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TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES
23000-33205
DIVISION 1. COUNTIES GENERALLY
23000-23732
CHAPTER 1. General
23000-23027
CHAPTER 2. Boundaries
23070-23296
ARTICLE 1. Terms Defined
23070-23077
ARTICLE 2. Boundaries of the Several Counties
23100-23158
ARTICLE 3. Settlement of Boundary Disputes
23170-23178
ARTICLE 4. Minor Boundary Changes
23200-23221
ARTICLE 4.5. Alteration of Boundaries
23230-23296
CHAPTER 3. Creation of New Counties
23300-23397
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions
23300-23310
ARTICLE 2. Initiation of Proceedings
23320-23330.5
ARTICLE 3. County Formation Review Commission
23331-23344
ARTICLE 4. Election on Creation of the Proposed County
23350-23374
ARTICLE 4.5. Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County
23374.1-23374.19
ARTICLE 5. Transfers
23375-23386
ARTICLE 6. Districts
23390
ARTICLE 7. Courts
23394-23397
CHAPTER 3.5. Consolidation of Counties
23500-23580
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions
23500-23503
ARTICLE 2. Initiation of Proceedings
23510-23520
ARTICLE 3. County Consolidation Review Commission
23530-23538
ARTICLE 4. Election
23550-23566
ARTICLE 5. Establishment of Consolidated Counties
23567-23580
CHAPTER 4. County Seats
23600-23690
ARTICLE 1. Location of County Seats
23600-23658
ARTICLE 2. Removal of County Seats
23680-23690
CHAPTER 5. County Charters
23700-23732
ARTICLE 1. Enacting a Charter
23700-23714
ARTICLE 2. Charter Amendment and Repeal
23720-23725
ARTICLE 3. Elections
23730-23732
DIVISION 2. OFFICERS
24000-28085
PART 1. OFFICERS GENERALLY
24000-24356
CHAPTER 1. County Officers
24000-24012
CHAPTER 2. Duties
24050-24058
CHAPTER 3. Deputies
24100-24105
CHAPTER 4. Bonds
24150-24156
CHAPTER 5. Election
24200-24206
CHAPTER 6. Offices and Office Hours
24250-24262
CHAPTER 7. Consolidation of Offices
24300-24308
CHAPTER 8. Fees
24350-24356
PART 2. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
25000-26490
CHAPTER 1. Organization
25000-25176
ARTICLE 1. General
25000-25008
ARTICLE 2. Chairman
25020-25022
ARTICLE 3. Members
25040-25042
ARTICLE 4. Vacancies
25060-25062
ARTICLE 5. Meetings
25080-25084
ARTICLE 6. Clerk of the Board
25100-25105.5
ARTICLE 7. Ordinances
25120-25132
ARTICLE 8. Publication of Notice and Proceedings
25150-25151
ARTICLE 9. Subpenas
25170-25176
CHAPTER 2. General Powers
25200-25209.6
CHAPTER 2.5. County Service Areas
25210-25217.4
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions
25210-25210.8
ARTICLE 2. Formation
25211-25211.5
ARTICLE 3. General Powers
25212-25212.4
ARTICLE 4. Services and Facilities
25213-25213.6
ARTICLE 5. Finance
25214-25214.5
ARTICLE 6. Revenues
25215-25215.7
ARTICLE 7. Capital Financing
25216-25216.3
ARTICLE 8. Zones
25217-25217.4
CHAPTER 3. Financial Powers
25250-25265
CHAPTER 4. Officers and Employees
25300-25307
CHAPTER 4.5. Provision of County Services
25330-25338
ARTICLE 1. Optional Services and Enhanced Services Provided to the Public
25330-25338
CHAPTER 5. County Property
25350-25549.23
ARTICLE 1. General
25350-25376
ARTICLE 2. Jails in Other Counties
25380-25384
ARTICLE 3. Cement Manufacturing Plants
25400-25404
ARTICLE 6. Purchase of Personal Property
25480-25486
ARTICLE 7. Purchasing Agents
25500-25509
ARTICLE 7.5. Development of Public Property
25515-25515.5
ARTICLE 8. Sale or Lease of Real Property
25520-25539.10
ARTICLE 10. Joint Occupancy
25549.1-25549.13
ARTICLE 11. Condominium Occupancy
25549.20-25549.23
CHAPTER 6. Parks and Recreation
25550-25588
ARTICLE 1. General
25550-25562
ARTICLE 2. County Park Abandonment Law of 1959
