California Code
DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES
PART 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES EXERCISED JOINTLY BY CITIES AND COUNTIES

CHAPTER 1 - Transfer of City Functions

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 51300. - 51300. This article does not apply to cities containing a...

Section 51301. - 51301. A board of supervisors may contract with a city,...

Section 51302. - 51302. The term of the contract shall not exceed five...

Section 51303. - 51303. The county officers and employees named in the contract...

Section 51304. - 51304. The city may provide in the contract for the...

Section 51305. - 51305. If the contract results in a unification of a...

Section 51306. - 51306. The contract shall provide for the assumption of all...

Section 51307. - 51307. The board of supervisors shall hold separately in trust...

Section 51308. - 51308. Any person pensioned at the execution of the contract...

ARTICLE 2 - Chartered Cities

Section 51330. - 51330. If authorized by the city charter and approved by...

Section 51331. - 51331. The resolution of the board of supervisors shall recite:...

Section 51332. - 51332. The transfer may be rescinded: (a) At any time...

Section 51333. - 51333. The city shall express its rescission as provided by...

Section 51334. - 51334. City functions relating to the assessment of property for...

Section 51335. - 51335. If the city charter so authorizes, other functions may...

ARTICLE 3 - County Contract Services

Section 51350. - 51350. A county which provides services through its appropriate departments,...

CHAPTER 2 - Transfer of City Tax Functions

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 51500. - 51500. A city, except a city which is also a...

Section 51501. - 51501. By ordinance, a city legislative body may transfer the...

Section 51502. - 51502. A certified copy of the ordinance transferring the duties...

Section 51503. - 51503. Certified copies of the ordinance transferring the duties of...

Section 51504. - 51504. All assessments made by the county assessor and equalized...

Section 51505. - 51505. The ordinance transferring the duties of the treasurer is...

Section 51506. - 51506. The offices of city assessor, tax collector, and treasurer...

Section 51507. - 51507. When a city transfers the duties of assessing and...

Section 51508. - 51508. Before fixing the rate of taxes the legislative body...

Section 51510. - 51510. Annually on or before the third Monday in August,...

Section 51511. - 51511. Annually, before September 1st, the city legislative body shall...

Section 51512. - 51512. The county auditor shall compute and enter in the...

Section 51513. - 51513. The taxes so levied shall be collected at the...

Section 51514. - 51514. The compensation paid to the county for assessing and...

Section 51515. - 51515. When the duties of the city treasurer have been...

Section 51516. - 51516. When a city has transferred the assessing and collecting...

Section 51517. - 51517. The collection of unpaid taxes levied on property by...

Section 51518. - 51518. The county auditor shall apportion to the city the...

Section 51519. - 51519. When a county charter permits and the county consents,...

Section 51520. - 51520. Notwithstanding any provisions of this article relating to compensation...

Section 51521. - 51521. When delinquent taxes of a general law city, with...

ARTICLE 2 - Chartered Cities

Section 51540. - 51540. As used in this article, “city” means a city...

Section 51541. - 51541. This article provides an alternative method by which the...

Section 51542. - 51542. When the city charter or a city ordinance authorized...

Section 51543. - 51543. The county officers designated shall be officers who perform...

Section 51544. - 51544. A copy of the charter or ordinance providing for...

Section 51545. - 51545. The board of supervisors shall cause notice of the...

Section 51546. - 51546. The county assessment roll made annually by the county...

Section 51547. - 51547. In the case of a sale of property for...

Section 51549. - 51549. As soon as practicable after the lien date following...

Section 51551. - 51551. Annually before September 1st, the city legislative body shall...

Section 51552. - 51552. Upon delivery of the certified statement from the city...

Section 51553. - 51553. The taxes so levied shall be collected at the...

Section 51554. - 51554. When delinquent city taxes, with costs and penalties, have...

Section 51555. - 51555. The net amounts of collections of current and delinquent...

Section 51556. - 51556. The collection of unpaid city taxes levied on property...

Section 51557. - 51557. The county auditor shall apportion to the city the...

Section 51558. - 51558. The proper city officers shall perform all duties relative...

Section 51559. - 51559. Upon the repeal of the city charter provision or...

Section 51560. - 51560. The county officers shall perform all duties relative to...

Section 51561. - 51561. The compensation paid the county for the services shall...

