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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › Section 32305.

32305. The rate of interest to be borne by bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall be fixed by the board of directors. The rate shall not exceed 8 percent per annum, payable annually or semiannually.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 130.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › Section 32307.

32307. All bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be signed by the presiding officer and attested by the secretary of the board of directors of the district, and shall be valid as to future sale thereafter, regardless of whether at the time of sale the officer so signing is still the incumbent of such office.
(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 932.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › Section 32308.

32308. No hospital district shall incur a bonded indebtedness exceeding 10 percent of the assessed value of all the taxable property in the district as shown by the last equalized county assessment roll or rolls of the county or counties in which the district lies. Any bonds of local hospital districts which shall be issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be legal investments for all trust funds and for the funds of insurance companies, banks, both commercial and savings, and trust companies, and whenever any moneys or funds may by any law now or hereafter enacted be invested in bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties or school districts within the State of California, such moneys or funds may be invested in said bonds of local hospital districts issued under this chapter, and whenever bonds of cities, cities and counties, counties or school districts within the State may by any law now or hereafter enacted be used as security for the performance of any act or the deposit of any public moneys, said bonds of local hospital districts issued under this chapter and in pursuance of its provisions may be so used.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 18.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › Section 32310.

32310. Bonds shall be sold for at least par value. Before making any sales, the board of directors of the district shall, by resolution entered on its minutes, declare its intention to sell a specified amount of bonds, and the day, hour, and place at which bids will be received for such bonds. Notice of the sale shall be given by publication, once, not less than 10 days prior to the date of sale, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district and shall state that sealed proposals for the purchase of bonds will be received at the place designated for the receipt of bids until the day and hour named in the resolution.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 656.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › Section 32311.

32311. At the time appointed, the board of directors shall open the proposals, and may sell the bonds or any portion thereof to the highest responsible bidder or bidders. Any and all bids may be rejected and no proposal shall be accepted unless accompanied by a certified or cashier’s check for such reasonable percentage of the amount of the bid as shall be determined by the board of directors, to apply to the purchase price of the bonds. The amount of such check shall be forfeited if, after the acceptance of the proposal the bidder refuses to accept the bonds and to complete his purchase thereof on conditions stated in his bid. In case no award is made the board of directors thereafter may again advertise the bonds or any part thereof for sale.
(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 975.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › Section 32312.

32312. The board or boards of supervisors of the county or counties in which the district lies shall, at the time of fixing the general tax levy, sometimes called the annual assessment or regular annual assessment, for such district, and in the manner for such general tax levy provided, levy and collect annually each year until said bonds are paid or until there shall be a sum in the treasury set apart for that purpose sufficient to meet all sums coming due for the principal and interest on such bonds, a tax sufficient to pay the interest on such bonds as the same becomes due and also, to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof at maturity. The sum for the sinking fund shall in any event be sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of all of the bonds as such bonds become due. Said tax shall be in addition to all other taxes levied for district purposes and shall be placed in the bond interest and sinking fund of the district and, until all of the principal and interest of the bonds of said district is paid, the moneys in said fund shall be used for no other purpose than the payment of said bonds and accruing interest thereon.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 910.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 4 - Bonds › Section 32314.

32314. The board may provide that any bond issued by the district may be subject to call and retirement prior to maturity at such times and prices and upon such other terms as the board may specify. If a bond is subject to call and retirement prior to maturity that fact shall be stated in the bond.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 96.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Revenue Bonds › Section 32315.

32315. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local hospital district may issue revenue bonds pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. However, the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 54380) of Chapter 6 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code shall not be applicable to local hospital districts.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1513, Sec. 13.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Revenue Bonds › Section 32316.

