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• § 3252 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 9.
• § 3253 — When any firefighter is under investigation and subjected to interrogation by his or her commanding officer, or any other member designated by the employing department or licensing or certifying agenc
• § 3254 — (a) A firefighter shall not be subjected to punitive action, or denied promotion, or be threatened with that treatment, because of the lawful exercise of the rights granted under this chapter, or the
• § 3254.5 — (a) An administrative appeal instituted by a firefighter under this chapter shall be conducted in conformance with rules and procedures adopted by the employing department or licensing or certifying a
• § 3254.6 — (a) (1) An employee of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection holding a temporary appointment to a firefighter position, as described in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 3251, shall
• § 3255 — A firefighter shall not have any comment adverse to his or her interest entered in his or her personnel file, or any other file used for any personnel purposes by his or her employer, without the fire
• § 3256 — A firefighter shall have 30 days within which to file a written response to any adverse comment entered in his or her personnel file.
• § 3256.5 — (a) Every employer shall, at reasonable times and at reasonable intervals, upon the request of a firefighter, during usual business hours, with no loss of compensation to the firefighter, permit that
• § 3257 — (a) A firefighter shall not be compelled to submit to a lie detector test against his or her will.
• § 3258 — A firefighter shall not be required or requested for purposes of job assignment or other personnel action to disclose any item of his or her property, income, assets, source of income, debts, or perso
• § 3259 — A firefighter shall not have his or her locker or other space for storage that may be assigned to him or her searched except in his or her presence, or with his or her consent, or unless a valid searc
• § 3260 — (a) It shall be unlawful for any employing department or licensing or certifying agency to deny or refuse to any firefighter the rights and protections guaranteed by this chapter.
• § 3261 — Nothing in this chapter shall in any way be construed to limit the ability of any employing department, licensing or certifying agency, or any firefighter to fulfill mutual aid agreements with other j
• § 3262 — The rights and protections described in this chapter shall only apply to a firefighter during events and circumstances involving the performance of his or her official duties.
• § 3300 — This chapter is known and may be cited as the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act.
• § 33000 — This chapter may be cited as the County Peace Officer and Fire Service Retirement Plan Law.
• § 33001 — It is the intent of this chapter to enable any county to adopt such a retirement, disability and death benefit plan as may be determined upon by the board of supervisors or qualified electors thereof
• § 33002 — This chapter and every retirement, disability and death benefit plan adopted pursuant to its terms, shall be given a liberal interpretation with a view to carrying out its purposes.
• § 33003 — For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section, unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context: “County peace
• § 33004 — Subject only to the limitations of this chapter, any county may, by ordinance adopted by a four-fifths ( 4 5 ) vote of the board of supervisors, or by a majority vote of the qualified electors of said
• § 33005 — Any retirement plan established pursuant to this chapter shall be under the exclusive control and management of a “board of administration” to be composed of not less than three (3) nor more than seve
• § 33006 — When any county establishes a retirement plan under the provisions of this chapter, there shall be created in the treasury of the county and opened upon the books of the auditor and treasurer of the c
• § 33007 — All transfers or payments to said fund and all withdrawals and cash transactions shall be accounted for upon the books of the auditor and treasurer.
• § 33008 — All warrants drawn on said fund shall be on order of the board of administration and shall be signed by the treasurer and at least one other member of the board who shall be designated by the board.
• § 33009 — Any retirement plan established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall supersede any existing retirement system for county peace officers or county foresters, fire wardens and firemen, and
• § 3301 — For purposes of this chapter, the term public safety officer means all peace officers specified in Sections 830.