25580-25588
CHAPTER 7. Public Resources
25600-25733
ARTICLE 1. Wild Flowers
25600-25602
ARTICLE 2. Forestry and Trees
25620-25643
ARTICLE 3. Fish
25660-25662
ARTICLE 4. Streams and Flood Waters
25680-25684
ARTICLE 5. Water System
25690-25699
ARTICLE 6. Reclamation of Water
25701-25705
ARTICLE 7. Water Resources Management Plan
25710-25719
ARTICLE 8. Hydroelectric Facilities
25720-25721
ARTICLE 8.5. Electric Power
25730-25733
CHAPTER 8. Health and Safety
25800-25846
ARTICLE 1. Animals
25800-25803
ARTICLE 2. Disposal Facilities
25820-25832
ARTICLE 3. Miscellaneous
25840-25846
CHAPTER 9. Agriculture and Fairs
25900-25921
ARTICLE 1. Fairs
25900-25909
ARTICLE 2. Experiments
25920-25921
CHAPTER 10. Transportation and Airports
26000-26028
ARTICLE 1. Transportation Facilities
26000-26006
ARTICLE 2. Airports
26020-26028
CHAPTER 11. Advertising
26100-26110
CHAPTER 12. Libraries and Education
26150-26157
CHAPTER 13. Miscellaneous Powers
26200-26231
CHAPTER 14. Revenue Bonds for County Improvements
26301-26400.53
ARTICLE 1. Authority
26301-26313
ARTICLE 2. Revenue Bonds
26315-26353
ARTICLE 3. Rental Rates, Charges and Fees
26360-26362
ARTICLE 4. Competitive Projects
26365-26366
ARTICLE 5. Rights of Bondholders
26370-26371
ARTICLE 6. Contributions and Cooperation
26386-26390
ARTICLE 7. Funds
26393-26397
ARTICLE 8. Definition and General Provisions
26398-26400.4
ARTICLE 9. Revenue Bonds for County Airports
26400.50-26400.53
CHAPTER 15. Revenue Bonds for County Incinerators
26401-26488
ARTICLE 1. Authority
26401-26413
ARTICLE 2. Revenue Bonds
26415-26453
ARTICLE 3. Rates, Charges and Fees
26460-26461
ARTICLE 4. Competitive Projects
26465-26466
ARTICLE 5. Rights of Bondholders
26470-26471
ARTICLE 6. Contributions and Cooperation
26475-26479
ARTICLE 7. Funds
26480-26484
ARTICLE 8. Definitions and General Provisions
26485-26488
CHAPTER 16. Heritage and Historical Commissions
26490
PART 3. OTHER OFFICERS
26500-27773
CHAPTER 1. District Attorney
26500-26543
ARTICLE 1. Duties as Public Prosecutor
26500-26509
ARTICLE 2. Other Duties
26520-26530
ARTICLE 3. Restrictions
26540-26543
CHAPTER 2. Sheriff
26600-26778
ARTICLE 1. Duties
26600-26616
ARTICLE 1.1. Sheriff as Ex Officio Director of Emergency Services
26620-26624
ARTICLE 1.2. Court Security in Contra Costa County
26625.2-26625.9
ARTICLE 1.8. Court Security in Los Angeles County
26639.2
ARTICLE 2. Prisoners’ Property
26640-26646
ARTICLE 3. Process and Notices
26660-26666.10
ARTICLE 4. Liability
26680-26685
ARTICLE 5. Badges
26690
ARTICLE 7. Fees
26720-26751
ARTICLE 8. Transportation of Prisoners
26775-26778
CHAPTER 3. County Clerk
26801-26861
ARTICLE 1. Duties
26801-26810
ARTICLE 2. Fees
26820-26861
CHAPTER 3.5. Controller
26880-26886
CHAPTER 4. Auditor
26900-26946
ARTICLE 1. Duties Generally
26900-26914
ARTICLE 2. Counting Money in County Treasury
26920-26922
ARTICLE 4. Qualifications for Office
26945-26946
CHAPTER 4.5. Director of Finance
26970-26972
CHAPTER 4.6. Consolidated Office of Director of Finance
26980-26990
CHAPTER 5. County Treasurer
27000-27137
ARTICLE 1. Duties Generally
27000-27013
ARTICLE 2. Statements and Reports
27061
ARTICLE 3. Funds and Accounts
27080-27082
ARTICLE 4. Inspection of Books
27100-27101
ARTICLE 5. Vacancy
27120-27121
ARTICLE 6. County Treasury Oversight Committees
27130-27137
CHAPTER 6. Recorder
27201-27399
ARTICLE 1. Duties Generally
27201-27211
ARTICLE 2. Books
27230-27265
ARTICLE 3. Documents to be Recorded
27279-27297.7
ARTICLE 3.5. Social Security Number Truncation Program
27300-27307
ARTICLE 4. Recording
27320-27338
ARTICLE 5. Fees
27360-27388.2
