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No purchase of real property, including any water right or other interest therein, of which the purchase price is in excess of the dollar limit established by ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 25350.60, or, if no ordinance is adopted, in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), shall be made unless a notice of the intention of the board of supervisors or, if applicable, the county officer authorized to purchase real property pursuant to Section 25350.60, to make the purchase is published in the county pursuant to Section 6063. If no newspaper is published in the county, the notice shall be posted at least three weeks prior to the time the board meets to consummate the purchase in at least three public places in each supervisorial district. The notice shall contain a description of the property proposed to be purchased, the price, the vendor, and a statement of the time the board will meet to consummate the purchase. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to preclude the settlement of an action in eminent domain or the acquisition of any real property or interest therein for the uses and purposes of county highways without compliance with this section.

(a) Nothing in this chapter limits, restricts, or prohibits a county from complying with Article 8 (commencing with Section 54220) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, and Section 65402.
  (b) This section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, existing law.

The board of supervisors of any county may acquire by eminent domain any property necessary to carry out any of the powers or functions of the county.

(a) The board may, by ordinance or resolution, delegate to the purchasing agent or other appropriate county official, subject to any rules and regulations as it may impose, the following authority:
  (1) To lease real property for use by the county or to obtain the use of real property for the county by license for a term not to exceed five years and for a rental not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per month.
  (2) To amend real property leases or licenses for improvements or alterations, or both, with a total cost not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500), provided that the amendment does not extend the term of the lease or license and that no more than two amendments, not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) each, are made within a 12-month period.
  (b) Notice of intention to consummate the lease or license shall be posted in a public place for five working days prior to consummation of the lease or license. The notice shall describe the property proposed to be leased or licensed, the terms of the lease or license, and any county officer authorized to execute the lease or license.

(a) Prior to entering into an agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be, of certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds, the board may elect, by resolution, to guarantee payment under that financing agreement in accordance with the following:
  (1) A county that elects to participate under this section shall provide notice to the Controller of that election, which shall include a schedule for the payments to be made by the county under that financing agreement, and identify a trustee appointed by the county for the purposes of this section.
  (2) In the event that, for any reason, the funds otherwise available to the county will not be sufficient to make any payment under the financing agreement at the time that payment is required, the county shall so notify the trustee. The trustee shall immediately communicate that information to the affected holders of certificates of participation or bondholders, and to the Controller.
  (3) When the Controller receives notice from the trustee as described in paragraph (2), or the county fails to make any payment under the financing agreement at the time that payment is required, the Controller shall make an apportionment to the trustee in the amount of that required payment for the purpose of making that payment. The Controller shall make that payment only from funds received from the county auditor pursuant to paragraph (4).
  (4) If either of the circumstances set forth in paragraphs (2) and (3) occur, the county shall immediately notify the county auditor and deliver to the county auditor a duly certified copy of the resolution of the board of supervisors adopted pursuant to Section 29530.5. The county auditor shall reduce the vehicle license fee adjustment amount set forth in Section 97.70 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and transmit those funds to the Controller to the extent necessary to make the payments required by paragraphs (2) and (3).
  (5) As an alternate to the procedure set forth in paragraphs (2) and (3), the board of supervisors may provide a transfer schedule in a notice to the Controller of its election to participate under this section. The transfer schedule shall set forth amounts to be transferred to the trustee and the date or dates for the transfers and the Controller shall, subject to the limitation in the second sentence of paragraph (3), make apportionments to the trustee in those amounts on the specified date or dates for the purpose of making those transfers.
  (6) In the event that for any reason, the county is no longer obligated for any period to make all or a portion of the payments with respect to the lease or lease-purchase financed through the execution and delivery, or issuance, as the case may be, of certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds, the trustee shall notify the affected holders of certificates of participation or bondholders. The trustee shall also notify the Controller. Upon receipt of the notification, the Controller shall cease making the transfers. If after giving notice, the obligation of the county to make payments with respect to a lease or lease-purchase financed through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be, of certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds is restored, the trustee shall so notify the affected holders of certificates of participation or bondholders and the Controller. Upon receipt of the notification, the Controller shall resume making the transfers.
  (b) This section shall not be construed to obligate the State of California to make any payment to a county from the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund in any amount or pursuant to any particular allocation formula, or to make any other payment to a county, including, but not limited to, any payment in satisfaction of any debt or liability incurred or guaranteed by a county in accordance with this section.

(a) Moneys credited to the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund or allocated to the Vehicle License Fee Property Tax Compensation Fund of the County of Orange pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 97.70 of the Revenue and Taxation Code to which Orange County may at any time be entitled shall be pledged, without any necessity for specific authorization of the pledge by the board of supervisors, to all certificates of participation or lease-revenue bonds executed and delivered or issued, as the case may be, during 1996 or 1997, including obligations executed and delivered or issued before 2010 to refund those certificates of participation or lease-revenue bonds, to finance or refinance the lease or lease-purchase of property of the county and having a stated maturity of 20 years or more. Any refunding obligations shall not have a final maturity later than the final maturity of the refunded obligations. The amount so pledged with respect to any fiscal year of the county shall not exceed the amounts to be paid in that fiscal year on those certificates or lease-revenue bonds.
  (b) The state hereby covenants with the holders of any certificates of participation or lease-revenue bonds, including refunding obligations, entitled to the pledge granted by this section that, as long as any of the certificates of participation or lease-revenue bonds entitled to the pledge granted by this section shall remain outstanding, the state shall not alter or amend the deposit of moneys into, or the allocation of moneys credited to, the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11001) of Part 5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code or the allocation of moneys to and from the Vehicle License Fee Property Tax Compensation Fund of the County of Orange under Section 97.70 of the Revenue and Taxation Code in any manner that would adversely affect the security of, or the ability of the county to pay the principal of and interest on, the certificates of participation or lease-revenue bonds entitled to the pledge granted by this section. However, nothing precludes any alteration or amendment if and when adequate provision has been made by law for the protection from impairment of the contract represented by the certificates of participation or lease-revenue bonds, and the right to so alter or amend is hereby reserved. The County of Orange may include this covenant of the state in the agreements or other documents underlying the certificates of participation or lease-revenue bonds.

