Title GOV — California Gov. Code

Searches for and rescue of persons who are lost, marooned, or otherwise in danger.

(a) The sovereignty of the state resides in the people thereof, and all writs and processes shall issue in their name. (b) The style of all process shall be “The People of the State of California,” and all prosecutions shall be conducted in their name and by their authority.

Executive officers are either: (a) Civil. (b) Military. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

The civil executive officers are: a Governor; a private secretary and an executive secretary for the Governor; a Lieutenant Governor; a Secretary of State; a Deputy Secretary of State; a Keeper of Archives of State for the Secretary of State; a bookkeeper for the Secretary of Sta…

(a) A person is eligible to hold an elective civil office if, at the time of election, the person is 18 years of age and a citizen of the state. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a person, regardless of citizenship or immigration status, is eligible to hold an appointed civil of…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 1020 or any other provision of law, no person shall be incapable of holding any office in a youth services bureau solely by reason of being under 18 years of age. (b) For purposes of this section, the term “youth services bureau” means a state or local…

There is in the State Government the Legislative Counsel Bureau. The bureau is in charge of a chief, who is a civil executive officer and who shall be known as the Legislative Counsel of California.

The Legislative Counsel shall be selected by concurrent resolution at the beginning of each regular session and shall serve until his or her successor is selected and qualified.

If a vacancy occurs while the Legislature is not in session, a committee consisting of the Speaker of the Assembly, the Speaker pro Tempore of the Assembly, the President pro Tempore of the Senate and the chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate shall select the …

The Legislative Counsel shall be chosen without reference to party affiliations and solely on the ground of fitness to perform the duties of his or her office.

The annual salary of the Legislative Counsel is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or such greater amount as may be prescribed by the Joint Rules Committee. The Legislative Counsel shall be repaid all actual expenses incurred or paid by him or her in the discharge of his or …

(a) The Legislative Counsel may employ and fix the compensation, in accordance with law, of such professional assistants and clerical and other employees as he or she deems necessary for the effective conduct of the work under his or her charge. (b) The Legislative Counsel and th…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 18523, 18900, 18901, 18930, 18930.5, 18931, 18933, 18936, 18937, 18938.5, 18939, 18950, 19050, 19052, 19054, 19054.1, 19057, 19057.1, 19057.2, 19057.4, 19081, and 19101, or any other provision of law, but consistent with the merit principles of subdiv…

The permanent office of the Legislative Counsel shall be in the State Capitol in Sacramento, where he or she shall be provided with suitable and sufficient offices convenient to the chambers of the Senate and Assembly. For the convenience of Members of the Legislature, and when i…

(a) The Legislative Counsel shall maintain the attorney-client relationship with each Member of the Legislature with respect to communications between the member and the Legislative Counsel except as otherwise provided by the rules of the Legislature. All materials arising out of…

Neither the Legislative Counsel nor any other employee of the bureau shall reveal to any person outside thereof the contents or nature of any matter which has not become a public record, except with the consent of the person bringing the matter before the bureau.

The material, including books and other publications, of the State Library shall be made available to the bureau. The University of California, all State agencies and other official State organizations, and all persons connected therewith shall give the Legislative Counsel ready …

A person is disqualified from holding any office upon conviction of designated crimes as specified in the Constitution and laws of the State. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

(a) If a public employee is convicted of any felony involving accepting or giving, or offering to give, any bribe, conflict of interest, the embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes arising directly out…

(a) A city manager or city attorney, including an individual acting under contract with the city for those services, who is convicted of any felony set forth in Section 1021.5, shall be disqualified from any future public employment in an equivalent role. (b) For purposes of this…

Subject to Article 3 (commencing with Section 10270), neither the Legislative Counsel nor any employee of the bureau shall oppose or urge legislation.

The Legislative Counsel, or any deputy legislative counsel, may administer and certify oaths.

Other provisions respecting disqualification for particular offices are contained in the Constitution and in the laws concerning the various offices. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

A person is ineligible to hold office or employment of any kind under the State, any county, city, district or other political or governmental unit of the State if he, while either a citizen or resident of the United States, has by oath bound himself to support, maintain or furth…

The Legislative Counsel shall be in attendance upon all regular and special sessions of the Legislature.

The Legislative Counsel shall prepare and assist in the preparation, amendment and consideration of legislative measures when requested or upon suggestion as herein provided.

