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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.1 - Habitat Maintenance Assessment Districts › Section 50067.5.

50067.5. The legislative body may provide for the collection of the assessment in the same manner, and subject to the same penalties as, other fees, charges, and taxes fixed and collected by, or on behalf of the local agency. If the assessments are collected by a county on behalf of a city, the county may deduct its reasonable costs incurred for that service before remittal of the balance to the city.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1301, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.1 - Habitat Maintenance Assessment Districts › Section 50068.

50068. (a) The legislative body may, by resolution, determine and declare that bonds shall be issued to finance the estimated cost of the proposed improvements described in Section 50060.5, other than the costs of maintenance and servicing, under either the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000), S.& H.C.) or the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500), S.& H.C.). Either Part 5 (commencing with Section 6400) of Division 7 or Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code, as the case may be, shall govern all proceedings relating to the issuance of those bonds. The pertinent provisions of that division which apply to the legislative body of a city shall also apply to the legislative body of a district formed pursuant to this article. Alternatively, the legislative body may determine and declare that notes shall be issued for the same purposes for which bonds may be issued. The maximum term to maturity of any notes issued shall not exceed 10 years.
(b) The resolution shall generally describe the proposed improvements specified in Section 50060.5, set forth the estimated cost thereof, specify the number of annual installments and the fiscal years during which they are to be collected, and fix or determine the maximum amount of each annual installment necessary to retire the bonds or notes. The amount of debt service to retire the bonds shall not exceed the amount of revenue estimated to be raised from assessments over 30 years. The amount of debt service to retire the notes shall not exceed the amount of revenue to be raised from the assessments over 10 years.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, assessments levied to pay the principal of, and interest on, any bond or note issued pursuant to this section, shall not be reduced or terminated if doing so would interfere with the timely retirement of the debt.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1301, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.1 - Habitat Maintenance Assessment Districts › Section 50068.5.

50068.5. The legislative body shall provide by resolution each year for the levy and collection of annual assessments to pay for the long-term maintenance of natural habitat pursuant to this article in the amounts previously authorized. The resolution shall include a diagram and assessment against each lot or parcel subject to assessment for those purposes. If the assessments are to be increased above the amount levied for the previous year, notice, protest, and hearing procedures shall comply with Section 53753. The levy and collection of assessments for those purposes may be coordinated with the levy and collection of assessments pursuant to any other provision of law in any manner that the legislative body determines to be necessary or convenient.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 262, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.1 - Habitat Maintenance Assessment Districts › Section 50069.

50069. Any resolution providing for the levy of assessments for payment of debt service on bond debt or notes, or for the long-term maintenance of natural habitat, or any hearings upon the formation of a district, or upon the levy of annual assessments after formation of a district shall be concluded and any resolution confirming a diagram and an assessment shall be adopted not later than either of the following dates:
(a) July 1 of the fiscal year during which the assessments are to be collected on the county assessment roll.
(b) A later date, not beyond the third Monday in August, that the county auditor authorizes.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1301, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.1 - Habitat Maintenance Assessment Districts › Section 50069.5.

50069.5. (a) Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure applies to any judicial action or proceeding to validate, attack, review, set aside, void, or annul an ordinance or resolution levying an assessment or modifying or amending an existing ordinance or resolution.
(b) If an ordinance or resolution provides for an automatic adjustment in an assessment, and the automatic adjustment results in an increase in the amount of an assessment, any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the increase shall be commenced within 90 days of the effective date of the increase.
(c) Any appeal from a final judgment in the action or proceeding brought pursuant to this section shall be filed within 30 days after entry of the judgment.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1301, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.1 - Habitat Maintenance Assessment Districts › Section 50070.

50070. This article does not limit or prohibit the levy or collection of any other fee, charge, assessment, or tax for habitat maintenance authorized by any other provision of law.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1301, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Voter-Approved Special Taxes › Section 50075.

50075. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide all cities, counties, and districts with the authority to impose special taxes, pursuant to the provisions of Article XIII A of the California Constitution.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 672.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Voter-Approved Special Taxes › Section 50075.1.

50075.1. On or after January 1, 2001, any local special tax measure that is subject to voter approval that would provide for the imposition of a special tax by a local agency shall provide accountability measures that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(a) A statement indicating the specific purposes of the special tax.
(b) A requirement that the proceeds be applied only to the specific purposes identified pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c) The creation of an account into which the proceeds shall be deposited.
(d) An annual report pursuant to Section 50075.3.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 535, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Voter-Approved Special Taxes › Section 50075.3.

