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• California Government Code Section 1
  This act shall be known as the Government Code.
• California Government Code Section 2
  The provisions of this code in so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter shall...
• California Government Code Section 3
  All persons who at the time this code takes effect, hold office under any of the acts repealed by this code, which offices are continued...
• California Government Code Section 4
  No action or proceeding commenced before this code takes effect, and no right accrued, is affected by this code, but all procedure thereafter taken therein...
• California Government Code Section 5
  Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, these general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions shall govern the construction of this code.
• California Government Code Section 6
  Title, division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of this code.
• California Government Code Section 7
  Whenever a power is granted to, or a duty is imposed upon, a public officer, the power may be exercised or the duty may be...
• California Government Code Section 7.5
  Whenever, by any law, the director of any state department is made a member of a state board, commission, or committee, or of the governing...
• California Government Code Section 7.6
  (a) If by law, any officer whose office is created by the California Constitution is made a member of a state board, commission, or committee,...
• California Government Code Section 7.7
  The provisions of Sections 7.5 and 7.6 do not affect or modify in any manner the provisions of Section 7.
• California Government Code Section 7.8
  Notwithstanding anything in this code to the contrary, the Directors of Finance, General Services, and Education may appoint any deputy or assistant director in their...
• California Government Code Section 7.9
  (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Controller, the Treasurer, the Director of Finance, or the Superintendent of Public Instruction may designate...
• California Government Code Section 7.9a
  At the request of the Controller, two employees of that officer, in addition to those provided for in Section 7.9, shall be classified and compensated...
• California Government Code Section 8
  Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement, or record is required or authorized...
• California Government Code Section 9
  Whenever reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law of this State, the reference applies to all amendments and...
• California Government Code Section 10
  "Section" means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned. "Subdivision" means a subdivision of the section in which the term...
• California Government Code Section 11
  The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present.
• California Government Code Section 12
  The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
• California Government Code Section 12.5
  The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the terms "man" or "men" where appropriate shall be deemed "person" or "persons" and any references to the...
• California Government Code Section 13
  The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.
• California Government Code Section 14
  "Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
• California Government Code Section 15
  "Oath" includes affirmation.
• California Government Code Section 16
  "Signature" or "subscription" includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer's or subscriber's name being written near the mark by a...
• California Government Code Section 16.5
  (a) In any written communication with a public entity, as defined in Section 811.2, in which a signature is required or used, any party to...
• California Government Code Section 17
  "Person" includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company.
• California Government Code Section 18
  "State" means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. In the latter case, it includes the District of...
• California Government Code Section 19
  "County" includes city and county.
• California Government Code Section 20
  "City" includes "city and county" and "incorporated town," but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village."
• California Government Code Section 21
  "Town" includes "unincorporated town" and "village."
• California Government Code Section 22
  "Process" includes a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings of either a civil or criminal nature.
• California Government Code Section 23
  If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the code, or the...
• California Government Code Section 24
  The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the term "workmen's compensation" shall hereafter also be known as "workers' compensation." In furtherance of this policy it...
• California Government Code Section 25
  (a) For purposes of this code, "assessed value" means 25 percent of full value to, and including, the 1980-81 fiscal year, and 100 percent of...
• California Government Code Section 26
  For the purposes of this code, "recycled water" or "reclaimed water" has the same meaning as recycled water as defined in subdivision (n) of Section...
• California Government Code Section 100
  (a) The sovereignty of the state resides in the people thereof, and all writs and processes shall issue in their name. (b) The style of...
• California Government Code Section 110
  The sovereignty and jurisdiction of this State extends to all places within its boundaries as established by the Constitution. The extent of such jurisdiction over...
• California Government Code Section 111
  The jurisdiction of the State over certain lands designated in the following statutes is subject to the cession of jurisdiction granted the United States by...
• California Government Code Section 112
  The State has accepted the retrocession of jurisdiction over certain lands by the following statutes: (a) Statutes of 1935, Chapter 828, concerning the Presidio in...
• California Government Code Section 113
  The Legislature of California hereby consents to the retrocession of jurisdiction by the United States of land within this state upon and subject to each...
• California Government Code Section 115
  All jurisdiction ceded to the United States by this article is limited by the terms of any retrocession of jurisdiction heretofore or hereafter granted by...
• California Government Code Section 118
  The State consents to the use by the United States of the territorial waters of the State adjacent to any land on the coast of...
• California Government Code Section 119
  Exclusive jurisdiction shall be and the same is hereby ceded to the United States over and within all of the territory which is now or...
• California Government Code Section 126
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, the Legislature of California hereby cedes concurrent criminal jurisdiction to the United States within land held...
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 160
  The line run and marked by the United States Government under the Act of June 10, 1872, 17 Stat. 358 (1872) from the southern boundary...
• California Government Code Section 170
  To give greater precision to the boundary of the State of California as defined in Article XXI of the Constitution, it is hereby declared that...
