Gov. Code, § 53051 · Article 3. Roster of Public Agencies
Gov. Code, § 53051
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Within 70 days after the date of commencement of its legal existence, the governing body of each public agency shall file with the Secretary of State on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State and with the county clerk of each county in which the public agency maintains an office, a statement of all of the following facts:
(1) The full, legal name of the public agency.
(2) The official mailing address of the governing body of the public agency.
(3) The name and residence or business address of each member of the governing body of the public agency.
(4) The name, title, and residence or business address of the chairperson, president, or other presiding officer, and clerk or secretary of the governing body of the public agency.
(b) Within 10 days after any change in the facts required to be stated pursuant to subdivision (a), an amended statement containing the information required by subdivision (a) shall be filed as provided therein. The information submitted to the Secretary of State shall be on a form titled “Registry of Public Agencies,” prescribed by the Secretary of State.
(c) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State and of the county clerk of each county to establish and maintain an indexed “Registry of Public Agencies,” to be so designated, which shall contain all information filed as required in subdivisions (a) and (b), which roster is hereby declared to be a public record.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 329, Sec. 14. (SB 780) Effective January 1, 2020.
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Cited by 19 provisions
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Government Code
Health and Safety Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 101525Printed as Section 53051 of the Government Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 101658Printed as Section 53051 of the Government Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 101750.5Printed as Section 53051 of the Government Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 101832Printed as Section 53051 of the Government Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 101850Printed as Section 53051 of the Government Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 101853Printed as Section 53051 of the Government Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 130140.1Printed as Section 53051 of the Government Code
Welfare and Institutions Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 12301.6Printed as Section 53051 of the Government Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 14087.31Printed as Section 53051 of the Government Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 14087.35Printed as Section 53051 of the Government Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 14087.36Printed as Section 53051 of the Government Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 14087.38Printed as Section 53051 of the Government Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 14087.52Printed as Section 53051 of the Government Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 14087.53Printed as Section 53051 of the Government Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 14087.54Printed as Section 53051 of the Government Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 14087.9605Printed as Section 53051 of the Government Code
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