Title GOV, California Gov. Code

The Secretary of State shall maintain and properly equip safe and secure vaults for the preservation, description, and use of the archives. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 145, Sec. 2. (AB 1759) Effective January 1, 2024.)

The Secretary of State shall receive into the archives an item that is required by law to be delivered to or filed with the Secretary of State. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 52. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)

The Secretary of State shall receive into the State Archives any official committee file transmitted pursuant to Section 9080 or rulemaking file transmitted pursuant to Section 11347.3. The Secretary of State may designate a time for the delivery of files in consideration of docu…

The Secretary of State may receive into the archives an item that the Secretary of State deems to be of historical value. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 53. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)

The Secretary of State may at any time return to the state agency from which it was received an item in the archives which the Secretary of State does not deem to be of historical value. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 54. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)

With the consent of the Secretary of State, the governing body of a county or city may by order or resolution direct the transfer to the Secretary of State for inclusion in the State archives, of official items it deems have historic interest or value, and which are in the custod…

The Chief of Archives is responsible for the preservation and description of material deposited in the State Archives and shall make the material readily available for use. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 145, Sec. 3. (AB 1759) Effective January 1, 2024.)

The Chief of Archives shall give an appropriate receipt for all material received by the Chief of Archives as a part of the archives. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 55. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)

The Secretary of State may maintain an item in an active file in the Secretary’s office for such time as the Secretary of State deems proper before transferring it to the archives. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 56. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)

The Secretary of State shall establish a Document Laboratory and a Record Processing Program to facilitate the preservation and description of the archives. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 145, Sec. 4. (AB 1759) Effective January 1, 2024.)

In carrying out the provisions of this article, the Secretary of State shall consult with and give consideration to the recommendations of the California Historical Records Advisory Board, which for that purpose shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Secretary of State. (Amen…

The Secretary of State shall utilize the California Historical Records Advisory Board to advise, encourage, and coordinate the activities of the county historical records commissions, either designated or appointed by the county boards of supervisors pursuant to Section 26490. Th…

The Secretary of State shall conduct under the administration of the State Archives a regular governmental history documentation program to provide through the use of oral history a continuing documentation of state policy development as reflected in California’s legislative and …

(a) The Secretary of State shall establish a Local Government Records Program to be administered by the State Archives to establish guidelines for local government records retention and to provide archival support to local agencies in this state. (b) The Secretary of State shall …

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1, any provision of law that exempts from public disclosure any item in the custody of the State Archives shall not apply to that item 75 years after the item was created, irrespective of…

The officer whose duty it is to approve official bonds required of officers of a county or judicial district not named in Section 1458 shall not accept or approve any such bond unless the affidavit of each of the personal sureties on the bond contains a statement that the surety …

The sureties on the bonds of all officers of a county or judicial district named in Section 1458 shall first be approved by the presiding judge of the superior court as is provided for the approval of the bond of their principals, before their principals’ bonds may be recorded an…

A member of the board of supervisors shall not be accepted as surety upon the official bond of any officer of a county or judicial district of his county. The sheriff, county clerk, tax collector, treasurer, recorder, auditor, assessor, or district attorney of the same county sha…

The Legislature finds and declares that Article XIII A of the Constitution, as added by the adoption of Proposition 13 on the ballot at the Direct Primary Election held on June 6, 1978, has substantially reduced the property tax revenues of many special districts, and that the re…

(a) The sum of thirty-five million seven hundred ten thousand dollars ($35,710,000) is hereby appropriated from the Local Agency Emergency Loan Fund to the State Controller for allocation to special districts as provided in this article. (b) The State Controller shall apply the p…

As used in this article, “eligible special district” means a special district, subsidiary district, or multicounty special district which, during the three fiscal years prior to the 1978–79 fiscal year, received, on the average, more than 50 percent of its total revenue directly …

Pursuant to a resolution adopted by its governing board, a county or city may distribute funds to any special district from any available county or city sources, including funds allocated to the county or city pursuant to Section 16272 of the Government Code or Section 35.5 of Ch…

Pursuant to a resolution adopted by its governing board, a county or city may lend any of its available funds to any special district which will receive state funds pursuant to Section 16272.7 of the Government Code or Section 35.5 of Chapter 332 of the Statutes of 1978. Such loa…

