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CA Pub Res Code § 5556 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5556.

5556.  The board may appoint, employ, or contract for the services of attorneys, consultants, advisers, and such other experts as they deem necessary, and shall authorize the appointment or employment by the general manager of such assistants, deputies, and other appointees and employees as may be deemed necessary by the board to carry out the purposes of this article, and the board shall determine the duties and compensation, or basis of compensation, of all such persons.(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 455.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5557 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5557.

5557.  The board shall have a suitable office in the district where its maps, plans, documents, records, and accounts shall be kept, subject at all reasonable times and under reasonable regulations to public inspection.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 94.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5557.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5557.1.

5557.1.  The board may authorize at any time the destruction or disposition of any duplicate record, paper, or document, the original or a permanent photographic reproduction of which is in the files of the district.(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 687.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5557.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5557.2.

5557.2.  A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 158, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5558 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5558.

5558.  (a) The board shall superintend, control, and make available to all of the inhabitants of the district, subject to its ordinances, rules, and regulations, all public parks, playgrounds, beaches, parkways, scenic drives, boulevards, open spaces, and other facilities for public recreation belonging to the district or under its control.The board shall regulate, restrain, and control the kind of vehicles, and the time and conditions of travel or parking on such public parks, playgrounds, beaches, parkways, scenic drives, boulevards, open spaces, and other facilities for public recreation, and it shall employ a suitable police force and shall adopt all ordinances, rules, and regulations necessary for the administration, government, protection, and use of the property, improvements, and facilities belonging to the district or under its control.The board shall, in general, do all acts necessary to the proper execution of the powers and duties granted to, and imposed upon, it by this article, and to manage and control the business and affairs of the district.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the board of any district organized pursuant to Sections 5506.5 and 5538.5 may designate and employ officers and employees of the county in which the district is located as the district police force required by this section.(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 683, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5558.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5558.1.

5558.1.  The Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional Park District shall superintend, control, and make available to all of the inhabitants of the district, subject to its rules and regulations, all vehicular recreational areas and trails belonging to the district or under its control.The Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional Park District shall regulate, restrain, and control the kind of vehicles, and the time and conditions of travel or parking on such vehicular recreational areas and trails.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 288.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5559 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5559.

5559.  The board may adopt regulations, and it shall cause the regulations made by it to be posted upon park or other property of the district to which they apply, and it shall cause them to be published at least once in a newspaper published in the county or counties within which the district is in whole or in part situated, and such posting and publication shall be sufficient notice to all persons.The affidavit of the general manager or the secretary that the district rules and regulations have been so posted and published is prima facie evidence thereof. A copy of the rules and regulations, attested by any member of the board or by its secretary shall be prima facie evidence that the rules and regulations have been made by the board as provided by law.(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 455.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5560 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5560.

5560.  (a) Violation of an ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted pursuant to this article is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment, unless the board provides that a violation of an ordinance, rule, or regulation is an infraction, that is punishable by:(1) A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for a first violation.(2) A fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) for a second violation of the same ordinance, rule, or regulation within one year.(3) A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) for each additional violation of the same ordinance, rule, or regulation within one year.(b) A superior court of a county lying wholly or in part within the district is a proper court for trial of all prosecutions under this article for violations of an ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted by the board.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 449, Sec. 36.5. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5560.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5560.1.

5560.1.  In order to protect property, improvements, and facilities of parks under its management or belonging to the district and to preserve the peace within such parks, the district board may confer, on uniformed park employees which it may designate, the authority to issue citations for misdemeanor and infraction violations of state law, city or county ordinances, or district regulations or ordinances, when the violation is committed within a district park and in the presence of the employee issuing the citation. The citations shall be issued in accordance with Chapter 5C (commencing with Section 853.5) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 335, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5560.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5560.5.

