California

Government Code

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

• § 12033.1 — (a) The Governor shall prepare and maintain an Open Central Registry of Appointive Offices, which shall be known as the State Appointments List, that shall be available to the general public as follow
• § 12033.2 — The Governor shall make copies of all information on the State Appointments List and updated materials available to any organization or person for a reasonable fee not to exceed actual cost.
• § 12033.3 — The State Appointments List located throughout the state shall contain the following: (a) A list of all boards and commissions to which the Governor, any member of the executive branch, or, the Govern
• § 12033.4 — All new appointments shall be posted in the State Appointments List within 20 working days after they are made.
• § 12040 — This article shall be known as the California State Government Wellness and Physical Fitness Act.
• § 12041 — The Legislature finds and declares that wellness and physical fitness should be the goal of every American and, therefore, creates the Council on Wellness and Physical Fitness with the following respo
• § 12042 — There is in the office of the Governor a Council on Wellness and Physical Fitness, hereinafter referred to as “council” which shall advocate and encourage wellness and physical fitness.
• § 12045 — (a) The Governor shall designate three state agencies to participate in a pilot program to award cash prizes to participants in an innovation contest established by each designated agency pursuant to
• § 12058 — In case of vacancy in the office of Governor and in the office of Lieutenant Governor, the last duly elected President pro Tempore of the Senate shall become Governor for the residue of the term; or i
• § 12058.5 — In case of the death, disability or other failure to take office of the Governor-elect, whether occurring prior or subsequent to the returns of election, the Lieutenant Governor-elect shall act as Gov
• § 12059 — In case of the death, disability, or other failure to take office of both the Governor-elect and the Lieutenant Governor-elect, the last duly elected President pro Tempore of the Senate, or in case of
• § 12060 — As used in this article “disaster” means a war or enemy-caused calamity occurring in the State of California, such as an attack by nuclear weapons, as a result of which the incumbent Governor is eithe
• § 12061 — As soon as practicable after the effective date of this article, and thereafter as soon as practicable after election and qualification to office, the Governor shall appoint and designate by filing wi
• § 12062 — In the event that the office of Governor is not filled within 24 hours after disaster as provided in Section 21 of Article IV of the Constitution, one of the Disaster Acting Governors, in the order sp
• § 12063 — Each Disaster Acting Governor shall, while filling the office of Governor, have the powers, perform all the duties, and receive the salary and perquisites of said office.
• § 12070 — There is in the state government a Commission on the Governorship, consisting of the President pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly, the President of the University of California, th
• § 12071 — The commission shall have exclusive authority to petition the Supreme Court to determine any questions that arise relating to vacancies in and succession to the office of Governor.
• § 12072 — The commission shall have exclusive authority to petition the Supreme Court to decide any questions relating to the existence of a temporary disability of the Governor.
• § 12073 — The commission shall have exclusive authority to petition the Supreme Court to decide any questions relating to the termination of the temporary disability of the Governor.
• § 12074 — The President pro Tempore of the Senate shall be chairman of the commission and the Speaker of the Assembly shall be vice chairman.
• § 12075 — The commission may file a petition pursuant to Sections 12071, 12072, or 12073 only if a majority of the members of the commission vote to take such action.
• § 12076 — The commission shall have the power of a head of a department to make investigations to determine whether or not a petition should be filed pursuant to this article.