• § 33010 — In the event a retirement plan adopted pursuant to the authority of this chapter supersedes an existing system as hereinbefore provided, then, and in that event, the plan adopted under this chapter sh
• § 33011 — It shall be competent in any plan adopted under this chapter to provide for the inclusion therein, as members thereof, the city police officers and city firemen of any municipal corporation which elec
• § 33012 — Any such inclusion shall be made by ordinance adopted by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the legislative body of such municipal corporation, or by a majority vote of the qualified
• § 33013 — Whenever any municipal corporation elects to include its city police officers and city firemen in a county retirement plan pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, such city shall assume all cost a
• § 33014 — Not later than August 1st of each year, the board of administration of any retirement plan established under the provisions of this chapter, shall file with the board of supervisors a written statemen
• § 33015 — The board of supervisors shall, each year at the same time and in the same manner as all other county taxes are levied, levy a special tax in such amount as will be clearly sufficient to produce the t
• § 33016 — In the event any municipal corporation has been included in said plan, as hereinbefore provided, then and in that event, said board of administration shall, not later than thirty days prior to the tim
• § 33017 — The legislative body of the municipal corporation with whom such statement is filed shall, each year at the same time and in the same manner as all other municipal taxes are levied, levy a special tax
• § 3302 — (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, or whenever on duty or in uniform, no public safety officer shall be prohibited from engaging, or be coerced or required to engage, in political activity.
• § 3303 — When any public safety officer is under investigation and subjected to interrogation by his or her commanding officer, or any other member of the employing public safety department, that could lead to
• § 3304 — (a) No public safety officer shall be subjected to punitive action, or denied promotion, or be threatened with any such treatment, because of the lawful exercise of the rights granted under this chapt
• § 3304.5 — An administrative appeal instituted by a public safety officer under this chapter shall be conducted in conformance with rules and procedures adopted by the local public agency.
• § 3305 — No public safety officer shall have any comment adverse to his interest entered in his personnel file, or any other file used for any personnel purposes by his employer, without the public safety offi
• § 3305.5 — (a) A punitive action, or denial of promotion on grounds other than merit, shall not be undertaken by any public agency against any public safety officer solely because that officer’s name has been pl
• § 3305.6 — (a) A punitive action or denial of promotion on grounds other than merit shall not be undertaken by any public agency against any public safety officer because of a court finding made in a challenge b
• § 3306 — A public safety officer shall have 30 days within which to file a written response to any adverse comment entered in his personnel file.
• § 3306.5 — (a) Every employer shall, at reasonable times and at reasonable intervals, upon the request of a public safety officer, during usual business hours, with no loss of compensation to the officer, permit
• § 3307 — (a) No public safety officer shall be compelled to submit to a lie detector test against his or her will.
• § 3307.5 — (a) No public safety officer shall be required as a condition of employment by his or her employing public safety department or other public agency to consent to the use of his or her photograph or id
• § 3308 — No public safety officer shall be required or requested for purposes of job assignment or other personnel action to disclose any item of his property, income, assets, source of income, debts or person
• § 3309 — No public safety officer shall have his locker, or other space for storage that may be assigned to him searched except in his presence, or with his consent, or unless a valid search warrant has been o
• § 3309.5 — (a) It shall be unlawful for any public safety department to deny or refuse to any public safety officer the rights and protections guaranteed to him or her by this chapter.
• § 3310 — Any public agency which has adopted, through action of its governing body or its official designee, any procedure which at a minimum provides to peace officers the same rights or protections as provid
• § 3311 — Nothing in this chapter shall in any way be construed to limit the use of any public safety agency or any public safety officer in the fulfilling of mutual aid agreements with other jurisdictions or a
• § 3312 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the employer of a public safety officer may not take any punitive action against an officer for wearing a pin or displaying any other item containing the Am
• § 3313 — In the 2005–06 fiscal year, the Commission on State Mandates shall review its statement of decision regarding the Peace Officer Procedural Bill of Rights test claim and make any modifications necessar
• § 33200 — Notwithstanding Sections 24300 and 24304, the board of supervisors of any county may organize, pursuant to ordinance or charter, the delivery of health and human services for which county government i
• § 33201 — All personnel, including the heads of units, within departments organized pursuant to this division and formed from units formerly within the county health, mental health, or welfare departments, shal
• § 33202 — If the county health department or the administration of county health functions are not under the direction of the health officer, the county board of supervisors shall ensure that the health officer
• § 33203 — This chapter does not permit the occupant of a consolidated, integrated, or separated office to practice any profession or trade for the practice of which a license, permit, or registration is require
• § 33204 — This division shall not be construed to affect any other statutory or regulatory provision governing county health, mental health, or welfare programs, however reorganized or renamed, except for the o
• § 33205 — Nothing in this division is intended to change the fiscal and reimbursement provisions for subaccounts for mental health, health services, and social services enacted by Chapter 89 of the Statutes of
• § 3400 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act.