32316. By resolution of the board of directors adopted by a vote of four-fifths of the membership of the board, the district may issue bonds of not more than a maximum of 50 percent of the average of the district’s gross revenues for the preceding three years, pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, to provide funds for the acquisition, construction, improvement, financing or refinancing of an enterprise, or the refunding of any bonds, notes, loans, or other indebtedness of the district, including, but not limited to, any or all expenses incidental thereto, or connected therewith, or any combination of two or more of those purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1355, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Revenue Bonds › Section 32317.

32317. The resolution adopted pursuant to Section 32316 shall include all of the following:
(a)  The purpose for which the bonds are proposed to be issued.
(b)  The estimated cost of the acquisition, construction, improvement, financing, and refinancing.
(c)  The principal amount of the bonds.
(d)  The maximum rate of the interest on the bonds, which shall not exceed 12 percent per year, and the frequency of interest payments.
(e)  A statement that the bonds are to be revenue bonds, payable exclusively from the revenues of the enterprise, and that the bonds are not to be secured by the taxing power of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1355, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Revenue Bonds › Section 32318.

32318. The resolution adopted pursuant to Section 32316 shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district, or if there is none, in the newspaper of general circulation published nearest to the district. If there is no newspaper of general circulation published in the district, the resolution shall also be posted in three public places in the district for two succeeding weeks.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1355, Sec. 7.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Revenue Bonds › Section 32319.

32319. The board of directors may sell the bonds pursuant to the resolution as follows:
(a)  By giving notice inviting sealed bids and selling to the highest responsible bidder.
(b)  By private sale, pursuant to a vote of four-fifths of the entire board.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1513, Sec. 17.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Revenue Bonds › Section 32320.

32320. No hospital district shall sell revenue bonds until a formal agreement of the sale has been approved by the board of directors, by ordinance, which shall state that the agreement is subject to referendum as provided by Article 1 (commencing with Section 9300) of Chapter 4 of Division 9 of the Elections Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 153. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Revenue Bonds › Section 32321.

32321. (a)  Any ordinance subject to Section 32320 shall be published after adoption once a week for two successive weeks, commencing within 15 days after adoption, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district, or if there is none, in the newspaper of general circulation published nearest to the district. If there is no newspaper of general circulation published in the district, the ordinance shall also be posted in three public places in the district for two succeeding weeks.
(b)  The board of directors of the district may introduce and enact an ordinance at any regular or adjourned regular meeting by the approving votes of a majority of all its members. The electors of the district shall have the right to petition for referendum on an ordinance pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 9140) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of the Elections Code, except that all computations referred to in those sections, and officers of the county mentioned in those sections, shall be construed to refer to comparable computations and officers of the district. For the purpose of the section, the term “electors” means the electors of territory entitled to vote at elections for the members of the board of directors.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 154. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5 - Revenue Bonds › Section 32322.

32322. If an ordinance enacted pursuant to Section 32320 is subjected to a successful referendum election, or is repealed or rescinded by the board of directors, no ordinance authorizing the district to sell revenue bonds shall be adopted by the district for a period of one year from the date of the referendum repeal or rescission.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1513, Sec. 20.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5.5 - State Loans and Insurance Procurement Assistance › Section 32351.

32351. In the event the Chowchilla Memorial Hospital District enters into a joint powers agreement with a hospital district or hospital districts, whereby an independent governmental agency, as provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, is created to investigate, defend, settle and pay, if required, medical injury tort claims against any of the parties to such joint powers agreement in accordance with the authority granted by Sections 990.4 and 990.8 of the Government Code, notwithstanding any provisions of the Insurance Code to the contrary; then, in that event, each hospital district with under 100 beds shall have the right for a period of five years from the effective date of this chapter, but subject to the availability of moneys appropriated therefor, to borrow from the state for the purpose of paying any medical injury tort judgment or settlement which exceeds three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to the extent of such excess.
However, the total amount of funds loaned by the state to all hospital districts, which have entered into the joint powers agreement pursuant to this chapter, shall not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) in the aggregate.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 447.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5.5 - State Loans and Insurance Procurement Assistance › Section 32352.