50075.3. The chief fiscal officer of the levying local agency shall file a report with its governing body no later than January 1, 2002, and at least once a year thereafter. The annual report shall contain both of the following:
(a) The amount of funds collected and expended.
(b) The status of any project required or authorized to be funded as identified in subdivision (a) of Section 50075.1.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 535, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Voter-Approved Special Taxes › Section 50075.5.

50075.5. As used in this article:
(a) “Local agency” means any county, city, city and county, including a charter city or county, or any special district.
(b) “Special district” means an agency of the state, formed pursuant to general law or a special act, for the performance of governmental or proprietary functions, with limited geographic boundaries, including, but not limited to, a school district and a community college district.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 535, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Voter-Approved Special Taxes › Section 50076.

50076. As used in this article, “special tax” shall not include any fee which does not exceed the reasonable cost of providing the service or regulatory activity for which the fee is charged and which is not levied for general revenue purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 903.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Voter-Approved Special Taxes › Section 50077.

50077. (a)  Except as provided in Section 7282 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the legislative body of any city, county, or district may, following notice and public hearing, propose by ordinance or resolution the adoption of a special tax. The ordinance or resolution shall include the type of tax and rate of tax to be levied, the method of collection, and the date upon which an election shall be held to approve the levy of the tax. The proposition shall be submitted to the voters of the city, county, or district, or a portion thereof, and, upon the approval of two-thirds of the votes cast by voters voting upon the proposition, the city, county, or district may levy the tax.
(b) The legislative body of a city, or district, may provide for the collection of the special tax in the same manner and subject to the same penalty as, or with, other charges and taxes fixed and collected by the city, or district, or, by agreement with the county, by the county on behalf of the city, or district. If the special taxes are collected by the county on behalf of the city, or district, the county may deduct its reasonable costs incurred for the service before remittal of the balance to the city.
(c) The legislative body of a local agency which is conducting proceedings for the incorporation of a city, the formation of a district, a change of organization, a reorganization, a change of organization of a city, a municipal reorganization, or the disincorporation of a city may propose by ordinance or resolution the adoption of a special tax in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (a) on behalf of an affected city or district.
(d) As used in this section “district” means an agency of the state, formed pursuant to general law or special act, for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 304, Sec. 1. (AB 851) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.5 - Voter-Approved Special Taxes › Section 50077.5.

50077.5. (a) Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure applies to any judicial action or proceeding to validate, attack, review, set aside, void, or annul an ordinance or resolution approved by the voters pursuant to this article on or after January 1, 1986, that levies a special tax, or modifies or amends an existing ordinance or resolution that levies a special tax. If an ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to this article on or after January 1, 1986, provides for an automatic adjustment in the rate or amount of any special tax approved by the voters pursuant to this article, and the automatic adjustment increases the amount of the tax, any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the increase shall be commenced within 60 days of the effective date of the increase.
(b) Any appeal from the final judgment in an action or proceeding brought pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be filed within 30 days after entry of the judgment.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 985, Sec. 10.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.6 - Fire Suppression Assessments › Section 50078.

50078. Any local agency which provides fire suppression services directly or by contract with the state or a local agency may, by ordinance or by resolution adopted after notice and hearing, determine and levy an assessment for fire suppression services pursuant to this article. The assessment may be made for the purpose of obtaining, furnishing, operating, and maintaining fire suppression equipment or apparatus or for the purpose of paying the salaries and benefits of firefighting personnel, or both, whether or not fire suppression services are actually used by or upon a parcel, improvement, or property.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 327, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.6 - Fire Suppression Assessments › Section 50078.1.

50078.1. As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Legislative body” means the board of directors, trustees, governors, or any other governing body of a local agency specified in subdivision (b).
(b) “Local agency” means any city, county, or city and county, whether general law or chartered, or special district, including a county service area created pursuant to the County Service Area Law (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 25210) of Part 2 of Division 2 of Title 3).
(c) “Fire suppression” includes firefighting and fire prevention including, but not limited to, vegetation removal or management undertaken, in whole or in part, for the reduction of a fire hazard.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 158, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.6 - Fire Suppression Assessments › Section 50078.2.

