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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination › ARTICLE 4 - Local Administration › Section 1841.

1841. A local EMS agency that elects to develop a community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program shall do all of the following:
(a) Integrate the proposed community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program into the local EMS agency’s emergency medical services plan described in Article 2 (commencing with Section 1797.250) of Chapter 4.
(b) Provide medical control and oversight.
(c) Consistent with this article, develop a process to select community paramedicine providers or triage to alternate destination providers, to provide services as described in Section 1815 or 1819, at a periodic interval established by the local EMS agency.
(d) Facilitate any necessary agreements with one or more community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination providers for the delivery of community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination services within the local EMS agency’s jurisdiction that are consistent with the proposed community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program. The local EMS agency shall provide medical control and oversight of the program.
(e) The local EMS agency shall not include, in a request for proposal or otherwise, the provision of community paramedic program specialties or triage to alternate destination program specialties as part of an existing or proposed contract for the delivery of emergency medical transport services awarded pursuant to Section 1797.224. The local EMS agency shall not offer additional points or preferences to a bidder for emergency medical transport services on the basis that the bidder will provide, or has negotiated or agreed to provide, community paramedicine or triage to alternate destinations.
(f) The local EMS agency shall prohibit triage and assessment protocols or a triage paramedic’s decision to authorize transport to an alternate destination facility from being based on, or affected by, a patient’s ethnicity, citizenship, age, preexisting medical condition, insurance status, economic status, ability to pay for medical services, or any other characteristic listed or defined in subdivision (b) or (e) of Section 51 of the Civil Code, except to the extent that a circumstance such as age, sex, preexisting medical condition, or physical or mental disability is medically significant to the provision of appropriate medical care to the patient.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 270, Sec. 5. (AB 767) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 1857.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination › ARTICLE 4 - Local Administration › Section 1842.

1842. In addition to the requirements of Section 1841, a local EMS agency that elects to develop a community paramedicine program shall do both of the following:
(a) Coordinate, review, and approve any agreements necessary for the provision of community paramedicine specialties as described in Section 1815 consistent with all of the following:
(1) Provide a first right of refusal to the public agency or agencies within the jurisdiction of the proposed program area to provide the proposed program specialties for community paramedicine. If the public agency or agencies agree to provide the proposed program specialties for community paramedicine, the local EMS agency shall review and approve any written agreements necessary to implement the program with those public agencies.
(2) Review and approve agreements with community paramedicine providers that partner with a private provider to deliver those program specialties.
(3) If a public agency declines to provide the proposed program specialties pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2), the local EMS agency shall develop a competitive process held at periodic intervals to select community paramedicine providers to deliver the program specialities.
(b) Establish a process to verify training and accreditation of community paramedics in each of the proposed community paramedicine program specialties described in subdivision (a) of Section 1815.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 270, Sec. 6. (AB 767) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 1857.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination › ARTICLE 5 - Miscellaneous › Section 1850.

1850. A community paramedicine pilot program approved under the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development’s Health Workforce Pilot Project No. 173 before September 1, 2020, to deliver community paramedicine services, as described in Section 1815, is authorized to continue the use of existing providers and is exempt from paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 1842 unless the provider elects to reduce or eliminate one or more of those community paramedicine services approved under the pilot program or fails to comply with the program standards as required by this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 1857.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination › ARTICLE 5 - Miscellaneous › Section 1851.

1851. A person or organization shall not provide community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination services or represent, advertise, or otherwise imply that it is authorized to provide community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination services unless it is expressly authorized by a local EMS agency to provide those services as part of a community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination program approved by the Emergency Medical Services Authority in accordance with Section 1835.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 1857.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination › ARTICLE 5 - Miscellaneous › Section 1852.

1852. A community paramedic shall provide community paramedicine services only if the community paramedic has been certified and accredited to perform those services by a local EMS agency and is working as an employee of an authorized community paramedicine provider.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 1857.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination › ARTICLE 5 - Miscellaneous › Section 1853.

