California

Government Code

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

• § 1093 — (a) The Treasurer and Controller, county and city officers, and their deputies and clerks shall not purchase or sell, or in any manner receive for their own or any other person’s use or benefit any st
• § 1094 — Every officer whose duty it is to audit and allow the accounts of other state, county, or city officers shall, before allowing such accounts, require each of such officers to make and file with him an
• § 1095 — Officers charged with the disbursement of public moneys shall not pay any warrant or other evidence of indebtedness against the State, county, or city when it has been purchased, sold, received, or tr
• § 1096 — Upon the officer charged with the disbursement of public moneys being informed by affidavit that any officer, whose account is about to be settled, audited, or paid by him, has violated any of the pro
• § 1097 — (a) Every officer or person prohibited by the laws of this state from making or being interested in contracts, or from becoming a vendor or purchaser at sales, or from purchasing scrip or other eviden
• § 1097.1 — (a) The Commission shall have the jurisdiction to commence an administrative action, or a civil action, as set forth within the limitations of this section and Sections 1097.
• § 1097.2 — (a) Upon the sworn complaint of a person or on its own initiative, the Commission shall investigate possible violations of Section 1090, as provided in Section 1097.
• § 1097.3 — (a) Subject to the requirements of Section 1097.
• § 1097.4 — In addition to any other remedies available, the Commission may obtain a judgment in superior court for the purpose of collecting any unpaid monetary penalties, fees, or civil penalties imposed pursua
• § 1097.5 — (a) If the time for judicial review of a final Commission order or decision issued pursuant to Section 1097.
• § 1097.6 — (a) (1) For a public entity that has entered into a contract with an independent contractor to perform one phase of a project and seeks to enter into a subsequent contract with that independent contra
• § 1098 — (a) Any current public officer or employee who willfully and knowingly discloses for pecuniary gain, to any other person, confidential information acquired by him or her in the course of his or her of
• § 1099 — (a) A public officer, including, but not limited to, an appointed or elected member of a governmental board, commission, committee, or other body, shall not simultaneously hold two public offices that
• § 11 — The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present.
• § 110 — The sovereignty and jurisdiction of this State extends to all places within its boundaries as established by the constitution.
• § 1100 — As used in this article, “public securities” means any issue of bonds, notes, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness and the interest coupons, if any, attached thereto, issued by any public body
• § 11000 — (a) As used in this title, “state agency” includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission.
• § 11000.10 — (a) (1) Any state agency, including, but not limited to, a district agricultural association, or a joint powers agency that includes a district agricultural association, that seeks to hold an event wi
• § 11000.5 — (a) A state agency shall not permit an evaluator to review a discretionary grant application submitted by an organization or a person for which the evaluator was a representative, voting member, or st
• § 11000.7 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every state agency shall establish the license periods and renewal dates for all licenses issued by the agencies in the manner as best to distribute the ren
• § 11001 — Any state agency may make exhibits descriptive or illustrative of any activity or pursuit relating to its work or affairs at any international, state, district, county or municipal fair, exposition or
• § 11002 — If a remittance to cover a payment required by law to be made to the state or to a state agency on or before a specified date is sent through the United States mail or through a bona fide commercial d
• § 11003 — If an application, tax return or claim for credit or refund required by law to be filed with the state or state agency on or before a specified date is filed with a state agency through the United Sta
• § 11004 — Sections 11002 and 11003 do not apply to: (a) Applications or other documents required or permitted to be filed under the Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract
• § 11005 — (a) (1) Unless the Legislature specifically provides that approval is not required, every gift or dedication to the state of personal property, or every gift to the state of real property in fee or in
• § 11005.1 — The Director of Finance may accept on behalf of the State any gift of real or personal property whenever he deems such gift and the terms and conditions thereof to be in the best interest of the State
• § 11005.2 — (a) Unless the Legislature specifically provides that approval by the Director of General Services is not required, every conveyance, contract, or agreement whereby an interest of the state in any rea
• § 11005.3 — Any state department, board, or commission may lease any real property for the use of the state agency for storage, warehouse, or office purposes provided that the lease term does not exceed three yea
