Title GOV — California Gov. Code

The trademark and service mark fees are the following: (a) Filing an application for registration of a trademark: Seventy dollars ($70). (b) Issuing a certificate of assignment of a trademark: Thirty dollars ($30). (c) Filing a renewal for registration of a trademark: Thirty doll…

The fees for filing liens pursuant to the Code of Civil Procedure and for filing financing statements and other Uniform Commercial Code filings are the following: (a) Ten dollars ($10) if the record is communicated in writing and consists of one or two pages. (b) Twenty dollars (…

(a) Special filing fees for joint powers agreements are the following: (1) Filing a notice of a joint powers agreement: One dollar ($1). (2) Filing an amendment of a joint powers agreement: One dollar ($1). (3) Filing an executed copy of each agreement, lease, or equipment trust …

The Secretary of State shall charge and collect, as applicable, fees for the following: (a) Service of process, as provided in Section 15800 of the Corporations Code, for every partnership other than a foreign limited partnership subject to Article 9 (commencing with Section 1569…

As used in this article, “item” includes, but is not limited to, any paper, document, book, map, artifact, or other type of record.

The Secretary of State is the custodian of the public archives of the State.

The Secretary of State shall maintain and properly equip safe and secure vaults for the preservation, description, and use of the archives.

The Secretary of State shall receive into the archives an item that is required by law to be delivered to or filed with the Secretary of State.

The Secretary of State shall receive into the State Archives any official committee file transmitted pursuant to Section 9080 or rulemaking file transmitted pursuant to Section 11347.3. The Secretary of State may designate a time for the delivery of files in consideration of docu…

The Secretary of State may receive into the archives an item that the Secretary of State deems to be of historical value.

The Secretary of State may at any time return to the state agency from which it was received an item in the archives which the Secretary of State does not deem to be of historical value.

With the consent of the Secretary of State, the governing body of a county or city may by order or resolution direct the transfer to the Secretary of State for inclusion in the State archives, of official items it deems have historic interest or value, and which are in the custod…

The Chief of Archives is responsible for the preservation and description of material deposited in the State Archives and shall make the material readily available for use.

The Chief of Archives shall give an appropriate receipt for all material received by the Chief of Archives as a part of the archives.

The Secretary of State may maintain an item in an active file in the Secretary’s office for such time as the Secretary of State deems proper before transferring it to the archives.

The Secretary of State shall establish a Document Laboratory and a Record Processing Program to facilitate the preservation and description of the archives.

In carrying out the provisions of this article, the Secretary of State shall consult with and give consideration to the recommendations of the California Historical Records Advisory Board, which for that purpose shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Secretary of State.

The Secretary of State shall utilize the California Historical Records Advisory Board to advise, encourage, and coordinate the activities of the county historical records commissions, either designated or appointed by the county boards of supervisors pursuant to Section 26490. Th…

The Secretary of State shall conduct under the administration of the State Archives a regular governmental history documentation program to provide through the use of oral history a continuing documentation of state policy development as reflected in California’s legislative and …

(a) The Secretary of State shall establish a Local Government Records Program to be administered by the State Archives to establish guidelines for local government records retention and to provide archival support to local agencies in this state. (b) The Secretary of State shall …

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1, any provision of law that exempts from public disclosure any item in the custody of the State Archives shall not apply to that item 75 years after the item was created, irrespective of…

Whenever an appropriation is made by the Legislature for the purpose, the Secretary of State shall compile, publish, and distribute a roster of the State and local public officials of California.

The Secretary of State shall cause the roster to be printed and shall distribute copies free of charge, as follows: To the Governor, 50 copies; to the Lieutenant Governor, 30 copies; to each member of the Senate and to each member of the Assembly, 30 copies; to each elective Stat…

No more than 120 days after each general election, the governing body of each city, county, or city and county, or their delegated local entity, including, but not limited to, the office of the city clerk or the office of the county administrator, shall submit to the Secretary of…

For the purposes of this article, “termination document” means the certificate or other document required by the Corporations Code that is the last certificate or document filed with the Secretary of State to effect the final dissolution, surrender, or cancellation of the busines…

(a) The Secretary of State shall reinstate to active status on its records, a business entity for which a court finds any of the following: (1) The factual representations by a shareholder, member, partner, or other person that are contained in the termination document are materi…

