Title GOV — California Gov. Code

The department shall ensure the state carries out its responsibilities in accordance with the federal Single Audit Act (31 U.S.C. Sec. 7501 et seq.). For that purpose, the department shall do all of the following: (a) Act as the liaison between state agencies, the California Stat…

The Director of Finance shall be responsible for coordinating state agency internal audits and identifying when agencies are required to comply with federally mandated audits. The Director of Finance, in coordinating the internal auditors of state agencies, shall ensure that thes…

Within the Department of Finance, there is the Demographic Research Unit. The purposes of the unit include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Providing adequate demographic data to aid effective state and local planning and policymaking. (b) Serving all levels of governm…

Whenever the department issues reports containing population breakdowns or analyses based on race or ethnicity, it shall report Asian-Pacific Islanders as a distinct category, and not combine Asian-Pacific Islanders into any other category.

The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) population size and distribution patterns in California exert a major influence on the physical, social, and economic structure of the state and on the quality of the environment generally; (2) sound and current data and methods to est…

Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 1798.24 of the Civil Code, data collected, received, or prepared by the Demographic Research Unit for purposes specified in Section 13073.5 that contains personal information, as defined by subdivision (a) of Section 1798.3 of the Civil …

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any revision, subsequent to the first revision, of the annual provisional county population estimates, made by the Department of Finance, shall not be the basis for a change in the amount of state funds received by local agencies or fun…

(a) When authorized or required by the Legislature in the Budget Act, the Department of Finance may exercise control over the adoption of regulations as provided in this section. The Legislature shall not authorize or require the Department of Finance in the Budget Act to review …

The director shall visit or cause to be visited from time to time every public institution maintained in whole or in part by State appropriations, to ascertain their condition, and their wants and requirements.

Whenever a nonprofit corporation or foundation enters into a contract with a state educational institution, maintained in whole or in part by state appropriation, under the terms of which services are to be performed for the state educational institution, the books and records of…

The director may exempt from his approval or from approval of the department any transactions involving not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for which such approval is required by statute whenever, in his judgment, such exemption is appropriate and in the best int…

With the consent of the Legislature, the director may make application for and accept loans of funds made available by the federal government or a federal department or agency to aid in financing the costs of engineering and architectural surveys, designs, plans, working drawings…

Such amount as may be necessary to pay monthly the amount required for liquidation of the investment, with interest at the rate agreed upon between the parties, in any agreements entered into between the State Department of the California Highway Patrol and the Governor and any o…

Such amount as may be necessary to pay monthly the amount required for liquidation of the investment, with interest at the rate agreed upon between the parties, in any agreements entered into between the State Department of Motor Vehicles or the State Department of California Hig…

The Department of Finance may increase or decrease funding appropriated to the Department of Transportation’s capital outlay support program using funding made available to the program from both the annual Budget Act and any other appropriation, provided the combined adjustments …

It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article that the state shall establish and annually update a five-year plan for funding infrastructure. The plan shall include input by the Legislature as provided in Section 13104. The plan shall identify state infrastructure …

As used in this article, “infrastructure” means real property, including land and improvements to the land, structures and equipment integral to the operation of structures, easements, rights-of-way and other forms of interest in property, roadways, and water conveyances.

In conjunction with the Governor’s Budget submitted pursuant to Section 13337, the Governor shall submit annually a proposed five-year infrastructure plan to the Legislature. This plan shall cover a five-fiscal-year period beginning with the fiscal year that is the same as that c…

By January 1, 2005, if a state agency requests infrastructure pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 13102, that agency shall specify how that infrastructure is consistent with the state planning priorities specified pursuant to Section 65041.1. The Governor may …

The department may perform audits, as it deems necessary, of the allocations or expenditures made in accordance with Article XIX B of the California Constitution.

It is the intent of the Legislature that the proposed infrastructure plan be considered by the Legislature in conjunction with its consideration of the Budget Bill.

(a) The amount estimated to be available for infrastructure pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 20 of Article XVI of the California Constitution shall be appropriated by the Legislature in the annual budget process. Upon the order of the department, the Controller shall transf…

(a) The Infrastructure Stabilization Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury for the infrastructure purposes described in subdivision (e) of Section 20 of Article XVI of the California Constitution. (b) This fund shall receive transfers pursuant to Section 13105 or from any …

(a) The State Infrastructure and Maintenance Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury for the purposes of funding state capital outlay, lease payments related to state capital outlay, and deferred maintenance, upon appropriation by the Legislature. (b) This fund shall receive…

(a) The Rail Infrastructure Account is hereby created in the State Transportation Fund for the purposes of funding projects in the Rail Modernization Improvement Program. Moneys in this fund shall be continuously appropriated to the Transportation Agency for the purposes describe…

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.

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.”

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…

Nominations made by the Governor to the Senate shall be in writing, designating the residence of the nominee and the office for which he is nominated. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

Whenever the Senate concurs in a nomination, its secretary shall immediately deliver a copy of the resolution of concurrence, certified by the president and secretary, to the Secretary of State, and another copy, certified by the secretary, to the Governor. (Enacted by Stats. 194…

In addition to any other statutory provisions requiring confirmation by the Senate of officers appointed by the Governor, the appointments by the Governor of the following officers and the appointments by the Governor to the listed boards and commissions are subject to confirmati…

In addition to any other statutory provisions requiring confirmation by the Senate of officers appointed by the Governor, including Section 1322, the appointment by the Governor of any officer, or any member of a board or commission, whose salary is provided for by Chapter 6 (com…

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.)

Unless otherwise provided, following any election or appointment and before any officer enters on the duties of his or her office, he or she shall take and subscribe the oath or affirmation set forth in Section 3 of Article XX of the Constitution of California.

Unless otherwise provided, the oath may be taken before any officer authorized to administer oaths. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

(a) Unless otherwise provided, every oath of office certified by the officer before whom it was taken shall be filed within the time required as follows: (1) The oath of all officers whose authority is not limited to any particular county, in the office of the Secretary of State.…

It is unlawful to remove a person from an office or position of public trust because such person has not complied with any law, charter, or regulation prescribing an additional test or qualification for such office or position of public trust, other than tests and qualifications …

It is unlawful for any person having the power of removal from office of any officer to remove or threaten to remove the officer from his office because the officer, in the appointment of any person to a position of public trust under himself, refuses to require any additional te…

Any officer or person who is removed or threatened with removal from any office or position of public trust may bring an action to restrain such unlawful removal or to enforce restoration by process of injunction, both prohibitory and mandatory, if the real reason for the removal…

No compensation nor reimbursement for expenses incurred shall be paid to any officer by any public agency unless he has taken and subscribed to the oath or affirmation required by this chapter.

Every person who, while taking and subscribing to the oath or affirmation required by this chapter, states as true any material matter which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of perjury, and is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Pen…

Every person having taken and subscribed to the oath or affirmation required by this chapter, who while holding office, advocates or becomes a member of any party or organization, political or otherwise, that advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States by force…

The department shall contract with qualified architects and engineers for the performance of work when it is determined by the Director of Transportation, with the approval of the Director of Finance, that the obtainable staff is unable to perform the particular work within the t…

The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with the department, shall study the potential cost-effectiveness and energy efficiency of utilizing retroreflective sheeting materials on highway signs. In completing the study, that commission s…

The department may prepare, publish, and issue such printed pamphlets and bulletins as the director deems necessary for the dissemination of information to the public concerning the activities of the several divisions of the department. Funds available for the support of the seve…