text:
(a) No later than July 1, 2017, an agency or entity that meets the definition of a joint powers authority or joint powers agency under Section 56047.7 that was formed for the purpose of providing municipal services prior to the effective date of this section, and that includes a local agency member that is a city, district, or county, shall cause a copy of the agreement and any amendments to the agreement to be filed with the local agency formation commission in each county within which all or any part of a local agency member’s territory is located.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any agency or entity administering a joint powers agreement or amendment to such an agreement, which fails to file the notice with a local agency formation commission required by this section on or before July 1, 2017, shall not thereafter, and until those filings are completed, issue any bonds or incur indebtedness of any kind.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 173, Sec. 2. (SB 1266) Effective January 1, 2017.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


kind: section

code: GOV

citation: GOV § 6504

text: The parties to the agreement may provide that (a) contributions from the treasuries may be made for the purpose set forth in the agreement, (b) payments of public funds may be made to defray the cost of such purpose, (c) advances of public funds may be made for the purpose set forth in the agreement, such advances to be repaid as provided in said agreement, or (d) personnel, equipment or property of one or more of the parties to the agreement may be used in lieu of other contributions or advances. The funds may be paid to and disbursed by the agency or entity agreed upon, which may include a nonprofit corporation designated by the agreement to administer or execute the agreement for the parties to the agreement.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 209.)

division: 7. MISCELLANEOUS

title: 1. GENERAL

chapter: 5. Joint Exercise of Powers

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements

path: 1. GENERAL > 7. MISCELLANEOUS > 5. Joint Exercise of Powers > 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6505

text:
(a) The agreement shall provide for strict accountability of all funds and report of all receipts and disbursements.

(b) In addition, and provided a separate agency or entity is created, the public officer performing the functions of auditor or controller as determined pursuant to Section 6505.5, shall either make or contract with a certified public accountant or public accountant to make an annual audit of the accounts and records of every agency or entity, except that the officer need not make or contract for the audit in any case where an annual audit of the accounts and records of the agency or entity by a certified public accountant or public accountant is otherwise made by any agency of the state or the United States only as to those accounts and records which are directly subject to such a federal or state audit. In each case the minimum requirements of the audit shall be those prescribed by the Controller for special districts under Section 26909 and shall conform to generally accepted auditing standards.

(c) When an audit of an account and records is made by a certified public accountant or public accountant, a report thereof shall be filed as public records with each of the contracting parties to the agreement and also with the county auditor of the county where the home office of the joint powers authority is located and shall be sent to any public agency or person in California that submits a written request to the joint powers authority. The report shall be filed within 12 months of the end of the fiscal year or years under examination.

(d) When a nonprofit corporation is designated by the agreement to administer or execute the agreement and no public officer is required to perform the functions of auditor or controller as determined pursuant to Section 6505.5, an audit of the accounts and records of the agreement shall be made at least once each year by a certified public accountant or public accountant, and a report thereof shall be filed as a public record with each of the contracting parties to the agreement and with the county auditor of the county where the home office of the joint powers authority is located, and shall be sent to any public agency or person in California that submits a written request to the joint powers authority. These reports shall be filed within 12 months after the end of the fiscal year or years under examination.

(e) Any costs of the audit, including contracts with, or employment of certified public accountants or public accountants, in making an audit pursuant to this section shall be borne by the agency or entity and shall be a charge against any unencumbered funds of the agency or entity available for the purpose.

(f) All agencies or entities may, by unanimous request of the governing body thereof, replace the annual special audit with an audit covering a two-year period.

(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section to the contrary, agencies or entities shall be exempt from the requirement of an annual audit if the financial statements are audited by the Controller to satisfy federal audit requirements.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 876, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1999.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text: The contracting parties to an agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall designate the public office or officers or person or persons who have charge of, handle, or have access to any property of the agency or entity and shall require such public officer or officers or person or persons to file an official bond in an amount to be fixed by the contracting parties.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 972.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text:
If a separate agency or entity is created by the agreement, the agreement shall designate the treasurer of one of the contracting parties, or in lieu thereof, the county treasurer of a county in which one of the contracting parties is situated, or a certified public accountant to be the depositary and have custody of all the money of the agency or entity, from whatever source.

The treasurer or certified public accountant so designated shall do all of the following:

(a) Receive and receipt for all money of the agency or entity and place it in the treasury of the treasurer so designated to the credit of the agency or entity.

(b) Be responsible, upon his or her official bond, for the safekeeping and disbursement of all agency or entity money so held by him or her.

(c) Pay, when due, out of money of the agency or entity held by him or her, all sums payable on outstanding bonds and coupons of the agency or entity.

(d) Pay any other sums due from the agency or entity from agency or entity money, or any portion thereof, only upon warrants of the public officer performing the functions of auditor or controller who has been designated by the agreement.

(e) Verify and report in writing on the first day of July, October, January, and April of each year to the agency or entity and to the contracting parties to the agreement the amount of money he or she holds for the agency or entity, the amount of receipts since his or her last report, and the amount paid out since his or her last report.

The officer performing the functions of auditor or controller shall be of the same public agency as the treasurer designated as depositary pursuant to this section. However, where a certified public accountant has been designated as treasurer of the entity, the auditor of one of the contracting parties or of a county in which one of the contracting parties is located shall be designated as auditor of the entity. The auditor shall draw warrants to pay demands against the agency or entity when the demands have been approved by any person authorized to so approve in the agreement creating the agency or entity.

The governing body of the same public entity as the treasurer and auditor specified pursuant to this section shall determine charges to be made against the agency or entity for the services of the treasurer and auditor. However, where a certified public accountant has been designated as treasurer, the governing body of the same public entity as the auditor specified pursuant to this section shall determine charges to be made against the agency or entity for the services of the auditor.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 83, Sec. 65. Effective January 1, 2000.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text:
In lieu of the designation of a treasurer and auditor as set forth in Section 6505.5, the agency or entity may appoint one of its officers or employees to either or both of such positions. Such offices may be held by separate officers or employees or combined and held by one officer or employee. Such person or persons shall comply with the duties and responsibilities of the office or offices as set forth in subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, of Section 6505.5.

In the event the agency or entity designates its officers or employees to fill the functions of treasurer or auditor, or both, pursuant to this section, such officers or employees shall cause an independent audit to be made by a certified public accountant, or public accountant, in compliance with Section 6505.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 276.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6506

text: The agency or entity provided by the agreement to administer or execute the agreement may be one or more of the parties to the agreement or a commission or board constituted pursuant to the agreement or a person, firm or corporation, including a nonprofit corporation, designated in the agreement. One or more of the parties may agree to provide all or a portion of the services to the other parties in the manner provided in the agreement. The parties may provide for the mutual exchange of services without payment of any consideration other than such services.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6507

text: For the purposes of this article, the agency is a public entity separate from the parties to the agreement.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 990.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6508

text:
The agency shall possess the common power specified in the agreement and may exercise it in the manner or according to the method provided in the agreement. If the agency is not one or more of the parties to the agreement but is a public entity, commission or board constituted pursuant to the agreement and such agency is authorized, in its own name, to do any or all of the following: to make and enter contracts, or to employ agents and employees, or to acquire, construct, manage, maintain or operate any building, works or improvements, or to acquire, hold or dispose of property or to incur debts, liabilities or obligations, said agency shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name. Any authorization pursuant to the agreement for the acquisition by the agency of property for the purposes of a project for the generation or transmission of electrical energy shall not include the condemnation of property owned or otherwise subject to use or control by any public utility within the state.