32352. Loans made pursuant to this article shall be repaid to the state pursuant to a schedule mutually agreed upon by the state department and the hospital district receiving the loan, not exceeding 40 years, and at an interest rate not to exceed the five-year average of the return on the investment of state funds pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 16430) of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The state department shall grant all loans which qualify under the requirements of this chapter to the extent that funds are available therefor. No application for a loan shall be denied because previous applications have been made except that the state department may procure insurance to cover the losses, if any, in connection with such loans and the cost of such insurance may be charged to the independent agency. The cost charged to such an independent agency for the insurance shall not exceed 5 percent of the total of loan losses.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 447.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5.5 - State Loans and Insurance Procurement Assistance › Section 32353.

32353. The provisions of this section shall apply only to the Chowchilla Memorial Hospital District, and to any other hospital district with a bed capacity of less than 100 beds, which has entered into a joint powers agreement with the Chowchilla Memorial Hospital District. The Chowchilla Memorial Hospital District, or other district specified in this section, shall have the authority to employ physicians in the local community and such physicians, as employees of the district shall be covered for medical injury tort liability by the district.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 447.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5.5 - State Loans and Insurance Procurement Assistance › Section 32355.

32355. As a condition of eligibility for loans under this chapter, any hospital district having a licensed bed capacity of less than 100 beds and which participates in a joint powers agreement described in Section 32351 shall submit the following to the state department within 60 days after the effective date of this chapter:
(a)  A health quality assurance program which assures adequate review of health services rendered;
(b)  Adequate procedures for providing resources for liability coverage, including provisions for the payment of all medical injury tort claims or portions of claims under three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000), and for investment of funds or resources set aside for liability reserves; and
(c)  Adequate procedures for obtaining legal services in connection with medical injury tort claims filed against the hospital district.
(d)  Adequate procedures to repay loans under Government Code and Health and Safety Code sections relating to district hospitals.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 447.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5.5 - State Loans and Insurance Procurement Assistance › Section 32356.

32356. Any provisions applicable to the payment of tort claims against a hospital district shall be applicable for the repayment of any loan from the state to a hospital district pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 447.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5.5 - State Loans and Insurance Procurement Assistance › Section 32357.

32357. Duplicate copies of any reports prepared pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 53890) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code by the joint powers entity specified in Section 32351 or any party thereto shall be submitted to the state department.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 447.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5.5 - State Loans and Insurance Procurement Assistance › Section 32358.

32358. The state department shall prepare and adopt regulations establishing the specific criteria to be used for the approval of a loan application of a district hospital under this chapter to ensure that the hospital district complies with the intent of the Legislature set forth in Section 32350.
Within 120 days after submission of an application by a hospital district for a loan under the provisions of this chapter, the state department shall submit its final recommendation to the Legislature with respect to the approval or disapproval of the loan in order to assist the Legislature in determining whether to appropriate funds for the making of the loan. The state department shall notify the hospital district submitting the application of its tentative decision to recommend approval or disapproval of the loan within 90 days after receiving the application in order to allow the hospital district to present additional data as may be necessary to justify the loan.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 447.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 5.5 - State Loans and Insurance Procurement Assistance › Section 32359.

32359. The Department of General Services shall, without cost or obligation to the state, assist the Chowchilla Memorial Hospital District, and any other hospital district with a bed capacity of less than 100 beds which has entered into a joint powers agreement with the Chowchilla Memorial Hospital District, in procuring insurance for the purpose of paying medical injury tort judgments or settlements exceeding one million dollars ($1,000,000) in the aggregate. Any such procurement may, upon request of the hospital district concerned, be made by the Department of General Services on behalf of such hospital district.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 7 - Claims › Section 32492.

32492. 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 › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 8 - Nonprovider Health Care Districts › Section 32495.