• California Government Code Section 171
  All waters between the mainland and the outermost of the islands, reefs and rocks along and adjacent to the coast of the State of California...
• California Government Code Section 172
  The reference in Section 1 of Article XV of the Constitution to "the navigable waters of this State," the reference in Section 2 of the...
• California Government Code Section 175
  The interstate compact executed between the States of Arizona and California, as set forth in Section 176 of this chapter, fixing the location of the...
• California Government Code Section 176
  The provisions of the interstate compact between the States of Arizona and California referred to in Section 175 are as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT DEFINING THE...
• California Government Code Section 177
  The Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact as set forth in Section 178 executed between the State of California, through its then Governor, Earl Warren,...
• California Government Code Section 178
  The provisions of the Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact between the State of California and other states which are parties to the compact referred...
• California Government Code Section 178.5
  In addition to any other authority conferred upon him, the Governor is authorized and may execute for, on behalf of, and in the name of...
• California Government Code Section 179
  (a) It is the intent of the State of California to continue its long history of sharing emergency response resources with other states during times...
• California Government Code Section 179.5
  The provisions of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact between the State of California and other states that are parties to the compact referred to in...
• California Government Code Section 179.7
  (a) Notwithstanding Article 6 of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, as set forth in Section 179.5, the state shall indemnify and make whole any officer...
• California Government Code Section 179.8
  Notwithstanding the provisions of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, as set forth in Section 179.5, the state shall not deploy any personnel under the compact...
• California Government Code Section 179.9
  This article shall become inoperative on March 1, 2012, and, as of January 1, 2013, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that becomes operative...
• California Government Code Section 180
  As used herein, "property" includes real and personal property.
• California Government Code Section 181
  The original and ultimate right to all property within the limits of the State is in the people thereof.
• California Government Code Section 182
  All property within the limits of the State, which does not belong to any person, belongs to the people. Whenever the title to any property...
• California Government Code Section 183
  The State may acquire property by taxation in the modes authorized by law.
• California Government Code Section 185
  The Governor may execute and deliver to the United States all necessary deeds or other conveyances on behalf of the State, in any case where...
• California Government Code Section 186
  (a) As used in succeeding subdivisions of this section "public domain" refers to such portion of the public domain of the State of California as...
• California Government Code Section 200
  The State has the rights prescribed in this article over persons within its limits, to be exercised in the cases and in the manner provided...
• California Government Code Section 201
  The State may punish for crime.
• California Government Code Section 202
  The state may imprison or confine for the protection of the public peace or health or of individual life or safety.
• California Government Code Section 203
  The State may establish custody and restraint of: (a) Mentally ill persons, insane persons, chronic inebriates, and other persons of unsound mind. (b) Paupers for...
• California Government Code Section 204
  The State may require services of persons, with or without compensation: In military duty; in jury duty; as witnesses; as town officers; in highway labor;...
• California Government Code Section 240
  The people, as a political body, consist of: (a) Citizens who are electors. (b) Citizens not electors.
• California Government Code Section 241
  The citizens of the State are: (a) All persons born in the State and residing within it, except the children of transient aliens and of...
• California Government Code Section 242
  Persons in the State not its citizens are either: (a) Citizens of other States; or (b) Aliens.
• California Government Code Section 243
  Every person has, in law, a residence.
• California Government Code Section 244
  In determining the place of residence the following rules shall be observed: (a) It is the place where one remains when not called elsewhere for...
• California Government Code Section 245
  Absence from this state, on business of the state or of the United States, shall not affect the question of residence of any person.
• California Government Code Section 270
  Every person while within the State is subject to its jurisdiction and entitled to its protection.
• California Government Code Section 271
  Allegiance is the obligation of fidelity and obedience which every citizen owes to the State.
• California Government Code Section 272
  Allegiance may be renounced by a change of residence.
• California Government Code Section 273
  A citizen of the United States who is not a citizen of the State, has the same rights and duties as a citizen of the...
• California Government Code Section 274
  An elector has no rights or duties beyond those of a citizen not an elector, except the right and duty of holding office and voting.
• California Government Code Section 275.2
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public officer who is a minor shall have the rights and liabilities of an adult, both civil and...
• California Government Code Section 399
  (a) There shall be a seal of this state, which shall be called "the Great Seal of the State of California." (b) The Great Seal...
• California Government Code Section 400
  The design of the Great Seal of the State shall correspond substantially with the following representation thereof: * * * * * * * *...
• California Government Code Section 401
  Any document signed prior to August 27, 1937, by the Governor, the Secretary of State, or both of them and bearing an impression purporting to...
• California Government Code Section 402
  (a) Every person who maliciously or for commercial purposes uses or allows to be used any reproduction or facsimile of the Great Seal of the...
• California Government Code Section 402.5
  (a) In addition to the acts prohibited by Section 402, a person who uses or allows to be used any reproduction or facsimile of the...
• California Government Code Section 403
  All grants and commissions shall be kept in the name and by the authority of the people of the State of California, sealed with the...