(a) The board of supervisors of a county may, by ordinance, authorize a county officer it deems appropriate to perform any or all acts necessary to approve and accept for the county the acquisition of any interest in real property.
  (b) The authorization shall specify procedures for the exercise of the authority by the officer so designated and shall establish a dollar limit on any purchase price.
  (c) A county officer's authority granted by ordinance under this section may not be effective for more than five years.

(a) Prior to entering into an agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be, of certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds, the board of supervisors of the County of Orange may elect, by resolution, to guarantee payment under that financing agreement in accordance with the following:
  (1) If the county elects to participate under this section, it shall provide notice to the Controller of that election, and the notice shall include a schedule for the payments to be made by the county under that financing agreement and identify a trustee appointed by the county for the purpose of this section.
  (2) In the event that, for any reason, the funds available to the county will not be sufficient to make any payment under the financing agreement at the time that payment is required, the county shall so notify the trustee and deliver to the Controller a duly certified copy of the resolution of its board of supervisors adopted pursuant to Section 29530.5. The trustee shall immediately communicate that information to the affected holders of certificates of participation or bondholders and to the Controller.
  (3) When the Controller receives notice from the trustee, and a copy of the resolution from the county, as described in paragraph (2), or, after having adopted the resolution specified in paragraph (2), the county fails to make any payment under the financing agreement at the time that payment is required, the Controller shall make an apportionment to the trustee in the amount of that required payment for the purpose of making that payment. The Controller shall make that payment only from moneys to be transmitted to the county by the State Board of Equalization under Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that are derived from that portion of the sales and use taxes imposed by the county in excess of 1 percent, pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and that are permitted to be deposited in the general fund of the county pursuant to Section 29530.5. The Controller shall thereupon reduce, by the amount of the payment, the subsequent amounts to which the county would be entitled under that section.
  (b) As an alternative to the procedure set forth in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), the board of supervisors may, on or after the date of adoption by the board of the resolution specified in Section 29530.5, provide a transfer schedule in a notice to the Controller of its election to participate under this section. The transfer schedule shall set forth the amounts to be transferred to the trustee and the date or dates for the transfers, and the Controller shall, subject to the limitations in the second and third sentences of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), make apportionments to the trustee in those amounts on the specified date or dates for the purpose of making those transfers.
  (c) In the event that, for any reason, the county is no longer obligated, for any period, to make all or a portion of the payments with respect to the lease or lease-purchase financed through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be, of certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds, the trustee shall so notify the affected holders of certificates of participation or bondholders and the Controller. Upon receipt of the notification, the Controller shall cease making the transfers. If, after the giving of the notice, the obligation of the county to make payments with respect to the lease or lease-purchase financed through the execution and delivery or issuance of certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds is restored, the trustee shall so notify the affected holders of certificates of participation or bondholders and the Controller. Upon receipt of the notification, the Controller shall resume making the transfers.
  (d) Any election made by the county pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other election made by the county pursuant to any other applicable provision of law to guarantee the obligation of the county to make payments with respect to the lease or lease-purchase of property financed through the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds.

(a) Prior to entering into an agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be, of certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds, or at any time with respect to a financing agreement with respect to which an election has been made under Section 25350.7, the board of supervisors of a county of the second class may elect, by resolution, to guarantee payment under that financing agreement in accordance with the following:
  (1) If the county elects to participate under this section, it shall provide notice to the Controller of that election, and the notice shall include a schedule for the payments to be made by the county under that financing agreement and identify a trustee appointed by the county for the purpose of this section.
  (2) In the event that, for any reason, the funds available to the county will not be sufficient to make any payment under the financing agreement at the time that payment is required, the county shall so notify the trustee and deliver to the Controller a duly certified copy of the resolution of its board of supervisors adopted pursuant to Section 29530.6. The trustee shall immediately communicate that information to the affected holders of certificates of participation or bondholders and the Controller.
  (3) When the Controller receives notice from the trustee, and a copy of the resolution from the county, as described in paragraph (2), or, after having adopted the resolution specified in paragraph (2), the county fails to make any payment under the financing agreement at the time that payment is required, the Controller shall make an apportionment to the trustee in the amount of that required payment for the purposes of making that payment. The Controller shall make that payment only from moneys to be transmitted to the county by the State Board of Equalization under Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that are derived from that portion of the sales and use taxes imposed by the county in excess of 1 percent pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 3 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and that are permitted to be deposited in the general fund of the county pursuant to Section 29530.6. The Controller shall thereupon reduce, by the amount of the payment, the subsequent amounts to which the county would be entitled under that section.
  (b) As an alternative to the procedure set forth in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), the board of supervisors of a county of the second class may, on or after the date of adoption by the board of the resolution specified in Section 29530.6, provide a transfer schedule in a notice to the Controller and the State Board of Equalization of its election to participate under this section. The transfer schedule shall set forth the amounts to be transferred to the trustee and the date or dates for the transfers, and the Controller shall, subject to the limitation in the second and third sentences of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), make apportionments to the trustee in those amounts on the specified date or dates for the purpose of making those transfers.
  (c) If a county of the second class is no longer obligated for any period to make all or a portion of the payments with respect to the lease or lease-purchase financed through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be, of certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds, the trustee shall so notify the affected holders of certificates of participation or bondholders, the Controller, and the State Board of Equalization. Upon receipt of the notification, the Controller shall cease making the transfers. If, after the giving of the notice, the obligation of the county to make payments with respect to the lease or lease-purchase financed through the execution and delivery or issuance of certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds is restored, the trustee shall so notify the affected holders of certificates of participation or bondholders, the Controller, and the State Board of Equalization. Upon receipt of the notification, the Controller shall resume making the transfers.
  (d) Any election made by a county of the second class pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other election made by the county pursuant to any other applicable provision of law to guarantee the obligation of the county to make payments with respect to the lease or lease-purchase of property financed through certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds.

