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• § 7924.300 — If both of the following conditions are satisfied, nothing in this division exempts from public disclosure the same categories of pesticide safety and efficacy information that are disclosable under S
• § 7924.305 — (a) The Director of Pesticide Regulation, upon the director’s initiative, or upon receipt of a request pursuant to this division for the release of data submitted and designated as a trade secret by a
• § 7924.310 — (a) Unless the applicant or registrant consents to disclosure of information that the applicant or registrant submits to the state pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 12811) of Chapter 2 of
• § 7924.315 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, if the Director of Pesticide Regulation determines that information submitted by an applicant or registrant is needed to determine whether a pestic
• § 7924.320 — The Director of Pesticide Regulation shall maintain records of the names of persons to whom data is disclosed pursuant to this article and the persons or organizations they represent and shall inform
• § 7924.325 — The Director of Pesticide Regulation may limit an individual to one request per month pursuant to this article if the director determines that a person has made a frivolous request within the past 12-
• § 7924.330 — (a) Any officer or employee of the state, or former officer or employee of the state, who, because of this employment or official position, obtains possession of, or has access to, material which is p
• § 7924.335 — This article shall be operative only so long as, and to the extent that, enforcement of Section 10(d)(1) of the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.
• § 7924.500 — Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of records that relate to volatile organic compound or chemical substance information received or compiled by an air pollution control officer pursuant
• § 7924.505 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7924.510 — (a) Any information, analysis, plan, or specification that discloses the nature, extent, quantity, or degree of an air contaminant or other pollution that any article, machine, equipment, or other con
• § 7924.700 — (a) A record of a notice or an order that is directed to the owner of any building and relates to violation of a housing or building code, ordinance, statute, or regulation that constitutes a violatio
• § 7924.900 — (a) Every final enforcement order issued by an agency listed in subdivision (b) under any provision of law that is administered by an entity listed in subdivision (b), shall be displayed on the entity
• § 7925.000 — Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7925.005 — Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7925.010 — Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7925.015 — This division does not require the disclosure of records that the Controller and third-party auditors obtain the possession of as a result of an examination of records pursuant to Section 1571 of the
• § 7926.000 — Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7926.100 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) and in Sections 7924.
• § 7926.200 — The provisions listed in Section 7920.
• § 7926.205 — (a) Nothing in this division or any other provision of law requires disclosure of records of a health plan that is licensed pursuant to the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 (Chapter 2.
• § 7926.210 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or in Sections 7924.
• § 7926.215 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7926.220 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7926.225 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7926.230 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7926.235 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7926.300 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, information regarding persons paid by the state to provide in-home supportive services pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) o
• § 7926.400 — For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Contractor” means an individual or entity that contracts with a reproductive health services facility for services r
• § 7926.405 — This division does not require disclosure of any personal information received, collected, or compiled by a public agency regarding the employees, volunteers, board members, owners, partners, officers
• § 7926.410 — (a) Any person may institute proceedings for injunctive or declarative relief or writ of mandate in any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain access to employment history information of a reproduc
• § 7926.415 — (a) In order for this article to apply to an individual who is an employee, volunteer, board member, officer, or contractor of a reproductive health services facility, the individual shall notify the
• § 7926.420 — The privacy protections for personal information authorized pursuant to this article are effective from the time of notification pursuant to Section 7926.
• § 7926.425 — Within 90 days of separation of an employee, contractor, volunteer, board member, or officer of the reproductive health services facility who has provided notice to a public agency pursuant to Section
• § 7926.430 — This section does not prevent a government agency from disclosing data regarding the age, race, ethnicity, national origin, or gender of individuals whose personal information is protected pursuant to
• § 7926.500 — In implementing this division, each health care district shall maintain an internet website in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 32139 of the Health and Safety Code.
