50330-50335

GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 50330-50335




50330.  Whether governed under general laws or charter, a local
agency may donate and grant to the Regents of the University of
California, the Trustees of the California State University, or the
governing board of a community college district real property that it
owns as a site for university buildings and grounds, state
university buildings and grounds, or community college buildings and
grounds, as the case may be. A local agency may expend funds, incur
indebtedness, and issue bonds for the acquisition of a site within or
without its boundaries for the purposes of this section.



50330.4.  For the purposes of Section 50330, a local agency may
purchase land or options on land or contract for and make
downpayments on land or options on land within or without its
boundaries and make a gift of that land, option, or contract and
downpayment to the Trustees of the California State University for
development as a state university on condition that the entire gift
shall revert to the local agency if the state university is not
established on that site prior to a specific date designated by the
local agency and the trustees and the acceptance of the gift by the
trustees shall not obligate the expenditure of any state funds for
the purchase or acquisition of land or for development on land unless
the Legislature shall subsequently approve the obligation by
appropriating funds for that specific purpose.



50331.  A local agency may acquire and hold land within its
boundaries for:
   (a) Developing and encouraging agricultural, horticultural, or
botanical products.
   (b) Exhibiting such products.
   (c) Erecting, rebuilding, or furnishing historical museums and art
galleries.
   Such land may be acquired by purchase or otherwise, or may be
leased for a term not to exceed fifty years.



50332.  By a four-fifths vote of its legislative body, a local
agency may donate and convey, for fairground or exposition, park,
playground, or recreational purposes, to the State or to the district
agricultural association of the agricultural district in which the
local agency is situate any land and buildings owned, held, or used
by it, upon such terms as the local agency and the district
agricultural association or the State agree. If the local agency
received the land or buildings by donation or dedication, the
agreement is subject to the covenants, conditions, and restrictions
of the donation or dedication as to the use of the land and
buildings, existing at the date of transfer from the local agency.



50333.  Whether governed under general laws or charter, a local
agency may donate and grant to the State real property which it owns
within its boundaries as a site for public buildings and grounds. A
local agency may acquire such real property by purchase or eminent
domain proceedings in the name of the local agency. The title to such
property may be taken in the name of the State or of the local
agency and thereafter conveyed to the State. A local agency may
expend its funds, incur indebtedness, and issue bonds for the
acquisition of such sites.


50334.  Whether governed under general laws or charter, a local
agency may donate and grant to the United States real property which
it owns within its boundaries as a site for post office and federal
office buildings and grounds.
   A local agency may expend its funds, incur indebtedness, and issue
bonds for the acquisition of such sites.



50335.  The legislative body of a local agency may convey to any
public corporation, or private corporation engaged in the public
utility business, an easement to lay, construct, reconstruct,
maintain, and operate water, sewer, gas or storm drain pipes or
ditches, electric or telephone lines, and access roads used in
connection therewith, over and upon any land belonging to the local
agency, upon such terms and conditions as the parties thereto may
agree. Nothing contained herein shall relieve a public utility from
any franchise requirement imposed by any law, charter, or ordinance.