The governing body of any agency having the power to sue or be sued in its own name, created by an agreement entered into after the amendment to this section at the 1969 Regular Session of the Legislature, between parties composed exclusively of parties which are cities, counties, or public districts of this state, irrespective of whether all such parties fall within the same category, may as provided in such agreement, and in any ratio provided in the agreement, be composed exclusively of officials elected to one or more of the governing bodies of the parties to such agreement. Any existing agreement composed of parties which are cities, counties or public districts which creates a governing board of any agency having the power to sue or be sued may, at the option of the parties to the agreement, be amended to provide that the governing body of the created agency shall be composed exclusively of officials elected to one or more of the governing boards of the parties to such agreement in any ratio agreed to by the parties to the agreement. The governing body so created shall be empowered to delegate its functions to an advisory body or administrative entity for the purposes of program development, policy formulation, or program implementation, provided, however, that any annual budget of the agency to which the delegation is made must be approved by the governing body of the Joint Powers Agency.

In the event that such agency enters into further contracts, leases or other transactions with one or more of the parties to such agreement, an official elected to the governing body of such party may also act in the capacity of a member of the governing body of such agency.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 482.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text:
(a) If the agency is not one or more of the parties to the agreement but is a public entity, commission, or board constituted pursuant to the agreement, the debts, liabilities, and obligations of the agency shall be debts, liabilities, and obligations of the parties to the agreement, unless the agreement specifies otherwise. However, the parties to the agreement may not agree otherwise with respect to the retirement liabilities of the agency if the agency contracts with a public retirement system.

(b) For purposes of this section, “public retirement system” means any pension or retirement system of a public employer, including, but not limited to, an independent retirement plan offered by a public employer that the public employer participates in or offers to its employees for the purpose of providing retirement benefits, or a system of benefits for public employees that is governed by Section 401(a) of Title 26 of the United States Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 909, Sec. 2. (AB 1912) Effective January 1, 2019.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text:
(a) (1) Prior to filing a notice of termination pursuant to Section 20570 or 20571, or a decision by the governing body of an agency that does not contract with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System to dissolve or to cease the operations of the agency, member agencies of an agency established by agreement under this chapter that participates in, or contracts with, a public retirement system, shall mutually agree as to the apportionment of the agency’s retirement obligations among themselves, provided that the agreement equals 100 percent of the retirement liability of the agency. A copy of this mutual agreement, signed by all parties thereto, shall be provided to the board, which shall be reflected in the agreement with the board. If the member agencies are unable to mutually agree, the board shall apportion the retirement liability of the agency to each member agency based on the share of service received from the agency, or population of each member agency, such that the apportionment equals 100 percent of the retirement liability of the agency, which shall be reflected in the agreement with the board.

(2) A member agency may challenge the determination by the board to apportion the retirement liability of the agency within 30 calendar days of the determination. However, a member, or a former member, that is not identified by the board pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be permitted to challenge a determination by the board.

(A) A challenge pursuant to this paragraph shall be referred by the member agency or agencies that challenge a determination by the board to an arbitrator who shall, at the arbitrator’s discretion, apportion the liability among the current and former member agencies such that the apportionment equals 100 percent of the retirement liability of the agency. The arbitrator shall make a decision as to the apportionment of liability no later than 60 calendar days following referral of a challenge.

(B) The final decision by the arbitrator shall be binding on all current and former member agencies, and all costs of arbitration shall be equally shared among the member agencies that are identified by the arbitrator to share in the apportioned liability. The arbitrator shall submit an official copy of their final decision to the board within seven calendar days of the decision.

(b) An agency shall not be permitted to terminate pursuant to Section 20570 or 20571, nor shall a decision by the governing body of an agency that does not contract with the California Public Employees’ Retirement System to dissolve or cease to operate, become effective until a final determination or decision, pursuant to paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), is final.

(c) Upon notice by the board of a potential termination pursuant to Section 20572, an agency established by agreement under this chapter shall, within 60 calendar days, provide to the board a copy of an agreement, signed by all parties thereto, that sets forth the apportionment of 100 percent of the retirement obligations of the agency. If the agency does not timely provide a copy of the mutual agreement, the board shall in its sole discretion apportion the retirement liability of the agency among the current or former member agencies, such that the apportionment equals 100 percent of the retirement liability of the agency.

(1) A member agency may challenge the determination by the board to apportion the retirement liability of the agency within 30 calendar days of the determination. However, a member, or a former member, that is not identified by the board pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be permitted to challenge a determination by the board.

(2) A challenge pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be referred by the member agency or agencies that challenge a determination by the board to an arbitrator who shall, at the arbitrator’s discretion, apportion the liability among the current and former member agencies such that the apportionment equals 100 percent of the retirement liability of the agency.

(3) The arbitrator shall make a decision as to the apportionment of liability no later than 60 calendar days following referral of a challenge and shall submit an official copy of their final decision to the board within seven calendar days of the decision. The final decision by the arbitrator shall be binding on all current and former member agencies, and all costs of arbitration shall be equally shared among the member agencies that are identified by the arbitrator to share in the apportioned liability. The board may take action to terminate the agency’s contract no earlier than 30 calendar days following the final decision by the arbitrator.

(d) Mutual agreement among the member agencies, or a determination by the board, as to the apportionment of the retirement liability of the agency pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), or a decision by the arbitrator pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), may include the apportionment of retirement liability to a former member of the agency.

(e) This section shall apply retroactively to current and former member agencies of an agency that has an agreement in existence with the board as of January 1, 2019. In addition, this section shall apply to a new agreement between an agency and the board on or after January 1, 2019. However, this section shall not apply to an agency established pursuant to this chapter that has dissolved prior to January 1, 2019.

(f) For purposes of this section, “board” means the board of any pension or retirement system of a public employer, including, but not limited to, an independent retirement plan offered by a public employer that the public employer participates in or offers to its employees for the purpose of providing retirement benefits, or a system of benefits for public employees that is governed by Section 401(a) of Title 26 of the United States Code.

(g) Notwithstanding any other law, if a judgment is rendered against an agency or a party to the agreement for a breach to its obligations to the public retirement system, the time within which a claim for injury may be presented or an action commenced against any other party that is subject to the liability determined by the judgment begins to run when the judgment is rendered.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 330, Sec. 1. (SB 782) Effective January 1, 2020.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6509

text: Such power is subject to the restrictions upon the manner of exercising the power of one of the contracting parties, which party shall be designated by the agreement.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 84.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text:
Any separate agency or entity created pursuant to this chapter shall have the power to invest any money in the treasury pursuant to Section 6505.5 that is not required for the immediate necessities of the agency or entity, as the agency or entity determines is advisable, in the same manner and upon the same conditions as local agencies pursuant to Section 53601 of the Government Code.

