Title GOV, California Gov. Code

As used in this article: (a) “Permit” includes application, license, certificate, or authorization. (b) “Fee” includes any monetary exaction imposed or collected for or as a condition precedent to the issuing, making, taking or securing of any permit, filing, examination, or insp…

This article does not affect payments required by Article 2 (commencing with Section 16370) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 4 to be made into or from the “Special Deposit Fund.” (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 114.)

This article does not authorize the refund of any fee when: (a) The payor, either before or after the issuance of a permit, has exercised or enjoyed, or has not been prevented by law from exercising or enjoying, the rights and privileges conferred thereby. (b) The payor has been …

Whenever any law which provides for fees or payments to a state agency does not authorize, as provided in this article, the refund of erroneous or excessive payments thereof, refunds may be made by the state agency which collected the fee or payment of any or all amounts received…

Any fee or payment subject to refund under this article, and any excess payment to a revolving fund as defined in Section 13140, may be refunded by the state agency collecting the fee or erroneous or excess payment (a) before deposit in the State Treasury from any unremitted bala…

The Governor shall commission: (a) All officers elected by the people whose commissions are not otherwise provided for except those officers to whom a certificate of election is issued by the Secretary of State. (b) All officers elected by the Legislature. (c) All officers of the…

The commissions of all officers commissioned by the Governor shall be issued in the name of the people of the State. They shall be signed by the Governor and attested by the Secretary of State, under the Great Seal. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

The commissions of all other officers, where no special provision is made by law, shall be signed by the presiding officer of the body or by the person making the appointment. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

When requested in writing by the Federal Highway Administration, the Maritime Commission, the Army, the Air Force, or the Navy, the department and each division thereof may perform any engineering, architectural, construction, maintenance, or mechanical work for, or on behalf of,…

Any architectural or construction work on buildings shall be limited to projects on property owned or controlled by the State. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 84.)

In the performance of any such federally financed work the department may adopt any procedure as to the letting of contracts for, the conduct of, or the payment for, the work, that is requested by the authorized agents of the federal agencies designated in Section 14150, or requi…

As to such work to be performed by the department, the department and the California Transportation Commission may do any and all things in connection therewith as may be done in connection with state highways and may acquire therefor, pursuant to state law, any necessary real or…

In addition to the purposes for which money is appropriated to the department or any division thereof, all of such money or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated and may be expended by the department for the performance of such work. Such expenditures shall …

“Department,” as used in this article, means the Department of Transportation as to work within its jurisdiction, the Department of Water Resources as to work within its jurisdiction, the Department of Boating and Waterways as to any project under the jurisdiction of that departm…

(a) (1) The director shall appoint assistants, clerks, and employees as may be necessary to maintain the state buildings and grounds. The employees shall not have or perform the duties or functions of peace officers. (2) The department may establish rules and regulations for the …

The Department of General Services shall purchase and provide for the display of both the Flag of the United States and the Bear Flag of California in a prominent place outside of each public building of the state. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)

To enable it better to perform its powers and duties relating to public buildings, the department may become a member and participate in the activities of any building management association. The department may pay any fee or charge incident to membership in such an association o…

The department shall consider all matters of city planning affecting the future needs of the state and the relation of the state plans to those of the capital city. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)

The department shall confer and advise with the planning body of the capital city concerning all matters affecting the metropolitan district in and within 15 miles outside the corporate limits of the city. It shall make recommendations to the governing bodies of all political uni…

The department may make recommendations to such political units concerning the metropolitan district. In so doing it shall have regard for: (a) The present conditions and future needs and growth of the district. (b) The distribution and relative location of all streets and railwa…

No later than March 1, 2022, the department shall prepare and submit to the Joint Rules Committee a report summarizing current building safety guidelines of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or similar building safety guidelines, relating to the integration of shelter-in-p…

This article does not apply to the Unemployment Fund or the Unemployment Administration Fund created by the Unemployment Insurance Act. (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 122.)