• California Government Code Section 404
  (a) No person shall represent, either directly or indirectly, that the State of California is sponsoring or endorsing a world's fair or exhibition unless the...
• California Government Code Section 405
  When the Great Seal of the state is prepared in color, the following colors shall be used: The field of the seal shall be Independence...
• California Government Code Section 420
  The Bear Flag is the State Flag of California. As viewed with the hoist end of the flag to the left of the observer there...
• California Government Code Section 420.5
  "Eureka" is the official State Motto.
• California Government Code Section 420.75
  "The Golden State" is the official State Nickname.
• California Government Code Section 421
  The golden poppy (Eschscholtzia) is the official State Flower. April 6 of each year is hereby designated California Poppy Day.
• California Government Code Section 421.5
  (a) West Coast Swing Dance is the official state dance. (b) The Square Dance is the official state folk dance.
• California Government Code Section 421.7
  "I Love You, California," a song published in 1913 with lyrics by F.B. Silverwood and music by A.F. Frankenstein, is an official state song.
• California Government Code Section 422
  The California redwood (Sequoia sempervirens, Sequoia gigantea) is the official state tree.
• California Government Code Section 422.5
  The California desert tortoise (gopherus agassizi) is the official state reptile.
• California Government Code Section 423
  The California valley quail (Lophortyx californica) is the official bird and avifaunal emblem of the State.
• California Government Code Section 423.5
  "The Californian" is the official state tall ship.
• California Government Code Section 424
  The official colors of the State are blue and gold. The specifications, references, and designations for the official colors are as follows: Specifications: National Bureau...
• California Government Code Section 424.3
  (a) The tartan defined in subdivision (b) is the official State Tartan, and may be claimed by any resident of the state. (b) The official...
• California Government Code Section 424.5
  The California dog-face butterfly (Zerene eurydice) is the official State Insect.
• California Government Code Section 425
  The state animal is the California Grizzly Bear (Ursus Californicus) as depicted in outline, details, and in colors on the official representation in the custody...
• California Government Code Section 425.1
  Native gold is the official State Mineral and mineralogic emblem.
• California Government Code Section 425.2
  Serpentine is the official State Rock and lithologic emblem.
• California Government Code Section 425.3
  Benitoite is the official state gemstone.
• California Government Code Section 425.5
  The California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) is the official State Marine Mammal.
• California Government Code Section 425.6
  The garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus) is the official state marine fish.
• California Government Code Section 425.7
  The saber-toothed cat (Smilodon californicus) is the official State Fossil.
• California Government Code Section 425.8
  The Chipped Stone Bear (bear-shaped eccentric) is the official state prehistoric artifact.
• California Government Code Section 425.9
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that San Joaquin Soil is the official soil of California. It is one of four soils to be originally...
• California Government Code Section 425.10
  Purple needlegrass, or Nassella pulchra, is the official State Grass.
• California Government Code Section 426
  The general design and the details of the Seal of the Governor of the State of California, excluding colors, shall correspond substantially with the following...
• California Government Code Section 427
  When the seal of the Governor is prepared in colors, the Bear Flag shall be shown in colors as set forth in Section 420; the...
• California Government Code Section 428
  The general design and details of the flag of the Governor of the State of California, excluding colors, shall correspond substantially with the following representation...
• California Government Code Section 429
  When the flag of the Governor is prepared in colors, the following colors shall be used: The field of the flag shall be Yale Blue,...
• California Government Code Section 429.5
  The California Historical Society is the official state historical society.
• California Government Code Section 429.6
  The California State Military Museum and Resource Center is the official state military museum.
• California Government Code Section 429.7
  Bodie is the official state gold rush ghost town.
• California Government Code Section 429.8
  Calico is the official state silver rush ghost town.
• California Government Code Section 430
  The Flag of the United States and the Flag of the State of California (the Bear Flag) shall be prominently installed, displayed, and maintained in...
• California Government Code Section 431
  The Flag of the United States and the Flag of the State shall be prominently displayed during business hours upon or in front of the...
• California Government Code Section 432
  The Flag of the United States and the Flag of the State shall be prominently displayed during any and all games and performances of every...
• California Government Code Section 433
  The National and State Flags shall be carried at the head of any procession or parade of: (a) The National Guard. (b) The California State...
• California Government Code Section 434
  Where the installation or display of the Flag of the United States and the Flag of the State in a place publicly owned, whether by...
• California Government Code Section 434.5
  (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meaning: (1) "Legal right" means the freedom of use and enjoyment generally exercised...
• California Government Code Section 435
  Where a city or county has adopted an official flag, it is unlawful for any other city or county to adopt an official flag so...
• California Government Code Section 436
  Where the National and State Flags are used, they shall be of the same size. If only one flagpole is used, the National Flag shall...
• California Government Code Section 437
  The superior court having jurisdiction of the offense shall enforce this chapter on the complaint of any citizen of the county.
• California Government Code Section 438
  All United States Flags now in the possession of state, county, city, and district agencies, or hereafter acquired by such agencies under contracts awarded prior...