32495. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Administrative expenses” means expenses relating to the general management of a health care district, such as accounting, budgeting, personnel, procurement, legal fees, legislative advocacy services, public relations, salaries, benefits, rent, office supplies, or other miscellaneous overhead costs.
(b) “Direct health service” means ownership or direct operation of a hospital, medical clinic, ambulance service, transportation program for seniors or persons with disabilities, a wellness center, health education, or other similar service.
(c) “Nonprovider health care district” means a health care district that meets all of the following criteria:
(1) The district does not provide direct health care services to consumers.
(2) The district has not received an allocation of real property taxes in the past three years.
(3) The district has assets of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) or more.
(4) The district is not located in a rural area that is typically underserved for health care services.
(5) In two or more consecutive years, the amount the district has dedicated to community grants has amounted to less than twice the total administrative costs and overhead not directly associated with revenue-generating enterprises.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 421, Sec. 1. (AB 2737) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 8 - Nonprovider Health Care Districts › Section 32496.

32496. (a) A nonprovider health care district shall not spend more than 20 percent of its annual budget on administrative expenses.
(b) A nonprovider health care district shall spend at least 80 percent of its annual budget on community grants awarded to organizations that provide direct health services.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 421, Sec. 1. (AB 2737) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 8 - Nonprovider Health Care Districts › Section 32498.

32498. Notwithstanding Section 32496, and prior to payment of any annual budget item described in Section 32496, a nonprovider health care district shall pay any amount required to be paid in the district’s annual budget year by a final judgment, court order, or arbitration award for which appeals have been exhausted or for which the period for appeal has expired, enforcement of which is not barred by the order of any court or by any statutory provision, and which has not been nullified or rendered void by any court order or statutory provision.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 421, Sec. 1. (AB 2737) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - Pajaro Valley Health Care District › Section 32498.5.

32498.5. (a) A local hospital district designated as the Pajaro Valley Health Care District is hereby formed within the Counties of Santa Cruz and Monterey. The Pajaro Valley Health Care District may be organized, incorporated, and managed as provided in this division, and may exercise the powers granted or necessarily implied by this division, only if the relevant county board of supervisors chooses to appoint an initial board of directors, as described in Section 32100. All other provisions of this division apply to the Pajaro Valley Health Care District, except as provided in this chapter.
(b) The territory of the district shall be the following area: Situated in the Counties of Santa Cruz and Monterey, State of California; being all the lands within the boundary of the Pajaro Valley Unified School District, excepting the lands to the north and west of the following described line: beginning at a point on the edge of the Pacific Ocean at the intersection with the projected centerline of Aptos Beach Drive; thence along said projected centerline to the intersection of the centerline of Aptos Beach Drive and the centerline of Rio Del Mar Boulevard; thence along the centerline of Rio Del Mar Boulevard in a northeasterly direction to the intersection of the centerline of Rio Del Mar Boulevard and the centerline of Bonita Drive; thence along the centerline of Bonita Drive in a westerly direction to the intersection of the centerline of Bonita Drive and the centerline of Freedom Boulevard; thence along the centerline of Freedom Boulevard in a northerly and easterly direction to the intersection of the centerline of Freedom Boulevard and the centerline of Hames Road; thence along the centerline of Hames Road in an easterly direction to the end of the centerline of Hames Road and the beginning of the centerline of Browns Valley Road; thence along the centerline of Browns Valley Road in a northerly and easterly direction to the end of the centerline of Browns Valley Road and the beginning of the centerline of Hazel Dell Road; thence along the centerline of Hazel Dell Road in an easterly and southerly direction to the intersection of the centerline of Hazel Dell Road and the centerline of Mount Madonna Road; thence along the centerline of Mount Madonna Road in a southerly direction to the intersection of the centerline of Mount Madonna Road and the centerline of Gaffey Road; thence along the centerline of Gaffey Road 1300 feet, more or less, in an easterly direction to a point on the centerline of Gaffey Road; thence leaving the centerline of Gaffey Road 90 feet, more or less, in a northeasterly direction to a point on the Santa Cruz County line.
(c) Following the formation of the district, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the Government Code) governs any change of organization.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 1, Sec. 2. (SB 418) Effective February 4, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - Pajaro Valley Health Care District › Section 32498.6.

