Title GOV — California Gov. Code

It is the purpose of this article to encourage the development and effective use of well-qualified and carefully selected executives. In order to carry out this purpose, the State Personnel Board shall establish by rule a merit system specifically suited to the selection and plac…

The provisions of this part governing the examination, selection, classification, and tenure of employees in the regular civil service shall not apply to “career executive assignments” unless provided for by State Personnel Board rule. The provisions of this part relating to puni…

(a) Eligibility for appointment to positions in the career executive assignment category shall be established as a result of competitive examinations. All candidates shall meet such minimum qualifications as the State Personnel Board may determine are requisite to the performance…

In accordance with State Personnel Board rules, the following shall apply when an appointing power terminates a career executive assignment: (a) An employee who at the time of his or her appointment to a career executive assignment was employed by the state and had permanent civi…

The department, in accordance with Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code shall authorize any member of Bargaining Unit 6 to elect to receive one or more employee benefits, in lieu of a portion of the compensation provided to the employee. Any such benefit shall satisfy the req…

The department may charge an administrative fee to annuitants and employees participating in a group legal services plan established through regulation for annuitants, excluded employees, and memoranda of understanding reached pursuant to the Ralph C. Dills Act (Chapter 10.3 (com…

A state officer or employee shall not engage in any employment, activity, or enterprise which is clearly inconsistent, incompatible, in conflict with, or inimical to his or her duties as a state officer or employee. Each appointing power shall determine, subject to approval of th…

Notwithstanding Sections 18000 and 19990, state officers and employees may render services during their office hours, or hours of work for the state, if compensation for these services may be made pursuant to Section 18000.5.

(a) Service on a local appointed or elected governmental board, commission, committee, or other body or as a local elected official by an attorney employed by the state in a nonelected position or by an administrative law judge, as defined in Section 11475.10, shall not, by itsel…

(a) Upon giving two days’ notice to his or her immediate superior, any state employee otherwise qualified shall be permitted to take any state civil service examination during working hours, if the examination is scheduled during such period, or to attend a meeting of the departm…

(a) Subject to department rule an appointing power may grant a leave of absence without pay, to any employee under his or her jurisdiction for a period not exceeding one year. An extension to an unpaid leave of absence may be granted by the appointing power upon the prior approva…

Where there exists no statutory authority to grant a paid leave of absence, no paid leave of absence shall exceed five working days without prior approval of the department. This section shall not be construed to provide or create any classification of paid leave of absence. For …

(a) Subject to subdivision (c), an appointing power shall grant to an employee, who has exhausted all available sick leave, the following leaves of absence with pay: (1) A leave of absence, not exceeding 30 days in a one-year period, to an employee who is an organ donor, for the …

(a) At the discretion of the appointing power, excluded employees as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 3527, may transfer eligible leave credits to an excluded employee when a catastrophic illness or injury occurs. (b) For the purposes of this section, the following terms are…

(a) If a retired state employee dies from a nonwork-related illness or injury within 12 months of retirement, a request may be made to his or her employer to allow state employees to donate leave credits to a leave bank. This donated leave, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($…

(a) The appointing power may grant to an employee under his or her jurisdiction who has permanent civil service status or a probationer who immediately preceding his or her appointment to his or her position held permanent civil service status in the same or some other class a le…

(a) Leaves of absence granted for jury duty may be with or without pay. (b) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without furt…

Any period of time during which an employee is required to be absent from his or her position by reason of an injury or disease for which he or she is entitled to receive temporary disability compensation under the provisions of Division 4 or 4.5 of the Labor Code is not a break …

(a) The department may permit the Commandant of the Veterans’ Home of California to authorize members of the medical staff and medical technicians, to include X-ray, clinical laboratory, and dental laboratory technicians, of the Veterans’ Home of California to attend medical and …

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), an appointing power shall grant a leave of absence without pay for the purposes of pregnancy, childbirth or the recovery therefrom for a period as determined by the employee not exceeding one year to any permanent female employee under t…

(a) For civil service employees employed in positions requiring teaching certification qualifications appointing powers may grant educational leave to attend study sessions at accredited schools, colleges or programs recommended by a trade advisory council for the purpose of rece…

During any state military emergency and subject to department rule, an appointing power may grant a leave of absence without pay to a permanent or probationary employee under his or her jurisdiction to: (a) Engage in civilian warwork pursuant to mandatory order of the agency of t…

Any permanent state civil service employee or an employee serving under another appointment who previously had permanent status and who, since that permanent status, has had no break in the continuity of his or her state service, who served in the armed forces, and who is eligibl…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the County Service Area Law.

