Title GOV — California Gov. Code

The department in which an employee is employed may pay the cost of replacing or repairing eyeglasses, hearing aids, dentures, watches, or articles of clothing necessarily worn or carried when damaged in the line of duty without fault of the employee. If the eyeglasses, hearing a…

(a) Any appointing power may present to an employee who has completed 25 or more years of state service a certificate, plaque, or other suitable memento and the cost of the same shall be a proper charge against the support appropriation of the department or office in which the em…

As used in this article: (a) “Uniform” means outer garments, excluding shoes, which are required to be worn exclusively while carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the position and which are different from the design or fashion of the general population. This definition…

(a) State employees shall be responsible for the purchase of uniforms required as a condition of employment. The state shall provide for an annual uniform allowance to state employees for the replacement of uniforms worn on a full-time basis, and an annual uniform allowance to st…

Each state employee, including employees having probationary status, employed in a position which is permanent and full time, or employed in a position which is less than full time for the equivalent of one year, shall receive the allowance for uniforms provided for in Section 19…

To implement the provisions of Sections 19850.1 and 19850.2, the department shall: (a) Establish a procedure to determine what articles are to be included in calculating the amount of the uniform allowance. (b) Determine the average annual replacement cost for each type of unifor…

Subject to the availability of funds appropriated specifically for that purpose, each state employee shall be furnished work clothes if: (a) The work clothes are required for purposes of sanitation or cleanliness; and (b) The work clothes are required by the appointing power; and…

(a) The state shall furnish the initial issuance of all safety equipment and police protective equipment required by the employing state agency. All safety equipment and police protective equipment provided pursuant to this section shall remain the property of the state. Items lo…

The state department in which an employee is employed may pay the cost of replacing personal tools or other equipment required in the employee’s work when stolen from the jobsite without fault of the employee. The department shall adopt rules setting forth the criteria under whic…

In addition to other equipment furnished to peace officers within the Department of Corrections and the California Youth Authority, the department and the California Youth Authority, in accordance with the terms of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Section 3517.5,…

The Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System is continued in existence. It consists of: (a) One member of the State Personnel Board, selected by and serving at the pleasure of the State Personnel Board. (b) The Director of Human Resources. (c) The Contro…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the member of the board who is an elected official of a contracting agency appointed by the Governor, pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 20090, may designate a deputy, who is employed under the official’s authori…

The members of the board appointed by the Governor pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 20090, the public member appointed jointly by the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 20090, and any retired person serving on th…

Each employing agency that employs an elected member of the board shall be reimbursed by the retirement fund in an amount equal to the salary and benefits paid to the elected board member by the employing agency for the percentage of the elected board member’s regular work schedu…

The members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred through service on the board.

The counsel to the board shall notify each new member of the board upon his or her assumption of office and each member of the board annually that he or she is subject to the gift provisions of Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 89500) of Title 9.

The term of office of members of the board is four years expiring on January 15 in the order fixed by law. The board shall hold special elections to fill vacancies which occur during the term of elected members of the board. If at the time a vacancy occurs, the unexpired term is …

The board shall cause ballots to be distributed to each active and retired member of the system in advance of each election, and shall provide for the return of the voted ballots to the board without cost to the member, and shall develop election procedures. The results shall be …

If an incumbent member of the board, holding a board seat described in subdivision (g) of Section 20090, does not deliver his or her completed nomination documents to the election coordinator for reelection by the applicable filing deadline for candidates for the seat, any otherw…

Candidates for board seats described in subdivision (g) of Section 20090, including incumbent board members running for reelection, shall file campaign statements with the Secretary of State and the board pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 84200) of Chapter 4 of Title…

The board shall maintain its office in the City of Sacramento. A quorum of the board is seven members. The board shall elect a president from its membership.

(a) The board shall appoint and, notwithstanding Sections 19825, 19826, 19829, and 19832, shall fix the compensation of an executive officer, a general counsel, a chief actuary, a chief investment officer, a chief financial officer, a chief operating officer, a chief health direc…

The board may appoint a committee of one or more of its members to perform any act within the power of the board itself to perform. The board may also delegate authority to the executive officer to perform those acts. Except where the board, in delegating authority to a committee…

The board shall adopt a policy for providing education to board members. The policy, at a minimum, shall do the following: (a) Identify appropriate topics for board member education, which may include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Fiduciary responsibilities. (2) Eth…

The management and control of this system is vested in the board.

