Title GOV, California Gov. Code

The contributions of the state and all employers, as defined in Section 20790, with respect to miscellaneous members shall be applied by the board during each fiscal year to collectively meet the obligations with respect to miscellaneous members under this system as follows: (a) …

The contributions of all school employers with respect to school members shall be applied by the board during each fiscal year to meet the obligations of all school employers collectively with respect to school members under this system as follows: (a) First, in an amount equal t…

Any state fund out of which payments are made under this chapter may be reimbursed to the extent of the payments by transfer of a sufficient sum from other funds under the control of the same disbursing officer. The disbursing officer shall certify to the Controller the amounts t…

All payments required by this chapter to be made by the state to the retirement fund, are continuing obligations of the state. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the state, any school employer, nor any contracting agency shall fail or refuse to pay the employers’ contribution required by this chapter or to pay the employers’ contributions required by this chapter within the applicable ti…

Any school employer that fails or refuses to report an employee’s compensation earnable required by this chapter within the applicable time limitations shall be required to pay administrative costs of five hundred dollars ($500) per member as a reimbursement to this system’s curr…

Any employer that fails to withhold and submit an employee’s normal contributions required by this chapter within the applicable time limitations shall notify the system and shall take no action until authorized by the system. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 130, Sec. 23. (AB 966) Eff…

Accumulated contributions other than contributions for prior service credited to or held as of June 21, 1971, as having been made by a contracting agency to the extent subject to Section 20506, with respect to miscellaneous members, and all contributions thereafter made by an emp…

Contributions of the state with respect to state miscellaneous members shall be held exclusively for the benefit of state miscellaneous members, retired employees who were state miscellaneous members and beneficiaries of those members and retired employees. (Amended by Stats. 199…

A contracting agency that is not an employer or that ceases to be an employer for purposes of this chapter shall thereafter make contributions as otherwise provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 20460). Except as provided in Section 20578, if a contracting agency ceases t…

A public agency which becomes a contracting agency on or after January 1, 1977, or which amends its contract to include the benefits provided in Sections 21624 and 21626, shall not be an employer for purpose of Section 20834, and all contributions of the contracting agency shall …

The contribution of a contracting agency described in Section 20834 in respect to miscellaneous members is increased by a sum equal to 0.08 percent of the compensation paid to those members by the employer. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 20616, 20618, and 20815, the board may create, combine or eliminate risk pools for local miscellaneous members and local safety members. (b) The board shall establish, by regulation, the criteria under which contracting agencies shall participate in a…

(a) The employer contribution rate for a contracting agency, county office of education, school district, or community college district participating in a risk pool shall be determined by the actuary, taking into account the difference between the assets and liabilities that were…

Within six months after the effective date of any new option available to contracting agencies, the board shall (a) notify all contracting agencies participating in risk pools of the availability and approximate cost of the new option, (b) include the new option in at least one o…

(a) Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage of a participant, the court shall include in the judgment or a court order the date on which the parties separated. (b) If the community property is divided in accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 2610 of the Family C…

For purposes of this chapter, “nonparticipant spouse” means the spouse or the former spouse of the participant, who as a result of petitioning the court for the division of community property, has been awarded a distinct and separate account. A nonparticipant spouse who is awarde…

(a) The nonparticipant spouse shall have the right to a lump-sum distribution of the amounts credited to his or her account. (b) The nonparticipant spouse shall file an application for the distribution on a form prescribed by the board. (c) No partial distribution shall be made f…

(a) A nonparticipant spouse may apply for a retirement benefit, provided the participant or the nonparticipant spouse has attained the normal retirement age. The retirement benefit is a distribution of the balance of the nonparticipant spouse’s account. (b) Application for a reti…

A nonparticipant spouse who is entitled to a distribution for retirement that equals or exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000), may elect to receive the distribution in one of the following forms: (a) A single lump-sum payment. (b) Substantially level installment payments for a p…

(a) Upon the legal separation or dissolution of marriage of a participant, the court shall include in the judgment or a court order the date on which the parties separated. (b) If the community property is divided in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 2610 of the Family C…

For purposes of this chapter, “nonparticipant spouse” means the spouse or the former spouse of the participant, who as a result of petitioning the court for the division of community property, has been awarded a portion of the allocations to the participant’s account during the m…

The nonparticipant spouse shall have the right to a lump sum distribution of the amount awarded to the nonparticipant spouse by the judgment or court order. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 307, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2000.)

