Title GOV, California Gov. Code

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) The people of the State of California have a fundamental interest in the development of harmonious and cooperative labor relations between the public institutions of higher education and their employees. (b) All other employees …

(a) It is the further purpose of this chapter to provide orderly and clearly defined procedures for meeting and conferring and the resolution of impasses, and to define and prohibit certain practices that are inimical to the public interest. (b) The Legislature recognizes that jo…

As used in this chapter: (a) “Arbitration” means a method of resolving a rights dispute under which the parties to a controversy must accept the award of a third party. (b) “Board” means the Public Employment Relations Board established pursuant to Section 3513. (c) “Certified or…

The California State University may meet and confer with the employee organization selected as the exclusive representative of appropriate units at the university on the establishment of flexible benefit plans. Any agreement between the university and an employee organization whi…

Notwithstanding subdivision (r) of Section 3562, for purposes of the California State University only, “scope of representation” also means any retirement benefits available to a state member under Part 3 (commencing with Section 20000) of Title 2. (Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 79…

(a) As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply: (1) (A) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (B), “affected city” means a city, including a charter city, that the Department of Housing and Community Development determines, pursuant to subdivision (d), …

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided elsewhere in this section, in each county there shall be levied an additional penalty in the amount of seven dollars ($7) for every ten dollars ($10), or part of ten dollars ($10), upon every fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed and collected …

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, for each parking offense for which a parking penalty, fine, or forfeiture is imposed, an added penalty of three dollars ($3) shall be imposed in addition to the penalty, fine, or forfeiture set by the city, district, or other issuing agency. (b)…

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, for purposes of supporting emergency medical services pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 1797.98a) of Division 2.5 of the Health and Safety Code, in addition to the penalties set forth in Section 76000, the count…

(a) Effective January 1, 1985, there shall be an alternative level of benefits available to the following state miscellaneous members: (1) members who are excluded from the definition of state employee in subdivision (c) of Section 3513; (2) members employed by the executive bran…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a person who, on or after January 1, 2000, becomes a state miscellaneous or state industrial member of the system because the person (1) is first employed by the state, (2) returns to employment with the state from a break …

(a) A member who is subject to Section 21076, 21076.5, or 21077 may be credited at no cost with all previous state miscellaneous or state industrial service eligible to be credited under Second Tier benefits. A member who is entitled to service credit under this section shall app…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, Sections 21076, 21076.5, and 21077 shall not apply to service with the California National Guard or service as a National Guard member regardless of any prior membership status or previous election made. (Amended by Stats. 2013, C…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), persons who first become state miscellaneous or state industrial members of the system on or after July 1, 1991, and who are (1) excluded from the definition of state employee…

(a) A member who elects to be subject to Section 21076 shall be credited at no cost with all creditable previous state miscellaneous or state industrial service after the member is credited with one year of service under Section 21076. A member who was subject to Section 21076, w…

(a) A member who elects prior to January 1, 2000, to receive service credit under Section 21353, as authorized by subdivision (c) of Section 21070, for time during which he or she was subject to Section 21077, shall contribute in a lump sum or by installments, over that period an…

(a) Effective January 1, 2000, a member who elects to receive service credit under Section 21354.1, as authorized by Section 21073.7, for time during which the member received service credit subject to Section 21076 or 21077, shall deposit an amount equal to any accumulated contr…

A state Second Tier member, who meets the eligibility definition prescribed in subdivision (c) of Section 21071 may elect to be subject to Section 21353.5 while he or she is in the employment of the state. Upon becoming subject to Section 21353.5, the active member may elect, pri…

(a) The election provided to eligible members pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 21071, to be subject to the service retirement formula prescribed in Section 21353.5, shall be subject to conditions to be established and communicated by the board. (b) The election provided to …

(a) A member subject to the Second Tier benefits provided in Section 21076 or 21077 who is employed by the state on or after January 1, 2000, may make an irrevocable election, to be filed with the board, to be subject to the First Tier benefits provided in Section 21354.1 and to …

(a) A state member who became subject to the Second Tier shall be retired for service upon his or her written application to the board if he or she has attained age 55 and is credited with 10 years of state service. (b) A state member who elected coverage under Section 21077, sha…

Notwithstanding Section 20340, a person who is subject to Section 21076, 21076.5, or Section 21077 ceases to be a member if he or she has less than 10 years of service credit and no accumulated contributions in the retirement fund at the time of termination of service, except a m…

(a) The service retirement allowance for a state miscellaneous or state industrial member who has elected the benefits of this section is a pension equal to the fraction of one-hundredth of the member’s final compensation set forth opposite the member’s age at retirement, taken t…