If a nonprofit corporation is designated by the agreement to administer or execute the agreement for the parties to the agreement, it shall invest any moneys held for disbursement on behalf of the parties in the same manner and upon the same conditions as local agencies pursuant to Section 53601.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text: Notwithstanding any other law, a joint powers authority created pursuant to this chapter may purchase or acquire, by sale, assignment, pledge, or other transfer from a local agency, and any local agency may sell, assign, pledge, or transfer to a joint powers authority any or all of that local agency’s right, title, and interest in and to an assessment contract authorized by Chapter 29 (commencing with Section 5898.10) of Part 3 of Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code, including any related lien, right, subsidy, or other right and receivable, and the enforcement and collection thereof, pursuant to any terms and conditions agreed to between the joint powers authority and the local agency.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 583, Sec. 2. (AB 1873) Effective January 1, 2011.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, two or more public agencies that have the authority to invest funds in their treasuries may, by agreement, jointly exercise that common power. Funds invested pursuant to an agreement entered into under this section may be invested in securities and obligations as described by subdivision (p) of Section 53601. A joint powers authority formed pursuant to this section may issue shares of beneficial interest to participating public agencies. Each share shall represent an equal proportionate interest in the underlying pool of securities owned by the joint powers authority. To be eligible under this section, the joint powers authority issuing the shares of beneficial interest shall have retained an investment adviser that meets all of the following criteria:

(1) The adviser is registered or exempt from registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(2) The adviser has not less than five years of experience investing in the securities and obligations authorized in subdivisions (a) to (o), inclusive, of Section 53601.

(3) The adviser has assets under management in excess of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000).

(b) As used in this section, “public agency” includes a nonprofit corporation whose membership is confined to public agencies or public officials, in addition to those agencies listed in Section 6500.

(c) A joint powers authority formed pursuant to this section is authorized to establish the terms and conditions pursuant to which agencies may participate and invest in pool shares. Consistent with its status as a public agency as provided under Section 6500, a federally recognized Indian tribe is eligible to participate in a joint powers authority formed under this section or otherwise invest in pool shares consistent with the terms and conditions established by the joint powers authority.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 235, Sec. 1. (SB 998) Effective January 1, 2021.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6510

text: The agreement may be continued for a definite term or until rescinded or terminated. The agreement may provide for the method by which it may be rescinded or terminated by any party.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6511

text: The agreement shall provide for the disposition, division, or distribution of any property acquired as the result of the joint exercise of powers.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6512

text: The agreement shall provide that after the completion of its purpose, any surplus money on hand shall be returned in proportion to the contributions made.

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text: If the purpose set forth in the agreement is the acquisition, construction or operation of a revenue-producing facility, the agreement may provide (a) for the repayment or return to the parties of all or any part of any contributions, payments or advances made by the parties pursuant to Section 6504 and (b) for payment to the parties of any sum or sums derived from the revenues of said facilities. Payments, repayments or returns pursuant to this section shall be made at the time and in the manner specified in the agreement and may be made at any time on or prior to the rescission or termination of the agreement or the completion of the purpose of the agreement.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 942.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text: If the purpose set forth in the agreement is to pool the self-insurance claims of two or more local public entities, the agreement may provide that termination by any party to the agreement shall not be construed as a completion of the purpose of the agreement and shall not require the repayment or return to the parties of all or any part of any contributions, payments, or advances made by the parties until the agreement is rescinded or terminated as to all parties. If the purpose set forth in the agreement is to pool the self-insurance claims of two or more local public entities, it shall not be considered an agreement for the purposes of Section 895.2, provided that the agency responsible for carrying out the agreement is a member of the pool and the pool purchases insurance or reinsurance to cover the activities of that agency in carrying out the purposes of the agreement. The agreement may provide that after the completion of its purpose, any surplus money remaining in the pool shall be returned in proportion to the contributions made and the claims or losses paid.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 38, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6513

text: All of the privileges and immunities from liability, exemptions from laws, ordinances and rules, all pension, relief, disability, workmen’s compensation, and other benefits which apply to the activity of officers, agents or employees of any such public agency when performing their respective functions within the territorial limits of their respective public agencies, shall apply to them to the same degree and extent while engaged in the performance of any of their functions and duties extraterritorially under the provisions of this article.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 560.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6514

text: A state department or agency concerned with the provisions of services or facilities to persons with intellectual disabilities and their families may enter into agreements under this chapter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 457, Sec. 14. (SB 1381) Effective January 1, 2013.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text: Any public agency may enter into agreements with other state agencies pursuant to the provisions of Section 11256.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 729, Sec. 1.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6515

text:
In addition to other powers, any agency, commission or board provided for by a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of this chapter between an irrigation district and a city, if such entity has the power to acquire, construct, maintain or operate systems, plants, buildings, works and other facilities and property for the supplying of water for domestic, irrigation, sanitation, industrial, fire protection, recreation or any other public or private uses, may issue revenue bonds pursuant to the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (commencing with Section 54300) to pay the cost and expenses of acquiring, constructing, improving and financing a project for any or all of such purposes.

Upon the entity adopting the resolution referred to in Article 3 (commencing with Section 54380) the irrigation district and the city shall implement the same by each conducting the election in its own territory. The proposition authorizing the bonds shall be deemed adopted if it receives the affirmative vote of a majority of all the voters voting on the proposition within the entity.

The provisions of this section shall be of no further force and effect after December 31, 1973, unless the entity is unable to accomplish the purpose of this section by reason of litigation, in which case this section shall continue to be effective until the final determination of such litigation and for one year thereafter.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1603. Inoperative on January 1, 1974, or later date prescribed by its own provisions.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6516

text:
Public agencies conducting agricultural, livestock, industrial, cultural, or other types of fairs or exhibitions may enter into a joint powers agreement to form an insurance pooling arrangement for the payment of workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, tort liability, public liability, or other losses incurred by those agencies. An insurance and risk pooling arrangement formed in accordance with a joint powers agreement pursuant to this section is not subject to Section 11007.7 of the Government Code. The Department of Food and Agriculture may enter into such a joint powers agreement for the California Exposition and State Fair, district agricultural associations, or citrus fruit fairs, and the department shall have authority to contract with the California Exposition and State Fair, district agricultural associations, or citrus fruit fairs with respect to such a joint powers agreement entered into on behalf of the California Exposition and State Fair, district agricultural association, or citrus fruit fair. Any county contracting with a nonprofit corporation to conduct a fair pursuant to Sections 25905 and 25906 of the Government Code may enter into such a joint powers agreement for a fair conducted by the nonprofit corporation, and shall have authority to contract with a nonprofit corporation with respect to such a joint powers agreement entered into on behalf of the fair of the nonprofit corporation.

Any county contracting with a nonprofit corporation to conduct a fair shall assume all workers’ compensation and liability obligations accrued prior to the dissolution or nonrenewal of the nonprofit corporation’s contract with the county.