• § 7927.000 — Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7927.005 — Nothing in this division requires disclosure of records that relate to archaeological site information and reports maintained by, or in the possession of, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the S
• § 7927.100 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7927.105 — (a) As used in this section, the term “patron use records” includes both of the following: (1) Any written or electronic record that is used to identify a library patron and is provided by the patron
• § 7927.200 — Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7927.205 — Nothing in this division or any other provision of law requires disclosure of a memorandum submitted to a state body or to the legislative body of a local agency by its legal counsel pursuant to subdi
• § 7927.300 — Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7927.305 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division to the contrary, information regarding family childcare providers, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 10421 of the Welfare and Institutio
• § 7927.400 — Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of records that relate to electronically collected personal information, as defined by Section 11015.
• § 7927.405 — Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of the residence or mailing address of any person in any record of the Department of Motor Vehicles except in accordance with Section 1808.
• § 7927.410 — Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of the name, credit history, utility usage data, home address, or telephone number of a utility customer of a local agency, except that disclosure of t
• § 7927.415 — Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7927.420 — Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 827 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, after the death of a foster child who is a minor, the name, date of birth, and date of death of th
• § 7927.425 — This division does not require the disclosure of the following records and information provided to the Controller’s office: (a) Records related to statements of personal worth or personal financial da
• § 7927.430 — A Judicial Council form provided to request service pursuant to Section 26666.
• § 7927.500 — Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7927.600 — Whenever a city and county or a joint powers agency, pursuant to a mandatory statute or charter provision to collect private industry wage data for salary setting purposes, or a contract entered to im
• § 7927.605 — (a) Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of records that are any of the following: corporate financial records, corporate proprietary information including trade secrets, and information r
• § 7927.700 — Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7927.705 — Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7927.710 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division to the contrary, information regarding transportation network company drivers, as defined by Section 7470.
• § 7928.000 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7928.005 — (a) When the Governor leaves office, either voluntarily or involuntarily, public records in the custody or control of the Governor shall be transferred to the State Archives as soon as practical.
• § 7928.010 — (a) (1) For a Governor who held office between 1974 and 1988, Section 7928.
• § 7928.015 — (a) The Secretary of State may appraise and manage new or existing records that are subject to Section 7928.
• § 7928.100 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) and in Sections 7924.
• § 7928.200 — (a) Nothing in this article is intended to preclude punishment instead under Section 69, 76, or 422 of the Penal Code, or any other law.
• § 7928.205 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 7922.
• § 7928.300 — (a) The home addresses, home telephone numbers, personal cellular telephone numbers, and birthdates of all employees of a public agency shall not be deemed to be public records and shall not be open t
• § 7928.400 — Every employment contract between a state or local agency and any public official or public employee is a public record that is not subject to Section 7922.
• § 7928.405 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7928.410 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7928.700 — Notwithstanding any contract term to the contrary, a contract entered into by a state or local agency subject to this division, including the University of California, that requires a private entity t
• § 7928.705 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) and in Sections 7924.
• § 7928.710 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Alternative investment” means an investment in a private equity fund, venture fund, hedge fund, or absolute return fund.
• § 7928.715 — Nothing in this division requires disclosure of an identification number, alphanumeric character, or other unique identifying code that a public agency uses to identify a vendor or contractor, or an a
• § 7928.720 — Notwithstanding Sections 7920.
• § 7928.800 — In implementing this division, each independent special district shall maintain an internet website in accordance with Section 53087.
• § 7928.801 — (a) Any executed contract for the purchase of goods or services by a state or local agency, including the price and terms of payment, is a public record subject to disclosure under this division.