• California Government Code Section 439
  The Adjutant General shall, by regulation, prescribe rules regarding the times, places, and manner in which the State Flag may be displayed. He shall, periodically,...
• California Government Code Section 440
  The general design and details of the Seal of the Senate of the State of California, excluding colors, shall correspond substantially with the following representation...
• California Government Code Section 441
  When the Seal of the Senate is prepared in color, the following colors shall be used: The outer circle and the words "Seal of the...
• California Government Code Section 442
  The use of the Seal of the Senate shall be as prescribed by the Rules of the Senate. Every person who maliciously or for commercial...
• California Government Code Section 445
  The general design and details of the Seal of the Assembly of the State of California, excluding colors, shall correspond substantially with the following representation...
• California Government Code Section 446
  When the Seal of the Assembly is prepared in color, the following colors shall be used: The outer circle and the words "California State Assembly"...
• California Government Code Section 447
  The use of the Seal of the Assembly shall be as prescribed by the Rules of the Assembly. Every person who maliciously or for commercial...
• California Government Code Section 450
  The permanent seat of government of the state is at the City of Sacramento, but the Governor shall designate by written proclamation an alternative temporary...
• California Government Code Section 460
  The state is divided into counties. The names, boundaries, and territorial subdivisions thereof are declared in Title 3 (commencing with Section 23000).
• California Government Code Section 500
  The legal distances in the State are fixed in this chapter.
• California Government Code Section 501
  When mileage is allowed by law to any person, the distance shall be computed as fixed in this chapter.
• California Government Code Section 502
  From the county seat of Alameda County to Sacramento it is eighty-four (84) miles.
• California Government Code Section 503
  From the county seat of Alpine County to Sacramento it is two hundred and twenty-five (225) miles.
• California Government Code Section 504
  From the county seat of Amador County to Sacramento it is fifty-nine (59) miles.
• California Government Code Section 505
  From the county seat of Butte County to Sacramento it is eighty-six (86) miles.
• California Government Code Section 506
  From the county seat of Calaveras County to Sacramento it is seventy-three (73) miles.
• California Government Code Section 507
  From the county seat of Colusa County to Sacramento it is seventy-seven (77) miles.
• California Government Code Section 508
  From the county seat of Contra Costa County to Sacramento it is sixty-two (62) miles.
• California Government Code Section 509
  From the county seat of Del Norte County to Sacramento it is three hundred and sixty-four (364) miles.
• California Government Code Section 510
  From the county seat of El Dorado County to Sacramento it is sixty (60) miles.
• California Government Code Section 511
  From the county seat of Fresno County to Sacramento it is one hundred and sixty-nine (169) miles.
• California Government Code Section 512
  From the county seat of Glenn County to Sacramento it is eighty-eight (88) miles.
• California Government Code Section 513
  From the county seat of Humboldt County to Sacramento it is three hundred and twelve (312) miles.
• California Government Code Section 514
  From the county seat of Imperial County to Sacramento it is six hundred sixty-one (661) miles.
• California Government Code Section 515
  From the county seat of Inyo County to Sacramento it is four hundred and sixty-six (466) miles.
• California Government Code Section 516
  From the county seat of Kern County to Sacramento it is two hundred and seventy-eight (278) miles.
• California Government Code Section 517
  From the county seat of Kings County to Sacramento it is two hundred and fourteen (214) miles.
• California Government Code Section 518
  From the county seat of Lake County to Sacramento it is one hundred and sixty (160) miles.
• California Government Code Section 519
  From the county seat of Lassen County to Sacramento it is two hundred and sixty (260) miles.
• California Government Code Section 520
  From the county seat of Los Angeles County to Sacramento it is four hundred and forty-seven (447) miles.
• California Government Code Section 521
  From the county seat of Madera County to Sacramento it is one hundred and forty-seven (147) miles.
• California Government Code Section 522
  From the county seat of Marin County to Sacramento it is one hundred and five (105) miles.
• California Government Code Section 523
  From the county seat of Mariposa County to Sacramento it is one hundred and eighty (180) miles.
• California Government Code Section 524
  From the county seat of Mendocino County to Sacramento it is one hundred and fifty (150) miles.
• California Government Code Section 525
  From the county seat of Merced County to Sacramento it is one hundred and fourteen (114) miles.
• California Government Code Section 526
  From the county seat of Modoc County to Sacramento it is three hundred and twenty-four (324) miles.
• California Government Code Section 527
  From the county seat of Mono County to Sacramento it is two hundred and ninety-six (296) miles.
• California Government Code Section 528
  From the county seat of Monterey County to Sacramento it is two hundred and eight (208) miles.
• California Government Code Section 529
  From the county seat of Napa County to Sacramento it is sixty-one (61) miles.
• California Government Code Section 530
  From the county seat of Nevada County to Sacramento it is seventy-seven (77) miles.
• California Government Code Section 531
  From the county seat of Orange County to Sacramento it is four hundred and eighty-one (481) miles.
