California

Government Code

21,845 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 13308 — (a) (1) At the time of the submission of the Governor’s Budget pursuant to Section 12 of Article IV of the California Constitution, within the first 10 days of each calendar year, or as soon thereafte
• § 13308.05 — For purposes of Section 13308, “workload budget” means the budget year cost of currently authorized services, adjusted for changes in enrollment, caseload, or population, or all of these changes and a
• § 13309 — (a) The Director of Finance shall reconcile with the Controller, and report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee by October 1 of each year, the number of permanent employees by department appoint
• § 13310 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department set statewide fiscal and accounting policies and procedures, and provide adequate fiscal and accounting training, advice, and consulting ser
• § 13311 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to achieve effective management of state cash resources, the Director of Finance may defer payment of General Fund moneys, in a cumulative amou
• § 13311.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Section 13311, in order to achieve effective management of state cash resources, the Director of Finance may do both of the following:
• § 13313 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in order to achieve effective cash management of state resources, the Director of Finance may defer payment of General Fund moneys, in a cumulative amount not to exc
• § 13320 — Every State agency and court for which an appropriation has been made, shall submit to the department for approval, a complete and detailed budget at such time and in such form as may be prescribed by
• § 13321 — The budgets shall show the allotments of appropriations or other funds available for the fiscal year by quarter or other period of time and by organization unit.
• § 13322 — Until enactment of the budget act containing the appropriations funding the fiscal year budget, the department may revise, alter, or amend any fiscal year budget, if, in its opinion, revision, alterat
• § 13323 — Upon request of a State agency or court at any time during the fiscal year, the department may authorize transfers between its budget allotments, including reserves.
• § 13323.5 — Notwithstanding any limitation contained in any budget subject to this article, the department, upon the request of any agency which has an employee or employees on disability leave under Section 4800
• § 13324 — Every person who incurs any expenditure in excess of the allotments or other provisions of the fiscal year budget as approved by the department or as subsequently changed by or with the approval of th
• § 13325 — Approval by the Department of General Services of contracts, leases and other transactions or expenditures of state agencies, where such approval is required by law, shall be necessary regardless of t
• § 13326 — Every state agency, when making requests or preparing budgets to be submitted to the Federal Government for funds, equipment, material or services, other than for highway purposes, shall, upon complet
• § 13332 — The Controller, at the request of a state institution, department, board, bureau, commission, officer, employee or other agency for which an appropriation is made, may transfer, under procedures estab
• § 13332.01 — Any state agency which collects funds from the federal government shall include in the collections, amounts to offset federally allowed statewide indirect costs, as determined by the Department of Fin
• § 13332.02 — All funds recovered from the federal government to offset statewide indirect costs shall be transferred to the Central Service Cost Recovery Fund or to the General Fund in a manner prescribed by the D
• § 13332.03 — Whenever an appropriation has not been made to provide for recovery of general administrative costs pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11270) of Chapter 3 of Part 1, a sufficient sum for t
• § 13332.05 — No funds may be encumbered for paying a civil service employee a salary which is above the maximum of the salary range of the employee’s present classification for a period of more than 90 calendar da
• § 13332.06 — The California Coastal Commission, without regard to fiscal year, shall not be subject to the Statewide Cost Allocation Plan for statewide indirect costs established pursuant to Sections 13332.
• § 13332.07 — No funds shall be used to purchase furnishings for any house, mobilehome, or apartment of three or more rooms other than a dormitory that is rented to a state employee.
• § 13332.09 — (a) A purchase order or other form of documentation for acquisition or replacement of motor vehicles shall not be issued against any appropriation until the Department of General Services has investig
• § 13332.10 — (a) (1) The Director of General Services may not enter into a lease agreement between the state and another entity, public or private, in which the state is lessee if the agreement is to be for the le
• § 13332.11 — (a) (1) Except as otherwise specified in paragraph (2), funds appropriated for capital outlay shall not be expended by any state agency, including, but not limited to, the University of California, th
• § 13332.11.1 — Notwithstanding Section 13332.