(a) Taxes collected by the State Board of Equalization pursuant to Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that are derived from that portion of the taxes imposed by the County of Orange in excess of 1 percent, and for the period beginning on and after July 1, 2004, and ending when the rate modifications in subdivision (a) of Section 7203.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code cease to apply, that are derived from that portion of the taxes imposed by that county in excess of one-half of 1 percent, pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and that are permitted to be deposited to the general fund of the county pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 29530.5 shall be pledged, without the necessity for specific authorization of the pledge by the board of supervisors, to all certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds executed and delivered or issued, as the case may be, during the years 1996 and 1997, including obligations executed and delivered or issued before 2010, to refund those certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds, to finance or refinance the lease or lease-purchase of property of the county and having a stated maturity of 20 years or more. Any refunding obligations may not have a final maturity later than the final maturity of the refunded obligations. The amount so pledged with respect to any fiscal year of the county may not exceed the amounts to be paid in that fiscal year on those certificates or lease revenue bonds.
  (b) The pledge of taxes pursuant to this section shall constitute a contract between the County of Orange and the owners of any of the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds and shall be protected from impairment by the United States and California Constitutions. The state hereby covenants with the owners of any certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds entitled to the pledge granted by this section that, as long as any of the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds entitled to the pledge granted by this section shall remain outstanding, (1) the provisions of Section 7202 that authorize the imposition of the taxes may not be repealed and (2) the provisions of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 29530.5 may not be repealed prior to July 1, 2011, nor may either section be altered or amended in any manner that would adversely affect the security of, or the ability of the county to pay, the principal of and interest on the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds entitled to the pledge granted by this section. However, nothing precludes any alteration or amendment if and when adequate provision has been made by law for the protection from impairment of the contract represented by the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds, and the right to so alter or amend is hereby reserved. The county may include this covenant of the state in the agreements or other documents underlying the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds.

(a) Taxes collected by the State Board of Equalization pursuant to Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that are derived from that portion of the taxes imposed by a county of the second class in excess of 1 percent, and for the period beginning on and after July 1, 2004, and ending when the rate modifications in subdivision (a) of Section 7203.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code cease to apply, that are derived from that portion of the taxes imposed by that county in excess of one-half of 1 percent, pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and that are permitted to be deposited in the general fund of a county pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 29530.6 shall be pledged, without the necessity for specific authorization of the pledge by the board of supervisors, to all certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds executed and delivered or issued, as the case may be, during the year 1996, including obligations executed and delivered or issued before 2010 to refund those certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds, to finance or refinance the lease or lease-purchase of property of the county and having a stated maturity of 20 years or more. Any refunding obligations may not have a final maturity later than the final maturity of the refunded obligations. The amount so pledged with respect to any fiscal year of the county may not exceed the amount to be paid in that fiscal year on those certificates or lease revenue bonds.
  (b) The pledge of taxes pursuant to this section shall constitute a contract between a county of the second class and the owners of any of the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds and shall be protected from impairment by the United States and California Constitutions. The state hereby covenants with the owners of any certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds entitled to the pledge granted by this section that, so long as any of the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds entitled to the pledge granted by this section shall remain outstanding, (1) the provisions of Section 7202 that authorize the imposition of the taxes may not be repealed and (2) the provisions of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 29530.6 may not be repealed prior to July 1, 2011, nor may either section be altered or amended prior to that date in any manner that would adversely affect the security of, or the ability of the county to pay, the principal of and interest on the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds entitled to the pledge granted by this section. However, nothing precludes any alteration or amendment if and when adequate provision has been made by law for the protection from impairment of the contract represented by the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds, and the right to so alter or amend is hereby reserved. The county may include this covenant of the state in the agreements or other documents underlying the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds.

(a) Prior to entering into an agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be, of certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange may elect, by resolution, to guarantee payment under that financing agreement in accordance with the following:
  (1) If the county elects to participate under this section, it shall provide notice to the Controller of that election, and the notice shall include a schedule for the payments to be made by the county under that financing agreement and identify a trustee appointed by the county for the purpose of this section.
  (2) In the event that, for any reason, the funds available to the county will not be sufficient to make any payment under the financing agreement at the time that payment is required, the county shall so notify the trustee. The trustee shall immediately communicate that information to the affected holders of certificates of participation or bondholders and to the Controller.
  (3) When the Controller receives notice from the trustee as specified in paragraph (2) or the county fails to make any payment under the financing agreement at the time that payment is required, the Controller shall make an apportionment to the trustee in the amount of that required payment for the purpose of making that payment. The Controller shall make that payment only from moneys to be transmitted to the county by the State Board of Equalization under Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that are derived from that portion of the sales and use taxes imposed by the county pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, other than that portion of the taxes described in Section 29530.5, and shall thereupon reduce, by the amount of the payment, the subsequent amounts to which the county would be entitled under that section.
  (b) As an alternative to the procedure set forth in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), the board of supervisors of the county may provide a transfer schedule in a notice to the Controller of its election to participate under this section. The transfer schedule shall set forth amounts to be transferred to the trustee and the date or dates for the transfers and the Controller shall, subject to the limitation in the second sentence of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), make apportionments to the trustee in those amounts on the specified date or dates for the purpose of making those transfers.
  (c) If the county is no longer obligated for any period to make all or a portion of the payments with respect to the lease or lease-purchase financed through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be, of certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds, the trustee shall so notify the affected holders of certificates of participation or bondholders and the Controller. Upon receipt of the notification, the Controller shall cease making the transfers. If, after the giving of the notice, the obligation of the county to make payments with respect to the lease or lease-purchase financed through the execution and delivery or issuance of certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds is restored, the trustee shall so notify the affected holders of certificates of participation or bondholders and the Controller. Upon receipt of the notification, the Controller shall resume making the transfers.
  (d) Any election made by the county pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other election made by the county pursuant to any other applicable provision of law to guarantee the obligation of the county to make payments with respect to the lease or lease-purchase of property financed through certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds.