If the Secretary of State determines that the name of a business entity that has been ordered by a court to be reinstated creates a conflict under subdivision (b) of Section 201, subdivision (b) of Section 5122, subdivision (c) of Section 7122, subdivision (b) of Section 9122, su…

Nothing in this article authorizes a court to order that any records of the Secretary of State be expunged. The Secretary of State shall file a certified copy of the order of the court reinstating the business entity with the records of the business entity, and the reinstatement …

The sole remedies for violations of the following provisions of this Act shall be fines of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for each advertisement, contract or prospectus which violates this Act. The provisions are: Article 10 (commencing with Section 66799) of Chapter 3 of Titl…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the State Records Management Act.

For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Acquire” includes acquisition by gift, purchase, lease, eminent domain, or otherwise. (b) “Archival value” means the ongoing usefulness or significance of a record based on the administr…

(a) The Secretary of State shall establish and administer a records management program that will apply efficient and economical management methods to the creation, utilization, maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposal of state records. (b) The duties of the Secretary of…

Notwithstanding any other law, a record held in the State Records Center or by a state agency determined by the Secretary of State to have archival value and to be at risk of damage or loss, or in poor physical condition, shall be transferred to the State Archives at the directio…

The head of a state agency shall do all of the following: (a) Establish and maintain an active, continuing program for the economical and efficient management of the records and information collection practices of the agency. The program shall ensure that the information needed b…

A Records Management Coordinator of an agency shall do all of the following: (a) (1) Upon initial appointment as a Records Management Coordinator, attend a minimum of 12 hours of records management training classes offered by the Secretary of State within 12 months of appointment…

(a) A record shall not be destroyed or otherwise disposed of by an agency of the state, unless it is determined by the Secretary of State that the record has no further administrative, legal, or fiscal value and the Secretary of State has determined that the record is inappropria…

(a) The records of a state agency may be microfilmed, electronically data imaged, or otherwise photographically reproduced and certified upon the written authorization of the head of the agency. The microfilming, electronic data imaging, or photographic reproduction shall be made…

A person, other than a temporary employee, serving in the state civil service and employed by the Department of General Services in the California State Records and Information Management Program shall remain in the state civil service and is hereby transferred to the Secretary o…

All equipment and records in the California State Records and Information Management Program in the Department of General Services are transferred to the Secretary of State.

If a record of a state agency has been lost or destroyed by conflagration or other public calamity, the Secretary of State may acquire the right to reproduce any portion of a public record plant as is necessary for the purpose of restoring or replacing the record or its substance…

The fiscal year shall commence on the first day of July.

The department may require financial and statistical reports, duly verified and covering the period of each fiscal year, from all agencies of the state included within the provisions of Section 13300. Such reports shall be made upon blank forms prescribed and furnished by the dep…

When necessary, the department may require special reports from any such State or public agency. These special reports shall be filed with the department without delay.

The department shall have access and authority to examine all records, files, documents, accounts, reports, correspondence, and all financial affairs of every agency of the state permitted or charged by law with the handling of public money or its equivalent. It may enter any pub…

(a) No law providing for the confidentiality of any records or property shall prevent disclosure of information or documents obtained in connection with any audit, evaluation, investigation, or review conducted by the department unless the provision specifically refers to and pre…

(a) In connection with any audit, evaluation, investigation, or review conducted by the department, the department or a department designee may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of records, files, documents, accounts, reports, or correspondence, o…

It is a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine, if a person does any of the following: (a) Fail or refuse to permit the examination of, ac…

The Department of Finance shall examine the books of the several state agencies as often as the director deems necessary, taking into consideration the work done by other auditors, including the internal auditors of the various state agencies, so that duplication of auditing effo…

Every State agency shall permit such examination and experting and upon demand shall produce without unnecessary delay all books, contracts, and papers in its offices, and furnish information touching books, papers, contracts, and other matters pertaining to the agency.

(a) Notwithstanding Section 11256, or any other law, the department may furnish services to, or provide work for, any other state agency, as requested by the state agency, the Governor, or the Legislature, or as otherwise needed or directed. (b) Prior to the commencement of any s…