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2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1191.3.

1191.3. When the district desires to sell real property that was donated to the district by a city or county, the district shall offer to reconvey it to the city or county before selling it and shall reconvey it if the city or county agrees to accept it. If the property was sold to the district by a city or county, or was given or sold by a private person, or his successors in interest as determined by the district, the district shall offer to reconvey it at the then market price as determined by it, before selling it to any other person. In any case no sale or other use of the real property shall be made which is contrary to the provisions of any instrument under which the district holds title to or any interest in the property.
(Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 931.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1192.

1192. Every district may:
(a) Cause to be levied and collected in any year a special tax not to exceed three-tenths of one cent ($0.003) on the one dollar ($1) of assessed valuation of all the taxable property in the district, exclusive of any tax which may be required to pay the principal of and interest upon any bonded indebtedness of the district, in addition to all other taxes provided for by law upon the taxable property of the district and to be paid into a special fund in the county treasury to be known as the memorial district fund. In no event shall the tax exceed an amount that is sufficient to pay the estimated expenses of operating and maintaining the memorial district for the next year and the estimated capital outlay of the district for the next two years.
(b) Incur, through the board of supervisors, bonded indebtedness on behalf of the district for the purpose of exercising any of the powers of the district or accomplishing any of the purposes of this chapter.
(c) Cause to be levied and collected in any one year a special tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest upon all bonded indebtedness of the district incurred as herein provided, in addition to all other taxes provided for by law or by the provisions of this chapter and to be paid into a special fund in the county treasury to be known as the memorial district bond retirement fund.
(d) Refund or retire any indebtedness that may exist against the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 895.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1192.1.

1192.1. When a district is authorized to provide and maintain indoor and outdoor park and recreation facilities including swimming pools, picnic areas and playgrounds, unobligated funds of the district accumulated prior to the authorization may be used for said purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1497.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1192.5.

1192.5. A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code. The special taxes shall be applied uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 70, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1193.

1193. Every district may combine with the county in which it is located or with any incorporated city wholly within the county, in the accomplishment of any of the purposes of this chapter, and to that end hold jointly with such county or city any property acquired or made available for such purposes, and expend money in conjunction with such county or city in accomplishing any of the purposes hereof.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1195.

1195. The general district election shall be governed by the provisions of the Uniform District Election Law and be held in every district formed under the provisions of this chapter on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1195.2.

1195.2. If the board of directors of the district shall fail to take the action necessary to hold a general district election pursuant to Section 1195, the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated may call and hold a special election to vote for members of the board of directors of the district. Such special election shall be held and conducted pursuant to the provisions of Section 1180, at the expense of the district. If, on the 40th day prior to the day fixed for such special election, not more than one candidate has been nominated for each office of member of the board of directors to be filled at such election, and if on the 30th day prior to the day fixed for such election, a petition signed by 5 percent of the qualified electors in the district, requesting that such election be held, has not been presented to the board of supervisors, such election shall not be held, and the board of supervisors shall appoint persons to fill such offices and shall give notice that such election will not be held, substantially as provided in Section 1195.1.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 417.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1197.

1197. The board shall consist of five members who shall be registered electors residing within the district or proposed district at the time of their election and shall be elected by the qualified electors of the district. A majority of the seats on the board shall be designated for veterans, as defined in Section 940. Any board seat that is so designated, but is not currently filled by a qualifying individual, shall be filled by a qualified individual at the next election at which that seat is to be filled. Members shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duties. Reimbursement for these expenses is subject to Sections 53232.2 and 53232.3 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 700, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1198.

1198. The board first elected in any district shall hold its first meeting in the meeting room of the board of supervisors commencing at ten o'clock a.m. on the first Monday following the date of declaration by the board of supervisors of the result of the special election at which the board was elected. The board shall elect one of its members president, and shall elect a secretary, and shall provide for the time and place of holding meetings and the manner in which special meetings may be called. The board may establish rules for proceedings of the board.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1198.5.

