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CA Pub Res Code § 5542 (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 5542.

5542.  A district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of this article.A district may not acquire by condemnation any of the lands, properties, or facilities of any municipal utility district which are appropriated to public use or are used in or are useful to the operations of the municipal utility district or which are within the watershed of any stream or reservoir which supplies water for domestic use or which the directors of the municipal utility district determine by resolution to be properties which are required for the purposes of the municipal utility district.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 582.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5542.5 (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 5542.5.

5542.5.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and except as provided in subdivision (b), when property, whether owned in fee or lesser title interest, leased, or operated under a license, management agreement, or otherwise, is appropriated or otherwise acquired for public use as a regional park or regional open space or both operated by a district, there is a rebuttable presumption of its having been appropriated or otherwise acquired for the best and most necessary public use. The presumption established by this subdivision is a presumption affecting the burden of proof.(b) When such property is sought to be acquired for city or county road, street, or highway purposes, and such property was dedicated to or established for park, recreational, or open-space purposes prior to the initiation of road, street, or highway route location studies, an action for declaratory relief may be brought by the district in the superior court to determine the question of which public use is the best and most necessary public use for such property. Such action for declaratory relief shall be filed and served within 120 days after publication by the city or county, as the case may be, in a newspaper of general circulation pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, and delivery of a written notice to the district by the city or county that a proposed route or site or an adopted route includes such property. Such action for declaratory relief shall have preference over all other civil actions in the matter of setting the same for hearing or trial to the end that any such action shall be quickly heard and determined. If an action for declaratory relief is not filed and served within such 120-day period, the right to bring such action is waived and the provisions of subdivision (a) shall not apply. When a declaratory relief action with respect to such property being sought for city or county road, street, or highway purposes may not be brought pursuant to this section, the provisions of subdivision (a) shall not apply.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 813.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5543 (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 5543.

5543.  A district may make contracts, employ labor, and do all acts necessary for the full exercise of its powers.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 94.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5544 (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 5544.

5544.  A district may borrow money, incur indebtedness, and issue bonds or other evidences of such indebtedness, but it shall not incur any funded indebtedness except in accordance with the provisions of section 5568 of this article.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 94.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5544.1 (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 5544.1.

5544.1.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the board may borrow money by the issuance of promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness in an amount, or of a value, not exceeding, in the aggregate at any one time, the greater of 5 percent of the total of the district’s general fund and development fund budgets for the year in which the loan is made, or the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), to be used for any revenue-producing purpose for which the district may expend funds.A district shall not exercise the borrowing authority conferred by this section if the district, at any time during the previous two years, has not met the loan repayment requirements of this section and the repayment provisions set forth in the promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness issued for a loan entered into pursuant to this section. A district shall not expend, in any one year, any amount of money in excess of what it collects in property taxes, state and federal subventions, grants, loans, fees, gifts, bequests, or income from other sources.Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this section shall be repaid during a period not to exceed five years from June 30th of the fiscal year in which it is incurred and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 10 percent per annum, or the rate allowed under Section 53531 of the Government Code, if higher, payable annually or semiannually or in part annually and in part semiannually.Each indebtedness incurred under this section shall be authorized by a resolution of the board unanimously adopted, shall be evidenced by a promissory note or contract signed by the president of the board and attested by the secretary or treasurer, and shall be sold at not less than 95 percent of the principal amount in the manner determined by the board at a discount which equals the underwriter’s spread. The board shall determine that the discount reflects an underwriter’s spread which is both reasonable and customary under the prevailing market conditions. One of the two signatures may be by facsimile reproduction.The indebtedness authorized to be incurred by this section shall be in addition to, and the provisions of this section shall not apply to, any bonded indebtedness authorized by vote of the electors.Nothing in this section limits or restricts the authority of the district to issue promissory notes or deeds of trust in the acquisition of real property or the exercise of its right of eminent domain subject to the limitations in Section 5568.Nothing in this section limits the authority of the district to borrow pursuant to Section 5544.3.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 371, Sec. 2.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5544.3 (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 5544.3.

5544.3.  The district may, pursuant to Section 5544, borrow not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to cover operating expenses between the time of formation of the district and the first receipt of revenue under Section 5545.(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1171.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5545 (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 5545.

5545.  It may levy and collect, or cause to be levied and collected, taxes to carry out any of its objects or purposes and to pay the obligations of the district. Taxes levied for any one fiscal year shall not exceed ten cents ($0.10) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed value of all real and personal property within the district. Any tax provided for in this section shall be exclusive of any tax levied to meet the bonded indebtedness of the district and the interest thereon.(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 642.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5545.1 (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 5545.1.

