California Government Code ARTICLE 7 - Leases

• Section 50490.
  Pursuant to this article, the legislative body of a local agency may lease real property owned by it if:(a) The property was acquired for a particular...
• Section 50491.
  The legislative body shall lease the property upon receipt of a petition signed by the owners of at least 51 percent of the property lying...
• Section 50492.
  The legislative body of the local agency or assessment district shall not lease the property or use it except for the purposes for which it...
• Section 50493.
  The petition shall be in general language and no particular requirements are necessary for its validity, except it shall provide that the property be leased...
• Section 50494.
  Upon receiving the petition, the legislative body may adopt a resolution of intention to lease the property according to the terms of the petition. The...
• Section 50495.
  The resolution of intention shall also contain a notice of the time and place persons objecting to the proposed leasing may appear before the legislative...
• Section 50496.
  The clerk of the legislative body shall cause the resolution of intention to be published once a week for two successive weeks in one or...
• Section 50497.
  At the time fixed in the resolution of intention, any owner of property assessed or being assessed to purchase the property to be leased may...
• Section 50498.
  At any time not later than the hour set for hearing objections, any owner of property assessed or being assessed to purchase the property to...
• Section 50499.
  At the time for hearing protests, the legislative body shall hear and pass upon all protests and objections and its decision is final.(Added by Stats....
• Section 50500.
  The legislative body shall also pass upon the protests filed by other persons than those petitioning. If in the opinion of a majority of the...
• Section 50501.
  At the time for hearing protests, evidence may be produced in such order as the legislative body may summarily direct.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
• Section 50502.
  The hearing may be continued from time to time upon the order of the legislative body.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
• Section 50503.
  If no protests have been received by the legislative body, it may lease the property pursuant to the petition.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
• Section 50504.
  If a majority of the owners of property assessed or being assessed protest the leasing of the property pursuant to the petition, the legislative body...
• Section 50505.
  Unless the power to proceed has ceased, at the conclusion of the hearing and on a determination of all questions arising, the legislative body shall...
• Section 50506.
  If the legislative body has denied the protests, or if no protests have been made, it shall by resolution order the property leased pursuant to...
• Section 50507.
  In the resolution ordering the lease the legislative body shall fix a time for receiving bids for the leasing of the property and the amount...
• Section 50508.
  The time for receiving bids shall not be fixed until the first regular meeting of the legislative body after the expiration of 15 days following...
• Section 50509.
  The legislative body shall cause a notice to be posted conspicuously for five days on or near the legislative body’s chamber door.(Added by Stats. 1949,...
• Section 50510.
  The notice shall contain the terms of the petition and an invitation for sealed bids for the leasing of the property.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch.
• Section 50511.
  The notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in a daily, semiweekly, or weekly newspaper published or circulated in the local...
• Section 50512.
  If the property is offered for lease at a monthly rental, all bids shall be accompanied by a bond in the amount fixed by the...
• Section 50513.
  If the petition requires the making of improvements upon the property and the payment of rentals in products from the land, royalties, or commissions, the...
• Section 50514.
  The legislative body shall award the lease to the highest responsible bidder.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)
• Section 50515.
  After the bid has been accepted by the legislative body, it shall enter into a lease with the highest bidder. The lease shall contain all...
• Section 50516.
  This article shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018