Title GOV, California Gov. Code

Notwithstanding any other law, the Controller may use the funds in the Infrastructure Stabilization Fund, the State Infrastructure and Maintenance Fund, and the Rail Infrastructure Account for cashflow loans to the General Fund as provided in Sections 16310 and 16381. (Amended by…

For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Governing 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 go…

(a) When compensation is otherwise authorized by statute, a local agency may pay compensation to members of a legislative body for attendance at the following occurrences: (1) A meeting of the legislative body. (2) A meeting of an advisory body. (3) A conference or organized educ…

(a) When reimbursement is otherwise authorized by statute, a local agency may reimburse members of a legislative body for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties, including, but not limited to, activities described in Article 2.4 (commencing w…

(a) If a local agency reimburses members of a legislative body for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties, then a local agency shall provide expense report forms to be filed by the members of the legislative body for reimbursement for actual …

Penalties for misuse of public resources or falsifying expense reports in violation of expense reporting polices may include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) The loss of reimbursement privileges. (b) Restitution to the local agency. (c) Civil penalties for misuse of pu…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Legislative body” has the same meaning as specified in Section 54952. (b) “Local agency” means a city, county, city and county, charter city, charter county, charter city and county, school district, county offic…

(a) (1) If a local agency provides any type of compensation, salary, or stipend to a member of a legislative body, or provides reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred by a member of a legislative body in the performance of official duties, then all local agency o…

(a) Each local agency official in local agency service as of January 1, 2006, except for officials whose term of office ends before January 9, 2007, shall receive the training required by subdivision (a) of Section 53235 before January 1, 2007. Thereafter, each local agency offic…

(a) A local agency that provides the ethical training prescribed by this article shall maintain records indicating both of the following: (1) The dates that local officials satisfied the requirements of this article. (2) The entity that provided the training. (b) Notwithstanding …

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) There is a compelling public interest in ensuring that all federal, state, local, and private funds available for the state highway program are captured and used in a timely manner. (2) In order to maximize t…

The department may contract for the services of engineers, architects, surveyors, planners, environmental specialists, and materials testing specialists to provide professional and technical services relating to project study reports, project development, surveying, and construct…

The department, in applying the criteria for contracting for services established pursuant to this article, shall consider the workload relating to project study reports, project development, surveying, and construction inspection based on the total program relating to those fact…

(a) Solely for the purpose of validating the selection of consultants completed prior to July 1, 1990, the Legislature hereby declares that the process of evaluating and selecting consultants for that list of projects specifically identified in the selection process undertaken du…

(a) In addition to the requirements set forth in this section, in the department’s contracting out for the services of engineers, architects, surveyors, planners, environmental specialists, and material specialists, the department shall comply with the criteria governing the stat…

(a) Contracts made pursuant to this article are not subject to Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 6 of Part 2 of Division 5. (b) Contracts for engineering, architectural, landscape architectural, environmental, or land surveying services that the department elec…

(a) The department, after consultation with the commission and local transportation agencies, shall adopt guidelines for determining the appropriateness of contracting with private firms or on projects developed cooperatively with local jurisdictions. The guidelines shall include…

Each contract for engineering, architectural, or landscape architectural services entered into pursuant to this article and any construction contract resulting therefrom is subject to all of the following conditions: (a) The engineering, architectural, or landscape architectural …

(a) The department shall encourage mentor-protege agreements between prime contractors and subcontractors whereby protege firms may receive appropriate developmental assistance from the mentor firm to enhance protege firms’ capabilities to perform as subcontractors and suppliers.…

The State Motor Vehicle Insurance Account is hereby created as a special account in the General Fund. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1079. See same-numbered section added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 390.)

Amounts collected by the Department of General Services pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 11290 shall be deposited in the account and such amounts are continuously appropriated for the purposes set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 11290. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1079.)

