California

Government Code

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

• § 9917 — Joint rules committee (a) There is hereby created the Joint Rules Committee which shall be comprised of the combined membership of the Assembly Committee on Rules and the Senate Committee on Rules as
• § 9920 — Rules Each house of the Legislature shall adopt rules for its proceedings for each regular and special session by resolution adopted by an affirmative recorded vote of two thirds of the membership of
• § 9921 — Joint Rules The Senate and Assembly shall adopt rules for their joint proceedings for each regular and special session by resolution adopted by an affirmative recorded vote of two thirds of the member
• § 9922 — Standing committees All standing committees of both the Senate and the Assembly, except the Senate Committee on Rules and the Assembly Committee on Rules, shall be created and the size and jurisdictio
• § 9923 — Special and select committees; subcommittees No special or select committees nor any subcommittee shall be established in either the Senate or the Assembly except by affirmative vote of two thirds of
• § 9924 — Joint committees No joint committee shall be established except by passage of concurrent resolution, two thirds of the membership of each house concurring.
• § 9925 — Member voting Each house of the Legislature shall provide in its rules for appropriate voting procedures on the floor and in committees or subcommittees; provided, that no Member shall be allowed to c
• § 9930 — Legislative contingent funds All appropriations for contingent expenses of the Legislature and committees thereof shall be deposited in and credited to the following funds, which funds are created in
• § 9931 — Disbursements from Senate Contingent Fund and Assembly Contingent Fund Except as provided by affirmative recorded vote of two thirds of the membership of the rules committee having powers of direction
• § 9932 — Disbursements from Contingent Funds of the Senate and Assembly No disbursements shall be made from the Contingent Funds of the Senate and Assembly except as provided by vote of the Joint Rules Committ
• § 9933 — Disbursement of money appropriated for legislative printing Any money appropriated for legislative printing shall be disbursed under or pursuant to the direction of the Senate or Assembly as provided
• § 9934 — Limits upon public expenditure Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within 30 days following the enactment of this chapter, the total amount of monies appropriated for the support of the Legisl
• § 9935 — Continuous availability of funds; special accounts Except as described in Section 9934 and this Section, appropriations deposited in and credited to the Senate Contingent Fund, the Assembly Contingent
• § 9936 — Reports to public on expenditures made from contingent funds; contents (a) For the periods beginning December 1, March 1, June 1, and September 1 of each year, the Assembly Committee on Rules, Senate
• § 9937 — Independent audit of contingent funds The Joint Rules Committee shall annually contract for an independent audit of the revenues and expenditures, for each fiscal year, from the Assembly Contingent Fu
• § 995 — Except as otherwise provided in Sections 995.
• § 995.2 — (a) A public entity may refuse to provide for the defense of a civil action or proceeding brought against an employee or former employee if the public entity determines any of the following: (1) The a
• § 995.3 — (a) If a state employee provides his or her own defense against an action brought for an alleged violation of Section 8547.
• § 995.4 — A public entity may, but is not required to, provide for the defense of: (a) An action or proceeding brought by the public entity to remove, suspend or otherwise penalize its own employee or former em
• § 995.6 — A public entity is not required to provide for the defense of an administrative proceeding brought against an employee or former employee, but a public entity may provide for the defense of an adminis
• § 995.8 — A public entity is not required to provide for the defense of a criminal action or proceeding (including a proceeding to remove an officer under Sections 3060 to 3073, inclusive, of the Government Cod
• § 995.9 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon a request made in writing to a public entity, the public entity may defend or indemnify or defend and indemnify any witness who has testified on behalf
• § 99500 — (a) The Governor is the primary state officer representing California’s interest in international affairs, to the extent that representation is not in conflict with federal law or the California Const
• § 99501 — (a) (1) The state point of contact, within the executive branch, acts, in compliance with federal practice, as the liaison between the state and the Office of the United States Trade Representative on
• § 99502 — (a) The Office of Planning and Research shall maintain and update, a full and comprehensive list of all state agreements made with foreign governments.
• § 99503 — (a) (1) All state employees working under the jurisdiction of an agency secretary shall, within 30 days of traveling out of the country on official state business provide, to the secretary to whom the
• § 99520 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) The United States and Mexican economies have become increasingly integrated, particularly since the 1994 adoption of the North American Free Trade
• § 99521 — The following definitions shall govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Border” means the line of demarcation between California and Mexico.
• § 99522 — (a) The California-Mexico Border Relations Council is hereby established in state government.
• § 99523 — The council shall do all of the following: (a) Coordinate activities of state agencies that are related to cross-border programs, initiatives, projects, and partnerships that exist within state govern
• § 99524 — Beginning January 1, 2008, the council shall submit a report to the Legislature on the council’s activities annually.
• § 996 — A public entity may provide for a defense pursuant to this part by its own attorney or by employing other counsel for this purpose or by purchasing insurance which requires that the insurer provide th
• § 996.4 — If after request a public entity fails or refuses to provide an employee or former employee with a defense against a civil action or proceeding brought against him and the employee retains his own cou
• § 996.6 — The rights of an employee or former employee under this part are in addition to and not in lieu of any rights he may have under any contract or under any other enactment providing for his defense.
• § 997 — The Legislature finds and declares that, in order to aid the victims of the collapse of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the I-880 Cypress structure caused by the October 17, 1989, earthquake,
• § 997.1 — (a) Any person may file an application with the Department of General Services for compensation based on personal property loss, personal injury, or death, including noneconomic loss, arising from the
• § 997.2 — The application of any individual who was injured as a result of the collapse of the Bay Bridge or I-880 Cypress structure caused by the October 17, 1989, earthquake, and any surviving spouse, child,
• § 997.3 — (a) If the board determines that an applicant pursuant to this part is eligible for compensation, and upon receipt of all information it deems necessary to evaluate the applicant’s loss, the board sha
• § 997.4 — For the purpose of computing the time limits applicable to the date of the accrual of a cause of action against any party, other than the State of California, to a court action related to the facts gi
• § 997.5 — There is hereby created within the State Treasury the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and I-880 Cypress Structure Disaster Fund for the purpose of paying, pursuant to this part, personal property, pe
• § 997.6 — The board may adopt regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.
• § 998 — The Legislature finds and declares that in order to alleviate the economic and social disruptions arising out of the Lake Davis Northern Pike Eradication Project, it is necessary and appropriate to cr
• § 998.1 — (a) The sum of two million eight hundred sixty-seven thousand six hundred sixty-seven dollars ($2,867,667) is hereby transferred from the Lake Davis Northern Pike Eradication Project Relief Account to
• § 998.2 — (a) Any person or business may file an application with the Department of General Services for compensation based on personal injury, property loss, business loss, or other economic loss, claimed to h
• § 998.3 — (a) If the office of the Attorney General or its designee determines that an applicant pursuant to this part is eligible for compensation, upon receipt of all information it deems necessary to evaluat