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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 5 - County Property › ARTICLE 10 - Joint Occupancy › Section 25549.12.

25549.12. The board of supervisors shall have the authority to review and approve the plans and specifications of any building constructed for use of the county or city and county pursuant to this article.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 341.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 5 - County Property › ARTICLE 10 - Joint Occupancy › Section 25549.13.

25549.13. The provisions of this article prevail over any provisions of law which conflict therewith.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 341.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 5 - County Property › ARTICLE 11 - Condominium Occupancy › Section 25549.20.

25549.20. Any county or city and county may contract to acquire a condominium interest, as defined in Section 783 of the Civil Code, in real property to be used jointly by the county or city and county and any private person, firm, or corporation pursuant to this article.
Any land, building, or portion thereof, which is used by a private person, firm, or corporation pursuant to this article shall be subject to the zoning and building code requirements of the local jurisdiction in which the land and building are situated.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 158, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 5 - County Property › ARTICLE 11 - Condominium Occupancy › Section 25549.21.

25549.21. The site in which the condominium interest is to be acquired may, prior to acquisition of such interest, be owned by a private person, firm, or corporation.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 158, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 5 - County Property › ARTICLE 11 - Condominium Occupancy › Section 25549.22.

25549.22. The condominium interest acquired may be for a term of years or in fee.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 158, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 5 - County Property › ARTICLE 11 - Condominium Occupancy › Section 25549.23.

25549.23. Any acquisition of a condominium interest shall be upon such terms and conditions as the parties thereto may agree. However, a notice of intention shall be given as provided in Section 25350 not later than the close of escrow.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 158, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25550.

25550. By unanimous vote, the board of supervisors of any county owning real property situated in any city which is not used and is not needed for any public purpose may convey it to the city for public park purposes, without consideration other than the agreement of the city to establish and maintain a public park on the property.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25550.5.

25550.5. By unanimous vote, the board of supervisors of any county owning any property situated in any city, which real property has been improved for use as a public park, amusement or recreational purposes, may, upon a finding that the park, amusement or recreational area is local in character, convey such park, amusement or recreational area to the city for public park, amusement or recreational purposes without consideration other than the agreement of the city to maintain such area as a public park, amusement or recreational area for the benefit and use of all residents of the county.
By unanimous vote, the board of supervisors of any county, upon transferring a park, amusement or recreational area pursuant to the provisions of this section, may convey to the city for continued use on that park, amusement or recreational area only such personal property as is at the time of transfer located on said park, amusement or recreational area. Such transfer may also be without consideration other than the agreement of the city to maintain such personal property for use on that park, amusement or recreational facility.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 776.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25550.6.

25550.6. Whenever property owned by any county and which is devoted to or held for ultimate use for park, amusement or recreational purposes is included within a city by annexation, the ownership and control of such property shall remain in the county unless the board of supervisors shall convey such property to the city as provided in Section 25550.5.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 776.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25550.7.

25550.7. Any property transferred to a city by a county pursuant to agreement or condition that said area be developed or maintained or both as a park, recreation or amusement area, whether under Section 25550 or Section 25550.5, may be modified by agreement of the city and county releasing said area in whole or part from such agreement or condition if the city agrees to devote said land so released to public purposes and the city also agrees to acquire, develop and maintain in perpetuity land mutually agreeable to the city and county of substantially the same value and develop and maintain the same exclusively to such purposes. Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit a city from purchasing or condemning any property interest of the county retained under Section 25550 or Section 25550.5. The county’s interest in said land shall be valued for the purpose of sale or acquisition through condemnation at fee value of the land. Any money received by the county from such a transfer shall be used for park and recreation purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1885.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25551.

25551. If the legislative body of any city finds that any public park, beach, golf course, or recreation ground belonging to the city is being used by large numbers of residents of the county generally who are not residents of the city, and that the use by the nonresidents of the city necessitates the enlargement or improvement or increases the cost of maintenance of the public park, beach, golf course, or recreation ground, it may request financial assistance from the county in which the city is situated by a resolution adopted by a vote of four-fifths of all its elected members.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 2067.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25552.

