§ 35150 The authority may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
§ 35151 The authority may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by …
§ 35152 (a) The authority may take by grant, appropriation, purchase, …
§ 35153 The authority may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any …
§ 35154 The authority may, upon a four-fifths vote of the governing board and …
§ 35155 All property acquired by the authority shall be properly maintained …
§ 35156 The authority may plan, adopt, lay out, plant, develop, and otherwise …
§ 35157 All claims for money or damages against the authority are governed by …
§ 35158 The authority may accept funds or donations from any public or …
§ 35159 (a) The governing board may contract with any person or public …
§ 35160 (a) Notwithstanding Section 35159 or any other law, upon …
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Terms Used In California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 26 > Chapter 4 - Powers and Functions

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
  • County: includes "city and county. See California Public Resources Code 14
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
  • Elections official: means any of the following:

    California Elections Code 320

  • General election: means either of the following:

    California Elections Code 324

  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Local election: is a municipal, county, or district election. See California Elections Code 328
  • National emergency: as used in this part means any period in which the United States is at war prior to the declaration by the Governor of a state military emergency. See California Government Code 18540.1
  • Party: means a political party or organization that has qualified for participation in any primary or presidential general election. See California Elections Code 338
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Precinct: means a geographical area within a county that is made up of voters and is formed pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12200) of Division 12. See California Elections Code 338.6
  • precinct board: means the board appointed by the elections official to serve at a vote center. See California Elections Code 339
  • Primary election: includes all primary nominating elections provided for by this code. See California Elections Code 341
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Special election: is a n election, the specific time for the holding of which is not prescribed by law. See California Elections Code 356
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Voter-nominated office: means a congressional or state elective office for which a candidate may choose to have his or her party preference or lack of party preference indicated upon the ballot. See California Elections Code 359.5