Title GOV, California Gov. Code

By November 15 of each year, the Department of Human Resources shall submit to the Governor, the Legislature, and the Department of Finance a census report that shall include demographic information on employees in the state civil service, based upon the analysis of the data coll…

In cooperation with the department, the appointing power of each state agency shall have the major responsibility for monitoring the effectiveness of the equal employment opportunity programs of the state agency. To that end, the appointing power shall do all of the following: (a…

(a) The appointing power of each state agency and the director of each state department shall appoint, at the managerial level, an equal employment opportunity officer, who shall report directly to, and be under the supervision of, the director of the department, to develop, impl…

Bureau or division chiefs within a state agency shall be accountable to the appointing power for the effectiveness and results of the equal employment opportunity program within their division or bureau. All managers and supervisors shall provide program support and take any posi…

(a) Each state agency shall develop, update annually, and implement an equal employment opportunity plan which shall, at a minimum, identify the areas of significant underutilization of specific groups based on race, ethnicity, and gender, within each department by job category a…

In establishing order and subdivisions of layoff and reemployment, the department, when it finds past discriminatory hiring practices, may authorize modification of the order of layoff only if failure to do so would result in ineligibility for a federal program with a loss of fed…

State departments, agencies, and the department shall continue to carry out their respective duties required by Sections 19230 to 19237, inclusive, with respect to establishing, monitoring, and reporting on an affirmative action plan, including goals and timetables, for ensuring …

When any state agency conducts any survey as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of state civil service employees, or maintains any statistical tabulation of minority group employees, it shall use separate collection categories for each major Asian and Pacific Islander group, includ…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a participant, nonparticipant spouse, or beneficiary shall not be permitted to elect a distribution under this part that does not satisfy the requirements of Section 401(a)(9) of Title 26 of the United States Code, including the i…

(a) Distributions from the plan shall be made as soon as practicable after the first valuation date immediately following the date of the application. (b) Notwithstanding Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 13100) of Part 1 of Division 8 of the Probate Code or any other law to the…

If a person becomes entitled to a distribution from the plan that constitutes an eligible rollover distribution within the meaning of Section 401(a)(31) of Title 26 of the United States Code, the person may elect under terms and conditions established by the board to have the dis…

Except as otherwise provided in this part, all distributions shall be made directly from the fund to the participant or beneficiary. To the extent required by federal and state law, income and other taxes shall be withheld from each benefit payment, and the payment shall be repor…

(a) The plan’s obligations to a participant, beneficiary, or nonparticipant spouse who has applied for a lump-sum benefit cease upon distribution of the lump-sum benefit. (1) Deposit in the United States mail of a warrant drawn in favor of the participant, beneficiary, or nonpart…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a participant or beneficiary shall not be permitted to elect a distribution under this part that does not satisfy the requirements of paragraph (9) of subsection (a) Section 401 of Title 26 of the United States Code, including the…

The board may permit a participant to withdraw some or all of his or her after-tax contributions without requiring the participant to terminate from the plan to the extent that this in-service distribution is allowed under applicable federal and state laws, and pursuant to the te…

(a) Distributions from the plan shall be made as soon as practicable after the first valuation date immediately following the date of the request for distribution calculated based upon the valuation date immediately preceding the distribution. (b) Notwithstanding Chapter 3 (comme…

(a) If a person becomes entitled to a distribution from the plan that constitutes an eligible rollover distribution within the meaning of paragraph (31) of subsection (a) of Section 401 of Title 26 of the United States Code, the person may elect under terms and conditions establi…

Except as otherwise provided in this part, all distributions shall be made directly from the fund to the participant or beneficiary. To the extent required by federal and state law, income and other taxes shall be withheld from each distribution, and the payment shall be reported…

(a) The plan’s obligations to a participant, beneficiary, or nonparticipant spouse who elected a lump-sum distribution cease upon distribution of the lump-sum benefit. (1) Deposit in the United States mail of a warrant drawn in favor of the participant, beneficiary, or nonpartici…

County free libraries may be constructed, leased, built, rebuilt, furnished, refurnished, or repaired pursuant to the Education Code, or pursuant to this part; provided that, in counties wherein a union high school library district maintaining a district free public library was e…

The board of supervisors may provide library service at charitable, detention, and penal institutions of the county under its supervision and control, and may also provide to officers and employees of county departments such library service as is required in the performance of th…