• § 12080 — As used in this article: (a) “Agency” means a statewide office, nonelective officer, department, division, bureau, board, commission, or agency in the executive branch of the state government, except
• § 12080.1 — The Governor, from time to time, shall examine the organization of all agencies and shall determine what changes therein are necessary to accomplish one or more of the following purposes: (a) To promo
• § 12080.2 — Whenever the Governor finds that reorganization is in the public interest, the Governor shall prepare one or more reorganization plans in the form and language of a bill as nearly as practicable and t
• § 12080.3 — Each reorganization plan transmitted by the Governor under this article: (a) May change the name of an agency affected by a reorganization and the title of its head, and shall designate the name of an
• § 12080.4 — No reorganization plan shall provide for, and no reorganization under this article shall have the effect of: (a) Continuing any agency beyond the period authorized by law for its existence, or beyond
• § 12080.5 — Except as otherwise provided in this section, a reorganization plan submitted pursuant to this article shall become effective the first day after 60 calendar days of continuous session of the Legislat
• § 12080.6 — No reorganization plan shall have the effect of limiting in any way the validity of any statute enacted, or any regulation or other action made, prescribed, issued, granted or performed in respect to
• § 12080.7 — No suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced by or against the head of an agency or other officer of the state, in the head of an agency or officer’s official capacity or in relation to the
• § 12080.8 — From the effective date of a reorganization plan, and as long as it is in effect, the operation of any prior act of the Legislature inconsistent therewith shall be suspended insofar as it is inconsist
• § 12080.9 — Each reorganization plan which takes effect shall be printed in the same volume as the acts of the session of the Legislature to which it was submitted.
• § 12081 — The Legislative Counsel shall prepare for introduction not later than the next regular session of the Legislature occurring more than 90 days after that in which a Governor’s reorganization plan takes
• § 12081.1 — It is the intention of the Legislature in delegating legislative power to the Governor by this article pursuant to the authorization contained in Section 6 of Article V of the California Constitution
• § 12081.2 — If any provision of this act or the application thereof, except Section 12080.
• § 12085 — (a) (1) Although the economic well-being of the state has progressed to a level surpassing that of any other achieved in world history, and although these benefits are widely shared throughout the sta
• § 12085.5 — Any reference in any provision of law or regulation to the State Office of Economic Opportunity or the Department of Economic Opportunity shall be deemed to refer to the Department of Community Servic
• § 12086 — (a) The department is under the direction of an executive officer known as the Director of Community Services and Development.
• § 12087 — The department shall have the responsibility, and is hereby vested with all necessary powers and authority to do the following: (a) Recognize existing community action agencies, as originally defined
• § 12087.10 — The department, in coordination with relevant agencies, shall provide an assessment of the effectiveness of the program on or before January 1, 2023.
• § 12087.2 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that one-time funding appropriated for the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program shall be used to prioritize and expedite services that reduce arrearage
• § 12087.5 — (a) The department shall develop and administer the Energy Efficiency Low-Income Weatherization Program and expend moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of the program.
• § 12087.6 — (a) The department, for any appropriation to the department for the Energy Efficiency Low-Income Weatherization Program in the 2017–18 fiscal year, or any fiscal year thereafter, in its contract procu
• § 12087.9 — By January 1, 2021, the Department of Community Services and Development shall coordinate with the California Energy Commission and the State Department of Public Health’s Office of Health Equity to i
• § 12088 — The Department of Economic Opportunity, a separate, independent entity in state government, is hereby transferred to the Health and Welfare Agency, and renamed the Department of Community Services and
• § 12089 — (a) The Naturalization Services Program is hereby established, to be administered within the Department of Community Services and Development.
• § 12090 — The Department of Community Services and Development shall have possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, land, and other property real or personal held for the bene
• § 12091 — All unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds available to the Department of Economic Opportunity shall be transferred to the Department of Community Services and Development.
• § 12092 — As used in this article, the following terms apply: (a) “Agricultural employee” has the same meaning as that term is defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1140.
• § 12092.1 — To address the state’s critical need for labor provided by agricultural employees, and the economic harm California faces from the uncertainty surrounding the immigration status of the state’s agricul
• § 12092.2 — Subject to the implementation of the program, on the third year of the renewal of the program, the Governor shall prepare a report to the Legislature, in accordance with Section 9795, on the impact of
• § 12096 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Economic Revitalization Act.
• § 12096.1 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Office” means the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.
• § 12096.2 — (a) The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, also known as “GO-Biz,” is hereby established in state government within the Governor’s office.