1853. A triage paramedic shall provide triage to alternate destination services only if the triage paramedic has been certified and accredited to perform those services by a local EMS agency and is working as an employee of an authorized triage to alternate destination provider.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 1857.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination › ARTICLE 5 - Miscellaneous › Section 1854.

1854. The disciplinary procedures for a community paramedic or triage paramedic shall be consistent with subdivision (d) of Section 1797.194.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 1857.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination › ARTICLE 5 - Miscellaneous › Section 1855.

1855. Entering into an agreement to be a community paramedicine or triage to alternate destination provider pursuant to this chapter shall not alter or otherwise supersede Section 1797.201 or 1797.224.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 1857.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination › ARTICLE 5 - Miscellaneous › Section 1856.

1856. The liability provisions described in Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 1799.100) apply to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 138, Sec. 4. (AB 1544) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 1857.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 13 - Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination › ARTICLE 5 - Miscellaneous › Section 1857.

1857. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 270, Sec. 7. (AB 767) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, by its own provisions Note: Repeal affects Chapter 13, commencing with Section 1800.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 14 - California POLST eRegistry Act › Section 1860.

1860. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California POLST eRegistry Act.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 15. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 14 - California POLST eRegistry Act › Section 1861.

1861. For purposes of this chapter:
(a) “Authorized user” means a person authorized by the authority to submit information to, or to receive information from, the POLST eRegistry, including health care providers, as defined in Section 4781 of the Probate Code, and their designees.
(b) “CEDRS” means the California Emergency Medical Services Data Resource System.
(c) “POLST” means a Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment form that fulfills the requirements, in any format, of Section 4780 of the Probate Code.
(d) “POLST eRegistry” means the registry established pursuant to this chapter to make electronic, in addition to other modes of submission and transmission, POLST information available to authorized users in conjunction with, and as a part of, CEDRS.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 15. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 14 - California POLST eRegistry Act › Section 1862.

1862. (a) The Emergency Medical Services Authority shall establish a POLST eRegistry, in consultation with the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California and other pertinent stakeholders, to operate a statewide electronic registry system for the purpose of collecting a patient’s POLST information received from a physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or the designee of a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant, and disseminating the information to an authorized user.
(b) The authority shall adopt regulations for the operation of the POLST eRegistry and shall hold at least one public hearing regarding the proposed regulations. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to, standards and procedures regarding all of the following:
(1) The means by which initial or subsequent POLST information may be submitted to the POLST eRegistry, which shall include a method for electronic delivery of this information and the use of legally sufficient electronic signatures. Submitted information may include new, modified, updated, or voided POLST information.
(2) Methods by which the information in the POLST eRegistry may be disseminated to an authorized user, including a method for electronic access.
(3) Standards and procedures for verifying the identity of an authorized user.
(4) Standards and procedures to ensure the accuracy of, and to appropriately protect the confidentiality of, POLST information submitted to the POLST eRegistry, consistent with state and federal privacy laws.
(c) The authority shall implement the POLST eRegistry in conjunction with CEDRS. The authority shall ensure all of the following requirements are met and that the timing is consistent with the CEDRS project development timeline:
(1) An authorized user shall ensure that the most current version of all POLST forms they have signed have been submitted to the POLST eRegistry.
(2) An electronic version of a POLST shall be the only acceptable format to submit a form to the POLST eRegistry. This section does not prohibit an authorized user from printing out a paper copy of a POLST form for a patient to have on hand, upon request by a patient or the patient’s legally recognized decisionmaker.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 42, Sec. 21. (AB 118) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES › CHAPTER 14 - California POLST eRegistry Act › Section 1863.