• § 13332.12 — (a) Any acquisition of land or other real property authorized in any appropriation, except an appropriation from the California Water Fund or an appropriation to the Department of Transportation or th
• § 13332.13 — The Controller may not disburse funds from any appropriation for acquisition made to the Department of Parks and Recreation to pay for any property rights, however secured or received, until the State
• § 13332.14 — No expenditures for park furnishings shall be made unless the Department of Parks and Recreation has made reasonable efforts to acquire the furnishings on a consolidated procurement basis or through C
• § 13332.15 — No appropriation may be combined or used in any manner to avoid budgeting the salary or operating expenses of any position or to achieve any purpose which has been denied by any formal action of the L
• § 13332.16 — This article shall not apply to appropriations to the Legislature, the Legislative Counsel Bureau, the Bureau of State Audits, the California Commission on Uniform State Laws, or the California Law Re
• § 13332.17 — Purchase estimates for supplies or equipment submitted to the Department of General Services pursuant to Section 10311 of the Public Contract Code received during the last 90 days of a fiscal year and
• § 13332.18 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as specified in subdivision (b), revenues derived from the assessment of fines and penalties by any state agency shall not be expended unless the Legislat
• § 13332.19 — (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Design-build” means a construction procurement process in which both the design and construction of a project are proc
• § 13335 — The department shall develop, issue, and implement consistent and adequate guidelines to be utilized by agencies required to submit budgets pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Sec
• § 13336 — The department shall, in cooperation with the Legislature, develop a format for utilization by agencies required to submit a program budget.
• § 13337 — (a) The budget required by the State Constitution to be submitted by the Governor at each regular session of the Legislature shall be submitted within the first 10 days of each regular session and sha
• § 13337.3 — (a) (1) “Advisory body” means every board, bureau, commission, committee, panel, task force, or similar group created by statute or executive order whose principal function is to review, advise, plan,
• § 13337.5 — The annual Budget Act shall not provide for projected expenditures in excess of projected revenues.
• § 13338 — (a) The Budget Bill shall utilize a coding scheme compatible with the Governor’s Budget and with the records of the Controller.
• § 13339 — (a) There is hereby created a California Fiscal Advisory Board consisting of the following members, or their representatives: (1) Chairman of the committee in each house which considers appropriations
• § 13340 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), on and after July 1, 2026, no moneys in any fund that, by any statute other than a Budget Act, are continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years m
• § 13341 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the existing budgeting, accounting, and reporting systems of the University of California shall not be substantially modified to comply with the requirements o
• § 13342 — Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit implementation of any provision of this article prior to a specified date.
• § 13343 — (a) The Department of Finance shall revise the Governor’s Budget documents display for the State Department of Public Health to include a display of the supplemental local assistance appropriation sum
• § 13344 — (a) State agencies shall prepare and maintain financial and accounting data for inclusion in the Governor’s Budget, Budget Act and related documents, and the budgetary-legal basis annual report descri
• § 1340 — The Governor shall commission: (a) All officers elected by the people whose commissions are not otherwise provided for except those officers to whom a certificate of election is issued by the Secretar
• § 13400 — This act shall be known and may be cited as the State Leadership Accountability Act.
• § 13401 — (a) The Legislature finds all of the following: (1) Active oversight processes, including regular and ongoing monitoring processes, for the prevention and early detection of fraud and errors in progra
• § 13402 — Agency heads are responsible for the establishment and maintenance of a system or systems of internal control, and effective and objective ongoing monitoring of the internal controls within their stat
• § 13403 — (a) As used in this chapter, “internal control” means a process, including a continuous built-in component of operations, effected by a state agency’s oversight body, management, and other personnel t
• § 13404 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Agency head” means the individual responsible for the overall operations of a state agency.
