California Government Code ARTICLE 1 - Joint Powers Agreements

• Section 6500.
  As used in this article, “public agency” includes, but is not limited to, the federal government or any federal department or agency, this state, another...
• Section 6500.1.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Joint Exercise of Powers Act.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 8. Effective January...
• Section 6501.
  This article does not authorize any state officer, board, commission, department, or other state agency or institution to make any agreement without the approval of...
• Section 6502.
  If authorized by their legislative or other governing bodies, two or more public agencies by agreement may jointly exercise any power common to the contracting...
• Section 6502.5.
  In addition to any power common to its member districts, the Resource Conservation Energy Joint Powers Agency has the authority to finance, construct, install, and...
• Section 6502.7.
  (a) If authorized by their legislative or other governing bodies, two or more public agencies which have the authority to identify, plan for, monitor, control, regulate,...
• Section 6503.
  The agreements shall state the purpose of the agreement or the power to be exercised. They shall provide for the method by which the purpose...
• Section 6503.1.
  (a) When property tax revenues of a county of the second class are allocated by that county to an agency formed for the purpose of providing...
• Section 6503.5.
  Whenever a joint powers agreement provides for the creation of an agency or entity that is separate from the parties to the agreement and is...
• Section 6503.6.
  (a) When an agency or entity files a notice of agreement or amendment to the agreement with the office of the Secretary of State pursuant to...
• Section 6503.7.
  Within 90 days after the effective date of this section, any separate agency or entity constituted pursuant to a joint powers agreement entered into prior...
• Section 6503.8.
  (a) No later than July 1, 2017, an agency or entity that meets the definition of a joint powers authority or joint powers agency under Section...
• Section 6504.
  The parties to the agreement may provide that (a) contributions from the treasuries may be made for the purpose set forth in the agreement, (b)...
• Section 6505.
  (a) The agreement shall provide for strict accountability of all funds and report of all receipts and disbursements.(b) In addition, and provided a separate agency or entity...
• Section 6505.1.
  The contracting parties to an agreement made pursuant to this chapter shall designate the public office or officers or person or persons who have charge...
• Section 6505.5.
  If a separate agency or entity is created by the agreement, the agreement shall designate the treasurer of one of the contracting parties, or in...
• Section 6505.6.
  In lieu of the designation of a treasurer and auditor as set forth in Section 6505.5, the agency or entity may appoint one of its...
• Section 6506.
  The agency or entity provided by the agreement to administer or execute the agreement may be one or more of the parties to the agreement...
• Section 6507.
  For the purposes of this article, the agency is a public entity separate from the parties to the agreement.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 990.)
• Section 6508.
  The agency shall possess the common power specified in the agreement and may exercise it in the manner or according to the method provided in...
• Section 6508.1.
  If the agency is not one or more of the parties to the agreement but is a public entity, commission, or board constituted pursuant to...
• Section 6509.
  Such power is subject to the restrictions upon the manner of exercising the power of one of the contracting parties, which party shall be designated...
• Section 6509.5.
  Any separate agency or entity created pursuant to this chapter shall have the power to invest any money in the treasury pursuant to Section 6505.5...
• Section 6509.6.
  Notwithstanding any other law, a joint powers authority created pursuant to this chapter may purchase or acquire, by sale, assignment, pledge, or other transfer from...
• Section 6509.7.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, two or more public agencies that have the authority to invest funds in their treasuries may, by agreement, jointly...
• Section 6510.
  The agreement may be continued for a definite term or until rescinded or terminated. The agreement may provide for the method by which it may...
• Section 6511.
  The agreement shall provide for the disposition, division, or distribution of any property acquired as the result of the joint exercise of powers.(Added by Stats....
• Section 6512.
  The agreement shall provide that after the completion of its purpose, any surplus money on hand shall be returned in proportion to the contributions made.(Added...
• Section 6512.1.
  If the purpose set forth in the agreement is the acquisition, construction or operation of a revenue-producing facility, the agreement may provide (a) for the...
• Section 6512.2.
  If the purpose set forth in the agreement is to pool the self-insurance claims of two or more local public entities, the agreement may provide...
• Section 6513.
  All of the privileges and immunities from liability, exemptions from laws, ordinances and rules, all pension, relief, disability, workmen’s compensation, and other benefits which apply...
• Section 6514.
  A state department or agency concerned with the provisions of services or facilities to persons with intellectual disabilities and their families may enter into agreements...
• Section 6514.5.
  Any public agency may enter into agreements with other state agencies pursuant to the provisions of Section 11256.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 729, Sec. 1.)
