Title GOV, California Gov. Code

Any person employed subsequent to the effective date of this article who would otherwise qualify as a member shall not become a member until he or she certifies to the board his or her election to be covered by the retirement plan established by this article or to be covered by t…

(a) General members may, within 180 days of the effective date of this article, elect to transfer to the retirement plan created by this article upon proper application executed by the member and filed with the board. (b) The retirement benefits of the transferred members are gov…

Until the completion of the next regularly scheduled actuarial survey of the retirement system, the employer contribution required to finance the plan created by this article shall be established by the board, upon the recommendation of the actuary. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 175…

If any provision of this article, or the application thereof, to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or application of the article which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application and, to this end t…

As used in this article “public agency” includes the federal government or any federal department or agency, this state, any other state or any state department or agency, a county, city, public corporation, or public district of this state or any other state. Section 31478 does …

As used in this article, “total benefits” means the retirement allowance or other benefit payable to any beneficiary pursuant to the provisions of this chapter plus any other monetary payments due to the same beneficiary from any public agency. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 511.)

If an increase in the retirement allowance or other benefit payable to any beneficiary pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, whether such increase begins prior or subsequent to the effective date of this article, results in the decrease of the amount of any monetary payment…

If the statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, or orders of any public agency are so changed, or if for any other reason the effect of the increase of the retirement allowance or other benefit payable to any beneficiary pursuant to the provisions of this chapter on the amount o…

The provisions of this article are mandatory and not subject to option or election by any member or other beneficiary. Every such beneficiary shall inform the board of all facts necessary in order to comply with this article. The board shall ascertain such facts by such procedure…

If the board in good faith diligently seeks to ascertain all facts necessary in order to comply with this article, but, despite such effort, a payment of a retirement allowance or other benefit to any beneficiary is made without having been reduced as required by this article, ne…

The board shall deduct the amount of advanced disability pension payments made to a local safety member pursuant to Section 4850.3 or 4850.4 of the Labor Code from the member’s retroactive disability pension payments. If the retroactive disability allowance is not sufficient to r…

A retirement allowance or other benefit payable to a beneficiary pursuant to this chapter shall not be reduced pursuant to this article if such reduction would impair the constitutional rights of any person. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 511.)

(a) This article shall be applicable to all members of the retirement system of any county of the first class, as defined by Section 28020, as amended by Chapter 1204 of the Statutes of 1971, and Section 28022, as amended by Chapter 43 of the Statutes of 1961. (b) The purpose of …

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this section govern the construction of this article. (a) “Board” means the board of retirement. (b) “Employer” means the county, district, or agency whose employees are members of the retirement system of the co…

(a) The board of supervisors of any county subject to this article shall establish two defined contribution retirement plans authorized by Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The terms of the plans shall be mutually agreed to by the employer and employee representat…

It is intended that disability benefits payable from the retirement system pursuant to Article 10 (commencing with Section 31720), in the event of the member’s termination of employment for disability, are compensation for personal injury or sickness, and therefore would not be s…

It is intended that the maintenance of plan F not affect the rate of either member or employer contributions to the retirement system. The board may set a rate of regular interest credited to contributions to the prior plan made with respect to members participating in plan F tha…

The Controller, at the request of a state institution, department, board, bureau, commission, officer, employee or other agency for which an appropriation is made, may transfer, under procedures established by the Department of Finance, up to 10 percent of any appropriation made …

Any state agency which collects funds from the federal government shall include in the collections, amounts to offset federally allowed statewide indirect costs, as determined by the Department of Finance, except where prohibited by federal statutes. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 32…

All funds recovered from the federal government to offset statewide indirect costs shall be transferred to the Central Service Cost Recovery Fund or to the General Fund in a manner prescribed by the Department of Finance, unless expenditure of the funds is authorized by the Depar…

Whenever an appropriation has not been made to provide for recovery of general administrative costs pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11270) of Chapter 3 of Part 1, a sufficient sum for that purpose shall be transferred from each affected fund by the Controller to th…

No funds may be encumbered for paying a civil service employee a salary which is above the maximum of the salary range of the employee’s present classification for a period of more than 90 calendar days following termination of a career executive assignment appointment. The inten…

The California Coastal Commission, without regard to fiscal year, shall not be subject to the Statewide Cost Allocation Plan for statewide indirect costs established pursuant to Sections 13332.01 and 13332.02. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 228, Sec. 14. Effective August 11, 2003.)