• § 34000 — As used in this title, “legislative body” means board of trustees, city council, or other governing body of a city.
• § 34001 — As used in this title, unless otherwise specifically provided, “board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the county within which the city or territory is situated.
• § 34002 — As used in this title, “mayor” includes president of the legislative body.
• § 34003 — The adoption of this title does not affect the organization of any city created or organized pursuant to any law repealed or superseded by this code.
• § 34004 — Where any duty is imposed upon a municipal officer by any law of this State or any rule or regulation adopted under the authority of any such law the governing body of a city may, by ordinance, impose
• § 3401 — The Governor annually may award and present, in the name of the State of California, a Public Safety Medal of Valor of appropriate design, with ribbons and appurtenances, to one or more public safety
• § 3402 — (a) There exists in state government the Public Safety Medal of Valor Review Board, whose purpose is to solicit and review applications for, and make recommendations to the Attorney General regarding,
• § 3403 — (a) The Attorney General shall review the candidates recommended to him or her by the Public Safety Medal of Valor Review Board and advise the Governor which candidates, if any, merit the Attorney Gen
• § 34050 — Elections in cities organized pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 34400), or its predecessors, shall be held pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 9200) of Division 9 of the Elect
• § 34080 — The clerk of the legislative body conducting the proceeding shall record with the recorder of the county in which the city is located, an affidavit stating that all requirements of law pertaining to t
• § 34090 — Unless otherwise provided by law, with the approval of the legislative body by resolution and the written consent of the city attorney, the head of a city department may destroy any city record, docum
• § 34090.5 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 34090, the city officer having custody of public records, documents, instruments, books, and papers, may, without the approval of the legislative body or the
• § 34090.6 — (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 34090, the head of a department of a city or city and county, after one year, may destroy recordings of routine video monitoring, and after 100 days may d
• § 34090.7 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 34090, the legislative body of a city may prescribe a procedure whereby duplicates of city records less than two years old may be destroyed if they are no lon
• § 34090.8 — (a) When installing new security systems, a transit agency operated by a city or city and county shall only purchase and install equipment capable of storing recorded images for at least one year, unl
• § 34091 — If authorized by the legislative body, all actual and necessary expenses incurred in the drafting of a new city charter are city charges.
• § 34091.1 — Whenever the legislative body finds that a name should be adopted and applied to any city street, or that the existing name of any city street should be changed, the legislative body may adopt a resol
• § 34092 — Whenever the name of any street, boulevard, park, or place is adopted, established or changed, or any house numbers have been changed on any street, boulevard, park or place, by any city or other auth
• § 34093 — As used in this section, “petition” means any petition prescribed, by statute or city charter, as a necessary prerequisite to the institution of proceedings by the city, and includes, but is not limit
• § 34095 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (1) The legislative body of a city shall not grant credit for service to an elective officer for service that the elective officer has not performed.
• § 3410 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Golden Shield Act.
• § 34100 — Cities are classified as provided in this chapter.
• § 34101 — Cities organized under a charter shall be “chartered cities.
• § 34102 — Cities organized under the general law shall be “general law cities.
• § 3411 — The Governor annually shall award, and present in the name of the State of California, a Golden Shield Award of appropriate design, with ribbons and appurtenances, to the next of kin of, or immediate
• § 3412 — For the purposes of this chapter, “public safety officer” means a person serving a public agency, with or without compensation, as a firefighter, law enforcement officer, or emergency services officer
• § 34400 — The legislative body of any city organized or incorporated prior to noon on January 1, 1880, upon receiving a petition requesting the reorganization of the city, signed by not less than one-fifth of t
• § 34401 — Notice of the election shall be given by publication in a newspaper printed and published in the city or if there is none, by printing and posting in at least four public places in the city, including
• § 34402 — The notice shall be given for at least the four weeks prior to the election, and be made a part of the general election notice.
