Title GOV, California Gov. Code

All money received by the Department of General Services pursuant to paragraph (b) of Section 11290 shall be deposited in the Service Revolving Fund. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 992.)

The Secretary of State’s office may adopt rules and regulations as necessary to carry out this article, in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1000, Sec. 54. Effective January 1, 2000.)

The Secretary of State’s office may refuse to perform a service or refuse a filing based on a reasonable belief that the service or filing is being requested for an unlawful, false, or fraudulent purpose, to promote or conduct an illegitimate object or purpose, or is being reques…

(a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect fees as provided in this article and may also by regulation establish fees to be charged and collected for copying and special handling in connection with filing documents, issuing of certificates, and other services performed b…

The Secretary of State shall establish by regulation an application, examination, and commission fee that shall not exceed the amount necessary to cover the costs of commissioning notaries public and the enforcement of laws governing notaries public. The fee shall not exceed one …

The Secretary of State shall charge and collect the following fees for certification: (a) Certification of a document: Five dollars ($5). (b) Certificate of status or filing: Five dollars ($5). (c) Certificate of information: Ten dollars ($10) if the request is communicated in wr…

(a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect a fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) from an entity for its conversion made pursuant to Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 1150) of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code. (b) This section shall become operative …

Upon the filing of any document pursuant to any provision of the Corporations Code for which there is a filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) or more, at the time of filing the Secretary of State shall provide a copy without charge. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 494, Sec. 55. (S…

The fees for corporate filings are the following: (a) Issuing a certificate of reservation of corporate name: Ten dollars ($10). (b) Registering a corporate name for the calendar year pursuant to Section 2101 of the Corporations Code: Fifty dollars ($50). (c) Filing articles of i…

The general partnership filing fees are the following: (a) Filing a statement of partnership: Seventy dollars ($70). (b) Filing a statement of dissolution for the purposes of canceling a statement of partnership: No fee. (c) Filing any other partnership statement pursuant to this…

The limited partnership filing fees are the following: (a) Issuing a certificate of reservation of limited partnership name: ten dollars ($10). (b) Filing a certificate of limited partnership of a limited partnership: seventy dollars ($70). (c) Filing an application for registrat…

The limited liability partnership filing fees are the following: (a) Filing a registration for a registered limited liability partnership: Seventy dollars ($70). (b) Filing a registration for a foreign limited liability partnership: Seventy dollars ($70). (c) Filing an amendment …

The limited liability company filing fees are the following: (a) Issuing a certificate of reservation of limited liability company name: Ten dollars ($10). (b) Filing articles of organization of a limited liability company: Seventy dollars ($70). (c) Filing an application for reg…

The miscellaneous business entity filing fees are the following: (a) Foreign associations, as defined in Sections 170 and 171 of the Corporations Code: (1) Filing the statement and designation upon the qualification of a foreign association pursuant to Section 2105 of the Corpora…

The filing fees for a nonprofit mutual benefit ridesharing corporation are the following: (a) Nonprofit mutual benefit corporation having as its sole purpose the operation of a single ridesharing vanpool vehicle designed for transporting at least seven persons, including the driv…

The trademark and service mark fees are the following: (a) Filing an application for registration of a trademark: Seventy dollars ($70). (b) Issuing a certificate of assignment of a trademark: Thirty dollars ($30). (c) Filing a renewal for registration of a trademark: Thirty doll…

The fees for filing liens pursuant to the Code of Civil Procedure and for filing financing statements and other Uniform Commercial Code filings are the following: (a) Ten dollars ($10) if the record is communicated in writing and consists of one or two pages. (b) Twenty dollars (…

(a) Special filing fees for joint powers agreements are the following: (1) Filing a notice of a joint powers agreement: One dollar ($1). (2) Filing an amendment of a joint powers agreement: One dollar ($1). (3) Filing an executed copy of each agreement, lease, or equipment trust …

The Secretary of State shall charge and collect, as applicable, fees for the following: (a) Service of process, as provided in Section 15800 of the Corporations Code, for every partnership other than a foreign limited partnership subject to Article 9 (commencing with Section 1569…

The department shall develop, issue, and implement consistent and adequate guidelines to be utilized by agencies required to submit budgets pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 13320). Such guidelines shall, among other things: (a) Ensure budgets that …

The department shall, in cooperation with the Legislature, develop a format for utilization by agencies required to submit a program budget. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1286, Sec. 9.)