Section 51562. - 51562. Notwithstanding any provision of this article relating to compensation...

CHAPTER 4 - Special Assessments

ARTICLE 1 - Collection of Special Assessments by County Officer

Section 51800. - 51800. Where the duties of assessing property and collecting city...

CHAPTER 5 - Local Government Reorganization

ARTICLE 1 - Findings and Declarations of Policy

Section 51900. - 51900. The Legislature finds and declares that the County of...

Section 51901. - 51901. It is further found and declared that local government...

Section 51902. - 51902. It is further found and declared that in order...

Section 51903. - 51903. The Legislature finds that a general statute cannot be...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions and General Provisions

Section 51910. - 51910. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general...

Section 51911. - 51911. “Largest city” means the largest city in Sacramento County...

Section 51912. - 51912. “Other cities” mean the cities in Sacramento County with...

Section 51913. - 51913. “Cities” mean all of the cities within Sacramento County....

Section 51914. - 51914. “County” means the County of Sacramento. (Added by Stats....

Section 51915. - 51915. “City-County of Sacramento” means the City and the County...

Section 51916. - 51916. “Charter commissioners” shall mean the Citizens Committee on Local...

Section 51917. - 51917. “Reorganize” and “reorganization” means the consolidation of a county...

Section 51918. - 51918. The incorporated cities within the County of Sacramento and...

Section 51919. - 51919. When reorganization proceedings are followed pursuant to this chapter,...

ARTICLE 3 - Reorganization Proceedings

Section 51920. - 51920. Reorganization proceedings pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed...

Section 51921. - 51921. The charter commissioners shall propose a charter for the...

Section 51922. - 51922. The legislative body of the county shall cause copies...

Section 51923. - 51923. The proposed charter shall be submitted to the electors...

Section 51924. - 51924. In submitting any such charter, the charter commissioners may...

Section 51925. - 51925. The charter as adopted at the election by a...

Section 51926. - 51926. At the election, the questions of reorganization and adoption...

Section 51927. - 51927. The legislative body of the county shall cause notice...

Section 51928. - 51928. The notice shall: (a) State distinctly the proposition or...

Section 51929. - 51929. Upon the ballots used at the election shall be...

Section 51929.5. - 51929.5. Upon the ballots used at the election within each...

Section 51929.6. - 51929.6. The charter of the city-county adopted pursuant to this...

Section 51930. - 51930. If, voting on a proposition presented pursuant to Section...

Section 51931. - 51931. On each proposition separately submitted, including the proposition presented...

Section 51932. - 51932. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the election,...

Section 51933. - 51933. After performing their duties, the election officers shall deliver...

Section 51934. - 51934. At its next regular meeting following the election, the...

Section 51935. - 51935. Immediately upon the completion of the canvass, the legislative...

Section 51936. - 51936. If a majority of the votes cast in the...

Section 51937. - 51937. If a majority of the votes cast in both...

Section 51938. - 51938. A copy of the record of the canvass, with...

Section 51939. - 51939. Upon the filing with the Secretary of State of...

Section 51939.1. - 51939.1. The provisions of Sections 51940 through 51947, inclusive, shall...

Section 51939.2. - 51939.2. The procedures set forth in this article shall have...

ARTICLE 4 - Effects of Reorganization

Section 51940. - 51940. Upon reorganization, the cities are deemed dissolved and disincorporated...

Section 51941. - 51941. Upon reorganization every special district within the county or...

Section 51942. - 51942. When cities and a county are reorganized pursuant to...

Section 51943. - 51943. Immediately upon reorganization, all persons occupying or possessing the...

Section 51944. - 51944. Except as otherwise provided in the charter, reorganization does...

Section 51945. - 51945. The legislative body of the city-county shall levy and...

Section 51946. - 51946. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Chapter 1.5...

Section 51947. - 51947. Immediately upon reorganization, all ordinances of the cities and...

Section 51948. - 51948. The repeal of ordinances pursuant to Section 51947 shall...

Section 51949. - 51949. Upon reorganization, the charter of the city-county shall have...

Section 51950. - 51950. If reorganization is completed, all proper expenses of reorganization...

Section 51951. - 51951. One copy of the charter ratified and approved in...

Section 51952. - 51952. This chapter shall not be construed to prevent any...

Section 51953. - 51953. The charter may provide for the manner in which...