(a) A bill that, as introduced or amended in either house of the Legislature, would require a state agency to submit a report on any subject to either house of the Legislature generally, a committee or office of either house of the Legislature, or the Legislative Counsel Bureau s…

Upon request, the Legislative Counsel shall advise any State agency as to the preparation of measures to be submitted to the Legislature.

Upon request, the Legislative Counsel may provide legal services to the State Auditor.

Insofar as in his power, upon request, the Legislative Counsel shall aid and assist any member of the Legislature as to bills, resolutions and measures, drafting them into proper form, and furnishing to the member the fullest information upon all matters in the scope of the burea…

The Legislative Counsel shall give such consideration to and service concerning any measure before the Legislature as circumstances will permit, and which is in any way requested by the Governor, the Senate or Assembly, or any committee of the Legislature having the measure befor…

(a) The Legislative Counsel shall give such consideration to and service concerning any bill in the Governor’s hands for rejection, approval, or other action, as the circumstances will permit and the Governor requests. (b) Upon request, the Legislative Counsel may provide to the …

Upon request, the Legislative Counsel shall advise as to its work with any legislative committee appointed to carry on investigations.

The Legislative Counsel shall prepare or assist in the preparation or amendment of legislative measures at the written suggestion of any judge of the Supreme Court, the courts of appeal, or of the superior courts of the state.

Every suggestion of a judge shall set forth the substance of the provisions desired or which may be needed with the reasons therefor.

A suggestion by a judge of the Supreme Court shall be filed with the clerk of that court. A suggestion by a judge of a court of appeal shall be filed with the clerk of that court. A suggestion by a judge of a superior court shall be filed with the clerk of the court of appeal of …

Any person who holds any office or employment under the state or any county, city, district or other political or governmental unit of the state and who has taken any oath described in Section 1023 is relieved of ineligibility to office or employment if he or she petitions any su…

When a suggestion is so filed with the clerk, he shall make and send to the permanent office of the Legislative Counsel a certified copy of the suggestion. All suggestions received at the permanent office shall be permanently filed and recorded and copies furnished to the Legisla…

The Legislative Counsel shall prepare a measure in accordance with the suggestion of a judge, and shall transmit it to the chairman of the judiciary committee of each house at the next session of the Legislature.

The Legislative Counsel shall advise the Legislature from time to time as to legislation necessary to maintain the codes and legislation necessary to codify such statutes as are enacted from time to time subsequent to the enactment of the codes. Such recommendations shall include…

(a) The Legislative Counsel shall annually prepare, publish, and maintain an electronic list of all reports that state and local agencies are required or requested by law to prepare and file with the Governor or the Legislature, or both, in the future or within the preceding year…

The Legislative Counsel shall cooperate with the proponents of an initiative measure in its preparation when: (a) Requested in writing so to do by 25 or more electors proposing the measure; and (b) In the judgment of the Legislative Counsel there is reasonable probability that th…

The Legislative Counsel may contract, at not less than cost and subject to regulations approved by the Director of General Services, with any county or city for the codification, compilation, or indexing of any or all of its ordinances or resolutions. All money received by the Le…

The Legislative Counsel may cooperate with any educational institution of the State in any manner approved by the Legislative Counsel and such institution.

The Legislative Counsel shall not appear in any action or proceeding in the courts of this state or of the United States without the prior approval of the Joint Rules Committee. If the existence of said committee terminates such approval may be given in writing by the Speaker of …

When a bill is introduced in the Legislature and each time a bill is amended, on or after January 1, 1990, the Legislative Counsel shall determine whether the bill appropriates funds that apply toward the minimum funding for school districts and community college districts requir…

Public computer network; required legislative information. (a) The Legislative Counsel shall, with the advice of the Assembly Committee on Rules and the Senate Committee on Rules, make all of the following information available to the public in electronic form: (1) The legislativ…

Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 10248, the information that the Legislative Counsel makes available to the public pursuant to Section 10248 is within the public domain and the State of California retains no copyright or other proprietary interest in that information.

(a) (1) The Legislative Counsel shall establish a unit within the Legislative Counsel Bureau to provide advice and investigation services to the Legislature related to workplace misconduct. (2) The unit shall accept and investigate reports and complaints of workplace misconduct, …

Every person who exercises the duties of any office in violation of the provisions of this article relative to oaths, and every person who knowingly appoints to office a person ineligible by reason of the provisions of this article relative to oaths, is guilty of a felony. (Enact…