Title GOV, California Gov. Code

(a) A county that contracts with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System as of the implementation date of this chapter and the trial court located within that county shall establish a joint contract with the county under Section 20460.1 and subdivis…

(a) Trial court policies related to accrued leave benefits, including the type and accrual rate of accrued leave benefits, in effect on the implementation date of this chapter shall remain in effect unless modified pursuant to subdivision (c). (b) The implementation of this chapt…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to benefits which those persons who are trial court employees on and after the implementation date of this chapter would receive upon retirement, the following provisions shall apply: (a) As provided in Section 71612, the i…

(a) Any trial court receiving cleaning or maintenance services from persons employed directly by the court or county shall continue to receive those services from persons employed directly by a trial court or county in which the trial court is located. (b) If the trial court repl…

(a) As of the implementation date of this chapter: (1) If a trial court employee receives county retiree group insurance benefits pursuant to Section 71626 and that county funds retiree group insurance benefits from excess funds in the county’s retirement system, or prefunds reti…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) As provided in Section 71612, the implementation of this chapter shall not be a cause for the modification of the level of federally regulated benefits provided to a trial court employee. The level of federally regulated benefits pr…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) As provided in Section 71612, the implementation of this chapter shall not be a cause for the modification of the level of deferred compensation plan benefits provided to a trial court employee. If the same deferred compensation pla…

Except as provided in Sections 71624, 71625, 71626, 71626.5, 71627, and 71628, and notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) As provided in Section 71612, the implementation of this chapter shall not be a cause for the modification of the level of trial court employment ben…

Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article govern the construction of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1454.)

“Governor” means the Governor or the person upon whom the powers and duties of the office of Governor have devolved pursuant to Section 10 of Article V of the California Constitution. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1454.)

(a) “State agency” means any department, division, independent establishment, or agency of the executive branch of the state government. (b) “Political subdivision” includes any city, city and county, county, district, or other local governmental agency or public agency authorize…

Three conditions or degrees of emergency are established by this chapter: (a) “State of war emergency” means the condition that exists immediately, with or without a proclamation thereof by the Governor, whenever this state or nation is attacked by an enemy of the United States, …

(a) A “mutual aid region” is a subdivision of the state emergency services organization, established to facilitate the coordination of mutual aid and other emergency operations within an area of the state consisting of two or more county operational areas. (b) An “operational are…

(a) “Emergency plans” means those official and approved documents which describe the principles and methods to be applied in carrying out emergency operations or rendering mutual aid during emergencies. These plans include such elements as continuity of government, the emergency …

“Master Mutual Aid Agreement” means the California Disaster and Civil Defense Master Mutual Aid Agreement, made and entered into by and between the State of California, its various departments and agencies, the various political subdivisions of the state, and federally recognized…

(a) “First responder” means an employee of the state or a local public agency who provides emergency response services, including any of the following: (1) A peace officer, as defined in Section 830 of the Penal Code. (2) A firefighter, as defined in Section 50925. (3) A paramedi…

This article is applicable to elected state officers, judges and commissioners of courts of the judicial branch of government, members of the Public Utilities Commission, members of the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, members of the Fair Political …

(a) Members of the board of directors and the executive of a groundwater sustainability agency shall file statements of economic interests in accordance with this article with the Commission using the Commission’s online system for filing statements of economic interests. (b) For…

Every candidate for an office specified in Section 87200 other than a justice of an appellate court or the Supreme Court shall file no later than the final filing date of a declaration of candidacy, a statement disclosing the candidate’s investments, the candidate’s interests in …

(a) (1) A person who is elected, appointed, or nominated to an office specified in Section 87200 shall file a statement disclosing the person’s investments and the person’s interests in real property held on the date of assuming office, income received during the 12 months before…

A person who holds an office specified in Section 87200 shall, each year at a time specified by commission regulations, file a statement disclosing the person’s investments, interests in real property, income, and arrangements for prospective employment during the period since th…

A person who leaves an office specified in Section 87200 shall, within 30 days after leaving the office, file a statement disclosing the person’s investments, interests in real property, income, and arrangements for prospective employment during the period since the previous stat…

A person who completes a term of an office specified in Section 87200 and within 45 days begins a term of the same office or another such office of the same jurisdiction is deemed not to assume office or leave office. (Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 200, Sec. 6. Effective January 1,…