32498.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, within five years of the date of the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Pajaro Valley Health Care District, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution to divide the district into zones and number the zones consecutively.
(b) In establishing these zones, the board of directors shall provide for representation in accordance with demographic and geographic factors of the entire area of the district, including population factors. The board of directors shall fix the time and place for a hearing on the proposed establishment of zones. At this hearing, any elector of the district may present their views and plans in relation to the proposed zoning, but the board of directors shall not be bound thereby and their decision, in the resolution adopted, shall be final.
(c) The zones shall be effective for the next district election after the resolution of the board of directors for which there is time to implement the zones and elections within the zones.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 1, Sec. 2. (SB 418) Effective February 4, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - Pajaro Valley Health Care District › Section 32498.7.

32498.7. (a) The district shall notify the County of Santa Cruz local agency formation commission (LAFCO) of when the district, or any other entity, acquires the Watsonville Community Hospital.
(b) If the district does not acquire the Watsonville Community Hospital through the bankruptcy proceeding pursuant to Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 1101) of Title 11 of the United States Code by January 1, 2024, the LAFCO shall order the dissolution of the district.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 1, Sec. 2. (SB 418) Effective February 4, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - Pajaro Valley Health Care District › Section 32498.8.

32498.8. (a) The district shall notify the Santa Cruz County local agency formation commission if the district sells the Watsonville Community Hospital to another entity or stops providing health care services at the facility.
(b) If the commission receives notification subject to subdivision (a), it shall order the dissolution of the district.
(c) The dissolution of the district pursuant to this section is not subject to any of the following:
(1) Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 57000) to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 57176), inclusive, of Part 4 of Division 3 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(2) Determinations pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 56881 of the Government Code.
(3) Requirements for commission-initiated changes of organization described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 56375 of the Government Code.
(4) Sections 99 and 99.01 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 1, Sec. 2. (SB 418) Effective February 4, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 9 - Pajaro Valley Health Care District › Section 32498.9.

32498.9. (a) Within one year of the district’s date of formation, the Santa Cruz County local agency formation commission shall develop and determine a sphere of influence for the district pursuant to Section 56426.5 of the Government Code, unless the district is dissolved before that date.
(b) The district shall make annual reports to the commission, by December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2024, regarding health care service provision within the boundaries of the district, using the indices outlined in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 56430 of the Government Code, unless the district is dissolved before the date the report is required.
(c) By December 31, 2025, and by December 31 every five years thereafter, the commission shall conduct a municipal service review regarding health care service provision within the boundaries of the district pursuant to Section 56430 of the Government Code, unless the district is dissolved before the date the municipal service review is required.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 90, Sec. 1. (SB 969) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10 - Desert Healthcare District Reorganization › Section 32499.2.

32499.2. (a) Thirty days after the expansion of the district, and notwithstanding Sections 32100.01 and 32100.02, the Board of Directors of the Desert Healthcare District shall adopt a resolution to increase the number of members of its board of directors from five to seven without the necessity of a petition or approval thereof by voters residing within the district. The resolution shall become effective on the date of, and subject to any conditions specified in, the resolution.
(b) The additional vacancies created by the expansion shall be filled by appointment by the board of directors. A person appointed to fill a vacancy created by subdivision (a) shall be a registered voter and a resident of the territory annexed by the district pursuant to Section 32499.
(c) Upon appointment, the board shall, by lot, designate one member appointed pursuant to subdivision (b) to have an initial term of office from the date of appointment until the date described in Section 10554 of the Elections Code that occurs in 2020 and one member appointed pursuant to subdivision (b) to have an initial term of office from the date of appointment until the date described in Section 10554 of the Elections Code that occurs in 2022.
(d) A vacancy in one or both of the board positions created by subdivision (a) after the first appointments to those positions pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be filled by the methods prescribed in Section 1780 of the Government Code, and, after January 1, 2020, shall be filled by the methods prescribed in Section 32499.3.
(e) This section shall only become operative if the Desert Healthcare District is expanded in accordance with Section 32499.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 126, Sec. 1. (AB 1095) Effective January 1, 2020. Section conditionally operative by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10 - Desert Healthcare District Reorganization › Section 32499.3.