• § 34403 — The notice shall distinctly state the proposition to be submitted and invite the electors to vote upon the proposition by placing upon their ballots “For reorganization,” or “against reorganization,”
• § 34404 — The votes shall be canvassed at the time and in the manner that other votes cast at the election are canvassed.
• § 34405 — If a majority of all the electors voting at the election vote for reorganization, the legislative body, by an order entered upon the minutes, shall cause the clerk to transmit to the Secretary of Stat
• § 34406 — The abstract shall show the whole number of electors voting at the election, the number of votes cast for reorganization, and the number of votes cast against reorganization.
• § 34407 — The legislative body shall immediately call a special election, to be held within six weeks, for the election of officers required to be elected.
• § 34408 — The legislative body shall canvass the election, and declare and enter the result upon its journal.
• § 34409 — From the date of the entry, the city is organized with the powers of general law cities.
• § 34410 — Upon qualifying the officers shall enter upon the duties of their offices, and hold office until the next general municipal election held in the city and until their successors are elected and qualifi
• § 34411 — Any city organized pursuant to this chapter is deemed for all purposes to be the identical corporation that existed before the reorganization.
• § 34412 — Reorganization does not affect or impair the title to any property owned or held by the city or in trust for it, or any debts, demands, liabilities, or obligations existing in favor of or against the
• § 34413 — After reorganization proceedings previously commenced shall be conducted pursuant to general laws.
• § 34414 — The provisions of Sections 34331 and 34332 apply to cities organized pursuant to this chapter.
• § 34450 — Any city or city and county may enact, amend, or repeal a charter for its own government according to this article or Article 3 (commencing with Section 9255) of Chapter 3 of Division 9 of the Electio
• § 34451 — The charter may be proposed by a charter commission chosen by the voters of the city or city and county, at any general or special election, but no person shall be eligible as a candidate for the comm
• § 34452 — (a) An election for choosing charter commissioners may be called by a majority vote of the governing body of a city or city and county, or on presentation of a petition signed by not less than 15 perc
• § 34453 — At an election the voters shall vote first on the question “Shall a charter commission be elected to propose a new charter?” and, secondly, for the candidates of the office of charter commissioner.
• § 34454 — Candidates for the office of charter commissioner shall be nominated either in the same manner provided for the nomination of officers of the municipal or city and county government, or by petition su
• § 34455 — The charter commissioners shall propose a charter and may propose amendments to a charter, for the government of the city or city and county.
• § 34456 — In any city or city and county, the governing body shall cause copies of the charter to be printed in type of not less than 10-point.
• § 34457 — After the charter prepared by the charter commission has been filed in the office of the clerk of the governing body of the city or city and county pursuant to Section 34455, the proposed charter shal
• § 34458 — (a) As an alternative to the procedure provided for in Sections 34450 to 34457, inclusive, the governing body of a city or city and county, on its own motion may propose or cause to be proposed, amend
• § 34458.5 — A proposal to adopt or amend a charter, whether submitted to the voters pursuant to Section 34457 or 34458, shall include in the ballot description an enumeration of new city powers as a result of the
• § 34459 — If the voters vote in favor of the charter proposal, amendment, or repeal, it shall be deemed to be ratified, but shall not take effect until accepted and filed by the Secretary of State pursuant to S
• § 34460 — Three copies of the complete text of a charter proposal or of any amended or repealed section ratified by the voters of a city or city and county shall be certified and authenticated by the chairperso
• § 34461 — A charter proposal, amendment, or repeal by the voters of a city or city and county and submitted to the Secretary of State in compliance with this chapter shall be accepted and filed by the Secretary
• § 34462 — (a) A charter commission established for a city and county pursuant to this chapter shall complete a proposed or amended charter and submit the charter to the voters of the city and county within two
• § 34500 — The provisions of this chapter do not apply to chartered cities.
