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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 8 - Fees › Section 24351.5.

24351.5. Upon implementation of the State Disbursement Unit pursuant to Section 17309 of the Family Code, and notwithstanding Section 24351, the local child support agency shall deposit support payments paid to that office to an account in a manner as specified by the Department of Child Support Services to permit the processing of child support payments within the timeframes set forth in federal law.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 806, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 8 - Fees › Section 24352.

24352. Each officer authorized to receive fees pursuant to this title shall keep, in accordance with the guidelines of the Controller, a monthly record of all fees or compensation and fines of whatever nature, kind, or description, collected or chargeable. The record shall be open to public inspection during office hours.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 876, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 8 - Fees › Section 24353.

24353. Each officer of a county authorized to collect money shall pay into the county treasury all money collected by him or her, or under his or her control, that is payable into the treasury in a timely manner, and shall remit fee, fine, and forfeiture data within 35 days after the end of the month in which they are collected to the county auditor and treasurer in the form they require. No officer who collects money as described in this section shall be required to accept payment in coin. If the county auditor finds that an officer of the county has failed to comply with the requirements for payment of moneys pursuant to this section or Section 68101, which directly results in the assessment of a financial penalty pursuant to Section 68085, the county department that failed to comply shall reimburse the county general fund in an amount equal to the actual penalty. With the approval of the treasurer as provided in Section 27080.1, each depositing officer may deposit directly into the treasurer’s active account all money payable into the county treasury.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 470, Sec. 30. (AB 1529) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 8 - Fees › Section 24355.2.

24355.2. In counties using a mechanized management reporting system in reporting information for a uniform four-week period, the board of supervisors by ordinance may provide for the totaling of fees as required by Section 24352.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 982, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 1 - OFFICERS GENERALLY › CHAPTER 8 - Fees › Section 24356.

24356. The auditor shall file in his or her office the forms required by this chapter, and may dispose of them after five years in accordance with Section 26907.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 982, Sec. 7.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25000.

25000. (a) Each county shall have a board of supervisors consisting of five members. Not more than three members shall be elected at the same general election. If the terms of office of more than three members of the board expire at the same time, at the first regular meeting after January 1st following their election the members so elected shall so classify themselves by lot that three members shall serve for four years, and two for two years. Thereafter the term of office of each member shall be four years.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors of any general law or charter county may adopt or the residents of the county may propose, by initiative, a proposal to limit to no fewer than two terms or repeal a limit on the number of terms a member of the board of supervisors may serve on the board of supervisors. Any proposal to limit the number of terms a member of the board of supervisors may serve on the board of supervisors shall apply prospectively only and shall not become operative unless it is submitted to the electors of the county at a regularly scheduled election and a majority of the votes cast on the question favor the adoption of the proposal.
(2) The changes made to this subdivision by the act that added this paragraph shall not affect any term limits that were legally in effect prior to January 1, 2022, in any county.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 462, Sec. 1. (AB 428) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25003.

25003. The board may make and enforce rules and regulations necessary for the government of the board, the preservation of order, and the transaction of business.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25004.

25004. It may adopt a seal. A description and impression of the seal shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 829, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25005.

25005. A majority of the members of the board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No act of the board shall be valid or binding unless a majority of all the members concur therein.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25006.

25006. Any member of the board may administer oaths when necessary in the performance of his official duties.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25007.

25007. Members may attend meetings of the California State Association of Counties.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25008.

25008. Members shall be allowed their actual expenses in going to, attendance upon, and returning from state association meetings and their actual and necessary traveling expenses when traveling outside their counties on official business. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 700, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 2 - Chairman › Section 25020.

25020. The members of the board of supervisors shall elect a chairman, who shall preside at all meetings of the board. If he is absent or unable to act, the members present shall select one of their number to act as chairman temporarily by an order entered on the records of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 2 - Chairman › Section 25020.1.

25020.1. Instead of selecting a temporary chairman whenever the chairman is absent or unable to act, the members of the board of supervisors may elect a vice chairman who shall preside at all meetings of the board when the chairman is absent or unable to act.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1593.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 2 - Chairman › Section 25021.

25021. The chairman of the board shall perform such duties as are prescribed by law or by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 2 - Chairman › Section 25022.

