Title GOV, California Gov. Code

In addition to the positions authorized by subdivision (c) of Section 4 of Article VII of the California Constitution for the Controller, the Governor, with the recommendation of the Controller, shall appoint three deputies of the Controller’s office who shall be exempt from stat…

The department shall have the following functions, duties, and powers: (a) To establish and maintain a principal office and any other offices within the state as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this part. (b) To meet and function at any place within the state. (c) To a…

(a) The department may also provide assistance to communities and persons therein in resolving disputes, disagreements, or difficulties relating to discriminatory practices based on race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, v…

(a) The Legislature recognizes that the avoidance of discriminatory practices in the employment of disabled persons is most effectively achieved through the ongoing efforts of state agencies involved in the vocational rehabilitation and job placement of the disabled. The departme…

The department shall maintain liaison with the human relations commissions of cities, counties, and any city and county, and shall provide any information not designated by law as confidential to such commissions on request. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 992.)

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to assist residents of the State of California in obtaining compensation for the pecuniary losses they suffer as a direct result of criminal acts. (b) This chapter shall govern the procedure by which crime v…

As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Board” means the California Victim Compensation Board. (b) (1) “Crime” means a crime or public offense, wherever it may take place, that would constitute a misdemeanor or a felony if the crime had been committed…

This chapter shall be known as the State Records Storage Act. (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 28, Sec. 31. (SB 854) Effective June 20, 2014.)

As used in this chapter “record” or “records” means all papers, maps, exhibits, magnetic or paper tapes, photographic films and prints, punched cards, and other documents produced, received, owned or used by an agency, regardless of physical form or characteristics. Library and m…

As used in this chapter, “public use forms” means those forms used by the state to obtain or to solicit facts, opinions, or other information from the public or private citizens, partnerships, corporations, organizations, business trusts, or any nongovernmental entity or legal re…

(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a Senior Citizens and Disabled Citizens Property Tax Postponement Fund. The fund shall be an interest-bearing fund. Subject to subdivision (b) and notwithstanding Section 13340, the fund is continuously appropriated to the Control…

(a) The Controller shall maintain a record of all properties against which a notice of lien for postponed property taxes has been recorded. The record shall include, but not be limited to, the names of each claimant, a description of the real property against which the lien is re…

For purposes of this chapter, “real property” shall include possessory interests in real property for which property taxes have been postponed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 20640) of Part 10.5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (A…

(a) All sums paid by the Controller under the provisions of this chapter, together with interest thereon, shall be secured by a lien in favor of the State of California when funds are transferred to the county by the Controller upon the real property or a manufactured home situat…

(a) From the time a payment is made pursuant to Section 16180, the amount of that payment shall bear interest at a rate (not compounded), determined as follows: (1) Beginning July 1, 2020, the rate of interest shall be 5 percent per annum. (2) Beginning July 1, 2016, until June 3…

(a) The Controller shall reduce the amount of the obligation secured by the lien or security agreement against the real property or manufactured home by the amount of any payments received for that purpose and by notification of any amounts paid by the Franchise Tax Board pursuan…

(a) If at any time the amount of the obligation secured by the lien for postponed property taxes is paid in full or otherwise discharged, the Controller, or the authorized delegate of the Controller, shall in the case of real property and a manufactured home situated on real prop…

In the event that a payment which is made to satisfy an obligation secured by a lien for postponed property taxes exceeds the amount owing to the state, the Controller may refund the overpayment to the party entitled thereto. The Controller shall pay those refunds out of the amou…

(a) In the event of a judicial foreclosure of any lien senior in priority to the lien provided by Section 16182, notice shall be given the Controller, in such manner as the Controller may prescribe, not less than 60 days prior to the sale upon judicial foreclosure of any lien sen…

The appointing power in all cases not excepted or exempted by virtue of Article VII of the Constitution shall fill positions by appointment, including cases of transfers, reinstatements, promotions, and demotions, in strict accordance with this part and the rules prescribed from …

(a) Subject to the approval of the board, the appointing authority may enter into arrangements with personnel agencies in other jurisdictions for the purpose of exchanging services and effecting transfers of employees. (b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017. (…

Transfer of an employee from a position under one appointing power to a position under another appointing power may be made, subject to board rule. (Added by renumbering Section 19994.5 by Stats. 1987, Ch. 316, Sec. 6.)

A transfer may be accomplished without examination pursuant to board rules. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 53, Sec. 23. (SB 866) Effective June 27, 2018.)