• § 34501 — Every city organized pursuant to this part shall have a name, and by such name has perpetual succession, and may sue and be sued.
• § 34501.5 — (a) Any person who uses or allows to be used any reproduction or facsimile of the seal of the city in any campaign literature or mass mailing, as defined in Section 82041.
• § 34502 — The legislative body may, by ordinance adopted by a four-fifths vote of its members, change the name of the city.
• § 34503 — Within 10 days of the effective date of an ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 34502, or within 10 days of the date the legislative body declares the vote on an ordinance passed by initiative or ref
• § 34504 — If an ordinance proposed pursuant to Section 34502 fails passage by the legislative body or if the voters fail to confirm the ordinance, no ordinance changing the name of the city shall be considered
• § 34851 — An ordinance establishing a city manager form of government may be: (a) Enacted by the legislative body; or (b) Submitted to the electors by the legislative body at any municipal or special election;
• § 34852 — The ordinance shall define the powers and duties of the city manager and may fix the city manager’s compensation or the minimum amount the city manager is to receive.
• § 34853 — Where the ordinance is submitted by the legislative body, the proposition shall be printed on the ballots substantially as follows: “Shall Ordinance No.
• § 34854 — If a majority of the votes cast at the election is in favor of the ordinance, it shall go into effect on the tenth day after the canvass of votes.
• § 34855 — Within sixty days after the effective date of the ordinance, the legislative body shall appoint a city manager, who need not be a resident of the city at the time of appointment.
• § 34856 — The city manager may appoint and dismiss the chief of police and other subordinate appointive officers and employees except the city attorney.
• § 34857 — Upon appointment of the city manager, the terms of subordinate officers over whom the city manager has power of appointment and removal cease, unless they are reappointed.
• § 34858 — Any city adopting the city manager form of government may abolish it in the manner in which it was adopted.
• § 34859 — All ordinances establishing a city manager form of government, enacted prior to September 19, 1947, are confirmed, validated, and declared legally effective.
• § 34870 — This article applies only to cities.
• § 34871 — At any municipal election, or special election held for that purpose, the legislative body may submit to the registered voters an ordinance providing for the election of members of the legislative bod
• § 34872 — An ordinance shall state the number of legislative districts and whether members of the legislative body shall be elected by districts, from districts, by districts with an elective mayor, or from dis
• § 34873 — An ordinance enacted pursuant to this article may be amended or repealed in the same manner; provided, the term of office of any council member elected shall not be affected.
• § 34874 — (a) An amendatory ordinance altering the boundaries of the legislative districts established pursuant to this article shall not be submitted to the registered voters until the ordinance has been submi
• § 34875 — The amendatory ordinance shall not be submitted to the voters if (a) one or more of the legislative districts do not close, (b) one or more entire legislative districts are eliminated prior to the ter
• § 34876 — The planning commission of the city or, in absence of such body, the legislative body of the city shall make findings as to the matters set forth in Section 34875 by resolution within 90 days after su
• § 34876.5 — (a) (1) If an ordinance is submitted to the voters pursuant to Section 34871, there shall be printed on the ballots substantially as follows: “Shall members of the legislative body of the City of ____
• § 34877 — The proposition of altering legislative districts shall be printed on the ballots substantially as follows: “Shall members of the legislative body of the City of ____ be elected by (or from) districts
• § 34877.5 — (a) After an ordinance is passed by the voters pursuant to Section 34876.
• § 34878 — If a majority of the registered voters of the city, who vote, vote in favor of the ordinance, at the expiration of the terms of office of the members of the legislative body, or as provided by ordinan
• § 34879 — The term of office of members of the legislative body elected pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be four years, unless otherwise expressly provided.
