California

Government Code

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

• § 12581 — This article applies to all charitable corporations, unincorporated associations, trustees, and other legal entities holding property for charitable purposes, commercial fundraisers for charitable pur
• § 12581.2 — As used in this article, “solicitation” or “soliciting” for charitable purposes means any request, plea, entreaty, demand, or invitation, or attempt thereof, to give money or property, in connection w
• § 12582 — “Trustee” means (a) any individual, group of individuals, corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity holding property in trust pursuant to any charitable trust, (b) any corporation
• § 12582.1 — “Charitable corporation” means any nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of this State for charitable or eleemosynary purposes and any similar foreign corporation doing business or holding pr
• § 12583 — The filing, registration, and reporting provisions of this article do not apply to the United States, any state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonweal
• § 12584 — The Attorney General shall establish and maintain a register of charitable corporations, unincorporated associations, and trustees subject to this article and of the particular trust or other relation
• § 12585 — (a) Every charitable corporation, unincorporated association, and trustee subject to this article shall file with the Attorney General an initial registration form, under oath, setting forth informati
• § 12586 — (a) Except as otherwise provided and except corporate trustees which are subject to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions of the State of California under Division 1 (commenci
• § 12586.1 — In addition to a registration fee, a charitable corporation or trustee, commercial fundraiser, fundraising counsel, coventurer, charitable fundraising platform, or platform charity may be assessed a l
• § 12586.2 — All fines, penalties, attorney’s fees, if any, as authorized by law, and costs of investigation paid to the Attorney General pursuant to Section 12598 shall be used by the Department of Justice solely
• § 12587 — The Attorney General may make additional rules and regulations necessary for the administration of this article, provided that any assessment of an annual registration or renewal fee from charitable t
• § 12587.1 — (a) The Registry of Charities and Fundraisers Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, to be administered by the Department of Justice.
• § 12588 — The Attorney General may investigate transactions and relationships of corporations and trustees subject to this article for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the purposes of the corporation
• § 12589 — When the Attorney General requires the attendance of any person, as provided in Section 12588, the Attorney General shall issue an order setting forth the time when and the place where attendance is r
• § 12590 — Subject to reasonable rules and regulations adopted by the Attorney General, the register, copies of instruments, and the reports filed with the Attorney General shall be open to public inspection.
• § 12591 — The Attorney General may institute appropriate proceedings to secure compliance with this article and to invoke the jurisdiction of the court.
• § 12591.1 — (a) Any person who violates any provision of this article with intent to deceive or defraud any charity or individual is liable for a civil penalty not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
• § 12591.2 — In any case in which the Attorney General has authority to institute an action or proceeding under this article, the Attorney General may accept an assurance of voluntary compliance through which any
• § 12592 — This article shall apply regardless of any contrary provisions of any instrument.
• § 12593 — Every person who offers for probate any instrument which establishes a testamentary trust of property for charitable purposes or who records in any county or city and county any inter vivos transfer o
• § 12594 — Every officer, agency, board, or commission of this State receiving applications for exemption from taxation of any corporation, charitable trust or similar relationship in which the corporation or tr
• § 12595 — This act shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
• § 12596 — (a) A civil action brought by the Attorney General against trustees or other persons holding property in trust for charitable purposes or against any charitable corporation or any director or officer
• § 12597 — In any proceeding brought by the Attorney General to secure compliance with the provisions of Sections 12584 to 12587, inclusive, or any regulation issued pursuant thereto, the judgment, if in favor o
• § 12598 — (a) The primary responsibility for supervising charitable trusts in California, for ensuring compliance with trusts and articles of incorporation, and for protection of assets held by charitable trust
• § 12599 — (a) “Commercial fundraiser for charitable purposes” means any individual, corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity who for compensation does any of the following: (1) Solicits fu
• § 12599.1 — (a) “Fundraising counsel for charitable purposes” is defined as any individual, corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity who is described by all of the following: (1) For compens
• § 12599.10 — (a) The Attorney General shall establish rules and regulations necessary for the administration of Section 12599.
