California

Government Code

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

• § 12241 — The Secretary of State shall cause the roster to be printed and shall distribute copies free of charge, as follows: To the Governor, 50 copies; to the Lieutenant Governor, 30 copies; to each member of
• § 12242 — No more than 120 days after each general election, the governing body of each city, county, or city and county, or their delegated local entity, including, but not limited to, the office of the city c
• § 1225 — (a) An executive officer, a judicial officer, and a Member of the Legislature may administer and certify oaths.
• § 1226 — When the records in the office of any public board or officer authorized to issue certificates show the issuance of a certificate other than a certificate of acknowledgment and it appears by affidavit
• § 12260 — For the purposes of this article, “termination document” means the certificate or other document required by the Corporations Code that is the last certificate or document filed with the Secretary of
• § 12261 — (a) The Secretary of State shall reinstate to active status on its records, a business entity for which a court finds any of the following: (1) The factual representations by a shareholder, member, pa
• § 12262 — If the Secretary of State determines that the name of a business entity that has been ordered by a court to be reinstated creates a conflict under subdivision (b) of Section 201, subdivision (b) of Se
• § 12263 — Nothing in this article authorizes a court to order that any records of the Secretary of State be expunged.
• § 12269 — The sole remedies for violations of the following provisions of this Act shall be fines of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.
• § 12270 — This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the State Records Management Act.
• § 12271 — For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Acquire” includes acquisition by gift, purchase, lease, eminent domain, or otherwise.
• § 12272 — (a) The Secretary of State shall establish and administer a records management program that will apply efficient and economical management methods to the creation, utilization, maintenance, retention,
• § 12273 — Notwithstanding any other law, a record held in the State Records Center or by a state agency determined by the Secretary of State to have archival value and to be at risk of damage or loss, or in poo
• § 12274 — The head of a state agency shall do all of the following: (a) Establish and maintain an active, continuing program for the economical and efficient management of the records and information collection
• § 12274.5 — A Records Management Coordinator of an agency shall do all of the following: (a) (1) Upon initial appointment as a Records Management Coordinator, attend a minimum of 12 hours of records management tr
• § 12275 — (a) A record shall not be destroyed or otherwise disposed of by an agency of the state, unless it is determined by the Secretary of State that the record has no further administrative, legal, or fisca
• § 12276 — (a) The records of a state agency may be microfilmed, electronically data imaged, or otherwise photographically reproduced and certified upon the written authorization of the head of the agency.
• § 12277 — A person, other than a temporary employee, serving in the state civil service and employed by the Department of General Services in the California State Records and Information Management Program shal
• § 12278 — All equipment and records in the California State Records and Information Management Program in the Department of General Services are transferred to the Secretary of State.
• § 12279 — If a record of a state agency has been lost or destroyed by conflagration or other public calamity, the Secretary of State may acquire the right to reproduce any portion of a public record plant as is
• § 1228 — An inmate of any state institution shall not be employed in the manufacture or production of any article intended for the private and personal use of any state officer or any officer or employee of an
• § 1228.5 — The governing board of any local agency may grant to any employee of such local governmental agency, upon request, a leave of absence without pay of not to exceed two years to accept a temporary posit
• § 1229 — Any public officer who is charged with the custody of public records may take any action, including the transfer of such records to another place within the state, necessary for the safekeeping of suc
• § 1230 — The governing body of a city, county, city and county, or political subdivision of the State may grant leaves of absence to employees to appear as a witness in court other than as a litigant, to serve
• § 1230.1 — Whenever any person who is an employee subject to the provisions of Section 1230, or an employee of the state, is served with a subpoena which compels his presence as a witness, unless he is a party o
• § 12302 — The Treasurer may appoint one deputy treasurer at the annual salary as the Treasurer shall establish.
• § 12304 — Peace officers of the Department of the California Highway Patrol shall make routine inspections of the premises of the Treasurer’s office after normal working hours each day and on Saturdays, Sundays
• § 12305 — The Treasurer may contract for and secure insurance against the loss of securities and money in the Treasurer’s custody from any insurable risk whatsoever.