• § 11005.4 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Accepted nutritional guidelines” as used in this section means the following: (A) Beverages that are the followi
• § 11005.5 — After January 1, 1983, if property is to be constructed, purchased, or leased, or any interest is acquired in the property, for a period of five years firm term or more, for the conduct of state busin
• § 11005.6 — Any lease of property by a state agency for warehouse or office uses which is entered into or renewed on or after January 1, 1991, shall contain all of the following: (a) The state agency leasing spac
• § 11005.7 — The Department of General Services on or before July 1, 1991, shall develop procedures and policies to expedite normal procedures for purchasing, leasing, and contracting during a business interruptio
• § 11006 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state agency that requires fingerprinting for any non-law-enforcement purpose shall not require the use of specified live scan fingerprinting service
• § 11006.5 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that Year 2000 Problem identification and remediation be the top information technology priority for all state agencies and departments as specified by executiv
• § 11007 — (a) Except as expressly authorized by law or as specifically authorized by the Director of General Services, property belonging to the state shall not be insured against risk of damage or destruction
• § 11007.1 — (a) The Department of Transportation, when it has acquired title to any real property for highway purposes and leases that property for commercial or business uses to the former owner for a term excee
• § 11007.4 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Employee” includes an officer, employee, or servant, whether or not compensated, but does not include an independent contractor.
• § 11007.5 — Any state agency, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may secure insurance protecting the state against loss by burglary, robbery, theft, or embezzlement of funds or securities be
• § 11007.6 — Any state agency may, subject to rules and regulations of the Department of General Services, insure its officers and employees not covered by Part 2.
• § 11007.7 — (a) The procurement of insurance or official bonds by any state agency shall be subject to approval of the Department of General Services.
• § 11007.8 — (a) If a state agency is authorized to procure insurance, that agency may operate and administer a self-insurance program.
• § 11008 — Whenever any State agency except the State Compensation Insurance Fund has drawn against any bank account for the payment of any claim and payment of the claim has not been made for a period of six mo
• § 11008.2 — Any regulation, order, or other action, adopted, prescribed, taken, or performed by the former Technology, Trade, and Commerce Agency as it existed on December 31, 2003, including any office, division
• § 11008.5 — Any program administered in part or whole by the Technology, Trade, and Commerce Agency prior to January 1, 2004, pursuant to an interagency agreement with another state department or agency shall be
• § 11009 — Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the members of State boards and commissions shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duty
• § 11009.5 — (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Displaced” means a condition in which the person or business is unable to return to the address of record or other address associated with the license before exp
• § 1101 — As used in this article, “public body” means any county, city and county, city, municipal corporation, political subdivision, school district, or any other public district or public corporation, any p
• § 11010 — (a) When a state agency, supported from the General Fund, is required to collect from any person, firm, or corporation a proportionate share of the cost of providing any service, inspection, or audit,
• § 11010.5 — (a) Where authority is vested in any state agency to contract on behalf of the state, such authority shall include the power, by mutual consent of the contracting parties, to terminate, amend, or modi
• § 11011 — (a) On or before December 31 of each year, each state agency shall make a review of all proprietary state lands, other than tax-deeded land, land held for highway purposes, lands under the jurisdictio
• § 11011.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except Article 8.
• § 11011.11 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) There is no complete inventory of all state real property holdings containing information on present use, characteristics of the holding, or its
• § 11011.13 — For purposes of Section 11011.
• § 11011.14 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services shall transfer title of state Building 101, the former Lake Norconian Club Hotel in Norco and previously operated by th
• § 11011.15 — (a) The Department of General Services shall maintain a complete and accurate statewide inventory of all real property held by the state and categorize that inventory by agency and geographical locati
• § 11011.16 — The inventory prepared pursuant to Section 11011.
