California

Government Code

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

• § 14999.9 — The commission shall make a report of its activities, findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature not later than February 1 of each year.
• § 15 — “Oath” includes affirmation.
• § 1500 — All official bonds shall be made payable to the State of California in such penalty and with such conditions as required by this article, or the law creating or regulating the duties of the office.
• § 15000 — There is in the State Government a Department of Justice.
• § 15001 — The department is composed of the Office of the Attorney General and those other divisions, bureaus, branches, sections, or other units as the Attorney General may create within the department pursuan
• § 15001.1 — The Department of Justice is responsible for investigation and enforcement of controlled gambling activity in this state as set forth in the Gambling Control Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 19
• § 15001.2 — Any process issued by the Department of Justice for purposes of implementing and enforcing the Gambling Control Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 19800) of Division 8 of the Business and Profess
• § 15002 — The civil service status, positions and rights of officers and employees of the Department of Justice who were members of the State civil service prior to May 1, 1944 shall not be affected by their tr
• § 15002.5 — The Attorney General may arrange and classify the work of the Department of Justice, and consolidate, abolish, or create divisions, bureaus, branches, sections, or units within the department.
• § 15002.6 — (a) By no later than June 1, 2025, the department shall develop and implement a policy and procedure for employees assigned to the Bureau of Gambling Control to formally track those hours and other ex
• § 15003 — There is in the Department of Justice the office of deputy director.
• § 15004 — The department may prepare and publish every two years a compilation of the laws of this State relating to crimes and criminal law enforcement, which are of general interest to peace officers througho
• § 15005 — Notwithstanding Section 18932, the minimum age limit for appointment to the position of special or narcotic agent shall be 18 years, and the maximum age limit for examination shall be 40 years.
• § 15006 — The Department of Justice shall maintain a continuing investigation on a statewide basis of investment frauds and business crimes and shall assist district attorneys of the various counties in the pro
• § 15007 — For potential litigation involving the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program (Title 21 (commencing with Section 100000), the state shall be represented by attorneys who possess a compreh
• § 1501 — The condition of an official bond shall be that the principal will well, truly, and faithfully perform all official duties then required of him by law, and also all such additional duties as may be im
• § 15025 — The Department of Justice shall seek to control and eradicate organized crime in California by: (a) Gathering, analyzing and storing intelligence pertaining to organized crime.
• § 15026 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the department focus its investigative and prosecutive endeavors with regard to organized crime in controlling crime which is of a conspiratorial and organized
• § 15027 — The department’s functions concerning organized crime shall be divided among five programs as follows: (a) Operations and training.
• § 15028 — The department shall annually report on its activities and accomplishments to the Legislature and to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, as well as to other interested groups.
• § 15029 — (a) The Crack Down Task Force Program is hereby created within the Department of Justice with responsibility for establishing, conducting, supporting, and coordinating crack down task forces composed
• § 1504 — Every official bond executed by any officer pursuant to law is in force and obligatory upon the principal and sureties therein for: (a) Any and all breaches of the conditions thereof committed during
• § 1505 — Whenever, except in criminal prosecutions, any special penalty, forfeiture, or liability is imposed on any officer of a county or judicial district for nonperformance or malperformance of official dut
• § 15050 — The Attorney General shall study, in conjunction with representatives of the States of Nevada, Arizona, and Oregon, the necessity and desirability of an interstate compact relative to the control and
• § 15051 — No compact proposed pursuant to this article is binding on the State of California until it has been approved by the Legislature of this state and the Legislature of Nevada, Oregon or Arizona, and the
• § 15100 — The California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System shall be operated by the Department of Justice.
• § 15101 — The system shall be used exclusively for the official business of the State, and the official business of any city, county, city and county, or other public agency.
• § 15102 — The charges for transmitting messages over the system shall be fixed pursuant to Section 13240.
• § 15103 — The department shall file with the Controller a monthly report of all money received for the use of the system, and at the same time deposit all such money with the Treasurer.
• § 15104 — All sums so deposited shall be credited by the Controller to the appropriation for the support of the department from which the cost of such teletype services were paid, and shall be used by the depar
• § 15105 — This chapter does not prohibit the use of the State’s Teletype System by any other state or public agency thereof when connection is made to the State’s Teletype System at or within the boundaries of
• § 15106 — The Attorney General may lease facilities and equipment for the purpose of connecting the State’s Teletypewriter System with any county, city, or district, if the county, city, or district pays the in
• § 15130 — The Attorney General may arrange for the connection of the State Teletype System with that of any adjacent state.