1198.5. (a) The secretary of every memorial district shall annually prepare a financial report signed by the board of directors containing the following information and related data in such detail as may be necessary to accurately disclose its financial condition and operations during the preceding fiscal year:
(1) Assets and liabilities at the beginning and end of the fiscal year.
(2) Receipts of any kind and the sources thereof.
(3) Disbursements of any kind and the purposes thereof, including funding distributed to providers of supportive services pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1191.
(4) A list of all contracts, transactions, agreements, or other obligations entered into.
(b) The board of every memorial district shall provide for the safekeeping of all records, at such places as the board may order and shall transfer such records to such boards as are subsequently elected under the provisions of this chapter.
(c) The secretary of a memorial district may exclude information included in reports prepared pursuant to Section 26909, 53891, or 53901 of the Government Code from the report required pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 183, Sec. 1. (AB 1908) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1199.

1199. The president shall sign all contracts on behalf of the district and shall certify to the county auditor all lawful demands against the district payable from the memorial district fund and from the memorial district bond fund after such demands have first been approved by at least three members of the board. The president shall also perform any other duties imposed by the board. The secretary shall countersign all contracts on behalf of the district and perform any other duties precribed by the board. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but all official acts of the board must receive the affirmative vote, signature, or approval, as the case may require, of at least three members of the board.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1200.

1200. The moneys in the several funds of the district shall be paid out by the county treasurer only upon warrants drawn by the county auditor against the appropriate district fund. The county auditor shall draw warrants against the memorial district bond retirement fund, if that fund contains sufficient moneys, and if not, then, against any other funds of the district in payment of all valid and outstanding bonds of the district at maturity and of interest coupons thereon when due, upon presentation to the county auditor of the bonds or coupons by the owners thereof.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 114, Sec. 73. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1201.

1201. The county auditor shall also draw warrants against the memorial district fund and against the memorial district bond fund, in payment of lawful claims against the district certified to the county auditor by the president of the board.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 114, Sec. 74. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1202.

1202. The board shall, annually, at least fifteen days before the first day of the month in which the board of supervisors is required by law to levy the taxes required for county purposes, furnish to the board of supervisors and to the auditor estimates in writing of the minimum amount of money required for the payment of the principal of and interest upon all bonded indebtedness of the district; and also of the minimum amount of money required by the district for any other purposes.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1203.

1203. The board of supervisors shall annually at the time of levying county taxes and until all bonded indebtedness of the district is fully paid, levy and cause to be collected by the county tax collector a tax on all taxable property in the district sufficient for the payment of the principal of and interest upon all bonded indebtedness of the district. This tax shall be known as the memorial district bond retirement tax.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1204.

1204. The board of supervisors shall in like manner and until all other expenses and claims are fully paid, levy and cause to be collected by the county tax collector a tax sufficient for the payment of all other expenses and claims of the district. This tax shall be known as the memorial district tax.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1205.

1205. The memorial district tax levied in any one year shall not exceed the rate of three-tenths of one cent ($0.003) on each dollar ($1) of the assessed valuation of all taxable property in the district, exclusive of any tax which may be required to pay the principal of and interest upon any bonded indebtedness of the district. In no event shall the tax exceed an amount that is sufficient to pay the estimated expenses of operating and maintaining the memorial district for the next year and the estimated capital outlay of the district for the next two years.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 895.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1206.

1206. Taxes shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the memorial district bond retirement fund or to the credit of the memorial district fund, as the purpose of the tax determines.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1207.

1207. Taxes become delinquent at the time the county taxes become delinquent and shall bear like penalties for delinquency. All taxes shall be a lien upon all the taxable property in the district, and shall be of the same force and effect as the liens for county taxes. Their collection shall be enforced by the same means provided for the enforcement of liens for county taxes.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Management › Section 1208.

1208. Boards of supervisors, governing bodies of incorporated cities and school districts, and all authorities having control of public lands within this State may on behalf of the county, city, school district, park area, or public agency convey, lease, or make available to districts, either gratuitously or for compensation, sites upon lands under their control or jurisdiction, for the erection and maintenance thereon by districts of assembly or memorial halls, buildings, and meeting places, whenever in the reasonable discretion of such board, body, or authority, such sites can be so conveyed, leased, or made available without inconvenience to the interests of the particular county, city, school district, park, or public agency.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 2.5 - Claims › Section 1209.

1209. 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.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Bonds › Section 1210.

1210. Bonds of a district may be issued, sold, and the proceeds thereof expended in the exercise of any of the powers of the district or in the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter whenever two-thirds of the registered electors of the district who vote upon a proposal to issue bonds vote in favor thereof.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Bonds › Section 1211.