1863. (a) For the 2021–22 fiscal year, the sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Emergency Medical Services Authority to support the planning, development, and implementation of a statewide POLST eRegistry to be included with the CEDRS system. The ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for the 2021–22 fiscal year to support these efforts shall not fully fund the POLST eRegistry’s implementation or maintenance and operations costs. These costs will be determined through the California Department of Technology planning process, known as the Project Approval Life Cycle (PAL). The authority shall only utilize funds for development and implementation of the POLST eRegistry after it obtains full PAL approval.
(b) For the 2022–23 fiscal year, and annually thereafter, the sum of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) is hereby appropriated annually from the General Fund to the Emergency Medical Services Authority for state operations to prepare for and support the POLST eRegistry. State operations costs may include, but are not limited to, promotion of POLST quality, such as ongoing education and training of health care professionals, community education, and outreach, and adherence to quality standards. The authority may contract for these activities as necessary.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 15. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.8 - Office of Response and Resilience › Section 1890.

1890. For the purposes of this division, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Agency” means the California Health and Human Services Agency.
(b) “Department” means a department or other subdivision within the agency.
(c) “Emergency” means any condition or degree of emergency established under the California Emergency Services Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(d) “Office” means the Office of Response and Resilience.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 50, Sec. 4. (SB 187) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.8 - Office of Response and Resilience › Section 1891.

1891. Commencing July 1, 2022, there is hereby established within the California Health and Human Services Agency the Office of Response and Resilience. The office shall provide policy, fiscal, and operational organization, coordination, and management when departments are preparing for, mitigating, responding to, or helping communities recover from an emergency. The office shall be administered by a director who shall be appointed by the secretary of the agency.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 50, Sec. 4. (SB 187) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.8 - Office of Response and Resilience › Section 1892.

1892. In addition to the general duties set forth in Section 1891, the office shall have the following responsibilities:
(a) The office shall have the following emergency preparedness and mitigation duties.
(1) Perform a threat and risk assessment for each department, by hazard.
(2) Document each department’s capacity to respond to each hazard.
(3) Develop interdepartmental emergency training, exercises, and continuity programs.
(b) The office shall have the following emergency response duties:
(1) Provide policy, fiscal, and operational organization, coordination, and management related to department emergency response.
(2) Create and document a coordinated, interdepartmental response framework to lead departments through multiple, simultaneous, and complex hazards and emergency events.
(3) Maintain and update, as needed, the agency All Hazards Dashboard. The All Hazards Dashboard shall do both of the following:
(A) Identify the impacts of emergency and hazardous events on communities by establishing a single reference point for situational awareness and cross-departmental coordination.
(B) Provide key data necessary to support agency response operations and automate related reporting processes.
(c) The office shall have the following emergency recovery responsibilities:
(1) Coordinate and manage interdepartmental fiscal and programmatic emergency recovery after any emergency.
(2) Work, in coordination with the Office of Emergency Services, to obtain federal resources for departments that may be available as a result of an emergency.
(d) The office shall provide a report to the Legislature, pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, by August 31, 2024, on the effectiveness of the office and whether it enhances operations throughout the emergency management continuum.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 50, Sec. 4. (SB 187) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.8 - Office of Response and Resilience › Section 1893.

1893. For purposes of implementing this division, the agency and the office may enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts, or amend existing contracts, on a bid or negotiated basis. On or before June 30, 2024, contracts entered into or amended pursuant to this section are exempt from Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, Section 19130 of the Government Code, Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, and the State Administrative Manual, and are exempt from the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 50, Sec. 4. (SB 187) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 2.8 - Office of Response and Resilience › Section 1894.

1894. Implementation of this division is contingent upon an appropriation of funds by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act for the express purposes of this division.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 50, Sec. 4. (SB 187) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 2000.

2000. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control District Law.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 2001.

