Title GOV — California Gov. Code

Every person who exercises the duties of any employment in violation of the provisions of this article relative to oaths, and every person who knowingly employs a person ineligible by reason of the provisions of this article relative to oaths, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Enacted…

The Legislature of the State of California finds that: (a) There exists a world-wide revolutionary movement to establish a totalitarian dictatorship based upon force and violence rather than upon law. (b) This world-wide revolutionary movement is predicated upon and it is designe…

There is, in the Legislative Counsel Bureau, the Commission on Uniform State Laws.

(a) The commission consists of one Member of the Senate, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules; one Member of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly; six additional members, appointed by the Governor; the Legislative Counsel; any person, not otherwise a membe…

Each appointed member of the commission shall be any of the following: (a) A member in good standing of the State Bar of California. (b) A person admitted to practice before the highest court of any other state of the United States. (c) A judge of a court of record in this state.…

Each member appointed by the Governor to the commission shall hold office for a term of four years and until the appointment and qualification of a successor.

When a vacancy occurs in an office filled by appointment by the Governor, the Governor shall appoint a person to the office for the balance of the unexpired term.

A member of the commission is eligible for reappointment.

A member of the commission shall not receive compensation for services as a member, but shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day while on official business of the commission. In addition, each member shall be allowed actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his o…

The commission may participate in the work of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and the Legislative Counsel may allocate funds to cover the commission’s proportionate share of the expenses of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State …

The commission shall meet at some place in the state at least once every two years. The commission shall elect one of its members as chairperson and another as secretary, who shall hold their respective offices for a term of two years, and until their successors are elected and q…

The members of the commission shall attend the meetings of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. The attendance of a member at this meeting is an excused or authorized absence from employment.

It shall be sufficient cause for the dismissal of any public employee when such public employee advocates or is knowingly a member of the Communist Party or of an organization which during the time of his membership he knows advocates overthrow of the Government of the United Sta…

It shall be the duty of any public employee who may be subpenaed or ordered by the governing body of the state or local agency by which such employee is employed, to appear before such governing body, or a committee or subcommittee thereof, or by a duly authorized committee of th…

Sections 1027.5, 1028.1, and 1028, added by Chapter 1418 of the Statutes of 1947, are not applicable to school district employees. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Education Code shall apply to such employees.

The commission shall do all in its power to promote uniformity in state laws upon all subjects where uniformity is deemed desirable and practicable.

The commission shall bring about, as far as practicable, the passage of the various uniform acts recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and shall devise and recommend additional legislation or other course of action as is deemed necessary t…

The commission shall report to the Legislature from time to time as the commission deems desirable and practicable, giving an account of its transactions and its advice and recommendations for legislation.

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), (c), (d), or (e), each of the following persons is disqualified from holding office as a peace officer or being employed as a peace officer of the state, county, city, city and county, or other political subdivision, whether with or with…

The Department of Corrections and the Department of the Youth Authority shall complete a background investigation, using as guidelines standards defined by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, of any applicant for employment as a peace officer before the applic…

This article may be cited as the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act.

As used in this article: (a) “Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. (b) “Legal material” means all of the following, whether or not in effect: (1) The California Constitution. (2…

This article applies to all legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under Section 10293 and first published electronically on or after July 1, 2015.

(a) If an official publisher publishes legal material only in an electronic record, the publisher shall do all of the following: (1) Designate the electronic record as official. (2) Comply with Sections 10294, 10296, and 10297. (b) An official publisher that publishes legal mater…

An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under Section 10293 shall authenticate the record. To authenticate an electronic record, the publisher shall provide a method for a user to determine that the record received by the use…

(a) Legal material in an electronic record that is authenticated under Section 10294 is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material. (b) If another state has adopted a law substantially similar to this article, legal material in an electronic record that is designated a…

(a) An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is or was designated as official under Section 10293 shall provide for the preservation and security of the record in an electronic form or a form that is not electronic. (b) If legal material is preserved u…

An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that must be preserved under Section 10296 shall ensure that the material is reasonably available for use by the public on a permanent basis.

