Title GOV — California Gov. Code

(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.

The department has general supervision of the distribution of all public documents and other publications printed for any state agency and the custody of all state documents and other publications subject to public distribution, except those printed for the special use of the Leg…

The department may accept for distribution or disposal documents and other publications from the Legislature, the Governor, or the elective officers of the state, when requested to do so. The department shall fix the price and dispose of or sell the documents and publications.

The department may compile and publish such documents, pamphlets, bulletins or other publications as it deems are for the best interests of the state or for public information. The cost of compiling, printing and distributing any document, pamphlet, bulletin or other publication …

There shall be deducted from all money received from the sale of such documents or publications, a pro rata share of the cost of administration and the balance shall be paid into the Treasury, by March 31, for sales occurring during the first half of the fiscal year, by September…

The index of the Constitution and laws shall be offered for sale to the public at a price to be fixed by the department. Such portion of the receipts as may be required to complete the cost of printing, publication and distribution shall be paid into the Service Revolving Fund an…

In the year 1963 and in every fourth year thereafter the Office of State Printing shall, with the approval of the department, compile or cause to be compiled, published and distributed a State Blue Book. The Blue Books shall be compiled following the convening of the session of t…

The volumes shall be distributed as follows: to each Member of the Senate and Assembly as determined by the Rules Committee of each house; to the Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the Assembly, 15 copies; to the Governor, 25 copies; to the Lieutenant Governor, 15 copies;…

Whenever any state agency requires the compilation, printing, and publication of any volumes or pamphlets of laws or other matter for use or information in the discharge of its duties or for the general use or information of the people it shall apply to the department for its app…

After approval of the application by the department and upon its written direction or request, the Legislative Counsel, State Librarian, or other state agency authorized or required by law to render the service, shall compile the volumes and pamphlets for printing and publication…

The state agency requiring the compilation shall furnish the state agency compiling it such data and information as it has or may be able to obtain conveniently concerning the compilation.

If the compilation is required for its own use or information, the cost of compiling, printing, and publishing the volumes or pamphlets shall be paid for from any appropriation for the state agency that is available for printing purposes.

If the compilation is for the general use or information of the people, the cost of compiling, printing, and publishing the volumes or pamphlets shall be paid for from funds appropriated for that purpose by the Legislature.

(a) It is the policy of the State of California to make freely available to its inhabitants all state publications. (b) If a state agency proposes a regulation that incorporates by reference any publication, including, but not limited to, international or state standards, two cop…

(a) (1) To the end that the policy specified in Section 14900 may be effectively carried out, subject to availability of the necessary resources, the California State Library may create a digital repository and delivery system to maintain and preserve copies of publications in el…

(a) For purposes of this article, “state publication” or “publication” includes any document, compilation, journal, law, resolution, Blue Book, statute, code, register, pamphlet, list, book, report, memorandum, hearing, legislative bill, leaflet, order, regulation, directory, per…

In addition to the required distributions set forth in Section 14901, the agreed-upon number of each publication printed by the State Printer, including the legislative bills, daily journals, and daily or weekly histories, shall be forwarded by the State Printer to the California…

In addition to the required distributions set forth in Section 14901, publications in any format not printed by the State Printer shall be distributed by the issuing department, commission, or other agency as soon as practicable after completion, first to all “complete depositori…

To be classified as a “complete depository” or as a “selective depository” of physical materials, a library must contract with the California State Library to provide adequate facilities for the storage and use of the publications, and must agree to render reasonable service with…

Any municipal or county free library, any state college or state university library, the library of any incorporated college or university in this state, the library of any public community college in this state, and the California State Library may contract as provided in this a…

Upon application, county law libraries, the law libraries of any law school approved by the State Bar of California, the Supreme Court Library, the law libraries of the courts of appeal, and the law libraries of the Department of Justice and the law library of the Continuing Educ…

Because of the specialized service rendered the citizens of this state through assistance in the administration of justice, proximity to another depository library shall be disregarded in the selection of a law library as a depository of legal materials.

Maintenance of basic general documents shall not be required of law library depositories, but basic legal documents shall be maintained by them. Such basic legal documents shall include legislative bills, legislative committee hearings and reports, legislative journals, statutes,…

To facilitate the distribution of state publications, the California State Library shall maintain information about state publications issued and deposited with the library on the California State Library internet website. All state departments, commissions, and other agencies sh…

If any state agency maintains a mailing list of public officials or other persons to whom publications or other printed matter is sent without charge, the state agency shall correct its mailing list and verify its accuracy at least once each year.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the number of copies of statutes distributed to an authorized recipient shall not exceed the number requested by such recipient, or the number authorized by this article, whichever is the lesser.

