Title GOV, California Gov. Code

(a) To the extent permitted by federal law, the department shall encourage intercity passenger rail providers and motor carriers of passengers to do both of the following: (1) Combine or package their respective services and facilities to the public as a means of improving interc…

The department shall encourage the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, Amtrak, and any private motor carrier of passengers that operates regular service on the route described in subdivision (a) of Section 14035.56 to develop…

In developing or funding intermodal passenger service facilities, the department shall give full consideration to existing and projected operational requirements of all participating passenger carriers. In setting fees for facility use assessed on passenger carriers, the departme…

Funds allocated for commuter rail purposes shall be consistent with the regional transportation plan and the regional transportation improvement program for the region in which they will be expended, unless a finding specified in Section 14530 is made by the commission. (Added by…

The department shall in conjunction with the Department of Corrections evaluate the addition of stations or stops on existing bus or rail routes, or the addition of new services, which improve transportation access for visitors to prisons. The department shall give reasonable pri…

(a) The department shall prepare a State Rail Plan. The plan shall be submitted to the California Transportation Commission for its advice six months prior to the submission of the plan pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d). Pursuant to Section 22702 of Title 49 of the United Stat…

As part of its ongoing marketing activities to increase the utilization and performance of rail and bus services operated pursuant to this article, the department may seek to increase awareness of these services on the part of students attending public and private colleges and un…

The department shall report in the rail passenger development plan prepared pursuant to Section 14036 on the amount of funds available to the state under the federal rail-highway crossings program (23 U.S.C. Sec. 130), including the cash balance, funds encumbered during the last …

(a) As part of its marketing activities in support of intercity rail services and associated feeder bus services, the department shall provide for complete train and bus schedule information, for services funded or otherwise coordinated by the department, to be published in exist…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Rail passes offering unlimited travel on certain passenger rail and associated transit services for a specified period of time and a fixed price have been a success in Europe, Canada, and Alaska. (2) A “California P…

The department shall give high priority to the development of direct linkages between intercity rail passenger services and airports served by commercial airlines and to developing feeder bus linkages connecting intercity rail services and airports. The department shall coordinat…

(a) The department, using existing rail marketing funds, shall fully participate in the railroad public safety awareness program known as “Operation Lifesaver.” The department shall work with school officials to develop a school assembly program designed to enhance student awaren…

The California Coast Passenger Rail Corridor consists of the Counties of Los Angeles, Monterey, San Benito, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Ventura. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1310, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 1993.)

Funds which are available to the department for rail and bus operations may be used by the department for maintenance of capital facilities related to rail or bus services provided, or for minor capital improvement projects related to rail and bus services provided, if the depart…

(a) The department may purchase, sell, and lease rail passenger cars and locomotives and other self-propelled rail vehicles. (b) The department may acquire, lease, design, construct, and improve track lines and related facilities, and the department may contract with the private …

Rail passenger equipment owned by the department and operated by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) in a state-supported rail service shall prominently display the department’s logo and the words “California Department of Transportation,” or other appropriate id…

(a) The department may acquire by purchase, lease, or eminent domain, any property necessary for the development and implementation of the state’s rail passenger program. The power of eminent domain shall be exercised in accordance with Title 7 (commencing with Section 1230.010) …

The department may, if requested by the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire, in the name and for the use of, the authority, real property in Los Angeles County that is owned by a railroad corporation and that is necessary, in…

(a) The department may, at the request of a transportation planning agency, county transportation commission, or metropolitan transit development board, and subject to approval of the commission, acquire abandoned or proposed to be abandoned rail freight lines which have the pote…

The department shall have no authority to operate railroads. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 161.)