25552. The resolution shall designate the public park, beach, golf course, or recreation ground affected and state the amount required for enlargement, improvement, or maintenance of the public park, beach, golf course, or recreation ground. It shall also contain a description of the property needed for the purpose of enlargement, the nature of the proposed improvement, and its estimated total cost, or the nature of the additional maintenance cost imposed by the use by nonresidents of the city.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 2067.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25553.

25553. Upon receiving a certified copy of the resolution, if the board of supervisors finds by four-fifths vote of all its members that the enlargement or improvement of the public park, beach, golf course, or recreation ground is of general county interest or that the cost of maintenance is increased by reason of use by residents of the county outside of the city, it may determine to extend aid to the city for the purpose in an amount to be fixed by it by resolution, but not exceeding the amount requested by the legislative body of the city.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 2067.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25554.

25554. The aid may be given in the form of funds, property, or services, but the total amount shall not exceed the amount available from the funds of the county during the fiscal year in which the aid is given.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25555.

25555. The resolution of the board of supervisors is sufficient authority for the county auditor to draw his warrant in favor of the city for any sum of money specified in the resolution and for proper action on the part of any county officer affected to carry out the resolution.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25556.

25556. The aid shall be used by the city within one year from the time it is extended by the county and any sum or property remaining at the end of the year shall be returned to the county.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25557.

25557. A report showing the disposition of the aid shall be made by the legislative body of the city to the board of supervisors within one year from the time it is received.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25558.

25558. To the end that its citizens may enjoy greater cultural, educational, and recreational advantages, any county may provide music free to the public in connection with the maintenance of county-owned parks and playgrounds or upon any appropriate public or patriotic occasion, and for these purposes the board of supervisors may:
(a) Designate, from time to time, a group of professional musicians as the official county orchestra or band, or both, and compensate them for their professional services.
(b) Provide necessary equipment, including music and uniforms, for the official county orchestra or band, or both, and provide a suitable place with necessary custodians or attendants for keeping the equipment.
(c) Provide a suitable place or places for the rehearsal of or concerts by the official county orchestra or band.
(d) Enter into contracts with any professional musician or organization sponsoring a professional orchestra or band to furnish music.
(e) Combine with any city within the boundaries of the county, in the accomplishment of the purposes of this section and expend money in conjunction with any city in accomplishing the objectives.
(f) Establish a county orchestra or band fund and transfer from the general fund to such fund, from time to time, such money as it deems necessary.
(g) Levy a special tax, pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5, and spend the proceeds for the purposes of this section.
(h) Create a county band and orchestra commission to carry out, on behalf of the board, any of the purposes and objects of this section and from time to time determine the members, powers, and duties of the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 709, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25559.

25559. The board of supervisors may:
(a) Appropriate and expend money from the general or other appropriate fund of the county to furnish music and supply musical entertainment to the public, either by the employment of individual musicians or by entering into contracts, with or without bids, with orchestras, bands, symphony associations, or other organizations, whenever desirable in its judgment in the maintenance and operation of any stadium, exposition building, public pleasure ground, public park, botanical garden, recreation center, county fair, memorial hall or veterans’ meeting place, or memorial park, or other county buildings and places for public purposes. The board may furnish music in the same manner for any public meeting, gathering, parade, occasion, or patriotic memorial meeting or observance.
(b) Appropriate and expend money from the fund raised by special tax to exploit the resources of the county, and commonly known as the “Exploitation fund,” to furnish music, either inside or outside the boundaries of the county, by entering into contracts, with or without competitive bidding, with individual musicians, orchestra, symphony associations, bands, or any other organization or corporation maintaining a band, orchestra, or other musical group for the purpose of furnishing free concerts to the public.
The provisions of this section shall be applicable only to boards of supervisors of counties having a population of nine hundred thousand or over, as ascertained and determined by state law.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25560.

25560. The board of supervisors may sell and convey to any school district, high school district, or junior college district within the county, without compensation or upon such compensation as the board may determine, any portion of any land which was acquired by the county by means of special assessment proceedings for park purposes, if the portion of the land to be so sold or conveyed has not been used by the public for park purposes for a period of more than 10 years.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25560.4.

25560.4. The board of supervisors of any county may, by a four-fifths vote of the members, use or dedicate any portion of any land acquired by the county by means of special assessment proceedings for park purposes, for the erection and maintenance of one or more buildings to house a superior court, or one or more departments or divisions thereof, if the portion of the land to be so used or dedicated has not been used by the public for park purposes for a period of more than 10 years.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 210, Sec. 7. (AB 1984) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25561.