As used in this article “adverse action” means dismissal, demotion, suspension, or other disciplinary action. This article shall not apply to any adverse action affecting managerial employees subject to Article 2 (commencing with Section 19590), except as provided in Sections 195…

In conformity with this article and the board rule, adverse action may be taken against any employee, or person whose name appears on any employment list for any cause for discipline specified in this article.

Each of the following constitutes cause for discipline of an employee, or of a person whose name appears on any employment list: (a) Fraud in securing appointment. (b) Incompetency. (c) Inefficiency. (d) Inexcusable neglect of duty. (e) Insubordination. (f) Dishonesty. (g) Drunke…

The Department of Human Resources may establish disciplinary criteria applicable to adverse actions taken by appointing bodies pursuant to the causes of discipline set forth in Section 19572.

(a) The appointing power, or its authorized representative, may take adverse action against an employee for one or more of the causes for discipline specified in this article. Adverse action is valid only if a written notice is served on the employee prior to the effective date o…

(a) An employee who has been served with notice of adverse action, or a representative designated by the employee, shall have the right to inspect any documents in the possession of, or under the control of, the appointing power which are relevant to the adverse action taken or w…

(a) Any party claiming that his or her request for discovery pursuant to Section 19574.1 has not been complied with may serve and file a petition to compel discovery with the Hearing Office of the State Personnel Board, naming as respondent the party refusing or failing to comply…

Pending investigation by the appointing power of accusations against an employee involving misappropriation of public funds or property, drug addiction, mistreatment of persons in a state institution, immorality, or acts which would constitute a felony or a misdemeanor involving …

The employee has 30 calendar days after the effective date of the adverse action to file with the board a written answer to the notice of adverse action. The answer shall be deemed to be a denial of all of the allegations of the notice of adverse action not expressly admitted and…

At any time before an employee’s appeal is submitted to the board or its authorized representative for decision, the appointing power may with the consent of the board or its authorized representative serve on the employee and file with the board an amended or supplemental notice…

Whenever an answer is filed by an employee who has been suspended without pay for five days or less, or who has received a formal reprimand or up to a one-step reduction in pay for four months or less, the board or its authorized representative shall make an investigation with or…

Effective January 1, 1996, notwithstanding Section 19576, this section shall apply only to state employees in State Bargaining Unit 5. Whenever an answer is filed by an employee who has been suspended without pay for five days or less or who has received a formal reprimand or up …

Except as provided in Section 19576, whenever an answer is filed to an adverse action, the board or its authorized representative shall within a reasonable time hold a hearing. The board shall notify the parties of the time and place of the hearing. The hearing shall be conducted…

Failure of either party (the employee, the employer, or their representatives) to proceed at the hearing shall be deemed a withdrawal of the action or appeal, unless the hearing is continued by mutual agreement of the parties, or upon showing of good cause.

Either by deposition or at the hearing the employee may be examined and may examine or cause any person to be examined under Section 776 of the Evidence Code.

The board or its authorized representative shall issue subpenas for witnesses for the employee upon his written request and at his cost. The board or its authorized representative may require such costs to be prepaid.

Prior to the scheduling of a contested adverse action or rejection on probation for hearing, the board may require or any party may request a prehearing or settlement conference. The administrative law judge presiding over the settlement conference shall not preside over any subs…

(a) Hearings may be held by the board, or by any authorized representative, but the board shall render the decision that in its judgment is just and proper. During a hearing, after the appointing authority has completed the opening statement or the presentation of evidence, the e…

The board may designate certain of its decisions as precedents. Decisions of the board are subject to Section 11425.60. The board may provide by rule for the reconsideration of a previously issued decision to determine whether or not it shall be designated as a precedent decision…

Effective January 1, 1996, notwithstanding Section 19582.5, this section shall only apply to state employees in State Bargaining Unit 5. The board may designate certain of its decisions as precedents. Precedential decisions shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Sec…

The board shall render a decision within a reasonable time after the hearing or investigation. The adverse action taken by the appointing power shall stand unless modified or revoked by the board. If the board finds that the cause or causes for which the adverse action was impose…

Dismissal of an employee from the service shall, unless otherwise ordered by the board: (a) Constitute a dismissal as of the same date from any and all positions which the employee may hold in the state civil service. (b) Result in the automatic removal of the employee’s name fro…

(a) Any person, except for a current ward of the Division of Juvenile Facilities, a current inmate of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or a current patient of a facility operated by the State Department of State Hospitals, with the consent of the board or the app…