California

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

• § 840.2 — An employee of a public entity is liable for injury caused by a dangerous condition of public property if the plaintiff establishes that the property of the public entity was in a dangerous condition
• § 840.4 — (a) A public employee had actual notice of a dangerous condition within the meaning of subdivision (b) of Section 840.
• § 840.6 — (a) A public employee is not liable under subdivision (a) of Section 840.
• § 8400 — As used in this chapter, except as otherwise provided: (a) “Director” means the Director of the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement.
• § 8401 — (a) The Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement is hereby established in state government in the Governor’s office.
• § 8402 — The work of the office shall be organized within the following offices or programs: (a) CaliforniaVolunteers.
• § 8403 — Commencing on July 1, 2024, each of the following shall occur: (a) The Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement in the office of the Governor, succeeds to, and is vested with, all the dut
• § 8405 — CaliforniaVolunteers, as established by Executive Order S-24-06, is hereby established in the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement.
• § 8406 — The CaliforniaVolunteers shall engage Californians in service, volunteering, and civic action to tackle our state’s most pressing challenges.
• § 8407 — (a) CaliforniaVolunteers, as established by Executive Order S-24-06 and Section 8405, is authorized to form a nonprofit public benefit corporation or other entity exempt from income taxation as an org
• § 8410 — As used in this article: (a) “Act” means the National and Community Service Trust Act, codified in Section 12501 et seq.
• § 84100 — (a) Every recipient committee, as defined by subdivision (a) of Section 82013, shall have a treasurer.
• § 84101 — (a) A committee that is a committee by virtue of subdivision (a) of Section 82013 shall file a statement of organization.
• § 84101.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 81006, the Secretary of State shall charge each committee that is required to register pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 84101 an annual fee of fifty dollars ($50) unt
• § 84102 — The statement of organization required by Section 84101 shall include all of the following: (a) The name, street address, email address, and telephone number, if any, of the committee.
• § 84103 — (a) If there is a change in any of the information contained in a committee registration, the committee shall amend its registration within 10 days to reflect the change.
• § 84104 — It shall be the duty of each candidate, treasurer, principal officer, and elected officer to maintain detailed accounts, records, bills, and receipts necessary to prepare campaign reports, to establis
• § 84105 — (a) A candidate or committee that receives contributions totaling five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more from a person in a calendar year shall inform that contributor within two weeks of receipt that
• § 84106 — (a) Whenever identification of a sponsored committee is required by this title, the identification shall include the full name of the committee as required in its committee registration.
• § 84107 — Within 30 days of the designation of the numerical order of propositions appearing on the ballot, any committee which is primarily formed to support or oppose a ballot measure, shall, if supporting th
• § 84108 — (a) Every slate mailer organization shall comply with the requirements of Sections 84100, 84101, 84103, and 84104.
• § 84109 — (a) A limited liability company that qualifies as a committee pursuant to Section 82013, or qualifies as a sponsor of a committee pursuant to Section 82048.
• § 8411 — (a) There is continued into existence a Board of Commissioners under CaliforniaVolunteers.
• § 8412 — (a) The Governor shall appoint 25 voting members to the commission as follows: (1) In compliance with the act, the commission’s voting members shall include at least all of the following: (A) An indiv
• § 8413 — Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for travel expenses and receive a per diem as appropriate and in compliance with Section 12638 of Title 42 of the Unit
• § 8415 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that through the creation of a single state entity to coordinate California’s most important statewide public awareness and community outreach campaigns, the st
• § 8416 — As used in this article: (a) “Community-based organizations” means a public or private nonprofit organization of demonstrated effectiveness that represents a community or significant segments of a com
• § 8417 — The Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications is hereby continued in existence in the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement.
• § 8418 — Under the direction of the director, the executive officer shall initiate and execute campaigns related to the state’s highest priority public awareness and community outreach efforts.
• § 8419 — (a) The Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications is hereby established as an office within the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement.
• § 8420 — (a) In the selection of its awareness and outreach campaigns, the office shall consider all of the following criteria: (1) “Equity,” meaning the ability to target audiences that include Californians w
• § 84200 — (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), elected officers, candidates, and committees pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 82013 shall file semiannual statements each year no later th
• § 84200.5 — (a) In addition to the semiannual campaign statements required by Section 84200, the following elected officers, candidates, and committees shall file preelection statements under Section 84200.
• § 84200.8 — Preelection statements shall be filed under this section as follows: (a) For the period ending 45 days before the election, the statement shall be filed no later than 40 days before the election.