2001. (a)  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1)  California’s climate and topography support a wide diversity of biological organisms.
(2)  Most of these organisms are beneficial, but some are vectors of human disease pathogens or directly cause other human diseases such as hypersensitivity, envenomization, and secondary infections.
(3)  Some of these diseases, such as mosquitoborne viral encephalitis, can be fatal, especially in children and older individuals.
(4)  California’s connections to the wider national and international economies increase the transport of vectors and pathogens.
(5)  Invasions of the United States by vectors such as the Asian tiger mosquito and by pathogens such as the West Nile virus underscore the vulnerability of humans to uncontrolled vectors and pathogens.
(b)  The Legislature further finds and declares:
(1)  Individual protection against the vectorborne diseases is only partially effective.
(2)  Adequate protection of human health against vectorborne diseases is best achieved by organized public programs.
(3)  The protection of Californians and their communities against the discomforts and economic effects of vectorborne diseases is an essential public service that is vital to public health, safety, and welfare.
(4)  Since 1915, mosquito abatement and vector control districts have protected Californians and their communities against the threats of vectorborne diseases.
(c)  In enacting this chapter, it is the intent of the Legislature to create and continue a broad statutory authority for a class of special districts with the power to conduct effective programs for the surveillance, prevention, abatement, and control of mosquitoes and other vectors.
(d)  It is also the intent of the Legislature that mosquito abatement and vector control districts cooperate with other public agencies to protect the public health, safety, and welfare. Further, the Legislature encourages local communities and local officials to adapt the powers and procedures provided by this chapter to meet the diversity of their own local circumstances and responsibilities.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 2002.

2002. As used in this chapter:
(a)  “Abate” means to put an end to a public nuisance, or to reduce the degree or the intensity of a public nuisance.
(b)  “Board of trustees” means the legislative body of a district.
(c)  “City” means any city, whether general law or chartered, including a city and county, and including any city the name of which includes the word “town.”
(d)  “Control” means to prevent or reduce vectors.
(e)  “Department” means the State Department of Health Services.
(f)  “District” means any mosquito abatement and vector control district created pursuant to this chapter or any of its statutory predecessors.
(g)  “Principal county” means the county having all or the greater portion of the entire assessed value, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll of the county or counties, of all taxable property within a district at the time of formation.
(h)  “Property” means land and improvements, and includes water.
(i)  “Public agency” means any state agency, board, or commission, including the California State University and the University of California, any county, city and county, city, regional agency, school district, special district, redevelopment agency, or other political subdivision.
(j)  “Public nuisance” means any of the following:
(1)  Any property, excluding water, that has been artificially altered from its natural condition so that it now supports the development, attraction, or harborage of vectors. The presence of vectors in their developmental stages on a property is prima facie evidence that the property is a public nuisance.
(2)  Any water that is a breeding place for vectors. The presence of vectors in their developmental stages in the water is prima facie evidence that the water is a public nuisance.
(3)  Any activity that supports the development, attraction, or harborage of vectors, or that facilitates the introduction or spread of vectors.
(k)  “Vector” means any animal capable of transmitting the causative agent of human disease or capable of producing human discomfort or injury, including, but not limited to, mosquitoes, flies, mites, ticks, other arthropods, and rodents and other vertebrates.
( l)  “Voter” means a voter as defined by Section 359 of the Elections Code.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 2003.

2003. (a)  This chapter provides the authority for the organization and powers of mosquito abatement and vector control districts. This chapter succeeds the former Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2200) as added by Chapter 60 of the Statutes of 1939, as subsequently amended, and any of its statutory predecessors.
(b)  Any mosquito abatement and vector control district formed pursuant to the former Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2200) or any of its statutory predecessors that was in existence on January 1, 2003, shall remain in existence as if it had been organized pursuant to this chapter. Any zone of a mosquito abatement and vector control district formed pursuant to former Section 2291 to former Section 2291.4, inclusive, and any of their statutory predecessors that was in existence on January 1, 2003, shall remain in existence as if it had been formed pursuant to this chapter.
(c)  Any indebtedness, special tax, benefit assessment, fee, election, ordinance, resolution, regulation, rule, or any other action of a district taken pursuant to the former Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2200) or any of its statutory predecessors that was taken before January 1, 2003, shall not be voided solely because of any error, omission, informality, misnomer, or failure to comply strictly with this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 2004.

2004. This chapter is necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, and shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 2005.

