Title GOV, California Gov. Code

The governing body of a city, county, city and county, or political subdivision of the State may grant leaves of absence to employees to appear as a witness in court other than as a litigant, to serve on a jury, or to respond to an official order from another governmental jurisdi…

Whenever any person who is an employee subject to the provisions of Section 1230, or an employee of the state, is served with a subpoena which compels his presence as a witness, unless he is a party or an expert witness, such employee shall be granted a leave of absence with pay …

No state officer or employee shall be deemed to have a break in service or to have terminated his or her employment, for any purpose, nor to have incurred any change in his or her authority, status, or jurisdiction or in his or her salary or other conditions of employment, solely…

Funds from each appropriation made in the budget act for any fiscal year may be expended to pay to officers and employees whatever salary that would have otherwise been received had the budget act been adopted on or prior to July 1 of that fiscal year. (Added by renumbering Secti…

Funds from each appropriation made in the budget act for any fiscal year may be expended to pay any obligation incurred between the commencement of that fiscal year and the effective date of the budget act for that fiscal year, which would otherwise have been authorized by the bu…

Acting in accordance with Executive Order 11246 (30FR 12319), as amended, applicants for employment by, and incumbent employees of, public agencies may be solicited to voluntarily declare their ethnic identification, provided this information shall be used for research and statis…

No public officer while serving in any elective office in this state shall receive a retirement allowance which is based in whole or part upon service in that elective office. The monthly retirement allowance shall be suspended during the period of such service and shall resume u…

(a) Any person who is receiving an allowance from a public retirement system, who is charged by indictment or complaint, either in a court of this state or a federal court whose jurisdiction encompasses all or any portion of the state, with the commission of any felony involving …

(a) All city, county, city and county, and district employees that conduct audits or that conduct audit activities of those respective agencies shall conduct their work under the general and specified standards prescribed by the Institute of Internal Auditors or the Government Au…

All state and local agencies with an aggregate spending of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) or more annually shall consider establishing an ongoing audit function. (Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 452, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 2007.)

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1236, if a city, county, city and county, or district determines that the implementation of any specific standard enumerated in Section 1236 would result in net additional costs which exceed any potential savings, the governing body of th…

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1236, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, may, by majority vote, grant a waiver to any agency that petitions the committee from compliance with any standard prescribed in Section 1236. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 101, Sec. 4.)

Whenever a section of the California Constitution uses both the terms “salary” and “compensation”, with respect to a public officer or employee, the terms shall be construed to apply only to salary. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1356, Sec. 1.)

Any action for any penalty or other remedy that is prescribed under any provision of this chapter shall be commenced within three years from the date of the alleged violation. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 229, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 2004.)

Any person who files false information concerning an assessment is civilly liable in an amount of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), in addition to any amount owed as the assessment. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 229, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 2004.)

(a) When the director makes a determination that an assessment is deficient as to the payment due, the director may determine the amount of the deficiency, including any applicable penalty, as provided in this chapter. After giving notice that a deficiency determination is propos…

It is a violation of this chapter for any person to willfully render or furnish a false or fraudulent report, statement, or record that is required by the director pursuant to any provision of this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 280. (AB 1317) Effective September…

Any suit brought by the director to enforce any provision of this chapter, or any regulation, or rule and regulation, that is issued by the director shall provide that the defendant pay to the director the costs that were incurred by the director and by the commission in the pros…

(a) The contracting agency and each employee or annuitant shall contribute a portion of the cost of providing the benefit coverage afforded under the health benefit plan approved or maintained by the board in which the employee or annuitant may be enrolled. (b) An annuitant is en…