• § 12096.3 — The office shall serve the Governor as the lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating to business development, private sector investment, and economic growth.
• § 12096.3.5 — The office shall coordinate with other relevant state and local agencies and national organizations to explore ways to facilitate streamlining of local land use approvals and construction permit proce
• § 12096.3.7 — (a) (1) The office, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, and the Public Utilities Commission, shall prepare an assess
• § 12096.4 — (a) Each member of the Governor’s cabinet shall identify a senior manager within that member’s agency who shall coordinate business support activities with the office.
• § 12096.5 — (a) The California Business Investment Services Program is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.
• § 12096.6 — For purposes of this article, all of the following definitions apply: (a) “Applicant” means any taxpayer, including, but not limited to, an individual, corporation, or partnership, submitting a Califo
• § 12096.6.1 — (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, GO-Biz shall establish the California Competes Grant Program pursuant to this article.
• § 12096.6.2 — (a) A grant may be recaptured, in whole or in part, if the qualified grantee fails to fulfill the terms and conditions of the written agreement entered into pursuant to Section 12096.
• § 12096.6.4 — (a) GO-Biz shall do all of the following: (1) Negotiate with a qualified grantee the terms and conditions of proposed written agreements that provide the grant allowed pursuant to this article to a qu
• § 12096.6.5 — (a) The Franchise Tax Board and GO-Biz may prescribe regulations as necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this article.
• § 12096.6.6 — This article shall be repealed on January 1, 2030.
• § 12097 — (a) The Permit Assistance Program is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.
• § 12097.1 — (a) The director shall ensure that the office’s Internet Web site contains information on the licensing, permitting, and registration requirements of state agencies, and shall include, but not be limi
• § 12097.5 — (a) (1) The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development is hereby authorized to develop content on its Internet Web site or through other mediums to be used for public dissemination, throug
• § 12098 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) Small businesses serve as economic engines to the California economy by being the most effective net new job generators, supporting California’s access
• § 12098.1 — The following definitions apply to this article, unless otherwise indicated: (a) “Advocate” means the Small Business Advocate who is also the Director of the Office of Small Business Advocate.
• § 12098.10 — (a) The Made in California Program, a public and private collaboration, is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.
• § 12098.11 — The provisions of this article shall be enforced pursuant to the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, pursuant to Title 1.
• § 12098.3 — (a) The Small Business Advocate shall be appointed by, and shall serve at the pleasure of, the Governor.
• § 12098.4 — (a) Each agency of the state shall furnish to the advocate the reports, documents, and information that are public records and that the advocate deems necessary to carry out the advocate’s functions u
• § 12098.5 — In addition to other responsibilities under this article, the advocate shall do the following: (a) Be prepared for designation by the Office of Emergency Services to serve as an official liaison betwe
• § 12098.6 — (a) The office shall post information on its Internet Web site to assist an individual to start a nonprofit corporation in this state and to assist a nonprofit corporation to achieve compliance with t
• § 12098.7 — Notwithstanding any other law, effective June 30, 2014, the Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant funded through the United States Economic Development Administration under Title IX of the Public Works
• § 12099.1 — (a) The Accelerate California: Inclusive Innovation Hub Program is hereby created within the office, within the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
• § 12099.2 — For purposes of this article, the following terms shall be defined as follows: (a) “Accelerate California: Inclusive Innovation Hub” is a network of interrelated firms, local governments, economic dev
• § 12099.3 — (a) The office shall issue a request for proposals for the Accelerate California: Inclusive Innovation Hub Program.
• § 12099.4 — A designated Accelerate California: Inclusive Innovation Hub shall include at least one major university or research center or institute, one economic development organization, and consist of at least
• § 12099.5 — Before an official designation as an Accelerate California: Inclusive Innovation Hub the applicant shall self-certify both of the following: (a) That the Accelerate California: Inclusive Innovation Hu
• § 12099.6 — (a) An Accelerate California: Inclusive Innovation Hub may do all of, but shall not be limited to, the following: (1) Provide free or low-cost advisory services and technical assistance to entrepreneu
• § 12099.7 — The Inclusive Innovation Accelerator Account is hereby created within the California Economic Development Fund in the State Treasury.
