Pub. Resources Code, § 5786.19 · Article 7. Powers and Duties
Pub. Resources Code, § 5786.19
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code applies to all districts.
(b) A board of directors may adopt an ordinance establishing an employee relations system which may include, but is not limited to, a civil service system or a merit system.
(c) With the prior permission of the board of supervisors of the principal county, or in the case of a district which contains no unincorporated territory with the prior permission of the city council, a board of directors may adopt an ordinance that makes the employees of the district subject to the employee relations system of the principal county or that city. The board of directors may adopt an ordinance that withdraws the employees of the district from the employee relations system of the principal county or that city. A district in which the employees of the district are subject to the employee relations system of the principal county or that city shall receive employee relations services at cost from the county or city.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 15, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2002.
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