Title GOV, California Gov. Code

The board shall meet in Sacramento as often as the needs of the public service may require and in such other places as it may designate. A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum. The vote of three concurring members shall be required to make any action of the b…

The intention of the Legislature is hereby declared to be that the executive officer shall perform and discharge under the direction and control of the board the powers, duties, purposes, functions, and jurisdiction vested in the board and delegated to him or her by it. Any power…

The executive officer shall administer the civil service statutes and rules, subject to the right of appeal to the board. (Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 427, Sec. 15. (AB 1062) Effective January 1, 2014.)

When any person selected to assist in examinations or to serve as an authorized representative or referee of the board or the department is employed by the State in some other capacity, it is a part of his or her official duties to serve without additional compensation other than…

The Attorney General shall render such opinions to and represent the board or any member in such matters as may be requested by the board or any such member. The district attorneys and other prosecuting attorneys of counties and cities shall prosecute violations of this part. Upo…

The director shall adopt general rules and regulations doing all of the following: (a) Limiting the amount, time, and place of expenses and allowances to be paid to officers, employees, experts, and agents of the state while traveling on official state business. The rules and reg…

(a) The director, by rule, shall determine the fair and reasonable value of maintenance, living quarters, housing, lodging, board, meals, food, household supplies, fuel, laundry, domestic servants, and other services furnished by the state as an employer to its employees. The val…

All state agencies shall implement and use the California Automated Travel Expense Reimbursement System (CalATERS) to automate processing of employee travel claims by July 1, 2009, unless the Controller recommends, and the Department of Finance approves, an exemption request. To …

The department shall by rule authorize such expenditures as are reasonably necessary for the meals, lodging, or travel of persons who provide nonsalaried assistance to the department or a designated appointing power in the preparation or conduct of written or oral examinations. (…

There is hereby established a Child Care Fund to which funds shall be allocated from the amount appropriated in the annual Budget Act for employee compensation. The Child Care Fund shall be used to encourage development of child care programs for dependent children of state emplo…

(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Work and Family Fund to which funds shall be allocated from the amount negotiated in memoranda of understanding between the state and the recognized employee organization, as defined in Section 3513, and appropriated by the Le…

The Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System is continued in existence. It consists of: (a) One member of the State Personnel Board, selected by and serving at the pleasure of the State Personnel Board. (b) The Director of Human Resources. (c) The Contro…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the member of the board who is an elected official of a contracting agency appointed by the Governor, pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 20090, may designate a deputy, who is employed under the official’s authori…

The members of the board appointed by the Governor pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 20090, the public member appointed jointly by the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 20090, and any retired person serving on th…

Each employing agency that employs an elected member of the board shall be reimbursed by the retirement fund in an amount equal to the salary and benefits paid to the elected board member by the employing agency for the percentage of the elected board member’s regular work schedu…

The members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred through service on the board. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The counsel to the board shall notify each new member of the board upon his or her assumption of office and each member of the board annually that he or she is subject to the gift provisions of Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 89500) of Title 9. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 5…

The term of office of members of the board is four years expiring on January 15 in the order fixed by law. The board shall hold special elections to fill vacancies which occur during the term of elected members of the board. If at the time a vacancy occurs, the unexpired term is …

The board shall cause ballots to be distributed to each active and retired member of the system in advance of each election, and shall provide for the return of the voted ballots to the board without cost to the member, and shall develop election procedures. The results shall be …

If an incumbent member of the board, holding a board seat described in subdivision (g) of Section 20090, does not deliver his or her completed nomination documents to the election coordinator for reelection by the applicable filing deadline for candidates for the seat, any otherw…

Candidates for board seats described in subdivision (g) of Section 20090, including incumbent board members running for reelection, shall file campaign statements with the Secretary of State and the board pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 84200) of Chapter 4 of Title…

The board shall maintain its office in the City of Sacramento. A quorum of the board is seven members. The board shall elect a president from its membership. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) The board shall appoint and, notwithstanding Sections 19825, 19826, 19829, and 19832, shall fix the compensation of an executive officer, a general counsel, a chief actuary, a chief investment officer, a chief financial officer, a chief operating officer, a chief health direc…