The Pooled Money Investment Board shall, at such times as it deems necessary, determine whether any portion of the money then on deposit in the State Treasury to the credit of any fund, exclusive of the General Fund, is not necessary for immediate use; and if so, it shall determi…

Upon the determination and designation of surplus money in any special fund, the Controller shall transfer from that fund to the Surplus Money Investment Fund in the State Treasury, which fund is continued in existence, the amount of surplus money so determined and designated. No…

All moneys transferred to or deposited in the Surplus Money Investment Fund are hereby appropriated without regard to fiscal years to carry out the purposes of this article. (Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 597.)

The Pooled Money Investment Board shall, at such times as it deems necessary, determine whether any portion of the money theretofore transferred to and remaining in the Surplus Money Investment Fund from any special fund is needed by such special fund to carry out the purposes fo…

For the purposes of this article, a written determination signed by a majority of the members of the Pooled Money Investment Board shall be deemed to be the determination of the board. (Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1545.)

The money in the Surplus Money Investment Fund, shall be invested and reinvested by the State Treasurer as a part of the Pooled Money Investment Account. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 505.)

At the conclusion of each calendar quarter, all interest earned and other increment derived from investments made pursuant to this article, interest earnings from demand accounts, and interest earnings pursuant to Section 20825 shall, on order of the Controller, be deposited in t…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the interest earned by governmental cost funds, as determined jointly by the Controller and Director of Finance, for the period January 1, 1982, through June 30, 1982, inclusive, shall be transferred to the unappropriated surplus of th…

Notwithstanding Section 16475, at the conclusion of each calendar quarter, all interest earned and other increment derived from the investment pursuant to this article of money of the Fish and Game Preservation Fund, less the expenses incurred by the Treasurer, the Controller, an…

If any provision of this article, or the application thereof to the money in any fund referred to herein, is held invalid, the remaining provisions of this article shall not be affected thereby. (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 991.)

A person ceases to be a member: (a) Upon retirement, except while participating in reduced worktime for partial service retirement. (b) If he or she is paid his or her normal contributions, unless payment of contributions is the result of an election pursuant to paragraph (1) of …

When any state member is charged by indictment with the commission of any felony involving the accepting or giving, or offering to accept or give, any bribe, the embezzlement of public money, extortion, theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes, …

Until his or her return to state service any member absent on military service may resign from this system. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Notwithstanding Section 21259, a person ceases to be a member for any portion of his or her service as an elected public officer that is forfeited pursuant to Section 1243. (Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 322, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.)

Upon receiving the commission’s determinations, the board of supervisors of each affected county shall order and give proclamation and notice of an election to be held in each affected county on the same specified day which shall be the next statewide primary or general election …

The proclamation and notice of election provided for pursuant to this article shall be published at least once a week for three weeks commencing not less than 70 days prior to the date of the election in a newspaper of general circulation in each affected county. (Amended by Stat…

If the election for the purpose of determining whether the proposed county shall be created results in the county being created, an election for purposes of determining the location of the county seat and the selection of county officers shall be held in the approved county at th…

The notice of election shall: (a) State distinctly the propositions to be submitted. (b) State the names of the affected county or counties. (c) State the date of the election. (d) Designate the election precincts and places at which the polls will be open as established by the b…

All qualified electors of each affected county who have been voters of the county 29 days prior to the date of the election are entitled to vote at the election. Registration and transfers of registration shall be made and shall close in the manner and at the times provided by la…

Ballots at the election shall contain the question: “Shall the new County of (insert the name of the proposed county) be formed?” To the right of or below the question, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting targets. If a voter marks the voting t…

The election shall be governed and controlled by the general election laws of the state so far as applicable, except as otherwise provided in this article. (Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)

If more than one argument for or more than one argument against creation of the proposed county is filed with the clerk of the principal county the clerk shall select one of the arguments for and one of the arguments against creation of the proposed county for printing and distri…

The elections official shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the proposed county formation to be printed and mailed to each qualified elector of each affected county. The ballot pamphlet shall contain the following in the order prescribed: (a) An impartial analysis of the crea…