3. Miscellaneous


text:
(a) The board of supervisors may provide the same services and exercise the powers of mosquito abatement districts or vector control districts formed pursuant to the Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control District Law, Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 3 of the Health and Safety Code within both the unincorporated and incorporated territory of the county.

(b) Before exercising that authority within incorporated territory, the consent of the city council shall first be obtained. Before exercising the authority granted pursuant to this section, the board of supervisors shall hold a public hearing on the proposal. Notice of the hearing shall be given pursuant to Section 6061 in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 3. Miscellaneous


text: The board of supervisors may establish safety incentive programs designed to encourage county officers and employees to follow recognized safety practices and focus upon policies and activities established to reduce the incidence of occupational injury and its associated costs, and may expend funds for incentives and awards when manager or employee efforts have produced quantitatively measurable results in reduction of the incidence rate of occupational injury, or the costs directly associated with occupational injury, or both.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 489, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1998.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 3. Miscellaneous


text: The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county, either within or without the county, for the purpose of providing weather data and may co-operate with the United States, the State, other counties, municipal corporations or any other public agency for such purpose, when such data are for the benefit of the county.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 176.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 3. Miscellaneous


text:
(a) The board of supervisors, by ordinance, may establish a procedure for the abatement of a nuisance. The ordinance shall, at a minimum, provide that the owner of the parcel, and anyone known to the board of supervisors to be in possession of the parcel, be given notice of the abatement proceeding and an opportunity to appear before the board of supervisors and be heard prior to the abatement of the nuisance by the county. However, nothing in this section prohibits the summary abatement of a nuisance upon order of the board of supervisors, or upon order of any other county officer authorized by law to summarily abate nuisances, if the board or officer determines that the nuisance constitutes an immediate threat to public health or safety.

(b) In any action to abate a nuisance, whether by administrative proceedings, judicial proceedings, or summary abatement, the owner of the parcel upon which the nuisance is found to exist shall be liable for all costs of abatement incurred by the county, including, but not limited to, administrative costs, and any and all costs incurred in the physical abatement of the nuisance. Recovery of costs pursuant to this section shall be in addition to and shall not limit any prevailing party’s right to recover costs pursuant to Sections 1032 and 1033.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure or any other provision of law.

(c) A county may, by ordinance, provide for the recovery of attorneys’ fees in any action, administrative proceeding, or special proceeding to abate a nuisance. If the ordinance provides for the recovery of attorneys’ fees, it shall provide for recovery of attorneys’ fees by the prevailing party, rather than limiting recovery of attorneys’ fees to the county if it prevails. The ordinance may limit recovery of attorneys’ fees by the prevailing party to those individual actions or proceedings in which the county elects, at the initiation of that individual action or proceeding, to seek recovery of its own attorneys’ fees. In no action, administrative proceeding, or special proceeding shall an award of attorneys’ fees to a prevailing party exceed the amount of reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the county in the action or proceeding.

(d) If the owner fails to pay the costs of the abatement upon demand by the county, the board of supervisors may order the cost of the abatement to be specially assessed against the parcel. The assessment may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary county taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as are provided for ordinary county taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of county taxes are applicable to the special assessment.

(e) If the board of supervisors specially assesses the cost of the abatement against the parcel, the board also may cause a notice of abatement lien to be recorded. The notice shall, at a minimum, identify the record owner or possessor of property, set forth the last known address of the record owner or possessor, set forth the date upon which abatement of the nuisance was ordered by the board of supervisors and the date the abatement was complete, and include a description of the real property subject to the lien and the amount of the abatement cost.

(f) However, if the board of supervisors does not cause the recordation of a notice of abatement lien pursuant to subdivision (e), and any real property to which the costs of abatement relates has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or a lien on a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches to that property, prior to the date on which the first installment of county taxes would become delinquent, then the cost of abatement shall not result in a lien against that real property but shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection.

(g) Recordation of a notice of abatement lien pursuant to subdivision (e) has the same effect as recordation of an abstract of a money judgment recorded pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 697.310) of Chapter 2 of Division 2 of Title 9 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The lien created has the same priority as a judgment lien on real property and continues in effect until released. Upon order of the board of supervisors, or any county officer authorized by the board of supervisors to act on its behalf, an abatement lien created under this section may be released or subordinated in the same manner as a judgment lien on real property may be released or subordinated.

(h) The board of supervisors may delegate the hearing required by subdivision (a), prior to abatement of a public nuisance, to a hearing board designated by the board of supervisors. The hearing board shall make a written recommendation to the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors may adopt the recommendation without further notice of hearing, or may set the matter for a de novo hearing before the board of supervisors.

(i) The board of supervisors may, by ordinance, delegate to a hearing officer appointed pursuant to Section 27720 the powers and duties specified by this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 718, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 3. Miscellaneous


text: The board of supervisors, by ordinance, may provide that upon entry of a second or subsequent civil or criminal judgment within a two-year period finding that an owner of property is responsible for a condition that may be abated in accordance with an ordinance enacted pursuant to Section 25845, except for conditions abated pursuant to Section 17980 of the Health and Safety Code, the court may order the owner to pay treble the costs of the abatement.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 114, Sec. 1.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 3. Miscellaneous


text: Subject to the provisions contained in Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 38780) of Chapter 10 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 4, a county may provide that prior to the sale or exchange of any residential building situated outside the boundaries of any incorporated city, the owner or his authorized agent shall obtain from the county a report of the residential building record showing the regularly authorized use, occupancy, and zoning classifications of such property.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 353.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 3. Miscellaneous


text: The board of supervisors may join and participate in the affairs of associations having for their purpose the interchange of information relating to livestock, poultry, and other agricultural animals and products, the conduct and management of agricultural fairs, and similar associations dealing with subjects related to agricultural fairs, and may expend for these purposes any money allocated to the county by the State for agricultural fair purposes.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

chapter: 9. Agriculture and Fairs

article: 1. Fairs

path: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES > 2. OFFICERS > 9. Agriculture and Fairs > 1. Fairs


text: The board of supervisors may erect and maintain permanent county fair buildings within the county on lands owned by the county or any municipal corporation or body politic.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Fairs


text: If any real property which was acquired or used for fair purposes and which was purchased or improved in whole or in part from funds apportioned or allocated to the county for fair purposes by the state is sold by any county, there shall be paid into the Fair and Exposition Fund in the State Treasury from the proceeds of the sale an amount equal to that proportion of the cost of the real property and improvements which was paid for out of funds apportioned or allocated by the state for fair purposes, less a reasonable allowance for depreciation in value in an amount approved by the Department of Agriculture.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 693.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Fairs


text: With the approval of the Department of Food and Agriculture and the State Public Works Board, the amount paid into the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to Section 25902 shall be available for expenditure by the county for permanent improvements for fair purposes on the property of the county, the purchase of equipment for fair purposes, or the acquisition or purchase of real property, including costs of appraisal or other incidental costs, to be used as sites for those permanent improvements. Any portion of those funds that is not so expended within three years after being paid into the State Treasury shall be added to and become a part of the amount available under law for permanent improvements on the property of the state, citrus, county, or district agricultural associations for fair purposes, or the purchase of equipment for fair purposes, or the acquisition or purchase of real property and appraisal or other incidental costs, to be used as sites for those permanent improvements, in those amounts as are allocated by executive order of the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 559, Sec. 75. (AB 2143) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Fairs


text:
(a) The board of supervisors may levy a special tax, pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5, and spend the proceeds to encourage immigration, increase trade in the products of the state and of the county, and promote the industrial, livestock, agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, and pastoral pursuits of the county.