Any public entity entering into a joint powers agreement under this section shall establish or maintain a reserve fund to be used to pay losses incurred under the agreement. The reserve fund shall contain sufficient moneys to maintain the fund on an actuarially sound basis.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 373, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a joint powers agency established in Orange County pursuant to a joint powers agreement in accordance with this chapter may issue bonds pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 6540) of this chapter or Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) of this chapter, in order to purchase obligations of local agencies or make loans to local agencies, which moneys the local agencies are hereby authorized to borrow, to finance the local agencies’ unfunded actuarial pension liability or to purchase, or to make loans to finance the purchase of, any obligations arising out of any delinquent assessments or taxes levied on the secured roll by the local agencies, the county, or any other political subdivision of the state. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including Section 53854 or subdivision (d) of Section 4705 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the joint powers agency bonds and the local agency obligations or loans, if any, shall be repaid in the time, manner and amounts, with interest, security, and other terms as agreed to by the county or the local agency and the joint powers authority.

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

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a joint powers agency provided for by a joint powers agreement pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of this chapter may create risk pooling arrangements for the payment of general liability losses incurred by participants and exhibitors in fair sponsored programs and special events users of fair facilities, provided that the aggregate payments made under each program shall not exceed the amount available in the pool established for that program.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 507, Sec. 1.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a joint powers agency established pursuant to a joint powers agreement in accordance with this chapter may issue bonds pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 6540) or Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584), in order to purchase obligations of local agencies or make loans to local agencies, which moneys the local agencies are hereby authorized to borrow, to finance the local agencies’ unfunded actuarial pension liability or to purchase, or to make loans to finance the purchase of, delinquent assessments or taxes levied on the secured roll by the local agencies, the county, or any other political subdivision of the state. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including Section 53854, the local agency obligations or loans, if any, shall be repaid in the time, manner and amounts, with interest, security, and other terms as agreed to by the local agency and the joint powers authority.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a joint powers authority established pursuant to a joint powers agreement in accordance with this chapter may issue bonds pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 6540) or Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584), in order to purchase or acquire, by sale, assignment, pledge, or other transfer, any or all right, title, and interest of any local agency in and to the enforcement and collection of delinquent and uncollected property taxes, assessments, and other receivables that have been levied by or on behalf of the local agency and placed for collection on the secured, unsecured, or supplemental property tax rolls. Local agencies, including, cities, counties, cities and counties, school districts, redevelopment agencies, and all other special districts that are authorized by law to levy property taxes on the county tax rolls, are hereby authorized to sell, assign, pledge, or otherwise transfer to a joint powers authority any or all of their right, title, and interest in and to the enforcement and collection of delinquent and uncollected property taxes, assessments, and other receivables that have been levied by or on behalf of the local agency for collection on the secured, unsecured, or supplemental property tax rolls in accordance with the terms and conditions that may be set forth in an agreement with a joint powers authority.

(c) Notwithstanding Division 1 (commencing with Section 50) of the Revenue and Taxation Code, upon any transfer authorized in subdivision (b), the following shall apply:

(1) A local agency shall be entitled to timely payment of all delinquent taxes, assessments, and other receivables collected on its behalf on the secured, unsecured, and supplemental tax rolls, along with all penalties, interest, costs, and other charges thereon, no later than 30 calendar days after the close of the preceding monthly or four-week accounting period during which the delinquencies were paid by or on account of any property owner.

(2) Upon its receipt of the delinquent taxes, assessments, and receivables that it had agreed to be transferred, a local agency shall pay those amounts, along with all applicable penalties, interest, costs, and other charges, to the joint powers authority in accordance with the terms and conditions that may be agreed to by the local agency and the joint powers authority.

(3) The joint powers authority shall be entitled to assert all right, title, and interest of the local agency in the enforcement and collection of the delinquent taxes, assessments, and receivables, including without limitation, its lien priority, its right to receive the proceeds of delinquent taxes, assessments, and receivables, and its right to receive all penalties, interest, administrative costs, and any other charges, including attorney fees and costs, if otherwise authorized by law to be collected by the local agency.

(4) (A) For any school district that participates in a joint powers authority using financing authorized by this section and that does not participate in the alternative method of distribution of tax levies under Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Part 8 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the amount of property tax receipts to be reported in a fiscal year for the district under subdivision (f) of Section 75.70 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or any other similar law requiring reporting of school district property tax receipts, shall be equal to 100 percent of the school district’s allocable share of the taxes distributed to it for the then fiscal year, plus 100 percent of the school district’s share of any delinquent secured and supplemental property taxes assigned from that year and 100 percent of its share of any delinquent secured and supplemental property taxes from any prior years which the school district has assigned to a joint powers authority in that fiscal year, as such delinquent taxes are shown on the delinquent tax roll prescribed by Section 2627 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, on an abstract list if one is kept pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4372) of Part 7 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or other records maintained by the county, plus all other delinquent taxes that the school district has not assigned to a joint powers authority which are collected and distributed to the school district as otherwise provided by law, less any reduction amount required by subparagraph (B). One hundred percent of the school district’s allocable share of the delinquent taxes assigned for the current fiscal year, and 100 percent of the school district’s allocable share of the delinquent taxes assigned for all years prior thereto, as shown on the delinquent roll, abstract list, or other records maintained by the county, whether or not those delinquent taxes are ever collected, shall be paid by the joint powers authority to the county auditor and shall be distributed to the school district by the county auditor in the same time and manner otherwise specified for the distribution of tax revenues generally to school districts pursuant to current law. Any additional amounts shall not be so reported and may be provided directly to a school district by a joint powers authority.

(B) When a joint powers authority finances delinquent taxes for a school district pursuant to this section, and continuing as long as adjustments are made to the delinquent taxes previously assigned to a joint powers authority, the school district’s tax receipts to be reported as set forth in subparagraph (A) shall be reduced by the amount of any adjustments made to the school district’s allocable share of taxes shown on the applicable delinquent tax roll, abstract list, if one is kept, or other records maintained by the county, occurring for any reason whatsoever other than redemption, which reduce the amount of the delinquent taxes assigned to the joint powers authority.

(C) A joint powers authority financing delinquent school district taxes and related penalties pursuant to this subdivision shall be solely responsible for, and shall pay directly to the county, all reasonable and identifiable administrative costs and expenses of the county which are incurred as a direct result of the compliance of the county tax collector or county auditor, or both, with any new or additional administrative procedures required for the county to comply with this subdivision. Where reasonably possible, the county shall provide a joint powers authority with an estimate of the amount of and basis for any additional administrative costs and expenses within a reasonable time after written request for an estimate.

(D) In no event shall the state be responsible or liable for a joint powers authority’s failure to actually pay the amounts required by subparagraphs (A) and (B), nor shall a failure constitute a basis for a claim against the state by a school district, county, or joint powers authority.

(E) The phrase “school district,” as used in this section, includes all school districts of every kind or class, including, without limitation, community college districts and county superintendents of school.

(d) The powers conferred by this section upon joint powers authorities and local agencies shall be complete, additional, and cumulative to all other powers conferred upon them by law. Except as otherwise required by this section, the agreements authorized by this section need not comply with the requirements of any other laws applicable to the same subject matter.

