Title GOV — California Gov. Code

(a) A candidate for statewide elective office, as defined in Section 82053, who accepts the voluntary expenditure limits set forth in Section 85400 may purchase the space to place a statement in the state voter information guide that does not exceed 250 words. The statement may n…

(a) A candidate or committee shall return not later than 60 days of receipt by the candidate or committee any contribution of one hundred dollars ($100) or more for which the candidate or committee does not have on file in the records of the candidate or committee the name, addre…

Any candidate or committee that receives a contribution in violation of Section 84301 shall pay to the General Fund of the state the amount of the contribution.

(a) (1) A solicitation by a candidate or committee, directly or through an agent or intermediary, for a recurring contribution shall be in a form that requires affirmative consent from the person making the recurring contribution. (2) A candidate or committee shall not accept a r…

An elected state officer or candidate for elected state office may not accept a contribution from a lobbyist, and a lobbyist may not make a contribution to an elected state officer or candidate for elected state office, if that lobbyist is registered to lobby the governmental age…

(a) A county or city may, by ordinance or resolution, impose a limit on contributions to a candidate for elective county or city office that is different from the limit set forth in subdivision (d) of Section 85301. The limitation may also be imposed by means of a county or city …

(a) This act does not nullify contribution limitations or prohibitions of any local jurisdiction that apply to elections for local elective office, except that these limitations and prohibitions shall not conflict with Section 85312. However, a local jurisdiction shall not impose…

(a) A person shall not make any contribution to a committee or candidate that is earmarked for a contribution to any other particular committee, ballot measure, or candidate unless the contribution is fully disclosed pursuant to Section 84302. (b) For purposes of subdivision (a),…

There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the state to the Fair Political Practices Commission the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) annually above and beyond the appropriations established for the commission in the fiscal year immediately prior to the e…

(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of ninety-one thousand fifty-four dollars ($91,054) shall be paid to each of the following: (1) Director of Finance. (2) Secretary of Transportation. (3) Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency. (4) Secretary of California Health …

(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of eighty-five thousand four hundred two dollars ($85,402) shall be paid to each of the following: (1) Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation. (2) Director of Transportation. (3) Real Estate Commissioner. (4) Director o…

(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of eighty-one thousand six hundred thirty-five dollars ($81,635) shall be paid to each of the following: (1) Chairperson of the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. (2) Chairperson of the Agricultural Labor Relations Boa…

(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of seventy-nine thousand one hundred twenty-two dollars ($79,122) shall be paid to the following: (1) Member of the Agricultural Labor Relations Board. (2) Member of the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission…

(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of seventy-five thousand three hundred fifty-four dollars ($75,354) shall be paid to each of the following: (1) Director of Conservation. (2) Director of Community Services and Development. (3) State Architect. (4) Director of Fair …

Effective July 1, 2007, an annual salary of two hundred twenty-two thousand dollars ($222,000) shall be paid to the State Public Health Officer. The annual compensation provided by this section shall be increased in any fiscal year in which a general salary increase is provided f…

(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of seventy-one thousand five hundred eighty-seven dollars ($71,587) shall be paid to the following: (1) Chairperson of the Board of Parole Hearings. (2) Chairperson of the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board. (3) Chairperso…

(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of sixty-nine thousand seventy-six dollars ($69,076) shall be paid to each of the following: (1) Commissioner of the Board of Parole Hearings. (2) Member of the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board. (3) Commissioner of the B…

An annual salary of twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars ($25,500) shall be paid to each member of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board.

(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of twenty-five thousand one hundred eighteen dollars ($25,118) shall be paid to each member of the State Personnel Board. (b) The annual compensation provided by this section shall be increased in any fiscal year in which a general …

(a) Effective January 1, 1988, an annual salary of twenty-five thousand one hundred eighteen dollars ($25,118) shall be paid to each member of the State Air Resources Board and the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, if each member devotes a minimum of 60 hours per month to st…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever a member of a board, commission, committee, or similarly constituted body created by executive order or statute, is authorized to receive a per diem salary or allowance in excess of expenses incurred by the member, that rate sh…

If the salary specified in Article 1 (commencing with Section 11550) for any particular position is greater than the salary which the incumbent is receiving on the date when this chapter takes effect, he or she shall receive the higher amount from and after the first day of the m…

Notwithstanding Sections 11553, 11553.5, 11563.7, and 11564, with respect to any salary increase made after January 1, 1997, for nonelected members of state boards and commissions specified in Sections 11553, 11553.5, 11563.7, and 11564, the annual compensation provided by these …

If the salary specified in Article 1 (commencing with Section 11550) for any particular position is less than the salary which the incumbent is receiving on the date when this chapter takes effect, he or she shall continue to receive the higher amount and the provisions of Articl…

If any constitutional provision prevents an increase in the salary during the term of office of a position for which an increase is provided by this chapter, such increase shall become operative with the commencement of the next succeeding term of office of such position.