• § 12599.2 — (a) “Commercial coventurer” is defined as any person or entity who, for profit, is regularly and primarily engaged in trade or commerce other than in connection with the raising of funds, assets, or p
• § 12599.3 — (a) A contract between a charitable organization and a commercial fundraiser for charitable purposes or fundraising counsel for charitable purposes shall be voidable by the charitable organization unl
• § 12599.5 — Each application for registration or renewal of registration under subdivision (b) of Section 12599 shall be accompanied by a cash deposit or by a bond issued by an admitted surety in favor of the Sta
• § 12599.6 — (a) Charitable organizations and commercial fundraisers for charitable purposes shall not misrepresent the purpose of the charitable organization or the nature or purpose or beneficiary of a solicitat
• § 12599.7 — (a) A commercial fundraiser for charitable purposes shall maintain during each solicitation campaign and for not less than 10 years following the completion of each solicitation campaign records, incl
• § 12599.8 — For any year that the balance sheet of a charitable organization shows that it holds restricted net assets, while reporting negative unrestricted net assets, the organization shall provide an explanat
• § 12599.9 — (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Charitable fundraising platform” means any person, corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity that uses the internet to provide an internet w
• § 126 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, the Legislature of California, acting through the State Lands Commission, hereby cedes concurrent criminal jurisdiction to the Unite
• § 12600 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) It is the policy of this state to conserve, protect, and enhance its environment.
• § 12601 — The provisions of this article are not exclusive, and the remedies provided for in this article shall be in addition to any other remedies provided for in any other law or available under common law.
• § 12602 — If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of the chapter and the application of such provision to other pe
• § 12603 — This article shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes.
• § 12604 — As used in this article, “person” includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, company, district, county, city and county,
• § 12605 — As used in this article, “natural resource” includes land, water, air, minerals, vegetation, wildlife, silence, historic or aesthetic sites, or any other natural resource which, irrespective of owners
• § 12606 — The Attorney General shall be permitted to intervene in any judicial or administrative proceeding in which facts are alleged concerning pollution or adverse environmental effects which could affect th
• § 12607 — The Attorney General may maintain an action for equitable relief in the name of the people of the State of California against any person for the protection of the natural resources of the state from p
• § 12608 — In any action maintained under Section 12607, the defendant may also show, by way of an affirmative defense, that there is no more feasible and prudent alternative to the defendant’s conduct, and that
• § 12609 — Any action brought pursuant to Section 12607 to review, set aside, void or annul any decision in any zoning matter of an administrative body or of a legislative body, or concerning any of the proceedi
• § 12610 — In granting temporary and permanent equitable relief, the court may impose such conditions upon the defendant as are required to protect the natural resources of the state from pollution, impairment,
• § 12611 — (a) Whenever proceedings before an administrative agency are pending or available to determine the legality of the defendants’ conduct, program, or product, the court shall stay the action brought pur
• § 12612 — (a) In any administrative, licensing, or other such proceeding or in any proceeding for judicial review thereof which is made available by law, the Attorney General shall be permitted to intervene upo
• § 12613 — There is continued in existence in the Department of Justice a Bureau of Environmental Justice.
• § 12620 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Supervision of International Student Exchange Visitor Placement Organizations Act of 1994.
• § 12621 — For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) “International student exchange visitor placement organization
• § 12622 — The Attorney General shall establish and maintain a register of organizations subject to this article.
• § 12623 — (a) Each organization shall, prior to arranging the placement of any international student exchange visitor in any school in California, register with the Attorney General’s Registry of International
• § 12624 — The Registry of International Student Exchange Visitor Placement Organizations Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 12625 — Subject to reasonable rules and regulations adopted by the Attorney General, the registry and copies of instruments and the documents filed with the Attorney General pursuant to this article shall be
• § 12626 — (a) An application for registration pursuant to this article shall be submitted in the manner and on the forms prescribed by the Attorney General.