• § 7929.000 — Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7929.005 — (a) Any information reported to the North American Securities Administrators Association/Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and compiled as disciplinary records that are made available to the Dep
• § 7929.010 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Customer” means a person or entity that has transacted or is transacting business with or has used or is using the services of a
• § 7929.011 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the following information and records of a bank, as defined in Section 63010, shall not be subject to disclosure pursuant to this chapter, unle
• § 7929.200 — Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7929.205 — (a) As used in this section, “voluntarily submitted” means submitted without the Office of Emergency Services exercising any legal authority to compel access to, or submission of, critical infrastruct
• § 7929.210 — (a) Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of an information security record of a public agency, if, on the facts of the particular case, disclosure of that record would reveal vulnerabiliti
• § 7929.215 — Nothing in this division or any other law requires disclosure of a risk assessment or railroad infrastructure protection program filed with the Public Utilities Commission, the Director of Homeland Se
• § 7929.400 — Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7929.405 — Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7929.410 — Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7929.415 — Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7929.420 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7929.425 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7929.430 — (a) For purposes of this section, “fully executed” means the point in time when all of the necessary parties to a contract have signed the contract.
• § 7929.600 — Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of the results of a test undertaken pursuant to Section 12804.
• § 7929.605 — Except as provided in Sections 7924.
• § 7929.610 — (a) Notwithstanding the provisions listed in Section 7920.
• § 7930.000 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to assist members of the public and state and local agencies in identifying exemptions to the California Public Records Act.
• § 7930.005 — Records or information not required to be disclosed pursuant to Section 7927.
• § 7930.100 — The following constitutional provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Crime victims, confidential information or records, The V
• § 7930.105 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, blood test results, written authoriz
• § 7930.110 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Aeronautics Act, reports of investigations and hearings, Section 21693,
• § 7930.115 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Bank and Corporation Tax, disclosure of information, Article 2 (commenci
• § 7930.120 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Cable television subscriber information, confidentiality of, Section 637
• § 7930.125 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Cancer registries, confidentiality of information, Section 103885, Healt
• § 7930.130 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Conservatee, confidentiality of the conservatee’s report, Section 1826,
• § 7930.135 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Dairy Council of California, confidentiality of ballots, Section 64323,
• § 7930.140 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Educational psychologist-patient, privileged communication, Section 1010
• § 7930.145 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Family court records, Section 1818, Family Code.
• § 7930.150 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Gambling Control Act, exemption from disclosure for records of the Calif
• § 7930.155 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Hazardous substance tax information, prohibition against disclosure, Sec
• § 7930.160 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Improper governmental activities reporting, confidentiality of identity
• § 7930.165 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Joint Legislative Ethics Committee, confidentiality of reports and recor
• § 7930.170 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, negotiations with entities contrac
• § 7930.175 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Narcotic and drug abuse patients, confidentiality of records, Section 11
• § 7930.180 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Parole revocation proceedings, confidentiality of information in reports
• § 7930.185 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Pregnancy tests by local public health agencies, confidentiality of, Sec
• § 7930.190 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Radioactive materials, dissemination of information about transportation
• § 7930.195 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Safe surrender site, confidentiality of information pertaining to a pare
• § 7930.200 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: State agency activities relating to unrepresented employees, Section 792
• § 7930.205 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Taxpayer information, confidentiality, local taxes, Section 7925.
• § 7930.210 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Unclaimed property, Controller records of, disclosure, Section 1582, Cod
• § 7930.215 — The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Wards and dependent children, inspection of juvenile court documents, Se
• § 7931.000 — This division shall become operative on January 1, 2023.
• § 8 — Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means.
• § 800 — (a) In any civil action to appeal or review the award, finding, or other determination of any administrative proceeding under this code or under any other provision of state law, except actions result
• § 8000 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the following advisory bodies are hereby abolished: (1) Ethics and Advertising Committee in Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair.
• § 8001 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following advisory bodies are hereby abolished: (1) Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System.
• § 8010 — (a) There is hereby established in state government the Commission on the State of Hate.
• § 8010.5 — (a) This chapter shall not become operative until funding is appropriated by the Legislature in the Budget Act or any other measure for the purposes of this chapter.
• § 8011 — This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 810 — (a) Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this part govern the construction of this division.
• § 810.2 — “Employee” includes an officer, judicial officer as defined in Section 327 of the Elections Code, employee, or servant, whether or not compensated, but does not include an independent contractor.
