California Code
DIVISION 5 - PARKS AND MONUMENTS
CHAPTER 3 - Districts

ARTICLE 3 - Regional Park, Park and Open-Space, and Open-Space Districts

Section 5500. - 5500. “District,” as used in this article, means any regional...

Section 5501. - 5501. A district may be created pursuant to, and it...

Section 5502. - 5502. (a) Three or more cities, together with any parcel...

Section 5503. - 5503. Whenever it is desired to form a district, a...

Section 5503.5. - 5503.5. (a) In lieu of a petition described in Section...

Section 5504. - 5504. A petition may consist of any number of separate...

Section 5505. - 5505. If the petition contains names of electors residing in...

Section 5506. - 5506. If the petition contains sufficient signatures of electors residing...

Section 5506.3. - 5506.3. (a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that...

Section 5506.4. - 5506.4. (a) Proceedings for the formation of a district with...

Section 5506.5. - 5506.5. (a) If the exterior boundaries of a proposed district...

Section 5506.6. - 5506.6. The governing body of a district formed pursuant to...

Section 5506.7. - 5506.7. (a) Proceedings for the formation of a district in...

Section 5506.8. - 5506.8. (a) Proceedings for the formation of a regional park...

Section 5506.9. - 5506.9. (a) Proceedings for the formation of a regional park...

Section 5506.10. - 5506.10. (a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that...

Section 5506.11. - 5506.11. (a) A proceeding for the formation of a regional...

Section 5506.12. - 5506.12. (a) A proceeding for the formation of a regional...

Section 5506.13. - 5506.13. (a) A proceeding for the formation of a regional...

Section 5507. - 5507. If the clerk’s certificate or certificates indicate that the...

Section 5508. - 5508. Notice of the hearing, specifying the time and place,...

Section 5509. - 5509. The hearing may be continued from time to time,...

Section 5510. - 5510. The board of supervisors of the county having the...

Section 5511. - 5511. Notice of the hearing, specifying the time and place,...

Section 5512. - 5512. The hearing may be continued from time to time,...

Section 5512.5. - 5512.5. (a) Except as provided in Section 5506.6, the question...

Section 5513. - 5513. Where all the territory described in the petition is...

Section 5514. - 5514. (a) The board of supervisors of the county having...

Section 5515. - 5515. Before calling the election the board of supervisors shall...

Section 5516. - 5516. Upon establishing the wards the board of supervisors of...

Section 5517. - 5517. The notice shall be published once a week for...

Section 5517.1. - 5517.1. Within five days after the district formation election has...

Section 5517.2. - 5517.2. The board of supervisors or any member or members...

Section 5517.3. - 5517.3. If more than one argument for or more than...

Section 5517.4. - 5517.4. The elections officials in charge of conducting the election...

Section 5518. - 5518. The ballots for the election shall contain such instructions...

Section 5519. - 5519. The election, including the nomination and election of directors...

Section 5520. - 5520. The election returns shall be forwarded to the board...

Section 5521. - 5521. The board of supervisors shall also canvass the returns...

Section 5522. - 5522. A person is not entitled to serve as a...

Section 5523. - 5523. The directors shall hold their respective offices only until...

Section 5524. - 5524. The board of supervisors of the county having the...

Section 5525. - 5525. The board of supervisors calling the election shall make...

Section 5526. - 5526. No informality in any proceeding or in the conduct...

Section 5526.1. - 5526.1. Any action or proceeding in a district formed pursuant...

Section 5527. - 5527. The government of each district shall be vested in...

Section 5527.1. - 5527.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5527, the local agency formation commission,...

Section 5528. - 5528. All elections and nominations of candidates for directors subsequent...

Section 5529. - 5529. At least 10 days before the date fixed for...

Section 5530. - 5530. The board of directors shall, in the notice, ordinance,...

Section 5531. - 5531. The election shall be held in all respects as...

Section 5532. - 5532. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and...

Section 5533. - 5533. Of the directors elected at the next general state...

Section 5533.5. - 5533.5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5533, with respect to...

Section 5533.7. - 5533.7. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 5533 and 5533.5, with respect to...

Section 5534. - 5534. The board of directors may by resolution or ordinance...

Section 5534.5. - 5534.5. Notwithstanding any provision in this article to the contrary,...

Section 5535. - 5535. The board of directors shall choose one of its...

Section 5536. - 5536. (a) The board shall establish rules for its proceedings....

Section 5536.5. - 5536.5. Members of the board of directors may be allowed...

Section 5537. - 5537. The board of directors is the legislative body of...

Section 5538. - 5538. The board shall appoint a general manager, who shall...

Section 5538.3. - 5538.3. The officers and employees of the County of San...

Section 5538.4. - 5538.4. If a district is created and established in Napa...

Section 5538.5. - 5538.5. If the Board of Supervisors of the County of...

Section 5538.7. - 5538.7. If a district is created and established in Riverside...

Section 5538.8. - 5538.8. If a regional district is created and established in...

Section 5538.9. - 5538.9. If the regional district is created and established in...

Section 5538.10. - 5538.10. The officers and employees of the County of Sacramento...

Section 5539. - 5539. A district: (a) Has perpetual succession. (b) May sue...

Section 5539.3. - 5539.3. (a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that...

Section 5539.4. - 5539.4. The formation of a district with boundaries coterminous with...

Section 5539.5. - 5539.5. For purposes of open space, parkland acquisition, and development,...

