California Code
DIVISION 30 - WASTE MANAGEMENT
PART 8 - GARBAGE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL

CHAPTER 1 - Garbage Disposal Districts

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 49000. - 49000. “District,” as used in this chapter, means a district...

ARTICLE 2 - Formation

Section 49005. - 49005. Any portion or portions of a county, whether contiguous...

Section 49006. - 49006. (a) The board of supervisors may determine, by resolution,...

Section 49007. - 49007. The notice shall state the fact that the board...

Section 49008. - 49008. The notice shall describe the territory or shall specify...

Section 49009. - 49009. At any time prior to the time fixed for...

Section 49010. - 49010. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of...

Section 49011. - 49011. Election precincts shall be established by the board of...

Section 49012. - 49012. (a) Within five days after the district formation election...

Section 49013. - 49013. (a) The board of supervisors or any member or...

Section 49014. - 49014. (a) If more than one argument for or more...

Section 49015. - 49015. (a) The officials in charge of conducting the election...

Section 49016. - 49016. If at the election a majority of all those...

Section 49017. - 49017. (a) A district may be formed for the exclusive...

ARTICLE 3 - Administration

Section 49018. - 49018. The board of supervisors is the governing body of...

Section 49019. - 49019. (a) The board of supervisors may enter into contracts...

Section 49020. - 49020. If an emergency occasioned by default of a contractor...

ARTICLE 4 - Taxation

Section 49030. - 49030. The board of supervisors shall levy a tax each...

Section 49031. - 49031. For any district in a county with a population...

Section 49032. - 49032. (a) Prior to adoption of the initial ordinances prescribing...

ARTICLE 5 - Claims

Section 49040. - 49040. All claims for money or damages against the district...

ARTICLE 6 - Annexation

Section 49050. - 49050. The boundaries of any district may be altered, and...

CHAPTER 2 - Garbage and Refuse Disposal Districts

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 49100. - 49100. “District,” as used in this chapter, means a district...

ARTICLE 2 - Formation

Section 49110. - 49110. Any contiguous portion or portions of a county, whether...

Section 49111. - 49111. (a) The board of supervisors may determine, by resolution,...

Section 49112. - 49112. The notice shall state the fact that the board...

Section 49113. - 49113. The notice shall describe the territory, or shall specify...

Section 49114. - 49114. At any time prior to the time fixed for...

Section 49115. - 49115. At the final hearing the board of supervisors shall...

Section 49116. - 49116. If, from the testimony given before the board of...

Section 49117. - 49117. The county clerk shall immediately file for record in...

Section 49118. - 49118. No district shall be formed under this chapter after...

ARTICLE 3 - Board of Directors

Section 49120. - 49120. (a) Within 30 days after the filing with the...

Section 49121. - 49121. Any governing body authorized by Section 49120 to appoint...

Section 49122. - 49122. The members of the district board in office on...

Section 49123. - 49123. (a) A member of a district board may be...

ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties

Section 49130. - 49130. The district board may do all of the following:...

Section 49131. - 49131. The district board may designate any depository for the...

ARTICLE 5 - Taxation

Section 49140. - 49140. At least 15 days before the first day of...

Section 49141. - 49141. The district board may also include in its estimate...

Section 49142. - 49142. The board of supervisors of the county in which...

Section 49143. - 49143. For purposes of the district, the board of supervisors...

Section 49144. - 49144. The district board may establish and maintain a cash-basis...

ARTICLE 6 - Claims

Section 49150. - 49150. All claims for money or damages against the district...

ARTICLE 7 - Bonds

Section 49160. - 49160. No general obligation bonds shall be issued by the...

Section 49161. - 49161. The resolution shall state all of the following: (a)...

Section 49162. - 49162. For purposes of the bond election, the district board...

Section 49163. - 49163. An election board consisting of one inspector, one judge...

Section 49164. - 49164. Only voters registered in the district are eligible to...

Section 49165. - 49165. A resolution calling the election shall be published once...

Section 49166. - 49166. If two-thirds of the votes cast are in favor...

Section 49167. - 49167. The validity of the bonds after their issuance shall...

Section 49168. - 49168. The district board shall prescribe, by resolution, the form...

Section 49169. - 49169. The bonds shall be issued in the denominations that...

Section 49170. - 49170. The bonds shall be signed by the chairperson of...

Section 49171. - 49171. If any officer whose signature or countersignature appears on...

Section 49172. - 49172. The district board may issue and sell bonds of...

Section 49173. - 49173. All premiums and accrued interest received shall be paid...

Section 49174. - 49174. (a) The funds in the construction fund shall be...

Section 49175. - 49175. If the proposition of issuing bonds submitted at the...

Section 49176. - 49176. If bonds have been issued by the district and...

Section 49177. - 49177. Bonds and interest thereon shall be paid by revenue...

Section 49178. - 49178. (a) An issue of bonds is hereby defined to...

Section 49179. - 49179. Whenever a district has issued bonds, in its annual...

Section 49180. - 49180. If the district board fails to furnish to the...

Section 49181. - 49181. The principal of, and interest on, the bonds shall...

ARTICLE 8 - Revenue Bonds

Section 49190. - 49190. A district formed pursuant to this chapter is a...

ARTICLE 9 - Change of Boundaries

Section 49195. - 49195. The boundaries of any district may be altered, and...

CHAPTER 3 - Franchise by Counties

Section 49200. - 49200. Every franchise or permit for the collection, disposal, or...

Section 49201. - 49201. (a) Any county may, by resolution adopted by the...

Section 49202. - 49202. The successful bidder shall file with the board of...

Section 49203. - 49203. The county may, in the resolution and advertised notice,...

Section 49204. - 49204. A bidder may in his or her franchise or...

Section 49205. - 49205. The board of supervisors which, prior to July 1,...

CHAPTER 4 - City Garbage Disposal Contracts

Section 49300. - 49300. The legislative body of a city may contract for...

CHAPTER 5 - Garbage and Refuse Dumps

Section 49400. - 49400. No city, county, district, or public or municipal corporation...

CHAPTER 6 - Solid Waste Enterprises

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 49500. - 49500. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 49501. - 49501. “Exclusive solid waste handling services” means any action by...

Section 49501.3. - 49501.3. “Lawfully provided” means the services of the solid waste...

Section 49501.5. - 49501.5. “License” means a solid waste license issued by a...

Section 49502. - 49502. “Local agency” means any county, city, or district having...

Section 49503. - 49503. “Solid waste” means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid and...

Section 49504. - 49504. “Solid waste enterprise” means any individual, partnership, joint venture,...

Section 49505. - 49505. “Solid waste handling services” means the collection, transportation, storage,...

ARTICLE 2 - Legislative Findings

Section 49510. - 49510. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Although...

ARTICLE 3 - Continuation of Services

Section 49520. - 49520. If a local agency has authorized, by franchise, contract,...

Section 49521. - 49521. A solid waste enterprise providing continuation solid waste handling...

Section 49522. - 49522. Nothing in this chapter affects the right of a...

Section 49523. - 49523. Any local agency or solid waste handling enterprise may...

Section 49524. - 49524. Notwithstanding Section 49523, a solid waste enterprise may not...

CHAPTER 7 - Burning Garbage

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 49600. - 49600. No person shall operate in any city or town...

Section 49601. - 49601. No crematory described in Section 49600 shall be operated...

Section 49602. - 49602. Every person who burns by fire heat or destroys...

ARTICLE 2 - Cremation of Animal Refuse

Section 49620. - 49620. Any person who destroys, or who attempts to destroy,...