5545.1.  The board may submit a proposition to the electors of the district for an increase in the maximum rate of tax specified by Section 5545. The election shall be called and held in the same manner as a bond election, and approval by a majority of all votes cast shall be required to authorize such an increase.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 857.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5545.3 (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 5545.3.

5545.3.  In the event the board of directors proposes to submit a special tax, as provided in Section 50077 of the Government Code, and a bond issue for approval by the voters of the district, or a zone or zones within the district, both the special tax and the bond issue may be consolidated and may appear on the ballot as a single proposition if the special tax and the bond issue are for the same object or purpose.(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 565, Sec. 2. Effective September 19, 1981.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5545.5 (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 5545.5.

5545.5.  (a) In addition to the tax authorized by Section 5545, the East Bay Regional Park District may, beginning with the fiscal year 1972–1973, levy and collect, or cause to be levied and collected, a tax of five cents ($0.05) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed value of all real and personal property within the district. The revenue from this tax shall be spent as follows:(1) The revenue from four cents ($0.04) per one hundred dollars ($100) shall be spent exclusively for acquisition of new park lands.(2) The revenue from one cent ($0.01) per one hundred dollars ($100) shall be spent exclusively for the development and operation of such park lands.(b) Beginning with the fiscal year 1974–1975, the East Bay Regional Park District may levy and collect, or cause to be levied and collected, an additional tax of five cents ($0.05) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed value of all real and personal property within the district. This tax shall be in addition to the tax authorized by subdivision (a) and may be levied only if, prior to the beginning of the 1974–1975 fiscal year, the district has prepared and adopted a master plan which identifies the district’s policies and goals with regard to the acquisition of new park lands and lists the general type and quantity of such lands proposed to be acquired and the estimated cost thereof. The revenue from this tax shall be divided in the same ratio, and shall be used for the same purposes, as the revenues from the tax authorized by subdivision (a).(c) Beginning with the fiscal year 1982–1983, the taxes authorized by subdivisions (a) and (b) may be levied to carry out any of the objects or purposes of the district or to pay the obligations of the district. If the district board finds and determines that the full amount of the taxes authorized by subdivisions (a) and (b) will not be needed to carry out the objects and purposes of the district, it need not levy, or cause to be levied, the full amount of the taxes which would otherwise be authorized by subdivisions (a) and (b). These taxes shall be in addition to those authorized by Section 5545.(d) Any tax imposed pursuant to this section shall be imposed by ordinance of the district board. In the first fiscal year in which any tax authorized by subdivision (a), (b), or (c) is imposed, the ordinance imposing the tax shall not go into effect until 30 days after its final passage, and, notwithstanding Section 9141 of the Elections Code, the ordinance shall be subject to referendum pursuant to Section 9340 of the Elections Code. If it is lawfully possible, the district board shall consolidate the referendum election with another regular or special election.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 168. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5545.6 (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 5545.6.

5545.6.  Any tax imposed under Section 5545 by a district formed pursuant to Section 5506.5 shall be used exclusively for the acquisition of open-space, park, or recreation lands or for the development, operation, or maintenance of open-space, park, or recreation lands so acquired.(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 762.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5546 (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 5546.

5546.  A district may contribute money, in those amounts the board of directors, by resolution, finds to be proper, to the State Park and Recreation Commission or to any municipality, county, or other public corporation, district, or agency, for the purpose of assisting in the acquisition of lands within or outside of the district for the purposes specified in section 5541, or for improving the lands in the manner therein specified, when in the judgment of the board of directors the acquisition or improvement is so located and planned as to be of benefit to the district. A district may grant funds to a private nonprofit entity for the purposes of this section.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 321, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5547 (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 5547.

5547.  The board of directors shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or a motion duly recorded in the minutes of the meeting. The ayes and noes shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances or resolutions, and entered upon the journal of the proceedings of the board.An ordinance, resolution, or motion shall not be passed or become effective without the affirmative votes of at least a majority of all the members of the board.The enacting clause of all ordinances passed by the board shall be in these words: “Be it ordained by the Board of Directors of the (giving the name) District.”All resolutions and ordinances shall be signed by the president of the board and attested by the secretary, administrative secretary, or clerk, and all ordinances shall be published once within 30 days after adoption, in a newspaper of general circulation printed, published, and circulated in the district.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 362, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5548 (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 5548.