(b) The proceeds may be used for the purposes of:

(1) Collecting, preparing, and maintaining an exhibition of the products and industries of the county at any domestic or foreign exposition.

(2) Making contribution to the support of any local fair or exhibition of industrial, agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, or pastoral products maintained by any public agency, county agricultural association, county fair association, or chamber of commerce in the county. If there is no such fair or exhibition in the county, the contribution may be made to the support of a fair or exhibition maintained by a group of counties of which the contributing county is one.

(3) The contribution may be used by the agency for the general conduct of the fair or exhibition, including the giving of premiums, in the name of the county, for competitive excellence in industrial, agricultural, livestock, horticultural, viticultural, and pastoral products at the fair or exhibition.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 709, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2009.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Fairs


text:
The board of supervisors may contract with a nonprofit corporation or association for the conducting of an agricultural fair, as agent of the county, for a period not exceeding five years. The contract may provide for the use, possession, and management of any public park or fairgrounds by the nonprofit corporation, as agent of the county, during the period of the contract.

All net proceeds received by the nonprofit corporation, from whatever source, shall be deposited within 60 days after the conclusion of any fair in a county fair fund that shall be established in the county treasury for that purpose. The moneys in the fund shall be expended only for support of the county fair, including maintenance and operation of the county fair facilities, premiums, purposes incidental to the fair, capital outlay for fair purposes and for the acquisition or purchase of real property to be used for fair purposes.

The corporation shall submit an annual budget to the Department of Food and Agriculture, showing the estimated revenues and the proposed expenditures from all sources during the ensuing calendar year, which budget shall first be approved by the county board of supervisors.

Any other provisions of law relating to county fairs as a condition to receiving an allocation of state money for fair purposes shall be observed by the nonprofit corporation.

When that use, possession, and management is granted, the board may also allocate and pay to the nonprofit corporation in advance a sum of money it deems necessary to be used for the purposes for which that use, possession, and management is granted.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1110, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 1997.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Fairs


text: The board of supervisors of a county may contract with a nonprofit corporation or association for the conducting of an agricultural fair in the county for the period and under those conditions as the board may determine. The contracts may provide for the use, possession, and management of any public park or fairgrounds by the nonprofit corporation during the period of the contract. When that use, possession, and management is granted, the board may also allocate to the nonprofit corporation a sum of money it deems necessary to be used for any purpose incidental to the fair. If the contract involves the use of property acquired with money derived from the state or if the contract contemplates the use of money allocated or appropriated by the state for the fair, the contract shall be subject to approval by the Department of Food and Agriculture. If the county desires to receive an allocation under Section 3200 of the Food and Agricultural Code, the corporation shall submit an annual budget to the Department of Food and Agriculture, showing the estimated revenues and the proposed expenditures from all sources during the ensuing calendar year, which budget shall first be approved by the board of supervisors. The corporation shall also comply with any other law relating to county fairs as a condition necessary for the county to receive an allocation of state money for fair purposes. Upon the dissolution of any such corporation, all property and assets thereof within the county with which it contracts shall be paid to that county.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 559, Sec. 76. (AB 2143) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Fairs


text: The board of supervisors of any county owning or operating any public park or recreation area, shall have authority: (a) to lease, let or grant licenses for the use of its real estate or personal property or any portion thereof for any agricultural, horticultural, viticultural or livestock fairs or expositions, rodeos, floral displays, dog and cat shows, exhibitions of industries and industrial products or federal or state armories; to school organizations or associations thereof for the purpose of conducting athletic events participated in by such schools or associations or to civic, patriotic, benevolent, or fraternal corporations or associations, for the purpose of holding conventions, assemblies or public meetings on subjects of public or community interest; or for the sale of tangible personal property, or for concessions and services incidental to any of such purposes; or to any person, firm or corporation for concessions and services consistent with public park and recreation purposes; or to nonprofit athletic organizations for athletic activities or to nonprofit fair associations or to nonprofit agricultural associations or to municipal corporations for use or reletting for any or all of the foregoing purposes; (b) to rent or permit the use of its premises for the holding of sales or auctions of cattle or other livestock or for other purposes beneficial to the agricultural industry.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 2117.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Fairs


text: The board of supervisors of any county owning fairgrounds and fairground facilities may (a) lease, let, or grant licenses for the use of its real estate or personal property or any portion thereof to private individuals or associations for whatever purpose may be approved by said board, which will not interfere with the use of such property for fair purposes; and (b) arrange for and conduct or cause or by contract permit to be conducted by another individual, institution, corporation or association, upon such property at such time as it may deem advisable, any activity which will not interfere with the use of such property for fair purposes.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1518.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Fairs


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law and in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors, the board of directors of a fair that is operated pursuant to this article may enter into agreements to secure donations, memberships, and corporate and individual sponsorships, and may enter into marketing and licensing agreements for the receipt of money, or services or products in lieu of money, and may employ or enter into an agreement with an entity or person to develop, solicit, sell, and service these agreements. The compensation for the entity or person shall be established by the board of directors.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 562, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1998.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Fairs


text: The boards of supervisors may carry on and conduct experiments, investigations, and research work, including both cultural and industrial processes, with trees, plants, shrubs, flowers, and other vegetation, to ascertain their adaptation to the climatic, soil, and other conditions of the county, investigate the industrial and economic value of such trees, plants, shrubs, flowers, and vegetation, and publish the results of such experiments and investigations.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Experiments

path: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES > 2. OFFICERS > 9. Agriculture and Fairs > 2. Experiments


text:
The board of supervisors may sell at a price not less than the county’s estimated cost, surplus plants, shrubs, flowers, trees, and vegetation, and their seeds or products, produced at a county arboretum. The board may also exchange such materials for other materials of approximately the same value with any person, entity, political entity, or nation, or may distribute such materials without charge to any person, entity or political entity in this state for the purpose of testing such materials under conditions not obtainable at the county arboretum, if in the discretion of the board of supervisors such exchange or testing will benefit the arboretum or facilitate the accomplishment of the purposes specified in Section 25920. No such plant, shrub, flower, tree, seed or their product may be sold if such plant, shrub, flower, tree, seed or their product is available commercially within the State of California.

In addition to the other powers herein granted, the board may exercise any other powers it deems necessary and proper to promote the objects and purposes of the county arboreta.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 689.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Experiments


text: Subject to Chapter 1, Division 7 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, the board of supervisors may grant licenses and franchises for the construction of wharves, chutes, booms, and piers, and for the taking and keeping of tolls thereon.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

chapter: 10. Transportation and Airports

article: 1. Transportation Facilities

path: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES > 2. OFFICERS > 10. Transportation and Airports > 1. Transportation Facilities


text:
The board may grant franchises along and over the public roads and highways for all lawful purposes, upon such terms, conditions, and restrictions as in its judgment are necessary and proper, and in such manner as to present the least possible obstruction and inconvenience to the traveling public.

Any general law applicable to the granting of franchises by municipal corporations and counties throughout the State for purposes involving the furnishing of any service or commodity to the public or any portion thereof shall be complied with in the granting of any franchises by the board of supervisors.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 2142.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Transportation Facilities


text: The board may deposit funds that it receives from its grant of a franchise to use the public roads in the general fund of the county.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 108, Sec. 1. Effective May 27, 1986.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Transportation Facilities


text:
Unless otherwise provided by law, the board may lay out, maintain, control, construct, repair, and manage public ferries, bridges, wharves, chutes, other shipping facilities, and passenger transportation facilities within the county and may cooperate with any city in so doing.