25022. In any emergency affecting the interest of the county or when any defalcation or official misconduct comes to his knowledge, the chairman shall forthwith call a special meeting of the board to consider the matter if the board is not then in session.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 3 - Members › Section 25040.

25040. Each member of the board of supervisors shall be elected by the district which he represents, and not at large, except in any county in which supervisorial districts have not been established by law or ordinance, and in which supervisors were on May 17, 1907, required to be elected at large, but from particular wards, the members shall be elected at large and without regard to residence.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 3 - Members › Section 25041.

25041. In all other cases each member shall have been a registered voter of the district which he seeks to represent for at least 30 days immediately preceding the deadline for filing nomination documents for the office of supervisor, and shall reside in the district during his incumbency.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1287.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 3 - Members › Section 25042.

25042. Any supervisor who (a) refuses or neglects to perform any duty imposed on him, without just cause, or (b) wilfully violates any law provided for his government as a supervisor, or (c) fraudulently or corruptly performs any duty imposed on him, or (d) wilfully, fraudulently, or corruptly attempts to perform an act as supervisor which is unauthorized by law, in addition to any other penalty prescribed by law, forfeits to the county five hundred dollars ($500) for every such act, to be recovered on his official bond, and is further liable on his official bond to any person injured thereby for all damages sustained.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 4 - Vacancies › Section 25060.

25060. Whenever a vacancy occurs in a board of supervisors, the Governor shall fill the vacancy. The appointee shall hold office until the election and qualification of his or her successor.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 98. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 4 - Vacancies › Section 25061.

25061. The election of a supervisor to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term shall be held at the next general election, unless the term expires on the first Monday after January 1st succeeding the election.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 4 - Vacancies › Section 25062.

25062. When a vacancy occurs from the failure of the person elected to file his or her oath or bond as provided by law, and the person elected is appointed to fill the vacancy, he or she shall hold office for the unexpired term.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 99. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 5 - Meetings › Section 25080.

25080. Except as otherwise provided by state law, all meetings of the board of supervisors shall be public.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1019, Sec. 1.5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 5 - Meetings › Section 25081.

25081. By ordinance the board shall provide for the holding of regular meetings of the board at the county seat.
The board may change the place for the holding of one or more regular meetings of the board to a location within the county other than the county seat if both of the following occur:
(a) The change of location of the regular meeting of the board is adopted by ordinance, resolution, bylaw, or other rule required for the conduct of business by the body at a regular meeting of the body.
(b) Notice of the location change is posted in a location that is freely accessible to the public no later than the prior regular meeting of the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 34, Sec. 1. (AB 139) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 5 - Meetings › Section 25083.

25083. Whenever the board of supervisors of any county is required by law to canvass the votes of any local or special election on a day other than one on which the board regularly meets, such canvass may be commenced or made on the next following regular meeting day.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 700.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 5 - Meetings › Section 25084.

25084. Whenever the board of supervisors of any county is required by law to receive proposals or bids after publication of a resolution or other public notice, the board may, by resolution, designate an officer or employee of the county to open, examine, and announce the proposals or bids at a public meeting at the time and place set forth in the resolution.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 985, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 6 - Clerk of the Board › Section 25100.

25100. Unless otherwise provided by law, the county clerk is ex officio clerk of the board of supervisors of his county.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 6 - Clerk of the Board › Section 25100.5.

25100.5. The board of supervisors of any county may provide by ordinance that the clerk of the board of supervisors may be appointed by the board in the same manner as other county officers are appointed. In such counties, the county clerk is not ex officio clerk of the board of supervisors.
The clerk of the board of supervisors shall perform those duties prescribed by law for the county clerk as ex officio clerk of the board of supervisors or for the clerk of the board of supervisors and such additional duties as the board of supervisors shall prescribe by ordinance. Such person may perform all the duties vested in the county clerk other than those vested in the county clerk as registrar of voters and may take acknowledgments and administer and certify oaths in the performance of such person’s official duties.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 138. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 6 - Clerk of the Board › Section 25101.

25101. The clerk of the board shall:
(a) Attend each session of the board of supervisors of his county and attend committee meetings when requested so to do.
(b) Keep and enter in the minute book of the board a full and complete record of the proceedings of the board at all regular and special meetings, including the entry in full of all resolutions and of all decisions on questions concerning the allowance of accounts. The vote of each member on every question shall be recorded.
(c) Immediately after each meeting of the board, deliver to and leave with the auditor all demands allowed for the payment of money.
(d) File and preserve, or dispose of pursuant to law, all petitions, applications, and other papers and records deposited with him.
(e) Authenticate with his signature and the seal of the board and file each ordinance passed by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1835.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 6 - Clerk of the Board › Section 25102.

