Title GOV — California Gov. Code

(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 …

For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Local agency” means a city, county, city and county, charter city, charter county, charter city and county, or special district. (b) “Local agency official” means any member of a local agency …

(a) If a local agency provides any type of compensation, salary, or stipend to a local agency official of that agency, then all local agency officials of that agency shall receive sexual harassment prevention training and education pursuant to this article. A local agency may als…

(a) A local agency that requires its local agency officials or employees to complete the sexual harassment prevention training and education prescribed by this article shall maintain records indicating both of the following: (1) The dates that local agency officials or employees …

The requirements of this article are in addition to any other law requiring similar or related training, and nothing in this article shall be construed to supersede the requirements of Section 12940 or 12950.1.

For purposes of this article: (a) “Fiscal and financial training” includes, but is not limited to, training in all of the following: (1) Laws and principles relating to financial administration and short- and long-term fiscal management, including, but not limited to, the role an…

(a) All local agency officials shall receive at least two hours of fiscal and financial training pursuant to this article. (b) A local agency or an association of local agencies may contract with or otherwise collaborate with a provider of a training course to offer one or more t…

(a) Every local agency official who is in a local agency’s service as of January 1, 2026, and commenced that service prior to January 1, 2026, shall receive the fiscal and financial training required by this article before January 1, 2028, unless that official’s term of office en…

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

A local agency official who is in compliance with Section 26945, 26945.1, 27000.7, 27000.8, or 27000.9 is exempt from the provisions of this article.

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…

The legislative body of a city or a fire protection district in which there is a regularly organized paid fire department or county fire warden department, shall grant to each regular or permanent member of the department an annual leave of absence from active duty of not less th…

The legislative body shall arrange such leaves so as not to impair the efficiency of the department.

Deduction shall not be made from the salary or pay of a member of the department granted such a leave of absence.

(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…

The cash settlement specified in Section 53260 shall not include any other noncash items except health benefits, which may be continued for the same duration of time as covered in the settlement, pursuant to the same time limitations as provided in Section 53260, or until the emp…

(a) All contracts of employment with a superintendent, deputy superintendent, assistant superintendent, associate superintendent, community college president, community college vice president, community college deputy vice president, general manager, city manager, county administ…

For purposes of this article, “local agency” means any general law county, general law city, and any district, school district, community college district, municipal or public corporation, political subdivision, or public agency of the state, or any instrumentality of any one or …

This article shall apply prospectively and shall affect any contract originally approved by the governing body, or any existing contract that is extended by the governing body, after the effective date of this article.

(a) The Legislature hereby finds that the hiring of permanent career civilian federal, state, and local government firefighters by local agencies as specified in this section is in need of uniform statewide regulation and constitutes a matter of statewide concern that shall be go…

As used in this article: (a) “Local agency” means city, county, or district. (b) “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 govern…

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, whenever a local agency takes over or assumes any of the functions of another local agency under a law which provides that all or any employees of such other local agency become employees of the local agency assuming the function, the gove…

(a) Whenever a special district or joint powers agency that provides fire protection or a city fire department is dissolved or the area it serves is decreased by reason of a consolidation, merger, incorporation, annexation, or contract, and the district, joint powers agency, or c…

No agency of the state, formed pursuant to general law or special act, for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries and which has as its primary function the control and conservation of floodwaters, shall contract to provide enginee…

Definitions used in this article: (a) “Local agency” means any county, city, city and county, including any charter county, city, or city and county, and any district, school district, community college district, municipal or public corporation, political subdivision, or public a…

(a) An employee, or applicant for employment, shall have the right to file a complaint with the local agency within 60 days of the date of the act or event which is the subject of the complaint. (b) Prior to filing a written complaint pursuant to this article, the employee shall …

(a) No local agency officer, manager, or supervisor shall take a reprisal action against any employee or applicant for employment who files a complaint pursuant to Section 53297. (b) This article is not intended to prevent a local agency from taking, directing others to take, rec…

(a) Any officer, manager, or supervisor who violates Section 53298 with malicious intent is punishable by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and imprisonment in the county jail for up to a period of one year. In addition, any local agency officer, manager, or sup…

In order for the Governor and the Legislature to determine the need to continue or modify local agency personnel procedures as they relate to disclosure of information by public employees, the League of California Cities in consultation with the County Supervisors Association of …

As used in this chapter, “local agency” means county, city, and sanitary district.

As used in this chapter, “conduits” mean sewers, water mains, or other conduits.

As used in this chapter, “lines” mean pole lines for the transmission of electricity and electric energy.

All powers and duties conferred upon the Public Utilities Commission by this chapter are exclusive. Its judgment is conclusive upon all parties to any proceedings taken pursuant to this chapter.

This chapter is alternative to, and does not repeal, Chapter 1.

Under the terms prescribed by its legislative body a city or sanitary district may permit a local agency to construct and maintain conduits and lines in, along, or across its streets and other public places and to use them for such purpose pursuant to this chapter and not otherwi…