32499.3. (a) Following the expansion of the Board of Directors of the Desert Healthcare District, and notwithstanding Section 32100.1, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution to divide the district into seven voting districts, number the voting districts consecutively, and elect members of the board of directors by voting district beginning with the first district election after January 1, 2020.
(b) In establishing the voting districts described in subdivision (a), the board of directors shall provide for representation in accordance with demographic, including population, and geographic factors of the entire area of the district. The board of directors shall fix the time and place and give public notice for a hearing on the proposed establishment of the voting districts, at which any elector of the district may present his or her views and plans in relation to the proposed division, but the board of directors shall not be bound thereby and their decision, in the resolution adopted, shall be final.
(c) The resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall declare the voting districts and describe the boundaries of each voting district.
(d) The voting districts described in subdivision (a) and any necessary procedures for implementing the election of the board of directors by voting districts shall be established and implemented on or before January 1, 2020.
(e) The voting districts established pursuant to this section shall be effective for the next district election after January 1, 2020. At the expiration of the terms of office of the members of the board of directors then in office, and thereafter, these members of the board of directors shall be elected by voting districts. One member of the board of directors shall be elected by the electors of each of the voting districts. A person shall not be eligible to hold the office of member of the board of directors unless he or she has been a resident of the voting district from which he or she is elected for 30 days next preceding the date of the election.
(f) A vacancy upon the board that results in a voting district left unrepresented prior to the expiration of the term of that board position shall be filled by appointment of the remaining members of the board of directors. A member of the board of directors appointed pursuant to this subdivision shall be a resident of the voting district left unrepresented on the board of directors.
(g) This section shall become operative only if the Desert Healthcare District is expanded in accordance with Section 32499.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 416, Sec. 1. (AB 2414) Effective January 1, 2017. Section conditionally operative by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 10 - Desert Healthcare District Reorganization › Section 32499.4.

32499.4. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Desert Healthcare District maximize the use of its assets to provide direct health services to individuals within the district through direct operation of or funding provided to organizations that own or operate hospitals, medical clinics, ambulance services, transportation programs for seniors or persons with disabilities, wellness centers, health education services, promotoras, mental health services, veterans’ health services, and other similar services.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 416, Sec. 1. (AB 2414) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 11 - Imperial Valley Healthcare District › Section 32499.5.

32499.5. (a) A local health care district designated as the Imperial Valley Healthcare District is hereby formed within the County of Imperial. All other provisions of this division shall apply to the Imperial Valley Healthcare District following its formation, except as provided in this chapter.
(b) The territory of the district shall include all of the County of Imperial, including those areas under the jurisdiction of the Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District and the Heffernan Memorial Healthcare District.
(c) Following the formation of the district, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the Government Code) governs any change of organization.
(d) As used in this chapter, “district” means the Imperial Valley Healthcare District.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 549, Sec. 2. (AB 918) Effective October 8, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 11 - Imperial Valley Healthcare District › Section 32499.7.