• § 11011.17 — (a) The University of California, by July 1, 1988, shall furnish the department, in a uniform format specified by the department, a record of each parcel of real property which it possesses.
• § 11011.18 — The Department of Transportation, by July 1, 2002, shall furnish to the Department of General Services a record of each parcel of real property that it possesses, including lands, buildings, office bu
• § 11011.19 — (a) The State Lands Commission, by July 1, 2011, shall furnish to the Department of General Services a record of each parcel of real property that it possesses that is not already being tracked by the
• § 11011.2 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Sections 11011 and 14670, except as provided in this section, the Department of General Services may lease real property under the
• § 11011.20 — (a) Any private person or private company which advertises that it provides information or services regarding the sale or purchase of public property of any kind shall prominently indicate in the adve
• § 11011.21 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the Department of General Services has, pursuant to former Section 11011.
• § 11011.24 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the Director of General Services may sell or exchange, pursuant to Section 11011.
• § 11011.25 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services shall transfer to the County of Ventura, no later than October 1, 1998, and upon approval by the county board of superv
• § 11011.26 — The Director of General Services, subject to the approval of the State Public Works Board and specific authorization by the Legislature that may be provided for in the Budget Bill, may exchange with t
• § 11011.27 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department may advertise and award contracts for services related to the disposition of real property, in accordance with this section.
• § 11011.28 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 11011.
• § 11011.29 — (a) When a state agency builds upon state-owned real property, purchases real property, or replaces landscaping or irrigation, the state agency shall reduce water consumption and increase water effici
• § 11011.3 — (a) For purposes of this section, “department” means the Department of General Services.
• § 11011.30 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 11011.
• § 11011.31 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 11011.
• § 11011.32 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 11011.
• § 11011.4 — (a) Upon approval from the Department of Finance, the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall notify the Department of General Services and the Joint Legislative Budget Com
• § 11011.5 — (a) If no state or other public entity seeks to obtain title to specific surplus state-owned real property, a state agency authorized to sell that property, except property acquired for state highway
• § 11011.6 — Any local agency or nonprofit affordable housing sponsor that wishes to be considered a priority buyer of the state real property known as Lanterman Developmental Center, located at 3530 Pomona Boulev
• § 11011.7 — All real property acquired for park and recreation purposes by the state which was formerly part of Camp Pendleton shall be used solely for park and recreation purposes and no part thereof shall be de
• § 11011.8 — (a) On or before December 31 of each year, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall furnish to the Department of General Services a list of lands suitable and available for residentia
• § 11011.9 — For purposes of expanding affordable housing development and adaptive reuse opportunities of multistory state office buildings and for adaptive reuse incentive grants, by January 1, 2024, the Departme
• § 11012 — (a) If any state agency, including, but not limited to, state agencies acting in a fiduciary capacity, is authorized to invest funds, or to sell or exchange securities, prior approval of the Departmen
• § 11012.5 — (a) The Director of General Services may exercise the option to accelerate the vesting of title in the state as set forth in the lease purchase agreement dated as of December 29, 1993, of the land and
• § 11013 — The director of any state department, subject to approval of the Department of General Services, may establish and maintain, or by contract or otherwise cause to be established and maintained by any p
• § 11014 — (a) In exercising the powers and duties granted to and imposed upon it, any state agency may construct and maintain communication lines as may be necessary.
• § 11015 — No state funds under the control of an officer or employee of the state, or of any agency thereof, shall ever be used for membership or for any participation involving a financial payment or contribut
• § 11015.5 — (a) On or after July 1, 2001, unless otherwise authorized by the Department of Information Technology pursuant to Executive Order D-3-99, every state agency, including the California State University,
• § 11016 — Any state agency may, within the powers otherwise conferred by law upon the state agency, in order that this state may participate in the federal antipoverty program embodied in the “Economic Opportun
• § 11016.1 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, if foreign assistance funds are appropriated by the President of the United States and the Congress for the purpose of funding a foreign as
• § 11016.5 — Each state agency may contract with a joint powers authority that is created pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1, to per
• § 11016.9 — (a) Each state agency shall establish clear flextime policies and shall direct its managers to encourage the use of flextime.