50078.2. (a) The ordinance or resolution shall establish uniform schedules and rates based upon the type of use of property and the risk classification of the structures or other improvements on, or the use of, the property. The risk classification may include, but need not be limited to, the amount of water required for fire suppression on that property, the structure size, type of construction, structure use, and other factors relating to potential fire and panic hazards and the costs of providing the fire suppression by the district to that property. The assessment shall be related to the benefits to the property assessed.
(b) The benefit assessment levies on land devoted primarily to agricultural, timber, or livestock uses, and being used for the commercial production of agricultural, timber, or livestock products, shall be related to the relative risk to the land and its products. The amount of the assessment shall recognize normal husbandry practices that serve to mitigate risk, onsite or proximate water availability, response time, capability of the fire suppression service, and any other factors which reflect the benefit to the land resulting from the fire suppression service provided. A benefit assessment shall not be levied for wildland or watershed fire suppression on land located in a state responsibility area as defined in Section 4102 of the Public Resources Code. This subdivision is not applicable to any benefit assessment levied prior to January 1, 1984, on land devoted primarily to agricultural, timber, or livestock uses.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 327, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.6 - Fire Suppression Assessments › Section 50078.3.

50078.3. Any ordinance or resolution adopted by a local agency pursuant to this article establishing uniform schedules and rates for assessments for fire suppression services which substantially conforms with the model ordinance which the State Fire Marshal is authorized to adopt pursuant to Section 13111 of the Health and Safety Code shall be presumed to be in compliance with the requirements of Section 50078.2.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 327, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.6 - Fire Suppression Assessments › Section 50078.4.

50078.4. The legislative body of the local agency shall cause to be prepared and filed with the clerk of the local agency a written report which shall contain all of the following:
(a) A description of each lot or parcel of property proposed to be subject to the assessment.
(b) The amount of the assessment for each lot or parcel for the initial fiscal year.
(c) The maximum amount of the assessment which may be levied for each lot or parcel during any fiscal year.
(d) The duration of the assessment.
(e) The basis of the assessment.
(f) The schedule of the assessment.
(g) A description specifying the requirements for protest and hearing procedures for the proposed assessment pursuant to Section 50078.6.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 262, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.6 - Fire Suppression Assessments › Section 50078.5.

50078.5. (a) The legislative body may establish zones or areas of benefit within the local agency and may restrict the imposition of assessments to areas lying within one or more of the zones or areas of benefit established within the local agency.
(b) The benefit assessment shall be levied on a parcel, class of improvement to property, or use of property basis, or a combination thereof, within the boundaries of the local agency, zone, or area of benefit.
The assessment may be levied against any parcel, improvement, or use of property to which such services may be made available whether or not the service is actually used.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 303, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.6 - Fire Suppression Assessments › Section 50078.6.

50078.6. The clerk of the local agency shall cause the notice, protest, and hearing procedures to comply with Section 53753. The mailed notice shall also contain the name and telephone number of the person designated by the legislative body to answer inquiries regarding the protest proceedings.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 262, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.6 - Fire Suppression Assessments › Section 50078.13.

50078.13. The local agency shall pay the county for costs, if any, incurred by the county in conducting the election. An election called by a legislative body pursuant to this article is subject to all provisions of the Elections Code applicable to elections called by the local agency. The local agency may recover the costs of the election and any other costs of preparing and levying the assessment from the proceeds of the assessment.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 349, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.6 - Fire Suppression Assessments › Section 50078.16.

50078.16. The legislative body may provide for the collection of the assessment in the same manner, and subject to the same penalties as, other fees, charges, and taxes fixed and collected by, or on behalf of the local agency. If the assessments are collected by the county, the county may deduct its reasonable costs incurred for that service before remittal of the balance to the local agency’s treasury.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 303, Sec. 10.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.6 - Fire Suppression Assessments › Section 50078.17.

50078.17. Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure applies to any judicial action or proceeding to validate, attack, review, set aside, void, or annul an ordinance or resolution levying an assessment or modifying or amending an existing ordinance or resolution.
If an ordinance or resolution provides for an automatic adjustment in an assessment, and the automatic adjustment results in an increase in the amount of an assessment, any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the increase shall be commenced within 90 days of the effective date of the increase.
Any appeal from a final judgment in the action or proceeding brought pursuant to this section shall be filed within 30 days after entry of the judgment.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 327, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.6 - Fire Suppression Assessments › Section 50078.19.