• § 1231 — No state officer or employee shall be deemed to have a break in service or to have terminated his or her employment, for any purpose, nor to have incurred any change in his or her authority, status, o
• § 1231.1 — Funds from each appropriation made in the budget act for any fiscal year may be expended to pay to officers and employees whatever salary that would have otherwise been received had the budget act bee
• § 1231.2 — Funds from each appropriation made in the budget act for any fiscal year may be expended to pay any obligation incurred between the commencement of that fiscal year and the effective date of the budge
• § 12320 — The Treasurer shall receive and keep in the vaults of the State Treasury or deposit in banks or credit unions all moneys belonging to the state, not required to be received and kept by some other pers
• § 12321 — The Treasurer shall not receive money into the Treasury unless it is certified by the Controller as provided for in Section 12414.
• § 12323 — The Treasurer shall endorse a memorandum receipt upon documents accompanying money transmitted for deposit into the Treasury.
• § 12324 — The Treasurer shall pay warrants drawn by the Controller, except warrants canceled pursuant to law.
• § 12325 — The Treasurer may attach to or indorse upon warrants drawn by the Controller an order directing payment by any bank or credit union in which money of the state is on deposit.
• § 12326 — The Treasurer shall keep an account of all money received and disbursed.
• § 12328 — The Treasurer shall report daily to the Controller the amounts disbursed during the preceding day and the funds out of which the disbursements were paid.
• § 12329 — On or before the fifteenth day of September in each even-numbered year, the Treasurer shall report to the Governor the exact balance in the treasury to the credit of the State, and a summary of the re
• § 1233 — Acting in accordance with Executive Order 11246 (30FR 12319), as amended, applicants for employment by, and incumbent employees of, public agencies may be solicited to voluntarily declare their ethnic
• § 12330 — (a) At the request of either house of the Legislature, or of a committee thereof, the Treasurer shall give written information as to the condition of the State Treasury, or upon a subject relating to
• § 12331 — Notwithstanding any general or specific law to the contrary, whenever any law or whenever any state agency or officer requires that a pledge of money be made to secure the performance of an act or dut
• § 12332 — The Treasurer is designated as an elected representative of the state to approve the issuance of bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, issued by or on behalf of the state, to the extent th
• § 12333 — (a) The Treasurer may act as trustee, registrar, paying agent, tender agent, custodian, depository, transfer agent, fiscal agent, or in any other fiduciary or representative capacity for any purpose p
• § 12334 — (a) As soon as April 1, 2022, but no later than one year after the effective date of this chapter, the Treasurer, in consultation with the California Housing Finance Agency, the California Department
• § 1234 — No public officer while serving in any elective office in this state shall receive a retirement allowance which is based in whole or part upon service in that elective office.
• § 1235 — The salary of any elected public office shall not be reduced during an election year after any candidate for that particular office has filed the requisite forms declaring his or her candidacy for tha
• § 1236 — (a) All city, county, city and county, and district employees that conduct audits or that conduct audit activities of those respective agencies shall conduct their work under the general and specified
• § 1237 — All state and local agencies with an aggregate spending of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) or more annually shall consider establishing an ongoing audit function.
• § 1238 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1236, if a city, county, city and county, or district determines that the implementation of any specific standard enumerated in Section 1236 would result in n
• § 1239 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1236, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, may, by majority vote, grant a waiver to any agency that petitions the committee from compliance with any standar
• § 12402 — The Controller may organize the Controller’s office into divisions and may, in conformity with the State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5) and the State Constitu
• § 12403 — The Controller may designate any one or more of the Controller’s employees to administer oaths in respect to returns, reports, affidavits, or other documents that are required to be filed with the Con
• § 12404 — All deputy controllers, chiefs of divisions, assistant chiefs of divisions, attorneys, district managers, investigators, and financial data compiler in the State Controller’s Office shall be civil exe
• § 12405 — For the purposes of Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180) of Chapter 2 of Part 1, the State Controller shall be deemed to be a head of a department and the Office of State Controller shall be deem
• § 12406 — In addition to the positions authorized by subdivision (c) of Section 4 of Article VII of the California Constitution for the Controller, the Governor, with the recommendation of the Controller, shall
• § 1241 — Whenever a section of the California Constitution uses both the terms “salary” and “compensation”, with respect to a public officer or employee, the terms shall be construed to apply only to salary.
