Title GOV — California Gov. Code

(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 …

(a) The board shall grant a hearing to an applicant who contests a staff recommendation to deny compensation in whole or in part. (b) The board shall notify the applicant not less than 10 days prior to the date of the hearing. Notwithstanding Section 11123, if the appeal that the…

(a) Judicial review of a final decision made pursuant to this chapter may be had by filing a petition for a writ of mandate in accordance with Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The right to petition shall not be affected by the failure to seek reconsideration before …

(a) The board shall publicize through the board, law enforcement agencies, victim centers, hospitals, medical, mental health or other counseling service providers, and other public or private agencies, the existence of the program established pursuant to this chapter, including t…

(a) The board shall be subrogated to the rights of the recipient to the extent of any compensation granted by the board. The subrogation rights shall be against the perpetrator of the crime or any person liable for the losses suffered as a direct result of the crime which was the…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Without treatment, approximately 50 percent of people who survive a traumatic, violent injury experience lasting or extended psychological or social difficulties. Untreated psychological trauma often has severe econ…

The Trauma Recovery Center at the San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, is recognized as the State Pilot Trauma Recovery Center (State Pilot TRC). The California Victim Compensation Board shall use the evidence-informed Integrated Trauma Recover…

(a) Claims under this chapter shall be paid from the Restitution Fund. (b) Notwithstanding Section 13340, except for funds to support trauma recovery center grants pursuant to Section 13963.1, the proceeds in the Restitution Fund are hereby continuously appropriated to the board,…

(a) Any recipient of an overpayment pursuant to this chapter is liable to repay the board that amount unless both of the following facts exist: (1) The overpayment was not due to fraud, misrepresentation, or willful nondisclosure on the part of the recipient. (2) The overpayment …

The board may do all of the following to recover moneys owed to the Restitution Fund: (a) File a civil action against the liable person for the recovery of the amount of moneys owed. This action shall be filed within one year of either of the following events, or within three yea…

This chapter shall be known as the State Records Storage Act.

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…

The director shall establish and administer in the executive branch of state government a records storage program that will apply efficient and economical records storage methods to the utilization, maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposal of state records.

The duties of the director shall include, but not be limited to: (a) Establishing standards, procedures, and techniques for effective storage of records. (b) Providing appropriate protection for records designated by state agencies, with the concurrence of the director, as essent…

(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) 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…

All amounts owing pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 16180) of this chapter shall become due if any of the following occurs: (a) The claimant, who is either the sole owner or sole possessory interestholder of the residential dwelling, as defined in Section 20583 or Se…

The amounts paid pursuant to Section 16180 shall continue to draw interest but amounts owing pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 16180) of this chapter shall not become due and payable if any of the following occurs: (a) The claimant continues to own and occupy or hold…

If, at any time, a person meeting the requirements of subdivision (a) or (c) of Section 16191 elects, or any surviving spouse described in subdivision (b) of such section becomes eligible, or otherwise elects, to postpone property taxes pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Sect…

In the event that the Controller receives the notice described in Section 16187 of this code or Section 3375 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the Controller may take any of the following actions which will best serve the interests of the state: (a) Notify, by United States mail,…

If the Controller, by reason of the notice described in Section 3375 of the Revenue and Taxation Code or by reason of information from any other source, determines that all amounts owing under Article 1 (commencing with Section 16180) of this chapter have become due and payable p…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the event that the state acquires an interest in real property pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 16200, the Controller may, in addition to the options provided in Section 16201, take any other action with respect to that real pr…

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.

A transfer may be accomplished without examination pursuant to board rules.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

(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…