(a) The budget required by the State Constitution to be submitted by the Governor at each regular session of the Legislature shall be submitted within the first 10 days of each regular session and shall contain a complete plan and itemized statement of all proposed expenditures o…

(a) (1) “Advisory body” means every board, bureau, commission, committee, panel, task force, or similar group created by statute or executive order whose principal function is to review, advise, plan, advocate, or promote. (2) “State funded” means receiving direct or indirect sup…

The annual Budget Act shall not provide for projected expenditures in excess of projected revenues. Further, it is the intention of the Legislature that in the event, after enactment of the Budget Act, revised estimates of expected revenues or expenditures, or both, show that exp…

(a) The Budget Bill shall utilize a coding scheme compatible with the Governor’s Budget and with the records of the Controller. (b) The Budget Bill shall provide for the appropriation of federal funds received by the state and deposited in the State Treasury. (Amended by Stats. 1…

(a) There is hereby created a California Fiscal Advisory Board consisting of the following members, or their representatives: (1) Chairman of the committee in each house which considers appropriations. (2) Chairman of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. (3) Chairman of the Jo…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), on and after July 1, 2027, no moneys in any fund that, by any statute other than a Budget Act, are continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years may be encumbered unless the Legislature, by statute, specifies that the moneys i…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the existing budgeting, accounting, and reporting systems of the University of California shall not be substantially modified to comply with the requirements of this article. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1284.)

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit implementation of any provision of this article prior to a specified date. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1284.)

(a) The Department of Finance shall revise the Governor’s Budget documents display for the State Department of Public Health to include a display of the supplemental local assistance appropriation summary, including actual past year, estimated current year, and proposed budget ye…

(a) State agencies shall prepare and maintain financial and accounting data for inclusion in the Governor’s Budget, Budget Act and related documents, and the budgetary-legal basis annual report described in Section 12460, according to the methods and bases provided in regulations…

All official bonds shall be made payable to the State of California in such penalty and with such conditions as required by this article, or the law creating or regulating the duties of the office. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

The condition of an official bond shall be that the principal will well, truly, and faithfully perform all official duties then required of him by law, and also all such additional duties as may be imposed on him by any existing law of the State or law enacted subsequently to the…

Every official bond executed by any officer pursuant to law is in force and obligatory upon the principal and sureties therein for: (a) Any and all breaches of the conditions thereof committed during the time such officer continues to discharge any of the duties of or hold the of…

Whenever, except in criminal prosecutions, any special penalty, forfeiture, or liability is imposed on any officer of a county or judicial district for nonperformance or malperformance of official duties, the liability therefor attaches to the official bond of the officer, and to…

Not later than seven days after the notice from the State Controller, the governing body shall hold a public hearing for the purpose of determining the distribution of funds received pursuant to Section 16272.5. The governing body shall send written notice to the legislative body…

Following the close of the public hearing, the governing body shall distribute the funds in accordance with the following criteria: (a) Public Safety Services: (1) In distributing funds to districts which provide fire protection services, and any police protection district, count…

Within 30 days of the notice of allocation received pursuant to Section 16272.5, the governing body shall determine the amount of funds to be disbursed to each special district. The funds provided for by this chapter shall be used exclusively for special districts and shall not b…

Within five days of the determination by the governing body pursuant to Section 16276, the governing body shall publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation which includes: (1) the districts which received funds, (2) the amount of funds received, and (3) the purpose for…

The county auditor shall disburse funds to the special district in the same manner as disbursements which are made from the county treasurer’s property tax trust fund. (Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 454, Sec. 66.)

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the governing body to specify the manner in which such funds are to be expended by any district where such district has a legislative body other than the governing body. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 292.)

The determination of the governing body in distributing funds to a special district pursuant to this chapter shall be final and conclusive in the absence of fraud or prejudicial abuse of discretion. In any action or proceeding to review any determination of the governing body, su…

No action or proceeding shall be commenced to contest any determination of the governing body pursuant to this chapter, unless such action or proceeding shall have been brought within 90 days after the governing body’s determination. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 332.)

(a) A person directly appointed by the Governor, without the nomination of any officer or board, or directly appointed by the Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor, Controller, Secretary of State, Treasurer, or Superintendent of Public Instruction exempt from civil service under …

Persons appointed to the office of the Adjutant General or Assistant Adjutant General after October 1, 1961, shall have rights to membership as provided in this article for other persons appointed by the Governor and shall have no rights under the retirement benefit provisions of…

(a) An elective officer is excluded from membership in this system unless the officer files with the board an election in writing to become a member. The election effective date shall be the start date of the current term, provided the election is received by this system within 9…