• § 12627 — The Attorney General shall adopt regulations pursuant to the portion of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.
• § 12628 — Each organization shall provide an informational document, in English, to each student, host family, and designated school official in which the student is being placed.
• § 12629 — (a) If the Attorney General has probable cause to believe that the organization is not complying with this article, the Attorney General may conduct whatever investigation is necessary, and may seek a
• § 12630 — Any person or organization who violates any provision of this article or who willfully and knowingly provides false or incorrect information to the Attorney General in filing documents required by thi
• § 12650 — (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the False Claims Act.
• § 12651 — (a) Any person who commits any of the following enumerated acts in this subdivision shall have violated this article and shall be liable to the state or to the political subdivision for three times th
• § 12652 — (a) (1) The Attorney General shall diligently investigate violations under Section 12651 involving state funds.
• § 12652.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the University of California shall be considered a political subdivision, and the General Counsel of the University of California shall be considered a pros
• § 12653 — (a) Any employee, contractor, or agent shall be entitled to all relief necessary to make that employee, contractor, or agent whole, if that employee, contractor, or agent is discharged, demoted, suspe
• § 12654 — (a) A civil action under Section 12652 shall not be filed more than six years after the date on which the violation of Section 12651 is committed, or more than three years after the date when facts ma
• § 12654.5 — For statute of limitations purposes as provided herein, any pleading filed by the Attorney General or prosecuting authority pursuant to this article shall relate back to the filing date of the complai
• § 12655 — (a) The provisions of this article are not exclusive, and the remedies provided for in this article shall be in addition to any other remedies provided for in any other law or available under common l
• § 12656 — (a) If a violation of this article is alleged or the application or construction of this article is in issue in any proceeding in the Supreme Court of California, a state court of appeal, or the appel
• § 12657 — For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Securities law” shall mean the Corporate Securities Law of 1968 (Division 1 (commencing with Section 25000) of
• § 12658 — (a) Whenever it appears to the Attorney General that any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of the securities law or the commodities law, the Atto
• § 12659 — (a) The Attorney General, in their discretion, (1) may make public or private investigations within or outside of this state that the Attorney General deems necessary to determine whether any person h
• § 12660 — (a) Any person who violates any provision of the securities law or the commodities law shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each violation, whic
• § 12661 — (a) The Attorney General may take any actions as are authorized by Section 6d of the federal Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.
• § 127 — In addition to other records maintained by the State Lands Commission, the commission shall prepare and maintain an adequate index or record of documents with description of the lands over which the U
• § 12700 — As used in this chapter “disaster” means a war or enemy-caused calamity, such as an attack by nuclear weapons, which renders unavailable the Lieutenant Governor, or the Attorney General, or the Secret
• § 12701 — As soon as practicable after the effective date of this chapter, and thereafter as soon as practicable after election and qualification to office, each of the constitutional officers named in Section
• § 12702 — If a constitutional officer who has appointed successors as provided in this chapter becomes unavailable because of a disaster, the powers and duties of the officer’s office shall devolve upon one of
• § 12703 — The Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Controller shall, in addition to the appointments required to be made by Section 12701, designate the order in which persons holding office as
• § 12704 — Any such person shall, while holding the office, be known as Acting Lieutenant Governor, Acting Attorney General, Acting Secretary of State, Acting Treasurer, and Acting Controller, as the case may be
• § 12710 — In enacting this chapter, the Legislature finds and declares: (a) Agriculture is both a major industry and employer in California.
• § 12711 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Center” means a farmworker resource center.
• § 12712 — (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department shall establish and administer a grant program for eligible counties to establish and fund farmworker resource centers that provide informatio
• § 12713 — To be eligible for funding under the program a county shall do all of the following: (a) Work with local or statewide community-based organizations in order to develop the center.