The board of supervisors may furnish and operate public transportation services within the unincorporated areas of the county. Such service may be furnished and operated within a city or transit district if the governing board of the city or district consents thereto.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 814.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Transportation Facilities


text:
The legislative body of any city and county located in the area served by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company from the City of San Jose to the City and County of San Francisco may make a bulk purchase of tickets for that line from the company, or from the Greyhound Bus Lines for transportation services within the area, or from both, for resale at less than the cost to the residents of the city and county.

The legislative body shall determine the resale price of tickets purchased by it.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 768.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Transportation Facilities


text: Whenever an application is made to the board of supervisors for an order, franchise, or license relating to any road, bridge, ferry, wharf, chute, pier, or other subject over which the board has jurisdiction in which a majority of the board are interested, the application by order of the board shall be transferred to the superior court of the county. The clerk of the board shall thereupon certify the application and all orders and papers relating thereto to the superior court. Thereafter the superior court has full jurisdiction to hear and determine the application.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Transportation Facilities


text: The board of supervisors may install and maintain watering troughs along any state highway subject to agreement as to location with the Department of Transportation, and along any county road or stock trail in the county.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 681, Sec. 16.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Transportation Facilities


text: If the board of supervisors determines that it is beneficial to the county, and an equal or greater sum of money has been made available from private sources, it may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county for making surveys, maps, plans, and plats and for obtaining data and information preliminary to the development, improvement, or construction of a deep water canal, waterway, or water facilities for transportation purposes through, across, or along the county and any adjoining county.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Transportation Facilities


text: The board of supervisors may make contributions of public funds, materials, property and services to any city or to any statutorily created transit district for the purpose of improving public transportation within the county. The contributions may be subject to such terms and conditions as the board, in its discretion, deems reasonable under the circumstances, and contracts may be entered into for that purpose.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 814.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Transportation Facilities


text:
As a necessary adjunct to aerial transportation and the use of aerial highways, the board of supervisors may provide and maintain public airports and landing places for aerial traffic for the use of the public. For those purposes the board of supervisors may:

(a) Acquire by purchase, condemnation, donation, lease, or otherwise real or personal property, either within or without the incorporated territory of municipalities, necessary for those purposes, and improve, construct, reconstruct, lease, furnish, refurnish, use, repair, maintain, and control the property, including buildings, structures, and lighting and other equipment and facilities necessary for that use.

(b) Provide all necessary custodians, employees, attendants, and supplies for the proper maintenance of the property for the purposes specified in this section.

(c) In addition to all other taxes, levy a special tax, pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5, and spend the proceeds for the purposes specified in this section. The proceeds of the special tax may be accumulated for not to exceed five years for use in carrying out the purposes of this section. A board of supervisors shall not levy an airport tax as provided for by this section on any airport district formed pursuant to the California Airport District Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 22001) of Division 9 of the Public Utilities Code).

(d) Establish a fund or funds for the purposes specified in this section and appropriate and transfer from the general fund to such fund or funds from time to time any money as it deems necessary.

(e) In the manner provided by law, incur a bonded indebtedness on behalf of the county.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 709, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2009.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Airports

path: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES > 2. OFFICERS > 10. Transportation and Airports > 2. Airports


text:
By a resolution adopted by a four-fifths vote of its members, the board may determine that the acquisition by purchase, condemnation, lease, or otherwise of real or personal property for the construction and completion of improvements necessary and convenient for any of the following purposes is of general county interest, and that county aid shall be extended for:

(a) The maintenance of airports owned and operated by cities.

(b) The flying and landing of aircraft.

(c) The maintenance of hangars, mooring masts, flying fields, and places for flying, take-off, landing, and storage of aircraft, together with signal lights, radio equipment, service shops, conveniences, appliances, works, structures, and other aircraft facilities now known or hereafter invented.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Airports


text: The board by resolution shall specify the general nature of the improvement proposed, the nature of the aid to be furnished by the county, and any funds from which the aid is to be paid.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Airports


text:
The county may give aid in one or more of the following ways:

(a) Contribute money.

(b) Acquire and deliver material.

(c) Furnish labor or engineering services.

(d) Loan its road building machinery.

(e) Sell any county property to any city within the county, without bid and upon such terms and conditions as the board of supervisors deems advisable.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Airports


text: The expense of the aid may be paid from the county general fund and any other fund available for the purpose.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Airports


text: The city shall use all aid which it receives for the activities described in the resolution and shall return to the county any portion which is not so used.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Airports


text: The board of supervisors, by a four-fifths vote, may contribute money to the United States for the acquisition or improvement by the United States or any of its authorized agencies of airports in the county, when, in the judgment of the board it is in the interest of the county so to do.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 587.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Airports


text:
Any zoning ordinance adopted after October 1, 1949, by any county, shall not be effective, nor shall any zoning ordinance previously adopted remain effective six months after the effective date of this act unless:

(a) A provision is made in the ordinance for suitable areas in which airports may be located as conforming uses, or

(b) A finding is made by the governing body of the county that there is no site in the area zoned suitable for an airport.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 170.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Airports


text: The finding required by Section 26027 shall not be made without notice and opportunity to be heard being given to all interested persons. Notice shall be given by publication pursuant to Section 6064 in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county, or, if there is none, in a newspaper of general circulation published in an adjoining county. The notice shall specify the date of hearing.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 357.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Airports


text:
(a) The board of supervisors may levy a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5, and spend the proceeds for the purpose of inducing immigration to, and increasing the trade and commerce of, the county. The proceeds of the special tax may be expended for any or all of the following uses:

(1) Advertising, exploiting, and making known the resources of the county.

(2) Exhibiting or advertising the agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, mineral, industrial, commercial, climatic, educational, recreational, artistic, musical, cultural, and other resources or advantages of the county.

(3) Making plans and arrangements for a world’s fair, trade fair, or other fair or exposition at which such resources may be exhibited.

(4) Doing any of such work in cooperation with or jointly by contract with other agencies, associations, or corporations.

(b) The board may also appropriate for the purposes of this chapter any moneys accruing to the general fund derived pursuant to Section 7280 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 709, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2009.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

chapter: 11. Advertising

path: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES > 2. OFFICERS > 11. Advertising


text: If the proceeds from the special tax levied pursuant to Section 26100 will not raise fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in any one year, the board may appropriate from the general fund of the county an amount sufficient to make up the deficiency existing between the amount raised as the result of the special tax and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 709, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2009.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The tax authorized by this chapter is in addition to any tax authorized by this part to be levied for fair purposes.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The board may use any portion of the fund raised pursuant to this chapter in furnishing music and musical appearances, either within or outside of the boundaries of its county, in connection with, as an adjunct to, or for the purpose of supplementing and calling attention to advertising, exploiting, and making known the resources of the county and its name. The board may furnish such music by entering into contracts, with or without competitive bidding, with individual musicians, orchestras, bands, or other musical organizations.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The board of supervisors may create a body for the purpose of advising and assisting it in the matter of advertising, exploiting, and making known the resources of the county, for the purposes of this chapter. The body shall be designated by the board as the county board of trade of the county or the county chamber of commerce of the county or such other title as shall be given the body by resolution of the board of supervisors. It shall consist of representatives from the supervisorial districts who shall be appointed by the board of supervisors and hold office at the pleasure of the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors shall determine the number of members of the body, except that the districts must be equally represented and there shall be not more than two members from each district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 48.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The board of supervisors shall adopt rules for conducting the affairs of the board of trade or chamber of commerce, which shall not conflict with law nor usurp the powers vested by law in any officer of the county.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: Under the direction of the board of supervisors, the county board of trade or county chamber of commerce shall advertise, exploit, and make known and exhibit the agricultural, mineral, manufacturing, and other resources of the county, and, when directed by the board of supervisors, collect, prepare, and maintain an exhibit of the products and industries of the county at any domestic or foreign exposition.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The board of supervisors may appoint a secretary to the county board of trade or county chamber of commerce and may fix his salary, which shall be paid from the advertising fund of the county in the same manner as county officers are paid.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The board of supervisors may provide that the members of the county board of trade or county chamber of commerce established under Section 26104 shall receive their actual and necessary traveling expenses to and from the place of meeting of such board or chamber of commerce and while traveling in connection with the business thereof; provided, that no such expenses shall be paid for travel outside the limits of this State. The members of such board of trade or chamber of commerce shall serve with or without compensation at the discretion of the board of supervisors. If compensation is authorized by the board of supervisors it shall not exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) per meeting for not more than one meeting of the commission in any one calendar month.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1880.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: A county board of supervisors may, by ordinance, provide for and regulate the sale of advertising space on county real or personal property, for the sole purpose of raising revenue for the county. Any such advertising shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 5200) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code. Nothing in this section shall be construed to empower a county to place or maintain an advertising structure, as defined in Section 5203 of the Business and Professions Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 803, Sec. 1.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text:
(a) A county board of supervisors may, by ordinance, provide for the following commercial uses of county property listed in subdivision (b) provided that: (1) a county of the first class develops a viable marketing plan, and (2) all other counties comply with all of the following:

(1) Consults with a qualified licensing agent to develop a viable marketing plan. The plan shall identify marketing and licensing opportunities, including, but not limited to, the sale of advertising space, and the provision of nonexclusive and exclusive designation promotions. The plan shall outline a method for evaluating both the revenue potential of proposed contracts, and the future revenue impact of a proposed contract. The plan shall establish procedures for comparing the revenue potential of alternative contracts, and for auditing a licensee’s performance. The plan shall detail short-term and long-term revenue goals.

(2) Adopts by resolution a county marketing plan.

(3) Annually reviews the marketing plan and reviews the performance of contracts. The board of supervisors shall by resolution adopt the findings of the annual review.

(b) A county board of supervisors may provide for the following commercial uses of county property consistent with the county marketing plan:

(1) The licensing, for a fee or other consideration, of the private commercial use of a county name, logo, or other intellectual property, or the depiction of county property.

(2) The donation of facilities or informational brochures, messages, or broadcasts which publicize acknowledgment of a sponsor’s financial assistance.

(c) Agreements to confer any of the rights enumerated in this section and acknowledgment of donated moneys, goods, or services may be made in the manner and under terms and conditions approved by the supervisors. Any agreement which a county seeks to enter into pursuant to this section shall be presented at a duly noticed public hearing of a legislative body, as that term is defined by Sections 54952.2 and 54952.3, in strict compliance with the requirements of Section 54954.2.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to empower a county to enter into any commercial arrangement under which the logo of a county or any of its departments can be reproduced and distributed in a manner to enable impersonation of a county official or safety employee.

(e) Nothing in this section is intended to vest in any person the right to enter into a marketing agreement with a county.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 946, Sec. 1.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: County free libraries may be constructed, leased, built, rebuilt, furnished, refurnished, or repaired pursuant to the Education Code, or pursuant to this part; provided that, in counties wherein a union high school library district maintaining a district free public library was established prior to June 30, 1912, county free libraries shall be constructed, leased, built, rebuilt, furnished, refurnished or repaired pursuant to Section 27264 of the Education Code until such time as the union high school library district elects to become a part of the county free library system.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 449.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

chapter: 12. Libraries and Education

path: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES > 2. OFFICERS > 12. Libraries and Education


text: The board of supervisors may provide library service at charitable, detention, and penal institutions of the county under its supervision and control, and may also provide to officers and employees of county departments such library service as is required in the performance of their duties. Such service shall be rendered through the county free library and the cost is a charge upon the county payable out of the general fund.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text:
The board of supervisors may authorize and provide for the education or information of the public relative to the prevention of fires and the conservation of natural resources and the presentation of information designed for the promotion thereof.

The board may act through the agency of any appropriate officer or department of the county having jurisdiction over the particular subject matter and may provide for such education or information by means of the preparation and furnishing of lectures, motion pictures, stereoptican slides, or other projection of pictures, or by any means which it deems appropriate. The cost of the preparation and furnishing of such education or information is a county charge.

This section does not authorize the publicizing of any county, county officer, or department, or of the work or accomplishments thereof.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The board of supervisors may authorize and provide for the education or information of the public relative to accident prevention and for the presentation to the public of information designed for the promotion thereof. The board of supervisors may contract with and employ any person, firm, association, or a corporation for the furnishing to the county of such services and may pay from any available funds such compensation to any such person, firm, association, or corporation as it deems proper for the services rendered.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 716.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The board of supervisors may provide financial assistance to elementary school districts which have within the boundaries of such school districts (a) a redevelopment agency and a housing authority organized under state law, or (b) any facilities used by the county to house county employees. Any funds received pursuant hereto by an elementary school district may be deposited by the governing board of the school district in any fund of the district. The provisions hereof are applicable only to elementary school districts which have an average daily attendance of less than 3,000.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 918.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The board of supervisors may provide financial assistance to elementary school districts which have within the boundaries of such school districts any facilities used by the county to house county employees. Any funds received pursuant hereto by an elementary school district may be deposited by the governing board of the school district in any fund of the district. The provisions hereof are applicable only to elementary school districts which have an average daily attendance of less than 3,000.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 624.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text:
The board of supervisors may authorize and provide for contributions to nonprofit educational radio and television stations, provided all of the following conditions exist:

(1) The purpose of the contribution is to enable the citizens of the county to enjoy greater educational and cultural advantages.

(2) A substantial number of the residents of the county live within the reception area of the station.

(3) The station regularly broadcasts programs which have educational or cultural significance.

(4) The contribution is to the general funds of the station and not for or in connection with any particular program.

(5) The contribution is not accompanied, directly or indirectly, by any direction of, sponsorship of, control of, or restriction of any program or the content of any program. This section does not in any way restrict the power of the board of supervisors to provide for expenditures for other authorized purposes including, but not limited to, the purposes specified in Sections 26100, 26103, 26106, 26152, or 26153.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1385.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The board of supervisors may contract with any radio, television broadcasting station, or cable television originating facilities to broadcast or rebroadcast meetings of the board of supervisors and may pay from any available funds for such broadcasts or rebroadcasts.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 605.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: For purposes of assisting in the development of the human resources of the county, the board of supervisors may provide for the testing of individuals to determine such individual’s level of educational achievement and job capabilities, both actual and potential; provided, however, that such testing may be done only upon the request of the individual to be tested.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 26156 (as added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 779) by Stats. 1980, Ch. 676.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: If by reason of conflagration or other public calamity any index to any public records of a county is lost or destroyed, leaving the records without the necessary index for the convenience of the public in making use of the records, the board of supervisors may cause a new index of the records to be made by some competent person. The cost of writing up and making the new index is a county charge payable out of the county treasury upon the order of the board.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

chapter: 13. Miscellaneous Powers

path: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES > 2. OFFICERS > 13. Miscellaneous Powers


text:
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 any officer or department of the county.