No funds shall be used to purchase furnishings for any house, mobilehome, or apartment of three or more rooms other than a dormitory that is rented to a state employee. This provision shall not apply to the purchase of refrigerators, heaters, air-conditioning equipment, stoves, l…

(a) A purchase order or other form of documentation for acquisition or replacement of motor vehicles shall not be issued against any appropriation until the Department of General Services has investigated and established the necessity therefor. (b) A state agency shall not acquir…

(a) (1) The Director of General Services may not enter into a lease agreement between the state and another entity, public or private, in which the state is lessee if the agreement is to be for the lease of a building or building space, or both, which will be for the occupancy of…

(a) (1) Except as otherwise specified in paragraph (2), funds appropriated for capital outlay shall not be expended by any state agency, including, but not limited to, the University of California, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, and the Judici…

Notwithstanding Section 13332.11, the expenditure by the Department of Water Resources of funds appropriated pursuant to Section 5096.821 or 75032 of the Public Resources Code is not subject to the approval of the State Public Works Board if either of the following applies to the…

(a) Any acquisition of land or other real property authorized in any appropriation, except an appropriation from the California Water Fund or an appropriation to the Department of Transportation or the High-Speed Rail Authority for capital outlay purposes, shall be subject to the…

The Controller may not disburse funds from any appropriation for acquisition made to the Department of Parks and Recreation to pay for any property rights, however secured or received, until the State Public Works Board has approved the transaction. In addition, the Attorney Gene…

No expenditures for park furnishings shall be made unless the Department of Parks and Recreation has made reasonable efforts to acquire the furnishings on a consolidated procurement basis or through California Conservation Corps labor. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 44. Eff…

No appropriation may be combined or used in any manner to avoid budgeting the salary or operating expenses of any position or to achieve any purpose which has been denied by any formal action of the Legislature. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 44. Effective July 1, 1983.)

This article shall not apply to appropriations to the Legislature, the Legislative Counsel Bureau, the Bureau of State Audits, the California Commission on Uniform State Laws, or the California Law Revision Commission. (Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 12, Sec. 17. Effective May 7, 19…

Purchase estimates for supplies or equipment submitted to the Department of General Services pursuant to Section 10311 of the Public Contract Code received during the last 90 days of a fiscal year and for which a purchase order award is pending at the end of that fiscal year, may…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as specified in subdivision (b), revenues derived from the assessment of fines and penalties by any state agency shall not be expended unless the Legislature specifically provides authority for the expenditure of these funds in the an…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Design-build” means a construction procurement process in which both the design and construction of a project are procured from a single entity. (2) “Progressive design-build” means a project delive…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a local agency may, upon application by a subdivider, in connection with the approval of a tentative or final map for the proposed construction of a condominium development, which requires the obtaining of a tentative or f…

Prior to the acceptance of any rent or deposit from a prospective tenant, the following notice shall be provided: To the prospective occupant(s) of ________: (address) The owner(s) of this building at (address), have received a tentative map with (city, county, or city and county…

(a) The retirement plan created by this article shall be known as Retirement Plan 3. (b) This article shall be applicable in the retirement system of any county of the 13th class as described by Sections 28020 and 28034, if the board of supervisors executes a memorandum of unders…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this section govern the construction of this article. (a) “Board” means the board of retirement. (b) “Employer” means the county or district or agency whose employees are members of the retirement system of the c…

(a) The board of retirement shall establish a position whose qualifications shall include experience in administration and communication of defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans and whose duties shall include management of the plan or plans adopted pursuant to this…

(a) The board of supervisors of any county subject to this article shall establish a defined contribution retirement plan authorized by Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or a similar plan authorized by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. (b) Any full-time employee o…

(a) There shall be no general members’ contributions under the plan created by this article. (b) No refund shall be made to any member who elects to transfer to the retirement plan created by this article of the member’s accumulated contributions. A member who elects to transfer …

(a) Absence from work or termination of employment while an eligible employee or disability beneficiary, as defined by the long-term disability plan provided by the employer, shall not be considered as breaking the continuity of service. (b) For the purposes of subdivision (b) of…

(a) Retirement of a member who has met the requirements for age and service shall be made by the board, at which time the member becomes a retired member. (b) Any member who has completed 10 years of service shall be vested under the retirement plan created by this article. (c) A…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, no surviving spouse benefit shall be paid to a surviving spouse of a member who at the time of death had not met the minimum age and service credit requirements for service retirement. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch.…