The board of supervisors may authorize and provide for the education or information of the public relative to the prevention of fires and the conservation of natural resources and the presentation of information designed for the promotion thereof. The board may act through the ag…

The board of supervisors may authorize and provide for the education or information of the public relative to accident prevention and for the presentation to the public of information designed for the promotion thereof. The board of supervisors may contract with and employ any pe…

The board of supervisors may provide financial assistance to elementary school districts which have within the boundaries of such school districts (a) a redevelopment agency and a housing authority organized under state law, or (b) any facilities used by the county to house count…

The board of supervisors may provide financial assistance to elementary school districts which have within the boundaries of such school districts any facilities used by the county to house county employees. Any funds received pursuant hereto by an elementary school district may …

The board of supervisors may authorize and provide for contributions to nonprofit educational radio and television stations, provided all of the following conditions exist: (1) The purpose of the contribution is to enable the citizens of the county to enjoy greater educational an…

The board of supervisors may contract with any radio, television broadcasting station, or cable television originating facilities to broadcast or rebroadcast meetings of the board of supervisors and may pay from any available funds for such broadcasts or rebroadcasts. (Added by S…

For purposes of assisting in the development of the human resources of the county, the board of supervisors may provide for the testing of individuals to determine such individual’s level of educational achievement and job capabilities, both actual and potential; provided, howeve…

In any county a county counsel may be appointed by the board of supervisors. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1341.)

The county counsel shall serve for four years from the time of his appointment and until his successor is appointed, subject to the following: (a) He may be removed at any time by proceedings under Article 3 (commencing at Section 3060) of Chapter 7 of Division 4 of Title 1 of th…

The residence qualifications for eligibility to a county or district office, required by Section 24001, may be waived by the board of supervisors as to any candidate or applicant for the office of county counsel in such county. (Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1383.)

Whenever the board of supervisors appoints a county counsel pursuant to this chapter, he shall discharge all the duties vested by law in the district attorney other than those of a public prosecutor. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

The board of supervisors may by ordinance require that the county counsel shall act as attorney for the public administrator in all estates in which he or she is executor, administrator with the will annexed, or administrator, where he or she has priority for appointment as estab…

The board of supervisors shall furnish the county counsel with such assistants as will enable him to perform properly the duties of his office. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

Subject to Section 26520, the county counsel shall represent and advise the officers and employees of special districts organized within the county and shall have exclusive charge and control of all civil actions and proceedings in which special districts, their officers or emplo…

Upon designation by the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 5114 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the county counsel shall represent the county in proceedings under Part 1 (commencing with Section 5000) of Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (Added by Stats…

(a) If requested to do so by the Judicial Council, and insofar as these duties are not in conflict with, and do not interfere with, other duties, the county counsel may represent the superior court or a judge thereof in all matters and questions of law pertaining to any of the ju…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a substantial need to provide adequate child care facilities for state employees. (b) When the state constructs, acquires, or receives as a gift any office building that can accommodate 700 or more state employees, or when addi…

Child care facilities for the employees of the California State University and Colleges and the University of California shall be incorporated into the campus master plans and constructed subject to the provision of state funding appropriations by the Legislature. Determination o…

This chapter shall not apply to the design of new state office buildings, additions, alterations, or repairs of existing state-owned office buildings, where the Public Works Board has approved, prior to the effective date of this chapter, the commencement of the working drawing p…

(a) Sections 4560, 4561, and 4562 are not applicable to any state-owned transportation facility. (b) Space at a state-owned transportation facility may be leased by competitive bid, taking into consideration affordability and quality of care, to a child care operator who has obta…

As used in this chapter: (a) “Legislative body” means the board of supervisors in the case of a county or a city and county, the city council or board of trustees in the case of a city, and the board of directors or other governing body in the case of a district. (b) “Local agenc…

The legislative body of any local agency may contract with any other local agency for the performance by the latter of municipal services or functions within the territory of the former. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 960.)

A city or county may enter into a contract with an Indian tribe for the city or county to provide fire protection services and police or sheriff protection services for the Indian tribe either solely on Indian lands, or on the Indian lands and territory adjacent to those Indian l…

(a) Any agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter shall be for valuable consideration, except as provided in subdivision (b). (b) (1) A city that provides law enforcement services through its appropriate departments, boards, commissions, officers, or employees to another ci…

Authority for entering into agreements pursuant to this chapter shall be construed as supplementing existing authority for legislative bodies of local agencies to enter into agreements for the providing of municipal services and functions and shall not be construed as authorizing…