If an investment or an interest in real property is required to be disclosed under this article, the statement shall contain: (a) A statement of the nature of the investment or interest. (b) The name of the business entity in which each investment is held, and a general descripti…

If an official must disclose a leasehold interest, the official shall do all of the following: (a) Identify the interest as a leasehold interest. (b) Disclose the number of years remaining on the lease. (c) Provide the leased property’s address or other precise location. (d) Prov…

(a) If income is required to be reported under this article, the statement shall contain, except as provided in subdivision (b): (1) The name and street address of each source of income aggregating five hundred dollars ($500) or more in value, or fifty dollars ($50) or more in va…

When an arrangement for prospective employment is required to be reported under this article, the statement shall contain the date that the filer accepted the prospective employer’s offer of employment, the business position, a general description of the business activity of the …

Except in statements required by Section 87203, investments and interests in real property which have been disclosed on a statement of economic interests filed in the same jurisdiction within the previous 60 days may be incorporated by reference. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1161.)…

When a statement is required to be filed under this article, every person specified in Section 87200 shall disclose any business positions held by that person. For purposes of this section, “business position” means any business entity in which the filer is a director, officer, p…

A person shall not make a gift totaling fifty dollars ($50) or more in a calendar year to a person described in Article 2 on behalf of another, or while acting as the intermediary or agent of another, without disclosing to the recipient of the gift both the intermediary or agent’…

This article does not apply to either of the following of the State Bar of California, who shall file statements under conflict of interest codes developed consistent with Section 87302: (a) A member of the Board of Trustees. (b) A designated employee. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. …

The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly shall determine what is a sufficient number of copies to supply the members of both houses and chief officers daily during the session with the Journal of the previous day’s proceedings of each house. (Added by Stats…

A sufficient number of copies, with proper repaging, as determined by the Secretary and Chief Clerk, shall also be bound at the end of the session of the Legislature as the Journals of the Senate and Assembly. (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.)

Each daily Journal and the Journals of the Senate and Assembly shall be printed by the State Printing Office. Each daily Journal shall be printed in book form separately, and the Journals of the Senate and Assembly shall be bound in book form. (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 111.)

One copy of the daily Journal of each house, upon its approval by the house, shall be authenticated as so approved by the chief clerk or secretary of the house. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 316.)

Upon final adjournment of the Legislature, the authenticated copy of the daily Journal of each house for the entire session shall be properly bound in separate volumes and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State as the official journals of both houses of the Legislature…

The department shall execute promptly all orders for printing or binding received from the various state agencies. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)

Orders for printing shall be forwarded to the department by the state agency ordering the printing. Such orders shall contain a statement showing that sufficient funds have been encumbered and made available to cover the cost of the printing ordered. The Office of State Printing …

There is in the Department of General Services a State Printer, who shall be appointed by the Governor, upon recommendation of the director, and shall serve at the pleasure of the director. His salary shall be fixed by the director in accordance with law. Such officer shall have …

The department shall take charge of and is responsible for all manuscripts and other matter delivered to it for printing. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)

There shall be retained and filed in the Office of State Printing, with the job ticket, one copy or sample of the printing produced on each completed printing order. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 371.)

The department shall employ such compositors, bookbinders, pressmen, assistants and such other skilled craftsmen as the exigency of the work from time to time requires. At no time shall more skilled craftsmen be employed than the absolute necessities of the state printing may dem…

(a) Pressmen, typographers, linotypers, compositors, bookbinders, lithographers, engravers, apprentices and assistants and all other employees of the Office of State Printing employed in allied work shall be paid on an hourly wage basis. The basic wage of those employees shall be…

There shall be kept in the Office of State Printing, a time book, containing the name of every employee connected with the Office of State Printing, the time employed, the rate of wages, and the amount paid. (Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 371.)

(a) It is the policy of the state that when an employee is to be separated from state service because the tasks he or she was assigned are to be eliminated or substantially changed due to management-initiated changes, including but not limited to automation or other technological…

(a) The department may temporarily restrict the choice of methods of appointment available to an appointing power if such restriction is deemed necessary in the placement in other state civil service positions of employees whose positions have been or are about to be changed subs…