25102. The board shall cause to be kept:
(a) Its minute book.
(b) An ordinance book.
(c) An “allowance book” in which shall be recorded all orders for the allowance of money from the county treasury, to whom made, and on what account. The orders shall be dated, numbered, and indexed through each year. In any county using certified duplicate lists of claims allowed, one list is the “allowance book” within the meaning of this section. If the auditor in any county maintains an index of claims allowed, the index required by this section may be dispensed with. In lieu of recording in the allowance book, claims or duplicates thereof may be filed with the clerk of the board, who shall make an alphabetical index of the claims filed. In any county, the board of supervisors by resolution may dispense with the allowance book, in which event the warrant book filed with the county auditor shall serve in place of both the allowance book and the warrant book.
(d) A “warrant book” to be kept by the county auditor, in which shall be entered, in the order of drawing, all warrants drawn on the treasury, with their number and reference to the order on the minute book, with the date, amount, on what account, and name of payee. In any county using a list of claims allowed for an allowance book, the list filed in the office of the auditor is the warrant book within the meaning of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 28.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 6 - Clerk of the Board › Section 25102.1.

25102.1. In lieu of entering resolutions in full in the minute book, the clerk, with the approval of the board, may keep a resolution book in which he shall enter all resolutions in full. In such case, references in the minute book to resolutions may be made by number and subject reference.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 455.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 6 - Clerk of the Board › Section 25103.

25103. The records and minutes of the board, acting in any capacity, shall be signed by the chairperson and the clerk. The board may by resolution authorize the use of a facsimile signature of the chairperson of the board acting in any capacity, where the board sits as the governing body, agency, or entity on all papers, documents, or instruments requiring the signature of the chairperson of the board, including all resolutions, orders, ordinances, contracts, minutes, notices, deeds, leases, papers and records of the board except that the original copy thereof, or the copy thereof filed in the office of the clerk of the board, shall bear the personal signature of the chairperson or shall have been delivered to him or her, and those papers, documents, or instruments bearing the facsimile signature shall be accorded the same force and effect as though personally signed by the chairperson. A certificate by the clerk that a copy of that document has been delivered to the chairperson of the board shall be prima facie evidence of the delivery.
If, in order to be recorded by the county recorder, the paper, document, or instrument requires the acknowledgement or verification of the person by whom it is executed, then it shall be recordable when the clerk acknowledges his or her signature upon the certificate which indicates that a copy of the paper, document, or instrument has been delivered to the chairperson.
In the case of a public security or any instrument of payment, the provisions of the Uniform Facsimile Signature of Public Officials Act (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 5500) of Division 6 of Title 1 of the Government Code) shall govern.
If the facsimile signature of the chairperson of the board of supervisors is affixed to any document prior to November 23, 1970, the document shall have the same force and effect from the time of affixing as if the facsimile signature had been affixed after that date.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 982, Sec. 8.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 6 - Clerk of the Board › Section 25104.

25104. The books, records, and accounts of the board shall be kept in the custody of the clerk and available for public inspection during normal business hours.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 57, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 6 - Clerk of the Board › Section 25105.

25105. The board of supervisors may authorize the use of photographs, microphotographs, electronic data processing records, optical disks, or any other medium that is a trusted system and that does not permit additions, deletions, or changes to the original document, or photocopies of all records, books, and minutes of the board.
(a) Each photograph, microphotograph, or photocopy shall be made in a manner and on paper which will comply with Section 12168.7 for recording of permanent records or nonpermanent records, whichever applies. Every reproduction shall be deemed and considered an original; a transcript, exemplification, or certified copy of any reproduction shall be deemed and considered a transcript, exemplification, or certified copy, as the case may be, of the original. Each roll of microfilm shall be deemed and constitute a book and shall be designated and numbered, and provision shall be made for preserving, examining, and using it. A duplicate of each roll of microfilm shall be made and kept in a safe and separate place.
(b) Electronic data processing records, records recorded on optical disk, and records recorded on any other medium shall comply with Section 12168.7. A duplicate copy of any record reproduced in compliance with Section 12168.7 for recording of permanent records or nonpermanent records, whichever applies, shall be deemed an original.
(c) In the event the authorization provided herein is granted, the personal signatures required by Section 25103, if technically feasible, may be reproduced by the authorized process, and the reproduced signatures shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement of Section 25103. If the documents are signed using a digital signature, reproduced documents shall be considered authenticated if the reproduced documents are created by a trusted system, as defined in pertinent digital signature regulations.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 569, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 6 - Clerk of the Board › Section 25105.5.