(e) An action to determine the validity of any bonds issued, any joint powers agreements entered into, any related agreements, including, without limitation, any bond indenture or any agreements relating to the sale, assignment, or pledge entered into by a joint powers authority or a local agency, the priority of any lien transferred in accordance with this section, and the respective rights and obligations of any joint powers authority and any party with whom the joint powers authority may contract pursuant to this chapter, may be brought by the joint powers authority pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Any appeal from a judgment in the action shall be commenced within 30 days after entry of judgment.

(f) This section shall not be construed to affect the manner in which an agency participates in or withdraws from the alternative distribution method established by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 4701) of Part 8 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(g) Notwithstanding any other law, on and after January 1, 2007, a joint powers authority shall not purchase or acquire, and an Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund shall not sell, assign, pledge, or otherwise transfer to a joint powers authority, the right, title, or interest of an Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund in the enforcement and collection of delinquent and uncollected property tax revenues, assessments, or other receivables placed for collection on the secured, unsecured, or supplemental rolls.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 366, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text:
One or more public agencies and one or more private entities that provide child care or operate child day care facilities, as defined in Section 1596.750 of the Health and Safety Code, may enter into a joint powers agreement to form an insurance pooling arrangement for the payment of unemployment compensation or tort liability losses incurred by these public and private entities.

A joint powers agency or entity formed pursuant to this section may not elect to finance unemployment insurance coverage under Article 5 (commencing with Section 801) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Unemployment Insurance Code unless each member entity individually satisfies the requirements set forth in Section 801 or 802 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.

Either a public agency or private entity entering into a joint powers agreement under this section shall establish or maintain a reserve fund to be used to pay losses incurred under the agreement. The reserve fund shall contain sufficient moneys to maintain the fund on an actuarially sound basis.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 6516.5 (as added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1316) by Stats. 1993, Ch. 726, Sec. 14. Effective October 4, 1993.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text: Any two or more harbor agencies may establish a joint powers authority pursuant to Part 1 (commencing with Section 1690) of Division 6 of the Harbors and Navigation Code.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 6516.5 (as added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1235) by Stats. 1994, Ch. 146, Sec. 64. Effective January 1, 1995.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a joint powers agency or entity provided for by a joint powers agreement pursuant to this article, the members of which may conduct agricultural, livestock, industrial, cultural, or other types of fairs and exhibitions, or educational programs and activities, may establish and administer risk pooling arrangements for the payment of liability losses, workers’ compensation losses, and other types of losses incurred by members of the joint powers agency or entity and by nonprofit corporations conducting or benefiting agricultural, livestock, industrial, cultural, or other types of fairs and exhibitions, or educational programs and activities, and by members of the joint powers agency or entity and by nonprofit corporations or auxiliary organizations operating facilities, programs, or events at public schools, the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California. For purposes of this section, one or more public agencies and one or more nonprofit corporations or auxiliary organizations operating facilities, programs, or events at public schools, the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California may enter into a joint powers agreement. The joint powers agency or entity may provide the nonprofit corporations with any services or nonrisk pooling programs provided to the agency’s or entity’s members. Aggregate payments made under each risk pooling arrangement shall not exceed the amount available in the pool established for that arrangement. The joint powers agency or entity may establish and administer as many separate risk pooling arrangements as it deems desirable. A liability risk pooling arrangement established pursuant to this section also may provide for the payment of losses incurred by special events users, lessees, and licensees of facilities operated by nonprofit corporations, auxiliary organizations, public schools, the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California and for the payment of losses incurred by employees, participants and exhibitors in programs sponsored by those entities.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 202, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6517

text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Department of General Services may enter into a joint powers agreement with any other public agency for the purpose of creating an agency or entity to finance the acquisition of land and the design and construction of state office buildings and parking facilities thereon. The joint powers agency or entity shall have the power to acquire land and construct office and parking facilities and to issue revenue bonds for these purposes.

(b) The department may lease state property to, and enter into a lease-purchase agreement with, the joint powers agency or entity on behalf of the State of California for terms not exceeding 50 years. The lease may contain any other terms and conditions which the Director of the Department of General Services determines to be in the best interests of the state.

(c) Any joint powers agreement and any agreement between the state and any joint powers agency or entity created pursuant to this section shall be submitted to the Legislature for approval through the budgetary process before execution.

(d) This section shall not apply to or in any way limit the powers of any authority authorized under Section 8169.4.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 102, Sec. 45. Effective June 28, 1981.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles may advance funds, not to exceed four million dollars ($4,000,000), to the Department of General Services and the Los Angeles State Office Building Authority to complete plans and prepare bid specifications and related documents for a proposed state office building to be located in the City of Los Angeles between Spring Street, Main Street, Third Avenue, and Fourth Street, subject to the requirements of this section.

(b) The department or the authority shall make a determination on whether to proceed with construction of the state office building by June 30, 1987.

(c) If the department or the authority determines not to proceed with construction of the state office building, the department shall reimburse the agency by December 31, 1987, from the Special Fund for Capital Outlay, for any and all funds advanced by the agency to the department or to the authority for completing plans, preparing bid documents, and taking other actions, including the employment of legal counsel, relating to the design development phase, construction document phase, and bidding phase for the state office building.

(d) If the department or the authority determines to proceed with construction of the state office building, the agency shall be reimbursed for any and all funds advanced by the agency from the bond proceeds or from other financing available for construction of the state office building.

(e) The authority may acquire, own, construct, and operate parking facilities to serve the state office building, as the authority may deem to be in the best interests of the people of the State of California.

(f) The department and the agency may amend the authority agreement to provide for longer terms of office and to remove the restrictions on the number of terms for the members of the governing board of the authority, as the department and agency may deem appropriate.

(g) As used in this section, “funds advanced by the agency” means the principal amount of the agency’s advance.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1302, Sec. 1.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text:
(a) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the Department of General Services may enter into a joint powers agreement with any other public agency to finance the acquisition of real property authorized by Section 14015 and all costs incidental or related thereto. The joint powers agency or entity shall have the power to acquire office and parking facilities and to issue certificates of participation as determined by the Treasurer in accordance with Section 14015.

(2) Upon the request of the department, the Treasurer is hereby further authorized to serve as treasurer of the joint powers agency established pursuant to this section and to serve as trustee or fiscal agent for the certificates of participation.

(3) The department may lease property from, and enter into an agreement with, the joint powers agency or entity created pursuant to subdivision (a) to purchase real property and improvements thereon on behalf of the state for terms not exceeding 25 years.

(4) The department shall provide the Legislature with a 30-day notification of intent to advertise for proposals pursuant to this section. The department shall further provide the Legislature and the California Transportation Commission with notification of intent to acquire the real property 30 days prior to the acquisition.

(b) Following the acquisition and occupation of the real property being acquired, the Department of Transportation shall sell or cause to be sold the exisiting office building located at 150 Oak Street in the City and County of San Francisco. The proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund to be used to reduce the amount to finance the acquired facility.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1472, Sec. 2. Effective September 28, 1988.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6518

text:
(a) A joint powers agency, without being subject to any limitations of any party to the joint powers agreement pursuant to Section 6509, may also finance or refinance the acquisition or transfer of transit equipment or transfer federal income tax benefits with respect to any transit equipment by executing agreements, leases, purchase agreements, and equipment trust certificates in the forms customarily used by a private corporation engaged in the transit business to effect purchases of transit equipment, and dispose of the equipment trust certificates by negotiation or public sale upon terms and conditions authorized by the parties to the agreement. Payment for transit equipment, or rentals therefor, may be made in installments, and the deferred installments may be evidenced by equipment trust certificates payable from any source or sources of funds specified in the equipment trust certificates that are authorized by the parties to the agreement. Title to the transit equipment shall not vest in the joint powers agency until the equipment trust certificates are paid.

