Title GOV, California Gov. Code

(a) A person may not make to any committee, other than a political party committee, and a committee other than a political party committee may not accept, any contribution totaling more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per calendar year for the purpose of making contributions …

(a) A candidate for elective state office or an elected state officer may establish a separate account to defray attorney’s fees and other related legal costs incurred for the candidate’s or officer’s legal defense if the candidate or officer is subject to one or more civil or cr…

(a) A candidate for elective office other than an elective state office or an elected officer other than an elected state officer may establish a separate account pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 85304 and may use these funds only to defray attorney’s fees and other related…

(a) A candidate for elective state, county, or city office or committee controlled by that candidate shall not make a contribution to any other candidate for elective state, county, or city office in excess of the limits set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 85301. This section…

(a) A candidate may transfer campaign funds from one controlled committee to a controlled committee for elective state, county, or city office of the same candidate. Contributions transferred shall be attributed to specific contributors using a “last in, first out” or “first in, …

(a) The provisions of this article regarding loans apply to extensions of credit, but do not apply to loans made to a candidate by a commercial lending institution in the lender’s regular course of business on terms available to members of the general public for which the candida…

(a) Contributions made by a husband and wife may not be aggregated. (b) A contribution made by a child under 18 years of age is presumed to be a contribution from the parent or guardian of the child. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 102, Sec. 43. Approved in Proposition 34…

(a) In addition to any other report required by this title, a candidate for elective state office who is required to file reports pursuant to Section 84605 shall file online or electronically with the Secretary of State a report disclosing receipt of a contribution of one thousan…

(a) Any person who makes a payment or a promise of payment totaling fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more for a communication that clearly identifies a candidate for elective state office, but does not expressly advocate the election or defeat of the candidate, and that is dis…

For purposes of this title, payments for communications to members, employees, shareholders, or families of members, employees, or shareholders of an organization for the purpose of supporting or opposing a candidate or a ballot measure are not contributions or expenditures, prov…

The contribution limits of this chapter apply to special elections and apply to special runoff elections. A special election and a special runoff election are separate elections for purposes of the contribution and voluntary expenditure limits set forth in this chapter. (Added by…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an elected state, county, or city officer may establish a committee to oppose the qualification of a recall measure, and the recall election. This committee may be established when the elected state, county, or city officer…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a contribution for an election may be accepted by a candidate for elective state, county, or city office after the date of the election only to the extent that the contribution does not exceed net debts outstanding from the election, and…

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 85306, a candidate for elective state, county, or city office may carry over contributions raised in connection with one election for elective state, county, or city office to pay campaign expenditures incurred in connection with any…

(a) (1) A candidate for elective state, county, or city office may raise contributions for a general election before the primary election, and for a special general election before a special primary election, for the same elective state, county, or city office if the candidate se…

A candidate for state elective office may return all or part of any contribution to the donor who made the contribution at any time, whether or not other contributions are returned, except a contribution that the candidate for state elective office made to that candidate’s own co…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a committee that receives a contribution, or a portion thereof, that exceeds a contribution limit set forth in Section 85301, 85302, 85303, or 85316, may return the contribution, or a portion thereof, that exceeds the limit, or may attribute the…

(a) A foreign government, foreign principal, or foreign national shall not make, directly or through any other person, a contribution, expenditure, or independent expenditure in connection with the qualification or support of, or opposition to, any state or local ballot measure o…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if a candidate for elective state office or the candidate’s controlled committee had net debts resulting from an election held prior to January 1, 2001, contributions to that candidate or committee for that election are not sub…

The Controller shall submit an annual report to the Governor containing a statement of the funds of the state, its revenues, and the public expenditures during the preceding fiscal year. The annual report shall be known as the budgetary-legal basis annual report and prepared in a…

The Controller shall release an annual report that includes all of the following: (a) General Purpose Financial Statements prepared in accordance with Section 12460 and “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.” (b) Tabular statements showing: (1) The amount of each appropriatio…

The Controller shall also prepare a quarterly report on the General Fund comparing state revenues and expenditures for that quarter with the Budget Act, and other expenditures authorized pursuant to statute, in effect during that quarter. Such reports shall be submitted to the Le…

If any state agency, department, board, or commission, which is required by statute or regulation to furnish a financial statement or report to the Controller fails to furnish a complete and accurate financial report or statement within 20 days of the date prescribed, the Control…