• § 34880 — (a) If the petition or proposal developed by the commission for submission to the electorate for incorporation or special reorganization of a city provides for the election of members of the legislati
• § 34881 — One member of the legislative body shall be elected by or from each district, or, if applicable, one member of the legislative body shall be elected by or from each district constituting a geographica
• § 34882 — A person is not eligible to hold office as a member of a municipal legislative body unless he or she is otherwise qualified, resides in the district and both resided in the geographical area making up
• § 34883 — Registered voters signing nomination petitions or voting for a member of the legislative body shall be residents of the geographical area making up the district from which the member is to be elected.
• § 34884 — (a) If, at the time a vote is held on the subject of incorporation of a new city, a majority of the votes cast is for incorporation and, if, in accordance with Section 57116, a majority of the votes c
• § 34886 — Notwithstanding Section 34871 or any other law, the legislative body of a city may adopt an ordinance that requires the members of the legislative body to be elected by district or by district with an
• § 34900 — At any general municipal election, or at a special election held for that purpose, the city council may submit to the electors the question of whether electors shall thereafter elect a mayor and four
• § 34901 — The questions shall be printed on the ballots used at the election in substantially the following form: “Shall the electors elect a mayor and four city council members?” “Shall the term of office of m
• § 34902 — (a) If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is for it, the office of mayor shall thereafter be an elective office, except as provided in subdivision (b).
• § 34903 — The mayor is a member of the city council and has all of the powers and duties of a member of the city council.
• § 34904 — A person is not eligible to hold office as mayor unless he or she is at the time of assuming that office an elector of the city, and was a registered voter of the city at the time nomination papers ar
• § 34905 — A mayor pro tempore shall be chosen in the manner provided by Section 36801.
• § 34906 — Notwithstanding Section 36503, if a city has an elected mayor and the election of the remaining members of the city council for four-year terms is not evenly staggered, the city council may, on a one-
• § 3500 — (a) It is the purpose of this chapter to promote full communication between public employers and their employees by providing a reasonable method of resolving disputes regarding wages, hours, and othe
• § 3500.5 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Meyers-Milias-Brown Act.
• § 3501 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Employee organization” means either of the following: (1) Any organization that includes employees of a public agency and that has as one of its primary purposes represen
• § 3501.5 — As used in this chapter, “public agency” does not mean a superior court.
• § 3502 — Except as otherwise provided by the Legislature, public employees shall have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose
• § 3502.1 — No public employee shall be subject to punitive action or denied promotion, or threatened with any such treatment, for the exercise of lawful action as an elected, appointed, or recognized representat
• § 3502.3 — (a) (1) A public agency shall present the status of vacancies and recruitment and retention efforts during a public hearing before the governing board at least once per fiscal year.
• § 3502.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 3502, any other provision of this chapter, or any other law, rule, or regulation, an agency shop agreement may be negotiated between a public agency and a recognized public
• § 3503 — Recognized employee organizations shall have the right to represent their members in their employment relations with public agencies.
• § 3503.1 — If an employee covered by Chapter 9.
• § 3503.2 — If an employee covered by Chapter 9.
• § 3504 — The scope of representation shall include all matters relating to employment conditions and employer-employee relations, including, but not limited to, wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of
• § 3504.1 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the governing body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body of a public agency, shall give the recognized em
• § 3504.5 — (a) Except in cases of emergency as provided in this section, the governing body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body of a public agency, shall giv
• § 3505 — The governing body of a public agency, or such boards, commissions, administrative officers or other representatives as may be properly designated by law or by such governing body, shall meet and conf
• § 3505.1 — If a tentative agreement is reached by the authorized representatives of the public agency and a recognized employee organization or recognized employee organizations, the governing body shall vote to
• § 3505.2 — If after a reasonable period of time, representatives of the public agency and the recognized employee organization fail to reach agreement, the public agency and the recognized employee organization
• § 3505.3 — (a) Public agencies shall allow a reasonable number of public agency employee representatives of recognized employee organizations reasonable time off without loss of compensation or other benefits wh
• § 3505.4 — (a) The employee organization may request that the parties’ differences be submitted to a factfinding panel not sooner than 30 days, but not more than 45 days, following the appointment or selection o
• § 3505.5 — (a) If the dispute is not settled within 30 days after the appointment of the factfinding panel, or, upon agreement by both parties within a longer period, the panel shall make findings of fact and re
• § 3505.7 — After any applicable mediation and factfinding procedures have been exhausted, but no earlier than 15 days after the factfinders’ written findings of fact and recommended terms of settlement have been
• § 3505.8 — An arbitration agreement contained in a memorandum of understanding entered into under this chapter shall be enforceable in an action brought pursuant to Title 9 (commencing with Section 1280) of Part
• § 3506 — Public agencies and employee organizations shall not interfere with, intimidate, restrain, coerce or discriminate against public employees because of their exercise of their rights under Section 3502.