25561. The board of supervisors of any county, by ordinance, may adandon land, lying outside of the corporate limits of any city, which land has been dedicated for park purposes, by the recording of a subdivision plat or map in the recorder’s office, upon finding that such land is not generally used by the public for park purposes, that no public funds have been expended to improve the same as a park, that no consideration has been paid for such land by any public agency, and that the public interest will be served by such abandonment. A recital in any ordinance enacted under this section that the board of supervisors finds that such facts exist shall be conclusive evidence of the existence thereof in favor of any subsequent purchaser of said lands for a valuable consideration.
After such abandonment, any interest in such land owned by the county may be sold by the board of supervisors in the same manner as other real property owned by the county and not required for county purposes may be sold.
No abandonment of any land dedicated for park purposes pursuant to this section, nor any sale of such land pursuant to this section, shall in any wise affect or impair any private easement or other right in or to or over said lands acquired or owned by any private person or corporation.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 1162.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 25562.

25562. In counties having a population in excess of 250,000, the board of supervisors may provide, by contract, with any person, firm, or corporation, for performances within the county including, but not limited to, operas, symphonies, band concerts and other instrumental concerts, historical or commemorative pageants, choral concerts, plays or other related presentations (with or without music), ballet, dance, recitals, exhibitions, and readings. A charge may be made for attendance at these performances. The contract shall provide that the management and control of the performances shall be under the supervision of the board of supervisors or shall provide specifically for those matters which cannot legally be delegated by the board of supervisors. The contract may also provide for the reimbursement of the county, insofar as possible, out of any net profits derived from the performance by the person, firm, or corporation.
In counties of the second class, as determined by Sections 28020 and 28023, the board of supervisors may provide, by contract, with a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the State of California, for the expenditure of county funds to aid in the construction by the corporation of a theater or similar facility in which the county does not have an ownership interest. This theater may be used for the performance of plays, dramas, cultural, social, educational, and other events and presentations of benefit to the people of the county. The contract may permit admission fees to be charged for events in the theater, but the contract shall require the corporation to construct and operate the theater in a manner which will insure that the county’s funds are utilized for public purposes of benefit to the people of the county.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 985, Sec. 7.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 2 - County Park Abandonment Law of 1959 › Section 25580.

25580. This article may be cited as the County Park Abandonment Law of 1959.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 2 - County Park Abandonment Law of 1959 › Section 25581.

25581. The board of supervisors of any county may abandon all or any portion of a park dedicated to the county for park purposes or acquired by the county by deed limiting its use to park purposes, and may sell the land comprising it pursuant to this article or use the land for other county purposes, if it finds that all of the park, where all is to be abandoned, or the portion to be abandoned is not being used by the public for park purposes and that all of said park, or the portion to be abandoned if less than all, is not appropriate, convenient or necessary for park purposes.
The transfer of a park or any portion thereof by the county to any city or district of the county, whether by lease or conveyance, shall not be deemed to be an abandonment of park purposes under this article if such lease or conveyance is expressly made subject to the condition that the property transferred be used only for park purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 170.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 2 - County Park Abandonment Law of 1959 › Section 25582.

25582. If the land comprising all or any portion of such park has been purchased with funds realized from the sale of bonds of a bond issue authorized for the purpose of acquiring the land for park purposes, the question of abandonment of all or any portion of such park and the sale or conveyance of the land or the use of the land for other county purposes shall first be submitted to, and approved by a majority of the voters of the county voting at the next statewide election or at a special election called for that purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 2 - County Park Abandonment Law of 1959 › Section 25583.

25583. Before abandoning all or any portion of a park the board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution of intention by unanimous vote of all of its members describing the park or the portion of it proposed to be abandoned and fixing a time at least 60 days after the adoption of the resolution when it will meet to take final action.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 2 - County Park Abandonment Law of 1959 › Section 25584.

25584. The resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6063 in a newspaper of general circulation in the county printed and published nearest to the park all or a portion of which is proposed to be abandoned and in the newspaper of greatest circulation in the county if that newspaper is not the one printed and published nearest to such park. Not less than four copies of the resolution shall be posted conspicuously not more than 100 feet apart at the point where any public highway or highways or park road or roads providing access into or through such park across the park boundaries and along the route of such highways or roads within the park boundaries.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 2 - County Park Abandonment Law of 1959 › Section 25585.