• § 12714 — (a) To help inform the establishment and administration of the program, the department shall convene and facilitate a workgroup that includes, but is not limited to, the following representatives: (1)
• § 12725 — This chapter may be cited as the California Community Services Block Grant Program.
• § 12726 — (a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide authorization for the Governor of the State of California to assume responsibility for the Community Services Block Grant (Subtitle B, Title VI, Public La
• § 12727 — All activities of the California Community Services Block Grant Program eligible entities shall have the following basic and specific purposes: (a) The basic purpose of this chapter is to stimulate an
• § 12728 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this chapter shall supersede and prevail over any provisions of law relating to or in any way dealing with the subject matter of this chap
• § 12729 — If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can b
• § 12730 — For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Community Services Block Grant” refers to the federal funds and program established by the federal Community Services Block Gran
• § 12735 — (a) The Governor shall submit an application containing the assurances and certification required under Section 12736 to the secretary in any form the secretary may require pursuant to Section 9908 of
• § 12736 — For the purposes of Section 12735, the application shall contain assurance and certification that the state shall comply with all of the items listed below.
• § 12738 — In addition to the general powers vested in the Department of Community Services and Development by Section 12087, the department may promulgate regulations, make grants, and enter into contracts as n
• § 12740 — The department shall prepare a state plan for the California Community Services Block Grant Program, as required by the secretary, which shall include all of the following: (a) A statement of goals an
• § 12741 — The state’s planning process shall include the following: (a) The state plan shall identify eligible activities and the eligible entities that will conduct those activities in order to meet the genera
• § 12742 — The current state plan may be amended by the department at any time during the program year, provided that any proposed amendments, together with the reasons therefor, are distributed to all eligible
• § 12745 — (a) Eligible activities for which financial assistance may be obtained pursuant to this chapter shall be designed to have a measurable and potentially major impact on causes of poverty in the communit
• § 12747 — (a) Community action plans shall be developed by eligible entities as required by the secretary and the director using processes that assess poverty-related needs, available resources, and feasible go
• § 12750 — (a) A community action agency shall be a public or private nonprofit agency that fulfills all of the following requirements: (1) Has been designated by the director to operate a community action progr
• § 12750.1 — (a) No new community action agency may be designated by the director for a political subdivision that is served by an existing community action agency unless any of the following exist: (1) The politi
• § 12750.2 — For purposes of serving any area of the state in which community action programs cease to be provided, the director shall designate an organization in accordance with Section 9909 of Title 42 of the U
• § 12751 — Each community action agency shall have a board of directors conforming to the following requirements: (a) One-third of the members of the board are elected public officials, currently holding office,
• § 12752 — The powers of the tripartite governing board of the nonprofit community action agency shall include the power to appoint the executive director, to determine major personnel, fiscal, and program polic
• § 12752.1 — (a) If a political subdivision or local government is designated as a community action agency, it shall do all of the following: (1) Establish a tripartite advisory or administering board to provide i
• § 12753 — (a) Each community action agency shall adopt procedures to provide a continuing and effective mechanism for securing broad community involvement in programs assisted under this act and for ensuring th
• § 12754 — In exercising its powers and carrying out its overall responsibility for a community action program, a community action agency shall have, subject to the purposes of this chapter, at least the followi
• § 12756 — Every community action agency has a fundamental responsibility to encourage, assist, and strengthen the ability of the poor in the areas served by the community action agency to play major roles in th
• § 12757 — Where a community action agency places responsibility for major policy determinations with respect to the character, funding, extent, and administration of and budgeting for programs to be carried on
• § 12758 — (a) All Community Services Block Grant funds made available by Congress shall be used by the state, together with any state funds as may from time-to-time be appropriated for this program, and any fun
• § 12759 — (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Agency” means a community action agency, limited purpose agency, or other organization that qualifies as an
• § 12760 — Subject to Section 12788, community action agencies funded under this article shall coordinate their plans and activities with other eligible entities funded under Articles 7 (commencing with Section
• § 12761 — A community action agency or eligible entity shall not use any funds received under this article to replace discontinued state or local funding.
