SECTIONS 50530-50534 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 50530-50534

50530. As used in this article, "public square" means any area or
open space showing on a map or plat of a city, town, or village which
has been filed or recorded in the office of the county clerk or
county recorder of any county for more than fifty years and which is
designated on the map or plat as a "square" or by other similar
designation when no other words or insignia appear upon the map or
plat showing the purposes for which the square may have been
dedicated and when no deed, offer of dedication or other instrument
appears of record in the office of the county recorder showing or
indicating the purposes for which the same may have been dedicated.

50531. Pursuant to this article, after acquiring by purchase,
condemnation, or otherwise all outstanding titles, reversions,
easements, or other interest in or to the public square, the city in
which the public square is located, or if it is not located in a
city, the county in which it is located, may erect upon the public
square a city hall, county courthouse, or other public building with
appurtenances or the city in which the public square is located may
grant or lease it to the county in which the city is located for the
erection thereon of a county courthouse or other public building.

50532. The legislative body of the local agency in which the land
is located shall first adopt a resolution declaring its intention to
erect a public building on the public square or the legislative body
of the city shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention to grant
or lease the land to the county for the erection of a public
building. The resolution shall be referred to the city or county
planning agency, as the case may be, for a report and recommendation
thereon pursuant to Section 65402.

50533. If the legislative body of the local agency in which the
public square is located finds that the highest and best use to which
the land may be put is the erection thereon of the proposed public
building, it may provide by ordinance that the public square may be
used as a site for the proposed public building or, if located in a
city and it is the intention of the city to grant or lease the public
square to the county, that it may be granted or leased to the county
for the erection thereon by the county of the proposed public
building.

50534. A county and a retirement board created pursuant to the
County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 may contract for the erection
of public buildings on public squares pursuant to the County
Employees Retirement Law of 1937 and other applicable statutes. All
work on the buildings shall be subject to the provisions of Division
2 (commencing with Section 1270) of Part 7 of the Labor Code.