• § 3506.5 — A public agency shall not do any of the following: (a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on employees, to discriminate or threaten to discriminate against employees, or otherwise to interfere wit
• § 3507 — (a) A public agency may adopt reasonable rules and regulations after consultation in good faith with representatives of a recognized employee organization or organizations for the administration of em
• § 3507.1 — (a) Unit determinations and representation elections shall be determined and processed in accordance with rules adopted by a public agency in accordance with this chapter.
• § 3507.3 — Professional employees shall not be denied the right to be represented separately from nonprofessional employees by a professional employee organization consisting of those professional employees.
• § 3507.5 — In addition to those rules and regulations a public agency may adopt pursuant to and in the same manner as in Section 3507, any such agency may adopt reasonable rules and regulations providing for des
• § 3507.7 — (a) (1) (A) For purposes of this section, “temporary employee” means a temporary employee, casual employee, seasonal employee, periodic employee, extra-help employee, relief employee, limited-term emp
• § 3508 — (a) The governing body of a public agency may, in accordance with reasonable standards, designate positions or classes of positions which have duties consisting primarily of the enforcement of state l
• § 3508.1 — For the purposes of this section, the term “police employee” includes the civilian employees of the police department of any city.
• § 3508.5 — (a) Nothing in this chapter shall affect the right of a public employee to authorize a dues or service fees deduction from his or her salary or wages pursuant to Section 1157.
• § 3509 — (a) The powers and duties of the board described in Section 3541.
• § 3509.3 — Notwithstanding any other law, if a decision by an administrative law judge regarding the recognition or certification of an employee organization is appealed, the decision shall be deemed the final o
• § 3509.5 — (a) Any charging party, respondent, or intervenor aggrieved by a final decision or order of the board in an unfair practice case, except a decision of the board not to issue a complaint in such a case
• § 3510 — (a) The provisions of this chapter shall be interpreted and applied by the board in a manner consistent with and in accordance with judicial interpretations of this chapter.
• § 3511 — The changes made to Sections 3501, 3507.
• § 3511.1 — As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Compensation” means annual salary, stipend, or bonus, paid by a local agency employer to a local agency executive.
• § 3511.2 — On or after January 1, 2012, any contract executed or renewed between a local agency and a local agency executive shall not provide for the following: (a) An automatic renewal of a contract that provi
• § 3512 — It is the purpose of this chapter to promote full communication between the state and its employees by providing a reasonable method of resolving disputes regarding wages, hours, and other terms and c
• § 3513 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Employee organization” means any organization that includes employees of the state and that has as one of its primary purposes representing these employees in their relat
• § 3514 — Any person who shall willfully resist, prevent, impede or interfere with any member of the board, or any of its agents, in the performance of duties pursuant to this chapter, shall be guilty of a misd
• § 3514.5 — The initial determination as to whether the charges of unfair practices are justified, and, if so, what remedy is necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, shall be a matter within the exc
• § 3515 — Except as otherwise provided by the Legislature, state employees shall have the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose o
• § 3515.5 — Employee organizations shall have the right to represent their members in their employment relations with the state, except that once an employee organization is recognized as the exclusive representa
• § 3515.6 — All employee organizations shall have the right to have membership dues, initiation fees, membership benefit programs, and general assessments deducted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1152 and