• § 11017 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each state agency in performing its duties shall comply with all local air pollution control rules, regulations, and ordinances which are more stringent tha
• § 11017.1 — Each state agency shall take all practical and reasonable steps to recover civil damages for the negligent, willful, or unlawful damaging or taking of state property under the jurisdiction of the stat
• § 11017.5 — (a) When a statute is enacted establishing a new program or requiring interpretation pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, the state agency responsible for the program or regulatory action sha
• § 11017.6 — Every state agency responsible for implementing a statute which requires interpretation pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act shall prepare, by January 30 of each year, a rulemaking calendar fo
• § 11018 — Every state agency which is authorized by any law to conduct administrative hearings but is not subject to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) shall nonetheless comply with Sections 11435.
• § 11018.5 — (a) The Bureau of Real Estate, on or after July 1, 2001, unless otherwise authorized by the Department of Information Technology pursuant to Executive Order D-3-99, shall provide on the internet infor
• § 11019 — (a) Any department or authority specified in subdivision (b) may, upon determining that an advance payment is essential for the effective implementation of a program within the provisions of this sect
• § 11019.10 — Except as provided in the Budget Act and implementing statutes, no automatic increases shall be provided to the University of California, California State University, the state courts, or to state age
• § 11019.11 — (a) Except as provided in Section 11019.
• § 11019.12 — (a) Each agency named in subdivision (d) shall include all of the following on any intake or application form at the next scheduled update of their intake or application forms: (1) An option for a per
• § 11019.3 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to improve and expand the state’s existing advance payment practices for state grants and contract with nonprofits and tribes.
• § 11019.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, but to the extent consistent with applicable federal law or regulation, any state department and the Controller pursuant to Section 15202, after receivi
• § 11019.6 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, and to the extent not in conflict with federal law, if a principal agency is not designated by statute, a principal state agency shall be designat
• § 11019.7 — (a) A state agency shall not send any outgoing United States mail to an individual that contains personal information about that individual, including, but not limited to, the individual’s social secu
• § 11019.8 — (a) All state agencies, as defined in Section 11000, are encouraged and authorized to cooperate with federally recognized California Indian tribes on matters of economic development and improvement fo
• § 11019.81 — (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Government-to-Government Consultation Act.
• § 11019.82 — (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Tribal Cogovernance and Comanagement of Ancestral Lands and Waters Act.
• § 11019.9 — (a) Each state department and state agency shall enact and maintain a permanent privacy policy, in adherence with the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Title 1.
• § 1102 — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a member of the legislative body of any public body or any officer or employee thereof shall not be deemed interested in a contract for the sale o
• § 11020 — (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, all offices of every state agency shall be kept open for the transaction of business from 8 a.
• § 11020.1 — Notwithstanding Section 11020, the Department of Motor Vehicles may reduce its hours of service for transacting business during the period between 8 a.
• § 11021 — (a) When a state agency is open or operates on Saturday such state agency may operate with a skeleton crew from 9 a.
• § 11022 — Each state agency shall establish a procedure pursuant to which incoming telephone calls on any public line shall be answered within 10 rings during regular business hours as set forth in Section 1102
• § 11030 — All elective constitutional officers, heads of departments, chiefs of divisions, assistants, deputies, agents, experts and other officers and employees of the State when away from their headquarters f
• § 11030.1 — When a state employee not covered by Part 2.
• § 11030.2 — Any state officer or employee not covered by Part 2.