(a) Prior to entering into an agreement to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be, of certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds, or at any time with respect to a financing agreement with respect to which an election has been made under Section 25350.9, the board of supervisors of a county of the second class may elect, by resolution, to guarantee payment under that financing agreement in accordance with the following:
  (1) If a county elects to participate under this section, it shall provide notice to the Controller of that election, and the notice shall include a schedule for the payments to be made by the county under that financing agreement and identify a trustee appointed by the county for the purpose of this section.
  (2) In the event that, for any reason, the funds available to the county will not be sufficient to make any payment under the financing agreement at the time that payment is required, the county shall so notify the trustee. The trustee shall immediately communicate that information to the affected holders of certificates of participation or bondholders and to the Controller.
  (3) When the Controller receives notice from the trustee as specified in paragraph (2) or the county fails to make any payment under the financing agreement at the time that payment is required, the Controller shall make an apportionment to the trustee in the amount of that required payment for the purpose of making that payment. The Controller shall make that payment only from moneys to be transmitted to the county by the State Board of Equalization under Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that are derived from that portion of the sales and use taxes imposed by the county pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, other than the portion of the taxes described in Section 29530.6, and shall thereupon reduce, by the amount of the payment, the subsequent amounts to which the county would be entitled under that section.
  (b) As an alternative to the procedure set forth in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), the board of supervisors of a county may provide a transfer schedule in a notice to the Controller and the State Board of Equalization of its election to participate under this section. The transfer schedule shall set forth amounts to be transferred to the trustee and the date or dates for the transfers and the Controller shall, subject to the limitation in the second sentence of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), make apportionments to the trustee in those amounts on the specified date or dates for the purpose of making those transfers.
  (c) If the county is no longer obligated for any period to make all or a portion of the payments with respect to the lease or lease-purchase financed through the execution and delivery or issuance, as the case may be, of certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds, the trustee shall so notify the affected holders of certificates of participation or bondholders, the Controller, and the State Board of Equalization. Upon receipt of the notification, the Controller shall cease making the transfers. If after the giving of the notice, the obligation of the county to make payments with respect to the lease or lease-purchase financed through the execution and delivery or issuance of certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds is restored, the trustee shall so notify the affected holders of certificates of participation or bondholders, the Controller, and the State Board of Equalization. Upon receipt of the notification, the Controller shall resume making the transfers.
  (d) Any election made by a county of the second class pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other election made by the county pursuant to any other applicable provision of law to guarantee the obligation of the county to make payments with respect to the lease or lease-purchase of property financed through certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds.

(a) Taxes collected by the State Board of Equalization pursuant to Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that are derived from the taxes imposed by the County of Orange pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, other than that portion of those taxes specified in Section 29530.5, and any moneys allocated from the Sales and Use Tax Compensation Fund to the County of Orange pursuant to Section 97.68 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall be pledged, without the necessity for specific authorization of the pledge by the board of supervisors, to all certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds executed and delivered or issued, as the case may be, during the years 1996 and 1997, including obligations executed and delivered or issued before 2010, to refund those certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds, to finance or refinance the lease or lease-purchase of property of the county and having a stated maturity of 20 years or more. Any refunding obligations may not have a final maturity later than the final maturity of the refunded obligations. The amount so pledged with respect to any fiscal year of the county may not exceed the amounts to be paid in the fiscal year on those certificates or lease revenue bonds.
  (b) The pledge of taxes pursuant to this section shall constitute a contract between the county and the owners of any of the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds and shall be protected from impairment by the United States and California Constitutions. The state hereby covenants with the owners of any certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds entitled to the pledge granted by this section that, as long as any of the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds entitled to the pledge granted by this section shall remain outstanding, the provisions of Section 7202 of the Revenue and Taxation Code that authorize the imposition of the taxes may not be repealed. That section may not be altered or amended in any manner that would adversely affect the security of, or the ability of the county to pay, the principal of and interest on the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds entitled to the pledge granted by this section. However, nothing precludes any alteration or amendment if and when adequate provision has been made by law for the protection from impairment of the contract represented by the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds, and the right to so alter or amend is hereby reserved. The county may include this covenant of the state in the agreements or other documents underlying the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds.

(a) Taxes collected by the State Board of Equalization pursuant to Section 7204 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, that are derived from the taxes imposed by a county of the second class pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, other than that portion of those taxes specified in Section 29530.6, and any moneys allocated from the Sales and Use Tax Compensation Fund to the county of the second class pursuant to Section 97.68 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall be pledged, without the necessity for specific authorization of the pledge by the board of supervisors, to all certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds executed and delivered or issued, as the case may be, during the year 1996, including obligations executed and delivered or issued before 2010 to refund those certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds, to finance the lease or lease-purchase of property of the county and having a stated maturity of 20 years or more. Any refunding obligation may not have a final maturity later than the final maturity of the refunded obligations. The amount so pledged with respect to any fiscal year of the county may not exceed the amounts to be paid in the fiscal year on those certificates or lease revenue bonds.
  (b) The pledge of taxes pursuant to this section shall constitute a contract between the county and the owners of any of the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds and shall be protected from impairment by the United States and California Constitutions. The state hereby covenants with the owners of any certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds entitled to the pledge granted by this section that, as long as any of the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds entitled to the pledge granted by this section shall remain outstanding, the provisions of Section 7202 of the Revenue and Taxation Code that authorize the imposition of the taxes may not be repealed. However, nothing precludes any alteration or amendment if and when adequate provision has been made by law for the protection from impairment of the contract represented by the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds, and the right to so alter or amend is hereby reserved. The county may include this covenant of the state in the agreements or other documents underlying the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the sum of the amounts pledged with respect to any fiscal year pursuant to Sections 25350.6, 25350.8, and 25350.10 shall not exceed the amounts to be paid in that fiscal year on the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds entitled to the pledge described in those sections.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the sum of the amounts pledged with respect to any fiscal year pursuant to Sections 25350.6, 25350.85, and 25350.105 shall not exceed the amounts to be paid in that fiscal year on the certificates of participation or lease revenue bonds entitled to the pledge described in those sections.