Upon request, the Controller shall give information in writing to either house of the Legislature relating to the fiscal affairs of the state or the duties of the Controller’s office. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 81. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)

The Controller shall include the following information on bank accounts and savings and loan association accounts outside the treasury system in the budgetary-legal basis annual report, submitted pursuant to Section 12460: (a) The name of the account. (b) The source of authorizat…

(a) The Controller shall compile, publish, and make publicly available on the Controller’s website, in a format that may be printed and downloaded, reports of the financial transactions and information on annual compensation, consistent with subdivision (l) of Section 53892, of e…

(a) The Controller shall appoint an advisory committee consisting of seven local governmental officers to assist the Controller in developing complete and adequate records. (b) Whenever, in the opinion of the advisory committee and the Controller, the public welfare demands that …

(a) (1) The Controller shall include in reports compiled and published pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 12463 information relating to the imposition of each locally assessed parcel tax, including, but not limited to, the following: (A) The type and rate of parcel tax impose…

On or before May 1 of each year, the Controller shall compile and publish annually reports of the financial transactions of each community redevelopment agency created pursuant to Division 24 (commencing with Section 33000) of the Health and Safety Code. The Controller shall make…

On or before July 1, 2019, the Controller shall publish on the Controller’s Internet Web site a comprehensive list of special districts. The Controller shall update the list every year thereafter. For purposes of this section, the term “special district” means an “independent dis…

(a) If the county, city, or district reports are not made in the time, form, and manner required or there is reason to believe that a report is false, incomplete, or incorrect, the Controller shall appoint a qualified accountant to make an investigation and to obtain the informat…

(a) When they are in excess of five years old, reports from county and city officials and individuals, claims, canceled and paid warrants, payroll documents, and other records may be destroyed by the Controller, with the concurrence of the Director of General Services. (b) Except…

On the first business day of each month, the Controller shall furnish the Department of Finance with a statement of the amount of money in each fund of the Treasury, and the total amount as it appears upon the books of the Controller’s office, together with the amount of warrants…

(a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that the General Fund has experienced significant deficits in recent years due to economic factors and extraordinary demand for public services supported by the General Fund. In order to meet the cash needs of the state, it has been nece…

The Controller shall regularly audit the apportionment and allocation by counties of property tax revenue pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 75) of, and Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of, Part 0.5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code in accordance …

(a) The board may grant for pecuniary loss, when the board determines it will best aid the person seeking compensation, as follows: (1) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13957.2, reimburse the amount of medical or medical-related expenses incurred by the victim for …

(a) The board may establish maximum rates and service limitations for reimbursement of medical and medical-related services and for mental health and counseling services. The adoption, amendment, and repeal of these service limitations and maximum rates shall not be subject to th…

(a) In authorizing compensation for loss of income and support pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 13957, the board may take any of the following actions: (1) Subject to paragraph (7), and calculated as provided in paragraph (8), compensate the victim for loss…

(a) No reimbursement may be made for any expense that is submitted more than three years after it is incurred by the victim or derivative victim. However, reimbursement may be made for an expense submitted more than three years after the date it is incurred if the victim or deriv…

The board shall approve or deny applications, based on recommendations of the board staff, within an average of 90 calendar days and no later than 180 calendar days of acceptance by the board or victim center. (a) If the board does not meet the 90-day average standard prescribed …

The purpose of this article is to establish standards for the use of personal services contracts. (a) Personal services contracting is permissible to achieve cost savings when all the following conditions are met: (1) The contracting agency clearly demonstrates that the proposed …

Any state agency proposing to execute a contract pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 19130 shall notify the State Personnel Board of its intention. All organizations that represent state employees who perform the type of work to be contracted, and any person or organization wh…

(a) The State Personnel Board, at the request of an employee organization that represents state employees, shall review the adequacy of any proposed or executed contract that is of a type enumerated in subdivision (b) of Section 19130. The review shall be conducted in accordance …

(a) Any state agency may enter into an agreement with any public or private institution of higher education in California, nonprofit campus foundation, or state higher education foundation to provide part-time employment to students attending a public or private institution of hi…

(a) Personal services contracts entered into by a state agency in accordance with Section 19130 for persons providing janitorial and housekeeping services, custodians, food service workers, laundry workers, window cleaners, and security guard services shall include provisions for…

(a) If a contract is disapproved by action of the board or its delegate, a state agency shall immediately discontinue that contract unless ordered otherwise by the board or its delegate. The state agency shall not circumvent or disregard the board’s action by entering into anothe…