25105.5. The clerk of the board of supervisors may, without complying with any other provision of law, destroy records consisting of claims against the county and claims against special districts for which the board of supervisors is the governing body, whenever the claims have been retained by the clerk for a period of not less than five years after final action on the claim. The clerk of the board of supervisors may destroy records consisting of assessment appeal applications when five years have elapsed since the final action on the application. The clerk may destroy the records three years after the final action on the application, if the records consisting of assessment appeal applications have been microfilmed, microfiched, imaged, or otherwise preserved on a medium that provides access to the documents, in accordance with Section 25105.
As used in this section “final action” means, in the case of an assessment appeals application, the date of the final decision by the assessment appeals board and, in the case of a claim, the date of payment or settlement of the claim, or denial or approval of the claim by or in behalf of the board of supervisors or by operation of law, whichever occurs first, if there is no action pending involving the application or claim.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 591, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 7 - Ordinances › Section 25120.

25120. The enacting clause of all ordinances of the board of supervisors shall be as follows: “The Board of Supervisors of the County of ____ ordains as follows.”
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 985, Sec. 2.5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 7 - Ordinances › Section 25121.

25121. Every ordinance shall be signed by the chairman of the board and attested by the clerk.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 7 - Ordinances › Section 25122.

25122. On the passage of all ordinances the votes of the several members of the board shall be entered on the minutes, and all ordinances shall be entered at length in the ordinance book.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 7 - Ordinances › Section 25123.

25123. All ordinances shall become effective 30 days from the date of final passage, except the following ordinances, which shall take effect immediately:
(a) Those calling or otherwise relating to an election.
(b) Those specifically required by this code or by any other law to take immediate effect.
(c) Those fixing the amount of money to be raised by taxation, or the rate of taxes to be levied.
(d) Those for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, which shall contain a declaration of the facts constituting the urgency, and shall be passed by a four-fifths vote of the board of supervisors.
(e) Those specifically relating to the adoption or implementation of a memorandum of understanding with an employee organization.
(f) Those relating to salaries and other compensation of officers, other than elected officers, and employees.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 91, Sec. 1. Effective June 15, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 7 - Ordinances › Section 25123.5.

25123.5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 25123, that portion of any ordinance which changes supervisorial salaries shall become effective 60 days after its adoption.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 556.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 7 - Ordinances › Section 25125.

25125. No county ordinance passed prior to September 13, 1941, is void solely by reason of the fact that it was not published for a full week within 15 days after its passage, if the first actual publication of the ordinance was within the 15-day period, and thereafter actual publication was made for a full week.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 7 - Ordinances › Section 25126.

25126. Any or all ordinances of any county which have been enacted and published in accordance with the provisions of its charter or this article, and which have not been repealed, may be compiled, consolidated, revised, indexed, including such restatement and substantive change as is necessary in the interest of clarity, and arranged as a comprehensive ordinance code.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 7 - Ordinances › Section 25127.

25127. The ordinance code may be adopted by reference by the passage of an ordinance for the purpose, which shall be adopted and approved in the manner provided by charter or this article for the passage of ordinances for the county.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 7 - Ordinances › Section 25128.

25128. The ordinance code itself need not be published in the manner required for other ordinances, but not less than three copies of the code shall be filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the clerk of the county prior to the adoption thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 7 - Ordinances › Section 25129.

25129. After the code has been adopted all ordinances thereafter adopted pertaining to the subjects in the code shall be amendatory or revisory of the code. No section or subsection of the code shall be revised or amended by reference. The ordinance section or subsection revised or amended shall be adopted and published in the manner prescribed in Section 25124. Nothing in this section shall preclude repealing or rendering inoperative by reference any section or subsection if language in the ordinance fairly identifies the subject matter of the sections or subsections which would be repealed or rendered inoperative by the ordinance.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 320, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 7 - Ordinances › Section 25130.