• § 15131 — The Attorney General shall lease facilities and equipment to connect the State Teletype System with points to be selected by him in the Counties of Alameda, Butte, Contra Costa, Fresno, Humboldt, Impe
• § 15132 — The Attorney General shall lease facilities and equipment to connect the state teletype system with each of the Counties of Amador, Calaveras, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Glenn, Inyo, Kings, Mariposa, Me
• § 15133 — The Attorney General shall lease facilities and equipment to connect the State Teletype System with the sheriff’s office in the counties of: (a) Alpine.
• § 15134 — The Attorney General shall lease facilities and equipment to connect the State Teletype System with sheriff’s office substations at: (a) Monterey, in Monterey County.
• § 15135 — The Attorney General shall lease facilities and equipment to connect the state teletype system with the police department of each of the following cities: (a) San Leandro.
• § 15136 — The Attorney General shall lease facilities and equipment to connect the State Teletype System with the police department of each of the following cities: (a) Paso Robles.
• § 15137 — The Attorney General shall lease facilities and equipment to connect the state teletype system with the police department of the City of Lompoc if the city assumes the cost of connecting to the system
• § 15150 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Justice shall commence to operate under this chapter as soon as feasible, but until such time, the department shall continue to operate u
• § 15151 — The maintenance of law and order is, and always has been, a primary function of government and is so recognized in both Federal and State Constitutions.
• § 15152 — The Department of Justice shall maintain a statewide telecommunications system of communication for the use of law enforcement agencies.
• § 15153 — The system shall be under the direction of the Attorney General, and shall be used exclusively for the official business of the state, and the official business of any city, county, city and county, o
• § 15154 — The Attorney General shall appoint an advisory committee on the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, hereinafter referred to as the committee, to advise and assist him in the manageme
• § 15155 — The committee shall consist of representatives from the following organizations: (a) Two representatives from the California Peace Officers’ Association.
• § 15156 — The Department of Justice shall provide an executive secretary to the committee.
• § 15157 — The committee shall elect a chairman for a term to be determined by the committee.
• § 15158 — The committee shall meet at least twice each year at a time and place to be determined by the Attorney General and the chairman.
• § 15159 — All meetings of the committee and all hearings held by the committee shall be open to the public.
• § 15160 — (a) The Attorney General shall, upon the advice of the committee, adopt and publish for distribution to the system subscribers and other interested parties the operating policies, practices and proced
• § 15161 — The Department of Justice shall provide a basic telecommunications communications network consisting of no more than two relay or switching centers in the state and circuitry and terminal equipment in
• § 15162 — The system may connect and exchange traffic with compatible systems of adjacent states and otherwise participate in interstate operations.
• § 15163 — The system shall provide service to any law enforcement agency qualified by the committee which, at its own expense, desires connection through the county terminal.
• § 15164 — The system shall be maintained at all times with equipment and facilities adequate to the needs of law enforcement.
• § 15164.1 — (a) The person designated as a county’s “control agent” as defined by the policies, practices, and procedures adopted pursuant to Section 15160, or the chief officer of any other agency that has been
• § 15165 — Any subscriber to the system shall file with the Attorney General an agreement to conform to the operating policies, practices and procedures approved by the committee under penalty of suspension of s
• § 15166 — The Director of General Services shall fix the charge to be paid by any state department, officer, board or commission to the Department of Justice.
• § 15167 — In the case of a state agency, the charge shall be paid from the money available by law for the support of the state agency using the system.
• § 15168 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 15153, the system may connect and exchange traffic with the compatible systems of a tribal government, as provided in this section.
• § 15169 — Notwithstanding any other law, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, or other persons identified in subdivision (a) of Section 13503.
