§ 32121 Each local district shall have and may exercise the following …
§ 32121.1 By resolution, the board of directors of a local hospital district …
§ 32121.2 Except as provided in this section, by resolution, the board of …
§ 32121.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hospital …
§ 32121.4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hospital district or …
§ 32121.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a …
§ 32121.6 If a health care district enters into a written employment agreement …
§ 32121.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the transfer of assets by …
§ 32121.8 The El Camino Hospital-Corporation may provide for the operation and …
§ 32121.9 A district that leases or transfers its assets to a corporation …
§ 32122 The board of directors may purchase all necessary surgical …
§ 32123 The board of directors may purchase such real property, and erect or …
§ 32124 The board of directors may establish a nurses’ training school in …
§ 32125 (a) The board of directors shall be responsible for the …
§ 32126 (a) The board of directors may provide for the operation and …
§ 32126.3 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the lease in …
§ 32126.5 (a) The board of directors of a hospital district or any …
§ 32127 The hospital district shall establish its own treasury and shall …
§ 32127.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors of …
§ 32127.2 Exclusively for the purpose of securing state insurance of financing …
§ 32127.3 (a) Exclusively for the purpose of securing federal mortgage …
§ 32127.5 (a) Upon the adoption of a resolution of the board of directors …
§ 32128 (a) The rules of the hospital, established by the board of …
§ 32128.10 No hospital established by the board of directors pursuant to this …
§ 32129 Notwithstanding the provisions of the Medical Practice Act, the board …
§ 32129.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors of …
§ 32130 A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness in an amount not …
§ 32130.1 A district is also authorized, when funds are needed to meet current …
§ 32130.2 (a) A district may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the …
§ 32130.5 The first board of directors of a district may, within a period of …
§ 32130.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district may do any of …
§ 32131 The board of directors may maintain membership in any local, state or …
§ 32132 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, or in Chapter …
§ 32132.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other law, upon …
§ 32132.5 v2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other provision of law, …
§ 32132.7 (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other law, upon …
§ 32132.8 (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other law, upon …
§ 32132.96 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), (c), or (d), a …
§ 32133 At least once each year the board shall engage the services of a …
§ 32134 The effective date of any contract entered into for the construction …
§ 32136 The board of directors may, without following the bidding provisions …
§ 32137 The board of directors may, by resolution, change the name of the …
§ 32138 (a) The board of directors shall acquire electronic data …
§ 32139 The board of directors shall do all of the following:(a) Adopt …
§ 32140 Upon filing a petition under federal bankruptcy law, the board of …

Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 23 > Chapter 2 > Article 2 - Powers

  • Abstract of judgment: In a federal criminal proceeding, A certification from a U.S. District Court clerk that a judgment of restitution was entered against the defendant owing to the victim. If the defendant inherits, owns, or sells real property or holdings, these assets can then be attached at the state and local levels as well.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Board: means the Board of Corrections, unless otherwise indicated. See California Penal Code 8052
  • Chief correctional administrator: means the sheriff, chief probation officer, or director of the county department of corrections, who is designated by the board of supervisors to have administrative responsibility for county corrections operations and programs, including a community-based punishment program. See California Penal Code 8052
  • Community-based punishment: means a partnership between the state and a county or a collaboration of counties to manage and provide correctional services, especially those services considered to be intermediate sanctions at the local level of government for targeted, select offender populations pursuant to the community corrections plan of a county or a collaboration of counties. See California Penal Code 8052
  • Community-based punishment plan: means the proposal for a community-based punishment program promulgated by a county or a collaboration of counties that has been developed by the chief correctional administrator, in cooperation with the district attorney, public defender, and other concerned community representatives designated by the board of supervisors, to address correctional needs in that county or collaboration of counties. See California Penal Code 8052
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • county: includes "city and county". See California Penal Code 7
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Intermediate sanctions: means punishment options and sanctions other than simple incarceration in prison or jail or traditional routine probation supervision. See California Penal Code 8052
  • knowingly: import s only a knowledge that the facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of this code. See California Penal Code 7
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • mandatory supervision: shall mean the portion of a defendant's sentenced term during which time he or she is supervised by the county probation officer pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (h) of Section 1170. See California Penal Code 19.9
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • Nonviolent offender: means a person who is not currently charged with a violent crime, as defined in Section 667. See California Penal Code 8052
  • Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Penal Code 7
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • qualified mental health care professional: means a physician, physician assistant, nurse, nurse practitioner, psychologist licensed by the Board of Psychology, registered psychologist, postdoctoral psychological assistant, postdoctoral psychology trainee employed in an exempt setting pursuant to §. See California Penal Code 6048.5
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the district and territories. See California Penal Code 7
  • state agency: shall include any state board, commission, bureau, or division created pursuant to the provisions of the Business and Professions Code, the Education Code, or the Chiropractic Initiative Act to license and regulate individuals who engage in certain businesses and professions. See California Penal Code 23
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • will: includes codicil. See California Penal Code 7
  • zip gun: means any weapon or device that meets all of the following criteria:

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