2005. If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision of this chapter in any circumstance or to any person, city, county, special district, school district, the state, or any agency or subdivision of the state, including the California State University and the University of California, is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application of the invalid provision, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 2006.

2006. (a)  Any action to determine the validity of either the organization, or any action, of a district shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(b)  Any judicial review of an action taken pursuant to this chapter shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1084) of Title 1 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 2007.

2007. (a)  Except as provided in this section, territory, whether incorporated or unincorporated, whether contiguous or noncontiguous, may be included in a district. Territory that is already within a mosquito abatement and vector control district formed pursuant to this chapter may not be included within another mosquito abatement and vector control district.
(b)  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the Government Code, shall govern any change of organization or reorganization of a district. In the case of any conflict between that division and this chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail.
(c)  A district shall be deemed an “independent special district,” as defined by Section 56044 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2010.

2010. A new district may be formed pursuant to this article.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2011.

2011. (a)  A proposal to form a new district may be made by petition. The petition shall do all of the things required by Section 56700 of the Government Code. In addition, the petition shall:
(1)  Set forth the methods by which the district will be financed, including, but not limited to, special taxes, special benefit assessments, and fees.
(2)  Propose a name for the district.
(3)  Specify the size of the initial board of trustees and the method of their appointment.
(b)  The petitions, the proponents, and the procedures for certifying the sufficiency of the petitions shall comply with Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 56700) of Part 3 of Division 3 of Title 5 of the Government Code. In the case of any conflict between Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 56700) of Part 3 of Division 3 of Title 5 of the Government Code and this article, the provisions of this article shall prevail.
(c)  The petition shall be signed by not less than 25 percent of the registered voters residing in the area to be included in the district, as determined by the local agency formation commission.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2012.

2012. (a)  Before circulating any petition, the proponents shall publish a notice of intention that includes a written statement not to exceed 500 words in length, setting forth the reasons for forming the district and the methods by which the district will be financed. The notice shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the territory proposed to be included in the district. If the territory proposed to be included in the district is located in more than one county, publication of the notice shall be made in at least one newspaper of general circulation in each of the counties.
(b)  The following shall be signed by a representative of the proponent, and shall be in substantially the following form:
“Notice of Intent to Circulate Petition
“Notice is hereby given of the intention to circulate a petition proposing to form the _______________ (name of the district). The reasons for forming the proposed district are: _______________. The method(s) by which the proposed district will be financed are: _______________.”
(c)  Within five days after the date of publication, the proponents shall file with the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the principal county a copy of the notice together with an affidavit made by a representative of the newspaper in which the notice was published certifying to the fact of the publication.
(d)  After the filing required pursuant to subdivision (c), the petition may be circulated for signatures.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2013.

2013. (a)  A proposal to form a new district may also be made by the adoption of a resolution of application by the legislative body of any county or city that contains the territory proposed to be included in the district. Except for the provisions regarding the signers, signatures, and the proponents, a resolution of application shall contain all of the matters required for inclusion in a petition in Section 2011.
(b)  Before adopting a resolution of application, the legislative body shall hold a public hearing on the resolution. Notice of the hearing shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the county or city. At least 20 days before the hearing, the legislative body shall give mailed notice of its hearing to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the principal county. The notice shall generally describe the proposed formation of the district and the territory proposed to be included in the district.
(c)  At the hearing required by subdivision (b), the legislative body shall give any person an opportunity to present his or her views on the resolution.
(d)  The clerk of the legislative body shall file a certified copy of the resolution of application with the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the principal county.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 2 - Formation › Section 2014.