• § 15200 — The Legislature hereby declares that: (1) The uniform administration of justice throughout the State is a matter of statewide interest; (2) The prosecution and conduct of trials of persons accused of
• § 15201 — As used in this chapter, “costs incurred by the county” means all costs, except normal salaries and expenses, incurred by the county in bringing to trial or trials, including the trial or trials of, a
• § 15202 — (a) A county that is responsible for the cost of a trial or trials or any hearing of a person for the offense of homicide may apply to the Controller for reimbursement of the costs incurred by the cou
• § 15202.1 — (a) If the venue for trial of a homicide case has been changed from the county which is eligible for reimbursement under Section 15202 to a location more than 60 miles from the county seat of that cou
• § 15203 — If the county meets the conditions described in Section 15202 and applies to the State Controller for reimbursement pursuant to that section, and the State Controller determines that the reimbursement
• § 15204 — The State Controller may establish rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
• § 15250 — This part may be cited as the California State Communications Law.
• § 15251 — Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Division” means the Public Safety Communications Division established by this p
• § 15252 — The purpose of this part is to improve and coordinate the use of public safety radio and other public safety communications facilities owned and operated by the state, and to coordinate and cooperate
• § 15253 — This part shall apply only to those communications facilities which are owned and operated by public agencies in connection with official business of law enforcement services, fire services, natural r
• § 15254 — Radio and other communications facilities owned or operated by the state and subject to the jurisdiction of the office shall not be used for political, sectarian, or propaganda purposes.
• § 15275 — The office may do all of the following: (a) Provide adequate representation of local and state governmental bodies and agencies before the Federal Communications Commission in matters affecting the st
• § 15277 — The Public Safety Communications Division is established within the office.
• § 15278 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Public Safety Communications Act of 2013.
• § 15279 — For purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, “director” means the Director of the Office of Emergency Services.
• § 15280 — (a) There is in state government, within the Office of Emergency Services, the Public Safety Communications Division.
• § 15281 — The Chief of the Public Safety Communications Division shall be responsible for managing the affairs of the Public Safety Communications Division and shall perform all duties, exercise all powers and
• § 15282 — The Director of the Office of Emergency Services shall establish rates for the Office of Emergency Services’ Public Safety Communications Division’s services based on a formal rate methodology.
• § 15283 — (a) For purposes of this section, “fund” means the Public Safety Communications Revolving Fund.
• § 1530 — The officer whose duty it is to approve official bonds required of officers of a county or judicial district not named in Section 1458 shall not accept or approve any such bond unless the affidavit of
• § 15301 — (a) The El Centro and Calexico armories in Imperial County; the Culver City, Glendale, Inglewood, Long Beach 7th Street, Pomona, Sylmar, and West Los Angeles Federal Avenue armories in Los Angeles Cou
• § 15301.1 — State armories shall not be made available during any period that any organization of the state militia or of the Armed Forces of the United States is conducting drills or other military training or a
• § 15301.3 — Any county or city authorized in Section 15301 electing to use a state armory or armories for the purpose of this chapter, in consultation with the Community Advisory Committee appointed pursuant to S
• § 15301.6 — (a) Each county that obtains a license under Section 15301.
• § 1531 — The sureties on the bonds of all officers of a county or judicial district named in Section 1458 shall first be approved by the presiding judge of the superior court as is provided for the approval of
• § 1532 — A member of the board of supervisors shall not be accepted as surety upon the official bond of any officer of a county or judicial district of his county.
• § 15363.60 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Film California First Program.
• § 15363.61 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) The entertainment industry is one of California’s leading industries in terms of employment and tax revenue.
• § 15363.62 — For purposes of this chapter, the following meanings shall apply: (a) “Film” means any commercial production for motion picture, television, commercial, or still photography.
• § 15363.63 — (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the office may pay and reimburse the film costs incurred by a public agency, subject to an audit.
• § 15363.64 — (a) The Film California First Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.
• § 15363.65 — Procedures and guidelines promulgated to clarify and make specific provisions of the program established pursuant to this chapter, or of any other film assistance program within the agency, shall be e
• § 15400 — The Governor shall appoint a State Public Defender, subject to confirmation by the Senate.
• § 15401 — (a) The State Public Defender shall be appointed for a term of four years commencing on January 1, 1976, and shall serve until the appointment and qualification of their successor.
• § 15402 — The State Public Defender may employ deputies and other employees, contract with county public defenders, private attorneys, and nonprofit corporations, and establish and operate offices, as they may
• § 15403 — (a) Subject to an appropriation of funds by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other measure made for purposes of this section, the State Public Defender, in consultation with the California
• § 15404 — The State Public Defender may issue any regulations and take any actions as may be necessary for proper implementation of this part.