Notwithstanding Section 3517.6, an appointing power may transfer any employee under his or her jurisdiction to a position in the same class or to another position in a different class pursuant to board rule. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 360, Sec. 38. (SB 1309) Effective January 1…

Whenever any position is changed by the adoption of new, different or additional machines or processes while the purpose or product is the same or similar in nature, any civil service employee affected shall be given reasonable opportunity without change in class, status, or sala…

The board may prescribe rules governing the temporary assignment or loan of employees within an agency or between agencies for a period not to exceed two years or between jurisdictions for a period not to exceed four years for any of the following purposes: (a) To provide trainin…

Whenever a function or the administration of a law is transferred from one state agency to another state agency, all persons serving in the state civil service and engaged in the performance of the function or the administration of the law shall be transferred to that agency. The…

Civil service appointments shall only be made to a class that is appropriate for the duties, functions, and responsibilities that will be performed. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 53, Sec. 25. (SB 866) Effective June 27, 2018.)

Whenever a vacancy in any position is to be filled and not by transfer, demotion, or reinstatement, the appointing power shall provide any information the department requests, including the classification of the position, the number of vacancies to be filled, the tenure and time …

Except as provided in Section 19054.1, the order of preference in certifying eligibles shall be: subdivisional reemployment list, departmental reemployment list, general reemployment list, subdivisional promotional list, departmental promotional list, multidepartmental promotiona…

When an examination for a managerial position is conducted on an open and promotional basis, the names of eligibles shall be placed on one list and ranked in relative order of the examination scores received. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 53, Sec. 26. (SB 866) Effective June 27, 2…

The department may, consistent with board rules, provide for certification of names from appropriate employment lists of the same or higher level in the event an employment list is not available for the class to which a position belongs. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 360, Sec. 40.…

If the appointment is to be made from a departmental reemployment list or subdivisional reemployment list, unless either one is used as an appropriate employment list, the person standing highest shall be certified and appointed. (Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1350.)

Notwithstanding any other provision in this part, if the appointment is to be made from a general reemployment list, the names of the three persons with the highest standing on the list shall be certified to the appointing power. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1, Sec. 8. Effective …

(a) Except for reemployment lists and State Restriction of Appointment lists, when an appointing power seeks to fill a vacant position by using an employment list, the department shall provide the appointing power with a certified list of the names and addresses of all eligibles …

(a) An appointing power, before offering employment to an applicant, shall provide the applicant with an explanation of the benefits that accompany state service in the form of the materials described in subdivision (b). A formal offer of employment shall contain a written memori…

(a) For a position in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, there shall be certified to the appointing power the names and addresses of all those eligibles for peace officer and closely allied classes whose scores, at the time of certification, represent the three hig…

When there is no employment list from which a position may be filled, the appointing power, with the consent of the department, may fill the position by temporary appointment. The temporary appointment to a permanent position shall continue only until eligibles are available from…

A person who does not possess the minimum qualifications for the class to which the position belongs shall not be appointed under a temporary appointment. A temporary appointee shall not acquire any probationary or permanent status or rights, and time spent under temporary appoin…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person appointed to a trade-rate apprentice class in the Office of State Printing shall be appointed to the appropriate journeyman trade-rate class upon completion of the apprenticeship. A person who is first appointed to a trade-rate…

If there are no vacancies in the appropriate journeyman trade-rate class, the employee completing an apprenticeship under Section 19061 shall be afforded the opportunity to elect one of the following: (a) If the employee’s seniority rating at the time of appointment to the approp…

An employee holding a full- or part-time appointment shall be entitled to the amount of employment specified at the time of the appointment, subject to provisions of law and rule governing work force reduction and separation from civil service positions. (Added by renumbering Sec…

The department may establish eligibility requirements governing movement of employees between full-time, part-time, and intermittent positions. (Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 427, Sec. 56. (AB 1062) Effective January 1, 2014.)

(a) Any public agency may participate in this system by contract entered into between its governing body and the board pursuant to this part. However, a public agency shall not enter into the contract within three years of termination of a previous contract for participation. (b)…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), for all counties that contract with the board for the provision of retirement benefits for their eligible employees as of the implementation date of the Trial Court Employment Protection and Governance Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Sec…

The board may refuse to contract with, or to agree to an amendment proposed by, any public agency for any benefit provisions that are not specifically authorized by this part and that the board determines would adversely affect the administration of this system. (Repealed and add…