• § 12410 — The Controller shall superintend the fiscal concerns of the state.
• § 12410.5 — (a) The Controller shall receive every audit report prepared for any local agency, as defined in Section 53890, in compliance with the federal Single Audit Act of 1984 (31 U.
• § 12410.6 — (a) An audit for any local agency, including those submitted to the Controller pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 12410.
• § 12411 — The Controller shall suggest plans for the improvement and management of the public revenues.
• § 12412 — The Controller shall keep and state all accounts in which the State is interested and keep a separate account under the head of each specific appropriation, showing at all times the undisbursed balanc
• § 12412.1 — The Controller shall: (a) Account for expenditures as scheduled in the Budget Act.
• § 12413 — The Controller shall keep an account between the State and the Treasurer and charge the Treasurer with the balance in the treasury when he comes into office and with all money received by him, and cre
• § 12415 — The Controller may require any person, presenting an account for settlement, to be sworn before him and to answer orally or in writing as to any facts relating to it.
• § 12416 — The Controller shall require all persons who have received any money belonging to the State and have not accounted for it to settle their accounts and may inspect the books of any person charged with
• § 12417 — The Controller may require all persons who have received money or securities, or have had the disposition or management of any property of the state of which an account is kept in the Controller’s off
• § 12418 — The Controller shall direct and superintend the collection of all money due the State, and institute suits in its name: (a) For all official delinquencies in relation to the assessment, collection, an
• § 12419 — The Controller shall state an account with any person who: (a) Has received money or has money or other personal property which belongs to the State by escheat or otherwise, or has been intrusted with
• § 12419.10 — (a) (1) The Controller shall, to the extent feasible, offset any amount overdue and unpaid for a fine, penalty, assessment, bail, vehicle parking penalty, or court-ordered reimbursement for court-rela
• § 12419.11 — (a) The Labor Commissioner shall submit a request to the Controller to offset amounts due from a person or entity as the result of any judgment issued pursuant to Section 98.
• § 12419.12 — (a) (1) The Controller shall, to the extent feasible, offset any amount overdue and unpaid for a bridge toll or a high-occupancy toll lane fee and any interest, fine, penalty, bail, collection fee, or
• § 12419.13 — (a) (1) The Controller shall, upon execution of a reciprocal agreement between the State Board of Equalization or the Franchise Tax Board, and any other state imposing a sales and use tax, an income t
• § 12419.2 — (a) The Controller shall, under the authority to offset granted by Section 12419.
• § 12419.3 — The Controller shall offset delinquent accounts against personal income tax refunds that have been certified by the Franchise Tax Board, in the following priority: (a) The nonpayment of child or famil
• § 12419.3.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the payments authorized pursuant to Section 8161 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall not be used to offset any delinquent accounts.
• § 12419.3.3 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, the Controller shall not offset delinquent accounts against the personal income tax re
• § 12419.3.4 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the payments authorized pursuant to Chapter 16.
• § 12419.4 — The State has a lien for any taxes due the State from any person or entity, upon any and all personal property belonging to such person or entity and held by the State or amount owed to such person or
• § 12419.5 — The Controller may, in the Controller’s discretion, offset any amount due a state agency from a person or entity, against any amount owing that person or entity by any state agency.
• § 12419.7 — For the purposes of Section 12419.
• § 12419.8 — (a) The Controller may, in the Controller’s discretion, offset any amount due a city, county, or special district from a person or entity pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (4) of subdivision (c), and
• § 12419.9 — (a) For the purposes of Section 12419.
• § 12420.1 — The Controller shall establish special accounts for any state officer or employee requesting salary or wage deductions in order that sufficient funds may be accumulated to the state officer or employe
• § 12420.2 — The Controller may purchase annuity contracts on behalf of any state employer under the uniform state payroll system, excluding the California State University System, that employs persons eligible to
• § 12421 — The Controller shall authenticate with the Controller’s official seal all warrants drawn by the Controller, and all copies of papers issued from the Controller’s office.