25130. An ordinance code adopted and fully published, or adopted by reference as provided in this article, may be subsequently recompiled, recodified and indexed, including such restatement and substantive change as is necessary in the interest of clarity, in the same manner as prescribed by this article for the original adoption by reference of an ordinance code.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 287.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 7 - Ordinances › Section 25131.

25131. Ordinances shall not be passed within five days of their introduction, nor at other than a regular meeting or at an adjourned regular meeting. However, an urgency ordinance may be passed immediately upon introduction and either at a regular or special meeting. Except when, after reading the title, further reading is waived by regular motion adopted by majority vote, all ordinances shall be read in full either at the time of introduction or passage; provided, however, that a reading of the title or ordinance shall not be required if the title is included on the published agenda and a copy of the full ordinance is made available to the public online and in print at the meeting before the introduction or passage. When ordinances, other than urgency ordinances, are altered after introduction, they shall be passed only at a regular or at an adjourned regular meeting held at least five days after alteration. Corrections of typographical or clerical errors are not alterations within the meaning of this section. This section shall not apply to ordinances which by statute can be passed only after notice and a public hearing.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 371, Sec. 15. (SB 1473) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 8 - Publication of Notice and Proceedings › Section 25150.

25150. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), within 10 days after each session of the board of supervisors, it shall cause to be published a fair statement of all its proceedings.
(b) In lieu of the requirements imposed by subdivision (a), the board of supervisors may provide copies of agendas and summaries of proceedings to every newspaper, radio and television station, and library in the county, and to any other person who requests such information.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 169, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 8 - Publication of Notice and Proceedings › Section 25151.

25151. (a) All public notices of proceedings of or to be had before the board, not otherwise specifically provided for, shall be posted at the meeting place of the board in a location that is freely accessible to the public.
(b) In addition to the posting required by subdivision (a), the clerk of the board of supervisors shall either post the notice of the proceedings at two public places in the county other than the location of the meeting, or post the notice of the proceedings in an electronic format on a Web site provided by the county.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 118, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 9 - Subpenas › Section 25170.

25170. Whenever the board of supervisors deems it necessary or important to examine any person as a witness upon any subject or matter within the jurisdiction of the board, or to examine any officer of the county in relation to the discharge of his official duties as to the receipt or disposition by him of any money, or concerning the possession or disbursement by him of any property belonging to the county, or to use, inspect, or examine any books, account, voucher, or document in the possession or under the control of the person or officer relating to the affairs or interests of the county, the chairman of the board shall issue a subpena, in proper form, commanding the person or officer to appear before it, at a time and place therein specified, to be examined as a witness. The subpena may require the person or officer to produce all books, papers, and documents in his possession or under his control, relating to the affairs or interests of the county.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 9 - Subpenas › Section 25171.

25171. Whenever the board appoints any of its members a committee upon any subject or matter of which it has jurisdiction and confers upon the committee power to send for persons and papers, the chairman of the committee has all the powers and duties of the chairman of the board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 9 - Subpenas › Section 25172.

25172. The sheriff of the county to whom the subpena is delivered shall serve it by reading it to the person named therein, and at the same time delivering to him a copy thereof. The official return of the sheriff upon the subpena, showing the time and place of service is prima facie evidence of service.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 9 - Subpenas › Section 25173.

25173. Whenever any person duly subpenaed to appear and give evidence or to produce any books and papers before the board or a committee neglects or refuses to appear, or to produce any books and papers, as required by the subpena, or refuses to testify or to answer any questions which a majority of the body decides are proper and pertinent, he shall be deemed in contempt, and the chairman of the body shall report the fact to the judge of the superior court of the county.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 9 - Subpenas › Section 25174.

25174. Upon receipt of the report, the judge of the superior court shall issue an attachment directed to any sheriff, marshal, or police chief in the State of California, commanding him or her to attach that person and forthwith bring him or her before the judge who ordered the attachment issued.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 49. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 9 - Subpenas › Section 25175.