1211. The board may, and upon petition of eight per cent of the registered electors of the district shall, submit to the electors of the district the question whether bonds of the district shall be issued and sold for the purposes set forth by the board in the notice calling the election at which the question is submitted.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Bonds › Section 1212.

1212. The question may be submitted at a special bond election called for that purpose or at a general district election. If called upon petition of the electors of the district, the question shall be submitted not later than the ninetieth day after the filing of the petition therefor with the secretary of the board. The notice calling the election shall be entered in the minutes of the board and in addition to other requirements of this chapter governing the general district election shall contain a statement of the purpose of the proposed bond issue, the amount of bonds proposed to be issued, and the rate of interest, not exceeding six per cent, to be paid thereon.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Bonds › Section 1213.

1213. If the question whether bonds of the district are to be issued is submitted at a special election, such election shall be noticed, called, conducted, governed, and regulated, in the same manner prescribed for the general district election.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Bonds › Section 1214.

1214. If at such election two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor of issuing the bonds of the district, the board shall cause that fact to be entered upon its minutes and shall at once certify to the board of supervisors all of the proceedings of the board in connection with the proposed bond issue, including the purpose thereof, the amount thereof, rate of interest to be paid thereon, and the result of the election.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Bonds › Section 1215.

1215. Thereupon, the board of supervisors, by an order entered in its minutes, shall provide for the issuance and sale of bonds of the district in the amount approved by the electors of the district at the election and shall provide for the payment of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds into the county treasury to the credit of a special fund known as the memorial district bond fund which shall be used for the purposes specified in the order of the board of directors calling the special election and shall be expended upon warrants of the county auditor.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Bonds › Section 1216.

1216. The board of supervisors shall issue and sell the bonds of the district in the manner and form prescribed by law for county bonds and subject to the conditions therein specified regarding the denominations, maturities, and interest rates of county bonds.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Bonds › Section 1217.

1217. If any officer whose signature, countersignature, or attestation appears on any district bonds or coupons thereof, ceases to be such officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser thereof, such signature, countersignature, or attestation shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if such officer had remained in office until the delivery of the bonds. The signature upon the coupons of the person who is county auditor at the date of such bonds shall be valid although the bonds themselves may be attested by a different person who is county auditor at the time of delivery of the bonds.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Bonds › Section 1218.

1218. The board of supervisors at the time of making the levy of taxes for county purposes shall levy a tax for that year upon the taxable property in the district for the interest and redemption of district bonds. Such tax shall not be less than sufficient to pay the interest of the bonds for that year and the portion of the principal due or to become due during the year, and in any event shall be sufficient to raise annually for the first half of the term of the bonds the sum necessary to pay the interest thereon; and during the balance of the term, sufficient to pay the annual interest and to pay annually a proportion of the principal of the bonds equal to a sum produced by taking the whole amount of the bonds outstanding and dividing it by the number of years the bonds then have to run. All money so collected shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the district bond retirement fund and be used for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds and for no other purpose until all bonded indebtedness of the district has been paid in full. The principal and interest on bonds shall be paid by the county treasurer upon the warrant of the county auditor out of the district bond retirement fund if that fund has sufficient moneys and otherwise out of any other funds of the district. The county auditor shall cancel and retain such bonds and coupons when he draws his warrants on the treasurer in favor of the owners thereof.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Bonds › Section 1219.

1219. Whenever the bonds of a district have been investigated and certified by any officer of this state authorized to make such investigation and certification, and by the authority of such certification have been declared to be legal for investment by savings banks of this state, then such bonds may be lawfully purchased or received in pledge for loans by savings banks, building and loan associations, trust companies, insurance companies, guardians, conservators, executors, administrators, special administrators, or by any public officer within this state holding funds which by law may be invested or loaned.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 730.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - Construction and Alteration of Halls, Buildings and Meeting Places › Section 1221.

1221. No contract for the construction or alteration of any hall, building or meeting place shall be let until such time as professional estimates of the cost of such construction or alteration have been submitted to, considered, and approved by a majority of the board at an official meeting.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1067.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - Construction and Alteration of Halls, Buildings and Meeting Places › Section 1222.

1222. No contract shall be let for the construction or alteration of any hall, building or meeting place unless such project can be completed and be ready for occupancy and use with the funds the district has on hand.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1067.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - Construction and Alteration of Halls, Buildings and Meeting Places › Section 1223.