• § 12422 — The Controller shall summon county auditors to meet with the Controller or the Controller’s duly authorized representatives, at least once each year, in groups and places within the state as may be de
• § 12422.5 — (a) On or before January 1, 2015, the Controller shall develop internal control guidelines applicable to each local agency to prevent and detect financial errors and fraud.
• § 12423 — The Controller shall summon county tax collectors and redemption officers or the authorized representative of any county tax collector or redemption officer to meet with the Controller or the Controll
• § 12424 — The Controller may render service pertinent to financial, budgetary and taxation problems and procedures for any county, city, city and county, any other political subdivision, or any district of the
• § 12425 — Upon the submission of claims by a state agency, with the approval of the Department of General Services, the Controller may pay, from appropriations available therefor, money to the United States for
• § 12427 — Each state agency shall reimburse the Controller for the costs associated with any accounting of expenditures incurred in connection with any revenue bonds, not otherwise covered by the cost of issuan
• § 12428 — In the event either the Governor or the Legislature should obtain federal approval to transfer programs receiving federal support for persons with an intellectual disability or a mental health disorde
• § 12429 — The Controller may, with the approval of the Department of Finance, seek recovery from the federal government of Social Security contribution overpayments made with regard to the compensation of emplo
• § 12431 — Prior to the payment of any claim from funds appropriated pursuant to Section 7 of Chapter 1123 of the Statutes of 1977, the Controller shall require the claimant to certify in writing that it has att
• § 12433 — Any state agency or employee required to collect any state taxes, licenses, fees, or money owing to the state for any reason that is due and payable may be discharged by the Controller from accountabi
• § 12434 — The application for a discharge under this article shall be filed with the Controller and include the following: (a) A statement of the nature and amount of the tax, license, fee, or other money due.
• § 12435 — The Controller shall audit the applications.
• § 12436 — The Controller may discharge from accountability a state agency for accounts that do not exceed the amount specified in subdivision (e) of Section 12435 and thereby authorize the closing of the agency
• § 12437 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a discharge granted pursuant to this article to a state agency or employee does not release any person from the payment of any tax, license, fee, or other mo
• § 12438 — A state agency is not required to collect taxes, licenses, fees, or money owing to the state for any reason if the amount to be collected is five hundred dollars ($500) or less.
• § 12438.1 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the Controller may discharge the Department of Water Resources from accountability for collection of the loan issued to the Arrowhead Manor Water C
• § 12439 — (a) The Controller may investigate, inquire, and, if necessary, conduct hearings concerning property in the possession of the Treasurer which has escheated to the state from the estates of deceased pe
• § 12440 — The Controller shall draw warrants on the Treasurer for the payment of money directed by law to be paid out of the State Treasury; but a warrant shall not be drawn unless authorized by law, and unless
• § 12440.1 — (a) The trustees, in conjunction with the Controller, shall implement a process that allows any campus or other unit of the university to make payments of obligations of the university from its revolv
• § 12440.3 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340, for the 2014–15 fiscal year, if the Budget Act of 2014 is not enacted on or before July 1, 2014, for the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state em
• § 12440.4 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340, for the 2015–16 fiscal year, if the Budget Act of 2015 is not enacted on or before July 1, 2015, for the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state em
• § 12440.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340, for the 2016–17 fiscal year, if the Budget Act of 2016 is not enacted on or before July 1, 2016, for the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state em
• § 12440.6 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340, for the 2015–16 fiscal year, if the Budget Act of 2015 is not enacted on or before July 1, 2015, for the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state em
• § 12440.7 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340, for the 2016–17 fiscal year, if the Budget Act of 2016 is not enacted on or before July 1, 2016, for the memoranda of understanding entered into between the state em
• § 12460 — The Controller shall submit an annual report to the Governor containing a statement of the funds of the state, its revenues, and the public expenditures during the preceding fiscal year.
• § 12461 — The Controller shall release an annual report that includes all of the following: (a) General Purpose Financial Statements prepared in accordance with Section 12460 and “Generally Accepted Accounting
• § 12461.1 — The Controller shall also prepare a quarterly report on the General Fund comparing state revenues and expenditures for that quarter with the Budget Act, and other expenditures authorized pursuant to s
• § 12461.2 — If any state agency, department, board, or commission, which is required by statute or regulation to furnish a financial statement or report to the Controller fails to furnish a complete and accurate
• § 12462 — Upon request, the Controller shall give information in writing to either house of the Legislature relating to the fiscal affairs of the state or the duties of the Controller’s office.