• § 84200.9 — Preelection reports for an election period for the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System or the Teachers’ Retirement Board shall be filed as follows: (a) For the period en
• § 84202.3 — (a) In addition to the campaign statements required by Section 84200, committees pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 82013 that are primarily formed to support or oppose the qualification, passage,
• § 84202.7 — During an odd-numbered year, any committee by virtue of Section 82013 that makes contributions totaling ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more to elected state officers, their controlled committees, o
• § 84203 — (a) Each candidate or committee that makes or receives a late contribution, as defined in Section 82036, shall report the late contribution to each office with which the candidate or committee is requ
• § 84203.3 — (a) Any candidate or committee that makes a late contribution that is an in-kind contribution shall notify the recipient in writing of the value of the in-kind contribution.
• § 84204 — (a) A committee that makes a late independent expenditure, as defined in Section 82036.
• § 84204.5 — (a) In addition to any other report required by this title, a committee pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 82013 that is required to file reports pursuant to Section 84605 shall file online or ele
• § 84205 — The commission may by regulation or written advice permit candidates and committees to file campaign statements combining statements and reports required to be filed by this title.
• § 84206 — (a) The commission shall provide by regulation for a short form for filing reports required by this article for candidates or officeholders who receive contributions of less than two thousand dollars
• § 84207 — (a) An elected member of, or a candidate for election to, a county central committee of a qualified political party who receives contributions of less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) and who makes
• § 84209 — A candidate or state measure proponent and any committee or committees which the candidate or a state measure proponent controls may file consolidated campaign reports under this chapter.
• § 8421 — (a) As part of its core objective of managing the state’s highest priority public awareness and community outreach efforts, and as informed by any guidelines and practices developed by it, the office
• § 84211 — Each campaign statement required by this article shall contain all of the following information: (a) The total amount of contributions received during the period covered by the campaign statement and
• § 84212 — The forms promulgated by the commission for disclosure of the information required by this chapter shall provide for the reporting of loans and similar transactions in a manner that does not result in
• § 84213 — (a) A candidate or state measure proponent shall verify the candidate’s or proponent’s campaign statement and the campaign statement of each committee subject to the candidate or state measure propone
• § 84214 — Committees and candidates shall terminate their filing obligation pursuant to regulations adopted by the commission which insure that a committee or candidate will have no activity which must be discl
• § 84215 — Campaign statements shall be filed at the following places: (a) Statewide elected officers, including members of the State Board of Equalization; Members of the Legislature; Supreme Court justices, co
• § 84216 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 82015, a loan received by a candidate or committee is a contribution unless the loan is received from a commercial lending institution in the ordinary course of business, o
• § 84216.5 — A loan of campaign funds, whether or not there is a written contract for the loan, made by a candidate or committee shall be reported as provided in Section 84211.
• § 84217 — When the Secretary of State receives any campaign statement filed pursuant to the federal Election Campaign Act, (52 U.
• § 84218 — (a) A slate mailer organization shall file semiannual campaign statements no later than July 31 for the period ending June 30, and no later than January 31 for the period ending December 31.
• § 84219 — Whenever a slate mailer organization is required to file campaign reports pursuant to Section 84218, the campaign report shall include the following information: (a) The total amount of receipts durin
• § 8422 — State agencies and departments collaborating with the office, upon request, shall share relevant data and statistical information that may improve the efficacy of current or future outreach efforts.
• § 84220 — If a slate mailer organization receives a payment of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or more for purposes of supporting or opposing any candidate or ballot measure in a slate mailer, and th
• § 84221 — Slate mailer organizations shall terminate their filing obligations in the same manner as applies to committees qualifying under subdivision (a) of Section 82013.
• § 84222 — (a) For purposes of this title, “multipurpose organization” means an organization described in Sections 501(c)(3) to 501(c)(10), inclusive, of the Internal Revenue Code and that is exempt from taxatio
• § 84222.5 — (a) A publicly funded nonprofit organization that makes contributions or expenditures, either directly or through the control of another entity, shall establish and deposit into a separate bank accoun
• § 84223 — (a) For a committee primarily formed to support or oppose a state ballot measure or state candidate that raises one million dollars ($1,000,000) or more for an election, the Secretary of State shall m
• § 84224 — (a) A behested payment described in subdivision (b) shall be reported within 30 days following the date on which the payment or payments equal or exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) in the aggregate
• § 84225 — The provisions of this title apply to candidates for election to the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System or the Teachers’ Retirement Board, and to committees formed or e
• § 84226 — (a) This section applies to any elected local government officer or candidate for elective local government office who meets both of the following criteria: (1) The officer or candidate is required to
• § 84250 — All requirements of this title applicable to a measure, as defined in Section 82043, also apply to a LAFCO proposal, as defined in Section 82035.
• § 84251 — A payment made for “political purposes,” as that term is used in Sections 82015 and 82025, includes a payment made for the purpose of influencing or attempting to influence the actions of voters or a
• § 84252 — A committee primarily formed to support or oppose a LAFCO proposal shall file all reports required under this chapter except that, in lieu of the reports required by Sections 84200 and 84202.