• § 12763 — Consistent with Section 1090, no Member of the Legislature, or any state, county, district, judicial district, or city officer or employee who also serves on a tripartite board shall vote on a contrac
• § 12765 — The purpose of this article is to assist migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families to achieve a greater degree of self-sufficiency within or outside the agricultural industry, or both, inclu
• § 12767 — Subject to Section 12788, programs assisted under this article may include projects or activities to do any of the following: (a) Meet the immediate needs of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their
• § 12768 — Migrant and seasonal farmworker entities funded by the department shall coordinate their plans and activities with other eligible entities funded by the department to avoid duplication of services and
• § 12770 — (a) The purpose of this article is to set aside funds for assisting American Indians and Alaskan Natives residing in off-reservation and reservation areas of this state to achieve a greater degree of
• § 12771 — These set-aside funds shall be used to implement programs consistent with the purposes of this chapter and as are permissible under Section 12745 with specific focus on the special needs of American I
• § 12772 — American Indian entities funded by the department shall be limited to tribes and other Indian organizations in urban or rural off-reservation areas who demonstrate community governance, such as Indian
• § 12773 — American Indian entities funded by the department and operating under authority of this chapter in the prior program year shall have the same protections against defunding, as defined in subdivision (
• § 12775 — (a) “Limited purpose agency” means a private nonprofit organization or public agency which in federal fiscal year 1981 received direct funding under Section 221 or 222 of the federal Economic Opportun
• § 12776 — Limited purpose agencies funded under this article shall coordinate their plans and activities with other eligible entities funded by the department to avoid duplication of services and to maximize se
• § 12780 — The powers and responsibilities of the department as the state administering agency for the California Community Services Block Grant Program are those necessary to do all of the following: (a) Ensure
• § 12781 — The department shall have the following powers and duties: (a) Development of an orderly grant application process culminating in a prescribed contract.
• § 12785 — (a) If diminished federal appropriations for the Community Services Block Grant result in California’s share for any fiscal year being reduced by any amount up to 3.
• § 12786 — The state shall set aside up to 5 percent of the total Community Services Block Grant for discretionary use for special projects, training, technical assistance, and special support programs.
• § 12787 — Except as provided in Section 12788, this chapter shall not be construed to prohibit an eligible entity under Article 6 (commencing with Section 12750), Article 7 (commencing with Section 12765), or A
• § 12788 — (a) On and after January 1, 2020, any housing funded pursuant to this chapter shall not be rented, sold, or subleased to an agricultural employer, as defined in Section 1140.
• § 12790 — This chapter shall remain in effect until the Director of Finance finds that federal Community Services Block Grant funding to the state has been terminated without provision for another program to re
• § 12800 — (a) There are in the state government the following agencies: Business, Consumer Services, and Housing; Transportation; California Environmental Protection; California Health and Human Services; Labor
• § 12801 — Each agency is under the supervision of an executive officer known as the secretary.
• § 12802 — (a) The Natural Resources Agency shall succeed to, and is vested with, all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction previously vested in the Resources Agency.
• § 12802.10 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Critically underserved community” has the same meaning as defined in Section 5642 of the Public Resources Code.
• § 12802.5 — The Governor may, with respect to the Resources Agency, appoint an Assistant Secretary for Energy Matters who may serve as Secretary for Resources designee on the Energy Resources Conservation and Dev
• § 12802.8 — (a) The Governor may, with respect to the Transportation Agency, appoint a Deputy Secretary of Housing Coordination, who shall serve as the secretary’s primary advisor on housing matters, including, b
• § 12803 — (a) The California Health and Human Services Agency consists of the following departments: Aging; Community Services and Development; Developmental Services; Health Care Services; Managed Health Care;
• § 12803.2 — (a) The Government Operations Agency shall consist of all of the following: (1) The Office of Administrative Law.
• § 12803.3 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Director” means the Director of the Office of Technology and Solutions Integration.
