Title GOV, California Gov. Code

(a) All public water systems, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, with 10,000 or more service connections shall review and revise their disaster preparedness plans in conjunction with related agencies, including, but not limited to, loca…

The Office of Emergency Services shall approve and adopt, and incorporate the California Animal Response Emergency System (CARES) program developed under the oversight of the Department of Food and Agriculture into the standardized emergency management system established pursuant…

A city or county that requires a kennel license or permit to operate a kennel within its jurisdiction shall require, as a condition for obtaining the license or permit, that the kennel owner create and submit to the city or county an animal natural disaster evacuation plan for an…

State agencies granted authority by the Governor, the Business Continuity Task Force, the Emergency Preparedness Task Force, or the Executive Committee established by Executive Order D-3-99 to implement any type of disaster, contingency, or business continuity plan may use volunt…

Any disaster preparedness or response official may be specifically identified by name and title in any disaster, contingency, or business continuity plan developed pursuant to Executive Order D-3-99 if such a plan incorporates aspects of any contingency plan previously developed …

(a) The operation of this article is contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute for purposes of this article. (b) No later than July 1, 2028, the joint powers authority shall submit a report to the Legislature, in compliance wi…

The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Catastrophic threats exist to lives, property, and resources in California, including wildfire. Climate change, an epidemic of dead and dying trees, and the proliferation of new homes in the wildland urban interface magnify th…

For purposes of this section: (a) “Joint powers authority” means the agency or entity designated or created pursuant to a joint powers agreement between the Office of Emergency Services and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, entered into pursuant to Section 8654.4, t…

(a) The Office of Emergency Services shall enter into a joint powers agreement, in accordance with the Joint Exercise of Powers Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1) and this article, with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to develop…

(a) The State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Director of Housing and Community Development, shall, consistent with Section 8654.2, identify building retrofits and structure hardening measures eligible for financial assistan…

Designated wildfire hazard areas eligible for financial assistance under the wildfire mitigation program shall include all of the following: (a) Local responsibility areas located within a very high fire hazard severity zone, as designated pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of …

(a) The joint powers authority may accept any federal funds granted, by act of Congress or by executive order, for all or any of the purposes of this article. (b) The joint powers authority shall develop criteria and a scoring methodology to prioritize financial assistance provid…

(a) The joint powers authority shall develop eligibility criteria for property owners, community organizations, and local governments who may receive financial assistance under the wildfire mitigation program in accordance with this article. (b) The joint powers authority may als…

(a) The joint powers authority may enter into cooperative agreements with any of the following eligible entities to perform those functions eligible for financial assistance under the wildfire mitigation program in lieu of, or in addition to, an award of financial assistance: (1)…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “California Residential Mitigation Program” or “CRMP” means the joint powers authority created in 2012 by agreement between the California Earthquake Authority and the Office of Emergency Services. (b) “Fund” mean…

Upon appropriation by the Legislature, pursuant to this article, CRMP shall fund the seismic retrofitting of affordable multifamily housing. (a) Funding provided under this section shall be limited to affordable multifamily housing and consistent with this article. (b) CRMP shall…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that there exists the California Residential Mitigation Program, also known as the CRMP, a joint powers authority created in 2012 by agreement between the California Earthquake Authority and the Office of Emergency Services. (b) The Seismic …

(a) The CRMP shall develop and administer the program in accordance with this article. (b) The program shall do all of the following: (1) Encourage cost-effective seismic retrofitting for existing affordable multifamily housing in California. (2) Provide financial assistance to o…

(a) The CRMP shall develop criteria and a scoring methodology to prioritize financial assistance provided under the program that consider, but are not limited to considering, all of the following: (1) An area’s and community’s vulnerability to earthquakes. (2) The number of low- …

(a) The CRMP may accept any federal funds granted by an act of Congress or by executive order for any of the purposes of this article. (b) Administrative expenses of developing and administering the program shall not be paid from a source other than the funds appropriated pursuan…

(a) By January 1, 2027, and annually thereafter until January 1, 2042, the CRMP shall submit a report to the Legislature pursuant to Section 9795 regarding the implementation of the program. The report shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following: (1) An evaluation …

This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2042, and, as of January 1, 2043, is repealed. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 48, Sec. 17. (SB 189) Effective June 30, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2043, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Article 5.10 commencing with Secti…

As used in this chapter “disaster” means a war or enemy-caused calamity, such as an attack by nuclear weapons, which renders unavailable the Lieutenant Governor, or the Attorney General, or the Secretary of State, or the Treasurer, or the Controller. “Unavailable” means that any …