The provisions of this chapter shall not be superseded or modified by any subsequent legislation except to the extent that such legislation shall do so expressly.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this chapter or of any statute specifying the salary to be paid to any state officer, in any fiscal year for which the Legislature appropriates additional funds to augment the salaries paid to state officers whose salaries are specified…

The annual salary of the Attorney General includes all services rendered ex officio as member of any board or commission.

(a) The Attorney General may appoint and fix the salaries of Assistant Attorneys General, Deputy Attorneys General, service agents, experts, and technical and clerical employees as the Attorney General deems necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the Attorney Gener…

No person shall be eligible to the office of Attorney General unless that person has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the state for a period of at least five years immediately preceding that person’s election or appointment to this office.

The Attorney General shall not engage in the private practice of law, nor shall the Attorney General be associated directly or indirectly with any attorney in private practice, but instead shall devote the Attorney General’s entire time to the service of the state.

The Attorney General is head of the Department of Justice.

The Attorney General has charge, as attorney, of all legal matters in which the State is interested, except the business of The Regents of the University of California and of such other boards or officers as are by law authorized to employ attorneys.

The Attorney General may defend a public or private provider of health care, as defined in Section 56.05 of the Civil Code, and its officers, employees, agents, and subcontractors against any claim that the civil rights of a person in state custody were violated in the provision …

Defense of the California Legislature Transparency Act. If an action is brought challenging, in whole or in part, the validity of the California Legislature Transparency Act, the following shall apply: (a) The Legislature shall continue to comply with the act unless it is declare…

The Attorney General shall attend the Supreme Court and prosecute or defend all causes to which the state, or any state officer, is a party in the state officer’s official capacity.

After judgment in any of the causes referred to in Section 12512, the Attorney General shall direct the issuing of such process as may be necessary to carry the judgment into execution.

Any person who fails to pay on a timely basis any liability or penalty imposed by or on behalf of any state agency or official, the People of the State of California, the State of California, or any liability or penalty otherwise imposed in any matter prosecuted by the Attorney G…

The Attorney General shall keep a docket of all causes in which the Attorney General is required to appear. The docket shall be open to the inspection of the public during business hours, and shall show: (a) The county and court in which the causes have been instituted and tried.…

The Attorney General shall bid upon and purchase, in the name of the state and under the direction of the Department of General Services, any property offered for sale under execution issued upon judgments in favor or for the use of the state, and enter satisfaction in whole or i…

Whenever the property of a judgment debtor in any judgment in favor or for the use of the state has been sold under a prior judgment, or is subject to any prior judgment, lien, or encumbrance, the Attorney General shall, under the direction of the Department of General Services, …

When in the Attorney General’s opinion it may be necessary for the collection or enforcement of any judgment in favor or for the use of the state, the Attorney General shall institute and prosecute, on behalf of the state, actions or proceedings to set aside and annul all conveya…

Whenever any action is brought against the state or any state agency involving the title, or right to possession or the boundaries of any lands belonging to the state or in which it has any interest, the Attorney General may, when in the Attorney General’s judgment the public int…

The Attorney General shall give the Attorney General’s opinion in writing to any Member of the Legislature, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, State Lands Commission, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Insurance Commissioner, any stat…

(a) The Attorney General may not employ special counsel in any case except pursuant to either of the following: (1) Article 3 (commencing with Section 12540). (2) Article 4 (commencing with Section 12550). (b) Subdivision (a) does not affect the right of the Attorney General to e…

The Attorney General shall account for and pay over to the proper officer all money which may come into the Attorney General’s possession belonging to the state or to any county.

On or before the 15th day of September in each even-numbered year, the Attorney General shall report to the Governor the condition of the affairs of the Attorney General’s office and of the reports the Attorney General has received from district attorneys.

The Attorney General may appear for and represent the Indians of the State of California before the Indian Claims Commission created by an act of Congress approved August 13, 1946 (Public Law 726).

The Attorney General may, from time to time, and as often as occasion may require, call into conference the district attorneys and sheriffs of the several counties and the chiefs of police of the several municipalities of this state, or such of them as the Attorney General deems …

(a) In any case in which a person dies while in the custody of any law enforcement agency or while in custody in a local or state correctional facility in this state, the law enforcement agency or the agency in charge of the correctional facility shall report in writing to the At…