• § 12462.5 — The Controller shall include the following information on bank accounts and savings and loan association accounts outside the treasury system in the budgetary-legal basis annual report, submitted purs
• § 12463 — (a) The Controller shall compile, publish, and make publicly available on the Controller’s website, in a format that may be printed and downloaded, reports of the financial transactions and informatio
• § 12463.1 — (a) The Controller shall appoint an advisory committee consisting of seven local governmental officers to assist the Controller in developing complete and adequate records.
• § 12463.2 — (a) (1) The Controller shall include in reports compiled and published pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 12463 information relating to the imposition of each locally assessed parcel tax, includin
• § 12463.3 — On or before May 1 of each year, the Controller shall compile and publish annually reports of the financial transactions of each community redevelopment agency created pursuant to Division 24 (commenc
• § 12463.4 — On or before July 1, 2019, the Controller shall publish on the Controller’s Internet Web site a comprehensive list of special districts.
• § 12464 — (a) If the county, city, or district reports are not made in the time, form, and manner required or there is reason to believe that a report is false, incomplete, or incorrect, the Controller shall ap
• § 12465 — (a) When they are in excess of five years old, reports from county and city officials and individuals, claims, canceled and paid warrants, payroll documents, and other records may be destroyed by the
• § 12466 — On the first business day of each month, the Controller shall furnish the Department of Finance with a statement of the amount of money in each fund of the Treasury, and the total amount as it appears
• § 12467 — (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that the General Fund has experienced significant deficits in recent years due to economic factors and extraordinary demand for public services supported by
• § 12468 — The Controller shall regularly audit the apportionment and allocation by counties of property tax revenue pursuant to Chapter 3.
• § 12470 — In conformity with the accounting system prescribed by the Department of Finance pursuant to Section 13300, the Controller shall install and operate a uniform state payroll system for all state agenci
• § 12471 — The uniform state pay roll system shall provide adequate accounting procedures to enable each state agency to properly account salary and wage expenditures under the uniform state accounting system.
• § 12472 — The uniform state payroll system may provide for the fixing of staggered payroll periods, and designated days of the month on which permanent monthly salaried employees shall be paid for the preceding
• § 12472.5 — Notwithstanding any other law, on and after January 1, 2025, payments to employees made through the uniform state payroll system for master payroll paid on June 30 of each year shall be issue dated on
• § 12473 — The pay roll period of employees of a state agency shall not be changed by inclusion of the agency into the uniform state pay roll system or by any revision or modification of the system unless notice
• § 12474 — The Controller shall establish and maintain a payroll roster of all persons employed by every state agency except the University of California and may establish and maintain a roster of all establishe
• § 12475 — Each appointing power shall correctly and promptly certify to the Controller all changes, modifications, additions and deletions to the pay roll roster in compliance with all applicable civil service,
• § 12476 — The Controller may audit the uniform state pay roll system, the State Pay Roll Revolving Fund, and related records of state agencies within the uniform state pay roll system, in such manner as the Con
• § 12477 — Rules and regulations adopted under this article or Section 1153 are excepted from the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act and shall be distributed in the form and manner as the Controller
• § 12478 — Upon receipt of proof, satisfactory to the Controller, that a payroll warrant issued by the Controller has been lost or destroyed prior to its delivery to the employee to whom it is payable, the Contr
• § 12479 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an employee of the state may file with their appointing power a designation of a person or persons for receipt of employee warrants upon death.
• § 12480 — Officers and employees of the state may authorize the direct deposit by electronic fund transfer of their salary or wages, after any withholding required by law and authorized deductions, into an acco
• § 12481 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Controller shall make an agreement with one or more financial institutions participating in the Automated Clearing House pursuant to the local rules, and shall e
• § 12482 — (a) On or before February 1, 2023, the Controller, in consultation with the Department of Human Resources, shall submit a report to each of the relevant budget subcommittees of the Legislature on the
• § 12500 — The annual salary of the Attorney General includes all services rendered ex officio as member of any board or commission.