(a) The employer contribution of a contracting agency shall begin on the effective date of enrollment and shall be the amount fixed from time to time by resolution of the governing body of the agency. The resolution shall be filed with the board and the contribution amount shall …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 22892, the percentage of employer contribution payable for postretirement health benefits for an employee of a contracting agency subject to this section shall, except as provided in subdivision (b), be based on the member’s completed years of credited…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the percentage of employer contribution payable for postretirement health benefits for an employee of the City of Carson, California, shall be based on the employee’s completed years of credited service, provided that the City…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the City of San Diego, the employees’ exclusive representative, and unrepresented employees may agree that the employer contribution for postretirement health coverage shall be subject to the following: (1) Credited years of s…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a school employer, the employees’ exclusive representative, and unrepresented employees may agree that the employer contribution for postretirement health coverage shall be subject to the following: (1) Credited years of servi…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 22892, the percentage of employer contribution payable for postretirement health benefits for an employee of the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District subject to this section shall, except as provided in subdivision (b), be based on the member’s comple…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a contracting agency and the employees’ exclusive representative may agree that the employer contribution for postretirement health benefit coverage for an employee subject to this section shall be based on the employee’s comp…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the percentage of employer contribution payable for postretirement health benefits for an employee of the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority shall, except as provided in subdivision (b), be based on the employ…

(a) The contributions required of a contracting agency, along with contributions withheld from salaries of its employees, shall be forwarded monthly, no later than the 10th day of the month for which the contribution is due. The contributions shall be credited to the Public Emplo…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the County of Mariposa and the employees’ exclusive representative may agree that the employer contribution for health coverage shall be subject to the following: (1) In the case of employees represented by a bargaining unit, …

Each contracting agency shall contribute to the Public Employees’ Contingency Reserve Fund, an amount sufficient to bear all of the administrative costs incurred by the board in providing to the employees and annuitants of that agency the health benefits provided by this part. Th…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “district” shall mean the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the district may make contributions for postretirement health benefits for its unrepresented employees, in…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the City of San Gabriel, the employees’ exclusive representative, and unrepresented employees may agree that the employer contribution for postretirement health coverage shall be subject to all of the following: (1) Credited y…

Any person or entity subject to the requirements of this chapter shall comply with the standards set forth in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 3750) of Part 1 of Division 9 of the Family Code and Section 14124.94 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. …

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), within 10 days after each session of the board of supervisors, it shall cause to be published a fair statement of all its proceedings. (b) In lieu of the requirements imposed by subdivision (a), the board of supervisors may pro…

(a) All public notices of proceedings of or to be had before the board, not otherwise specifically provided for, shall be posted at the meeting place of the board in a location that is freely accessible to the public. (b) In addition to the posting required by subdivision (a), th…

It has been found and declared by the Legislature that the activities of an authority constitute an important governmental function and are for public uses and purposes and are governmental functions of state concern. As a matter of legislative determination, it is hereby found a…

The property of an authority is exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the state or any city, county, or political subdivision of the state. In lieu of these taxes or special assessments the authority may agree to make payments to any city, county, or political subdivis…

The bonds of an authority are issued for an essential public and governmental purpose, and, together with interest thereon and income therefrom, are exempt from all taxes. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1550, Sec. 1.)

Any person who is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug, whose negligent operation of a motor vehicle caused by that influence proximately causes any incident resulting in an appropriate emergency…

Any person who is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug, whose negligent operation of any boat or vessel caused by that influence proximately causes any incident resulting in an appropriate emerge…

Any person who is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug, whose negligent operation of a civil aircraft caused by that influence proximately causes any incident resulting in an appropriate emergenc…

For purposes of this article, a person is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug, when as a result of drinking an alcoholic beverage or using a drug, or both, his or her physical or mental abilitie…

(a) Any person 18 years of age or older who is convicted of making a false police report, in violation of Section 148.3 of the Penal Code, and that false police report proximately causes an appropriate emergency response by a public agency, is liable for the expense of the emerge…

The expense of an emergency response shall be a charge against the person liable for expenses under this article. The charge constitutes a debt of that person and is collectible by the public agency incurring those costs in the same manner as in the case of an obligation under a …

In no event shall a person’s liability under this article for the expense of an emergency response exceed twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) for a particular incident. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 51, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)

As used in this article: (a) “Expense of an emergency response” means reasonable costs incurred by a public agency in reasonably making an appropriate emergency response to the incident, but shall only include those costs directly arising because of the response to the particular…