32499.7. (a) (1) Following appointment, the Board of Directors of the Imperial Valley Healthcare District, notwithstanding Section 32100.1, shall adopt a resolution to divide the district into seven voting districts, number the voting districts consecutively, and elect members of the board of directors by voting district beginning with the next district election occurring after January 1, 2024.
(2) The board of directors shall collaborate with the Imperial County Local Agency Formation Commission to establish the voting districts.
(b) In establishing the voting districts described in subdivision (a), the board of directors shall provide for representation in accordance with demographic, including population, and geographic factors of the entire area of the district. The board of directors shall fix the time and place and give public notice for a hearing on the proposed establishment of the voting districts, at which any elector of the district may present their views and plans in relation to the proposed division, but the board of directors shall not be bound thereby and their decision, in the resolution adopted, shall be final.
(c) The resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall declare the voting districts and describe the boundaries of each voting district.
(d) The voting districts described in subdivision (a) and any necessary procedures for implementing the election of the board of directors by voting districts shall be established and implemented on or before July 1, 2024.
(e) The voting districts established pursuant to this section shall be effective for subsequent district elections, commencing with the next district election occurring after January 1, 2024. At the expiration of the terms of office of the members of the board of directors then in office, and thereafter, these members of the board of directors shall be elected by voting districts. One member of the board of directors shall be elected by the electors of each of the voting districts. A person shall not be eligible to hold the office of member of the board of directors unless they have been a resident of the voting district from which they are elected for 30 days next preceding the date of the election. A member of the initial board of directors, appointed pursuant to Section 32499.6, shall not be eligible to become an elected board member of the district for the first round of elections for each respective board seat.
(f) A vacancy upon the board that results in a voting district left unrepresented prior to the expiration of the term of that board position shall be filled by appointment of the remaining members of the board of directors. A member of the board of directors appointed pursuant to this subdivision shall be a resident of the voting district left unrepresented on the board of directors.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 549, Sec. 2. (AB 918) Effective October 8, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 11 - Imperial Valley Healthcare District › Section 32499.8.

32499.8. (a) The district shall make annual reports to the Imperial County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), by December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2025, regarding health care service provision within the boundaries of the district, using the indices outlined in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 56430 of the Government Code.
(b) By December 31, 2026, and by December 31 every five years thereafter, the Imperial County LAFCO shall conduct a municipal service review regarding health care service provision within the boundaries of the district pursuant to Section 56430 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 549, Sec. 2. (AB 918) Effective October 8, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 11 - Imperial Valley Healthcare District › Section 32499.9.

32499.9. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Imperial Valley Healthcare District maximize the use of its assets to provide direct health care services to individuals within the district through direct operation of or funding provided to organizations that own or operate hospitals, medical clinics, ambulance services, transportation programs for seniors or persons with disabilities, wellness centers, health education services, promotoras, mental health services, veterans’ health services, and other similar services.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 549, Sec. 2. (AB 918) Effective October 8, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23 - HOSPITAL DISTRICTS › CHAPTER 11 - Imperial Valley Healthcare District › Section 32499.95.

32499.95. (a) Upon receipt of the recommendation from the Board of Directors of the Imperial Valley Healthcare District pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 32499.6, the Imperial County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) shall determine the appropriate dates to dissolve the Heffernan Memorial Healthcare District and the Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District. The Imperial County LAFCO may decide on different dissolution dates for the Heffernan Memorial Healthcare District and the Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District. The Imperial County LAFCO shall dissolve the Heffernan Memorial Healthcare District and the Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District by January 1, 2025.
(b) The Imperial Valley Healthcare District shall be the successor to the Heffernan Memorial Healthcare District and the Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District. Effective on the respective date of their dissolution, all assets, rights, and responsibilities of the Heffernan Memorial Healthcare District and the Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District are transferred to the Imperial Valley Healthcare District. As of the effective date of the dissolution, the Imperial Valley Healthcare District shall have ownership, possession, and control of all books, records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, licenses, permits, entitlements, agreements, contracts, claims, judgments, land, and other assets and property, real or personal, owned or leased by, connected with the administration of, or held for the benefit or use of the Heffernan Memorial Healthcare District or Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District. Accounts payable and all other contract obligations shall be transferred to the Imperial Valley Healthcare District.
(c) The terms of the board members of the Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District and the Heffernan Memorial Healthcare District serving as of the effective date of this chapter are extended until January 1, 2025, or until each respective district is dissolved, whichever occurs first.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 549, Sec. 2. (AB 918) Effective October 8, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23.5 - ENDOWMENT HOSPITALS › Section 32501.