If the public administrator fails to qualify or fails to perform in person the duties of his office, the coroner shall be ex officio public administrator. If both the public administrator and the coroner fail to qualify or to perform the duties of the office, the board of supervi…

The public administrator shall charge and collect such fees as are allowed by law. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)

If the public administrator is salaried and all fees and charges allowed him are paid or turned over to the county, then all fees and charges incurred by him for the benefit of any estate in which the assets prove insufficient therefor are county charges. (Amended by Stats. 1969,…

Every person holding the office of public administrator, public guardian, or public conservator and any deputy or agent of such officer is guilty of a crime who: (a) Purchases, directly or indirectly, the property of any estate or a claim against any estate administered by any pu…

Employees in the office of public administrator, public guardian, or public conservator shall be subject to the provisions of Section 27443; provided that, the restrictions of Section 27443 shall apply only with respect to the administration of estates by their employing officer.…

The authority of the public administrator ceases upon termination of his or her tenure in the office of public administrator, and his or her authority vests in the successor in the office of public administrator. If letters have been issued to “the public administrator” of the co…

The State Controller shall instruct, advise, and direct tax collectors as to their duties under the laws. He may obtain the opinion of the Attorney General upon any questions of law relating to such actions in such cases as he deems necessary. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1369.)

The State Controller shall prescribe tax levying and collecting procedures under this division. The procedures, which shall include the prescription and use of forms, shall be adopted under the provisions of Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11371) of Part 1, Division 3, Title…

The Committee on County Tax Collecting Procedures shall consist of 10 members appointed by the State Controller. Two of the members shall be county auditors, four shall be county tax collectors, two of the members shall be county assessors, and two shall be members of a county bo…

As used herein “local agency” means a county, city and county, city, school district, office of county superintendent of schools, or other special district. (Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 938.)

Any local agency may, subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the legislative body thereof, insure its officers, directors, deputies, assistants, employees and agents for injury or death incurred while traveling on the business of the agency and the cost of such insurance…

The travel insurance authorized by this chapter shall be in addition to any compensation secured under Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201) of the Labor Code and inuring to the benefit of the officer, deputy, assistant, employee or agent, or his or her beneficiary or heir. (…

The office of county superintendent of schools may carry a master policy for travel insurance on behalf of the school districts of the county. (Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 454, Sec. 37.)

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any statute, rule, regulation, decision, or pronouncement to the contrary, other than subdivision (b), every state agency, board, and department, every local governmental subdivision, every district, every public and quasi-public corporation,…

It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide cities and counties with opportunities to adaptively reuse existing buildings, such as office buildings, in order to facilitate their conversion to housing and mixed uses. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 493, Sec.…

For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Adaptive reuse investment incentive funds” means, with respect to a qualified adaptive reuse project property for a relevant fiscal year, an amount up to or equal to the amount of ad valorem property tax revenue allocated to the participating lo…

(a) Commencing in the 2026–27 fiscal year, the governing body of a city or county, or city and county, may, by ordinance or resolution, establish an adaptive reuse investment incentive program pursuant to this chapter. (b) (1) A city or county, or city and county, that establishe…

A city or special district may pay to the city or county, or city and county, an amount equal to the amount of ad valorem property tax revenue allocated to that city or special district, but not the actual allocation, derived from the taxation of that portion of the total assesse…

This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2026. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 493, Sec. 2. (AB 507) Effective January 1, 2026.)

In enacting this chapter, the Legislature finds and declares that the public commissions, boards and councils and the other public agencies in this State exist to aid in the conduct of the people’s business. It is the intent of the law that their actions be taken openly and that …

This chapter shall be known as the Ralph M. Brown Act. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 115.)

As used in this chapter, “local agency” means a county, city, whether general law or chartered, city and county, town, school district, municipal corporation, district, political subdivision, or any board, commission or agency thereof, or other local public agency. (Amended by St…

As used in this chapter, “legislative body” means: (a) The governing body of a local agency or any other local body created by state or federal statute. (b) A commission, committee, board, or other body of a local agency, whether permanent or temporary, decisionmaking or advisory…