(b) An agency that finances or refinances transit equipment or transfers federal income tax benefits with respect to transit equipment under subdivision (a) may provide in the agreement to purchase or lease transit equipment any of the following:

(1) A direction that the vendor or lessor shall sell and assign or lease the transit equipment to a bank or trust company, duly authorized to transact business in the state as trustee, for the benefit and security of the equipment trust certificates.

(2) A direction that the trustee shall deliver the transit equipment to one or more designated officers of the entity.

(3) An authorization for the joint powers agency to execute and deliver simultaneously therewith an installment purchase agreement or a lease of equipment to the joint powers agency.

(c) An agency that finances or refinances transit equipment or transfers federal income tax benefits with respect to transit equipment under subdivision (a) shall do all of the following:

(1) Have each agreement or lease duly acknowledged before a person authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds and be acknowledged in the form required for acknowledgment of deeds.

(2) Have each agreement, lease, or equipment trust certificate authorized by resolution of the joint powers agency.

(3) Include in each agreement, lease, or equipment trust certificate any covenants, conditions, or provisions that may be deemed necessary or appropriate to ensure the payment of the equipment trust certificate from legally available sources of funds, as specified in the equipment trust certificates.

(4) Provide that the covenants, conditions, and provisions of an agreement, lease, or equipment trust certificate do not conflict with any of the provisions of any trust agreement securing the payment of any bond, note, or certificate of the joint powers agency.

(5) File an executed copy of each agreement, lease, or equipment trust certificate in the office of the Secretary of State, and pay the fee, as set forth in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 12195 of the Government Code, for each copy filed.

(d) The Secretary of State may charge a fee for the filing of an agreement, lease, or equipment trust certificate under this section. The agreement, lease, or equipment trust certificate shall be accepted for filing only if it expressly states thereon in an appropriate manner that it is filed under this section. The filing constitutes notice of the agreement, lease, or equipment trust certificate to any subsequent judgment creditor or any subsequent purchaser.

(e) Each vehicle purchased or leased under this section shall have the name of the owner or lessor plainly marked on both sides thereof followed by the appropriate words “Owner and Lessor” or “Owner and Vendor,” as the case may be.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1000, Sec. 42. Effective January 1, 2000.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6519

text:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State of California does hereby pledge to, and agree with, the holders of bonds issued by any agency or entity created by a joint exercise of powers agreement by and among two or more cities, counties, or cities and counties, that the state will not change the composition of the issuing agency or entity unless such change in composition is authorized by a majority vote of the legislative body of each such city, county, or city and county, or by a majority vote of the qualified electors of each such city, county, or city and county.

“Change in composition,” as used in this section, means the addition of any public agency or person to any agency or entity created by a joint exercise of powers agreement pursuant to this chapter, the deletion of any public agency from any such joint powers agency or entity, or the addition to, or deletion from, the governing body of any such joint powers agency, or entity of any public official of any member public agency or other public agency, or any other person.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 170, Sec. 1.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the Board of Supervisors of Siskiyou County and the city councils of the cities within Siskiyou County may create, by joint powers agreement, the Collier Interpretive and Information Center Agency to construct, improve, finance, lease, maintain, and operate the Randolph E. Collier Safety Roadside Rest Area as an information and safety rest facility and to expand the use of the site into a cultural, tourist, river fisheries, water, natural resource, and aquatic habitat interpretive center.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 1993.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6522

text: Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any state department or agency entering into a joint powers agreement with a federal, county, or city government or agency or public district in order to create a joint powers agency, shall ensure that the participation goals specified in Section 16850 and Section 10115 of the Public Contract Code and in Article 6 (commencing with Section 999) of Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code become a part of the agreement, and shall apply to contracts executed by the joint powers agency.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1214, Sec. 1.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6523

text:
(a) The West Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, a joint powers entity that is created pursuant to an agreement entered into, in accordance with this article, by the City of West Sacramento, Reclamation District No. 537, and Reclamation District No. 900 is granted the authority to accomplish the purposes and projects necessary to achieve and maintain at least a 200-year level of flood protection, and may exercise the authority granted to reclamation districts under Part 7 (commencing with Section 51200) and Part 8 (commencing with Section 52100) of Division 15 of the Water Code for the purposes of Sections 12670.2, 12670.3, and 12670.4 of the Water Code.

(b) Prior to January 1, 2009, the agency may create indebtedness and thereafter continue to levy special assessments to repay that indebtedness for the purposes described in subdivision (a), pursuant to any of the following provisions:

(1) The Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Streets and Highways Code).

(2) The Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Division 12 (commencing with Section 1000) of the Streets and Highways Code).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 553, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Selma Community Hospital, a private, nonprofit hospital in Fresno County, may enter into a joint powers agreement with one or more of the following public agencies:

(1) The Alta Hospital District.

(2) The Kingsburg Hospital District.

(3) The Sierra-Kings Hospital District.

(b) The joint powers authority created pursuant to subdivision (a) may perform only the following functions:

(1) Engage in joint planning for health care services.

(2) Allocate health care services among the different facilities operated by the hospitals.

(3) Engage in joint purchasing, joint development, and joint ownership of health care delivery and financing programs.

(4) Consolidate or eliminate duplicative administrative, clinical, and medical services.

(5) Engage in joint contracting and negotiations with health plans.

(6) Take cooperative actions in order to provide for the health care needs of the residents of the communities they serve.

(c) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any power to any nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. Nothing in this section shall permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section.

(e) Nothing in this section shall authorize activities that corporations and other artificial legal entities are prohibited from conducting by Section 2400 of the Business and Professions Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 55, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of Contra Costa may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of Tulare may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500.

(b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any power to any nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. Nothing in this section shall permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of Kings may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500.

(b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any power to any nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. Nothing in this section shall permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a nonprofit hospital in the County of Tuolumne may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500.

(b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority.

(c) The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any power to any nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. Nothing in this section shall permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 227, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a nonprofit hospital in the County of San Diego may enter into a joint powers agreement with any public agency, as defined in Section 6500.

(b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority.

(c) The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any power to any nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. Nothing in this section shall permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 6523.75 by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2001.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of El Dorado may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500.

(b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes.

(c) This section shall not be construed to grant any power to a nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. This section shall not permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 124, Sec. 1. (AB 545) Effective January 1, 2018.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of Santa Barbara may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency, as defined in Section 6500.

(b) Nonprofit hospitals and public agencies participating in a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not reduce or eliminate any emergency services, as a result of that agreement, following the creation of the joint powers authority without a public hearing by the authority. The joint powers authority shall provide public notice of the hearing to the communities served by the authority not less than 14 days prior to the hearing and the notice shall contain a description of the proposed reductions or changes.