• California Government Code Section 532
  From the county seat of Placer County to Sacramento it is thirty-seven (37) miles.
• California Government Code Section 533
  From the county seat of Plumas County to Sacramento it is one hundred and thirty-six (136) miles.
• California Government Code Section 534
  From the county seat of Riverside County to Sacramento it is five hundred and twelve (512) miles.
• California Government Code Section 535
  From the county seat of Sacramento to the State Capitol it is one (1) mile.
• California Government Code Section 536
  From the county seat of San Benito County to Sacramento it is one hundred and seventy-three (173) miles.
• California Government Code Section 537
  From the county seat of San Bernardino County to Sacramento it is five hundred and eight (508) miles.
• California Government Code Section 538
  From the county seat of San Diego County to Sacramento it is five hundred and seventy-three (573) miles.
• California Government Code Section 539
  From the City of San Francisco to Sacramento it is ninety (90) miles.
• California Government Code Section 540
  From the county seat of San Joaquin County to Sacramento it is forty-eight (48) miles.
• California Government Code Section 541
  From the county seat of San Luis Obispo County to Sacramento it is three hundred and forty-three (343) miles.
• California Government Code Section 542
  From the county seat of San Mateo County to Sacramento it is one hundred and nineteen (119) miles.
• California Government Code Section 543
  From the county seat of Santa Barbara County to Sacramento it is four hundred and sixty (460) miles.
• California Government Code Section 544
  From the county seat of Santa Clara County to Sacramento it is one hundred and twenty-eight (128) miles.
• California Government Code Section 545
  From the county seat of Santa Cruz County to Sacramento it is one hundred and ninety-eight (198) miles.
• California Government Code Section 546
  From the county seat of Shasta County to Sacramento it is one hundred and seventy-one (171) miles.
• California Government Code Section 547
  From the county seat of Sierra County to Sacramento it is one hundred and nineteen (119) miles.
• California Government Code Section 548
  From the county seat of Siskiyou County to Sacramento it is two hundred and ninety-five (295) miles.
• California Government Code Section 549
  From the county seat of Solano County to Sacramento it is forty (40) miles.
• California Government Code Section 550
  From the county seat of Sonoma County to Sacramento it is ninety (90) miles.
• California Government Code Section 551
  From the county seat of Stanislaus County to Sacramento it is seventy-seven (77) miles.
• California Government Code Section 552
  From the county seat of Sutter County to Sacramento it is fifty-eight (58) miles.
• California Government Code Section 553
  From the county seat of Tehama County to Sacramento it is one hundred and thirty-five (135) miles.
• California Government Code Section 554
  From the county seat of Trinity County to Sacramento it is two hundred and seventeen (217) miles.
• California Government Code Section 555
  From the county seat of Tulare County to Sacramento it is two hundred and six (206) miles.
• California Government Code Section 556
  From the county seat of Tuolumne County to Sacramento it is one hundred and twenty-five (125) miles.
• California Government Code Section 557
  From the county seat of Ventura County to Sacramento it is four hundred and ninety (490) miles.
• California Government Code Section 558
  From the county seat of Yolo County to Sacramento it is twenty-three (23) miles.
• California Government Code Section 559
  From the county seat of Yuba County to Sacramento it is fifty-two (52) miles.
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 810
  Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this part govern the construction of this division.
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 810.4
  "Employment" includes office or employment.
• California Government Code Section 810.6
  "Enactment" means a constitutional provision, statute, charter provision, ordinance or regulation.
• California Government Code Section 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,...
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 811.2
  "Public entity" includes the State, the Regents of the University of California, a county, city, district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision...
• California Government Code Section 811.4
  "Public employee" means an employee of a public entity.
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 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.
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 814.2
  Nothing in this part shall be construed to impliedly repeal any provision of Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201) or Division 4.5 (commencing with Section...
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 818
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public entity is not liable for damages awarded under Section 3294 of the Civil Code or other damages...
• California Government Code Section 818.2
  A public entity is not liable for an injury caused by adopting or failing to adopt an enactment or by failing to enforce any law.
• California Government Code Section 818.4
  A public entity is not liable for an injury caused by the issuance, denial, suspension or revocation of, or by the failure or refusal to...
• California Government Code Section 818.5
  The Department of Motor Vehicles is liable for any injury to a lienholder or good faith purchaser of a vehicle proximately caused by the department's...
• California Government Code Section 818.6
  A public entity is not liable for injury caused by its failure to make an inspection, or by reason of making an inadequate or negligent...
• California Government Code Section 818.7
  No board, commission, or any public officer or employee of the state or of any district, county, city and county, or city is liable for...
• California Government Code Section 818.8
  A public entity is not liable for an injury caused by misrepresentation by an employee of the public entity, whether or not such misrepresentation be...
• California Government Code Section 818.9
  A court or county, its employees, independent contractors, and volunteers shall not be liable because of any advice provided to small claims court litigants or...
• California Government Code Section 820
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute (including Section 820.2), a public employee is liable for injury caused by his act or omission to the...