(a) The board may construct, expand, lease, build, rebuild, furnish, refurnish, or repair buildings for a hospital, almshouse, courthouse, jail, historical museum, aquarium, library, art gallery, art institute, exposition building for exhibiting and advertising farming, mining, manufacturing, livestock raising, and other resources of the county, stadium, coliseum, sports arena, or sports pavilion or other building for holding sports events, athletic contests, contests of skill, exhibition, spectacles and other public meetings, and such other public buildings as are necessary to carry out the work of the county government.
  (b) Whenever the board of supervisors of a county decides to go out to bid to construct a county building, expand an existing building, expand the use of an existing building, or enter into a lease of an existing building within the incorporated territory of a city, the board shall notify in writing, at least 60 days prior to going to bid or entering into a lease, the city clerk of the city where the building is to be constructed, expanded, or leased.
  (c) In those instances where the board is exempt from the bidding process, the board shall notify the city clerk in writing, at least 60 days prior to the construction, expansion, or lease of a building.
  (d) The 60-day notification requirements imposed by subdivisions (b) and (c) may be waived if the city council consents, by resolution, thereto.

After January 1, 1980, with respect to the construction, purchase, or lease of buildings which are located or will be located in a standard metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) with a population of 250,000 or more according to the most recent decennial census, which is served by a public transit operator, as defined in Section 99210 of the Public Utilities Code, the board shall give consideration to the location of existing public transit corridors, as defined in Section 50093.5 of the Health and Safety Code, for the area. Construction, purchase, or lease of buildings at locations outside of existing public transit corridors may be approved after the board has determined: (1) the purpose of the facility does not require transit access; or (2) it is not feasible to locate the facility in an existing transit corridor; or (3) the transit operator will provide service as needed to effectively serve the facility. The board may request the assistance of the transit operator in making its determination and shall notify the operator of its decision.

The requirement of Section 25351.1 shall be met if the board has obtained from the transportation planning agency approval of its procedures and criteria for giving adequate consideration to the location of existing public transit corridors when constructing, purchasing, or leasing public buildings, or if the county is served by a countywide, statutorily created transit district. Before the transportation planning agency approves such procedures and criteria, any transit operator in the county shall have 45 days to review and comment.

In the operation of a county art institute, the board may charge fees necessary to defray the cost of instruction and may issue certificates evidencing the completion of courses of instruction to the satisfaction of the board.

In addition to its other powers and duties, the board of supervisors may do any or all of the following:
  (a) Acquire land for and construct, lease, sublease, build, furnish, refurnish, or repair buildings for municipal or superior courts and for convention and exhibition halls, trade and industrial centers, auditoriums, opera houses, music halls and centers, motion picture and television museums, and related facilities used for public assembly purposes for the use, benefit and enjoyment of the public, including offstreet parking places for motor vehicles, ways of ingress and egress, and any other facilities and improvements necessary or convenient for their use.
  (b) Acquire land and construct buildings, structures and facilities thereon, in whole or in part, with county funds or it may, by contract or lease with any nonprofit association or corporation, provide for the acquisition of land or the construction of buildings, structures and facilities, or all or any part thereof, for public assembly purposes, upon the terms the board may determine.
  (c) Lease, pursuant to Section 25371, any real property owned by the county and available for public assembly purposes to any person, firm, corporation, or nonprofit association or corporation for public assembly purposes, with the person, firm, corporation, or nonprofit association or corporation to lease the real property, as improved, back to the county for use for the purposes stated in the lease. Any lease authorized by the board under this subdivision, except leases for municipal or superior courts, which may be entered into without advertising for bids, shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after public competitive bidding conducted in the manner determined by the board. Notice inviting bids shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 in a newspaper as the board may direct.
  (d) Enter into a lease or sublease, without advertising for bids therefor, of buildings, structures, and facilities or any of them with any nonprofit association or corporation which agrees to use the buildings, structures, and facilities so leased to it for the public assembly purposes for which they were or are to be built; or contract, without advertising, for bids with any nonprofit association or corporation for the maintenance, operation, and management of the buildings, structures, and facilities, or any part thereof used for public assembly purposes, including the scheduling and promotion of events therein, for a specified term, not to exceed 40 years, upon terms and conditions as may be agreed upon. The leases, subleases, or contracts shall provide that, at least annually, there shall be paid to the county the net revenue, if any, from the operation and use of the facilities, remaining after the payment of expenses and costs, if any, for maintenance, operation or management, interest, and principal payments upon loans to the nonprofit corporation or association for purposes of maintenance, operation, or management, and any other expenses, and after providing maintenance and operation reserves. The lease, sublease, or contract shall also provide that, upon its expiration, all of the assets of the nonprofit association or corporation after payment or discharge of its indebtedness and liabilities shall be transferred to the county.
  (e) If the county has a population in excess of 4,000,000, without advertising for bids therefor, grant any real property owned by the county, or lease, for a term not to exceed 99 years, any real property owned by the county, to any city, district, or other public entity for any of the above public assembly purposes, without consideration, except the agreement of the grantee or lessee to use the real property for the public assembly purposes specified, and upon terms and conditions which may be agreed upon by the board and the grantee or lessee. The amendment to this section enacted by Chapter 755 of the Statutes of 1963 shall not be construed to affect or modify the duty of any county or board of supervisors to provide adequate quarters for courts but is intended to provide an alternative method of financing the acquisition of property and buildings for use for courthouse purposes.

In the case of any contract or lease described in subdivision (b) of Section 25351.3, obligating the county to make payments or incur obligations of one million dollars ($1,000,000) or more, the board shall not enter into such contract or lease unless and until the board has submitted such contract or lease to the qualified electors of the county at the next general election or at a special election to be called by the board for the purpose. Any special election held for this purpose shall conform as nearly as practicable with the general election law of the State. A summary of the provisions of such contract or lease shall be placed on the ballot and space provided for marking by voters to indicate their respective approval or disapproval of the contract or lease. Only if a majority of the electors voting at such election vote to approve the lease or contract as presented, shall the board enter into such lease or contract. For the purposes of this section, all contracts or leases pertaining to one project shall be considered as one contract or lease. This section shall not apply to any project for which the architectural contract has been executed prior to June 1, 1961.