32501. Any person desiring in his or her lifetime to promote the public welfare by founding, endowing, and having maintained within this state a hospital for the relief of the sick, and for use as a training school for nurses may, by grant in writing, convey to a trustee named in the grant and to the successor of such trustee, any of his or her property situated within this state. If he or she is married or in a registered domestic partnership and the property is community, both spouses shall join in the grant.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 55. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23.5 - ENDOWMENT HOSPITALS › Section 32503.

32503. The grantor may designate in the grant:
(a)  The nature, object, and purpose of the hospital.
(b)  The name by which it shall be known.
(c)  The powers and duties of the trustee, including the manner in which he shall account, and to whom. Such powers and duties shall not be held to be exclusive of any others necessary to enable the trustee fully to carry out the object of the grant.
(d)  The mode and manner by which, and the person by whom any successor of the named trustee shall be appointed.
(e)  Such rules and regulations for the management of the property conveyed as the grantor may elect to prescribe. Unless the grantor otherwise prescribes, such rules shall be advisory only, and shall not preclude the trustee from making such changes as new conditions may from time to time require.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 82.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23.5 - ENDOWMENT HOSPITALS › Section 32505.

32505. The trustee may exercise corporate powers and privileges, and to that end may organize and act as a board of trustees, elect such officers of the board as he may deem necessary, adopt by-laws, and as such board or through such officers transact such business, perform such acts, and exercise such powers as he in writing may provide may be transacted, performed, and exercised by such board.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 82.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23.5 - ENDOWMENT HOSPITALS › Section 32507.

32507. The grantor, by a provision in the grant, may during his lifetime elect, in relation to the property conveyed and to the erection, maintenance, and management of the hospital, to perform all the duties and exercise all the powers which, by the terms of the grant, are enjoined upon and vested in the trustee. In such case the powers and duties conferred and imposed by the grant upon the trustee shall be exercised and performed by the grantor during his lifetime. Upon the death of the grantor the powers and duties shall devolve upon and be exercised by the trustee or his successor.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 82.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 23.5 - ENDOWMENT HOSPITALS › Section 32508.

32508. No suit, action, or proceeding shall be commenced or maintained by any person to set aside, annul, or affect the conveyance or the title to the property conveyed, or the right to the possession, rents, issues, and profits thereof, unless it is commenced within two years after the date of filing the grant for record. Nor in any suit, action, or proceeding commenced by the trustee named in the grant, his successor, privy, or any person holding under him shall any defense be made involving the legality of the grant, or affecting the title to the property thereby conveyed, the right to its possession, or the rents, issues, and profits thereof, unless the suit, action, or proceeding is commenced within two years after the grant is filed for record. After such filing the property shall be exempt from execution and forced sale.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 82.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING › PART 1 - COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 1 - General Definitions › Section 33000.

33000. This part may be cited as the Community Redevelopment Law.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1812.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING › PART 1 - COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 1 - General Definitions › Section 33001.

33001. The definitions and general provisions contained in this article govern the construction of this part, unless the context otherwise requires.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1812.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING › PART 1 - COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 1 - General Definitions › Section 33002.

33002. “Community” means a city, county, city and county, or Indian tribe, band, or group which is incorporated or which otherwise exercises some local governmental powers.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1757.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 24 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING › PART 1 - COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 1 - General Definitions › Section 33003.

33003. “Agency” means a redevelopment agency created by this part or its predecessor, or a legislative body which has elected to exercise the powers granted to an agency by this part.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1812.)