2014. (a)  Once the proponents have filed a sufficient petition or a legislative body has filed a resolution of application, the local agency formation commission shall proceed pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 56650) of Division 3 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(b)  If the local agency formation commission approves the proposal for the formation of a district, then, notwithstanding Section 57007 of the Government Code, the commission shall proceed pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 57000) of Division 3 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(c)  Notwithstanding Section 57075 of the Government Code, the local agency formation commission shall take one of the following actions:
(1)  If a majority protest exists in accordance with Section 57078 of the Government Code, the commission shall terminate proceedings.
(2)  If no majority protest exists, the commission shall either:
(A)  Order the formation without an election.
(B)  Order the formation subject to the approval by the voters of a special tax or the approval by the property owners of a special benefit assessment.
(d)  If the local agency formation commission orders the formation of a district pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c), the commission shall direct the board of supervisors to direct county officials to conduct the necessary elections on behalf of the proposed district.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Boards of Trustees and Officers › Section 2020.

2020. A legislative body of at least five members known as the board of trustees shall govern every district. The board of trustees shall establish policies for the operation of the district. The board of trustees shall provide for the faithful implementation of those policies which is the responsibility of the employees of the district.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Boards of Trustees and Officers › Section 2021.

2021. Within 30 days after the effective date of the formation of a district, a board of trustees shall be appointed as follows:
(a)  In the case of a district that contains only unincorporated territory in a single county, the board of supervisors shall appoint five persons to the board of trustees.
(b)  In the case of a district that is located entirely within a single county and contains both incorporated territory and unincorporated territory, the board of supervisors may appoint one person to the board of trustees, and the city council of each city that is located in whole or in part within the district may appoint one person to the board of trustees. If those appointments result in a board of trustees with less than five trustees, the board of supervisors shall appoint enough additional persons to make a board of trustees of five members.
(c)  In the case of a district that contains only unincorporated territory in more than one county, the board of supervisors of each county may appoint one person to the board of trustees. If those appointments result in a board of trustees with less than five persons, the board of supervisors of the principal county shall appoint enough additional persons to make a board of trustees of five members.
(d)  In the case of a district that is located in two or more counties and contains both incorporated territory and unincorporated territory, the board of supervisors of each county may appoint one person to the board of trustees, and the city council of each city that is located in whole or part within the district may appoint one person to the board of trustees. If those appointments result in less than five persons, the board of supervisors of the principal county shall appoint enough additional persons to make a board of trustees of five members.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Boards of Trustees and Officers › Section 2021.5.

2021.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2021, the Board of Trustees of the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District may be appointed as follows:
(1) The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors shall appoint two trustees.
(2) The city selection committee in the County of San Mateo, established pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 50270) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code, shall appoint one trustee from each county supervisorial district; however, the committee shall not appoint a trustee to serve on the board at the same time as another trustee if both trustees would represent the same city as a result of that appointment.
(b) This section shall apply only if a majority of the legislative bodies that include the city councils in, and the Board of Supervisors of, the County of San Mateo adopt resolutions approving the change in board composition.
(c) Upon adoption of a resolution pursuant to subdivision (b), the city council or board of supervisors shall forward a copy of the resolution to the local agency formation commission. If a majority of the legislative bodies that include the city councils in, and the Board of Supervisors of, the County of San Mateo adopt a resolution, the local agency formation commission shall adopt procedures for the reorganization of the board of trustees and notify the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District and the city selection committee in the County of San Mateo.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 288, Sec. 1. (AB 1362) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Boards of Trustees and Officers › Section 2022.

2022. (a)  Each person appointed by a board of supervisors to be a member of a board of trustees shall be a voter in that county and a resident of that portion of the county that is within the district.
(b)  Each person appointed by a city council to be a member of a board of trustees shall be a voter in that city and a resident of that portion of the city that is within the district.
(c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law including the common law doctrine that precludes the simultaneous holding of incompatible offices, a member of a city council may be appointed and may serve as a member of a board of trustees if that person also meets the other applicable qualifications of this chapter.
(d)  It is the intent of the Legislature that persons appointed to boards of trustees have experience, training, and education in fields that will assist in the governance of the districts.
(e)  All trustees shall exercise their independent judgment on behalf of the interests of the residents, property owners, and the public as a whole in furthering the purposes and intent of this chapter. The trustees shall represent the interests of the public as a whole and not solely the interests of the board of supervisors or the city council that appointed them.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Boards of Trustees and Officers › Section 2023.

