Title GOV — California Gov. Code

“Preferred limited term list” means a list of persons who have served under limited-term appointment and who, in accordance with rule, are granted eligibility for additional limited-term appointments.

“Departmental eligible list” means a list of persons who have been examined in an open competitive examination and who are eligible for certification for a specific class for a particular appointing power.

(a) “Subdivisional promotional list” means a list of persons eligible for certification for a specific class resulting from a promotional examination for a particular subdivision of a state agency. (b) “Departmental promotional list” means a list of persons eligible for certifica…

“General reemployment list” means a list established for the reemployment of persons in a particular class in any State agency, irrespective of the State agency in which the persons were previously employed.

“Departmental reemployment list” means a list established for the reemployment of persons in a particular class in a particular State agency.

“Subdivisional reemployment list” means a list established for the reemployment of persons in a particular class in a particular subdivision of a State agency.

“Employment list” means preferred limited-term list, limited-term list, eligible list, departmental eligible list, subdivisional promotional list, departmental promotional list, multidepartmental promotional list, servicewide promotional list, departmental reemployment list, subd…

“Part” means this part, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 19800), and Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 19815) and those portions of Part 1 (commencing with Section 18000) that confer powers or impose duties on the board or the department.

“Armed forces” means the United States Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.

“National emergency” as used in this part means any period in which the United States is at war prior to the declaration by the Governor of a state military emergency.

“State military emergency,” as used in this part, means an emergency declared and terminable by the Governor by proclamation during, but not limited to, such times as the United States is conscripting personnel for service in the armed forces.

“Recognized military service” means full-time service by a person in the armed forces during the national emergency or a state military emergency.

“Veteran” means: Any person who has served full time in the armed forces in time of national emergency or state military emergency or during any expedition of the armed forces and who has been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.

“Disabled veteran” means any veteran as defined in Section 18540.4 who is currently declared by the United States Veterans Administration to be 10 percent or more disabled as a result of service in the armed forces. Proof of such disability shall be deemed conclusive if it is of …

“Rehabilitation” as used within this part shall mean a restoration of veterans declared to be 10 per cent or more disabled, either physically or mentally.

“Military leave” means the leave of absence status of a permanent employee or probationer who leaves a position to serve in the armed forces of the United States in time of national emergency or state military emergency and who has the right under statutes relating to reinstateme…

“Duration employment” means an employment during time of war or during an emergency in connection with the national defense, which employment is subject to termination and other conditions as prescribed by Section 19200 and by rules.

“Duration examination” means an open competitive examination, or promotional examination, held for the express purpose of providing a list of persons available for duration employment. Employment lists resulting from duration examinations can be used only in making appointments f…

“Career executive” means an employee appointed from an employment list established for the express purpose of providing a list of persons who are eligible for career executive assignments, as specified in Article 5 (commencing with Section 18990) of Chapter 4 and Article 9 (comme…

“Career executive assignment” means an appointment to a high administrative and policy influencing position within the state civil service in which the incumbent’s primary responsibility is the managing of a major function or the rendering of management advice to top-level admini…

A “full-time” position or appointment is a position or appointment in which the employee is to work the amount of time required for the employee to be compensated at a full-time rate.

A “part-time” position or appointment is a position or appointment in which the employee is to work a specific fraction of the full-time work schedule.

An “intermittent” position or appointment is a position or appointment in which the employee is to work periodically or for a fluctuating portion of the full-time work schedule.

“Core competencies” mean the particular education, experience, knowledge, and abilities that each applicant is required to have in order to be considered eligible for a particular group of classifications.

This part shall be known as the State Civil Service Act.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions hereinafter set forth govern the construction of this part.

Whenever a power is granted or a duty imposed upon an appointing power, the power may be exercised or the duty performed by a deputy of the appointing power or by a person authorized pursuant to law by him, unless it is expressly otherwise provided.