The department may provide by contract with a railroad corporation that any tracks or signaling devices constructed, improved, repaired, or acquired with funds made available by the state on property owned or leased by the railroad corporation shall become the property of the rai…

The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority is encouraged to coordinate with local private industry councils in service delivery areas to develop training programs and employment opportunities under the federal Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 1501 et seq.) directly…

State highway projects to be included in the program of proposed projects report submitted to the United States Secretary of Transportation pursuant to Section 105 of Title 23 of the United States Code shall be those included in the five-year program for the expenditure of state …

(a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Broadband provider” means a facilities-based provider of broadband, as defined in Section 5830 of the Public Utilities Code. (2) “Companies or organizations working on broadband deployment” includes, but is not limited to, local governments,…

(a) The department shall prepare an inventory of all state-owned bridges that are required to be strengthened or replaced in order to meet seismic safety standards which are in effect on January 1, 1991. For each bridge listed in the inventory, the department shall determine each…

(a) For purposes of this section, “project of statewide and regional significance” means a high-priority highway project on the state highway system that would benefit two or more counties and that satisfies the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2). (1) Meets one or both of the…

The Attorney General shall study, in conjunction with representatives of the States of Nevada, Arizona, and Oregon, the necessity and desirability of an interstate compact relative to the control and suppression of organized crime. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1795.)

No compact proposed pursuant to this article is binding on the State of California until it has been approved by the Legislature of this state and the Legislature of Nevada, Oregon or Arizona, and the Congress of the United States. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1795.)

The line run and marked by the United States Government under the Act of June 10, 1872, 17 Stat. 358 (1872) from the southern boundary of the State of Oregon to the 39th degree of north latitude and the line established and marked by the United States coast and geodetic survey, a…

To give greater precision to the boundary of the State of California as defined in Article XXI of the Constitution, it is hereby declared that the part of the boundary which is described as “running in a northwesterly direction and following the direction of the Pacific Coast to …

Whenever any state officer or employee accepts payment from a revolving fund of a state agency pursuant to Section 16401, the person authorized to make payments from such revolving fund may indorse any warrant of the Controller drawn in payment of a claim submitted by such state …

Whenever any warrant is drawn in favor of a payee having a claim against the State and is delivered to a State agency for delivery to a payee, and prior to delivery to the payee any facts or circumstances exist which would affect the validity or alter the amount of the claim, the…

A state agency shall notify the Treasurer not to pay a warrant drawn by the Controller upon that agency’s request whenever that agency has reason to believe that the Controller has drawn or is about to draw his or her warrant without legal authority, for a larger amount than is o…

The indorsements authorized by this article may be accepted by the Treasurer and he may pay such warrants. (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 120.)

All waters between the mainland and the outermost of the islands, reefs and rocks along and adjacent to the coast of the State of California from which the boundary of the State is measured, and all waters between the islands, reefs and rocks themselves, are declared to be and to…

The reference in Section 1 of Article XV of the Constitution to “the navigable waters of this State,” the reference in Section 2 of the same article to “a harbor, bay, inlet, estuary, or other navigable water in this State,” and the reference in Section 3 of the same article to “…

This part shall be known as the State Civil Service Act. (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 123.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions hereinafter set forth govern the construction of this part. (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 123.)

Whenever a power is granted or a duty imposed upon an appointing power, the power may be exercised or the duty performed by a deputy of the appointing power or by a person authorized pursuant to law by him, unless it is expressly otherwise provided. (Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 123…

Each appointing power shall provide access to records and prepare reports as required by the board or the department. Information given to the board and the department by any person shall not be open to public inspection except under conditions prescribed by board rule, except th…

All officers and employees of the state and any county, city, district, or other subdivision of the state recognized by law shall aid in all proper ways in carrying this part and the board rules into effect, allow the reasonable use of public buildings, and heat and light them fo…

(a) (1) The appointing power shall provide service of the following actions by personal service or by certified mail with return receipt requested or express service carrier as provided in this subdivision: (A) Notice of disciplinary action. (B) Notice of rejection during probati…

Judicial notice shall be taken of board and department rules, regulations, and amendments. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 360, Sec. 16. (SB 1309) Effective January 1, 2013.)

Whenever this part refers to “board rules,” “rules of the board,” “rules,” or makes a similar reference, that reference authorizes the board to make rules concerning the subject matter for which that reference is made. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 53, Sec. 20. (SB 866) Effective …

There is in the Department of Human Resources, the Division of Labor Relations. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 93. (SB 1308) Effective January 1, 2013.)

The Governor shall appoint a deputy director from a list of nominees submitted by the director. This deputy director shall be in addition to the deputy director appointed pursuant to Section 19815.3. The Governor may also appoint civil service exempt labor relations officers. The…