25585. At the time and place stated in the resolution the board of supervisors shall meet and hear and pass on objections to the abandonment of all or any portion of the park. If the board of supervisors sustains the objections, the proceedings shall terminate and a new resolution of intention describing all or any substantial part of the area proposed to be abandoned as a park shall not be adopted for six months.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 2 - County Park Abandonment Law of 1959 › Section 25586.

25586. If at or before the hearing there is filed with the board of supervisors a petition signed by not less than 200 voters of the county objecting to the abandonment, the board of supervisors shall either terminate the proceedings or submit the question of abandonment to the voters of the county at the next statewide election or at a special election called for that purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 2 - County Park Abandonment Law of 1959 › Section 25587.

25587. If all objections are overruled or if the election required by Section 25586 results in a vote of approval by a majority of those voting thereat, the board of supervisors has jurisdiction to order the park or that portion thereof described in the resolution of intention abandoned and sold or used for other county purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 6 - Parks and Recreation › ARTICLE 2 - County Park Abandonment Law of 1959 › Section 25588.

25588. No abandonment or sale or other county use of a park or portion thereof pursuant to this article shall affect any private right in lands acquired or owned by any private person or corporation, nor shall such abandonment or sale or other county use affect any right, easement or interest owned or under the control of any other governmental agency for public use other than park purposes.
In the absence of an express or implied reservation of a right of reversion in the dedication or instrument of purchase, the park lands abandoned pursuant to this article shall not revert to private ownership.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 7 - Public Resources › ARTICLE 1 - Wild Flowers › Section 25600.

25600. By a four-fifths vote the board of supervisors may designate as wild flower reserves, during appropriate times of the year for not to exceed ninety (90) days at any one time, any portion of the public domain of the United States, any unsold or unleased public State land, and any privately owned lands whose owners, without expense to the county, consent in writing thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 7 - Public Resources › ARTICLE 1 - Wild Flowers › Section 25601.

25601. The board may protect any land designated as wild flower reserves by prohibiting any person from driving, herding, or grazing herbivorous animals in groups of sizes designated by the board on or over such lands during such periods.
(Amended by Stats. 1949, Ch. 30.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 7 - Public Resources › ARTICLE 1 - Wild Flowers › Section 25602.

25602. This article does not apply to any public grazing land within the scope of an act of Congress entitled “An act to stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration, to provide for their orderly use, improvement and development, to stabilize the livestock industry dependent upon the public range, and for other purposes,” approved June 28, 1934, and of Article 2, Chapter 4, Part 4, Division 6 of the Public Resources Code.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 7 - Public Resources › ARTICLE 2 - Forestry and Trees › Section 25620.

25620. This article may be cited as the Shade Tree Law of 1909.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 7 - Public Resources › ARTICLE 2 - Forestry and Trees › Section 25621.

25621. The board of supervisors may appoint a county board of forestry, to consist of no less than three persons who shall serve without compensation.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1019, Sec. 10.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 7 - Public Resources › ARTICLE 2 - Forestry and Trees › Section 25622.

25622. In any county in which a planning commission has been created, the board of supervisors may appoint a county board of forestry, to consist of the members of the planning commission, who, in addition to their powers and duties as members of the planning commission, shall exercise all the powers and duties of a forestry board except the protection of the county from forest, grass, grain, brush, or other fires.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1019, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 7 - Public Resources › ARTICLE 2 - Forestry and Trees › Section 25623.

25623. Whenever the board of supervisors desires to avail itself of this article, it shall by resolution or ordinance so declare.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 7 - Public Resources › ARTICLE 2 - Forestry and Trees › Section 25624.

25624. Within two months after the adoption of the resolution or ordinance, the board of supervisors shall appoint a county board of forestry or designate the members of the county planning commission to act as the county board of forestry.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 7 - Public Resources › ARTICLE 2 - Forestry and Trees › Section 25625.