50078.19. This article does not limit or prohibit the levy or collection of any other fee, charge, assessment, or tax for fire suppression services authorized by any other provisions of law.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1396, Sec. 8.5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.6 - Fire Suppression Assessments › Section 50078.20.

50078.20. Any fire protection district may specifically allocate a portion of the revenue generated pursuant to this article to pay the interest and that portion of the principal as will become due on an annual basis on indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8589.13 of this code and Section 13906 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 221, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.8 - School Districts › Section 50079.1.

50079.1. A community college district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075). The special taxes shall be applied uniformly to all taxpayers or real property within the district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 70, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.8 - School Districts › Section 50079.2.

50079.2. Notwithstanding any other law, when any school district in the County of Santa Barbara is in any manner merged with one or more school districts so as to form a single district pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 35542 of the Education Code, the district so formed may continue to impose any qualified special taxes imposed in any former district as defined by Section 35516 of the Education Code, provided that the revenues derived from those qualified special taxes remain segregated on a geographical basis conforming to the former boundaries of the school districts prior to unification.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 276, Sec. 2. (AB 504) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.8 - School Districts › Section 50079.3.

50079.3. Notwithstanding any other law, the Santa Barbara Unified School District may impose a special tax in compliance with Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) within the boundaries of the former Santa Barbara Elementary School District upon approval of the voters within the boundaries of the former Santa Barbara Elementary School District. The district shall segregate revenues from any tax levied under this section into a separate account, and shall use revenues from that account solely for specific purposes within the boundaries of the former Santa Barbara Elementary School District.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 276, Sec. 3. (AB 504) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.8 - School Districts › Section 50079.5.

50079.5. This article shall not be construed to affect the authority of any community facilities district to levy any special tax or other charge under Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Division 2.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1365, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 3.8 - School Districts › Section 50079.6.

50079.6. (a) In addition to those persons described in subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 50079, a qualified special tax imposed by the Davis Joint Unified School District in accordance with Section 50079 may provide an exemption for teachers and other employees of the school district for their principal place of residence located within the jurisdictional boundaries of the school district.
(b) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.
(c) This section shall become inoperative on January 1, 2021.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), or any other law, any exemption allowed pursuant to this section shall remain in effect for the duration of the period for which the tax is imposed.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or limit the Davis Joint Unified School District from imposing, or continuing to impose, a qualified special tax authorized by Section 50079.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 604, Sec. 1. (SB 958) Effective January 1, 2019. Section inoperative January 1, 2021, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 4 - Officers and Employees › Section 50080.

50080. When the legislative body of a local agency orders an officer or employee to attend a special training school he may be paid from the treasury his traveling and other actual and necessary expenses incident to attendance at the school.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 4 - Officers and Employees › Section 50081.

50081. (a) To the extent that funds have been made available to a local agency pursuant to Section 50082, the legislative body of a local agency shall furnish each newly hired police officer and deputy sheriff employed full time by the local agency with a service revolver or other suitable pistol, holster, belt and ammunition, a nightstick, handcuffs, raincoats, and rainboots.
(b) The following items are recommended to be provided by local agencies but are not reimbursable pursuant to Section 50082:
(1) Offduty holster.
(2) Whistle.
(3) Flashlight, flashlight batteries, and flashlight bulb.
(4) Chemical Mace and chemical Mace holder.
(5) Utility jacket.
(6) Protective vest.
(c) Issued equipment shall remain the property of the local agency and shall be returned upon request of the local agency. However, notwithstanding any other law, and as long as the item is not needed as evidence in a pending criminal or civil action or investigation, any local agency shall donate the personal effects, including pistols, revolvers, or other firearms capable of being concealed upon the person that have been rendered inoperable and shooting medals, of any police officer or deputy sheriff employed by the agency who is killed in the line of duty, to the family of the officer upon the request of the family. The officer’s protective vest, ammunition, and chemical Mace shall not be made available to the family and shall remain the property of the local agency.
(d) Any requirement of a basic firearms safety certificate for persons who anticipate the transfer of a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person shall not apply to a person to whom an inoperable pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person is donated pursuant to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 902, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES › DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES › PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES › CHAPTER 1 - General › ARTICLE 4 - Officers and Employees › Section 50081.1.