1223. No contract for the construction or alteration of any hall, building or meeting place is valid, and no district funds shall be paid for any work done under such a contract or for any labor or materials furnished under such contract, unless the plans and specifications comply in every particular with the provisions of the Uniform Building Code and the building code and regulations of the city or county in which the building is to be located.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1067.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 3.5 - Construction and Alteration of Halls, Buildings and Meeting Places › Section 1224.

1224. If the cost of construction or alteration under the contract is ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more, from time to time, as the work of construction or alteration progresses, a certified architect or a certified structural engineer, hired by the district, shall make reports showing, of his own personal knowledge, that the work during the period covered by the report has been performed and materials used and installed, in every particular, in accordance with the approved plans and specifications.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1067.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Annexation › Section 1251.

1251. The boundaries of any district organized or existing under this chapter may be altered and new territory annexed to, and incorporated within, it pursuant to this article.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 34.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Annexation › Section 1253.

1253. Proceedings may be commenced for the annexation of territory to an existing district by petition filed with the county clerk and signed by registered voters residing within the territory to be annexed equal in number to at least eight percent of the number of votes cast in the territory proposed to be annexed for the office of Governor at the last general election at which a Governor was elected. If both incorporated and unincorporated territory are included within the new territory, the petition shall be signed by registered voters equal in number in each territory to at least eight percent of the votes so cast therein for Governor.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 34.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Annexation › Section 1254.

1254. The petition shall be addressed to the board of supervisors of the county within which the district is situated, shall be signed by the number of qualified registered voters specified in Section 1253, and shall propose and set forth:
(a) The annexation of new territory under this article.
(b) The calling by the board of supervisors of a meeting to conduct a hearing upon the question whether the new territory should be annexed.
(c) An accurate description of the boundaries of the new territory specifying what portion of the territory is incorporated and what portion unincorporated.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 34.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Annexation › Section 1255.

1255. Within 30 days after the filing of the petition the county elections official shall find and certify whether the petition is signed by the requisite number of qualified registered voters of the territory proposed to be annexed and of the incorporated and unincorporated portions thereof and shall present the petition with the certificate of his or her findings attached thereto to the board of supervisors at its first regular meeting held 10 days from the date of certification of the petition. At the regular meeting the board shall ascertain whether the petition in all respects complies with the requirements therefor, except that the certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the sufficiency of the signatures to the petition. If the board finds that the petition complies with the requirements, it shall at the same regular meeting fix a time and place for the hearing of the petition not less than 20 days nor more than 40 days after the date of the meeting, and shall direct the clerk of the board to publish a notice once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper circulated in the territory that is proposed to be annexed, and that the board deems most likely to give notice to the inhabitants of the territory.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 78. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Annexation › Section 1256.

1256. The notice required in Section 1255 shall state the fact that the board has fixed the time and place, which shall be stated in the notice, for a hearing on the matter of the annexation of territory to the memorial district. The notice shall describe the territory or shall specify the exterior boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed to the district.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 34.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Annexation › Section 1257.

1257. If, at the close of the hearing, the board of supervisors determines to annex the territory, or any portion thereof, it shall so declare by resolution. The annexation shall be effective upon the date of the adoption of the resolution unless one percent or more of the voters living within the territory to be annexed have at or prior to hearing filed written objections to the annexation. If written objections to the proposed annexation are made by the number of voters specified in this section, the annexation shall not be effective until it is approved by a majority vote of the voters of the territory proposed to be annexed. The election shall be conducted substantially as provided in Sections 1179, 1180, and 1181.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 34.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Annexation › Section 1258.

1258. The declaration of the result and recordation of the statement of the election shall be carried out substantially pursuant to Sections 1182 and 1183 of this chapter except that the words “formation of the district” shall be replaced in each instance by the words “annexation of the new territory.”
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 34.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 1 - Memorial Districts › ARTICLE 6 - Annexation › Section 1259.

1259. Territory forming a part of any existing district at the time of presentation of a petition for annexation, shall not be annexed pursuant to this article.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 34.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 2 - County and City Buildings › Section 1260.