5560.5.  (a) A district may enact in its ordinances clauses which provide that if any person is arrested for a violation of the ordinance, and such person is not immediately taken before a magistrate, the arresting officer shall prepare in duplicate a written notice to appear in court, containing the name and address of such person, the offense charged, and the time and place where and when such person shall appear in court.(b) The time specified in the notice to appear must be at least five days after such arrest.(c) The place specified in the notice to appear shall be the court of the magistrate before whom the person would be taken if the requirement of taking an arrested person before a magistrate were complied with, or shall be an officer authorized by such court to receive a deposit of bail.(d) The officer shall deliver one copy of the notice to appear to the arrested person, and the arrested person in order to secure release must give his written promise so to appear in court by signing the duplicate notice which shall be retained by the officer. Thereupon the arresting officer shall forthwith release the person arrested from custody.(e) The officer shall, as soon as practicable, file the duplicate notice with the magistrate specified therein. Thereupon the magistrate shall fix the amount of bail which in his judgment, in accordance with the provisions of Section 1275 of the Penal Code, will be reasonable and sufficient for the appearance of the defendant and shall indorse upon the notice a statement signed by him in the form set forth in Section 815a of the Penal Code. The defendant may, prior to the date upon which he promised to appear in court, deposit with the magistrate the amount of bail thus set. Thereafter, at the time when the case is called for arraignment before the magistrate, if the defendant shall not appear, either in person or by counsel, the magistrate may declare the bail forfeited, and may in his discretion order that no further proceedings shall be had in such case.Upon the making of such order that no further proceedings be had, all sums deposited as bail shall forthwith be paid into the county treasury for distribution pursuant to Section 1463 of the Penal Code.(f) No warrant shall issue on such charge for the arrest of a person who has given such written promise to appear in court, unless and until he has violated such promise or has failed to deposit bail, to appear for arraignment, trial or judgment, or to comply with the terms and provisions of the judgment, as required by law.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 813.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5560.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5560.6.

5560.6.  A district may enact in its ordinances clauses which prohibit any person from willfully violating his written promise to appear in court regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he was orginally arrested.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 813.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5560.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5560.7.

5560.7.  A district may further provide in its ordinance that when a person signs a written promise to appear at the time and place specified in the written promise to appear and has not posted bail as provided in Section 5560.5, the magistrate shall issue and have delivered for execution a warrant for his arrest within 20 days after his failure to appear as promised, or if such person promises to appear before an officer authorized to accept bail other than a magistrate and fails to do so on or before the date which he promised to appear, then, within 20 days after the delivery of such written promise to appear by the officer to a magistrate having jurisdiction over the offense.When such person violates his promise to appear before an officer authorized to receive bail other than a magistrate, the officer shall immediately deliver to the magistrate having jurisdiction over the offense charged the written promise to appear and the complaint, if any, filed by the arresting officer.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 813.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5560.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5560.8.

5560.8.  A district may enact the foregoing as a separate and distinct ordinance which shall apply to all or one or more of its ordinances.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 813.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5561 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5561.

5561.  The police appointed or employed by the board shall have, within the district for which they are appointed or employed, all the powers of police officers of municipal corporations except the power of serving and executing civil process.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 94.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5561.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5561.5.

5561.5.  The board may provide by resolution or regulation for the care, restitution, sale, or destruction of unclaimed property in the possession of the district. Any resolution or regulation adopted pursuant to this section shall provide therein (1) that such unclaimed property shall be held by the district for a period of at least six months, (2) that thereafter such property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, and (3) that notice of such sale shall be given by the board at least five days before the time therefor by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district. The board may dispose of any such property upon which no bid is made at any such sale.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1117.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5561.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5561.6.

5561.6.  The district shall be primarily responsible for the prevention and suppression of all fires on any lands in its possession or control, excluding all lands of a district located within the exterior boundaries of any municipality or other fire protection district.For the purposes of the prevention and suppression of fires on such lands, the board may enter into co-operative mutual aid agreements with the federal government, the State, any municipality, county or district, or any person, corporation or association.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1117.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5562 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5562.

5562.  The board may acquire, construct, improve, maintain, and operate golf courses, bathhouses, boathouses, tennis courts, gymnasiums, and other special amusements and forms of recreation, and it may acquire, construct, or complete all buildings, structures, waterways, lakes, equipment, and other necessary or convenient facilities.It may fix and collect fees for the use by the public of any boats, bathing suits, lockers, golf courses, tennis courts, or other special facilities, services, or equipment.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 94.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5563 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5563.

5563.  If, in the opinion of the board, any land or property owned by the district, or any interest therein, becomes unnecessary for the purposes of the district, the board may, subject to the provisions of Section 5540, sell such lands or property, or interest therein. When land or property is temporarily unnecessary for park or open-space purposes, it may be leased for other purposes for a term not exceeding 25 years with an express provision in the lease that should the board by ordinance determine to use the lands for park, open-space, or other district purposes, the lease shall thereby be terminated. The proceeds of any sale or lease of lands or property, or any interest therein, shall be used for and applied to such purposes of the district as the board may, by resolution, determine.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 813.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5563.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5563.5.