• § 12803.35 — (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury, the California Health and Human Services Automation Fund.
• § 12803.4 — The Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency shall evaluate, on or before April 1, 2006, how the use of established state and federal programs and databases may be optimized in ord
• § 12803.5 — The Governor, upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency, may appoint not to exceed two deputies for the secretary.
• § 12803.6 — (a) The Governor shall authorize the Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, in collaboration with the secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency, to make available
• § 12803.65 — (a) The Governor shall rename and establish, in the California Health and Human Services Agency, Department of Rehabilitation, the existing “California Governor’s Committee on Employment of People wit
• § 12803.8 — The secretary shall provide all possible assistance to any county desiring to integrate or otherwise unify services administered by one or more departments in the Health and Welfare Agency.
• § 12804 — (a) There is in the state government the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.
• § 12804.5 — The Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing is hereby authorized to develop programs for technical and fiscal assistance to facilitate nonprofit, self-help community vegetable gardens an
• § 12804.7 — The Natural Resources Agency succeeds to and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, and responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Department of Food and Agriculture by Part 3 (commenc
• § 12805 — (a) The Resources Agency is hereby renamed the Natural Resources Agency.
• § 12805.1 — The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall facilitate coordination between the Department of Fish and Game and the California Coastal Commission in a manner consistent with, and in furtherance of, th
• § 12805.2 — (a) The Resources Agency, in consultation with each department, board, conservancy, and commission within the agency, shall develop and maintain a database of lands and easements that have been acquir
• § 12805.3 — (a) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall convene a committee to develop and submit to the Governor and the Legislature, before July 1, 2012, a strategic vision for the Department of Fis
• § 12805.5 — (a) The Governor, utilizing the staff and resources of state agencies, shall transmit to the Legislature, not later than March 15 of each year, an environmental report designated as the “Environmental
• § 12805.6 — The Resources Agency shall identify, for future conservation, key buffer properties adjacent to large ecologically valuable working landscapes that provide significant economic benefits to the state,
• § 12805.9 — (a) On or before April 1, 2022, and annually thereafter on April 1 of each year until April 1, 2026, the Natural Resources Agency shall develop a report on all programs related to wildfires and forest
• § 12806 — (a) The California Health and Human Services Agency shall succeed to, and is vested with, all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Health and Welfare Agency.
• § 12807 — (a) The Resources Agency succeeds to and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Health and Welfare Agency in respect to the Office of Atomic
• § 12807.5 — The Secretary of the Resources Agency, in reviewing projects pursuant to Sections 5096.
• § 12807.6 — (a) The Resources Agency shall establish a revolving low-interest loan program and a grant program for commercial fishing vessel owners, operators, and crew members whose primary source of income for
• § 12808 — The Health and Welfare Agency and the Resources Agency may use the unexpended balances of funds available for use by the Human Relations Agency in connection with the functions of the Human Relations
• § 12809 — All officers and employees of the Human Relations Agency who, on the effective date of the 1972 amendment of this section, are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees, an
• § 12810 — The Health and Welfare Agency and the Resources Agency shall have the possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land and other propert
• § 12811.2 — Any reference in any law in effect on June 30, 1979, to the Health and Welfare Agency or to the secretary of that agency, with respect to the Department of Corrections or the Department of the Youth A
• § 12811.3 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to the provisions of subdivision (i), any employee of a department, board, or commission under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correcti
• § 12812.2 — (a) One of the deputies to the Secretary for Environmental Protection shall be a deputy secretary for law enforcement and counsel, who, subject to the direction and supervision of the secretary, shall
• § 12812.3 — One of the deputies to the Secretary for Environmental Protection authorized pursuant to Section 12812.
• § 12812.5 — On or before March 1, 1994, the California Environmental Protection Agency, using existing resources and in consultation with other relevant agencies in state and local government, shall do all of the
• § 12812.6 — The Secretary for Environmental Protection shall coordinate greenhouse gas emission reductions and climate-change activities in state government.