1260. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates:
(a) “Political subdivision” means any city, county, district, or other local governmental agency.
(b) “Governing body” means the board of supervisors in the case of a county, or the city council or board of trustees or other governing board in the case of a city, district, or other local governmental agency.
(c) “Veterans association” or “veterans service organization” means any association or organization which is composed solely of persons who served honorably in time of war or in time of peace in a campaign or expedition for service in which a medal has been authorized by the government of the United States, as members of the Armed Forces of the United States, or who as citizens of the United States served honorably in time of war as members of the armed forces of any nation whose government was allied with the United States during that war, and which is organized for patriotic, fraternal, and benevolent objects.
(d) “Nonprofit veteran service agency” shall have the meaning given in Section 999.51 of the Military and Veterans Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 697, Sec. 1. (SB 725) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 2 - County and City Buildings › Section 1261.

1261. Any political subdivision may lease any lot or building or part thereof belonging to it and not required for public use, for not exceeding 20 years, or may acquire and lease or sublease any lot or building or part thereof for not exceeding 20 years, to a veterans association, veterans service organization, or nonprofit veteran service agency organized in such political subdivision, to be used for the purposes of the veterans association, veterans service organization, or nonprofit veteran service agency. The rental shall be fixed by the governing body of the political subdivisions, and may be nominal in amount.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 697, Sec. 2. (SB 725) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 2 - County and City Buildings › Section 1262.1.

1262.1. Not to exceed 50 percent of any funds accumulated in, transferred from or accumulated by transfer from, the General Fund pursuant to, and for any of the purposes authorized in, Section 1262 for expenditure within an area or community may be contributed to any water district, sanitation district or other district or public agency encompassing or lying within the county for use by such district or public agency for construction or improvement of a water supply or water distribution facility or a sewage collection system or a sewage treatment facility servicing or designed to serve a community or area within such district or public agency, when it is found by a four-fifths vote of the board of supervisors to be in the best public interest and in the best interests of such community or area. The remainder of such funds so accumulated shall be expended within such community for one or more of the purposes authorized in Section 1262, and in connection therewith a plaque shall be placed and maintained in an appropriate public place commemorating veterans from and residing in the area and reciting appropriate credit for the community public facility to which such funds were contributed. The contributions authorized by this section may be made notwithstanding and independent of any other provision of law regarding or limiting county expenditures for such purpose or county contribution to such districts or agencies for expenditure for such purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1445.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 2 - County and City Buildings › Section 1263.

1263. Any money which is made available by the State to any political subdivision for the purposes of acquiring and constructing public buildings may be used for the purposes of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1946, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 110.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 2 - County and City Buildings › Section 1264.

1264. The governing body maintaining any facilities constructed or maintained pursuant to this chapter may provide for the use of such facilities by persons or organizations other than veterans, either free of charge or for stated compensation to aid in defraying the cost of maintenance, for any purpose not inconsistent with the continued use pursuant to this chapter, when such use will not unduly interfere with the reasonable use of the facilities by a veterans association, veterans service organization, or nonprofit veteran service agency.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 697, Sec. 4. (SB 725) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 2 - County and City Buildings › Section 1265.

1265. The board of supervisors of any county may sell real property contiguous to an existing cemetery which it acquired for the purposes of Section 1262 to the owners of a private cemetery upon terms and conditions mutually agreed upon, but which shall require the buyers to use such property exclusively for the burial of veterans or widows of veterans. Sections 25524 to 25537 of the Government Code do not apply to a sale made pursuant to this section.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1153.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 2 - County and City Buildings › Section 1266.

1266. (a) Whenever a city, county, or city and county has provided, maintained, or provided and maintained any building, memorial hall, meeting place, memorial park, or recreation center for the use or benefit of one or more veterans associations, veterans service organizations, or nonprofit veteran service agencies pursuant to Section 1262 or Section 37461 of the Government Code, the provision of that facility and its acceptance by the veterans associations, veterans service organizations, or nonprofit veteran service agencies constitutes a dedication of that property to a public purpose, and the city, county, or city and county may not revoke the dedication, so long as the veterans associations, veterans service organizations, or nonprofit veteran service agencies have not violated the terms and conditions of the dedication, unless the city, county, or city and county dedicates substitute facilities or unless the veterans associations, veterans service organizations, or nonprofit veteran service agencies have either consented to the proposed city, county, or city and county action or have abandoned use of the facilities.
(b) For purposes of subdivision (a), a property shall not be considered abandoned if the veterans association, veterans service organization, or nonprofit veteran service agency is required to move from the property in order for the property to undergo seismic retrofitting or remodeling.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 697, Sec. 5. (SB 725) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 4 - Capitol Park Veterans Memorials › Section 1300.