• § 12502 — (a) The Attorney General may appoint and fix the salaries of Assistant Attorneys General, Deputy Attorneys General, service agents, experts, and technical and clerical employees as the Attorney Genera
• § 12503 — No person shall be eligible to the office of Attorney General unless that person has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the state for a period of at least five years immediately pre
• § 12504 — The Attorney General shall not engage in the private practice of law, nor shall the Attorney General be associated directly or indirectly with any attorney in private practice, but instead shall devot
• § 12510 — The Attorney General is head of the Department of Justice.
• § 12511 — The Attorney General has charge, as attorney, of all legal matters in which the State is interested, except the business of The Regents of the University of California and of such other boards or offi
• § 12511.5 — The Attorney General may defend a public or private provider of health care, as defined in Section 56.
• § 12511.7 — Defense of the California Legislature Transparency Act.
• § 12512 — The Attorney General shall attend the Supreme Court and prosecute or defend all causes to which the state, or any state officer, is a party in the state officer’s official capacity.
• § 12513 — After judgment in any of the causes referred to in Section 12512, the Attorney General shall direct the issuing of such process as may be necessary to carry the judgment into execution.
• § 12513.1 — Any person who fails to pay on a timely basis any liability or penalty imposed by or on behalf of any state agency or official, the People of the State of California, the State of California, or any l
• § 12514 — The Attorney General shall keep a docket of all causes in which the Attorney General is required to appear.
• § 12515 — The Attorney General shall bid upon and purchase, in the name of the state and under the direction of the Department of General Services, any property offered for sale under execution issued upon judg
• § 12516 — Whenever the property of a judgment debtor in any judgment in favor or for the use of the state has been sold under a prior judgment, or is subject to any prior judgment, lien, or encumbrance, the Att
• § 12517 — When in the Attorney General’s opinion it may be necessary for the collection or enforcement of any judgment in favor or for the use of the state, the Attorney General shall institute and prosecute, o
• § 12518 — Whenever any action is brought against the state or any state agency involving the title, or right to possession or the boundaries of any lands belonging to the state or in which it has any interest,
• § 12519 — The Attorney General shall give the Attorney General’s opinion in writing to any Member of the Legislature, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, State Lands Co
• § 12520 — (a) The Attorney General may not employ special counsel in any case except pursuant to either of the following: (1) Article 3 (commencing with Section 12540).
• § 12521 — The Attorney General shall account for and pay over to the proper officer all money which may come into the Attorney General’s possession belonging to the state or to any county.
• § 12522 — On or before the 15th day of September in each even-numbered year, the Attorney General shall report to the Governor the condition of the affairs of the Attorney General’s office and of the reports th
• § 12523 — The Attorney General may appear for and represent the Indians of the State of California before the Indian Claims Commission created by an act of Congress approved August 13, 1946 (Public Law 726).
• § 12524 — The Attorney General may, from time to time, and as often as occasion may require, call into conference the district attorneys and sheriffs of the several counties and the chiefs of police of the seve
• § 12525 — (a) In any case in which a person dies while in the custody of any law enforcement agency or while in custody in a local or state correctional facility in this state, the law enforcement agency or the
• § 12525.2 — (a) Each law enforcement agency shall monthly furnish to the Department of Justice, in a manner defined and prescribed by the Attorney General, a report of all instances when a peace officer employed
• § 12525.3 — (a) For purposes of this subdivision, the following definitions apply: (1) “Deadly weapon” includes, but it not limited to, any loaded weapon from which a shot, readily capable of producing death or o
• § 12525.5 — (a) (1) Each state and local agency that employs peace officers shall annually report to the Attorney General data on all stops conducted by that agency’s peace officers for the preceding calendar yea
• § 12526 — The Attorney General antitrust account is hereby created in the General Fund.
• § 12527 — (a) This section applies to every action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General.
• § 12527.5 — For purposes of this article, any property which is obtained in connection with any deceptive or misleading statements or conduct shall be deemed obtained through constructive fraud.