Section 5539.7. - 5539.7. (a) In addition to the authority conferred in Section...

Section 5539.8. - 5539.8. (a) In addition to the authority conferred in Section...

Section 5539.9. - 5539.9. (a) In addition to the authority conferred in Section...

Section 5539.10. - 5539.10. (a)(1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the...

Section 5540. - 5540. A district may take by grant, appropriation, purchase, gift,...

Section 5540.1. - 5540.1. Notwithstanding Section 5540, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District...

Section 5540.2. - 5540.2. (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1)...

Section 5540.5. - 5540.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5540, a district, with the approval...

Section 5540.6. - 5540.6. Notwithstanding Section 5540, a district may, with the approval...

Section 5541. - 5541. A district may plan, adopt, lay out, plant, develop,...

Section 5541.1. - 5541.1. The East Bay Regional Park District may plan, adopt,...

Section 5541.2. - 5541.2. The Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District may...

Section 5541.3. - 5541.3. The district may develop, improve, operate, and maintain the...

Section 5542. - 5542. A district may exercise the right of eminent domain...

Section 5542.5. - 5542.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the...

Section 5543. - 5543. A district may make contracts, employ labor, and do...

Section 5544. - 5544. A district may borrow money, incur indebtedness, and issue...

Section 5544.1. - 5544.1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the board...

Section 5544.2. - 5544.2. (a) A district may acquire all necessary and proper...

Section 5544.3. - 5544.3. The district may, pursuant to Section 5544, borrow not...

Section 5545. - 5545. It may levy and collect, or cause to be...

Section 5545.1. - 5545.1. The board may submit a proposition to the electors...

Section 5545.3. - 5545.3. In the event the board of directors proposes to...

Section 5545.5. - 5545.5. (a) In addition to the tax authorized by Section...

Section 5545.6. - 5545.6. Any tax imposed under Section 5545 by a district...

Section 5546. - 5546. A district may contribute money, in those amounts the...

Section 5547. - 5547. The board of directors shall act only by ordinance,...

Section 5548. - 5548. The president shall preside over all meetings of the...

Section 5549. - 5549. (a) The general manager has the following administrative and...

Section 5550. - 5550. (a) The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section...

Section 5551. - 5551. The secretary of the board, the administrative secretary, or...

Section 5552. - 5552. The controller is the custodian of the funds of...

Section 5552.1. - 5552.1. Notwithstanding Section 5552, the boards of directors of the...

Section 5553. - 5553. The controller shall install and maintain a system of...

Section 5553.5. - 5553.5. All claims for money or damages against the district...

Section 5555. - 5555. The directors of the district, before assuming the duties...

Section 5556. - 5556. The board may appoint, employ, or contract for the...

Section 5557. - 5557. The board shall have a suitable office in the...

Section 5557.1. - 5557.1. The board may authorize at any time the destruction...

Section 5557.2. - 5557.2. A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter...

Section 5558. - 5558. (a) The board shall superintend, control, and make available...

Section 5558.1. - 5558.1. The Board of Directors of the East Bay Regional...

Section 5558.5. - 5558.5. (a) By ordinance, a board of directors may declare...

Section 5559. - 5559. The board may adopt regulations, and it shall cause...

Section 5560. - 5560. (a) Violation of an ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted...

Section 5560.1. - 5560.1. In order to protect property, improvements, and facilities of...

Section 5560.5. - 5560.5. (a) A district may enact in its ordinances clauses...

Section 5560.6. - 5560.6. A district may enact in its ordinances clauses which...

Section 5560.7. - 5560.7. A district may further provide in its ordinance that...

Section 5560.8. - 5560.8. A district may enact the foregoing as a separate...

Section 5561. - 5561. The police appointed or employed by the board shall...

Section 5561.5. - 5561.5. The board may provide by resolution or regulation for...

Section 5561.6. - 5561.6. The district shall be primarily responsible for the prevention...

Section 5562. - 5562. The board may acquire, construct, improve, maintain, and operate...

Section 5563. - 5563. If, in the opinion of the board, any land...

Section 5563.5. - 5563.5. Notwithstanding Sections 5540 and 5563, the Board of Directors...

Section 5563.7. - 5563.7. Notwithstanding Sections 5540 and 5563, the Board of Directors...

Section 5564. - 5564. Whenever it is necessary or advisable to acquire or...

Section 5565. - 5565. The legal title to all property acquired by the...

Section 5565.5. - 5565.5. (a) With the consent of the board of directors...

Section 5566. - 5566. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide...

Section 5567. - 5567. Every director and every other officer named in this...

Section 5568. - 5568. For the purpose of acquiring, constructing, or completing any...

Section 5569. - 5569. For the purpose of paying all sums coming due...

Section 5570. - 5570. On or before the second Monday in August of...

Section 5571. - 5571. The board of supervisors of each county in which...

Section 5572. - 5572. The boundaries of any district may be altered and...

Section 5572.1. - 5572.1. Where the annexation of territory to a district would...

Section 5580. - 5580. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5594 or any other law, upon...

Section 5581. - 5581. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5594 or any other law, upon...

Section 5590. - 5590. The bonds of any district issued pursuant to this...

Section 5591. - 5591. All bonds issued under the provisions of this article...

Section 5593. - 5593. All matters and things necessary for the proper administration...

Section 5594. - 5594. All contracts for furnishing supplies, materials, labor, or other...

Section 5595. - 5595. This article shall be liberally construed to promote its...