As used in Section 25351.3, the term "motion picture and television museums" means a museum which includes, but is not limited to, any one or more of the following facilities:
  (a) Completely equipped sound stages suitable for demonstrating to the public the actual filming of motion picture or television sequences;
  (b) Theater facilities suitable for public showings of motion picture and television films of historical or educational interest;
  (c) Film archives and related facilities for the physical preservation of motion picture and television films;
  (d) Restaurant and refreshment facilities for the museum staff and the visiting public;
  (e) Office facilities which may be rented as general offices to one or more nonprofit corporations which serve the interests of the motion picture or television industries as a whole.

When a county owns, leases or operates a convention hall, an exhibition hall, an auditorium, an opera house, a music hall and center, a museum, an art gallery, or an amphitheater as a place of public assembly for the use, benefit and enjoyment of the public, the board of supervisors may by ordinance levy an admission tax on the base purchase price of tickets sold for admission to any such facility. "Base purchase price" means the amount which is actually paid, and not the regular established price, for admission to the facility, exclusive of all other taxes, federal, state, or city, which are now or may hereafter be imposed on such admission. No tax shall be due in the case of a person admitted free of charge. The ordinance shall provide for the administration and collection of the tax. The proceeds of the tax shall be deposited in the county treasury to be expended for the maintenance and operation of the facility from which the proceeds are derived. The amount of the tax shall not exceed 10 percent of the base purchase price of admission charged and shall not in any event exceed the amount necessary to defray the annual maintenance and operation expense of the facility from which the proceeds are derived.

As used in Section 25351.3 the term "related facilities," in connection with music halls or centers constructed and operated pursuant thereto, shall include, without limitation thereto, any institutes or academies for the performing arts, specifically including the arts of music, drama, and dance, and any other facilities which in the opinion of the board may be reasonably necessary for the full, complete and convenient public use of such music halls and centers.

The board may purchase, acquire, construct, equip, and maintain all necessary tanks, reservoirs, pumps, apparatus, motor vehicles, and other machinery necessary or proper to facilitate the performance of the work in the county.

The board may purchase, receive by donation, lease, or otherwise acquire water rights or real or personal property necessary for use of the county for any county buildings, public pleasure grounds, public parks, botanical gardens, harbors, historical monuments, and other public purposes, or upon which to sink wells to obtain water for sprinkling roads and other country purposes. The board may improve, preserve, take care of, manage, and control the property. Whenever a county has been designated a successor to a harbor improvement district pursuant to Division 1 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 6 the board of supervisors shall have the same powers and duties as the former board of directors of such district with respect to the acquisition, improvement, and management of harbors or public beaches within the county.

The board shall receive from the United States, or other sources, lands and other property granted or donated to the county for the purpose of aiding in the erection of county buildings, roads, bridges, or other specific purposes, and may use the property for such purposes and provide for its sale and the application of the proceeds.

The board may accept or reject any gift, bequest, or devise made to or in favor of the county, or to or in favor of the board in trust for any public purpose. The board may delegate to any county officer or employee the power to accept any gift, bequest, or devise made to or in favor of the county. The officer or employee shall file with the board each quarter a report that describes the source and value of each gift valued in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or any other amount as determined by the board. The board may hold and dispose of the property and the income and increase thereof for those lawful uses and purposes as are prescribed in the terms of the gift, bequest, or devise. In accounting for or inventorying gifts, bequests, or devises, the officer or employee shall follow the appropriate procedures contained in the State Controller's manual entitled "Accounting Standards and Procedures for Counties."

If any gift, bequest, or devise is unaccompanied by any provision prescribing or limiting the uses and purposes to which the property received, or the income or increase thereof, may be put, it may be put to any uses and purposes which the board prescribes, and the proceeds or income therefrom shall be paid into the general fund of the county.

Whenever any public building belongs to or is used by a county and is situate on land dedicated to public use but which is not owned by the county in fee, the board may select and acquire a new site for the building and erect a new building or remodel an existing building on the new site for the purpose. To this end the board and the holders of title to the land and any other person or public, private, or municipal corporation having an interest therein, may sell the land upon such terms and conditions as are agreed upon by the respective parties, and may abandon or convey their several interests and abandon the interest of the public in the land.

The board shall provide all necessary officers, employees, attendants, services, and supplies for the proper maintenance, care, and upkeep of the county buildings and grounds, and the board may contract therefor pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 20120) of Part 3 of the Public Contract Code.

The board may provide for the working of prisoners confined in the county jail under judgment of conviction of misdemeanors, under the direction of a responsible person appointed by the sheriff, upon the public grounds, roads, streets, alleys, highways, firebreaks, fire roads, riding or hiking trails, or public buildings, or in such other places as are deemed advisable, for the benefit of the public.

A county may establish and maintain a facility to provide security for victims of and witnesses to crimes who have been or may be subjected to threats or intimidation for the purpose of dissuading or preventing them from attending or giving testimony at any trial, proceeding, or inquiry authorized by law.

The board may insure county buildings and other property in the name and for the benefit of the county. It may procure indemnity insurance, including excess fidelity insurance, against loss or liability on account of burglary, forgery, embezzlement, defalcation, or other insurable hazards. All insurance and indemnity shall be procured only from admitted insurers.

The board may grant and convey real property to the United States or any of its agencies, for use for public purposes, in consideration of the grant and conveyance of real property to the county by the United States or any of its agencies.

The board of supervisors may sell or lease at public auction, and convey to the highest bidder, for cash, any property belonging to the county not required for public use. The sale or lease may be made at the courthouse door or at such other place within the county as the board orders by a four-fifths vote. Notice of the sale or lease shall be given for five days prior thereto either by publication in a newspaper published in the county or by posting in three public places in the county. The proceeds shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of the county. If in the unanimous judgment of the board, the property does not exceed in value the sum of five hundred dollars ($500), or the monthly rental value thereof is less than seventy-five dollars ($75), or if it is the product of the county farm, it may be sold or leased at private sale without advertising by any member of the board authorized by a majority vote of the board. The sale or lease shall be reported to and confirmed by the board. This section does not apply to the furnishing of goods to special districts.