The board may authorize at any time the destruction or disposition of any duplicate or copy of a notice to appear in court, or promise to appear in court, that is filed with any officer or department of the county, 12 months after the original of such notice or promise has been filed with the magistrate or a person authorized by the magistrate to receive a deposit of bail specified therein.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1189.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The board may authorize the destruction or disposition of any record, paper, or document which is more than two years old and which was prepared or received in any manner other than pursuant to a state statute or county charter. The board may authorize the destruction or disposition of any record, paper or document which is more than two years old, which was prepared or received pursuant to state statute or county charter, and which is not expressly required by law to be filed and preserved if the board determines by four-fifths (45) vote that the retention of any such record, paper or document is no longer necessary or required for county purposes. Such records, papers or documents need not be photographed, reproduced or microfilmed prior to destruction and no copy thereof need be retained.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1123.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The board may authorize the destruction or disposition of any unaccepted bid or proposal for the construction or installation of any building, structure, bridge, or highway or other public works which is more than two years old.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2006.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The board may authorize the destruction of any record, paper or document, by a four-fifths vote, if the documents have been inadvertently exposed to asbestos fiber in a quantity which presents a risk to the health and safety of persons who handle the record, paper or document, and if the board determines that the risk to these persons is greater than the benefit to be derived from the retention of the record or, alternatively, that the cost of sterilizing the records far exceeds their value. The decision of the board shall be final.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1446, Sec. 1.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text:
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 26202, 26205, and 26205.1, the head of a department of a county, after one year, may destroy recordings of routine video monitoring, and after 100 days may destroy recordings of telephone and radio communications maintained by the department. This destruction shall be approved by the legislative body and the written consent of the agency attorney shall be obtained. In the event that the recordings are evidence in any claim filed or any pending litigation, they shall be preserved until pending litigation is resolved.

(b) For purposes of this section, “recordings of telephone and radio communications” means the routine daily recording of telephone communications to and from a county and all radio communications relating to the operations of the departments.

(c) For purposes of this section, “routine video monitoring” means video recording by a video or electronic imaging system designed to record the regular and ongoing operations of the departments described in subdivision (a), including mobile in-car video systems, jail observation and monitoring systems, and building security recording systems.

(d) For purposes of this section, “department” includes a public safety communications center operated by the county and the governing board of any special district the membership of which is the same as the membership of the board of supervisors.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 88, Sec. 46. (AB 176) Effective January 1, 2010.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: In years other than those in which a census is taken by the United States, the board of supervisors by ordinance may cause a census of the county or any district therein to be taken which shall be validated by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance. The board of supervisors shall cause a census of a judicial district to be taken upon presentation to it of a petition signed by not less than 40 percent of the qualified electors residing in the district whose names appear upon the great register of the county at the last general election. The persons taking the census shall enumerate all the inhabitants of the county or district. The census shall be validated by the Demographic Research Unit. The expenses of taking that census is a county charge.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 110. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text:
At the request of the county officer concerned, the board of supervisors of any county may authorize the destruction of any record, paper, or document that is not expressly required by law to be filed and preserved if all of the following conditions are complied with:

(a) The record, paper, or document is photographed, microphotographed, reproduced by electronically recorded video images on magnetic surfaces, recorded in the electronic data processing system, recorded on optical disk, or reproduced on film or any other medium that is a trusted system and that does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document and is produced in compliance with Section 12168.7 for recording of permanent records or nonpermanent records.

(b) The device used to reproduce the record, paper, or document on film, optical disk, or any other medium is one that accurately reproduces the original thereof in all details and which does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document images.

(c) The photographs, microphotographs, electronically recorded video images on magnetic surfaces, records in the electronic data processing system, records recorded on optical disk, or other reproductions on film or any other medium are placed in conveniently accessible files and provision is made for preserving, examining, and using the files.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, destruction of the original records, papers, or documents is not authorized when the method of reproduction pursuant to this section is reproduction of electronically recorded video images on magnetic surfaces unless a duplicate videotape of the images is separately maintained. A duplicate copy of a record contained in the electronic data processing system, on optical disk, or on any other medium that does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document images shall also be separately maintained.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 569, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text:
(a) The county officer having custody of nonjudicial public records, documents, instruments, books, and papers may cause to be destroyed any or all of the records, documents, instruments, books, and papers if all of the following conditions exist:

(1) The board of supervisors of the county has adopted a resolution authorizing the county officer to destroy records, documents, instruments, books, and papers pursuant to this subdivision. The resolution may impose conditions, in addition to those specified in this subdivision, that the board of supervisors determines are appropriate.

(2) The county officer who destroys any record, document, instrument, book, or paper pursuant to the authority granted by this subdivision and a resolution of the board of supervisors adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall maintain for the use of the public a photographic or microphotographic film, electronically recorded video production, a record contained in the electronic data processing system, a record recorded on optical disk, a record recorded by any other medium that does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document, or other duplicate of the record, document, instrument, book, or paper destroyed.

(3) The record, paper or document is photographed, microphotographed, reproduced by electronically recorded video images on magnetic surfaces, recorded in the electronic data processing system, recorded on optical disk or reproduced on film or any other medium that is a trusted system and that does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document and is produced in compliance with Section 12168.7 for recording of permanent records or nonpermanent records.

(b) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a) do not apply to records prepared or received other than pursuant to a state statute or county charter, or records that are not expressly required by law to be filed and preserved.

For the purposes of this section, every reproduction shall be deemed to be an original record and a transcript, exemplification, or certified copy of any reproduction shall be deemed to be a transcript, exemplification, or certified copy, as the case may be, of the original.

(c) The county clerk having custody of the original or a copy of the articles of any corporation may cause the destruction of any or all the documents. “Articles” includes the articles of incorporation, amendments thereto, amended articles, restated articles, certificate of incorporation, certificates of determination of preferences, dissolution certificates, merger certificates, and agreements of consolidation or merger.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, destruction of the original records, papers, or documents is not authorized when the method of reproduction pursuant to this section is reproduction of electronically recorded video images on magnetic surfaces unless a duplicate videotape of the images is separately maintained. A duplicate copy of a record contained in the electronic data processing system, on optical disk, or on any other medium that does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document shall also be separately maintained.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 569, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text:
At the request of the county recorder, the board of supervisors of any county may authorize the destruction of any or all of the filed papers or record books created by handwriting, typing on printed forms, by typewriting, or by photographic methods, in the recorder’s official custody, if all of the following conditions are complied with:

(a) The record, paper, or document is photographed, microphotographed, reproduced by electronically recorded video images on magnetic surfaces, recorded in the electronic data processing system, recorded on optical disk, reproduced on film or any other medium that is a trusted system and that does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document, or reproduced under the direction and control of the county recorder on film, optical disk, or any other medium in compliance with Section 12168.7 for recording of permanent records or nonpermanent records.

(b) The device used to reproduce the record, paper, or document on film, optical disk, or any other medium is one that accurately and legibly reproduces the original thereof in all details and that does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document images.

(c) The photographs, microphotographs, or other reproductions on film, optical disk, or any other medium are made as accessible for public reference as the original records were.

(d) A true copy of archival quality of the film, optical disk, or any other medium reproductions shall be kept in a safe and separate place for security purposes.

However, no page of any record, paper, or document shall be destroyed if any page cannot be reproduced on film with full legibility. Every unreproducible page shall be permanently preserved in a manner that will afford easy reference.

For the purposes of this section, every reproduction shall be deemed to be an original record and a transcript, exemplification, or certified copy of any reproduction shall be deemed to be a transcript, exemplification, or certified copy, as the case may be, of the original.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 569, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other law relating to the destruction of city or county records, the county recorder may cause to be destroyed any original document left with and recorded by the county recorder which is undeliverable by mail and uncalled for for 10 years or more after the date of recording.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law relating to the destruction of city or county records, the county recorder may cause to be destroyed any original document left with and recorded by the county recorder by permanent photographic means which is undeliverable by mail and uncalled for two years or more after the date of recording.