• § 12099.7.5 — (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the office shall administer the Accelerate California Entrepreneurship Fund to provide acceleration grants to small businesses and entrepreneurs that partici
• § 12099.8 — (a) The office shall develop industry strategies for the strategic sectors identified in the California Jobs First State Economic Blueprint to ensure an industry-specific approach that builds on the s
• § 12100 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California’s economic development organizations and corporations are an integral component of the state job creation effort because the
• § 12100.100 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to assist small agricultural businesses in the State of California that are impacted by severe drought and flooding.
• § 12100.101 — For the purposes of this article, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Applicant” means any California taxpayer, including, but not limited to, an individual, corporation, nonprofit organizatio
• § 12100.102 — If the office determines that the grantee has failed to meet the criteria for a qualified small business under Section 12100.
• § 12100.103 — (a) The California Small Agricultural Business Drought and Flood Relief Grant Program is hereby created within the office.
• § 12100.104 — The office and the Franchise Tax Board may adopt regulations to implement this article.
• § 12100.105 — This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 12100.110 — (a) The Energy Unit is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.
• § 12100.111 — (a) The Transmission Infrastructure Accelerator established pursuant to Section 12100.
• § 12100.112 — (a) The accelerator shall develop a public-private partnership plan to develop financing options that maximize debt financing to reduce overall capital costs and facilitate public-private partnership
• § 12100.120 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Local Government Budget Sustainability Fund.
• § 12100.121 — All efforts funded under this article are intended to support and be aligned with other initiatives in the State of California to support economic and workforce diversification, including, but not lim
• § 12100.122 — (a) The Local Government Budget Sustainability Fund is hereby created within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.
• § 12100.123 — The office shall evaluate and prioritize grants, to the extent permissible under state and federal equal protection laws, in accordance with the following criteria: (a) Assessment of proposal details
• § 12100.124 — Eligible activities for grant funds shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Staffing requirements, position classifications, and wages.
• § 12100.125 — This article shall remain in effect until June 30, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 12100.140 — The Local Government Immigrant Integration Initiative is hereby created within GO-Biz.
• § 12100.141 — (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, GO-Biz shall administer competitive grants to local governments to develop or expand local immigrant integration initiatives.
• § 12100.142 — (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, GO-Biz shall administer competitive grants to service providers to develop export training programs and curriculum aimed at underserved business owners, incl
• § 12100.143 — This article shall remain in effect only until June 30, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 12100.150 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Office,” notwithstanding Section 12096.
• § 12100.151 — (a) (1) The zero-emission vehicle division within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development is hereby continued in existence within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Deve
• § 12100.160 — This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Civic Media Act.
• § 12100.161 — (a) The California Civic Media Program is hereby established under the administration of the office in the advancement of the following goals: (1) Enhancing the public good through supporting a robust
• § 12100.162 — (a) (1) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the California Civic Media Fund to be administered by the office.
• § 12100.170 — This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Building and Reinforcing Inclusive, Diverse, Gender-Supportive Equity Project (BRIDGE Project).
• § 12100.171 — (a) There is hereby established, within the office, the BRIDGE Project.
• § 12100.30 — This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Employee Ownership Act.
• § 12100.31 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s small businesses continue to contend with the pressures of the aging baby boomer business owners who are at or near retirement
• § 12100.32 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Advocate” means the Small Business Advocate.
• § 12100.33 — (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, CalOSBA shall establish the California Employee Ownership Hub, administered by an Employee Ownership Hub Manager, appointed by the advocate.
• § 12100.50 — (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the California Foreign Investment Program.
• § 12100.51 — (a) The office shall serve as the lead state entity for overseeing the state’s participation with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’ EB-5 Investment Program.