(c) This section shall not be construed to grant any power to a nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment. This section shall not permit any entity, other than a nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 706, Sec. 1. (AB 653) Effective January 1, 2019.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6524

text: Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit children’s hospital in a county of the third class may enter into a joint powers agreement with any public agency, as defined in Section 6500.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 212, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6525

text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a mutual water company may enter into a joint powers agreement with any public agency for the purpose of jointly exercising any power common to the contracting parties.

(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a mutual water company and a public agency, or a water corporation, a mutual water company, and one or more public agencies, may enter into a joint powers agreement for the purpose of risk pooling in accordance with Section 990.8, provided that the agreement shall ensure that no participating public agency becomes responsible for the underlying debts or liabilities of the joint powers agency, and shall indemnify any participating public agency against those debts and liabilities.

(2) A joint powers agency established pursuant to this subdivision shall solely utilize any revenues it generates through the insurance provided to its members under this section for its necessary operating expenses, and to provide technical support, continuing education, safety engineering, and operational and managerial advisory assistance to its members for the purpose of reducing risk liabilities and furthering the technical managerial and financial capacity of those members.

(3) (A) A water corporation shall not enter into a joint powers agreement for the purpose of risk pooling in accordance with Section 990.8, unless a mutual water company is already a party to that agreement and the joint powers agency is eligible, pursuant to subparagraph (B).

(B) An eligible joint powers agency shall be 100 percent reinsured with no joint and several liability, no assessments, and no financial liability attributable to the participating members irrespective of whether they are public, nonprofit, or for-profit agencies.

(4) A joint powers agency created pursuant to this subdivision that includes a water corporation shall not join any other joint powers agencies or public agencies or exercise any powers, except as described in this subdivision.

(5) (A) Before a water corporation can enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to this subdivision, the water corporation shall submit an information filing to the Public Utilities Commission that includes three years of historical insurance costs and current-year estimated insurance costs.

(B) The Public Utilities Commission shall not allow a water corporation to join a joint powers agency for insurance coverage if there are no greater benefits to the customers of the water corporation than are provided by the water corporation’s current insurance policy.

(6) If a water corporation enters into a joint powers agreement pursuant to this subdivision, the water corporation shall ensure any cost savings or expansion of insurance coverage attributable to its membership in the joint powers agency shall be used solely to reduce rates, improve service, or both, for California customers of the water corporation.

(7) If a water corporation enters into a joint powers agreement pursuant to this subdivision, the water corporation shall submit an annual information filing to the Public Utilities Commission and the joint powers agency that reports both of the following:

(A) The estimated level of savings resulting from its membership in the joint powers agency, including three years of historical insurance costs, estimated current-year insurance costs resulting from membership in the joint powers agency, and estimated current-year costs for obtaining comparable coverage on the private insurance market, if available.

(B) How the savings described in subparagraph (A) was used to benefit customers of the water corporation.

(c) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Mutual water company” has the same meaning as defined in Section 14300 of the Corporations Code.

(2) “Water corporation” has the same meaning as defined in Section 241 of the Public Utilities Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 151, Sec. 2. (AB 428) Effective January 1, 2026.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6526

text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any public agency that is a member of the South East Regional Reclamation Authority, the Aliso Water Management Agency, the South Orange County Reclamation Authority, or the San Juan Basin Authority may exercise any power granted to those entities by any of the joint powers agreements creating those entities, whether or not that public agency is a signatory to any of these joint powers agreements granting that power or is otherwise authorized by law to exercise that power, for the purpose of promoting efficiency in the administration of these joint powers entities.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 6524 (as added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 230) by Stats. 1995, Ch. 91, Sec. 44. Effective January 1, 1996.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6527

text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where two or more health care districts have joined together to pool their self-insurance claims or losses, a nonprofit corporation that provides health care services that may be carried out by a health care district may participate in the pool, provided that its participation in an existing joint powers agreement, as authorized by this section, shall be permitted only after the public agency members, or public agency representatives on the governing body of the joint powers entity make a finding, at a public meeting, that the agreement provides both of the following:

(1) The primary activities conducted under the joint powers agreement will be substantially related to and in furtherance of the governmental purposes of the public agency.

(2) The public agency participants will maintain control over the activities conducted under the joint powers agreement through public agency control over governance, management, or ownership of the joint powers authority.

(b) Any public agency or private entity entering into a joint powers agreement under this section shall establish or maintain a reserve fund to be used to pay losses incurred under the agreement. The reserve fund shall contain sufficient moneys to maintain the fund on an actuarially sound basis.

(c) In any risk pooling arrangement created under this section, the aggregate payments made under each program shall not exceed the amount available in the pool established for that program.

(d) A public meeting shall be held prior to the dissolution or termination of any enterprise operating under this section to consider the disposition, division, or distribution of any property acquired as a result of exercise of the joint exercise of powers.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to do any of the following:

(1) Relieve a public benefit corporation that is a health facility from charitable trust obligations.

(2) Exempt a public benefit corporation that is a health facility from existing law governing joint ventures, or the sale, transfer, lease, exchange, option, conveyance, or other disposition of assets.

(3) Grant any power to any private, nonprofit hospital that participates in an agreement authorized under this section to levy any tax or assessment.

(4) Permit any entity, other than a private, nonprofit hospital corporation or a public agency, to participate as a party to an agreement authorized under this section.

(5) Permit an agency or entity created pursuant to a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to this section to act in a manner inconsistent with the laws that apply to public agencies, including, but not limited to, the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000)), the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5), and the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000)).

(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Self-Insurers’ Security Fund established pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 3740) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code shall owe no duties or obligations to any entity that participates as a party to an agreement authorized pursuant to this section, or to its employees, and shall not be required, under any circumstances, to assume the workers’ compensation liabilities of this entity if it becomes insolvent or otherwise unable to pay those liabilities.

(g) For purposes of this section, “self-insurance claims or losses” includes, but is not limited to, claims or losses incurred pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 3700) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 145. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6528

text: A charter school, including a charter school organized pursuant to Section 47604 of the Education Code, may be considered a public agency, as defined in Section 6500, for the purpose of being eligible for membership in a joint powers agreement for risk-pooling.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 14, Sec. 1. Effective May 5, 2000.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6529

text:
(a) (1) The Elk Valley Rancheria Tribal Council, as the governing body of the Elk Valley Rancheria, California, a federally recognized Indian tribe, may enter into a joint powers agreement with the County of Del Norte and the City of Crescent City, or both, and shall be deemed to be a public agency for purposes of this chapter.

(2) The Smith River Rancheria Tribal Council, as the governing body of the Smith River Rancheria, California, a federally recognized Indian tribe, may enter into a joint powers agreement to participate in the Border Coast Regional Airport Authority, and may also enter into a joint powers agreement with the County of Del Norte and the City of Crescent City, or both, to assist, facilitate, develop, or enhance sewer, stormwater, drinking water, or transportation services, and, for those purposes, shall be deemed to be a public agency for purposes of this chapter.

