Title GOV — California Gov. Code

The provisions of this article shall be deemed to create a right of subrogation only to amounts paid as disability retirement allowances and special death benefits.

As used in this article, “state fund” means the State Compensation Insurance Fund.

If benefits are payable under this part because of an injury to or the death of a member and the injury or death is the proximate consequence of the act of a person other than his or her employer (the state or the employing contracting agency), the board may on behalf of this sys…

The board may contract with the state fund or the Attorney General for the recovery on behalf of this system of any amounts that the board might recover from third persons under this article or Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 3850) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code, or…

Any amount recovered by way of subrogation by the employer, workers’ compensation insurer or this system shall be applied first to the amounts that the employer or its insurer has paid or become obligated to pay. The balance of the amount recovered as specified in Section 20252 s…

Actions brought by the board under this article shall be commenced within three years after the liability of this system to pay benefits is fixed. Liability of this system is fixed at the time the board approves the payment of benefits under this part.

All computations, payments, and other acts heretofore made or done by the board or its officers and employees are hereby ratified, confirmed, and validated.

The board is hereby authorized on behalf of the state to administer and to maintain in full force and effect the agreement entered into between the state and the Federal Security Administrator on March 9, 1951, and all modifications thereof heretofore made.

The board shall, upon application by any public agency except the state, in accordance with the provisions of this part execute on behalf of the state an agreement with the federal agency for the coverage of employees of such public agency under the federal system in conformity w…

The board shall upon the request of the legislative or governing body of any public agency, other than a school district, made after affirmative, secret vote of a majority of the eligible employees of the public agency in the class to be excluded, execute a modification to the ag…

With respect to employees in the coverage group defined in subdivision (a) of Section 22100, the application shall be deemed to be made by a public agency if made by the Adjutant General. With respect to employees in positions covered by the retirement system set forth in subdivi…

Notwithstanding Section 22201, before the board shall execute on behalf of the state an agreement with the federal agency as provided in this chapter, the public agency and the board shall enter into a written agreement, that shall include provisions not inconsistent with this pa…

The agreement between the state and the federal agency shall include each coverage group or retirement system coverage group as to which formal request for the inclusion is made by the legislative or governing body of the employing public agency pursuant to this chapter, prior to…

The legislative or governing body of every public agency having employees who are in positions not covered by any retirement system may, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the eligible employees of such public agency or of any coverage group thereof, make formal applicati…

The legislative or governing body of every public agency having employees in positions covered by a retirement system who are ineligible to become members of such retirement system may upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the eligible employees of any coverage group of such…

The legislative or governing body of every public agency having employees in positions covered by a retirement system who are ineligible to become members of such retirement system may in the case of any coverage group to which said agreement already applies, and upon the affirma…

Whenever an affirmative vote of a majority of the eligible employees in any coverage group is required as a condition of an application under this article, such requirement shall be deemed satisfied by the signatures of a majority of such eligible employees on a written petition …

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the board may execute a modification of the agreement, in conformity with the provisions of Section 218 of the Social Security Act and applicable federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to include the services of employees o…

With respect to each retirement system coverage group, the legislative or governing body of every public agency having employees in positions covered by a retirement system, may, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of eligible retirement system employees of the retirement sys…

At the request of a public agency, or as otherwise permitted by the board, any class or classes of positions covered by a retirement system which may be excluded from coverage under the federal system pursuant to paragraph (3) or (5) of Section 218(c) of the Social Security Act, …

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, the board shall execute a modification of the agreement in conformity with the provisions of Section 218 of the Social Security Act and applicable federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to include the services of employees…

All acts and proceedings heretofore taken under this part by or on behalf of the state or any other public agency for inclusion of its employees in the federal system and all modifications to the agreement executed by the board pursuant to such acts and proceedings are hereby con…

Unless otherwise provided in this article the board shall authorize a referendum among the eligible employees of any retirement system coverage group upon the request of the legislative or governing body of any public agency having employees in such retirement system coverage gro…

In the case of employees in positions covered by a retirement system as set forth in subdivision (i) of Section 22009.1, such request may be made by such officials as the board deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this part as they relate to such system.

In the case of employees in positions covered by the retirement system set forth in subdivision (d) of Section 22009.1, the Teachers’ Retirement Board shall conduct the referendum; if the referendum is authorized by the Legislature. In the case of employees in positions covered b…

In the case of employees in positions covered by the retirement systems set forth in subdivision (f) of Section 22009.1, the board shall conduct each such referendum; provided, that each such referendum is authorized by the Legislature.

