§ 227. Legalizing acts. 1. Power to legalize. The board of supervisors\nof any county shall have power to legalize and validate any act had and\ntaken in connection with a lawful municipal purpose or for a lawful\nmunicipal object or purpose, by the governing board or other local body,\nofficer or agency of a municipality wholly within the county if, after a\npublic hearing held in the affected municipality pursuant to notice and\nupon the evidence given thereat, the board of supervisors shall find\nthat the defect sought to be cured was: (a) failure to perform an act\nwithin the time prescribed by law; (b) that the form of any notice\nrequired by law was defective; (c) that the service, posting or\npublication of any notice was not performed within the time and in the\nmanner required by law; (d) that through an intentional act performed in\ngood faith to meet an emergency situation or through inadvertence,\nmistake or error in accounting methods or otherwise, a fund or\nappropriation account has been overdrawn, and the fund or account has\nbeen reimbursed by transfer thereto of unobligated moneys from another\nmunicipal fund or account; (e) that through inadvertence, mistake or\nerror a mandatory appropriation was omitted from an adopted budget and\nthe budget was later amended and appropriation made to cure the defect;\n(f) that an adopted budget was amended to include a discretionary\nappropriation after a public hearing pursuant to notice; (g) that\nthrough inadvertence, mistake or error an act was recorded at a later\ndate than was prescribed by law, or otherwise that a defect existed in\nthe manner or method of recording the same; (h) that through\ninadvertence, mistake or error, the governing board or other local body,\nofficer or agency of a municipality charged by law with the duty failed\nor neglected to submit a referendum to the electors when required by law\nand either at least two years have elapsed since the completion of the\nproject and payment of the cost thereof, or, in any other case, at least\ntwo years have elapsed since the date when the referendum should have\nbeen held; (i) that through an intentional act performed in good faith\nto meet an emergency situation or through inadvertence, mistake or error\nin accounting methods or otherwise, obligations have been incurred\nagainst a fund or account in excess of the total amount appropriated or\nlawfully transferred thereto; that the officer, body or agency,\nincurring such excess obligation, or his or its successor, has furnished\na detailed sworn explanation in writing of the intentional act performed\nin good faith to meet an emergency situation or the inadvertence,\nmistake or error and has made application for additional funds to pay\nsuch obligation and that the governing board or other local body, after\na public hearing on notice in the same manner as provided in subdivision\ntwo hereof, by at least a two-thirds vote of the whole number of the\nmembers thereof has approved the presentation of a petition to the board\nof supervisors to validate and legalize such obligation and to obtain\nauthorization for its payment.\n 2. Procedure to legalize. Any municipality or local officer or agency\nseeking relief under this section shall present to the board of\nsupervisors of the county a petition duly verified setting forth the\nfacts and praying for the relief authorized by this section. Attached to\nsuch petition shall be certified copies of all acts done and proceedings\nhad in relation to the subject matter sought to be legalized. The board\nof supervisors may direct the governing board or officers to do that\nwhich should have been done in the first instance and the time\nprescribed by law for the performance of the act shall be deemed\nextended to allow compliance therewith, and such acts shall not be\nlegalized until proof is submitted of such compliance. Notice stating\nthe time, place and purpose of the public hearing shall be published at\nleas
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