• California Government Code Section 820.2
  Except as otherwise provided by statute, a public employee is not liable for an injury resulting from his act or omission where the act or...
• California Government Code Section 820.21
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the civil immunity of juvenile court social workers, child protection workers, and other public employees authorized to...
• California Government Code Section 820.25
  (a) For purposes of Section 820.2, the decision of a peace officer, as defined in Sections 830.1 and 830.2 of the Penal Code, or a...
• California Government Code Section 820.4
  A public employee is not liable for his act or omission, exercising due care, in the execution or enforcement of any law. Nothing in this...
• California Government Code Section 820.6
  If a public employee acts in good faith, without malice, and under the apparent authority of an enactment that is unconstitutional, invalid or inapplicable, he...
• California Government Code Section 820.8
  Except as otherwise provided by statute, a public employee is not liable for an injury caused by the act or omission of another person. Nothing...
• California Government Code Section 820.9
  Members of city councils, mayors, members of boards of supervisors, members of school boards, members of governing boards of other local public entities, members of...
• California Government Code Section 821
  A public employee is not liable for an injury caused by his adoption of or failure to adopt an enactment or by his failure to...
• California Government Code Section 821.2
  A public employee is not liable for an injury caused by his issuance, denial, suspension or revocation of, or by his failure or refusal to...
• California Government Code Section 821.4
  A public employee is not liable for injury caused by his failure to make an inspection, or by reason of making an inadequate or negligent...
• California Government Code Section 821.5
  A public entity or a public employee acting within the scope of his employment is not liable for failing to prohibit or restrict the time...
• California Government Code Section 821.6
  A public employee is not liable for injury caused by his instituting or prosecuting any judicial or administrative proceeding within the scope of his employment,...
• California Government Code Section 821.8
  A public employee is not liable for an injury arising out of his entry upon any property where such entry is expressly or impliedly authorized...
• California Government Code Section 822
  A public employee is not liable for money stolen from his official custody. Nothing in this section exonerates a public employee from liability if the...
• California Government Code Section 822.2
  A public employee acting in the scope of his employment is not liable for an injury caused by his misrepresentation, whether or not such misrepresentation...
• California Government Code Section 823
  Neither the widow, widower, nor the heirs of a peace officer, as defined in Sections 830.1, 830.2, and 830.32 of the Penal Code, shall be...
• California Government Code Section 825
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, if an employee or former employee of a public entity requests the public entity to defend him...
• California Government Code Section 825.2
  (a) Subject to subdivision (b), if an employee or former employee of a public entity pays any claim or judgment against him, or any portion...
• California Government Code Section 825.4
  Except as provided in Section 825.6, if a public entity pays any claim or judgment against itself or against an employee or former employee of...
• California Government Code Section 825.6
  (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if a public entity pays any claim or judgment, or any portion thereof, either against itself or...
• California Government Code Section 827
  A provider of health care, as defined in Section 56.05 of the Civil Code, its officers, employees, agents, and subcontractors, who are defended by the...
• California Government Code Section 830
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Dangerous condition" means a condition of property that creates a substantial (as distinguished from a minor, trivial or insignificant)...
• California Government Code Section 830.1
  For purposes of this chapter, seismic safety improvements or fire sprinkler improvements which are owned, built, controlled, operated, and maintained by the private owner of...
• California Government Code Section 830.2
  A condition is not a dangerous condition within the meaning of this chapter if the trial or appellate court, viewing the evidence most favorably to...
• California Government Code Section 830.4
  A condition is not a dangerous condition within the meaning of this chapter merely because of the failure to provide regulatory traffic control signals, stop...
• California Government Code Section 830.5
  (a) Except where the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur is applicable, the happening of the accident which results in the injury is not in and...
• California Government Code Section 830.6
  Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable under this chapter for an injury caused by the plan or design of a construction...
• California Government Code Section 830.8
  Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable under this chapter for an injury caused by the failure to provide traffic or warning...
• California Government Code Section 830.9
  Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for an injury caused by the operation or nonoperation of official traffic control signals when...
• California Government Code Section 831
  Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for an injury caused by the effect on the use of streets and highways of...
• California Government Code Section 831.2
  Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for an injury caused by a natural condition of any unimproved public property, including but...
• California Government Code Section 831.21
  (a) Public beaches shall be deemed to be in a natural condition and unimproved notwithstanding the provision or absence of public safety services such as...
• California Government Code Section 831.25
  (a) Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for any damage or injury to property, or for emotional distress unless the plaintiff...
• California Government Code Section 831.3
  Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for any injury occurring on account of the grading or the performance of other maintenance...
• California Government Code Section 831.4
  A public entity, public employee, or a grantor of a public easement to a public entity for any of the following purposes, is not liable...
• California Government Code Section 831.5
  (a) The Legislature declares that innovative public access programs, such as agreements with public land trusts, can provide effective and responsible alternatives to costly public...