(c) For purposes of this section, “destroy” means destroy or dispose of for purposes of destruction.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 310, Sec. 1.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: Recognizing that certain early created handwritten records of the county recorder may be of historical value, the recorder shall, prior to destroying any of his handwritten records under the authority granted in Section 26205.5, notify the Secretary of State of his intention to destroy or dispose of such records. The Secretary of State shall have 90 days to request the transfer of such records. If the Secretary of State does not request the transfer of such records, the county recorder may destroy them pursuant to Section 26205.5.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 187.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the destruction of attorney-client information or county records, at the request of the public defender, the board of supervisors may authorize the destruction of nonfelony public defender records eight years after final disposition of a case.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 158, Sec. 3.5. Effective July 21, 1993.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The board of supervisors of any county may prepare, procure and present commemorative medals, resolutions, plaques, or other memorials honoring persons who have performed unique or particularly noteworthy public service or commemorating acts, accomplishments, events, or anniversaries of public significance and importance. Any such award presented under the authority of this section shall be of nominal value and cost.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 413.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text:
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 26202, the legislative body of a county may prescribe a procedure whereby duplicates of county records less than two years old may be destroyed if they are no longer required.

For purposes of this section, video recording media, including recordings of “routine video monitoring” pursuant to Section 26202.6, shall be considered duplicate records if the county keeps another record, such as written minutes or an audio recording, of the event that is recorded in the video medium. However, a video recording medium shall not be destroyed or erased pursuant to this section for a period of at least 90 days after occurrence of the event recorded thereon.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 88, Sec. 47. (AB 176) Effective January 1, 2010.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text:
(a) When installing new security systems, a transit agency operated by a county shall only purchase and install equipment capable of storing recorded images for at least one year, unless all of the following conditions apply:

(1) The transit agency has made a diligent effort to identify a security system that is capable of storing recorded data for one year.

(2) The transit agency determines that the technology to store recorded data in an economically and technologically feasible manner for one year is not available.

(3) The transit agency purchases and installs the best available technology with respect to storage capacity that is both economically and technologically feasible at that time.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, video recordings or other recordings made by security systems operated as part of a public transit system shall be retained for one year, unless one of the following conditions applies:

(1) The video recordings or other recordings are evidence in any claim filed or any pending litigation, in which case the video recordings or other recordings shall be preserved until the claim or the pending litigation is resolved.

(2) The video recordings or other recordings recorded an event that was or is the subject of an incident report, in which case the video recordings or other recordings shall be preserved until the incident is resolved.

(3) The transit agency utilizes a security system that was purchased or installed prior to January 1, 2004, or that meets the requirements of subdivision (a), in which case the video recordings or other recordings shall be preserved for as long as the installed technology allows.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 88, Sec. 48. (AB 176) Effective January 1, 2010.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The board of supervisors may offer and pay rewards, payable from county funds, for the furnishing of information leading to the apprehension and conviction of persons who willfully destroy or damage property of the county or who commit within the county criminal acts against the person or residence of a public officer or employee.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 412.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The board of supervisors may establish a uniform procedure for the payment of rewards, payable from county funds, for ideas or suggestions made by members of the public which the board determines, in its discretion, would reasonably result in financial savings to the county.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 458.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The Board of Supervisors of the County of Humboldt may establish a uniform procedure for the payment of rewards, payable from county funds, for ideas or suggestions made by county employees or members of the public which the board determines, in its discretion, would reasonably result in financial savings to the county.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 713, Sec. 1.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text:
(a) The board of supervisors may, by a four-fifths vote of its members, assign for purposes of collection, under any terms and conditions that the board may prescribe, any or all delinquent bills, claims, and accounts, 30 days after the date upon which they are due and payable to the county, and any or all money judgments taken in the name of the county.

(b) The board of supervisors may, by a four-fifths vote of its members, and with the approval of the tax collector, assign for purposes of collection under such terms and conditions as the board may prescribe, any or all delinquent unsecured taxes 90 days after the date upon which they are due and delinquent when, in the judgment of the tax collector, the remedy set forth in Section 2951 of the Revenue and Taxation Code will not be used by the tax collector.

(c) The board of supervisors may assign, for purposes of securing any financing of the same, any obligations arising out of any delinquent assessments or taxes levied on the secured roll by the county or any other political subdivision of the state. No assignment to a collection agency shall be made of obligations arising out of any delinquent assessments or taxes levied on the secured roll by the county or any other political subdivision of the state.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 489, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1998.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 26220, in Orange County, upon a four-fifths vote of the board of supervisors, the board of supervisors may sell or assign, for purposes of securing any financing of the same, any obligations arising out of any delinquent assessments or taxes levied on the secured roll by the county or any other political subdivision of the state. The sale or assignment may be to a joint powers agency, established in Orange County, that is purchasing the obligations pursuant to Section 6516.3. No assignment to a collection agency shall be made of obligations arising out of any delinquent assessments or taxes levied on the secured roll by the county or any other political subdivision of the state.

(b) If the Orange County Board of Supervisors sells or assigns any obligation arising out of any delinquent assessments or taxes levied on the secured roll by the county or any other political subdivision of the state to a joint powers authority pursuant to subdivision (a), the joint powers authority may, in addition to the powers provided in Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, in 1995 or 1996, issue one 20-year bond issue for the purposes of refinancing notes issued to finance advances of moneys representing uncollected taxes in accordance with Section 4705 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and for further financing of uncollected taxes. This bond issue may consist of one or more series providing differing payment priorities. The principal amount of the issue outstanding may be decreased or increased during the 20-year term of the issue, but may not exceed the principal amount originally issued in 1995 or 1996.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1995, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 2. Effective May 15, 1995.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: As a prerequisite to assignment under Section 26220, the board of supervisors shall require the collection agency to furnish a bond in the sum of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) payable to the county and executed by a corporate surety licensed to do business in this State for the faithful performance of the terms and conditions of the assignment. The board may order the county auditor to make periodic audits of the accounts and books of the collection agency and when so ordered the auditor shall report his findings to the board.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 865.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The assignee, through an attorney duly licensed to practice in this State, may invoke legal process in the collection of obligations assigned.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text:
Any of the revenues received by a county under a sales and use tax adopted by the board of supervisors in accordance with the provisions of Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code attributable to either the sale of tangible personal property at retail within the unincorporated area of such county or the storage, use or other consumption of tangible personal property in such unincorporated area, if such property is purchased for the storage, use or other consumption in such unincorporated area, may be used on order of the board of supervisors for the current operating costs of, or any capital outlay project required by, any district which is located entirely or in part within the unincorporated area of such county.

For the purposes of this section, “district” does not include a school district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 525.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The board of supervisors of any county may contract with any community council or council on social planning functioning within the county, which council has as a primary purpose the promotion of the public health, safety, and welfare, and which is financed in whole or in part by charitable contributions, to receive from such council the services of advice, counsel, consultation, plans, proposals, and recommendations concerning the development and conduct of effective programs to meet the social needs of the population of the county, including, but not limited to, recreational needs, and the needs of physically, mentally, and financially handicapped persons and aged persons.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 96.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The board of supervisors of one or more counties may authorize studies of the feasibility of a high-speed transit system, to operate in one or more counties.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 328.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: The board of supervisors of one or more counties may loan up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to a transit district located wholly or partially within such county or counties for transit planning and development during the year following voter approval of the district’s organization.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 387.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text:
The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county to establish county programs or to fund other programs deemed by the board of supervisors to be necessary to meet the social needs of the population of the county, including but not limited to, the areas of health, law enforcement, public safety, rehabilitation, welfare, education, and legal services, and the needs of physically, mentally and financially handicapped persons and aged persons.