1300. There is hereby created within the State Treasury the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol to veterans of the United States Armed Forces, and for receipt of private donations for that purpose.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 684, Sec. 2. (AB 1350) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 4 - Capitol Park Veterans Memorials › Section 1301.

1301. The Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing memorials in the State Capitol to veterans of the United States Armed Forces.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 684, Sec. 2. (AB 1350) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 4 - Capitol Park Veterans Memorials › Section 1302.

1302. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall administer the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of General Services shall work collaboratively pursuant to a memorandum of agreement to carry out the duties and functions of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 684, Sec. 2. (AB 1350) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 4 - Capitol Park Veterans Memorials › Section 1303.

1303. When administering the Capitol Park Veterans Memorial Fund, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall prioritize, in consultation with the California Veterans Board, those memorials that do not have formal support from another body, public or private, for their maintenance, including, but not limited to, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the grounds of the State Capitol.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 684, Sec. 2. (AB 1350) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 5.5 - Vandalism of Veterans Memorials › Section 1318.

1318. Every person who maliciously destroys, cuts, breaks, mutilates, effaces, or otherwise injures, tears down, or removes any veterans’ memorial constructed or established pursuant to this division, or constructed or established by any veterans’ association, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1260, is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code or by imprisonment in a county jail for less than one year.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 225. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 7 - California Mexican American Veterans Memorial Beautification and Enhancement › Section 1330.

1330. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a California Mexican American Veterans’ Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Committee composed of seven members as follows:
(1) Five members appointed by the Governor.
(2) One member appointed by the President pro Tempore of the Senate.
(3) One member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(b) The secretary shall appoint one member from the committee to serve as chairperson.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 558, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed on date prescribed in Section 1338.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 7 - California Mexican American Veterans Memorial Beautification and Enhancement › Section 1331.

1331. Members of the committee shall not receive any compensation.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 558, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed on date prescribed in Section 1338.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 7 - California Mexican American Veterans Memorial Beautification and Enhancement › Section 1332.

1332. The committee may request staff support and facilities for its activities from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the department may provide that support and be reimbursed for the cost of this support.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 558, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed on date prescribed in Section 1338.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 7 - California Mexican American Veterans Memorial Beautification and Enhancement › Section 1333.

1333. The committee shall be responsible for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 558, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed on date prescribed in Section 1338.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 7 - California Mexican American Veterans Memorial Beautification and Enhancement › Section 1334.

1334. (a) The beautification and enhancement of an existing memorial on state grounds is hereby authorized. For the purposes of this act, “state grounds” means that property in the City of Sacramento bounded by “Ninth,” “Tenth,” “L,” and “N” Streets. The actual site for the beautification and enhancement of the memorial shall be the site of the existing memorial and surrounding ground.
(b) Funds for the beautification and enhancement of the memorial shall be provided through private contributions and through existing funds collected under the auspices of the California Mexican American Veterans’ Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Commission. The Department of Veterans Affairs may receive contributions for this purpose.
(c) If the California Mexican American Veterans’ Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Committee undertakes responsibility to construct a memorial under this chapter, it shall not begin construction until the Department of Finance has determined that sufficient private funding is available to construct, enhance, and maintain the memorial, and the committee signs a maintenance agreement with the state, as created under subdivision (f) of Section 1335.5, to maintain the memorial with private contributions.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009. Repealed on date prescribed in Section 1338.)
2023 California Code › Military and Veterans Code - MVC › DIVISION 6 - VETERANS BUILDINGS, MEMORIALS, AND CEMETERIES › CHAPTER 7 - California Mexican American Veterans Memorial Beautification and Enhancement › Section 1335.

1335. With respect to the design and construction of an enhanced memorial, the committee may do all of the following:
(a) Establish a schedule for the design, construction, and dedication of the enhanced memorial.
(b) Implement procedures to solicit designs for beautifying and enhancing the memorial and devise a selection process for the choice of the design.
(c) Select individuals or organizations to provide fundraising services and to construct the enhanced memorial.
(d) Review and monitor the design and construction of the memorial and establish a program for the rededication of the memorial.
(e) Consult with the Department of General Services to determine parameters for the final size of the memorial.
(f) Consult with and obtain final design and site orientation approval from the Department of General Services and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 558, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2008. Repealed on date prescribed in Section 1338.)