Yuba County Municipal Code Ch. 2.45 Office of Public Guardian

Pursuant to the provisions of Government Code § 27430, there is hereby created within the County of Yuba the Office of Public Guardian.

(Prior Code, § 2.45.010; Ord. No. 292)

The Public Guardian shall have such powers and duties as are prescribed by law.

(Prior Code, § 2.45.020; Ord. No. 292)

State Law reference— General duties of public guardian, Welfare and Institutions Code § 5350 et seq., Probate Code § 2900 et seq.

The Public Guardian shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors and shall exercise the authority of that office until the termination of his or her office upon order of the Board.

(Prior Code, § 2.45.030; Ord. No. 292)

The Public Guardian may appoint such Deputy Public Guardians as may be necessary to enable the Public Guardian to properly prosecute and perform the powers and duties of his or her office.

(Prior Code, § 2.45.040; Ord. No. 292)

Compensation for performance of services as Public Guardian or Deputy Public Guardian shall be such compensation as may be fixed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Yuba and allowed by the budget adopted by the Board of Supervisors for the Public Guardian's Office.

(Prior Code, § 2.45.050; Ord. No. 292)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, provision or portion of this Chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions or provisions of this Chapter, or their applicability to distinguishable situations or circumstances. In enacting this Chapter, it is the desire of the Board of Supervisors to validly regulate to the full measure of its legal authority in the public interest, and to that end, the Board of Supervisors declares that it would have adopted this Chapter and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, provision, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions thereof might be declared invalid or unconstitutional in whole or in part, as applied to any particular situation or circumstances, and to this end the provisions of this Chapter are intended to be severable.

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Government Code § 23.