• § 13405 — (a) To ensure that the requirements of this chapter are fully complied with, each agency head that the Department of Finance determines is covered by this section shall, on a biennial basis but no lat
• § 13406 — (a) The head of the internal audit staff of a state agency, as specified by the Director of Finance, or, in the event there is no internal audit function, a professional accountant, if available on th
• § 13407 — Because sound internal controls and the regular and ongoing monitoring of those internal controls significantly inhibits waste of resources and thereby creates savings, the Department of Finance and s
• § 1341 — The commissions of all officers commissioned by the Governor shall be issued in the name of the people of the State.
• § 1342 — The commissions of all other officers, where no special provision is made by law, shall be signed by the presiding officer of the body or by the person making the appointment.
• § 13451 — At any sale of bonds by the Treasurer the director may become a bidder and purchase bonds with the funds at his disposal.
• § 13470 — Whenever there is in the treasury to the credit of the Unclaimed Property Fund the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or more, the Director of Finance shall invest all but ten thousand dollars (
• § 13472 — Investments under this article may be made in bonds of this State, of the United States, or of any county, permanent road district, city, school district, metropolitan water district, or municipal uti
• § 13473 — The investments shall be made in such manner and on such terms as the director deems best for such fund.
• § 13474 — All bonds purchased under this article shall be delivered to the Treasurer, who shall credit the interest to the State School Fund, when collected.
• § 1360 — Unless otherwise provided, following any election or appointment and before any officer enters on the duties of his or her office, he or she shall take and subscribe the oath or affirmation set forth
• § 1362 — Unless otherwise provided, the oath may be taken before any officer authorized to administer oaths.
• § 1363 — (a) Unless otherwise provided, every oath of office certified by the officer before whom it was taken shall be filed within the time required as follows: (1) The oath of all officers whose authority i
• § 1364 — It is unlawful to remove a person from an office or position of public trust because such person has not complied with any law, charter, or regulation prescribing an additional test or qualification f
• § 1365 — It is unlawful for any person having the power of removal from office of any officer to remove or threaten to remove the officer from his office because the officer, in the appointment of any person t
• § 1366 — Any officer or person who is removed or threatened with removal from any office or position of public trust may bring an action to restrain such unlawful removal or to enforce restoration by process o
• § 1367 — No compensation nor reimbursement for expenses incurred shall be paid to any officer by any public agency unless he has taken and subscribed to the oath or affirmation required by this chapter.
• § 1368 — Every person who, while taking and subscribing to the oath or affirmation required by this chapter, states as true any material matter which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of perjury, and is p
• § 1369 — Every person having taken and subscribed to the oath or affirmation required by this chapter, who while holding office, advocates or becomes a member of any party or organization, political or otherwi
• § 13877 — It shall be the function of the department to provide consultation and co-ordination to the departments and agencies of the state government with respect to organization planning and the development a
• § 13878 — In the field of organization planning the department shall: (a) Counsel with, assist, and provide co-ordination to the heads of state departments: (1) In the development and application of principles
• § 13879 — In the field of manpower and costs control, the department shall: (a) Counsel with and provide co-ordination to the heads of departments in the development and application of effective controls over m
• § 13880 — In the field of organization research, the department shall: (a) Counsel with and provide co-ordination to the heads of departments on the internal exchange of information and experience regarding man
• § 13881 — The department may: (a) Conduct such relationships with agencies of the governments of municipalities, counties, other states, and the United States as are appropriate in the discharge of its function
• § 13885 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Recent corporate scandals and federal legislation, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (P.