The board may make such rules as it deems proper.

Each member and each person retired is subject to this part and the rules adopted by the board.

Subject to this part and its rules, the board shall determine and may modify benefits for service and disability.

The board shall adjust the payment of benefits payable pursuant to this part, as necessary, in order to maximize the benefits available to members who are subject to the limits of Section 415 of Title 26 of the United States Code. Those adjustments shall include, but are not limi…

The board shall determine who are employees and is the sole judge of the conditions under which persons may be admitted to and continue to receive benefits under this system.

Refusal by this system to admit liability pursuant to any provision of this part shall not be considered arbitrary or capricious action or conduct within the meaning of Section 800, or any other provision of law.

The board may require a member to provide evidence of his or her entitlement to benefits under the federal system.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may require a member or beneficiary to provide information it deems necessary to determine this system’s liability with respect to, and an individual’s entitlement to, benefits prescribed by this part.

The board shall secure and pay reasonable compensation for medical service and advice necessary to discharge its duties respecting matters involving disability or death, or both.

The board may enter into an agreement with the State Compensation Insurance Fund under which the latter shall represent this system, as its agent, or the Attorney General under which the latter shall represent this system, in proceedings instituted or to be instituted before the …

The board shall keep in convenient form data necessary for the actuarial valuation of this system.

(a) Upon the basis of any investigation, valuation, or determination, or all of these, the board shall adopt mortality, service and other tables and annual and actuarial interest rates it deems necessary. (b) A change in interest rate adopted by the board shall not apply to any e…

As of June 30, 1991, and thereafter at the end of periods not to exceed four years, the actuary shall make an actuarial investigation into the mortality, service, and compensation experience of members and persons receiving benefits and an actuarial valuation of the assets and li…

The board may, in its discretion, hold a hearing for the purpose of determining any question presented to it involving any right, benefit, or obligation of a person under this part. Where a hearing is held, the proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commenci…

To the extent possible, the board shall resolve conflicts between retirement systems applicable to state hospital employees transferred to county or local mental health programs as a result of state hospital closures or scheduled state hospital closures.

(a) Commencing March 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the board shall submit a report to the Legislature on the status of achieving appropriate objectives and initiatives, as defined by the board, regarding participation of emerging and diverse managers responsible for asset man…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the board shall provide by rule for conducting education, including, but not limited to, structured preretirement information seminars, for the benefit of all members. (b) The board shall devise plans for, and in cooperation with a…

The board shall have the power to administer funds in the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust pursuant to a contract with the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Investment Board as provided in Title 21 (commencing with Section 100000) and to help all Califo…

(a) The board shall require fingerprint images and related information from any employee or prospective employee while a conditional offer is still pending whose duties include or would include access to any of the following: (1) Confidential data filed with the board as describe…

A board member or employee of the board shall not, directly or indirectly: (a) Have any interest in the making of any investment, or in the gains or profits accruing therefrom. (b) For himself or herself or as an agent or partner of others, borrow any funds or deposits of this sy…

The board and its officers and employees shall discharge their duties with respect to this system solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries: (a) For the exclusive purpose of both of the following: (1) Providing benefits to members, retired members, and their su…

Notwithstanding Section 13340, there is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, from the retirement fund to the board, the amount necessary to pay for any insurance obtained pursuant to Section 7511, which payments shall be made upon warrants drawn by th…

No matter involving any vendor or contractor in their individual or any other capacity shall be considered during a closed session on any transaction involving the system unless, prior to the closed session, a written disclosure has been submitted by the vendor or contractor of a…

(a) During the process leading to an award of any contract by the system, no member of the board or its staff shall knowingly communicate concerning any matter relating to the contract or selection process with any party financially interested in the contract or an officer or emp…

(a) Subject to subdivisions (c) and (d), the board may, in its discretion and upon any terms it deems just, correct the errors or omissions of any active or retired member, or any beneficiary of an active or retired member, provided that all of the following facts exist: (1) The …