25175. On the return of the attachment and the production of the body of the defendant, the judge has jurisdiction of the matter. The person charged may purge himself of the contempt in the same way, and the same proceeding shall be had, and the same penalties may be imposed, and the same punishment inflicted as in the case of a witness subpenaed to appear and give evidence on the trial of a civil cause before a superior court.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › ARTICLE 9 - Subpenas › Section 25176.

25176. Witnesses subpenaed to testify on behalf of the county in matters of public concern before the board of supervisors are not entitled to have their fees prepaid, but the board shall allow them the reasonable expenses of their attendance.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 25200.

25200. The board of supervisors may divide the county into election, road, and supervisorial districts and change their boundaries as convenience requires.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 454, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 25201.

25201. Subject to the provisions of the Elections Code, the board may establish, abolish, and change election precincts, appoint inspectors, clerks, and judges of election, canvass all election returns, declare the result, and order the county elections official to issue certificates of election.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 32. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 25202.

25202. The board shall equalize assessments and levy taxes upon the taxable property of the county for all county purposes, and also upon the taxable property of any district for the construction and repair of roads and highways and other district purposes. No tax shall be levied upon any district until the proposition to levy the tax has been submitted to the qualified electors of the district and received a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 25203.

25203. The board shall direct and control the conduct of litigation in which the county, or any public entity of which the board is the governing body, is a party; by a two-thirds vote of all the members, the board may employ counsel to assist the district attorney, county counsel, or other counsel for the county or entity in the conduct of such actions; provided, however, that the board may authorize county officials, who are not attorneys, to initiate and conduct litigation in small claims court on behalf of the county.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1087.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 25204.

25204. The board may assume and discharge such municipal functions of the cities within the county as are authorized by any county charter.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 25205.

25205. If any county officer performs municipal duties imposed by a charter framed under Section 8 of Article XI of the California Constitution, the compensation and expense of the officer may be apportioned by the board of supervisors in proportion to the duties performed as a county officer under the general laws and performed as a municipal officer under the charter provision. The compensation determined to be for the performance of municipal duties shall be paid from municipal funds and the compensation determined to be for county duties shall be paid from county funds.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 454, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 25206.

25206. The board may direct the sheriff to attend, either in person or by deputy, all the meetings of the board, to preserve order, and to serve notices, subpenas, citations, or other process, as directed by the board.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 25207.

25207. The board may do and perform all other acts and things required by law not enumerated in this part, or which are necessary to the full discharge of the duties of the legislative authority of the county government.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 25207.1.

25207.1. Any ordinance adopted by a board of supervisors requiring any person who represents a corporation, firm, association, organization, or person other than himself in attempting to influence any action to be taken on a county decision by a board of supervisors or any county board, commission, committee or officer, to register or to disclose any information concerning such representation including, but not limited to, compensation received or expenditures made in the course of, or incidental to, such representation, shall be enforceable within the incorporated as well as the unincorporated area of the county. The term “county decision” shall include any decision, or any recommendation as to a decision, concerning any matter, whether legislative, administrative, or quasi-judicial, which is pending before, or may be submitted to, the board of supervisors or any county board, commission, committee, or officer. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a board of supervisors to require the registration of, or disclosure by, members of the State Bar of California in the performance of a service which lawfully can be performed only by an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 326.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 25207.5.

25207.5. A county may disseminate information to the public concerning the rights, duties, properties, and activities of the county.
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 605.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 25208.

25208. The board of supervisors may employ such persons as it deems necessary to assist the board in the performance of its duties. The board may adopt an ordinance defining the qualifications, duties and responsibilities of such persons.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1923.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 25208.3.

25208.3. The board of supervisors of a county may contract for optometric service with an optometrist licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Business and Professions Code.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 90.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 25208.4.

25208.4. The board of supervisors of a county may expend county funds for the training and orientation of persons elected to, but who have not yet assumed office as, a member of the board of supervisors, including the payment of course fees, travel and per diem expenses, course materials, and consultant services, as the board deems proper and beneficial to the exercise of supervisorial duties by newly elected supervisors.
The provisions of this section shall be implemented by ordinance adopted by the board of supervisors. The ordinance shall provide those procedures that the board determines are necessary. The ordinance shall also include a requirement that the supervisor-elect request the training and orientation.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1126, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 2 - General Powers › Section 25208.5.

25208.5. The board of supervisors of a county has all of the powers to provide for community recreation which are granted to the governing board of a public authority by Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 10900) of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 53.)