• § 84300 — (a) No contribution of one hundred dollars ($100) or more shall be made or received in cash.
• § 84301 — No contribution shall be made, directly or indirectly, by any person in a name other than the name by which such person is identified for legal purposes.
• § 84302 — A person shall not make a contribution on behalf of another, or while acting as the intermediary or agent of another, without disclosing to the recipient of the contribution both that person’s own ful
• § 84303 — (a) An expenditure of five hundred dollars ($500) or more shall not be made, other than for overhead or normal operating expenses, by an agent or independent contractor, including, but not limited to,
• § 84304 — No person shall make an anonymous contribution or contributions to a candidate, committee or any other person totaling one hundred dollars ($100) or more in a calendar year.
• § 84305 — (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a candidate, candidate controlled committee established for an elective office for the controlling candidate, or political party committee shall not send
• § 84305.5 — (a) No slate mailer organization or committee primarily formed to support or oppose one or more ballot measures shall send a slate mailer unless: (1) The name, street address, and city of the slate ma
• § 84305.7 — (a) If a slate mailer organization sends a slate mailer or other mass mailing that displays a logo, insignia, emblem, or trademark that is identical or substantially similar to the logo, insignia, emb
• § 84306 — All contributions received by a person acting as an agent of a candidate shall be reported promptly to the candidate or any of the candidate’s designated agents.
• § 84307 — No contribution shall be commingled with the personal funds of the recipient or any other person.
• § 84307.5 — A spouse or domestic partner of an elected officer or a candidate for elective office shall not receive, in exchange for services rendered, compensation from campaign funds held by a controlled commit
• § 84308 — (a) The definitions set forth in this subdivision shall govern the interpretation of this section.
• § 84309 — (a) A person shall not receive or personally deliver or attempt to deliver a contribution in the State Capitol, any state or local government office building, or any office for which the state or a lo
• § 84310 — (a) A candidate, candidate controlled committee established for an elective office for the controlling candidate, political party committee, or slate mailer organization shall not expend campaign fund
• § 844 — As used in this chapter, “prisoner” includes an inmate of a prison, jail, or penal or correctional facility.
• § 844.6 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, except as provided in this section and in Sections 814, 814.
• § 84400 — Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the commission shall have no power to exempt any person, including any candidate or committee, from any of the requirements imposed by the provisions of
• § 845 — Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for failure to establish a police department or otherwise to provide police protection service or, if police protection service is provided, for
• § 845.2 — Except as provided in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 830), neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for failure to provide a prison, jail or penal or correctional facility or, if su
• § 845.4 — Neither a public entity nor a public employee acting within the scope of his employment is liable for interfering with the right of a prisoner to obtain a judicial determination or review of the legal
• § 845.6 — Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for injury proximately caused by the failure of the employee to furnish or obtain medical care for a prisoner in his custody; but, except as oth
• § 845.8 — Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for: (a) Any injury resulting from determining whether to parole or release a prisoner or from determining the terms and conditions of his parol
• § 8450 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Indian tribe” means a federally recognized Indian tribe and any department, division, subdivision, agency, or arm or instrumenta
• § 84501 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) (1) “Advertisement” means any general or public communication that is authorized and paid for by a committee for the purpose of suppo
• § 84501.1 — The Commission shall not, by regulation, policy, opinion, or advice letter, construe or interpret any of Sections 82025, 84305, 84310, 84501 through 84511, inclusive, or Section 85704 as allowing the
• § 84502 — (a) (1) Any advertisement not described in subdivision (b) of Section 84504.
• § 84503 — (a) Any advertisement not described in subdivision (b) of Section 84504.
• § 84504 — (a) An advertisement paid for by a committee, other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate, that is dissem
• § 84504.1 — (a) An advertisement paid for by a committee, other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate, that is dissem
• § 84504.2 — (a) A print advertisement paid for by a committee, other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate, shall inc
• § 84504.3 — (a) This section applies to an electronic media advertisement if either of the following is true: (1) The advertisement is paid for by a committee other than a political party committee or a candidate
• § 84504.4 — (a) A radio or television advertisement that is paid for by a political party or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate, and that does not sup
• § 84504.5 — An advertisement that is an independent expenditure and paid for by a political party or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate shall include
• § 84504.6 — (a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Online platform” means a public-facing internet website, web application, or digital application, including a so
• § 84504.7 — (a) A candidate or committee shall not authorize or pay for an advertisement that is a text message, unless the disclosures described in subdivision (b) are made, if the text message meets one of the
• § 84504.8 — If a disclosure statement required by a local ordinance is substantially similar to a disclosure statement required pursuant to this article, the two disclosure statements may be merged into a single
• § 84505 — (a) In addition to the requirements of Sections 84502, 84503, and 84506.