• § 13886 — (a) Any governing body that oversees a state agency that performs or reviews internal audits shall establish an audit committee that generally meets the frameworks recommended by the American Institut
• § 13886.5 — (a) The Controller, the Director of Finance, and the respective staffs thereof, and all state agencies that have their own internal auditors or that conduct internal audits or internal audit activitie
• § 13887 — (a) In order to achieve independence and objectivity pursuant to Section 13886, for any state agency that does not report to a governing body, the internal auditor operations shall meet all of the fol
• § 13887.5 — (a) When the chief internal auditor of a state agency believes that senior management in the state agency has accepted a level of residual risk that may be unacceptable to the organization or that sen
• § 13888 — (a) If an internal auditor employed by a state agency has a good faith belief that the agency management is interfering with the internal auditor’s or auditors’ ability to comply with the provisions o
• § 13900 — (a) As used in this chapter, “board” means the California Victim Compensation Board.
• § 13901 — (a) There is within the Government Operations Agency the California Victim Compensation Board.
• § 13902 — (a) If the third member is not a state officer acting ex officio, the member shall receive fifty dollars ($50) for every day of actual attendance at meetings of the board not in excess of eight meetin
• § 13903 — The Secretary of Government Operations shall serve as chair of the board.
• § 13904 — The board shall keep a record of all its proceedings and any member may cause his dissent to the action of the majority upon any matter to be entered upon such record.
• § 13905 — The board shall have a seal, bearing the following inscription: “California Victim Compensation Board.
• § 13906 — A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of any business, for the performance of any duty, or for the exercise of any power of the board.
• § 13907 — The act of a majority of the board when in session as a board is the act of the board; but any investigation, inquiry, or hearing which the board has power to undertake or to hold may be undertaken or
• § 13908 — The evidence in any investigation, inquiry, or hearing may be taken by the member to whom the investigation, inquiry, or hearing has been assigned or, in his or their behalf, by an examiner designated
• § 13909 — (a) The board shall appoint an executive officer who shall hold office at its pleasure.
• § 13910 — The executive officer, or his or her designee, shall keep a full and true record of all proceedings of the board, issue all necessary process, writs, warrants, and notices, and perform those other dut
• § 13911 — The examiners may administer oaths, examine witnesses, issue subpenas, and receive evidence, under such rules and regulations as the board may adopt.
• § 13915 — The board shall hold regular meetings in Sacramento and may hold other meetings at the times and places within the state as a majority of the board directs.
• § 13920 — The board may adopt regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.
• § 13950 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to assist residents of the State of California in obtaining compensation for the pecuniary losses they suffer as a direct resul
• § 13951 — As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Board” means the California Victim Compensation Board.
• § 13952 — (a) An application for compensation shall be filed with the board in the manner determined by the board.
• § 13952.5 — (a) An emergency award shall be available to a person eligible for compensation pursuant to this chapter if the board determines that such an award is necessary to avoid or mitigate substantial hardsh
• § 13953 — (a) An application for compensation shall be filed within seven years of the date of the crime, seven years after the victim attains 21 years of age, or seven years of the time the victim or derivativ
• § 13954 — (a) The board shall verify with hospitals, physicians, law enforcement officials, or other interested parties involved, the treatment of the victim or derivative victim, circumstances of the crime, am
• § 13955 — Except as provided in Section 13956, a person shall be eligible for compensation when all of the following requirements are met: (a) The person for whom compensation is being sought is any of the foll
• § 13956 — Notwithstanding Section 13955, a person shall not be eligible for compensation under the following conditions: (a) An application may be denied, in whole or in part, if the board finds that denial is
• § 13957 — (a) The board may grant for pecuniary loss, when the board determines it will best aid the person seeking compensation, as follows: (1) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13957.
• § 13957.2 — (a) The board may establish maximum rates and service limitations for reimbursement of medical and medical-related services and for mental health and counseling services.
• § 13957.5 — (a) In authorizing compensation for loss of income and support pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 13957, the board may take any of the following actions: (1) Compensate the victim
• § 13957.7 — (a) No reimbursement may be made for any expense that is submitted more than three years after it is incurred by the victim or derivative victim.
