Title GOV — California Gov. Code

If the application is approved, the Controller shall issue and deliver to the applicant, on demand, a replacement warrant for the full amount of the original warrant. When the Controller issues the replacement, he or she shall notify the Treasurer that a replacement warrant has b…

The Controller shall make the proper entries on his books, showing the lost or destroyed warrants, and the issuance of replacement warrants in lieu thereof.

The Treasurer shall pay a replacement warrant as though it were the original.

A replacement warrant is void if not presented to the Treasurer for payment within the same time limit provided by law for the original warrant.

An agency that submits a claim schedule to the State Controller’s office that results in a warrant that is canceled under Section 17070 may submit a claim schedule against the fund to which the original warrant reverted pursuant to Section 17072 for two years following the date o…

Any loss incurred in connection with the issuance of a replacement warrant shall be charged against the account from which the payment was derived.

All waters between the mainland and the outermost of the islands, reefs and rocks along and adjacent to the coast of the State of California from which the boundary of the State is measured, and all waters between the islands, reefs and rocks themselves, are declared to be and to…

The reference in Section 1 of Article XV of the Constitution to “the navigable waters of this State,” the reference in Section 2 of the same article to “a harbor, bay, inlet, estuary, or other navigable water in this State,” and the reference in Section 3 of the same article to “…

The interstate compact executed between the States of Arizona and California, as set forth in Section 176 of this chapter, fixing the location of the boundary line between the two states from the southern boundary of the State of Nevada to the point on the international boundary …

The provisions of the interstate compact between the States of Arizona and California referred to in Section 175 are as follows: Interstate Compact Defining the Boundary Between the States of Arizona and California Article I.Purpose. The boundary between the States of Arizona and…

The Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact as set forth in Section 178 executed between the State of California, through its then Governor, Earl Warren, on December 10, 1951, and other states which are parties to the compact, is hereby ratified and approved.

The provisions of the Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact between the State of California and other states which are parties to the compact referred to in Section 177 are as follows: The State of California, through its Governor, duly authorized, solemnly agrees with an…

In addition to any other authority conferred upon him, the Governor is authorized and may execute for, on behalf of, and in the name of the State of California, the provisions of Article XV to the Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact, which provisions provide as follows:…

(a) It is the intent of the State of California to continue its long history of sharing emergency response resources with other states during times of disaster. Californian’s have benefited from the assistance provided by the firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medi…

The provisions of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact between the State of California and other states that are parties to the compact referred to in Section 179 are as follows: Article 1.Purposes and Authorities This compact is made and entered into by and between the pa…

(a) Notwithstanding Article 6 of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, as set forth in Section 179.5, the state shall indemnify and make whole any officer or employee who is a resident of California, or his or her heirs, if the officer or employee is injured or killed in a…

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, as set forth in Section 179.5, the state shall not deploy any personnel under the compact to render aid to a party state for any conditions resulting from a labor controversy, and the state shall not r…

This article shall become inoperative on March 1, 2038, and, as of January 1, 2039, is repealed.

As used herein, “property” includes real and personal property. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

The salary fixed by law for each state officer, elective or appointive, is compensation in full for that office and for all services rendered in any official capacity or employment whatsoever, during his or her term of office, and he or she shall not receive for his or her own us…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 18000 and 19990, any officer or employee of the state may receive for his or her personal use compensation from any nonprofit corporation formed exclusively to aid and assist an entity described in subdivision (b) for services rendered to the nonprofi…

(a) The services of a California Science and Technology Policy Fellow provided by the California Council on Science and Technology and duly authorized by an executed memorandum of understanding between the council and an executive branch agency or department are not compensation …

(a) The services of a policy fellow provided by an association are not compensation of a state elective or appointive officer for the purposes of this article. (b) For purposes of this section, “association” means any of the following organizations that are exempt from taxation u…

Every employee has the right to inspect personnel records pursuant to Section 1198.5 of the Labor Code.