• § 12813 — The Labor and Workforce Development Agency consists of the following: (a) Office of the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development.
• § 12813.5 — The Public Employment Relations Board is in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
• § 12814 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each state agency or department or political subdivision of the state may isolate any of its automated applications, computer hardware, or networking de
• § 12815 — (a) The Office of Data and Innovation is hereby established within the Government Operations Agency.
• § 12816.5 — (a) Within the Government Operations Agency there shall be a Chief Equity Officer.
• § 12838 — (a) There is hereby created in state government the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to be headed by a secretary, who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation, a
• § 12838.1 — (a) There is hereby created within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, under the Undersecretary for Administration, the following divisions: (1) The Division of Enterprise Information Se
• § 12838.10 — On and after July 1, 2005, the unencumbered balance of all money available for expenditure by the predecessor entities, continuing entities, and any of their predecessors in carrying out any functions
• § 12838.11 — On and after July 1, 2005, positions filled by appointment by the Governor in the predecessor entities or continuing entities shall be transferred to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
• § 12838.12 — (a) Any officer or employee of the predecessor entities who is engaged in the performance of a function specified in this reorganization plan and who is serving in the state civil service, other than
• § 12838.13 — This article shall become operative as of July 1, 2005.
• § 12838.4 — The Board of Parole Hearings is hereby created.
• § 12838.5 — The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation hereby succeeds to, and is vested with, all the powers, functions, duties, responsibilities, obligations, liabilities, and jurisdiction of the followin
• § 12838.6 — The following entities shall be continued in existence within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and shall retain existing functions, powers, responsibilities, and jurisdiction, except a
• § 12838.65 — During the closure of the Division of Juvenile Justice, the director shall have the authority to transfer powers, functions, duties, responsibilities, obligations, liabilities, and jurisdiction of the
• § 12838.7 — (a) The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and shall have all of the powers an
• § 12838.8 — All regulations adopted by the predecessor entities, continuing entities, and any of their predecessors are expressly continued in force.
• § 12838.9 — No contract, lease, license, or any other agreement to which the predecessor entities, continuing entities, and any of their predecessors are a party shall be void or voidable by reason of this measur
• § 12838.95 — No contract, lease, license, grant, or any other agreement to which the Division of Juvenile Justice is a party shall be void or voidable by reason of closure of the Division of Juvenile Justice, but
• § 12850 — The secretary of each agency has the power of general supervision over, and is directly responsible to the Governor for, the operations of each department, office, and unit within the agency.
• § 12850.2 — The secretary of each agency shall advise the Governor on, and assist him in establishing, major policy and program matters affecting each department, office, or other unit within the agency, and shal
• § 12850.4 — The secretary of each agency shall exercise the authority vested in the Governor in respect to the functions of each department, office, or other unit within the agency, including the adjudication of
• § 12850.6 — The secretary of each agency shall be generally responsible for the sound fiscal management of each department, office, or other unit within his agency.
• § 12850.7 — The Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency shall review and evaluate the systems within the agency for the payment and computation of benefits, insurance, and subvention moneys.
• § 12851 — Each secretary shall develop and report to the Governor on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish comprehensive, long-range, coordinated planning and policy formulation in t
• § 12852 — For the purpose of administration, the secretary of each agency shall review the organization of the agency and report to the Governor on such changes as he deems necessary properly to segregate and c
• § 12853 — The secretary of each agency and any other officer or employee within the agency designated in writing by the secretary shall have the power of a head of a department pursuant to Article 2 (commencing
• § 12854 — Whenever a power is granted to the secretary of an agency, the power may be exercised by such officer or employee within the agency as designated in writing by the secretary.
• § 12855 — For the purpose of this chapter, “agency” means the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, the California Environmental Protection Agency, the California Health and Human Services Agency, th
• § 12856 — (a) The Governor, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing, may appoint up to three deputies for the secretary.
• § 12890 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.