• § 12527.6 — (a) The court may, in an action brought by the Attorney General under the unfair competition laws (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 17200) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Cod
• § 12528 — (a) There is in the Office of the Attorney General the Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse, which shall implement Sections 1903(a)(6), 1903(b)(3), and 1903(g) of the federal Social Security Act
• § 12528.1 — (a) An agent, investigator, or auditor of the Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse within the office of the Attorney General shall have the authority to inspect, at any time, the business locati
• § 12529 — (a) There is in the Department of Justice the Health Quality Enforcement Section.
• § 12529.5 — (a) All complaints or relevant information concerning licensees that are within the jurisdiction of the Medical Board of California, the California Board of Podiatric Medicine, the Board of Psychology
• § 12529.7 — By March 1, 2016, the Medical Board of California, in consultation with the Department of Justice and the Department of Consumer Affairs, shall report and make recommendations to the Governor and the
• § 12530 — The Public Rights Law Enforcement Special Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, to be administered by the Department of Justice.
• § 12530.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Forced labor or services” means labor or services that are performed or provided by a person and are obtained or maintained thro
• § 12531 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that California, represented by the California Attorney General, entered a national multistate settlement with the country’s five largest loan servicers.
• § 12532 — (a) Until July 1, 2027, the Attorney General, or the Attorney General’s designee, shall engage in reviews of county, local, or private locked detention facilities in which noncitizens are being housed
• § 12532.5 — (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2026, in consultation with appropriate stakeholders, the Attorney General shall publish model policies for state and local agencies relating to interaction with immigratio
• § 12533 — (a) The Attorney General may accept an assurance of voluntary compliance, in lieu of a stipulated judgment, to resolve an action brought in the name of the people of the State of California.
• § 12534 — (a) The Opioid Settlements Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 12536 — (a) The Electronic Cigarette Settlements Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 12540 — The Attorney General shall institute investigations for the discovery of all real and personal property to which the state may be entitled by escheat.
• § 12541 — The Attorney General shall commence and prosecute actions on behalf of the State pursuant to Title 10, Part 3, of the Code of Civil Procedure, for the purpose of having it adjudged that title to real
• § 12542 — The Attorney General may employ counsel to act in the Attorney General’s place and stead for the investigation for discovery and the recovery of any such property.
• § 12543 — The compensation for services of such counsel shall be determined by the Department of General Services and paid only out of the sums found to be escheated and recovered to the state.
• § 12544 — If an escheat proceeding is prosecuted by the staff of the Attorney General’s office, the Attorney General shall recover, by presenting a claim to the Controller, all costs and charges of commencing a
• § 12550 — The Attorney General has direct supervision over the district attorneys of the several counties of the state and may require of them written reports as to the condition of public business entrusted to
• § 12552 — The powers and duties of the Attorney General with respect to grand juries are prescribed in Sections 913 and 923 of the Penal Code.
• § 12553 — If a district attorney is disqualified to conduct any criminal prosecution within the county, the Attorney General may employ special counsel to conduct the prosecution.
• § 12560 — The Attorney General has direct supervision over the sheriffs of the several counties of the state, and may require of them written reports concerning the investigation, detection, and punishment of c
• § 12561 — Whenever the Attorney General deems it necessary in the public interest, the Attorney General may appoint some competent person to perform the duties of sheriff with respect to the investigation or de
• § 12570 — For the purpose of enabling the Attorney General to perform the duties imposed by Section 13 of Article V of the Constitution the Attorney General may appoint and fix the compensation of special agent
• § 12571 — When serving under the direction of the Attorney General each special agent or investigator is a peace officer of this State.
• § 12572 — Whenever the Attorney General deems it advisable to keep secret the identity of any special agent or investigator, claims for compensation and expenses of the special agent or investigator may be pres
• § 12573 — Upon the completion of each secret investigation and, in any event, within not more than one year after the payment of any claim, the Attorney General shall file with the Controller vouchers in suppor
• § 12574 — The Attorney General may employ additional special agents and investigators not exceeding 10 in number, to enable the Attorney General to carry out the Attorney General’s duties relative to sabotage a
• § 12580 — This article may be cited as the Supervision of Trustees and Fundraisers for Charitable Purposes Act.