• § 810.4 — “Employment” includes office or employment.
• § 810.6 — “Enactment” means a constitutional provision, statute, charter provision, ordinance or regulation.
• § 810.8 — “Injury” means death, injury to a person, damage to or loss of property, or any other injury that a person may suffer to his person, reputation, character, feelings or estate, of such nature that it w
• § 8100 — The Governor shall execute for, in behalf of, and in the name of the State of California, a compact or agreement with the State of Nevada for the purpose of: (a) Promoting, fostering, and encouraging
• § 81000 — This title shall be known and may be cited as the “Political Reform Act of 1974.
• § 81001 — The people find and declare as follows: (a) State and local government should serve the needs and respond to the wishes of all citizens equally, without regard to their wealth; (b) Public officials, w
• § 81002 — The people enact this title to accomplish the following purposes: (a) Receipts and expenditures in election campaigns should be fully and truthfully disclosed in order that the voters may be fully inf
• § 81003 — This title should be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes.
• § 81004 — (a) All reports and statements filed under this title shall be signed under penalty of perjury and verified by the filer in compliance with this section and Section 84213, as applicable.
• § 81004.5 — Any report or statement filed pursuant to this title may be amended by the filer at any time.
• § 81005 — (a) If this title requires that a statement or report be filed before or on a specified date or during or within a specified period, and the filing deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or official st
• § 81006 — Except as provided in this title, no fee or charge shall be collected by any officer for the filing of any report or statement or for the forms upon which reports or statements are to be prepared.
• § 81007 — When a report or statement or copies thereof required to be filed in paper format with any filing officer under this title has been sent by first-class mail or by any other guaranteed overnight delive
• § 81007.5 — (a) Any report or statement or copies thereof required to be filed with any official under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 84100) or Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 87100), other than a report o
• § 81008 — A report or statement filed pursuant to this title is a public record open for public inspection and reproduction during the filing officer’s regular business hours, commencing as soon as practicable,
• § 81009 — (a) Statements of organization, registration statements, and original campaign statements of persons holding elective state office, candidates for any such office, committees supporting any such offic
• § 81009.5 — (a) Any local government agency which has enacted, enacts, amends, or repeals an ordinance or other provision of law affecting campaign contributions and expenditures shall file a copy of the action w
• § 8101 — No compact or agreement is binding on the State of California until it has been approved by the Legislature of this State.
• § 81010 — With respect to reports and statements filed with a filing officer pursuant to this title, the filing officer shall: (a) Supply the necessary forms and manuals prescribed by the Commission; (b) Determ
• § 81010.5 — A filing officer or filing official’s failure to comply with a duty or to provide notice of a filing or disclosure obligation does not affect a person’s duty to file statements and reports disclosing
• § 81011.5 — Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the election precinct of a person signing a statewide petition shall not be required to appear on the petition when it is filed with the county el
• § 81012 — This title may be amended or repealed by the procedures set forth in this section.
• § 81012.5 — (a) The Legislative Counsel shall, through the information system described in Section 10248, make available to the public the option to sign up to receive an email alert any time any of the following
• § 81013 — Nothing in this title prevents the Legislature or any other state or local agency from imposing additional requirements on any person if the requirements do not prevent the person from complying with
• § 81014 — Whenever any reference is made in this title to a federal or state statute and that statute has been or is subsequently repealed or amended, the Commission may promulgate regulations to carry out the
• § 81015 — If any provision of this title, or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this title to the extent it can be given effect, or the
• § 811 — “Law” includes not only enactments but also the decisional law applicable within this State as determined and declared from time to time by the courts of this State and of the United States.
• § 811.2 — “Public entity” includes the state, the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University and the California State University, a county, city, district, public a
• § 811.4 — “Public employee” means an employee of a public entity.
• § 811.6 — “Regulation” means a rule, regulation, order or standard, having the force of law, adopted by an employee or agency of the United States pursuant to the federal Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 5
• § 811.8 — “Statute” means an act adopted by the Legislature of this State or by the Congress of the United States, or a statewide initiative act.