The Controller may, prior to the close of any pay roll period, draw his warrant in favor of any officer or employee covering the total salary or compensation earnable by him during that pay roll period, and may deliver the same to an authorized officer of the state agency within …

(a) Any report, study, audit, evaluation, survey, or similar document prepared by any state officer or state agency, which discloses any change in the numbers of state employees or personnel years over any period of time, shall also segregate the numbers of counted state employee…

The original and ultimate right to all property within the limits of the State is in the people thereof. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

All property within the limits of the State, which does not belong to any person, belongs to the people. Whenever the title to any property fails for want of heirs or next of kin, it reverts to the people. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

The State may acquire property by taxation in the modes authorized by law. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

The Governor may execute and deliver to the United States all necessary deeds or other conveyances on behalf of the State, in any case where the Legislature conveys to the United States land, rights of way, or other easements in land held by the State, to permit the United States…

It is the purpose of this part: (a) To facilitate the operation of Article VII of the Constitution. (b) To promote and increase economy and efficiency in the state service. (c) To provide a comprehensive personnel system for the state civil service, in which: (1) Positions involv…

This part and Part 2.6 shall be known as the State Civil Service Act.

(a) There is hereby created in state government the Department of Human Resources. The department succeeds to and is vested with the following: (1) All of the powers and duties exercised and performed by the Department of Personnel Administration. (2) Those powers, duties, and au…

Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions hereinafter set forth govern the construction of this part and the rules adopted hereunder.

“Board” means the agency created by Section 2 of Article VII of the California Constitution and includes the “State Personnel Board” provided in Section 2(a) and the “executive officer” provided in Section 2(c) thereof. The board shall be within the Government Operations Agency.

“Department” means the Department of Human Resources.

“Position” means any office or employment in the “state civil service” as the phrase is defined in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution. “Former position” means either of the following: (a) A position in the classification to which an employee was last appointed as a prob…

“Class” means a group of positions sufficiently similar with respect to duties and responsibilities that the same title may reasonably and fairly be used to designate each position allocated to the class and that substantially the same tests of fitness may be used and that substa…

“Appointing authority” or “appointing power” means a person or group having authority to make appointments to positions in the state civil service.

“Appointment” means the offer to and acceptance by a person of a position in the State civil service in accordance with this part.

“Promotion” means the appointment of an employee to a position in a different class with a higher salary range, unless the appointment is by transfer, as defined by subdivision (b) of Section 18525.3.

“Demotion” means the appointment of an employee to a position in a different class with a lower salary range, as provided by Section 19253 if voluntary, by Section 19253.5 if for medical reasons, or by Section 19570 if by adverse action.

“Transfer” means both of the following: (a) The appointment of an employee to another position in the same class but under another appointing power. (b) The appointment of an employee to a different class to which the employee satisfies the minimum qualifications and that has sub…

“Employee” means a person legally holding a position in the State civil service.

“Probationer” means an employee who has probationary status. “Probationary status” means the status of an employee who has been certified and appointed from an employment list, or has been reinstated after resignation, or has been transferred or demoted but who has not completed …

“Permanent employee” means an employee who has permanent status. “Permanent status” means the status of an employee who is lawfully retained in his or her position after the successful completion of the probationary period. “Permanent status” also means an employee who is lawfull…

“Temporary employee” means an employee holding a position under temporary appointment. “Temporary appointment” means an appointment made in the absence of any appropriate employment list permitted by Section 5 of Article VII of the Constitution.

“Limited term employee” means an employee whose appointment as a result of reinstatement or certification from an employment list shall not exceed two years, as specified by Section 19080.3.

“Emergency employee” means an employee holding a position under emergency appointment. “Emergency appointment” means an appointment made for a period not to exceed 60 working days either during an actual emergency to prevent the stoppage of public business or because of the limit…

“Eligible list” means a list of persons who have been examined in an open competitive examination and are eligible for certification for a specific class. “Limited term list” means an eligible list established for use exclusively in making limited term appointments.