The referendum shall be conducted, and the Governor or any other state agency or state official now or hereafter authorized by federal law shall designate an agency or individual to supervise its conduct, in accordance with the requirements of Section 218(d) of the Social Securit…

Upon receiving evidence satisfactory to him that with respect to any referendum the conditions specified in Section 218(d)(3) of the Social Security Act have been met, the Governor or any other state official now or hereafter authorized by federal law shall so certify to the fede…

If for any reason it is determined that any eligible retirement system employee was not given an opportunity to vote in the referendum conducted with respect to the retirement system of which he was a member at the time of the referendum, or that an employee who was permitted to …

This article does not apply to a retirement system composed of the positions of members of a divided system who desire coverage under the federal system as defined in subdivision (m) of Section 22009.1 and wherever in this part the conduct of a referendum is made a condition, the…

The terms and definitions contained in this article apply to the boundary descriptions of the several counties, unless otherwise declared.

In describing courses, “north,” “south,” “east,” and “west,” mean true courses, and refer to the true meridian.

“Northerly,” “southerly,” “easterly,” and “westerly,” mean due north, due south, due east, and due west, unless controlled by other words, or by lines, monuments, or natural objects.

“To,” “on,” “along,” “with,” or “by” a mountain or ridge, mean summit point or summit line.

“To,” “by,” “along,” “with,” “in,” “up,” or “down” a creek, river, slough, strait, or bay, mean the middle of the main channel thereof.

“In,” “to,” or “from” the ocean shore mean a point three miles seaward from the shore. “Along,” “with,” “by,” or “on” the ocean shore, mean on a line parallel with and three miles seaward from the shore.

The mouth of a creek, river, or slough which empties into another creek, river, or slough, is the point where the middle of the channels intersect.

The use of a county name specified in this division, without further description, is a reference to the county of that name.

The boundaries of the several counties of the State are as set forth in this article.

The boundaries of Alameda County are as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner, being the common corner of San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Alameda; thence easterly along the northerly boundary of Santa Clara to the corner common to Santa Clara, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Alameda…

The boundaries of Alpine County are as follows: Beginning at the north corner, at a point where the state line crosses the east summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, being the most easterly corner of El Dorado; thence southwesterly along said summit to a point two miles west of …

The boundaries of Amador County are as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner, in the Mokelumne River, on the eastern boundary of San Joaquin; thence up said river to its junction with the north fork of said river; thence up the said north fork to the line of Alpine, being at…

The boundaries of Butte County are as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of Yuba, in the center line of the Feather River, opposite the mouth of Honcut Creek; thence northeasterly up the Honcut Creek and the South Honcut Creek, following their various meanders and along t…

The boundaries of Calaveras County are as follows: Beginning at the southern corner, at a point in the Stanislaus River where it intersects the eastern line of Stanislaus, being a point one mile north of Knight’s Ferry, and being the western corner of Tuolumne; thence up said riv…

The boundaries of Colusa County are as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner, being the northeast corner of Yolo, in the Sacramento River, at its intersection with the south line of T. 13 N., M. D. B.; thence west, on said township line to the ridge dividing the waters flowi…

The boundaries of Contra Costa County are as follows: Beginning in the Bay of San Francisco at the northwest point of Red Rock, being the common corner of Marin, Contra Costa, and San Francisco; thence up the Straits and Bay of San Pablo, on the eastern boundary of Marin, to the …

The boundaries of Del Norte County are as follows: Situated in the northwest corner of the State of California, beginning at a point in the Pacific Ocean, on the forty-second parallel of north latitude, three miles from shore, being on the southern line of Oregon; thence running …

The boundaries of El Dorado County are as follows: Beginning at the junction of the north and south forks of the American River, which is the extreme west corner; thence up the north fork of the American River to the point of confluence of the middle fork of the American River; t…

The boundaries of Fresno County are as follows: Beginning on the south line of Merced at a point where said line crosses the San Joaquin River; thence south, 45 degrees west, and on the line of Merced, to the centerline of a drain in the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter…

The boundaries of Glenn County are as follows: Beginning at a point on the eastern boundary line of Lake, at the northwest corner of the SW. 1/4 of Sec. 26, T. 18 N., R. 8 W., M. D. B. & M.; running thence east along the half section line, and one and one-half miles north of the …