• § 15420 — The primary responsibilities of the State Public Defender are as follows: (a) To represent those persons who are entitled to representation at public expense in the proceedings listed in subdivisions
• § 15421 — The State Public Defender is authorized to represent any person who is not financially able to employ counsel in the following matters: (a) An automatic appeal to the Supreme Court under Section 11 of
• § 15421.1 — The State Public Defender is authorized to administer and award grants to improve indigent defense services.
• § 15422 — Where a county public defender has refused, or is otherwise reasonably unable, to represent a person because of conflict of interest or other reason, the State Public Defender is authorized to represe
• § 15423 — The State Public Defender is authorized to appear as a friend of the court and may appear in a legislative, administrative or other similar proceeding.
• § 15424 — A person requesting the appointment of counsel shall make a financial statement under oath in the manner provided in rules adopted by the Judicial Council.
• § 15425 — The duties prescribed for the State Public Defender by this chapter are not exclusive and they may perform any acts consistent with them in carrying out the functions of the office.
• § 15426 — Contracts entered into or amended by the State Public Defender to implement Sections 15420 and 15421 shall be exempt from Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.
• § 15430 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the California Health Facilities Financing Authority Act.
• § 15431 — The California Health Facilities Authority is continued in state government as the California Health Facilities Financing Authority.
• § 15432 — As used in this part, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates or requires another or different meaning or intent: (a) “Act” means the Cali
• § 15433 — The authority shall consist of nine members, including the State Treasurer, who shall serve as chairman, the State Controller, the Director of Finance, two members appointed by the Senate Rules Commit
• § 15434 — The chairperson of the authority on its behalf shall appoint an executive director, who shall not be a member of the authority and who shall serve at the pleasure of the authority.
• § 15435 — The executive director or other person designated by resolution of the authority shall keep a record of the proceedings of the authority and shall be custodian of all books, documents and papers filed
• § 15436 — Five members of the authority shall constitute a quorum.
• § 15437 — (a) The provisions of this part shall be administered by the authority, which shall have and is hereby vested with all powers reasonably necessary to carry out the powers and responsibilities expressl
• § 15438 — The authority may do any of the following: (a) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business.
• § 15438.10 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Many Californians face serious obstacles in obtaining needed health care services, including, but not limited to, medical, mental health, dent
• § 15438.2 — (a) When capital outlay funds are granted on property which is leased for a child day care facility, the term of the lease shall be as long as, or greater than, the term of the loan.
• § 15438.5 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this part to provide financing only, and, except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d), only to participating health institutions that can d
• § 15438.6 — (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Cedillo-Alarcon Community Clinic Investment Act of 2000.
• § 15438.7 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) There are small health care facilities throughout the state that are in critical need of capital improvements to continue to provide qu
• § 15439 — (a) The California Health Facilities Authority Fund is continued in existence in the State Treasury as the California Health Facilities Financing Authority Fund.
• § 15440 — All expenses of the authority incurred in carrying out the provisions of this part shall be payable solely from funds provided pursuant to this part, and no liability shall be incurred by the authorit
• § 15441 — (a) The authority is authorized, from time to time, to issue its revenue bonds in order to provide funds for achieving any of its purposes under this part.
• § 15442 — In the discretion of the authority, any revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this part may be secured by a trust agreement or indenture by and between the authority and a corporate trustee or
• § 15442.1 — Any provision that the authority may include in a trust agreement, indenture, or resolution pursuant to this part may alternatively be included in a bond with the same effect.