The board of supervisors may contract with other public agencies or private agencies or individuals to operate those programs which the board of supervisors determines will serve public purposes. In the furtherance of those programs, the board of supervisors may make available to a public agency, nonprofit corporation, or nonprofit association any real property of the county which is not and, during the time of possession, will not be needed for county purposes, to be used to carry out the programs, upon terms and conditions determined by the board of supervisors to be in the best interests of the county and the general public, and the board of supervisors may finance or assist in the financing of the acquisition or improvement of real property and furnishings to be owned or operated by any public agency, nonprofit corporation, or nonprofit association to carry out the programs, through a lease, installment sale, or other transaction, in either case without complying with any other provisions of this code relating to acquiring, improving, leasing, or granting the use of or otherwise disposing of county property.

A program may consist of a community support program including a charitable fund drive conducted in cooperation with one or more nonprofit charitable organizations if the board of supervisors deems a program will assist in meeting the social needs of the population of the county. If the board establishes a program, the officers and employees of the county shall have the authority to carry out the program, using county funds and property if authorized by the board. During working hours, a program may include direct solicitation by county officers and employees and the assignment of officers and employees to attend or assist in the administration of program activities if authorized by the board.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 452, Sec. 1. Effective September 27, 1991.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text:
(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Board” means the board of supervisors of the county.

(2) “County” means the County of Orange.

(3) “District discretionary funds” means funds that are appropriated by the board to individual members of the board and are intended to be awarded to community organizations and nonprofit organizations.

(b) A member of the board shall not award district discretionary funds to a community organization or a nonprofit organization unless the board approves, by a majority vote, that award.

(c) The board shall post on its internet website a log of appropriated district discretionary funds at the end of each quarter, including all of the following:

(1) The planned and actual costs of the program or project, including the indirect costs, that the district discretionary funds cover.

(2) The spending timeline of those funds.

(3) The purpose of program funding.

(4) The eligibility requirements to receive funding.

(5) Total dollars awarded to the entity that is contracted with the county.

(d) (1) Within the 90 days preceding an election, a member of the board who is on a ballot as a supervisor district candidate of the board and has an opponent on that ballot shall not take any action related to spending district discretionary funds, including, but not limited to, any of the following actions:

(A) Place an agenda item seeking approval to appropriate district discretionary funds on the agenda for a meeting of the board.

(B) Announce or participate in a press release announcing the awarding of district discretionary funds previously approved by the board.

(C) Participate in or make a ceremonial presentation awarding previously approved district discretionary funds.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), members of the board may attend events hosted by entities who received district discretionary funds, so long as the event is not directly held in the supervisor’s honor.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the existing authority of the board from adopting ordinances, rules, or regulations beyond the minimum requirements outlined in this section.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 249, Sec. 1. (AB 2946) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text:
Nothing in any other provision of law shall prohibit the board of supervisors of a county having a population in excess of 6,000,000 persons from establishing by ordinance a department or agency into which any or all of the duties of the county departments or offices regarding protective services to juveniles may be placed.

The Health and Welfare Agency shall seek any necessary waivers from the federal government on behalf of a county electing to establish a department or agency pursuant to this section. The county department or agency permitted to be established pursuant to this section shall not be established unless and until all necessary waivers from the federal government have been obtained.

Except insofar as the cost of seeking necessary federal waivers is concerned, this section shall not require any additional expenditure of state funds.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 434, Sec. 1. Effective July 12, 1984.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text: As a means of implementing a county underground utility ordinance adopted to remove existing overhead utility lines and to require property owners served by the lines, to prepare their properties to accept underground utility lines, counties may provide by ordinance that if any property owner, after due notice, refuses to comply within a reasonable time to effect the removal or preparation in accordance with the applicable rules of the utility involved the county may cause the work to be done and assess the costs of the work against the property and that the assessment shall become a lien against the property. The assessment may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary county ad valorem taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for these taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of county ad valorem taxes shall be applicable to the assessment.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 517, Sec. 1.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text:
(a) For purposes of this section, “broadband internet access service” has the same meaning as defined in Section 53167.

(b) The board of supervisors of a county may acquire, construct, improve, and maintain broadband infrastructure and operate broadband internet access service and any telecommunications services necessary to obtain federal or state support for the acquisition, construction, improvement, or maintenance of broadband infrastructure or operation of broadband internet access service.

(c) A county that acquires, constructs, improves, or maintains broadband infrastructure or operates broadband internet access service shall comply with the requirements of Article 12 (commencing with Section 53167) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 112, Sec. 4. (SB 156) Effective July 20, 2021.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES


text:
Subject to the provisions of this chapter, boards of supervisors in their respective counties shall have authority to undertake and to issue revenue bonds to finance the following public improvements:

a. The acquisition, construction, maintenance, operation, improvement and development of public beaches and such upland areas adjacent thereto as may, in the opinion of the board, be reasonably necessary to provide for the full, complete and convenient public utilization of such beaches.

b. The acquisition, construction, maintenance, operation, improvement and development of public small boat harbors and such facilities and improvements in connection therewith as in the opinion of the board may be reasonably necessary to provide for the full, complete and convenient public use of such small boat harbors.

c. The acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of facilities for the public convenience in conjunction with any public beach or public small boat harbor.

d. The acquisition, construction, maintenance, operation, improvement and development of public golf courses and such facilities and improvements in connection therewith as in the opinion of the board may be reasonably necessary to provide for the full, complete and convenient public use of such golf courses. A county shall not condemn any existing privately owned and operated golf course the acquisition of which is to be financed under this chapter.

e. The acquisition, construction, maintenance, operation, improvement and development of skiing areas. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize a board of supervisors to operate any restaurant, lodginghouse or hotel except during such periods as it is unable to lease such restaurant, lodginghouse or hotel to a private concessionaire. Public notice calling for bids by prospective lessees of such restaurant, lodginghouse or hotel shall be published once a week for four successive calendar weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation, and it shall be conclusively presumed that the board of supervisors is not unable to lease such restaurant, lodginghouse or hotel to a private concessionaire until one week following the last publication has elapsed without securing reasonable bids.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1260.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Authority

path: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES > 2. OFFICERS > 14. Revenue Bonds for County Improvements > 1. Authority


text: Each separate improvement shall be designated as a “project.”

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 815.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

chapter: 14. Revenue Bonds for County Improvements

article: 1. Authority


text:
If in the opinion of the board, it is advisable that any project be acquired, constructed or completed, in whole or in part, it shall cause a report thereon to be made by any appropriate county officer or officers, which shall include:

a. An estimate of the probable cost of the acquisition, construction and completion, including all incidental expenses, engineering, legal and administrative during the construction;

b. An estimate of probable sources of income and the amount thereof;

c. An estimate of the cost of maintenance and for the operation upon completion, including the cost of all repairs, administrative and overhead charges.

The expense of the preparation of the report shall be a county charge and shall be paid by the board out of any funds of the county available therefor.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Authority


text: If the report is approved by the board, the board may adopt a resolution declaring that the public interest and necessity demand the acquisition, construction or completion of the project or of a designated part thereof, the purpose, nature and extent of which shall be described in general terms, and authorizing such acquisition, construction or completion. The board may thereupon authorize the issuance of revenue bonds for the purpose of obtaining funds in an amount estimated by the board to be sufficient for such project or part thereof.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Authority


text: The board has full charge of the acquisition, construction and completion of all projects authorized by it and may proceed with such work subject to the availability of funds therefor.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Authority


text:
The board may institute any proceedings and acquire all real property necessary therefor on such terms and conditions as it deems advisable.