• § 11030.5 — Any state officer or officer or employee of any state agency may, when traveling on state business, fly in state-owned or leased civil aircraft as a passenger or as part of the crew.
• § 11031 — The headquarters of elective constitutional officers, other than Members of the Legislature, shall be established by the filing of a written statement with the Department of General Services that cert
• § 11031.5 — The headquarters of the Franchise Tax Commissioner is in the City of Sacramento.
• § 11032 — Any state officer or employee of any state agency may confer with other persons, associations, or organizations outside of the state whenever it may be of assistance in the conduct of state business.
• § 11033 — No state officer or employee shall absent himself or herself from the state on business of the state without the prior approval of the Governor, except when the absence is for less than five consecuti
• § 11033.5 — Sections 11032 and 11033 shall not apply to any member of the Commission on Uniform State Laws.
• § 11040 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that overall fiscal efficiency and economy in state government be enhanced by employment of the Attorney General as counsel for the representation of state agen
• § 11041 — (a) Section 11042 does not apply to the office of the Governor, the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, Legal Division of the Department of Transp
• § 11042 — (a) For purposes of promoting fiscal efficiency and economy, no state agency shall employ any in-house counsel to act on behalf of the state agency or its employees in any judicial or administrative a
• § 11043 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Attorney General performs separate functions in enforcing state laws, pursuant to Section 13 of Article V of the California Constit
• § 11044 — (a) The Legal Services Revolving Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 11045 — (a) (1) Whenever a state agency requests the consent of the Attorney General to contract with outside counsel, as required by Sections 11040 and 11042, the state agency shall within five business days
• § 11080 — Whenever any state agency is required or authorized by law to prepare and cause the publishing of any notice, advertisement or publication in any newspaper or other medium, it shall properly prepare t
• § 11081 — After approval of the notice, advertisement or publication, the Department of General Services shall cause it to be published in the newspapers or other medium required by law.
• § 11090 — On order of the Governor the head of each State agency shall make a report to the Governor giving an account of all matters pertaining to the agency covering the period specified by the Governor.
• § 11091 — The head of each state agency shall make a written report of its activities to the Governor at least biennially, a copy of which shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
• § 11092 — Each state agency and department shall, in the maintenance of any statistical tabulation of minority groups, commence the categorization of Filipinos as Filipinos not later than 60 days following the
• § 11092.5 — Each state agency and department shall, in the maintenance of statistical tabulation of minority groups, commence the categorization of Pacific Islanders as Pacific Islanders not later than March 1, 1
• § 11093 — (a) (1) Any state agency or department that develops and maintains data and statistics on the municipal level, shall, in the preparation and maintenance of any statistical analyses, by city, either by
• § 11093.4 — (a) (1) The State Board of Equalization, Employment Development Department, Department of Industrial Relations, Department of Finance, and the Department of Transportation, shall, in the preparation a
• § 11093.5 — (a) (1) The Employment Development Department shall, in the preparation and maintenance of any statistical analyses and data, by city, either by population, fiscal, or other bases, make a separate bre
• § 11093.7 — Each state agency or department authorized to undertake any infrastructure project costing one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) or more shall publicly post on its internet website any change in
• § 11094 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to reduce the excessive flow of unsolicited state agency reports which, after being written, printed, and distributed at significant
• § 11096 — (a) No state agency shall distribute a state publication, as defined in Section 14902, except in response to a specific request therefor, or to the subjects of a mailing list or distribution list who
• § 11097 — Beginning with the 1984–85 fiscal year, each state agency shall include in its budget request a listing of state publications, as defined in Section 14902, which were added by legislative mandate or o
• § 11098 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when funding for any legislatively mandated publication is discontinued in the Budget Act, the statutory mandate for that publication shall be automatically
• § 11099 — Each state agency that publishes or distributes a state publication, as defined in Section 14902, shall file a copy of the publication with the Joint Committee on Rules if it has published or distribu
• § 111 — The jurisdiction of the State over certain lands designated in the following statutes is subject to the cession of jurisdiction granted the United States by such statutes: (a) Statutes of 1854, Chapte
• § 11100 — The Controller or other State disbursing officer may secure and use a facsimile signature machine and sign or countersign all warrants or checks issued in pursuance of his duties by placing a facsimil
• § 11101 — The Controller and any other state disbursing officer using that machine may secure forgery insurance protecting himself or herself and all funds under his or her control or under the control of the s
• § 11102 — The premiums on forgery insurance are a proper charge against appropriations for the support or maintenance of the officer using the machine or the State agency to which the officer is attached.