ARTICLE 6. Electronic Recording Delivery Act of 2004
27390-27399
CHAPTER 7. Tax Collector
27400-27401
CHAPTER 8. Assessor
27421-27423
CHAPTER 8.5. Public Guardian
27430-27436
CHAPTER 9. Public Administrator
27440-27444
CHAPTER 10. Coroner
27460-27530
ARTICLE 1. Duties Generally
27460-27473
ARTICLE 2. Inquests
27490-27512
ARTICLE 2.5. Autopsy
27520-27522
ARTICLE 3. Vacancy
27530
CHAPTER 11. Surveyor
27550-27601
ARTICLE 1. Duties Generally
27550-27564
ARTICLE 2. Survey Markers
27580-27585
ARTICLE 3. Expenses and Fees
27600-27601
CHAPTER 12. County Counsel
27640-27647
CHAPTER 13. Public Defender
27700-27711
CHAPTER 14. Hearing Officer
27720-27728
CHAPTER 15. County Financial Evaluation Officer
27750-27758
CHAPTER 16. Chief Probation Officer
27770-27773
PART 5. SALARIES
28000-28085
CHAPTER 1. General
28000-28008
CHAPTER 2. Classification of Counties
28020-28085
DIVISION 3. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
29000-30406
CHAPTER 1. Budget and Tax Levy
29000-29144
ARTICLE 1. General
29000-29009
ARTICLE 2. Budget Request
29040-29045
ARTICLE 3. Recommended Budget
29060-29065
ARTICLE 4. Adopted Budget
29080-29093
ARTICLE 5. Tax Levy
29100-29109
ARTICLE 6. Appropriations and Transfers
29120-29130
ARTICLE 7. Miscellaneous
29141-29144
CHAPTER 2. Funds
29300-29554
ARTICLE 1. General
29300-29304
ARTICLE 2. Revolving Funds
29320-29334
ARTICLE 3. Salary Fund
29350-29351
ARTICLE 4. County Officers’ Cash Difference Fund
29370-29390.1
ARTICLE 5. District Attorney’s Special Fund
29400-29408
ARTICLE 5.5. District Attorney’s Family or Child Support Trust Fund
29410-29416
ARTICLE 6. Sheriff’s Funds
29430-29441
ARTICLE 7. Public Administrator’s and Public Guardian’s Revolving Funds
29460-29464
ARTICLE 8. Proceeds of United States Forest Reserve Fund
29480-29484
ARTICLE 9. Borrowing from Funds
29501
ARTICLE 11. Transportation Fund
29530-29536
ARTICLE 12. Criminal Justice Administrative Fees
29550-29554
CHAPTER 3. County Charges
29600-29637
ARTICLE 1. General
29600-29618
ARTICLE 2. Victims of Crime
29631-29637
CHAPTER 4. Claims
29700-29749
ARTICLE 1. Filing and Approval
29700-29710
ARTICLE 2. Allowance of Claims by Auditor
29740-29749
CHAPTER 5. Warrants
29800-29878
ARTICLE 1. General
29800-29808
ARTICLE 2. Payment and Registration
29820-29828
ARTICLE 2.3. Alternative Payment and Registration Procedure
29830-29839
ARTICLE 2.5. Optional Method—Registering Claims or Orders
29840-29845
ARTICLE 3. Duplicate Warrants
29850-29854
ARTICLE 4. Purchase by State of County Warrants for Aid
29870-29878
CHAPTER 6. Bonds
29900-30004
ARTICLE 1. General
29900-29930
ARTICLE 2. Destruction of Unsold Bonds
29940-29943
ARTICLE 3. Special Improvement Bonds
29950-29976
ARTICLE 4. Payment of Unauthorized Indebtedness
30000-30004
CHAPTER 6.3. Local Revenue Fund 2011
30025-30029.12
CHAPTER 6.45. Community-Based Transitional Housing Program
30035-30035.8
CHAPTER 6.5. Local Public Safety Fund
30051-30056
CHAPTER 6.7. Supplemental Local Law Enforcement Funding
30061-30063
CHAPTER 6.9. Local Assistance for Rural and Small County Law Enforcement
30070
CHAPTER 7. Settlement With the State
30100-30110
CHAPTER 8. Accounting Procedures for Counties
30200-30201
CHAPTER 9. Tax Levying and Collection Procedures for Counties
30300-30302
CHAPTER 10. Orange County Financial Control
30400-30406
DIVISION 4. EMPLOYEES
31000-33017
PART 1. GENERAL
31000-31011
PART 2. CIVIL SERVICE
31100-31117
PART 3. RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
31200-33017
CHAPTER 1. General
31200-31208
CHAPTER 3. County Employees Retirement Law of 1937
31450-31898
ARTICLE 1. General
31450-31485.22