Whenever the cost of construction of any project or the cost of any repairs thereto shall exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), such work shall be done by contract, and any contract therefor shall be void unless the same shall be let in the manner provided by Sections 25451 to 25455, inclusive, of the Government Code.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Authority


text: It is unlawful to split or separate into smaller work orders or projects any project undertaken pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of evading any provisions of this chapter which require such work to be done by contract after competitive bidding. Every person who wilfully violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Authority


text: Title to all property acquired under this chapter and the revenue and income therefrom shall be in the name of the county. The title to such property and the revenue and income therefrom including any miscellaneous revenues, sinking funds, reserve funds and other such funds and the income therefrom pledged to the payment of and interest of any bonds issued hereunder is subject to the trusts created by this chapter in favor of the bond holders. All such property and the income therefrom is exempt from all taxation by the State or by the county or by any city and county, city, municipality, district, political subdivision or public corporation thereof. The management, operation and control of all improvements acquired, constructed or completed by the board under this chapter shall be fixed in the board and the powers, rights, functions and duties of the board with respect thereto shall not be impaired or interfered with.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Authority


text: So long as any bonds issued are outstanding and unpaid, the operation, maintenance, control, repair, construction, alteration and improvement of any project acquired, constructed or completed under this chapter is vested in the board.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Authority


text:
The board may only use for the payment of the acquisition, construction, completion, maintenance, or insurance of any project undertaken under the authority of this chapter, the proceeds of revenue bonds issued and sold by the board, or the revenues from such project.

The following provisions of this section shall only be applicable to projects in counties containing a population of 4,000,000 or more.

If at the beginning of any fiscal year it is estimated that the revenues from the project will be insufficient to meet the bond interest and redemption requirements and the operation and maintenance requirements of any indenture entered into in connection with the issuance of revenue bonds for the project, the board may, by a four-fifths vote, advance an amount of money which, when added to any other funds available for that purpose, will be sufficient to maintain and operate the project for the year. Any such advance shall only be available for expenditure under terms and conditions prescribed by the board and shall be repaid from the first revenues of the project which can legally be made available for that purpose under the revenue bond indenture.

If the board of supervisors determines that any lands within the project are not suitable for revenue-producing use but can be used for public beaches, parks or other facilities for general public nonrevenue-producing use, it may adopt a resolution setting aside specific lands for such use. If the board of supervisors determines that the revenues of the project will be impaired by setting aside any such lands, provision shall be made for monthly payments into the revenue fund of an amount not less than the amount of such impairment, but not to exceed the fair rental value of the land.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 761.)

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Authority


text: The board may insure against any accident to or destruction of any project or any part thereof. Any money collected on such insurance shall be used for the purpose of repairing or rebuilding the project damaged, injured or destroyed or for the retirement of any revenue bonds issued in connection therewith which may be outstanding or unredeemed, as may be agreed upon by the board in the indenture authorizing the issuance of the bonds.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Authority


text: The board may insure against loss of revenue from any cause whatever and the proceeds of such insurance shall be used solely for the payment of the bonds and interest thereon.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Authority


text: The board may insure against public liability or property damage in connection with any project. It may provide in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of any revenue bonds for the carrying of such or any other insurance in such amount and of such character as may be specified and for the payment of the premiums thereon.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Authority


text: This chapter provides an alternative procedure to that otherwise provided by law for undertaking the improvements authorized herein and shall not operate to limit or control the authority of the board to undertake the same improvements in any other manner authorized by law.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 1. Authority


text: The board shall issue revenue bonds in the name of the county. These bonds shall constitute obligations of the project only, and neither the payment of the principal or interest of any such bond constitutes a debt, liability or obligation of the county or of the State of California. All bonds issued by the board shall contain a recital on their face that neither the payment of the principal or any part thereof nor any interest thereon constitutes a debt, liability or obligation of the county or of the State.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Revenue Bonds

path: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES > 2. OFFICERS > 14. Revenue Bonds for County Improvements > 2. Revenue Bonds


text: The board shall determine the time, form and manner of the issuance of revenue bonds.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Revenue Bonds


text: The board may enter into indentures providing for the aggregate principal amount, date, or dates, maturities, interest rate, denominations, form, registration transfer and interchange of such bonds and coupons, and the terms and conditions upon which the same shall be executed, issued, secured, sold, paid, redeemed, funded and refunded. Reference on the face of the bonds to such indenture by its date of adoption, or the apparent date on the face thereof, is sufficient to incorporate all of the provisions thereof and of this chapter into the body of the bonds and their appurtenant coupons. Each taker and subsequent holder of the bonds or coupons, whether the coupons are attached to or detached from the bonds, has recourse to all of the provisions of the indenture and of this chapter, and is bound thereby.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture pursuant to which bonds are issued may include such covenants and agreements on the part of the board as the board deems necessary or advisable for the better security of the bonds issued thereunder.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to pay or cause to be paid punctually the principal of all such bonds and the interest thereon on the date or dates, at the place or places, and in the manner mentioned in such bonds and in the coupons appertaining thereto in accordance with such indenture.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to continuously operate all improvements acquired, constructed, or completed, in whole or in part, from the proceeds of the bonds in an efficient and economical manner.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to make all needful and necessary repairs, renewals and replacements to any improvements and to keep them at all times in good repair, working order and condition.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to preserve and protect the security of the bonds and the rights of the holders thereof and to warrant and defend such rights.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged from the funds available for that purpose all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies or other charges which, if unpaid, might become a lien or charge upon the revenues, or any part thereof, of any improvements acquired, constructed or completed from the proceeds of the sale of the bonds, or upon any of the physical properties thereof which might impair the security of the bonds.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder which limits, restricts, or prohibits any right, power or privilege of the board to mortgage or otherwise encumber, sell, lease or dispose of any improvements constructed from the proceeds of the bonds, or to enter into any lease or agreement which impairs or impedes the operation of such improvement, or any part thereof, necessary to secure adequate revenues or which otherwise impairs or impedes the rights of the holders of the bonds with respect to such revenues.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to fix, prescribe and collect fees, rates, tolls, rentals or other charges in connection with the services and facilities furnished from the improvements acquired, constructed or purchased from part or all of the proceeds of the bonds, sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as they become due and payable, together with all expenses of operation, maintenance and repair of the improvements, and with such additional sums as may be required for any sinking fund, reserve fund or other special fund provided for the further security of such bonds or as a depreciation charge or other charge in connection with such improvement.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause relating to the bonds issued thereunder requiring the board to hold in trust the revenues pledged to the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon, or to any reserve or other fund created for the further protection of the bonds, and to apply such revenues or cause them to be applied only as provided in the indenture.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause limiting the power of the board to apply the proceeds of the sale of any issue of bonds for the acquiring, constructing, or completing of any improvement or any part thereof, or more than one of such improvements.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause limiting the power of the board to issue additional bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing or completing any improvement or any part thereof.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause requiring, specifying or limiting the kind, amount and character of insurance to be maintained by the board on any improvement, or any part thereof, and the use and disposition of the proceeds of any such insurance thereafter collected.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause providing the events of default and the terms and conditions upon which any or all of the bonds then or thereafter issued may become or be declared due and payable prior to maturity, and the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences may be waived.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Revenue Bonds


text: An indenture may include a clause designating the rights, limitations, powers and duties arising upon breach by the board of any of the covenants, conditions, or obligations contained in any indenture.

title: 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES

article: 2. Revenue Bonds