5548.  The president shall preside over all meetings of the board. He shall sign all contracts and conveyances on behalf of the district after they have been approved by the board, and he shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the board.In the absence of the president, or in the event of his inability to act, the vice president shall perform all the powers and duties of the president.If both the president and vice president are absent or unable to act, the board may select a president pro tempore, who shall perform all the powers and duties of the president.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 94.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5549 (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 5549.

5549.  (a) The general manager has the following administrative and executive functions, powers, and duties. The general manager shall do all of the following:(1) Enforce this article and all ordinances and regulations of the district.(2) Appoint and remove subordinates, clerks, and other employees, and exercise supervision and control over all departments and offices of the district, subject to the personnel rules, civil service or merit system, and policies adopted by the board.(3) Attend all meetings of the board unless excused by the board.(4) Submit to the board for adoption any measures, ordinances, and regulations he or she deems necessary or expedient.(5) Enforce all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the district or its inhabitants in any contract and report any violations to the board or the police department, as appropriate.(6) Prepare and submit the annual budget to the board and perform all other duties imposed by this article or by the board.(b) (1) With the approval of the board, the general manager may bind the district, in accordance with board policy that has been adopted in an open meeting, and without advertising, for the payment for supplies, materials, labor, or other valuable consideration for any purpose, including new construction of a building, structure, or improvement, in amounts not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). All expenditures shall be reported to the board of directors at its next regular meeting.(2) A district may, by action of the board in an open meeting, increase the amount by which the general manager may bind the district above the fifty-thousand-dollar ($50,000) limit established in paragraph (1). An increase made pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed an amount equal to 2 percent, for each fiscal year following the operative date of the last adjustment, of the amount in effect when the board’s action is adopted.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 278, Sec. 1. (AB 2137) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5550 (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 5550.

5550.  (a) The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, applies to all districts.(b) A board of directors may adopt an ordinance establishing an employee relations system that may include, but is not limited to, a civil service system or a merit system.(c) With the prior permission of the board of supervisors of the principal county, a board of directors may adopt an ordinance that makes the employees of the district subject to the employee relations system of the principal county. The board of directors may adopt an ordinance that withdraws the employees of the district from the employee relations system of the principal county. A district in which the employees of the district are subject to the employee relations system of the principal county shall receive employee relations services at cost from the county.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 581, Sec. 2. (AB 1036) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5551 (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 5551.

5551.  The secretary of the board, the administrative secretary, or the clerk, as the case may be, shall countersign and affix the seal to all contracts and conveyances on behalf of the district, shall act as secretary to the board and keep a record of its proceedings, and shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the appointing authority or by this article.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 362, Sec. 3.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5552 (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 5552.

5552.  The controller is the custodian of the funds of the district and shall make payments by check or by warrant drawn upon the district’s depositories for obligations that have been first approved by a majority of the board of directors at a meeting of the board of directors. The board of directors also may, by resolution and under any terms and conditions which it may prescribe in the resolution, authorize the controller to pay demands against the district, without the prior, specific approval of the board, that are for any purpose for which an expenditure has been previously authorized in the district’s adopted budget and which do not exceed the amount of expenditure so authorized. Demands so paid shall be presented to the board of directors at the next regular meeting for its review and approval. If the funds of the district are maintained solely in the county treasury, the county auditor shall exercise the powers otherwise conferred by this section on the controller.The board of directors shall by ordinance or resolution authorize signatories for checks or warrants drawn in payment of obligations and demands against the district. Authorized signatories shall be selected from members of the board of directors of the district, the general manager of the district, the administrative secretary, or any other officers and employees which may be designated by the board. The controller shall keep an account of all receipts and disbursements, and shall deposit all money received by him or her in a depository or depositories selected by the board of directors.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1226, Sec. 22.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5552.1 (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 5552.1.

5552.1.  Notwithstanding Section 5552, the boards of directors of the Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District and the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District may, by resolution, eliminate the requirement that demands against that respective district which are paid without the prior, specific approval of the board be presented to the board at the next regular meeting for its review and approval.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 132. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5553 (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 5553.

5553.  The controller shall install and maintain a system of auditing and accounting, which will at all times show the financial condition of the district, and he shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by this article, the board, or the general manager. Payment of employee salaries and benefits and other recurring claims may be authorized annually by the board.(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 630.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5553.5 (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 5553.5.

5553.5.  All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicable thereto.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1715.)
CA Pub Res Code § 5555 (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 5555.

5555.  The directors of the district, before assuming the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe an official oath, and file it in the office of the board. The official oath shall be in the form provided by law for official oaths of county officers.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 94.)