• § 15443 — Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this part shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the state or of a political subdivision thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of t
• § 15444 — Any holder of revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this part or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee or trustees under any indenture or trust agreement, except to the exten
• § 15445 — All moneys received pursuant to this part, whether as proceeds from selling or incurring revenue bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in th
• § 15446 — (a) The authority may provide for the issuance of bonds of the authority for the purpose of redeeming, refunding, or retiring any bonds or any series or issue of bonds then outstanding issued for the
• § 15447 — Bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this part are hereby made securities in which all banks, bankers, savings banks, trust companies and other persons carrying on a banking business,
• § 15448 — Any bonds issued under the provisions of this part, their transfer, and the income therefrom shall at all times be free from taxation of every kind by the state and by all political subdivisions in th
• § 15449 — The State of California does pledge to and agree with the holders of the bonds issued pursuant to this part, and with those parties who may enter into contracts with the authority pursuant to the prov
• § 15450 — A pledge by or to the authority of revenues, moneys, accounts, accounts receivable, contract rights and other rights to payment of whatever kind made by or to the authority pursuant to the authority g
• § 15451 — The authority shall fix, revise, charge and collect rents for the use of each project owned by the authority and contract with any person, partnership, association or corporation, or other body, publi
• § 15452 — When the principal of and interest on bonds issued by the authority to finance the cost of a project or working capital or to refinance outstanding indebtedness of one or more participating health ins
• § 15455 — (a) This part shall be deemed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for doing the things authorized by this part, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers con
• § 15456 — To the extent that the provisions of this part are inconsistent with any other provisions of any general statute or special act or parts thereof, the provisions of this part shall be deemed controllin
• § 15457 — Any net earnings of the authority beyond that necessary for retirement of any obligations issued by the authority or to implement the purposes of this chapter may inure to the benefit only of the Stat
• § 15458 — Upon dissolution of the authority, title to all property owned by the authority shall vest in the successor authority created by the Legislature, if any, if such successor authority qualifies under Se
• § 15459 — As a condition of the issuance of revenue bonds, whether by the authority or any local agency, to finance the construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing, or equipping of a health faci
• § 15459.1 — As part of its assurance under Section 15459, the participating health institution shall agree to all of the following actions: (a) To advise each person seeking services at the participating health i
• § 15459.2 — If the participating health institution cannot demonstrate that it meets the requirements of Sections 15459 and 15459.
• § 15459.3 — Each participating health institution shall make available to the authority and to the public upon request an annual report substantiating compliance with the requirements of Section 15459.
• § 15459.4 — The remedies and sanctions available to the authority against the participating health institution for failure to adhere to the assurance given to the authority under Section 15459 shall include all o
• § 15460 — The State Department of Health Services, in establishing reimbursement for services rendered under the Medi-Cal program by facilities financed under this part, shall reflect those interest savings all
• § 15462 — Exclusively for the purpose of securing the financing of projects or working capital pursuant to this part through the issuance of revenue bonds, certificates of participation, or other means, and not
• § 15462.5 — Exclusively for the purpose of securing the financing of projects pursuant to this part or through the issuance of revenue bonds, certificates of participation, or other means, and notwithstanding any
• § 15463 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “No Place Like Home Program” has the same meaning as “program” as defined in Section 5849.
• § 15470 — (a) The state has long recognized the critical nature of its energy and communication infrastructure, in its importance in driving the engine of the state’s prosperity, in the hardships placed on the
• § 15471 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the “California Energy Infrastructure Safety Act.
• § 15472 — For purposes of this part, all of the following definitions apply: (a) “Commission” means the Public Utilities Commission.
• § 15473 — (a) There is in state government, within the Natural Resources Agency, the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety.
• § 15474 — Nothing in this part shall operate to prevent the office from formally recognizing committees or boards established by, or with segments of, the private sector, public agencies, or both the private se
• § 15475 — (a) The office may compel information and conduct investigations.
• § 15475.1 — (a) The office’s primary objective is to ensure that regulated entities under the office’s jurisdiction are reducing wildfire risk and adhering to their approved wildfire mitigation plans.
• § 15475.2 — (a) (1) The office may issue a notice of nonperformance to direct an electrical corporation to correct any nonperformance with the approved wildfire mitigation plan.
• § 15475.6 — (a) (1) The office shall adopt guidelines setting forth the requirements, format, timing, and any other matters required to exercise its powers, perform its duties, and meet its responsibilities descr
• § 15476 — The Public Utilities Commission and the office shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to cooperatively develop consistent approaches and share data related to electric infrastructure safety.