• § 11104.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any requirement that a state agency send material, information, notices, correspondence, or other communication through the United States mail shall be
• § 11110 — The form of all bonds of licensees, permittees, and all persons other than public officers and employees, furnishing bonds to a State department, office, board, commission or bureau in pursuance of St
• § 11111 — The Attorney General may from time to time modify or revoke approvals so given.
• § 11112 — The approval, modification, or revocation of the Attorney General shall be by regulation filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 11380.
• § 11113 — The Attorney General may consult with private persons, groups, and associations as to bond forms to be approved, modified, or revoked.
• § 11120 — It is the public policy of this state that public agencies exist to aid in the conduct of the people’s business and the proceedings of public agencies be conducted openly so that the public may remain
• § 11121 — As used in this article, “state body” means each of the following: (a) Every state board, or commission, or similar multimember body of the state that is created by statute or required by law to condu
• § 11121.1 — As used in this article, “state body” does not include any of the following: (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e) of Section 11121, state agencies provided for in Article VI of the California Con
• § 11121.9 — Each state body shall provide a copy of this article to each member of the state body upon his or her appointment to membership or assumption of office.
• § 11121.95 — Any person appointed or elected to serve as a member of a state body who has not yet assumed the duties of office shall conform his or her conduct to the requirements of this article and shall be trea
• § 11122 — As used in this article “action taken” means a collective decision made by the members of a state body, a collective commitment or promise by the members of the state body to make a positive or negati
• § 11122.5 — (a) As used in this article, “meeting” includes any congregation of a majority of the members of a state body at the same time and place to hear, discuss, or deliberate upon any item that is within th
• § 11123 — (a) All meetings of a state body shall be open and public and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting of a state body except as otherwise provided in this article.
• § 11123.1 — All meetings of a state body that are open and public shall meet the protections and prohibitions contained in Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.
• § 11123.2 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Teleconference” means a meeting of a state body, the members of which are at different locations, connected by electronic means,
• § 11123.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Participate remotely” means participation in a meeting at a location other than the physical location designated in the agenda o
• § 11124 — (a) No person shall be required, as a condition to attendance at a meeting of a state body, to register their name, to provide other information, to complete a questionnaire, or otherwise to fulfill a
• § 11124.1 — (a) Any person attending an open and public meeting of the state body shall have the right to record the proceedings with an audio or video recorder or a still or motion picture camera in the absence
• § 11125 — (a) The state body shall provide notice of its meeting to any person who requests that notice in writing.
• § 11125.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 7922.
• § 11125.2 — Any state body shall report publicly at a subsequent public meeting any action taken, and any rollcall vote thereon, to appoint, employ, or dismiss a public employee arising out of any closed session
• § 11125.3 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 11125, a state body may take action on items of business not appearing on the posted agenda under any of the conditions stated below: (1) Upon a determination by a majority
• § 11125.4 — (a) A special meeting may be called at any time by the presiding officer of the state body or by a majority of the members of the state body.
• § 11125.5 — (a) In the case of an emergency situation involving matters upon which prompt action is necessary due to the disruption or threatened disruption of public facilities, a state body may hold an emergenc
• § 11125.6 — (a) An emergency meeting may be called at any time by the president of the Fish and Game Commission or by a majority of the members of the commission to consider an appeal of a closure of or restricti
• § 11125.7 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the state body shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the state body on each agenda item before or during the stat
• § 11125.8 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 11131.