• § 811.9 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, judges, subordinate judicial officers, and court executive officers of the superior courts are state officers for purposes of Part 1 (commencing with Se
• § 8130 — There is in the state government a California-Nevada Interstate Compact Commission.
• § 8131 — As used in this chapter “commission” means California-Nevada Interstate Compact Commission.
• § 8132 — The commission shall consist of seven members, the Director of Water Resources and six members appointed by the Governor, from California electors residing, owning property or engaged in business in t
• § 8133 — Each member of the commission shall be entitled to receive his actual necessary expenses while on official business of the commission.
• § 8134 — The chairman of the commission shall be selected by the commission.
• § 8135 — The commission shall appoint a secretary who may be one of its members and may employ such employees as it deems necessary to carry out its functions under this chapter.
• § 8136 — It is the function of the commission to cooperate with a similar commission representing the State of Nevada in formulating and submitting to the legislatures of both states for their approval an inte
• § 8137 — No compact or agreement is binding on the State of California until it has been approved by the Legislature of this state and the Congress of the United States.
• § 8138 — The Director of Water Resources shall cooperate with the commission and furnish it with such engineering and other data as the commission may require in carrying out the provisions of this chapter; pr
• § 8139 — Members and employees of the commission may travel outside of the state and may hold hearings and conduct investigations within and outside the state, whenever necessary to carry out the purposes of t
• § 814 — Nothing in this part affects liability based on contract or the right to obtain relief other than money or damages against a public entity or public employee.
• § 814.2 — Nothing in this part shall be construed to impliedly repeal any provision of Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201) or Division 4.
• § 8140 — The commission shall be abolished upon the earlier occurrence of either the effective date of the compact, or January 1, 1977.
• § 815 — Except as otherwise provided by statute: (a) A public entity is not liable for an injury, whether such injury arises out of an act or omission of the public entity or a public employee or any other pe
• § 815.2 — (a) A public entity is liable for injury proximately caused by an act or omission of an employee of the public entity within the scope of his employment if the act or omission would, apart from this s
• § 815.3 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, unless the elected official and the public entity are named as codefendants in the same action, a public entity is not liable to a plaintiff under
• § 815.4 — A public entity is liable for injury proximately caused by a tortious act or omission of an independent contractor of the public entity to the same extent that the public entity would be subject to su
• § 815.6 — Where a public entity is under a mandatory duty imposed by an enactment that is designed to protect against the risk of a particular kind of injury, the public entity is liable for an injury of that k
• § 8150 — Any instrumentality jointly created by this State and other state or states is hereby authorized, to the extent that this State may confer authority, upon the granting of like authority by such other
• § 816 — A public entity is not liable for injury arising out of any activity conducted by a member of the California National Guard pursuant to Section 316, 502, 503, 504, or 505 of Title 32 of the United Sta
• § 8160 — The plan for location of state buildings and other improvements in the central city of the City of Sacramento, approved by the director on March 15, 1977, and titled “Capitol Area Plan,” is the offici
• § 8160.1 — The following terms, used in this article, shall be given the following meanings: (a) “Metropolitan area” means the greater metropolitan Sacramento area, including the City of Sacramento, the County o
• § 8161 — The department may request the assistance and advice of any state agency in the development of the master plan.
• § 8162 — The department shall inform the City of Sacramento and the County of Sacramento of the master plan, and subsequent revisions thereof, and shall make every effort to cooperate with appropriate city and
• § 8162.5 — (a) This section and Sections 8162.
• § 8162.6 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Sacramento’s State Capitol and Capitol Park provide the City of Sacramento with a unique cultural and open-space resource that is a
• § 8162.7 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in Section 8162.
• § 8162.8 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following setback requirements shall apply: (a) Buildings in the first half block north of L Street between a line parallel to and 200 feet to the east
• § 8162.9 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 8162.