5563.5.  Notwithstanding Sections 5540 and 5563, the Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District may, and the Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional Park District with respect to the Alameda Creek Quarries located within the County of Alameda may, without obtaining the consent of the voters, lease real property for a term not exceeding 50 years. A lease entered into pursuant to this section shall be authorized by a resolution adopted by the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the members of the board, upon making an express finding that the purpose of the lease is for park or open-space purposes, or for an historic preservation, recreation, or agricultural purpose which is compatible with public use and enjoyment of the real property.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 27, Sec. 1. Effective April 1, 2004.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5563.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5563.7.

5563.7.  Notwithstanding Sections 5540 and 5563, the Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional Park District may, without obtaining the consent of the voters, lease real property for a term not exceeding 50 years for the San Leandro Bay Restaurant Project. The lease entered into pursuant to this section shall be authorized by a resolution adopted by the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the members of the board and shall require the lessee and any successor in interest to construct and maintain facilities, which are in addition to the premises leased for restaurant operations and which will provide for the safety and convenience of the general public in the use and enjoyment of adjacent and nearby property of the district.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 841, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5564 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5564.

5564.  Whenever it is necessary or advisable to acquire or construct any works, structures, or embankments, in order to protect the property of the district from damage by flood or storm waters, the board may acquire or construct such works, structures, or embankments.If the works, structures, or embankments are necessary or advisable not only to protect the property of the district, but other property not owned by the district as well, the board may enter into contracts with any flood control district or other municipal or public corporation, and may grant rights of way, for such periods of time as it shall determine, over the property of the district to such flood control district or other municipal or public corporation, whereby the flood control district or other municipal or public corporation may be permitted to construct such works, structures, or embankments.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 94.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5565 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5565.

5565.  The legal title to all property acquired by the district under the provisions of this article shall immediately and by operation of law vest in the district, and shall be held by the district in trust for, and is dedicated and set apart for, the uses and purposes set forth in this article. The board may hold, use, acquire, manage, occupy, and possess such property, as provided in this article.The board may take conveyances or other assurances for all property acquired by it under the provisions of this article in the name of the district, to and for the uses and purposes expressed in this article, and it may institute and maintain all actions and proceedings, or suits at law or in equity, necessary or proper in order to carry out the provisions of this article, or to enforce, maintain, protect, or preserve all rights, privileges, and immunities created by or acquired in pursuance of this article. In all courts, actions, suits, or proceedings, the board may sue, appear, and defend, in person or by attorneys and in the name of the district.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 94.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5565.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5565.5.

5565.5.  (a) With the consent of the board of directors of a district, an irrevocable offer of dedication of real property or any interest in real property for any of the purposes authorized by this article may be made to the district pursuant to this section. The offer of dedication shall be executed, acknowledged, and recorded in the same manner as a conveyance of real property. The offer of dedication, when recorded in the office of the county recorder, shall be irrevocable and may be accepted at any time by the board of directors of the district.(b) An offer of dedication may be terminated, and the right to accept the offer abandoned, by a majority vote of the board of directors of the district and only if the board of directors makes both of the following findings:(1) The offer of dedication was never accepted and, therefore, termination or abandonment of the offer does not constitute a conveyance of an interest in real property dedicated for park or open-space purposes.(2) Now, or in the future, the district cannot effectively use the real property, or interest in real property, that would be conveyed by the offer of dedication for park or open-space purposes.(c) The procedure prescribed by this section is alternative to any other procedure authorized by law.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 59, Sec. 1. (AB 1962) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5566 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5566.

5566.  It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a district with authority to impose special taxes. A district may impose special taxes pursuant to the procedures set forth in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code. In exercising that authority, a district may establish a zone or zones and a rate of tax for each zone, which is to be applied uniformly to all taxpayers within the zone. All revenue from a tax levied in a zone shall be expended in connection with land and facilities that are located in that zone, including a reasonable amount thereof allocated for general administrative expenses of the district.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 205, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5567 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS|CHAPTER 3 - Districts|ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts|Section 5567.

5567.  Every director and every other officer named in this article who is, in any manner interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded, or to be awarded, by the board, or in the profits to be derived from such a contract, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and conviction of a person under this section shall work a forfeiture of his office.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 94.)