As soon as practicable after the effective date of this chapter, and thereafter as soon as practicable after election and qualification to office, each of the constitutional officers named in Section 12700 shall appoint and designate by filing with the Secretary of State the name…

If a constitutional officer who has appointed successors as provided in this chapter becomes unavailable because of a disaster, the powers and duties of the officer’s office shall devolve upon one of the officer’s appointees in the order specified in making the appointments and t…

The Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Controller shall, in addition to the appointments required to be made by Section 12701, designate the order in which persons holding office as their deputies or assistants, and not appointed under Section 12701, shall serve…

Any such person shall, while holding the office, be known as Acting Lieutenant Governor, Acting Attorney General, Acting Secretary of State, Acting Treasurer, and Acting Controller, as the case may be, and shall perform the duties of the office and receive the salary and perquisi…

This part shall become operative on July 1, 2017. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 16, Sec. 5. (AB 102) Effective June 27, 2017. Note: Operative date provision applies to Part 8.7, commencing with Section 15570.)

Provisions of the Public Utilities Code and orders and regulations of the Public Utilities Commission relating to common carriers of passengers shall not apply to social service transportation delivered by a nonprofit social service transportation provider or to a locally license…

No county, city, or district may impose a special license or fee for social service transportation provided by a nonprofit social service transportation provider organization or by a for-profit transportation provider, operating under local license or franchise, which provides so…

The definitions in this section shall govern the construction and interpretation of this chapter. (a) “Investment” or “invest” means the commitment of funds or other assets to a business firm, including a loan or other extension of credit made to that firm, or security given for …

On or after January 1, 1994, state trust moneys shall not be used to make additional or new investments or to renew existing investments in business firms that engage in discriminatory business practices in furtherance of or in compliance with the Arab League’s economic boycott o…

Section 16649.81 shall not apply to any business firm which, by resolution of its governing body, adopts a policy not to renew existing, expand existing, or engage in new, discriminatory business practices in furtherance of or in compliance with the Arab League’s economic boycott…

On or after January 1, 1994, state trust moneys shall not be used to make additional or new investments or to renew existing investments in financial institutions that engage in discriminatory business practices in furtherance of or in compliance with the Arab League’s economic b…

Section 16649.83 shall not apply to any financial institution which, by resolution of its governing body, adopts a policy not to renew existing, expand existing, or engage in new, discriminatory business practices in furtherance of or in compliance with the Arab League’s economic…

(a) A copy of a resolution, as described in Sections 16649.82 and 16649.84, shall be submitted to the Treasurer and to the chief administrative officer of each state trust fund. Information shall also be submitted by business firms that provides a description of the discriminator…

Beginning January 1, 1995, and continuing thereafter until January 1, 1998, state trust funds shall annually reduce by one-third the value of their respective investments in business firms and financial institutions that engage in discriminatory business practices in furtherance …

Effective January 1, 1998, state trust funds shall not make or hold any investment in any business firm or financial institution that engages in discriminatory business practices in furtherance of or in compliance with the Arab League’s economic boycott of Israel. (Amended by Sta…

State moneys shall not be deposited with financial institutions that, following January 1, 1994, engage in discriminatory business practices in furtherance of or in compliance with the Arab League’s economic boycott of Israel. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1351, Sec. 2. Effective Ja…

The prohibitions contained in Sections 16649.83, 16649.87, 16649.88, and 16649.89, shall not apply to any loan or extension of credit for which an agreement is entered into before the date of enactment of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1351, Sec. 2. Effective January 1,…

Present, future, and former members of the governing board of any trust fund, jointly and individually, state officers and employees, and investment managers under contract with the state shall be indemnified from the General Fund by the State of California from all claims, deman…

Present, future, and former Regents of the University of California, jointly and individually, officers and employees of the University of California, and investment managers under contract with the University of California shall be indemnified from the General Fund by the State …

This chapter shall not apply to any Internal Revenue Code Section 457, 401(k), or 403(b) defined contribution plan administered by the Department of Human Resources. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 53. (SB 1308) Effective January 1, 2013.)

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a business firm from utilizing a single resolution to satisfy the requirements of both Sections 16649.82 and 16641.5, provided that the specific requirements of Sections 16649.82 and 16641.5 are each fully complied with in the single res…

(a) As used in this part, “compensation” means the remuneration paid out of funds controlled by the employer in payment for the member’s services performed during normal working hours or for time during which the member is excused from work because of any of the following: (1) Ho…

A contracting agency may report an amount for each member that is equal to a uniformly applied percentage of salary in lieu of computing and reporting the actual compensation attributable to each individual member if the contracting agency has agreed in a memorandum of understand…