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California Constitution, Article VII

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Article VII, PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

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All articles362 Art. I34 Art. II21 Art. III9 Art. IV28 Art. V13 Art. VI23 Art. VII11 Art. IX15 Art. X7 Art. X-A8 Art. X-B16 Art. XI16 Art. XII9 Art. XIII39 Art. XIII-A7 Art. XIII-B18 Art. XIII-C3 Art. XIII-D6 Art. XIV5 Art. XV1 Art. XVI27 Art. XVIII4 Art. XIX10 Art. XIX-A2 Art. XIX-B2 Art. XIX-C4 Art. XIX-D1 Art. XX10 Art. XXI4 Art. XXII2 Art. XXXIV0 Art. XXXV7

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Cal. Const. art. VII, § 1 Section 1
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(a) The civil service includes every officer and employee of the State except as otherwise provided in this Constitution. (b) In the civil service permanent appointment and promotion shall be made under a general system based on merit ascertained by competitive examination.
Cal. Const. art. VII, § 2 Section 2
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(a) There is a Personnel Board of 5 members appointed by the Governor and approved by the Senate, a majority of the membership concurring, for 10-year terms and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Appointment to fill a vacancy is for the unexpired portion of the t…
Cal. Const. art. VII, § 3 Section 3
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(a) The board shall enforce the civil service statutes and, by majority vote of all its members, shall prescribe probationary periods and classifications, adopt other rules authorized by statute, and review disciplinary actions. (b) The executive officer shall administer the civi…
Cal. Const. art. VII, § 4 Section 4
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The following are exempt from civil service: (a) Officers and employees appointed or employed by the Legislature, either house, or legislative committees. (b) Officers and employees appointed or employed by councils, commissions or public corporations in the judicial branch or by…

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Cal. Const. art. VII, § 5 Section 5

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A temporary appointment may be made to a position for which there is no employment list. No person may serve in one or more positions under temporary appointment longer than 9 months in 12 consecutive months.

Cal. Const. art. VII, § 6 Section 6

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(a) The Legislature may provide preferences for veterans and their surviving spouses. (b) The board by special rule may permit persons in exempt positions, brought under civil service by constitutional provision, to qualify to continue in their positions. (c) When the State under…

Cal. Const. art. VII, § 7 Section 7

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A person holding a lucrative office under the United States or other power may not hold a civil office of profit. A local officer or postmaster whose compensation does not exceed 500 dollars per year or an officer in the militia or a member of a reserve component of the armed for…

Cal. Const. art. VII, § 8 Section 8

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(a) Every person shall be disqualified from holding any office of profit in this State who shall have been convicted of having given or offered a bribe to procure personal election or appointment. (b) Laws shall be made to exclude persons convicted of bribery, perjury, forgery, m…

Cal. Const. art. VII, § 9 Section 9

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, no person or organization which advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States or the State by force or violence or other unlawful means or who advocates the support of a foreign government against the Unit…

Cal. Const. art. VII, § 10 Section 10

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(a) No person who is found liable in a civil action for making libelous or slanderous statements against an opposing candidate during the course of an election campaign for any federal, statewide, Board of Equalization, or legislative office or for any county, city and county, ci…

Cal. Const. art. VII, § 11 Section 11

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(a) The Legislators’ Retirement System shall not pay any unmodified retirement allowance or its actuarial equivalent to any person who on or after January 1, 1987, entered for the first time any state office for which membership in the Legislators’ Retirement System was elective …