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Population growth and development in unincorporated areas result in new and increased demands for public facilities and services that promote the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare. (b) The residents and …

Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the county board of supervisors acting as the governing authority of a county service area. (b) “Commission” or “local agency formation commiss…

(a) This chapter provides the authority for the organization and powers of county service areas. This chapter succeeds the former Chapter 2.2 (commencing with Section 25210.1) as added by Chapter 858 of the Statutes of 1953, and as subsequently amended. (b) Any county service are…

This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.

If any provision of this chapter or the application of any provision of this chapter in any circumstance or to any person, county, city, special district, school district, the state, or any agency or subdivision of the state is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other…

(a) Any action to determine the validity of the organization of a county service area or zone shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (b) Any action to determine the validity of any bonds, warrants…

(a) Territory, whether contiguous or noncontiguous, in the unincorporated area of a single county may be included in a county service area. (b) A county service area that includes the entire unincorporated area of a county may be formed to provide any or all of the services and f…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, elections for a county service area or zone are subject to the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code). (b) A county may conduct any election for a county service…

A new county service area may be formed pursuant to this article.

(a) A proposal to form a new county service area may be made by petition. The petition shall do all of the things required by Section 56700. In addition, the petition shall do all of the following: (1) State which services and facilities it is proposed that the county service are…

(a) Before circulating any petition, the proponents shall publish a notice of intention which shall include a written statement not to exceed 500 words in length, setting forth the reasons for forming the county service area, the proposed services and facilities that the county s…

(a) A proposal to form a new county service area may also be made by the adoption of a resolution of application by the board of supervisors. Except for the provisions regarding the signers, the signatures, and the proponents, a resolution of application shall contain all of the …

(a) Once the proponents have filed a sufficient petition or a board of supervisors has filed a resolution of application, the local agency formation commission shall proceed pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 56650) of Division 3 of Title 5. (b) (1) Notwithstanding any o…

(a) If the local agency formation commission orders the formation of a county service area subject to the approval by the voters pursuant to Section 25211.4 and if the proposed county service area contains no voters, the vote shall be by the owners of land within the proposed cou…

The board shall have and may exercise all rights and powers, expressed and implied, necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter, including, but not limited to, the following powers: (a) To adopt and enforce rules and regulations for the administration, operatio…

(a) The board shall act only by ordinance, resolution, or motion. (b) The minutes of the board shall record the aye and nay votes taken by the members of the board for the passage of all ordinances, resolutions, or motions. (c) The board shall keep a record of all of its actions,…

(a) When acquiring, improving, or using any real property, the board shall comply with Article 5 (commencing with Section 53090) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5. A county service area shall be deemed to be a “local agency” for the purposes of that article, except …

(a) The board may contract with any local agency, state department or agency, federal department or agency, or any tribal government for the provision of any facilities, services, or programs authorized by this chapter within the county service area. (b) Subject to Section 56133,…

(a) The board may appoint one or more advisory committees to give advice to the board of supervisors regarding a county service area’s services and facilities. (b) The board may provide for the appointment, qualifications, terms, procedures, meetings, and ethical conduct of the m…

A county service area may provide any governmental service and facility within the county service area that the county is authorized to perform and that the county does not perform to the same extent on a countywide basis, including, but not limited to, services and facilities fo…

In the County of Lassen, a county service area may be formed to purchase electrical energy generated within the boundaries of the county, and the board may enter into contracts for the sale of that energy at wholesale rates to any public agency or public utility engaged in the sa…

(a) In the County of Napa, a county service area may be formed for the sole purpose of acquiring, constructing, leasing, or maintaining, or any combination thereof, farmworker housing. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, only a county service area formed under th…

In the County of Orange, a county service area that is the successor to a dissolved harbor improvement district may exercise the powers of a harbor improvement district pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 5800) of Division 8 of the Harbors and Navigation Code.

(a) In the County of San Bernardino, a county service area in whose territory all or any portion of the redevelopment project area referenced in subdivision (e) of Section 33492.41 of the Health and Safety Code is located may locate, construct, and maintain facilities and infrast…

(a) If the board desires to exercise a latent power, the board shall first receive the approval of the local agency formation commission, pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 56824.10) of Chapter 5 of Part 3 of Division 3. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section …

(a) If a board desires to divest a county service area of the authority to provide a service or facility, the board shall adopt a resolution of intention. The resolution of intention shall: (1) State the number or name of the county service area. (2) Generally describe the territ…