The board may appoint a committee of one or more of its members to perform any act within the power of the board itself to perform. The board may also delegate authority to the executive officer to perform those acts. Except where the board, in delegating authority to a committee…

The board shall adopt a policy for providing education to board members. The policy, at a minimum, shall do the following: (a) Identify appropriate topics for board member education, which may include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Fiduciary responsibilities. (2) Eth…

The board is hereby authorized on behalf of the state to administer and to maintain in full force and effect the agreement entered into between the state and the Federal Security Administrator on March 9, 1951, and all modifications thereof heretofore made. (Amended by Stats. 199…

The board shall, upon application by any public agency except the state, in accordance with the provisions of this part execute on behalf of the state an agreement with the federal agency for the coverage of employees of such public agency under the federal system in conformity w…

The board shall upon the request of the legislative or governing body of any public agency, other than a school district, made after affirmative, secret vote of a majority of the eligible employees of the public agency in the class to be excluded, execute a modification to the ag…

With respect to employees in the coverage group defined in subdivision (a) of Section 22100, the application shall be deemed to be made by a public agency if made by the Adjutant General. With respect to employees in positions covered by the retirement system set forth in subdivi…

Notwithstanding Section 22201, before the board shall execute on behalf of the state an agreement with the federal agency as provided in this chapter, the public agency and the board shall enter into a written agreement, that shall include provisions not inconsistent with this pa…

The agreement between the state and the federal agency shall include each coverage group or retirement system coverage group as to which formal request for the inclusion is made by the legislative or governing body of the employing public agency pursuant to this chapter, prior to…

The legislative or governing body of every public agency having employees who are in positions not covered by any retirement system may, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the eligible employees of such public agency or of any coverage group thereof, make formal applicati…

The legislative or governing body of every public agency having employees in positions covered by a retirement system who are ineligible to become members of such retirement system may upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the eligible employees of any coverage group of such…

The legislative or governing body of every public agency having employees in positions covered by a retirement system who are ineligible to become members of such retirement system may in the case of any coverage group to which said agreement already applies, and upon the affirma…

Whenever an affirmative vote of a majority of the eligible employees in any coverage group is required as a condition of an application under this article, such requirement shall be deemed satisfied by the signatures of a majority of such eligible employees on a written petition …

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the board may execute a modification of the agreement, in conformity with the provisions of Section 218 of the Social Security Act and applicable federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to include the services of employees o…

With respect to each retirement system coverage group, the legislative or governing body of every public agency having employees in positions covered by a retirement system, may, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of eligible retirement system employees of the retirement sys…

At the request of a public agency, or as otherwise permitted by the board, any class or classes of positions covered by a retirement system which may be excluded from coverage under the federal system pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of Section 218(c) of the Social Security Act, …

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, the board shall execute a modification of the agreement in conformity with the provisions of Section 218 of the Social Security Act and applicable federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to include the services of employees…

All acts and proceedings heretofore taken under this part by or on behalf of the state or any other public agency for inclusion of its employees in the federal system and all modifications to the agreement executed by the board pursuant to such acts and proceedings are hereby con…

The terms and definitions contained in this article apply to the boundary descriptions of the several counties, unless otherwise declared. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

In describing courses, “north,” “south,” “east,” and “west,” mean true courses, and refer to the true meridian. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

“Northerly,” “southerly,” “easterly,” and “westerly,” mean due north, due south, due east, and due west, unless controlled by other words, or by lines, monuments, or natural objects. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

“To,” “on,” “along,” “with,” or “by” a mountain or ridge, mean summit point or summit line. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

“To,” “by,” “along,” “with,” “in,” “up,” or “down” a creek, river, slough, strait, or bay, mean the middle of the main channel thereof. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

“In,” “to,” or “from” the ocean shore mean a point three miles seaward from the shore. “Along,” “with,” “by,” or “on” the ocean shore, mean on a line parallel with and three miles seaward from the shore. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)