• § 13958 — The board shall approve or deny applications, based on recommendations of the board staff, within an average of 90 calendar days and no later than 180 calendar days of acceptance by the board or victi
• § 13959 — (a) The board shall grant a hearing to an applicant who contests a staff recommendation to deny compensation in whole or in part.
• § 13960 — (a) Judicial review of a final decision made pursuant to this chapter may be had by filing a petition for a writ of mandate in accordance with Section 1094.
• § 13962 — (a) The board shall publicize through the board, law enforcement agencies, victim centers, hospitals, medical, mental health or other counseling service providers, and other public or private agencies
• § 13963 — (a) The board shall be subrogated to the rights of the recipient to the extent of any compensation granted by the board.
• § 13963.1 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Without treatment, approximately 50 percent of people who survive a traumatic, violent injury experience lasting or extended psychologi
• § 13963.2 — The Trauma Recovery Center at the San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, is recognized as the State Pilot Trauma Recovery Center (State Pilot TRC).
• § 13964 — (a) Claims under this chapter shall be paid from the Restitution Fund.
• § 13965 — (a) Any recipient of an overpayment pursuant to this chapter is liable to repay the board that amount unless both of the following facts exist: (1) The overpayment was not due to fraud, misrepresentat
• § 13966 — The board may do all of the following to recover moneys owed to the Restitution Fund: (a) File a civil action against the liable person for the recovery of the amount of moneys owed.
• § 13970 — Direct action on the part of private citizens in preventing the commission of crimes against the person or property of others, or in apprehending criminals, or rescuing a person in immediate danger of
• § 13971 — As used in this article, “private citizen” means any person other than a peace officer, fireman, lifeguard, or person whose employment includes the duty to protect the public safety acting within the
• § 13972 — (a) If a private citizen incurs personal injury or death or damage to his or her property in preventing the commission of a crime against the person or property of another, in apprehending a criminal,
• § 13973 — (a) Upon presentation of a claim pursuant to this chapter, the California Victim Compensation Board shall fix a time and place for the hearing of the claim, and shall mail notices of the hearing to in
• § 13974 — The California Victim Compensation Board is hereby authorized to make all needful rules and regulations consistent with the law for the purpose of carrying into effect this article.
• § 13974.1 — (a) The California Victim Compensation Board shall use the applicable provisions of this article to establish a claim and reward procedure to reward persons providing information leading to the locati
• § 13974.2 — Any reference to Article 2 (commencing with Section 13970) of Chapter 5, as it read on December 31, 2002, shall be construed to refer to this chapter.
• § 13974.5 — (a) The California Victim Compensation Board shall enter into an interagency agreement with the University of California, San Francisco, to establish a victims of crime recovery center at the San Fran
• § 13975 — There is in the state government the Transportation Agency.
• § 13976 — The agency is under the supervision of an executive officer known as the Secretary of Transportation.
• § 13977 — Before entering upon the duties of his office the secretary shall execute an official bond to the state in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) conditioned upon the faithful performance o
• § 13978 — The secretary has the power of general supervision over, and is directly responsible to the Governor for, the operations of each department, office, and unit within the agency.
• § 13978.2 — The Secretary of Transportation shall advise the Governor on, and assist the Governor in establishing, major policy and program matters affecting each department, office, or other unit within the agen
• § 13978.4 — The Secretary of Transportation shall exercise the authority vested in the Governor in respect to the functions of each department, office, or other unit within the agency, including the adjudication
• § 13978.8 — (a) The Transportation Agency shall prepare a state freight plan.
• § 13979 — The secretary shall develop and report to the Governor on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish comprehensive, long-range, coordinated planning and policy formulation in th
• § 13979.1 — With respect to coordinated planning and policy formulation in transportation and housing policies, the secretary shall be responsible for resolving significant policy conflicts among state, local, an
• § 13979.2 — (a) The secretary, on behalf of the agency, and any department, office, or other unit within the agency with the authority to implement transportation projects, may assume responsibilities under the f
• § 13979.3 — (a) On or before January 1, 2024, the agency shall establish and convene the Transit Transformation Task Force.