The board may dispose of surplus plants, trees, shrubs, and nursery stock belonging to the county and not required for public use, by public or private sale, or by exchanging them with any person or any other public body for other property required by the county. The sale or exchange may be made without advertisement or competitive bidding.

  (a) The board of supervisors may, by a four-fifths vote, grant, convey, quitclaim, assign, or otherwise transfer to the state or to any community redevelopment agency, housing authority, community development commission, surplus property authority, federal agency, city, school district, county board of education, special district, joint powers agency, or any other public agency within the county or exchange with those public agencies, any real or personal property, or interest therein belonging to the county upon the terms and conditions as are agreed upon and without complying with any other provisions of this code, if the property or interest therein to be granted and conveyed or quitclaimed is not required for county use or in the event of an exchange, the property to be acquired is required for county use.
  (b) The board of supervisors may also, by a four-fifths vote, exchange real property with any person, firm, or corporation, for the purpose of removing defects in the title to real property owned by the county, or where the real property to be exchanged is not required for county use and the property to be acquired is required for county use. If the real properties to be exchanged are not of equal value, either party to the exchange may contribute cash or other real property assets, acceptable to the other party, to balance the transaction. The value of any private real property exchanged shall be equal to, or greater than, 75 percent of the value of the county property offered in exchange. The cash or other real property assets to be added to balance the transaction shall not be greater than 25 percent of the value of the county property proposed for exchange.
  (c) Unless the public agency to which the property is transferred pursuant to this section and the public agency transferring the property are governed by the same county board of supervisors, the transferring board of supervisors shall publish a notice of its intended action pursuant to Section 6061 at least one week prior thereto in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county.

The board of supervisors of a county, without complying with any other provision of this code, may at any time hereinafter donate, or transfer for such consideration as it determines, lands owned by the county, which the board of supervisors deems is not required for other purposes, to a community services district within the county, or to a trustee therefor, for the following purposes:
  (1) To allow such district to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, either privately or by public auction, for cash or subject to such financing as it determines, said land or any portion thereof, and
  (2) To utilize the net proceeds therefrom to repay a loan from any appropriate source to such district for the construction of streets, drainage, sewage and other public facilities within a townsite replacing an old townsite devastated by floods occurring in December 1964 or January 1965. Any such donation or transfer to such district for less than the full market value of such land is hereby declared to be for a public purpose. The county may give assurances to or enter into a written contract with the district or other agency respecting the donation or transfer for the purpose of facilitating the loan.

The board of supervisors of a county of over 4,000,000 population, without complying with any other provision of law, may transfer with or without consideration and upon such terms and conditions as it determines, any easement, license or other interest in real property belonging to the county and not needed for county purposes to any water agency for such purposes as are consistent with the powers and duties of such districts or agencies. Any such donation or transfer may be by way of grant, quitclaim, dedication, lease or license. Any such donation or transfer for less than the full market value of the interest conveyed is hereby declared to be for a public purpose.

The board may perform services for and sell personal property to any road improvement, lighting, irrigation, waterworks, flood control, or other special district within the county whose affairs and funds are under the supervision and control of the board or for which the board is ex officio the governing body.

In the case of real property which is leased, sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of pursuant to this chapter, the failure of the county to comply with the procedures applicable to such lease, sale, exchange, or other disposition shall not invalidate the interest of a bona fide lessee, purchaser, or encumbrancer for value.

The board may vacate or abandon county easements for light and air or any other easement of the county intended to prohibit the construction of certain structures whenever it determines that the easements are no longer required for public use.

The board of supervisors of any county in which a local hospital district including the entire county has been organized pursuant to Division 23 of the Health and Safety Code, by unanimous vote, may convey to the local hospital district any real property used for hospital purposes, without consideration other than the agreement of such district to maintain the hospital for the use of the residents of the county.

By a four-fifths vote of the board of supervisors, any county in which a local hospital district including the entire county has been organized may grant any money accumulated in a capital outlay fund pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 53730) of Chapter 4, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code to the local hospital district.

In any county having a department under the management and control of a county forester and fire warden, the board may authorize rescue or first aid service, or both, as a function of that department and may appoint agents and employees and acquire needed property and equipment for such purposes.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors of any county or city and county is hereby authorized and empowered to let to any person, firm or corporation, for a term not to exceed 40 years, any real property which belongs to the county or city and county; provided, that the use to which such property will be put, after construction thereon, is consistent with the use or purposes contemplated upon the original acquisition of such property or to which such property has been dedicated. Property leased pursuant to this section may be used for purposes inconsistent with the use or purposes contemplated upon the original acquisition of such property by the county or city and county or to which such property has been dedicated if the property has belonged to the county or city and county for 10 years and such use or purposes have been abandoned. Any instrument by which such property is let as aforesaid shall require the lessee therein to construct on the demised premises a building or buildings for the use of the county or city and county during the term thereof, shall provide that title to such building shall vest in the county or city and county at the expiration of said term and shall contain such other terms and conditions as the board of supervisors may deem to be in the best interests of the county or city and county. No county or city and county shall enter into any such contract if at the time 60 percent of the total payments which would become due from the county or city and county if all leases, including the contract to be let, entered into under the authority of this section, were to run their full term plus the total amount of county or city and county bonded indebtedness outstanding at said time exceeds the maximum bonded indebtedness of the county or city and county.