ARTICLE 1.4. Alternative Plan for Counties of the 16th Class
31486-31486.12
ARTICLE 1.5. Alternative Plan for Counties with Populations in Excess of Six Million
31487-31495.7
ARTICLE 1.6. Alternative Plan for Counties of the 10th Class
31496-31498.7
ARTICLE 1.7. Alternative Plan for Counties of the 25th Class
31499-31499.9
ARTICLE 1.8. Alternative Optional, Integrated, Noncontributory Plan for Counties of the 20th Class
31499.10-31499.19
ARTICLE 2. Establishment of System
31500-31509
ARTICLE 2.1. Additional Plan for Counties of the First Class
31510-31510.4
ARTICLE 2.6. Alternative Plan for Counties of the 13th Class
31511-31511.11
ARTICLE 2.7. General Limitations
31515-31517
ARTICLE 3. Retirement Board
31520-31543
ARTICLE 4. Membership
31550-31567
ARTICLE 4.5. Big Bear Fire Agencies Pension Consolidation Act of 2018
31570-31573
ARTICLE 4.6. Sacramento Area Sewer District Pension Protection Act of 2024
31574-31577
ARTICLE 5. Financial Provisions
31580-31607
ARTICLE 5.5. Alternative Financial Provisions
31610-31619
ARTICLE 6. Members’ Contributions
31620-31631.5
ARTICLE 6.8. Safety Members’ Contributions
31639-31639.95
ARTICLE 7. Service
31640-31658
ARTICLE 7.5. Retirement of Safety Members for Service
31662-31664.65
ARTICLE 8. Retirement for Service
31670-31683
ARTICLE 8.4. Community Property
31685-31685.97
ARTICLE 8.5. Group Insurance
31691-31693
ARTICLE 8.6. Post-Employment Benefits
31694-31694.6
ARTICLE 8.7. Extension of Safety Member Provisions
31695.1-31695.3
ARTICLE 8.8. Long-Term Care Group Insurance
31696.1-31696.5
ARTICLE 8.9. Vision Care
31698-31698.5
ARTICLE 8.10. Post-Employment Health Benefits: San Bernardino County Alternative Fund
31699.1-31699.10
ARTICLE 8.11. Dental Care
31699.20-31699.25
ARTICLE 9. Deferred Retirement
31700-31706
ARTICLE 10. Disability Retirement
31720-31755.4
ARTICLE 11. Optional Retirement Allowances
31760-31768
ARTICLE 11.5. Deferred Retirement Option Program
31770-31779.3
ARTICLE 12. Death Benefit
31780-31792
ARTICLE 13. Integration With Old Age and Survivors Insurance
31800-31817
ARTICLE 14. Subrogation
31820-31823
ARTICLE 15. Reciprocal Benefits
31830-31840.8
ARTICLE 15.5. Survivors’ Allowances
31841-31852
ARTICLE 15.6. Survivors’ Allowances
31855-31855.12
ARTICLE 16. Alternate Survivors’ Allowances
31861-31869
ARTICLE 16.5. Cost of Living Adjustment
31870-31874.6
ARTICLE 16.6. Retrospective Cost-of-Living Adjustment
31875-31879.2
ARTICLE 17. Integration with Federal Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
31880-31894
ARTICLE 17.5. Termination of Social Security in Counties with a Population Exceeding 6,000,000
31894.1-31894.3
ARTICLE 18. Adjustment to Fit Other Allowances
31895-31898
CHAPTER 3.9. Internal Revenue Code County Compliance and Replacement Benefits Program
31899-31899.9
CHAPTER 4. County Peace Officers Retirement Law
31900-32063
ARTICLE 1. General
31900-31913
ARTICLE 2. Retirement System
31930-31932
ARTICLE 3. Retirement Board
31950-31967
ARTICLE 4. Membership
31980-31985
ARTICLE 5. Retirement Fund
32000-32003
ARTICLE 6. Contributions
32020-32040
ARTICLE 7. Benefits
32050-32063
CHAPTER 5. County Fire Service Retirement Law
32200-32365
ARTICLE 1. General
32200-32211
ARTICLE 2. Retirement System
32230-32236
ARTICLE 3. Board of Retirement
32250-32272
ARTICLE 4. Retirement Fund
32300-32303
ARTICLE 5. Contributions
32320-32342
ARTICLE 6. Benefits
32350-32365
CHAPTER 6. County Peace Officers and Fire Service Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plans
33000-33017
DIVISION 5. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
33200-33205
CHAPTER 1. Organization
33200-33205