25625. The term of office of the members of the county board of forestry is four years, except that the persons first appointed shall so classify themselves by lot that two of their number shall retire from office at the end of two years, two at the end of three years, and one at the end of four years. Any vacancy in office shall be filled by appointment by the board of supervisors for the unexpired term.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 7 - Public Resources › ARTICLE 2 - Forestry and Trees › Section 25626.

25626. Within 10 days after notice of their appointment, the members of the county board of forestry shall organize by the election of one of their members as chairman and adopt suitable rules for their government.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 7 - Public Resources › ARTICLE 2 - Forestry and Trees › Section 25627.

25627. The county board of forestry may employ a suitable and competent person as county forester to serve during the pleasure of the board and prescribe his duties.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 3 - GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES › DIVISION 2 - OFFICERS › PART 2 - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS › CHAPTER 7 - Public Resources › ARTICLE 2 - Forestry and Trees › Section 25628.

25628. The county board of forestry may also employ, or authorize the county forester to employ, a deputy county forester.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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25629. The board of supervisors may fix the compensation of the county forester.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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25630. Whenever the members of the county planning commission have been designated as the county board of forestry, it shall not employ or appoint a county forester, but the employment and appointment may be made by the board of supervisors. In such case the bond of the forester shall be furnished to the board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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25631. When appointed the forester shall execute a bond to the county board of forestry in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the faithful performance of his duties. He shall be the secretary of the county board of forestry and shall perform such other duties as the board prescribes. The forester shall enforce this article and all lawful orders of the board of forestry.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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25632. The board of forestry has exclusive charge and jurisdiction, with the exception of areas included within the limits of any city or fire protection district organized under state law, over the protection of the county from brush, grass, grain, or other fires. The board of forestry also has exclusive charge of and jurisdiction:
(a) To decide upon the variety, kind, and character of trees, hedges, shrubs, lawns, and flowers to be planted upon public roads, highways, grounds, and property.
(b) To determine all questions respecting the pruning, cutting, and removal of any trees or hedges growing thereon, the necessity therefor, the extent of, and the manner in which such work shall be done.
(c) Under the authority of the board of supervisors, to plant and properly care for the trees, hedges, shrubs, lawns, and flowers.
(d) To enforce, carry out, and effectuate this article.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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25633. In the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties, the board of forestry shall not interfere with the jurisdiction of the board of supervisors over and in the improvement, care, and general control of the roads, highways, grounds, and property.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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25634. This article does not confer upon any county board of forestry, or other local authority however constituted or appointed, any jurisdiction over or within the right of way of any state road or highway, except that they may extinguish or assist in the suppression of fires within the right of way of any state road or highway.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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25635. In any county where a county board of forestry has been created and appointed, it is unlawful for any person except the county board of forestry or its employees to trim, prune, cut, deface, destroy, or remove any shade or ornamental tree or hedge growing upon any public road, highway, ground, or property or to paint, place, attach to, or put upon such trees, hedges, shrubs, lawns, or flowers, any sign, notice, advertisement, or advertising device, or to plant any tree or hedge on any such road, highway, ground, or property without the consent in writing of the board of forestry first obtained. This article does not give the county board of forestry any jurisdiction over any fruit or nut trees which on August 10, 1913, were growing along such roads, highways, grounds, or property, except that such trees may not be removed without the consent of the board of forestry. The violation of any provision of this section is a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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25636. All money received as penalties for the violation of this article shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the county board of forestry fund, and shall be used for the expenses of the county board of forestry in carrrying out this article and its policy and purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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25637. Whenever this article is availed of, the board of supervisors shall appropriate money for the use of the county board of forestry sufficient to pay the compensation of the county forester and for the necessary expenses of the county board of forestry.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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25638. By a resolution or ordinance adopted by a four-fifths vote, the board of supervisors may repeal any resolution or ordinance previously enacted whereby it elected to avail itself of this article. Upon the adoption of the resolution or ordinance of repeal, any forestry board previously appointed shall be discharged and the board of supervisors shall immediately take possession of the property and funds in the hands of the county board of forestry. The board of supervisors shall thereafter administer the powers and duties previously conferred upon the board of forestry.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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25639. Any county may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county, either within or without the county, for cooperation with the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, the United States Forest Service, or the California Forest Experiment Station in investigations relating to watershed protection, reforestation, and afforestation, when those investigations are for the benefit of the county.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 972, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1999.)