Each appointing power shall provide access to records and prepare reports as required by the board or the department. Information given to the board and the department by any person shall not be open to public inspection except under conditions prescribed by board rule, except th…

All officers and employees of the state and any county, city, district, or other subdivision of the state recognized by law shall aid in all proper ways in carrying this part and the board rules into effect, allow the reasonable use of public buildings, and heat and light them fo…

(a) (1) The appointing power shall provide service of the following actions by personal service or by certified mail with return receipt requested or express service carrier as provided in this subdivision: (A) Notice of disciplinary action. (B) Notice of rejection during probati…

Judicial notice shall be taken of board and department rules, regulations, and amendments.

Whenever this part refers to “board rules,” “rules of the board,” “rules,” or makes a similar reference, that reference authorizes the board to make rules concerning the subject matter for which that reference is made.

This part does not prohibit any state agency which is authorized by law to contract for such services from contracting with an independent contractor for the performance of work of a character for which a license is required under Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) of Divis…

The “state civil service” includes state officers and employees, appointed or employed by or under the Adult Authority or the Director of Corrections, and who are engaged exclusively in the administration or enforcement, or the performance or discharge, of the laws, rules or regu…

The “state civil service” shall include all fire protection personnel employed at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Los Alamitos.

The “state civil service” shall include all personnel appointed or employed in the Bureau of Pupil Personnel Services in the Division of Instruction of the Department of Education.

The “state civil service” shall include all vocational education personnel appointed or employed in the State Department of Education, who are now excluded because they are engaged in work financed in whole or in part with federal funds or in work done by co-operation between the…

The “state civil service” shall include all teachers who have been employed for a period of six months at the Orientation Center for the Blind who are now excluded under subdivision (i) of Article VII of the Constitution.

The “state civil service” shall include all personnel appointed or employed in the Bureau of National Defense Education Act Administration of the Department of Education. Personnel of the Bureau of National Defense Education Act Administration who on the effective date of this se…

(a) The “state civil service” does not include a California Science and Technology Policy Fellow provided by the California Council on Science and Technology and duly authorized by an executed memorandum of understanding between the council and an executive branch agency or depar…

(a) The “state civil service” does not include a policy fellow provided by an association. (b) For purposes of this section, “association” means any of the following organizations that are exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code: (1) The …

(a) As used in succeeding subdivisions of this section “public domain” refers to such portion of the public domain of the State of California as is contiguous to the portion of the Klamath River between the mouth of the river and Katamin Rancheria and such portion of the public d…

As used in this part: (a) “Department” means the Department of Human Resources. (b) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Human Resources. (c) “Division” means the Division of Labor Relations. (d) “Employee” or “state employee,” except where otherwise indicated, mean…

(a) The Department of Human Resources (CalHR) is hereby created following reorganization of state department, agencies, and boards in an effort to better serve the human resources and personnel needs of the state. (b) Subject to Article VII of the California Constitution, the Dep…

The Department of Human Resources, as established on July 1, 2012, is hereby established within the Government Operations Agency.

With the consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint, to serve at his pleasure, an executive officer who shall be director of the department. The director shall be appointed wholly on the basis of training, demonstrated ability, experience, and leadership in personnel admin…

The director shall do all of the following: (a) Be responsible for the management of the department. (b) Administer and enforce the laws pertaining to personnel. (c) Observe and report to the Governor on the conditions of the nonmerit aspects of personnel. (d) Formulate, adopt, a…

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 19815.4, this section shall apply to state employees in State Bargaining Unit 5, 6, or 8. (b) The director shall hold nonmerit statutory appeal hearings, subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and conduct investigations in accordance …

Subject to the State Civil Service Act, the director shall appoint such other assistants and other employees as are necessary for the administration of the affairs of the department and shall prescribe their duties.

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 11042 and 11043, the chief counsel shall represent the department in all legal matters in which the department is interested, before any administrative agency or court of law. (b) The department may charge state agencies and departments for the actual…