• § 12100.52 — Any public or private corporation authorized to establish, operate, and maintain a regional center whose application is granted pursuant to the terms of the Immigration and Nationality Act may establi
• § 12100.53 — This article shall apply only to EB-5 activities of the state relating to the EB-5 Investment Program occurring on or after January 1, 2014.
• § 12100.60 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the California Small Business Development Technical Assistance Act of 2022.
• § 12100.61 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Small businesses form the core of the California economy and that it is in the interest of the state to increase opportunities and improve
• § 12100.62 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions in this section shall govern the construction of this article: (a) “California Office of the Small Business Advocate,” “CalOSBA,” or “o
• § 12100.63 — (a) The California Small Business Technical Assistance Program is hereby created within the California Office of the Small Business Advocate.
• § 12100.65 — Upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature for the purpose of implementing this article, the office shall make grants to small business technical assistance centers, consistent with the requiremen
• § 12100.67 — (a) Upon approval of an award to a small business technical assistance center pursuant to this article, the office shall issue to a notice of an award that includes all of the following: (1) The amoun
• § 12101 — The Lieutenant Governor may appoint and, subject to the approval of the Director of Finance, fix the salaries of one secretary and such clerical assistants as the Lieutenant Governor deems necessary f
• § 12152 — (a) To assist in the discharge of the duties of the Secretary of State’s office, the Secretary of State may appoint one Assistant Secretary of State, whose powers, duties, and liabilities shall be tho
• § 12153 — The Secretary of State shall appoint a competent person to the position of Chief of Archives.
• § 12159 — The Secretary of State shall keep a correct record of the official acts of the legislative and executive departments of the government, and shall, when required, lay the same and all matters relative
• § 12160 — The Secretary of State is charged with custody of: (a) The enrolled copy of the Constitution.
• § 12161 — The Secretary of State shall attend at every session of the Legislature, for the purpose of receiving bills and resolutions and perform such other duties as may be devolved upon the Secretary of State
• § 12162 — The Secretary of State shall keep a register and attest the official acts of the Governor and shall affix the Great Seal, with the Secretary’s attestation, to commissions, pardons, and other public in
• § 12163 — The Secretary of State shall receive and record in proper books the official bonds of all officers whose bonds are required by law to be filed with the Secretary of State.
• § 12164 — The Secretary of State shall record all conveyances made to the state, except (1) evidences of title acquired for state highway purposes and retained by the Department of Transportation, and (2) conve
• § 12165 — The Secretary of State shall certify and declare the result of all elections upon a question submitted to the electors of the state by either initiative or referendum petition filed in the Secretary’s
• § 12166 — Within 100 days after the final adjournment of each session of the Legislature, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the State Printing Office the Secretary’s certificate showing what acts, or sect
• § 12167 — Within 60 days after the day on which a general election is held throughout the State, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the State Printing Office the Secretary’s certificate showing: (a) What l
• § 12168 — On demand, the Secretary of State shall furnish, to a person paying the fees therefor, a certified copy of all or any part of a law, record, or other instrument filed, deposited, or recorded in the Se
• § 12168.5 — (a) When not inconsistent with other provisions of law, in lieu of filing or recording documents presented in paper format, the Secretary of State may adopt rules and regulations to authorize the elec
• § 12168.7 — (a) The Legislature hereby recognizes the need to adopt uniform statewide standards for the purpose of storing and recording public records in electronic media or in a cloud computing storage service.
• § 12169 — The Secretary of State shall file in the Secretary’s office descriptions of seals in use by the different state officers and furnish those officers with new seals whenever required.