(a) Except as restricted by any conditions by which the county acquired the property, the board of supervisors may donate or lease any real or personal property that the board declares to be surplus to any public agency or organization exempt from taxation listed in subdivision (b). The board may impose on the donation or lease any terms and conditions that it determines to be appropriate.
  (b) This section applies to all of the following:
  (1) An organization exempt from taxation pursuant to Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is organized for the care, teaching, or training of children or developmentally disabled children.
  (2) An organization exempt from taxation pursuant to Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is organized for the care, teaching, or training of Native Americans.
  (3) A school district or community college district.
  (4) A county children and families commission established pursuant to the California Children and Families Act of 1998 (Division 108 (commencing with Section 130100) of the Health and Safety Code).
  (5) An organization exempt from taxation pursuant to Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is organized to provide health or human services.
  (c) (1) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), the board of supervisors may authorize the county welfare department to donate surplus computer equipment directly to persons receiving public benefits under one or more of the following programs:
  (A) CalFresh (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 18900) of Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).
  (B) California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act (CalWORKs) (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).
  (C) County Relief, General Relief, or General Assistance (Part 5 (commencing with Section 17000) of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).
  (D) Medi-Cal (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code).
  (2) The board shall make findings and declarations relating to the public purpose served by the donation, and shall develop terms and conditions to govern any donations made pursuant to this subdivision.
  (3) A county welfare department authorized to donate surplus computer equipment pursuant to this subdivision shall do all of the following:
  (A) Maintain a list of all eligible persons receiving public benefits who have requested to receive surplus computer equipment. A person receiving public benefits pursuant to this subdivision may request to have his or her name placed on the list to receive surplus computer equipment.
  (B) Establish a fair and impartial selection process by using a random lottery.
  (C) Follow any rules and regulations adopted by the board.
  (D) Require the recipient of any surplus computer equipment to sign an agreement that prohibits the recipient from selling the equipment.
  (4) A county welfare department shall not donate surplus computer equipment to a person receiving public benefits who is in sanction status or otherwise noncompliant with the rules and regulations of his or her benefits program.

(a) The board of supervisors may acquire property for the preservation or development of a historical landmark. The board of supervisors may also acquire property for development for recreational purposes and for development of facilities in connection therewith.
  (b) The board may, by ordinance, provide special conditions or regulations for the protection, enhancement, perpetuation, or use of places, sites, buildings, structures, works of art and other objects having a special character or special historical or aesthetic interest or value. These special conditions and regulations may include appropriate and reasonable control of the appearance of neighboring private property within public view.
  (c) Until January 1, 1995, subdivision (b) shall not apply to noncommercial property owned by a religiously affiliated association or corporation not organized for private profit, whether incorporated as a religious or public benefit corporation, unless the owner of the property does not object to its application. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to infringe on the authority of the board of supervisors to enforce special conditions and regulations on any property designated prior to January 1, 1994.
  (d) Subdivision (b) shall not apply to noncommercial property owned by any association or corporation that is religiously affiliated and not organized for private profit, whether the corporation is organized as a religious corporation, or as a public benefit corporation, provided that both of the following occur:
  (1) The association or corporation objects to the application of the subdivision to its property.
  (2) The association or corporation determines in a public forum that it will suffer substantial hardship, which is likely to deprive the association or corporation of economic return on its property, the reasonable use of its property, or the appropriate use of its property in the furtherance of its religious mission, if the application is approved.
  (e) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to infringe on the authority of any legislative body to enforce special conditions and regulations on any property designated prior to January 1, 1994, or to authorize any legislative body to override the determination made pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d).

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors in a county containing a population of 4,000,000 or more may, without advertising for bids, lease any real property owned by the county to any nonprofit corporation or nonprofit association for a term not to exceed 40 years for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining buildings, structures and facilities on the property for a medical, dental or postgraduate medical school or a school for undergraduate or postgraduate training in other fields of medical and allied health care. Any instrument by which the property is leased shall require the lessee named in the lease to construct on the leased premises a building or buildings to be used for the public purpose of providing medical or dental instruction or instruction in other fields of medical and allied health care to qualified students during the term of the lease and shall provide that title to the buildings shall vest in the county or city and county at the expiration of the lease term, and shall contain other terms and conditions as the board of supervisors may deem to be in the best interests of the county or city and county.
  (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors in a county containing a population of 4,000,000 or more may, without advertising for bids, lease real property, or portions thereof, owned at the time of the lease by the county and used for the purpose of conducting medical research and education to any medical school, nonprofit corporation, or nonprofit association for the purpose of conducting medical research and education. Any instrument by which the property is leased shall require the lessee named in the lease to maintain the leased premises and assume responsibility for capital improvements during the term of the lease and shall provide that title to any capital improvements shall vest in the county at the expiration of the lease term, and shall contain other terms and conditions as the board of supervisors may deem to be in the best interest of the county.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of supervisors in counties with a population of over 600,000 and under 700,000, as determined on the basis of the 1960 federal census, may, without advertising for bids, lease any real property owned by a county to any nonprofit corporation or nonprofit association for a term not to exceed 55 years for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining buildings, structures and facilities on such property for medical research and education and allied health care. Any instrument by which such property is leased as aforesaid shall require the lessee named in such lease to construct on the leased premises a building or buildings to be used for the public purpose of medical research and education and allied health care during the term of said lease and shall provide that title to such buildings shall vest in the county at the expiration of the lease term, and shall contain such other terms and conditions as the board of supervisors may deem to be in the best interests of the county.

In any county containing a population of 4,000,000 or more, the board of supervisors by appropriate rules may provide that nonprofit hospital volunteer groups and hospital auxiliaries recognized by such county may install and operate gift shops within medical and health facilities owned or operated by such county. The board of supervisors may permit the use of such facilities for the purpose provided herein without the necessity of competitive bidding or the charging of a monetary consideration therefor. The net proceeds derived from the operation of a gift shop shall be used solely for the benefit of patients confined within the medical or health facility containing the gift shop.

Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, the board of supervisors may convey, upon such terms and conditions as the board determines to be in the public interest, any surplus real property, together with any building thereon, owned by the county which has been determined by the board to be of general historical interest, to a county historical society, which historical society is a nonprofit corporation formed under the laws of this state. Any such conveyance shall contain a condition to the effect that the historical nature of the property be restored, preserved, or both, for the benefit of the citizens of the county, and that title will revert to the county in the event that the historical society conveys the property in question to any person or entity which is not a nonprofit corporation involved with preserving and researching the history of the county.