2023. (a)  The initial board of trustees of a district formed on or after January 1, 2003, shall be determined pursuant to this section.
(b)  The persons appointed to the initial board of trustees shall meet on the first Monday after 45 days after the effective date of the formation of the district.
(c)  At the first meeting of the initial board of trustees, the trustees shall classify themselves by lot into two classes, as nearly equal as possible. The term of office of the class having the greater number shall expire at noon on the first Monday in January that is closest to the second year from the appointments made pursuant to Section 2021. The term of office of the class having the lesser number shall expire at noon on the first Monday in January that is closest to the first year from the appointments made pursuant to Section 2021.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Boards of Trustees and Officers › Section 2024.

2024. (a)  Except as provided in Section 2023, the term of office for a member of the board of trustees shall be for a term of two or four years, at the discretion of the appointing authority. Terms of office commence at noon on the first Monday in January.
(b)  Any vacancy in the office of a member appointed to a board of trustees shall be filled pursuant to Section 1779 of the Government Code. Any person appointed to fill a vacant office shall fill the balance of the unexpired term.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Boards of Trustees and Officers › Section 2025.

2025. (a)  Under no circumstances shall a board of trustees consist of less than five members. Except as provided in Section 2026, the number of members who represent the unincorporated territory of a county may not exceed five members.
(b)  A board of trustees may adopt a resolution requesting the board of supervisors of any county that contains territory within the district to increase or decrease the number of members of the board of trustees who represent the unincorporated territory of that county within the district. The resolution shall specify the number of members and the areas of the unincorporated territory for which the board of trustees requests the increase or decrease.
(c)  Within 60 days of receiving a resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision (b), the board of supervisors shall order the increase or decrease in the number of members of the board of trustees, consistent with the board of trustees’ resolution.
(d)  If the board of supervisors orders an increase in the number of members of the board of trustees, the board of supervisors shall appoint a person or persons to the board of trustees and specify their term of office, consistent with the requirements of this chapter. If the board of supervisors orders a decrease in the number of members of the board of trustees, the board of supervisors shall designate the trustee or trustees whose office shall be eliminated at the termination of the trustee’s current term of office. Any trustee whose office is designated to be eliminated shall continue to serve until his or her term of office expires.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Boards of Trustees and Officers › Section 2026.

2026. (a)  A local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization of two more districts into a single district, may, pursuant to subdivisions (k) and (n) of Section 56886 of the Government Code, change the number of members on the board of trustees of the consolidated or reorganized district, provided that the resulting number of trustees shall be an odd number but not less than five.
(b)  Upon the expiration of the terms of the members of the board of trustees of the consolidated or reorganized district whose terms first expire following the effective date of the consolidation or reorganization, the total number of members on the board of trustees shall be reduced until the number equals the number of members determined by the local agency formation commission.
(c)  Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 2024, in the event of a vacancy on the board of trustees of the consolidated or reorganized district at a time when the number of members of the board of trustees is greater than the number determined by the local agency formation commission, the vacancy shall not be filled and the membership of the board of trustees shall be reduced by one member.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Boards of Trustees and Officers › Section 2027.

2027. (a)  At the first meeting of the initial board of trustees of a newly formed district, and in the case of an existing district at the first meeting in January every year or every other year, the board of trustees shall elect its officers.
(b)  The officers of a board of trustees are a president and a secretary. The president shall be a trustee. The secretary may be either a trustee or a district employee. A board of trustees may create additional officers and elect members to those positions. No trustee shall hold more than one office.
(c)  Except as provided in Section 2077, the county treasurer of the principal county shall act as the district treasurer. The county treasurer shall receive no compensation for the receipt and disbursement of money of the district.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 3 - PEST ABATEMENT › CHAPTER 1 - Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Districts › ARTICLE 3 - Boards of Trustees and Officers › Section 2028.

2028. A board of trustees shall meet at least once every three months. Meetings of the board of trustees are subject to the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act, Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)