• § 12170 — On or before the 15th day of September in each even numbered year, the Secretary of State shall report to the Governor a detailed account of all of the Secretary of State’s official actions since the
• § 12171 — The Secretary of State shall compile and maintain a complete list of all districts for which certificates or copies of orders, ordinances or resolutions declaring districts formed or organized have be
• § 12172 — The Secretary of State shall, upon the request of the proponents of an initiative measure which is to be submitted to the voters of the state, review the provisions of the initiative measure after it
• § 12172.3 — The Secretary of State shall post on the Secretary’s Internet Web site and include in the pamphlet developed pursuant to Section 9018 of the Elections Code, information describing the following servic
• § 12172.5 — (a) The Secretary of State is the chief elections officer of the state, and shall administer the provisions of the Elections Code.
• § 12172.6 — Beginning in the year before the federal decennial census and continuing through the completion of the enumeration activities for that census, the Secretary of State shall include on the secretary’s I
• § 12172.8 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to affirm and inform every Californian of their right and obligation to participate in the federal decennial census freely and without fear of fraud, intimidati
• § 12173 — (a) The Secretary of State’s office shall develop a program to utilize electronic communications and enhance the availability and accessibility of information on statewide candidates and ballot initia
• § 12174 — (a) The Secretary of State shall administer, protect, develop, and interpret the Secretary of State and State Archives Building Complex located in Sacramento in the area bounded by 10th, 11th, O, and
• § 12175 — The Secretary of State shall keep a fee book.
• § 12176 — (a) Commencing July 1, 1992, all fees collected by the Secretary of State’s office pursuant to the Business and Professions Code, Civil Code, Code of Civil Procedure, Commercial Code, Corporations Cod
• § 12177 — For services performed in the Secretary’s office, the Secretary of State shall charge and collect the fees fixed in this article.
• § 12178 — No Member of the Legislature or state officer shall be charged for a search relative to matters appertaining to the duties of the Member’s or officer’s office, nor shall a Member of the Legislature or
• § 12178.1 — (a) Except for copies of documents on file prepared pursuant to Section 12182, the fee for preparing a copy of any law, resolution, record, or other document on file in the office of the Secretary of
• § 12179 — The fee for attesting each patent for land issued by the Governor is one dollar ($1) for each 160 acres, or fraction thereof.
• § 12179.1 — The fee for attesting each commission, passport, or other document signed by the Governor is ten dollars ($10).
• § 12180 — The Secretary of State’s office may adopt rules and regulations as necessary to carry out this article, in accordance with Chapter 3.
• § 12181 — The Secretary of State’s office may refuse to perform a service or refuse a filing based on a reasonable belief that the service or filing is being requested for an unlawful, false, or fraudulent purp
• § 12182 — (a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect fees as provided in this article and may also by regulation establish fees to be charged and collected for copying and special handling in connectio
• § 12182.1 — The Secretary of State shall establish by regulation an application, examination, and commission fee that shall not exceed the amount necessary to cover the costs of commissioning notaries public and
• § 12183 — The Secretary of State shall charge and collect the following fees for certification: (a) Certification of a document: Five dollars ($5).
• § 12184 — (a) The Secretary of State shall charge and collect a fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) from an entity for its conversion made pursuant to Chapter 11.
• § 12185 — Upon the filing of any document pursuant to any provision of the Corporations Code for which there is a filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) or more, at the time of filing the Secretary of State sh
• § 12186 — The fees for corporate filings are the following: (a) Issuing a certificate of reservation of corporate name: Ten dollars ($10).
• § 12187 — The general partnership filing fees are the following: (a) Filing a statement of partnership: Seventy dollars ($70).
• § 12188 — The limited partnership filing fees are the following: (a) Issuing a certificate of reservation of limited partnership name: ten dollars ($10).
• § 12189 — The limited liability partnership filing fees are the following: (a) Filing a registration for a registered limited liability partnership: Seventy dollars ($70).
• § 12190 — The limited liability company filing fees are the following: (a) Issuing a certificate of reservation of limited liability company name: Ten dollars ($10).