• California Government Code Section 831.6
  Neither the State nor an employee of the State is liable under this chapter for any injury caused by a condition of the unimproved and...
• California Government Code Section 831.7
  (a) Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable to any person who participates in a hazardous recreational activity, including any person who...
• California Government Code Section 831.8
  (a) Subject to subdivisions (d) and (e), neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable under this chapter for an injury caused by...
• California Government Code Section 835
  Except as provided by statute, a public entity is liable for injury caused by a dangerous condition of its property if the plaintiff establishes that...
• California Government Code Section 835.2
  (a) A public entity had actual notice of a dangerous condition within the meaning of subdivision (b) of Section 835 if it had actual knowledge...
• California Government Code Section 835.4
  (a) A public entity is not liable under subdivision (a) of Section 835 for injury caused by a condition of its property if the public...
• California Government Code Section 840
  Except as provided in this article, a public employee is not liable for injury caused by a condition of public property where such condition exists...
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 840.4
  (a) A public employee had actual notice of a dangerous condition within the meaning of subdivision (b) of Section 840.2 if he had actual personal...
• California Government Code Section 840.6
  (a) A public employee is not liable under subdivision (a) of Section 840.2 for injury caused by a dangerous condition of public property if he...
• California Government Code Section 844
  As used in this chapter, "prisoner" includes an inmate of a prison, jail, or penal or correctional facility. For the purposes of this chapter, a...
• California Government Code Section 844.6
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, except as provided in this section and in Sections 814, 814.2, 845.4, and 845.6, or in Title...
• California Government Code Section 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,...
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 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.
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 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...
• California Government Code Section 854
  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, "medical facility" includes a hospital, infirmary, clinic, dispensary, mental institution, or similar facility.
• California Government Code Section 854.1
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure continuity of care for clients of Agnews Developmental Center. (b) In the effort to achieve...
• California Government Code Section 854.2
  As used in this chapter, "mental institution" means any state hospital for the care and treatment of the mentally disordered or the mentally retarded, the...
• California Government Code Section 854.3
  As used in this chapter, "county psychiatric hospital" means the hospital, ward, or facility provided by the county pursuant to the provisions of Section 7100...
• California Government Code Section 854.4
  As used in this chapter, "mental illness or addiction" means any condition for which a person may be detained, cared for, or treated in a...
• California Government Code Section 854.5
  As used in this chapter, "confine" includes admit, commit, place, detain, or hold in custody.
• California Government Code Section 854.8
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, except as provided in this section and in Sections 814, 814.2, 855, and 855.2, a public entity...
• California Government Code Section 855
  (a) A public entity that operates or maintains any medical facility that is subject to regulation by the State Department of Health Services, Social Services,...
• California Government Code Section 855.2
  Neither a public entity nor a public employee acting within the scope of his employment is liable for interfering with the right of an inmate...
• California Government Code Section 855.4
  (a) Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for an injury resulting from the decision to perform or not to perform any...
• California Government Code Section 855.6
  Except for an examination or diagnosis for the purpose of treatment, neither a public entity nor a public employee acting within the scope of his...
• California Government Code Section 855.8
  (a) Neither a public entity nor a public employee acting within the scope of his employment is liable for injury resulting from diagnosing or failing...
• California Government Code Section 856
  (a) Neither a public entity nor a public employee acting within the scope of his employment is liable for any injury resulting from determining in...
• California Government Code Section 856.2
  (a) Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for: (1) An injury caused by an escaping or escaped person who has been...
• California Government Code Section 856.4
  Except as provided in Section 815.6, neither a public entity nor a public employee acting in the scope of his employment is liable for an...
• California Government Code Section 856.6
  (a) A public entity, public employee, or volunteer, participating in the National Influenza Program of 1976, shall not be liable for an injury caused by...
• California Government Code Section 860
  As used in this chapter, "tax" includes a tax, assessment, fee or charge.
• California Government Code Section 860.2
  Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for an injury caused by: (a) Instituting any judicial or administrative proceeding or action for...
• California Government Code Section 860.4
  Nothing in this chapter affects any law relating to refund, rebate, exemption, cancellation, amendment or adjustment of taxes.
• California Government Code Section 862
  (a) As used in this section, "pesticide" means: (1) An "economic poison" as defined in Section 12753 of the Agricultural Code; (2) An "injurious material"...
• California Government Code Section 865
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) The gradual movement of land, such as in prehistoric slide areas, or as a result of subsidence...
• California Government Code Section 866
  (a) Subject to the provisions of subdivisions (b) and (c), in the event of public necessity and to avoid impending peril to persons or property...
• California Government Code Section 867
  An employee of a local public entity is not liable for damages for injury to persons or property resulting from an impending peril or from...
• California Government Code Section 895
  As used in this chapter "agreement" means a joint powers agreement entered into pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of...
• California Government Code Section 895.2
  Whenever any public entities enter into an agreement, they are jointly and severally liable upon any liability which is imposed by any law other than...
• California Government Code Section 895.4
  As part of any agreement, the public entities may provide for contribution or indemnification by any or all of the public entities that are parties...