The legislative body of a county, city, municipal corporation, political subdivision, public district, or other public agency may provide for the payment of the costs of replacing or repairing property or prostheses of an employee, such as eyeglasses, hearing aids, dentures, watc…

On or after January 1, 2012, any contract executed or renewed between a local agency and an officer or employee of a local agency that provides paid leave salary offered by the local agency to the officer or employee pending an investigation shall require that any salary provided…

On or after January 1, 2012, any contract executed or renewed between a local agency and an officer or employee of a local agency that provides funds for the legal criminal defense of an officer or employee shall require that any funds provided for that purpose be fully reimburse…

On or after January 1, 2012, any contract of employment between an employee and a local agency employer shall include a provision which provides that, regardless of the term of the contract, if the contract is terminated, any cash settlement related to the termination that an emp…

On or after January 1, 2012, if a local agency provides, in the absence of a contractual obligation, for any of the payments described in this article, then the employee or officer receiving any payments provided for those purposes shall fully reimburse the local agency that prov…

For purposes of this article, “abuse of office or position” means either of the following: (a) An abuse of public authority, including, but not limited to, waste, fraud, and violation of the law under color of authority. (b) A crime against public justice, including, but not limi…

(a) A local public officer, as defined in subdivision (b), who is convicted by a state or federal trial court of any felony under state or federal law for conduct arising out of, or in the performance of, his or her official duties shall forfeit any contract right or other common…

(a) Any person now or hereafter employed by a county, city, municipal corporation, district, or other public agency may file with their appointing power a designation of a person who, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall, on the death of the employee, be entitled to …

As used in this article, “local agency” means any county, city, city and county, including any charter county, city, or city and county, and any district, school district, municipal or public corporation, political subdivision, or public agency of the state, or any instrumentalit…

(a) No local agency shall adopt or continue in effect an ordinance or policy which prohibits consideration of comparability of the value of the work as one of the factors which may be used during the collective-bargaining process to negotiate salaries. Existing memoranda of under…

(a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Acquisition” includes purchase, option to purchase, or lease of real property, including lease purchase or lease with option to purchase. (2) “Planning” includes studies, suitability reports, environmen…

(a) (1) The State Project Infrastructure Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. (2) Except as otherwise provided in clause (vi) of subparagraph (C), notwithstanding Section 13340, the fund is continuously appropriated to the department, without regard to fiscal years, …

(a) Any state project authorized pursuant to this article shall be funded in whole or in part by the State Project Infrastructure Fund. (b) Any state project authorized pursuant to this article shall be subject to approval and administrative oversight by the Department of Finance…

(a) Prior to the development of the project scope, cost, and delivery method of a state project pursuant to subdivision (b), the department, upon approval by the Department of Finance, may utilize moneys in the State Project Infrastructure Fund for planning. (b) The State Public …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 14694, with respect to the state projects specified in subdivision (b), the Department of Finance, on behalf of the department, shall notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee at least 45 days prior to the establishment of the scope, cost, and deli…

(a) The department shall submit, on a quarterly basis, a report on the status of each state project established by the State Public Works Board pursuant to Section 14694 to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and to the chairpersons of the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal…

The State Public Works Board shall not be deemed a lead or responsible agency for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) for any activities under this article. This section is declarative of …

The employment procedures of the department and of each state agency shall conform to the federal and state laws governing employment practices, including the use of employment forms. The department and the Civil Rights Department shall work cooperatively to develop uniform emplo…

The department shall be responsible for the collection and review of all employment forms used by state agencies for civil service employment and for the development of standard employment forms for general use by all state agencies. The department may designate an appointing pow…

The Civil Rights Department shall collect and review all other forms used by state agencies for employment, and occupational licensing and registration, to ensure conformance to law and to develop standard forms for general use by all state agencies. Each state agency shall use t…

Each state agency is responsible for ensuring that the employment application forms, and occupational licensing and registration forms, used by the agency conform to federal and state laws governing registration and employment practices. An agency shall not use a form which is no…

State agencies shall exhaust existing supplies of forms which conform with federal and state law before using any new form approved by the department or the Civil Rights Department pursuant to this article. (Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 48, Sec. 50. (SB 189) Effective June 30, 202…

Employment forms used by a state agency shall require a person applying for employment to disclose whether the person has entered into an agreement with the state regarding any previous employment with the state that prohibits that person from seeking or accepting any subsequent …

A violation of this article shall constitute an unlawful employment practice which is subject to the enforcement provisions of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 12960) of Part 2.8 of Division 3 of Title 2), except Sections 12975 an…

(a) All contracts of employment between an employee and a local agency employer shall include a provision that provides that regardless of the term of the contract, if the contract is terminated, the maximum cash settlement that an employee may receive shall be an amount equal to…