• § 13979.4 — (a) (1) Consistent with, and subject to the requirements of, any memorandum of understanding between the state and federal government, the secretary, upon the request of a local or regional agency wit
• § 13980 — For the purpose of administration, the secretary shall review the organization of the agency and report to the Governor on such changes as he deems necessary properly to segregate and conduct the work
• § 13981 — The secretary and any other officer or employee within the agency designated in writing by the secretary shall have the power of a head of a department pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 1
• § 13982 — Whenever a power is granted to the secretary, the power may be exercised by such officer or employee within the agency as designated in writing by the secretary.
• § 13983 — The secretary shall conduct a program relating to the medical aspects of traffic injury and accident control.
• § 13984 — In order to ensure that Section 10240.
• § 13986 — (a) The secretary shall coordinate with the Department of Transportation and the California Transportation Commission to identify available funding in state transportation programs in existence as of
• § 13987 — (a) Subject to the appropriation of funds for the purposes described in paragraphs (1) and (2) in the Budget Act of 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, or 2027, the agency shall develop and administer an accounta
• § 13988 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The state is home to many of the world’s top research universities, national laboratories, and leading-edge high-technology companies that
• § 13988.1 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Department” means the Department of General Services.
• § 13988.2 — (a) The department shall perform all of the following functions: (1) Commencing January 1, 2015, and every three years thereafter, track intellectual property generated by state employees or with stat
• § 13988.3 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, state agencies and departments may, upon request, share records and information related to intellectual property generated by state employees or with state funding w
• § 13988.4 — (a) This chapter shall not apply to intellectual property or intellectual property related agreements administered by the Regents of the University of California, the subcontractors of the Regents of
• § 13989 — This act shall be known and may be cited as the California Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act.
• § 13989.2 — For the purposes of this chapter the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Peer-reviewed manuscript” means a manuscript after it has been peer reviewed and in the form in which it has been accepted
• § 13989.4 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The state is home to many of the world’s top research universities, national laboratories, and leading-edge high-technology companies that
• § 13989.6 — (a) (1) A grantee that receives funding, in whole or in part, in the form of a research grant from a state agency shall provide for free public access to any publication of a peer-reviewed manuscript
• § 13990 — (a) The State Transportation Board and the State Transportation Board Office are hereby abolished, and the California Transportation Commission succeeds to, and is vested with, all the duties, powers,
• § 13995 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Tourism Marketing Act.
• § 13995.1 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Tourism is among California’s biggest industries, contributing over fifty-two billion dollars ($52,000,000,000) to the state economy
• § 13995.100 — (a) The Legislature recognizes that, because of the size and significant economic impact of the tourism industry on the economy of the County of Los Angeles, it being the second largest economic activ
• § 13995.101 — For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “County commission” means the Los Angeles County Tourism Marketing Commission.
• § 13995.102 — (a) The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors shall appoint the Los Angeles County Tourism Selection Committee to consist of persons, or principals of entities, from within the industry categories t
• § 13995.103 — (a) Based upon the criteria established by the county selection committee, the county commission shall be established by industry referenda within the county conducted in accordance with subdivision (
• § 13995.104 — (a) The county commission shall be a private, nonprofit corporation, and shall not be part of state or county government, nor be construed in any other manner as a public entity.
• § 13995.105 — (a) Not later than six months following its formation, the county commission shall adopt procedures concerning the operation of the county commission in order to provide due process rights for assesse
• § 13995.106 — County commissioners and employees of the county commission shall not be individually liable in any way to any person for any good faith activity of the county commission, county commissioners, or emp
• § 13995.107 — The county commission may be terminated at any time after the initial four years of operation by referendum of the assessed businesses.