50081.1. The legislative body of a local agency may furnish police officers and deputy sheriffs assigned to solo motorcycle duty with the following safety equipment:
(a) Motorcycle boots and riding breeches.
(b) Leather motorcycle jacket and leather gloves.
(c) Plastic safety helmet.
(d) Suitable eye protective glasses for day duty and suitable eye protective glasses for night duty.
Such equipment shall remain the property of the local agency and shall be returned upon request of the local agency.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 939.)
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50081.2. The legislative body of a local agency may furnish police officers and deputy sheriffs assigned to helicopter duty with the following safety equipment:
(a) Fireproof coveralls or other suitable fireproof uniforms, fireproof underwear, and fireproof stockings.
(b) Flight boots.
(c) Suitable plastic aviation-type safety helmet.
Such equipment shall remain the property of the local agency and shall be returned upon request of the local agency.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 939.)
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50082. The Legislature shall make available to the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training in the Department of Justice for allocation to local agencies, funds to be used to provide the equipment required to be furnished by Section 50081. The Legislature shall, in addition, provide sufficient funds to the commission to cover the cost of administering the provisions of this section. The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section including rules governing the manner of application for allocation of funds.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 931.)
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50083. No local agency or district shall require that its employees be residents of such local agency or district.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1418.)
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50084. Each local agency’s hiring practices and promotional practices shall conform to the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 915.)
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50084.5. (a) (1) A local official, whether elected or appointed, shall not make available to an immediate family member a public vehicle owned or operated by, or a credit card issued by, the local agency that the local official represents except in the case of medical emergency.
(2) For purposes of this section, “immediate family member” means a spouse, child, in-law, parent, or sibling of the local official.
(b) This section shall not apply to a local official if the legislative body of the local agency that the local official represents has adopted an ordinance, resolution, or other measure that prohibits the conduct described in subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 128, Sec. 1. (AB 1399) Effective January 1, 2011.)
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50085. No local agency shall, as a part of its hiring practices or promotional practices, employ any educational prerequisites or testing or evaluation methods which are not job-related unless there is no adverse effect.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 915.)
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50085.5. (a) Every local agency shall provide to the Civil Rights Council a copy of any affirmative action plan and subsequent amendments to such plan adopted by the local agency.
(b) Every local agency that is required by federal law, rule or regulation to submit an annual statistical survey of the employment of the agency to the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shall annually, commencing with January 1, 2013, submit a copy of the survey to the Civil Rights Council.
(c) These reports and information shall constitute public records.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 48, Sec. 52. (SB 189) Effective June 30, 2022.)
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50086. No person who is summoned by a county sheriff, city police department, fire department, park ranger, or other local agency to voluntarily assist in a search or rescue operation, who possesses first aid training equivalent to the Red Cross advanced first aid and emergency care training standards, and who in good faith renders emergency services to a victim prior to or during the evacuation or extrication of the victim, shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of any acts or omissions by such person in rendering such emergency services.
For the purposes of this section, “emergency services” includes, but is not limited to, first aid and medical services, rescue procedures, and transportation or other related activities necessary to insure the safety of the victim who is the object of the search or rescue operation.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1065.)
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50088. (a) As used in this section:
(1) “Civil service system,” as applied to a county or city or county, means the approved local merit system (ALMS).
(2) “Veteran” has the same meaning as in Section 18973.
(3) “Veterans service office” means an office established pursuant to Section 970 of the Military and Veterans Code.
(b) When any city, county, or city and county, general law or chartered, has established a civil service system and entrance examination for the selection of appointive officers and employees, the board of supervisors or city council, by January 1, 2002, shall either implement a veterans’ preference system giving preference to a veteran over other identically qualified applicants, or shall adopt a resolution identifying reasons that it does not implement a veterans’ preference system.
(c) Nothing in this act shall be construed to require a city, county, or city and county, to implement a veterans’ preference system. However, it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section that cities, counties, and cities and counties, to the extent possible, further the public policy embodied in Section 6 of Article VII of the California Constitution to promote veterans’ preference.