• § 15490 — (a) There is in the state government the State Allocation Board, consisting of the Director of Finance, the Director of General Services, a person appointed by Governor, and the Superintendent of Publ
• § 15491 — (a) The State Allocation Board shall provide for live video and audio transmission of all board meetings and hearings that are open to the public through a technology that is accessible to as large a
• § 15492 — (a) The Department of General Services shall assign one full-time position within the Office of Public School Construction to the performance of the following functions: (1) Providing advisory assista
• § 15500 — This part may be cited as the Local Agency Allocation Law.
• § 15501 — As used in this part: (a) “Local agencies” means cities, counties, housing authorities, districts, and any other local public agencies.
• § 15502 — Whenever the Legislature makes an appropriation of state or federal funds for apportionment or allocation to any class or classes of local agencies for public works projects, or whenever any state off
• § 15503 — Whenever the board is required to make allocations or apportionments under this part, it shall prescribe rules and regulations for the administration of, and not inconsistent with, the act making the
• § 15504 — The Director of General Services shall provide the board with the assistance it may require in order to carry out the provisions of this part.
• § 15505 — Any money appropriated for allocation or apportionment upon a fixed formula basis or upon a basis not requiring the exercise of judgment or discretion as to the amount of or the terms and conditions u
• § 15506 — This part shall not be construed as affecting or changing any authority or practice existing on May 24, 1949 whereby any state officer or agency is allocating or apportioning money to local agencies.
• § 15550 — As used in this part, “agency” and “secretary” refer to the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, respectively, unless the context otherwise requ
• § 15551 — The Labor and Workforce Development Agency in state government is under the supervision of an executive officer known as the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development.
• § 15552 — The Governor may appoint two deputies, subject to confirmation by the Senate, to assist the secretary.
• § 15553 — Any entity within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency may share information for research, enforcement, or training with any other entity in the agency without a confidentiality agreement, excep
• § 15554 — 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.
• § 15555 — The secretary 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 agency, and shall serv
• § 15556 — The secretary 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 of conflicts betwe
• § 15557 — The secretary shall be generally responsible for the sound fiscal management of each department, office, or other unit within the agency.
• § 15558 — Other duties of the secretary include, but are not limited to, reviewing personnel management, acting as public advisor and providing public information in connection with all functions of the agency,
• § 15559 — 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
• § 15560 — For the purpose of administration, the secretary shall organize the agency, subject to the approval of the Governor, in the manner he or she deems necessary to segregate and conduct the work of the ag
• § 15561 — 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
• § 15562 — Whenever a power is granted to the secretary, the power may be exercised by an officer or employee within the agency as designated in writing by the secretary.
• § 15562.5 — (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2023, the agency shall establish an advisory committee to study and evaluate the effects of heat on California’s workers, businesses, and the economy.
• § 15563 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Agency” means the Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
• § 15563.2 — Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the position of Deputy Secretary for Climate is hereby established within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency for the purpose of assisting in the oversigh
• § 15563.4 — The deputy secretary shall do all of the following: (a) Coordinate with relevant state agencies, including, but not limited to, the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, the Energy Commission, the O
• § 15563.6 — (a) This chapter shall become operative only upon an appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute for the purposes of implementing this chapter.
• § 15570 — (a) There shall be established within state government, in the Government Operations Agency, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.
• § 15570.100 — This part shall become operative on July 1, 2017.
• § 15570.2 — Except as otherwise provided by this part or any other law, the department and the director shall have all of the duties, powers, and responsibilities applicable to state departments and heads of depa
• § 15570.20 — For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the State Board of Equalization.
• § 15570.22 — Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 15600 and Part 9.
• § 15570.24 — (a) Except as specified in Part 9.
• § 15570.26 — (a) All employees serving in state civil service, including temporary employees, who are engaged in the performance of functions transferred to the department pursuant to Section 15570.
• § 15570.28 — The department shall provide the board with administrative and personnel services.
• § 15570.30 — The Department of Finance shall make the final determination of the budgetary and accounting transactions and treatments to ensure the proper implementation of the transfer of duties, powers, and resp
• § 15570.31 — Notwithstanding any other law, this part shall not limit the authority of, and expressly authorizes, the department and the board to delegate, share, provide assistance for, or transfer between themse
• § 15570.4 — The director may confer, in this state or elsewhere, either personally or through the department’s staff, with officers or employees of this state, its political subdivisions, other states, their poli
• § 15570.40 — (a) The department may adopt regulations as necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this part.
• § 15570.42 — Pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 7922.