Section 25559 Of Article 1. General From California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 3. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 1.
25559
. The board of supervisors may:
(a) Appropriate and expend money from the general or other
appropriate fund of the county to furnish music and supply musical
entertainment to the public, either by the employment of individual
musicians or by entering into contracts, with or without bids, with
orchestras, bands, symphony associations, or other organizations,
whenever desirable in its judgment in the maintenance and operation
of any stadium, exposition building, public pleasure ground, public
park, botanical garden, recreation center, county fair, memorial hall
or veterans' meeting place, or memorial park, or other county
buildings and places for public purposes. The board may furnish music
in the same manner for any public meeting, gathering, parade,
occasion, or patriotic memorial meeting or observance.
(b) Appropriate and expend money from the fund raised by special
tax to exploit the resources of the county, and commonly known as the
"Exploitation fund," to furnish music, either inside or outside the
boundaries of the county, by entering into contracts, with or without
competitive bidding, with individual musicians, orchestra, symphony
associations, bands, or any other organization or corporation
maintaining a band, orchestra, or other musical group for the purpose
of furnishing free concerts to the public.
The provisions of this section shall be applicable only to boards
of supervisors of counties having a population of nine hundred
thousand or over, as ascertained and determined by state law.