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25640. The board of supervisors may plant shade and ornamental trees on or about the public grounds and buildings of the county and provide for their care. The cost of planting and caring for the trees shall be paid out of the county general fund.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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25641. Under such regulations as it may adopt, the board of supervisors may encourage the planting and preservation of shade and ornamental trees on and about the public grounds and buildings of the county, and may pay a sum not exceeding one dollar to persons planting and cultivating the trees, for every living tree so planted, at the age of four years.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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25642. The board of supervisors may appropriate in any one year such sum of money as the board of supervisors deems necessary for the purpose of providing fire protection.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1342.)
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25643. The board of supervisors of a county shall determine each year such sum of money as the board of supervisors deems necessary for fire protection services within the county, excluding therefrom any city or district which is at such time providing fire protection services within such city or district. Except for the costs of forest, range, and watershed fire protection within state responsibility areas as defined in Part 2 (commencing with Section 4101) of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, for which the county is not reimbursed by the state, the taxes for the costs of county fire protection services shall be levied only on property within the county served by and benefiting from county fire protection services, or such costs shall be paid from other nonproperty tax revenues collected within the unincorporated area of the county.
Every city or district which provides its own fire protection services, and which prior to March 1 of any year files with the board of supervisors of the county a resolution declaring that such city or district is providing fire protection services within its jurisdiction, shall not be assessed during the following fiscal year and any year thereafter for any portion of the costs of county fire protection services, except for the costs of forest, range, and watershed fire protection within state responsibility areas as defined in Part 2 (commencing with Section 4101) of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, for which the county is not reimbursed by the state.
All property located within a county service area receiving structural fire protection services under Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 25210) of this part shall be exempt from any county tax imposed on property generally to finance structural fire protection, commencing with the 1972–73 fiscal year.
This section shall not apply to a county with a population of more than 1,000,000 but less than 6,000,000 according to the 1960 federal census.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 158, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2009.)
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25660. On the application of any person interested, the board of supervisors may by ordinance declare all or any portion of any slough, river, or stream to be a public highway for the purpose of fishing therein, if it:
(a) Does not lie within or run through cultivated land lying within the county.
(b) Is stocked or supplied in whole or in part with fish by the state or counties.
(c) Has not been declared by law to be navigable and in fact is not navigable for commercial purposes.
From the time the ordinance becomes effective, the slough, river, or stream is a public highway for such purpose, subject only to the reservations contained in this article.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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25661. If any owner of land adjacent to or across which the slough, river, or stream declared to be a highway for fishing flows does not consent to its use for such purpose with the right to pass along the banks for the purpose of fishing and on application refuses to grant the right of passage to the county by suitable instrument in writing, the board may contract for and purchase any such rights.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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25662. If the right of passage cannot be purchased at a satisfactory price, the board may authorize condemnation proceedings to be commenced to procure the right.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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25680. The board of supervisors may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county for the following purposes:
(a) The construction of works, improvements, levees, or check dams to prevent the overflow and flooding of streams and rivers in the county.
(b) The protection and reforestation of the watersheds of such streams and rivers.
(c) The conservation of the flood waters of such streams and rivers.
(d) The making of all surveys, maps, and plats necessary to carry out any work, construction, or improvment authorized by this section.
(e) The carrying out of any work, construction, or improvement authorized by this section outside the county, if the rivers or streams flow in or through more than one county.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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25681. The board may appropriate and expend money from the general or other appropriate funds of the county for the construction of works, improvements, levees, or check dams to prevent the overflow and flooding of streams and rivers in the county, and may construct works, improvements, levees, or check dams outside the county for such purposes upon channels, streams, or rivers which flow or lie in or through more than one county, or where any of such work is reasonably necessary for the control of flood waters in the county, although the channel, river, or stream does not lie or flow in or through two or more counties.
(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
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25681.1. A county may reclaim public and private lands therein by levees, bulkheads, breakwaters, fills, embankments, basins, drains, canals, excavations, sluices, pipes, watergates, pumping plants and all works and structures useful therefor. This work is a local improvement and a county affair. The costs of reclamation shall be borne solely by the lands reclaimed.
This section shall not be construed as affecting any public district or public entity now or hereafter established and having similar powers.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1226, Sec. 4.5.)