(b) On and after January 1, 2004, the joint powers authorities created pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not have the power to authorize or issue bonds pursuant to the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) of Chapter 5 of Division 7) unless the public improvements to be funded by the bonds will be owned and maintained by the authorities or one or more of its public agency members, and the revenue streams pledged to repay the bonds derive from the authorities or one or more of its public agency members.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 85, Sec. 1. (AB 798) Effective January 1, 2012.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


text:
(a) Any joint powers authority that includes a federally recognized Indian tribe shall not have the authority to authorize or issue bonds pursuant to the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584)) unless the public improvements to be funded by the bonds will be owned and maintained by the authority or one or more of its public agency members, and the revenue streams pledged to repay the bonds derive from the authority, one or more of its public agency members, or any governmental or public fund or account the proceeds of which may be used for that purpose.

(b) As used in this section, “governmental or public fund or account” includes, but is not limited to, any fund or account that is funded by moneys or revenue streams derived from, held by, belonging to, due to, or otherwise held for the benefit of, one or more public agency members, but shall not include any fund or account that is funded by any grants distributed pursuant to Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 12710) of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 266, Sec. 2. (AB 307) Effective January 1, 2012.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements


citation: GOV § 6532

text:
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the best interest of the communities located in and around the City of Santa Clara that a joint powers agency that includes the City of Santa Clara and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara formed to construct, operate, and maintain a stadium for use by a professional football team be authorized to let a sole source contract for the stadium construction project to a qualified design-build contractor. This authorization may enable that joint powers agency to contain costs, improve efficiency, and benefit from specialized expertise. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any contract relating to the development of the stadium between the joint powers agency and any private party other than a design-build contract awarded pursuant to this section.

(b) (1) Consistent with existing law, the City of Santa Clara and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara may enter into a joint powers agreement to create and operate a joint powers agency for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a stadium and related facilities located within the North Bayshore Redevelopment Project Area that are suitable for use by a professional football team. The joint powers agency created pursuant to this section shall be known as the Santa Clara Stadium Authority. In addition to, and without limitation on, any powers common to the City of Santa Clara and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara, the Santa Clara Stadium Authority shall have the power to acquire, finance, construct, manage, maintain, and operate a stadium and related facilities suitable for use by a professional football team.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Santa Clara Stadium Authority and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara shall not expend any property tax increment revenues allocated to the redevelopment agency pursuant to Section 33670 of the Health and Safety Code to operate or maintain a stadium within the North Bayshore Redevelopment Project Area.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to subdivision (d), the Santa Clara Stadium Authority may award a design-build contract to a qualified design-build contractor to construct the stadium without utilizing an otherwise applicable competitive bid process, provided that all of the following have occurred:

(A) A ballot measure endorsing the development of a stadium suitable for use by a professional football team is approved by voters in the City of Santa Clara in a citywide election.

(B) The governing body of the Santa Clara Stadium Authority determines that the cost of the contract is reasonable.

(C) The governing body of the Santa Clara Stadium Authority determines that the award of the contract is in its best interest.

(2) The contract awarded to the qualified design-build contractor pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not be funded, either through direct payment or reimbursement, using funds contributed by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara or by a community facilities district established under the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5), except that these funds may be used to pay for or reimburse for subcontract work pursuant to subcontracts awarded by the design-build contractor to the lowest responsible bidder as provided in subdivision (e).

(d) The Santa Clara Stadium Authority shall not award a design-build contract pursuant to subdivision (c) unless all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The design-build contract does not require expenditure of money from the general fund or enterprise funds of the City of Santa Clara.

(2) The obligation of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara to contribute funding is limited to a specified maximum amount, exclusive of debt service and other related financing costs, and these funds are used only to pay for or reimburse for subcontract work pursuant to subcontracts awarded by the design-build contractor to the lowest responsible bidder as provided in subdivision (e). Nothing in this subdivision modifies the requirements and limitations set forth in the Community Redevelopment Law (Part 1 (commencing with Section 33000) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code) with respect to the financial obligations of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara to the joint powers agency.

(3) A private party will be responsible for any construction cost overruns.

(e) If the Santa Clara Stadium Authority awards a design-build contract pursuant to this section, it shall establish a competitive bid process for awarding subcontracts, and it shall require the design-build contractor to award subcontracts using this process. This competitive bid process shall provide that subcontracts be awarded using either the lowest responsible bidder or by best value, as defined in Section 20133 of the Public Contract Code. Subcontracts awarded on the basis of best value shall not be funded, either through direct payment or reimbursement, using funds contributed by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara or by a community facilities district established under the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5). Funds contributed by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clara or a community facilities district may be used only to fund subcontracts awarded to the lowest responsible bidder in a manner consistent with the process applicable to the City of Santa Clara under its charter.

(f) Notwithstanding Section 3248 of the Civil Code, for design-build contracts awarded pursuant to this section, the Santa Clara Stadium Authority may specify that the payment bond shall be in a sum not less than one-half of the contract price or three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000), whichever is less.

(g) If the Santa Clara Stadium Authority elects to proceed under this section and uses the design-build method to construct a stadium suitable for use by a professional football team, it shall submit to the Legislative Analyst’s Office, within six months following the completion of construction of the stadium, a report regarding the project that shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following information:

(1) A brief description of the project.

(2) The gross square footage of the project.

(3) The design-build entity that was awarded the project.

(4) Where appropriate, the estimated and actual length of time to complete the project.

(5) The estimated and actual project costs.

(6) A description of any written protests concerning any aspect of the solicitation, bid, proposal, or award of the design-build project, including the resolution of the protests.

(7) An assessment of the prequalification process and criteria.

(8) A description of the method used to award the contract. If best value, as defined in Section 20133 of the Public Contract Code, was the method, the report shall describe the factors used to evaluate the bid, including the weighting of each factor and an assessment of the effectiveness of the methodology.

(h) It is not the intent of the Legislature, under the provisions of this section, to authorize design-build for other infrastructure, including, but not limited to, streets and highways, public rail transit, or water resource facilities and infrastructure not located on the stadium site or adjacent city streets and property.

(i) If the construction and operation or maintenance of a stadium as contemplated by this section is deemed by the Department of Transportation under otherwise applicable law to require improvements on the state highway system, all of the following provisions shall apply:

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, for any project on the state highway system deemed necessary by the department due to the construction, operation, or maintenance of the stadium as contemplated by this section, the department is the responsible agency for the performance of project development services, including performance specifications, preliminary engineering, prebid services, the preparation of project reports and environmental documents, project design, and construction inspection services. The department is also the responsible agency for the preparation of documents that may include, but need not be limited to, the size, type, and desired design character of the project, performance specifications covering quality of materials, equipment, and workmanship, preliminary and final plans and specifications, and any other information deemed necessary to design and construct a project that meets the needs of the department.

(2) The department may use department employees or consultants to perform these services, consistent with Article XXII of the California Constitution. Department resources, including personnel requirements necessary for the performance of those services, shall be included in the department’s capital outlay support program for workload purposes in the annual Budget Act.

(j) The provisions of this section are severable. If any provision of this section or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. Except as provided in this section, nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the application of any other law.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 330, Sec. 1. (SB 43) Effective January 1, 2010.)

title: 1. GENERAL

article: 1. Joint Powers Agreements