• § 84506.5 — An advertisement supporting or opposing a candidate that is paid for by an independent expenditure shall include a statement that it was not authorized by a candidate or a committee controlled by a ca
• § 84509 — If the order of top contributors required to be disclosed pursuant to this article changes or a new contributor qualifies as a top contributor, the disclosure in the advertisement shall be updated as
• § 84510 — (a) (1) In addition to the remedies provided for in Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 91000), a person who violates Section 84503 or 84506.
• § 84511 — (a) This section applies to a committee that does either of the following: (1) Makes an expenditure of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more to an individual for the individual’s appearance in an adv
• § 84512 — (a) (1) A business entity shall submit a report to the Secretary of State following any calendar year in which the business entity does either of the following: (A) Uses its products or services to al
• § 84513 — (a) (1) If a committee pays a person to post content on an internet website, web application, or digital application for the purpose of supporting or opposing a candidate for elective office or a ball
• § 84514 — (a) (1) If a committee, as defined in Section 82013, creates, originally publishes, or originally distributes a qualified political advertisement, the qualified political advertisement shall include,
• § 846 — Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for injury caused by the failure to make an arrest or by the failure to retain an arrested person in custody.
• § 84600 — This chapter may be known and may be cited as the Online Disclosure Act.
• § 84601 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The people of California enacted one of the nation’s most comprehensive campaign and lobbying financial disclosure laws when they voted for Propositi
• § 84602 — (a) To implement the Legislature’s intent, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Commission, notwithstanding any other provision of this code, shall do all of the following: (1) Develop onl
• § 84602.1 — (a) The Secretary of State shall, on or before June 30, 2007, fully implement this chapter as specified in Section 84602, including completing online lobbying registration forms so that all forms can
• § 84602.3 — The Secretary of State shall conspicuously post on the Secretary of State’s internet website hyperlinks to the internet website of any local government agency that contains publicly-disclosed campaign
• § 84602.5 — The Secretary of State shall disclose online pursuant to this chapter an index of the identification numbers, as assigned pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 84101, of every person, entity, or comm
• § 84603 — The Secretary of State, once all state-mandated development, procurement, and oversight requirements have been met, shall make public their availability to accept reports online or electronically.
• § 84605 — (a) The following persons shall file online or electronically with the Secretary of State: (1) Any candidate, including superior court, appellate court, and Supreme Court candidates and officeholders,
• § 84606 — The date that a filer transmits an online or electronic report shall be the date the filed report is received by the Secretary of State.
• § 84607 — Pursuant to Section 8314, no employee or official of a state or local government agency shall utilize, for political or campaign purposes, public facilities or resources to retrieve or maintain any of
• § 84612 — If the Secretary of State rejects a filing made under this chapter, the Secretary of State shall immediately notify the filer, by email, of the reason or reasons for rejection using plain, straightfor
• § 84613 — (a) The Political Disclosure, Accountability, Transparency, and Access Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.
• § 84615 — A local government agency may require an elected officer, candidate, committee, or other person required to file statements, reports, or other documents required by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section
• § 84616 — (a) Within 72 hours of each applicable filing deadline, a local government agency shall post on its internet website a copy of any statement, report, or other document required by Chapter 4 (commencin
• § 850 — Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for failure to establish a fire department or otherwise to provide fire protection service.
• § 850.2 — Neither a public entity that has undertaken to provide fire protection service, nor an employee of such a public entity, is liable for any injury resulting from the failure to provide or maintain suff
• § 850.4 — Neither a public entity, nor a public employee acting in the scope of his employment, is liable for any injury resulting from the condition of fire protection or firefighting equipment or facilities o
• § 850.6 — (a) Whenever a public entity provides fire protection or firefighting service outside of the area regularly served and protected by the public entity providing that service, the public entity providin
• § 850.8 — Any member of an organized fire department, fire protection district, or other firefighting unit of either the state or any political subdivision, any employee of the Department of Forestry and Fire P
• § 8501 — There is in the state government the Milton Marks “Little Hoover” Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy, hereafter in this chapter referred to as the “commission.
• § 8502 — For the purposes of expenditures for the support of the commission, including the expenses of the members of the commission, the commission shall be deemed to be within the executive branch of state g
• § 8503 — The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties.
• § 8504 — For the purposes of this chapter the Members of the Legislature serving as members of the commission shall be considered a joint committee of the two houses of the Legislature constituted and acting a
• § 8506 — All vacancies in the commission membership shall be filled in the same manner in which original appointments were made.
• § 8507 — The commission shall select from among its members a chairman and vice chairman, who shall not be registered as members of the same political party.
• § 8508 — Six members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
• § 85100 — This chapter shall be known as the “Campaign Contribution and Voluntary Expenditure Limits Without Taxpayer Financing Amendments to the Political Reform Act of 1974.