• § 11125.9 — Regional water quality control boards shall comply with the notification guidelines in Section 11125 and, in addition, shall do both of the following: (a) Notify, in writing, all clerks of the city co
• § 11126 — (a) (1) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a state body from holding closed sessions during a regular or special meeting to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of perfo
• § 11126.1 — The state body shall designate a clerk or other officer or employee of the state body, who shall then attend each closed session of the state body and keep and enter in a minute book a record of topic
• § 11126.2 — (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit a state body that has received a confidential final draft audit report from the Bureau of State Audits from holding closed sessions to discus
• § 11126.3 — (a) Prior to holding any closed session, the state body shall disclose, in an open meeting, the general nature of the item or items to be discussed in the closed session.
• § 11126.4 — (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the California Gambling Control Commission from holding a closed session when discussing matters involving trade secrets, nonpublic financial
• § 11126.4.5 — (a) This article does not prohibit the Tribal Nation Grant Panel from holding a closed session when discussing matters involving information relating to the administration of Article 2.
• § 11126.5 — In the event that any meeting is willfully interrupted by a group or groups of persons so as to render the orderly conduct of such meeting unfeasible and order cannot be restored by the removal of ind
• § 11126.7 — No fees may be charged by a state body for providing a notice required by Section 11125 or for carrying out any provision of this article, except as specifically authorized pursuant to this article.
• § 11127 — Each provision of this article shall apply to every state body unless the body is specifically excepted from that provision by law or is covered by any other conflicting provision of law.
• § 11128 — Each closed session of a state body shall be held only during a regular or special meeting of the body.
• § 11128.5 — The state body may adjourn any regular, adjourned regular, special, or adjourned special meeting to a time and place specified in the order of adjournment.
• § 11129 — Any hearing being held, or noticed or ordered to be held by a state body at any meeting may by order or notice of continuance be continued or recontinued to any subsequent meeting of the state body in
• § 11130 — (a) The Attorney General, the district attorney, or any interested person may commence an action by mandamus, injunction, or declaratory relief for the purpose of stopping or preventing violations or
• § 11130.3 — (a) Any interested person may commence an action by mandamus, injunction, or declaratory relief for the purpose of obtaining a judicial determination that an action taken by a state body in violation
• § 11130.5 — A court may award court costs and reasonable attorney’s fees to the plaintiff in an action brought pursuant to Section 11130 or 11130.
• § 11130.7 — Each member of a state body who attends a meeting of that body in violation of any provision of this article, and where the member intends to deprive the public of information to which the member know
• § 11131 — No state agency shall conduct any meeting, conference, or other function in any facility that prohibits the admittance of any person, or persons, on the basis of ancestry or any characteristic listed
• § 11131.5 — No notice, agenda, announcement, or report required under this article need identify any victim or alleged victim of crime, tortious sexual conduct, or child abuse unless the identity of the person ha
• § 11132 — Except as expressly authorized by this article, no closed session may be held by any state body.
• § 11135 — (a) No person in the State of California shall, on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical
• § 11136 — Whenever a state agency that administers a program or activity that is funded directly by the state or receives any financial assistance from the state has reasonable cause to believe that a contracto
• § 11137 — If it is determined that a contractor, grantee, or local agency has violated the provisions of this article, pursuant to the process described in Section 11136, the state agency that administers the p
• § 11139 — The prohibitions and sanctions imposed by this article are in addition to any other prohibitions and sanctions imposed by law.
• § 11140 — It is the policy of the State of California that the composition of state boards and commissions shall be broadly reflective of the general public including ethnic minorities and women.
• § 11141 — In making appointments to state boards and commissions, the Governor and every other appointing authority shall be responsible for nominating a variety of persons of different backgrounds, abilities,