(a) The service retirement allowance for a state miscellaneous or state industrial member who first becomes a member on or after January 1, 2013, who has elected the benefits of this section is a pension equal to the fraction of one-hundredth of the member’s final compensation se…

(a) The service retirement allowance for a state miscellaneous or state industrial member who elects to be subject to this section shall be: the sum of the allowance for service rendered under the Second Tier retirement formula, computed pursuant to Section 21076, added to the al…

This chapter shall be administered by the Public Employment Relations Board. In administering this chapter the board shall have all of the following rights, powers, duties and responsibilities: (a) To determine in disputed cases, or otherwise approve, appropriate units. (b) To de…

Any person who shall willfully resist, prevent, impede or interfere with any member of the board, or any of its agents, in the performance of duties pursuant to this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not m…

The initial determination as to whether the charges of unfair practices are justified, and, if so, what remedy is necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, shall be a matter within the exclusive jurisdiction of the board. Procedures for investigating, hearing, and dec…

The board shall have the power to issue a decision and order directing an offending party to cease and desist from the unfair practice and to take such affirmative action, including, but not limited to, the reinstatement of employees with or without back pay, as will effectuate t…

Notwithstanding any other law, if a decision by an administrative law judge regarding the recognition or certification of an employee organization as described in subdivision (k) of Section 3563 is appealed, the decision shall be deemed the final order of the board if the board d…

For purposes of this article: (a) (1) (A) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (B), “affected city” means a city, including a charter city, that the Department of Housing and Community Development determines, pursuant to subdivision (d), is in an urbanized area or urban c…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law and notwithstanding local density requirements, and except as provided in Section 66300.6.5, an affected city or an affected county shall not approve a housing development project that will require the demolition of one or more residential dwelli…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Complete private bathroom” means a bathroom that consists of a toilet and a shower, with a vanity sink that may or may not be in the same room. (2) (A) “Kitchen” means a section of a dwelling that include…

(a) Except as provided in Article 3 (commencing with Section 76200), for the purpose of assisting any county in the acquisition, rehabilitation, construction, and financing of courtrooms, a courtroom building or buildings containing facilities necessary or incidental to the opera…

(a) Except as provided in Article 3 (commencing with Section 76200), for the purpose of assisting any county in the construction, reconstruction, expansion, improvement, operation, or maintenance of county criminal justice and court facilities and for improvement of criminal just…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or Article 3 (commencing with Section 76200), following a public hearing, the board of supervisors of a county of the first class or a county of the 47th class which has established both a Courthouse Construction Fund and a Crim…

(a) For the purpose of assisting any county in the establishment of adequate fingerprint facilities and adequate suspect booking identification facilities, including, but not limited to, digital image photographic suspect booking identification facilities, in the county, the boar…

To assist any county in the funding and maintenance of a criminal justice forensic laboratory, the board of supervisors may, by resolution, establish in the county treasury a forensic laboratory fund. The fund moneys, together with any interest earned thereon, shall be held by th…

(a) For purposes of supporting emergency medical services pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 1797.98a) of Division 2.5 of the Health and Safety Code, the board of supervisors of any county which established in the county treasury an Emergency Medical Services Fund p…

(a) For the purpose of assisting any county in the establishment of automated photographic or DNA (genetic fingerprint) identification systems, or any new technology in the county, the board of supervisors may establish in the county treasury a DNA Identification Fund into which …

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, for the purpose of implementing the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act (Proposition 69), as approved by the voters at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, there shall be levied an additio…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in addition to the penalty levied pursuant to Section 76104.6, there shall be levied an additional state-only penalty of four dollars ($4) for every ten dollars ($10), or part of ten dollars ($10), in each county upon every fine, …

In any county authorized to establish one or more special purpose funds pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 76200), the county treasurer shall deposit in those funds that portion of the penalties collected pursuant to Section 76000 specified by the board of supervisors…

With respect to any fund established pursuant to this chapter, the penalty amounts to be deposited in the fund shall be specified by resolution adopted by the board of supervisors of each county consistent with the authorizations set forth in this article and Article 3 (commencin…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or Article 3 (commencing with Section 76200), the board of supervisors that has established a Courthouse Construction Fund or a Criminal Justice Facilities Construction Fund pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may, by res…

(a) The governing body of a contracting agency may establish a two-tiered retirement system developed by the board . (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to make a two-tiered retirement system a matter for bargaining pursuant to provisions of law relating to employer-employee …