• § 12191 — The miscellaneous business entity filing fees are the following: (a) Foreign associations, as defined in Sections 170 and 171 of the Corporations Code: (1) Filing the statement and designation upon th
• § 12192 — The filing fees for a nonprofit mutual benefit ridesharing corporation are the following: (a) Nonprofit mutual benefit corporation having as its sole purpose the operation of a single ridesharing vanp
• § 12193 — The trademark and service mark fees are the following: (a) Filing an application for registration of a trademark: Seventy dollars ($70).
• § 12194 — The fees for filing liens pursuant to the Code of Civil Procedure and for filing financing statements and other Uniform Commercial Code filings are the following: (a) Ten dollars ($10) if the record i
• § 12195 — (a) Special filing fees for joint powers agreements are the following: (1) Filing a notice of a joint powers agreement: One dollar ($1).
• § 12197 — The Secretary of State shall charge and collect, as applicable, fees for the following: (a) Service of process, as provided in Section 15800 of the Corporations Code, for every partnership other than
• § 1220 — When an officer discharges ex officio the duties of another office than that to which he is elected or appointed, his official signature and attestation shall be in the name of the office the duties o
• § 1221 — Where not otherwise provided, the seals of office of the various executive officers are those in use by such officers on January 1, 1873.
• § 1222 — Every wilful omission to perform any duty enjoined by law upon any public officer, or person holding any public trust or employment, where no special provision is made for the punishment of such delin
• § 12220 — As used in this article, “item” includes, but is not limited to, any paper, document, book, map, artifact, or other type of record.
• § 12221 — The Secretary of State is the custodian of the public archives of the State.
• § 12222 — The Secretary of State shall maintain and properly equip safe and secure vaults for the preservation, description, and use of the archives.
• § 12223 — The Secretary of State shall receive into the archives an item that is required by law to be delivered to or filed with the Secretary of State.
• § 12223.5 — The Secretary of State shall receive into the State Archives any official committee file transmitted pursuant to Section 9080 or rulemaking file transmitted pursuant to Section 11347.
• § 12224 — The Secretary of State may receive into the archives an item that the Secretary of State deems to be of historical value.
• § 12225 — The Secretary of State may at any time return to the state agency from which it was received an item in the archives which the Secretary of State does not deem to be of historical value.
• § 12226 — With the consent of the Secretary of State, the governing body of a county or city may by order or resolution direct the transfer to the Secretary of State for inclusion in the State archives, of offi
• § 12227 — The Chief of Archives is responsible for the preservation and description of material deposited in the State Archives and shall make the material readily available for use.
• § 12228 — The Chief of Archives shall give an appropriate receipt for all material received by the Chief of Archives as a part of the archives.
• § 12229 — The Secretary of State may maintain an item in an active file in the Secretary’s office for such time as the Secretary of State deems proper before transferring it to the archives.
• § 1223 — When traveling expenses are allowed by law to any state, county, judicial district, or city officer, he may contract with the appropriate authorities for an allowance or mileage rate for the use of ve
• § 12230 — The Secretary of State shall establish a Document Laboratory and a Record Processing Program to facilitate the preservation and description of the archives.
• § 12231 — In carrying out the provisions of this article, the Secretary of State shall consult with and give consideration to the recommendations of the California Historical Records Advisory Board, which for t
• § 12232 — The Secretary of State shall utilize the California Historical Records Advisory Board to advise, encourage, and coordinate the activities of the county historical records commissions, either designate
• § 12233 — The Secretary of State shall conduct under the administration of the State Archives a regular governmental history documentation program to provide through the use of oral history a continuing documen
• § 12236 — (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a Local Government Records Program to be administered by the State Archives to establish guidelines for local government records retention and to provide arc
• § 12237 — (a) Notwithstanding any provision of Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.
• § 1224 — Any money paid by a state, county, judicial district, or city officer for United States postage for use in conducting the official business of his office may be refunded to him by claim allowed in acc
• § 12240 — Whenever an appropriation is made by the Legislature for the purpose, the Secretary of State shall compile, publish, and distribute a roster of the State and local public officials of California.