• § 13995.108 — (a) The county may require assessed businesses to maintain books and records that reflect their income or sales as reflected in the assessment, and to furnish the county treasurer/tax collector with a
• § 13995.109 — (a) The county commission shall recommend the assessments approved by the industry referendum to the board of supervisors.
• § 13995.110 — (a) No referendum required under this article shall be undertaken until any of the following occurs, whichever is earliest: (1) A statewide referendum held pursuant to this chapter has obtained a pass
• § 13995.111 — Assessments shall be set by the county commission, as follows: (a) Each industry category shall establish a committee to determine the following within its industry category: industry segments, assess
• § 13995.112 — An assessed business may appeal an assessment to the county commission upon the basis that the business does not meet the definition established for an assessed business within its industry segment, o
• § 13995.113 — (a) The county treasurer/tax collector shall collect the assessment from all assessed businesses, and, in collecting an assessment, may bring enforcement actions.
• § 13995.114 — (a) Any assessment levied as provided in this article is a debt of the business so assessed and shall be due and payable at the direction of the county treasurer/tax collector.
• § 13995.115 — The county commission shall separately contract with the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau to serve as its administrative contractor in the promotion, implementation, and administration of th
• § 13995.116 — This article is subject to Article 8 (commencing with Section 13995.
• § 13995.117 — A business is exempt from the assessments provided for in this chapter if the business is a travel agency or tour operator that derives less than 20 percent of its gross revenue from travel and touris
• § 13995.118 — This article shall become operative only upon adoption by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors of a resolution by majority vote making the provisions of this article applicable in that county.
• § 13995.150 — The Legislature finds and declares that a statewide network of visitor information centers, to be known as California Welcome Centers, that are readily accessible to and recognizable by tourists, woul
• § 13995.151 — For the purpose of establishing and enhancing a statewide network of California Welcome Centers, the Office of Tourism shall perform the following functions and activities: (a) Designate a statewide n
• § 13995.152 — The Department of Transportation shall, to the maximum extent feasible, install and maintain California Welcome Center highway signs when requested by the Office of Tourism.
• § 13995.153 — Costs associated with the ongoing maintenance and operation of centers shall be borne by the entity operating a California Welcome Center.
• § 13995.154 — Every entity of state government shall cooperate with the Office of Tourism to further the provisions of this chapter.
• § 13995.155 — If the Office of Tourism drafts regulations to implement this chapter, the office shall submit the regulations to the California Tourism Commission for the commission’s review prior to the adoption of
• § 13995.20 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 13995.30 — (a) The Governor shall appoint a Tourism Selection Committee based upon recommendations from established industry associations.
• § 13995.40 — (a) Upon approval of the initial referendum, the office shall establish a nonprofit mutual benefit corporation named the California Travel and Tourism Commission.
• § 13995.40.5 — Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 13995.
• § 13995.41 — The purpose of the commission is to increase the number of persons traveling to and within California.
• § 13995.42 — (a) The commission is a separate, independent California nonprofit mutual benefit corporation.
• § 13995.43 — (a) The commission shall be administered by an executive director.
• § 13995.44 — (a) (1) The commission shall annually provide to all assessed businesses, the chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, and the chairpersons of the Assembly Committee on Budget and the Se
• § 13995.45 — (a) The commission shall annually prepare, or cause to be prepared, a written marketing plan.
• § 13995.46 — Commissioners and employees of the commission are not responsible individually in any way whatsoever to any person for liability for any good faith activity of the commission.
• § 13995.47 — (a) The commission shall establish one or more industry marketing advisory committees, which may include noncommissioners as members.
• § 13995.48 — If the commission believes that the administration of the marketing plan will be promoted thereby, the commission may borrow money, with or without interest, to carry out the provisions of the marketi
• § 13995.49 — The commission may by written contract accept a voluntary assessment from any person in a travel and tourism related business who is not an assessed business.