The General Cash Revolving Fund in the treasury is continued in existence. Whenever the Governor, upon request of the Controller, determines in writing that there is insufficient cash in the General Fund to meet payments authorized by law, and until his determination is revoked i…

This article does not authorize any transfer which will interfere with the carrying out of the object for which a special fund or other State account was created. Retransfers to special funds and other State accounts shall be made on order of the Governor in season so that the ob…

Warrants may be drawn by the Controller against the General Cash Revolving Fund, to the extent of the amounts available, in accordance with demands audited pursuant to law and rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Department of General Services, and also to me…

The General Cash Revolving Fund shall be reimbursed as provided in Chapter 2, Part 4. (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 122.)

As used in this chapter: (a) “Reimbursement warrants” refers to warrants drawn by the Controller on the General Fund pursuant to this article to reimburse the General Cash Revolving Fund for demands against the General Fund for which warrants were drawn against the General Cash R…

(a) If the Controller requests that registered reimbursement warrants be issued, and the Governor determines pursuant to Section 16381 that the need for those warrants is justified, a copy of the written request from the Controller shall also be provided to the chairperson and vi…

To reimburse the General Cash Revolving Fund, the Controller may draw reimbursement warrants on the General Fund in the same manner as if General Cash Revolving Fund warrants had not been issued to meet the demands for which they were drawn. (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 120.)

If a reimbursement warrant represents an amount in excess of the balance remaining in the unapplied money in the General Fund after first deducting from such unapplied money the amount, as estimated by the Controller, which is required by law to be earmarked, reserved or set apar…

The Controller may fix a maturity date for reimbursement warrants, and indorse upon each warrant, the date upon which the principal amount of the warrant will be paid and redeemed. The Controller, with the concurrence of the Department of Finance and the Office of the State Treas…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of prescribing a precise interest rate on registered reimbursement warrants, the committee may fix a maximum rate of interest for the warrants, not to exceed 12 percent per annum for either fixed or variable interest rate wa…

Registered reimbursement warrants shall be sold by the Controller at public sale to the best bidders or in negotiated sales on the terms and conditions the Controller shall approve, but at no less than face value of the registered reimbursement warrants offered. (Amended by Stats…

Notice of public sale of registered reimbursement warrants shall be given by the Controller by publication, not less than three days prior to sale, at least once in a newspaper published in the City of Sacramento. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 336, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 200…

The notice of public sale shall specify the amount of warrants to be sold, and the minimum amount for which the Controller will consider bids, and shall invite sealed bids for the purchase of the warrants. The notice shall state that no bid will be accepted that is less than the …

The Controller may give additional notice of any such sale in such form and manner as he may determine. (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 120.)

At the time specified in the notice of sale, the Controller shall open the bids, and award the warrants to the persons making the best bids as determined by him. The Controller may reject any and all bids. No bid for less than the face value of any warrants shall be accepted. (Ad…

The Controller shall endorse any registered reimbursement warrant so sold or to be sold in the name of and on behalf of the payee named in the warrant. The endorsement transfers to the holder the warrant and the claims in pursuance of which it was drawn, irrespective of whether t…

The cancellation, invalidity or abatement, in whole or in part, of any such claim, or of any warrant drawn against the General Cash Revolving Fund, does not invalidate or otherwise affect any registered reimbursement warrant. The certificate of the Controller relative to any of t…

It is not essential to the validity of the sale of any reimbursement warrant that it be actually registered prior to sale. (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 120.)

The proceeds of the sale of any registered reimbursement warrant shall be deposited in the State Treasury; an amount equal to its face value shall be credited to the General Cash Revolving Fund; and any premium received shall be deposited in the General Fund and used for the paym…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this section, to recognize the state’s General Fund budget deficit accumulated prior to July 1, 2009. It is further the intent of the Legislature that proceeds from the sale of reimbursement warrants, a short-term obligation up…

The board shall prescribe, amend, and repeal rules in accordance with law for the administration and enforcement of this part and other sections of this code over which the board is specifically assigned jurisdiction. Due notice of the contents of the rules shall be given to appo…

The board shall create and adjust classes of positions in the state civil service in accordance with Article VII of the Constitution and this part. (Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 794, Sec. 15.)

The board shall provide for dismissals, demotions, suspensions, and other adverse action for or in the state civil service in accordance with Article VII of the Constitution and this part. (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 478, Sec. 6.)

The board may make agreements with personnel agencies in other jurisdictions, political subdivisions, and state agencies excepted from the state civil service. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 57. (SB 1308) Effective January 1, 2013.)