In implementing this article, an official publisher of legal material in an electronic record shall consider all of the following: (a) Standards and practices of other jurisdictions. (b) The most recent standards regarding authentication of, preservation and security of, and publ…

In applying and construing this article, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

(a) A law enforcement agency shall require a peace officer or a prospective peace officer, as designated under Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, to undergo a fingerprint-based state and national criminal history background check. (b…

This article modifies, limits, or supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001 et seq.) but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of…

Each class of public officers or employees declared by law to be peace officers shall meet all of the following minimum standards: (a) Be legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law. (b) Be 18 years of age or older. (c) Be fingerprinted for purposes of searc…

(a) For purposes of performing a thorough background investigation for applicants not currently employed as a peace officer, as required by subdivision (d) of Section 1031, or in the case of an applicant for a position other than a sworn peace officer within a law enforcement age…

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336) and paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 12940, the collection of nonmedical or nonpsychological information of peace officers, in accordance with a thorough background investigation, as requi…

(a) The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, by January 1, 2022, shall study, review, and update their regulations and associated screening materials related to the emotional and mental condition evaluation required by Section 1031 to incorporate both of the follow…

(a) In addition to the standards in Section 1031, each state officer and employee designated as peace officers as described in Section 830.1, with the exception of those described in subdivision (c) of that section, 830.2, with the exception of those described in subdivision (d) …

(a) (1) In addition to the standards in Section 1031, commencing January 1, 2031, each state officer and employee designated as a peace officer as described in Section 830.1, with the exception of those described in subdivision (c) of that section, 830.2, with the exception of th…

(a) The Department of Motor Vehicles may require fingerprint images and associated information from an employee or prospective employee whose duties include or would include any of the following: (1) Access to confidential information in a database of the department. (2) Access t…

(a) (1) The Department of Managed Health Care may require fingerprint images and associated information from a prospective employee whose duties would include access to medical information. (2) The department shall require that any services contract or interagency agreement that …

(a) (1) The California Gambling Control Commission may require fingerprint images and associated information from a prospective employee if the employee’s duties include, or would include, access to any of the following: (A) Information that is required to be kept confidential un…

(a) (1) The executive board of the California Health Benefit Exchange, as established by Section 100500, shall, consistent with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Catalog of Minimum Acceptable Risk Standards for Exchanges (MARS-E), Exchange Reference Ar…

(a) (1) A state entity or its designee shall conduct criminal background checks, as provided in this section, to comply with applicable federal requirements. (2) (A) The state entity or its designee shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images, and any other relat…

The following officers shall keep their offices in the City of Sacramento: (a) The Governor. (b) Secretary of State. (c) Controller. (d) Treasurer. (e) Attorney General. (f) Superintendent of Public Instruction. (g) Justices of the Supreme Court. (h) Clerk and reporters of the Su…

The director of each department who is a member of the Governor’s council shall reside at Sacramento. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134.)

No state or municipal officer shall absent himself from the state for more than 60 days, unless either: (a) Upon business of the state, or the municipality, (b) With the consent of the Legislature, or the governing body of the municipality. The prohibition of this section shall n…

No officer of a county or judicial district shall absent himself from the state for more than 30 days unless either: (a) Upon business for the state, county or judicial district, (b) With the consent of the board of supervisors of the county. In no case shall such officer absent …

No member of the governing board of a school district or a community college district shall be absent from the state for more than 60 days, except in any of the following situations: (a) Upon business of the school district or community college district with the approval of the b…

(a) Members of the Legislature, state, county, district, judicial district, and city officers or employees shall not be financially interested in any contract made by them in their official capacity, or by any body or board of which they are members. Nor shall state, county, dist…

No officer or employee of the State nor any Member of the Legislature shall accept any commission for the placement of insurance on behalf of the State.