• Section 6515.
  In addition to other powers, any agency, commission or board provided for by a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with...
• Section 6516.
  Public agencies conducting agricultural, livestock, industrial, cultural, or other types of fairs or exhibitions may enter into a joint powers agreement to form an insurance...
• Section 6516.3.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a joint powers agency established in Orange County pursuant to a joint powers agreement in accordance with this chapter...
• Section 6516.5.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a joint powers agency provided for by a joint powers agreement pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500)...
• Section 6516.6.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a joint powers agency established pursuant to a joint powers agreement in accordance with this chapter may issue bonds...
• Section 6516.7.
  One or more public agencies and one or more private entities that provide child care or operate child day care facilities, as defined in Section...
• Section 6516.8.
  Any two or more harbor agencies may establish a joint powers authority pursuant to Part 1 (commencing with Section 1690) of Division 6 of the...
• Section 6516.9.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a joint powers agency or entity provided for by a joint powers agreement pursuant to this article, the members...
• Section 6517.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Department of General Services may enter into a joint powers agreement with any other public agency for...
• Section 6517.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles may advance funds, not to exceed four million...
• Section 6517.6.
  (a) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the Department of General Services may enter into a joint powers agreement with any other public agency to finance...
• Section 6518.
  (a) A joint powers agency, without being subject to any limitations of any party to the joint powers agreement pursuant to Section 6509, may also finance...
• Section 6519.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State of California does hereby pledge to, and agree with, the holders of bonds issued by any agency...
• Section 6520.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of Supervisors of San Diego County and the City Council of the City of San Diego may...
• Section 6520.1.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the Board of Supervisors of Siskiyou County and the city councils of the cities within Siskiyou County may...
• Section 6522.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any state department or agency entering into a joint powers agreement with a federal, county, or city government...
• Section 6523.
  (a) The West Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, a joint powers entity that is created pursuant to an agreement entered into, in accordance with this article,...
• Section 6523.4.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Selma Community Hospital, a private, nonprofit hospital in Fresno County, may enter into a joint powers agreement...
• Section 6523.5.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of Contra Costa may enter into a joint powers agreement with...
• Section 6523.6.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of Tulare may enter into a joint powers agreement with a...
• Section 6523.7.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of Kings may enter into a joint powers agreement with a...
• Section 6523.8.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a nonprofit hospital in the County of Tuolumne may enter into a joint powers agreement with a public...
• Section 6523.9.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a nonprofit hospital in the County of San Diego may enter into a joint powers agreement with any...
• Section 6523.10.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit hospital in the County of El Dorado may enter into a joint powers agreement with...
• Section 6524.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit children’s hospital in a county of the third class may enter into a joint powers...
• Section 6525.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a mutual water company may enter into a joint powers agreement with any public agency for the purpose...
• Section 6526.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any public agency that is a member of the South East Regional Reclamation Authority, the Aliso Water Management Agency,...
• Section 6527.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where two or more health care districts have joined together to pool their self-insurance claims or losses, a nonprofit...
• Section 6528.
  A charter school, including a charter school organized pursuant to Section 47604 of the Education Code, may be considered a public agency, as defined in...
• Section 6529.
  (a) (1) The Elk Valley Rancheria Tribal Council, as the governing body of the Elk Valley Rancheria, California, a federally recognized Indian tribe, may enter into a...
• Section 6529.5.
  (a) Any joint powers authority that includes a federally recognized Indian tribe shall not have the authority to authorize or issue bonds pursuant to the Marks-Roos...
• Section 6531.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) It is in the best interests of communities located within the City of San Diego for the...
• Section 6532.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the best interest of the communities located in and around the City of Santa Clara that...
• Section 6533.
  (a) The board of directors of the Eastern Water Alliance Joint Powers Agency may grant available funds to a member public agency for the purposes of...
• Section 6534.
  (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Prison Inmate Health Service Reform Act.(b) The Department of Corrections may enter into joint...
• Section 6535.
  Any entity that is established pursuant to a joint powers agreement authorized under this article that is also licensed under Chapter 2.2 (commencing with Section...
• Section 6536.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a private, nonprofit corporation that conducts fairs and other events and exhibitions on land leased from the County...
• Section 6537.
  (a) The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the communities on the Monterey Peninsula that any joint exercise of powers authority formed...
• Section 6538.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, one or more private, nonprofit corporations that are organized pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code...
• Section 6539.
  Notwithstanding any other law, the composition of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Fire Authority shall not include alternate members.(Added by Stats. 2016,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018