California Public Resources Code ARTICLE 4 - Municipal Park Control

• Section 5181.
  All lands, parks, highways, and avenues in any city or city and county, which prior to March 14, 1889, were set apart by law for...
• Section 5182.
  Each board of park commissioners shall consist of three persons, who shall be appointed by the Governor.They shall hold their offices for four years, respectively,...
• Section 5183.
  In case of a vacancy in the membership of the board, it shall be filled by an appointee of the remaining members of the board,...
• Section 5184.
  The Governor shall issue a commission to each commissioner appointed by him or her, and each commissioner shall, within 20 days after the receipt thereof,...
• Section 5185.
  Two members of the board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; and the concurrent action of two members is sufficient to enable the...
• Section 5186.
  Each board shall govern, manage, and direct the parks, avenues, and grounds which are placed under its care and charge.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 94.)
• Section 5187.
  It may employ and appoint superintendents, laborers, clerks or secretaries, attorneys, surveyors, and engineers, and it may engage and employ musicians for service in the...
• Section 5188.
  It may prescribe and fix the duties, authority, and compensation of its appointees and employees. It shall manage and disburse funds appropriated or provided for...
• Section 5189.
  Moneys shall not be paid out of the treasury of any city, or city and county, except upon warrants duly signed by a majority of...
• Section 5190.
  Every park commissioner who is interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or work of any kind connected with the park or grounds under the...
• Section 5191.
  Each board shall on the first Monday of July of each year make to the Legislature of the State, and to the legislative body of...
• Section 5192.
  Each board of park commissioners may let or lease any portion of the parks or grounds under its control, not exceeding one acre in extent,...
• Section 5193.
  Each board may pass and adopt ordinances which are necessary for the regulation, use, and government of the parks and grounds under its supervision, not...
• Section 5194.
  Prisoners over the age of 18 years, who have been sentenced to hard labor in any penal establishment of any city or city and county...
• Section 5195.
  Each board may accept donations and aid from any person or corporation, and legacies and bequests by the last wills of deceased persons, for the...
• Section 5196.
  If the money derived from gifts, bequests, or legacies at any time exceeds the sum necessary for immediate expenditure on the parks and grounds, or...
• Section 5199.
  A board of park commissioners shall not in any year incur any debt or liability or expend any money beyond the amount legally applicable to...

Last modified: October 22, 2018