The board of supervisors of any county or the governing body of any city, may receive devises, bequests, donations, and gifts, for the purpose of erecting, within the county, or city, a monument in memory of California pioneers.
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Section § 5101
The county or city government can accept donations, gifts, and similar contributions to build a monument honoring California pioneers.
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Section § 5102
If a county's board of supervisors or similar governing body believes that they have enough money from donations, gifts, and similar sources, they have the authority to build a monument.
When, in the opinion of the board of supervisors or other governing body, the devises, bequests, donations, and gifts received are sufficient for the purpose, it may erect the monument.
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Section § 5103
This law allows the local government, such as the board of supervisors, to ask voters in a county or city whether they agree to impose taxes for building a monument dedicated to California pioneers. This question can be placed on the ballot during a general election or a special election.
The board of supervisors or other governing body may submit to the qualified electors of the county, or the city, the question whether taxes for the erection of a monument to the California pioneers shall be levied on the taxable property of the county or city. The question shall be submitted at a general or other election held in the county or city.
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Section § 5104
This law section states that for an election related to raising a tax, there must be a 20-day advance notice. This notice has to be posted in at least three public places in the county or city. The notice must clearly specify both the amount of money to be raised and its intended use. For the tax proposal to be approved, it must receive a majority of the votes cast at the election.
Twenty days’ notice of the election shall be given by posting in at least three public places in the county, or the city. The notices shall state specifically the amount to be raised and the purpose. If a majority of all the votes cast at the election are in favor of the proposal, the tax provided for in this article is authorized.
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Section § 5105
This section specifies that in an election regarding the funding of a pioneer monument, the ballot must include the options: 'Tax for pioneer monument—Yes' or 'Tax for pioneer monument—No.' This allows voters to decide if they agree with imposing a tax for this purpose.
There shall be placed on the ballots for such election the words “Tax for pioneer monument—Yes” and “Tax for pioneer monument—No.”
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Section § 5106
This law states that once a tax has been approved by voters in a county, the board of supervisors must include that tax in the next annual tax levy. The tax will be placed on property to generate the amount agreed upon by the vote. It's collected just like other taxes in the county.
When the tax has been voted in a county, the board of supervisors, in the next annual levy of taxes, shall levy a tax on the property in the county, sufficient to produce the amount voted for the purpose, which tax shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected.
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Section § 5107
If a city votes to implement a tax, the city's governing body must include this tax in the next annual tax collection. They have to make sure the tax is enough to cover the amount voted on. This tax will be assessed and collected just like any other city taxes.
When the tax has been voted in a city, its governing body, in the next annual levy of taxes, shall levy a tax on the property in the city, sufficient to produce the amount voted for the purpose, which tax shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected.
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Section § 5108
This law states that once taxes are collected, the county's board of supervisors or the city's government must use the money to build monuments as intended when the money was approved by voters.
When the taxes so raised and collected are available, the board of supervisors, in case of monuments for a county, and the governing body of a city, in case of monuments for a city, shall proceed to carry out the purpose for which the money was voted.
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Section § 5109
County boards of supervisors in California can use county funds to build monuments or place tablets that honor historic locations within the county.
The boards of supervisors in the several counties may appropriate money from the general fund of the county to erect monuments or to place tablets to commemorate historic spots or places within the limits of the county.
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