(d) In enacting this section, the Legislature finds and declares that veterans’ preference in civil service examinations is a matter of statewide concern.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that a board of supervisors or city council may seek the voluntary assistance of a veterans service office serving that area in implementing a veterans’ preference system.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 201, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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50089. (a) Any employee organization primarily comprised of peace officers, as described by Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, that is a chapter of, or affiliated directly or indirectly in any manner with, a general nonprofit corporation formed for the specific and primary purpose to act as an employee organization for peace officers in this state that directly or indirectly represents less than 7,000 retired or active peace officers, that has not filed with the Secretary of State an agent of the employee organization who has been designated for purposes of service of process as described in Section 1701, 6410, 8210, 9670, 12610, 18200, or 25550 of the Corporations Code by the effective date of this section, shall not be qualified to be the exclusive or majority bargaining agent, as described in subdivision (a) of Section 3502.5, until January 1, 2007.
(b) Any general nonprofit corporation formed for the specific and primary purpose to act as a recognized employee organization, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 3501, for peace officers in this state that directly or indirectly represents less than 7,000 retired or active peace officers, that has any affiliate, chapter, or member that has failed to file with the Secretary of State an agent who has been designated for purposes of service of process by the effective date of this section, shall be prohibited from establishing or recognizing any member, affiliate, or chapter that was not a bona fide member, affiliate, or chapter of the nonprofit corporation as of January 1, 2003, until January 1, 2007.
(c) This section shall not apply to any national organization that directly or indirectly represents retired or active peace officers.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 178, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2005.)
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50110. The legislative body, and each office, officer, or employee of a local agency shall furnish the clerk three copies of each printed, mimeographed, or processed book, pamphlet, report, bulletin, or other publication issued by them at the expense of the local agency. The clerk shall send one copy of each publication to the State Library at Sacramento, the Institute of Governmental Studies of the University of California at Berkeley, and the Public Affairs Service of the University of California at Los Angeles, to be preserved for reference use in those institutions.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 544.)
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50111. When a book, document, map, or record required to be kept by an officer of a local agency is damaged by conflagration or other public calamity, the legislative body may cause the book, document, map, or record to be copied into a new and well-bound book.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
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50112. When copied, the book, document, map, or record shall be carefully compared with the original. The persons comparing shall each make an affidavit which shall be incorporated into the book, document, map, or record as copied, that it and each part of it is a true copy of the original; that the matter of record which appears upon every page of the original appears also upon the same page of the copy; and that no matter of record appears upon any page of the copy which is not upon the same page of the original. The officer having custody of the book, document, map, or record shall certify upon the copy that it is a true copy of the original.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
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50113. The certified copy is prima facie evidence of the contents of the original book, document, map, or record, and shall bear the name and designation of the original. Certified copies of any instrument in the copy have the same effect as certified copies from the original.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
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50114. The legislative body may make reasonable provision to pay for copying the books, documents, maps, and records, not exceeding the amount authorized for copying and recording the originals, and such copying is a charge against the local agency.
(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
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50115. Unless another provision of law requires a longer retention period, the clerk of the legislative body may destroy or otherwise dispose of any paper or document filed with or submitted to the legislative body more than one year previously, unless the legislative body determines that there is a need for its retention. In determining whether there is a need for retaining a paper or document, consideration shall be given to such factors as future public need, the effect of statutes of limitation, and historical significance.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 307, Sec. 3.)
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50140. Whenever any statute, ordinance, or regulation requires that as a condition to the erection of one or more buildings or structures, sewers, drains, or other facilities for sewers or drains, or both, be installed, and where, in the opinion of the legislative body of the local agency in which such buildings or structures will be located, laterals or other facilities must be constructed which can be or will be used for the benefit of property other than that on which such buildings or structures are, or will be erected and such sewers, drains, or other facilities are dedicated to the public, the legislative body or bodies of the local agency or agencies in which any portion of such other properties are situated may by contract with the person erecting such buildings or structures agree to reimburse and may reimburse such person for such lateral or other facility. Such contract shall provide that each governing body may collect from any person using the lateral or other facility for the benefit of property subject to the jurisdiction of such governing body but other than the property on which such buildings or structures are erected, a reasonable charge for such use.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 831.)
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50141. Whenever the legislative body of a local agency pursuant to this article has reimbursed or agreed to reimburse a builder for the construction of a lateral or other facility, which can or will be used by persons for the benefit of property other than the property on which such buildings or structures are or will be erected, such governing body may impose and collect for such use within its jurisdiction, a reasonable charge.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 831.)