• California Government Code Section 895.6
  Unless the public entities that are parties to an agreement otherwise provide in the agreement, if a public entity is held liable upon any judgment...
• California Government Code Section 895.8
  Except for Section 895.6, this chapter applies to any agreement between public entities, whether entered into before or after the effective date of this chapter....
• California Government Code Section 900
  Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article govern the construction of this part.
• California Government Code Section 900.2
  "Board" means: (a) In the case of a local public entity, the governing body of the local public entity. (b) In the case of the...
• California Government Code Section 900.3
  A "judicial branch entity" is a public entity and means any superior court, court of appeals, the Supreme Court, the Judicial Council, or the Administrative...
• California Government Code Section 900.4
  "Local public entity" includes a county, city, district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public corporation in the State, but does...
• California Government Code Section 900.6
  "State" means the State and any office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, commission or agency of the State claims against which are paid by warrants...
• California Government Code Section 901
  For the purpose of computing the time limits prescribed by Sections 911.2, 911.4, 912, and 945.6, the date of the accrual of a cause of...
• California Government Code Section 905
  There shall be presented in accordance with Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 900) and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 910) all claims for money or...
• California Government Code Section 905.1
  No claim is required to be filed to maintain an action against a public entity for taking of, or damage to, private property pursuant to...
• California Government Code Section 905.2
  (a) This section shall apply to claims against the state filed with the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board. (b) There shall be presented...
• California Government Code Section 905.3
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no claim shall be submitted by a local agency or school district, nor shall a claim...
• California Government Code Section 905.4
  Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 900) and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 910) of this part shall not be construed to be an exclusive means...
• California Government Code Section 905.5
  A school district, its officers, directors, or employees shall have no civil liability in any civil action for injury, disease, death, or economic loss arising...
• California Government Code Section 905.6
  This part does not apply to claims against the Regents of the University of California.
• California Government Code Section 905.7
  All claims against a judicial branch entity for money or damages based upon an express contract or for an injury for which the judicial branch...
• California Government Code Section 905.8
  Nothing in this part imposes liability upon a public entity unless such liability otherwise exists.
• California Government Code Section 906
  (a) As used in this section, "amount allowed on the claim" means the amount allowed by the public entity on a claim allowed in whole...
• California Government Code Section 907
  A local public entity, as defined in Section 900.4, may offset any delinquent amount due it for services rendered to any other local public entity....
• California Government Code Section 910
  A claim shall be presented by the claimant or by a person acting on his or her behalf and shall show all of the following:...
• California Government Code Section 910.2
  The claim shall be signed by the claimant or by some person on his behalf. Claims against local public entities for supplies, materials, equipment or...
• California Government Code Section 910.4
  The board shall provide forms specifying the information to be contained in claims against the state or a judicial branch entity. The person presenting a...
• California Government Code Section 910.6
  (a) A claim may be amended at any time before the expiration of the period designated in Section 911.2 or before final action thereon is...
• California Government Code Section 910.8
  If, in the opinion of the board or the person designated by it, a claim as presented fails to comply substantially with the requirements of...
• California Government Code Section 911
  Any defense as to the sufficiency of the claim based upon a defect or omission in the claim as presented is waived by failure to...
• California Government Code Section 911.2
  (a) A claim relating to a cause of action for death or for injury to person or to personal property or growing crops shall be...
• California Government Code Section 911.3
  (a) When a claim that is required by Section 911.2 to be presented not later than six months after accrual of the cause of action...
• California Government Code Section 911.4
  (a) When a claim that is required by Section 911.2 to be presented not later than six months after the accrual of the cause of...
• California Government Code Section 911.6
  (a) The board shall grant or deny the application within 45 days after it is presented to the board. The claimant and the board may...
• California Government Code Section 911.8
  (a) Written notice of the board's action upon the application shall be given in the manner prescribed by Section 915.4. (b) If the application is...
• California Government Code Section 912.2
  If an application for leave to present a claim is granted by the board pursuant to Section 911.6, the claim shall be deemed to have...
• California Government Code Section 912.4
  (a) The board shall act on a claim in the manner provided in Section 912.6, 912.7, or 912.8 within 45 days after the claim has...
• California Government Code Section 912.6
  (a) In the case of a claim against a local public entity, the board may act on a claim in one of the following ways:...
• California Government Code Section 912.7
  The Judicial Council shall act on a claim against a judicial branch entity or judge of one of those entities in accordance with the procedure...
• California Government Code Section 912.8
  Except as provided in Section 912.7, in the case of claims against the state, the board shall act on claims in accordance with that procedure...
• California Government Code Section 913
  (a) Written notice of the action taken under Section 912.6, 912.7, or 912.8 or the inaction which is deemed rejection under Section 912.4 shall be...
• California Government Code Section 913.2
  The board may, in its discretion, within the time prescribed by Section 945.6 for commencing an action on the claim, re-examine a previously rejected claim...
• California Government Code Section 915
  (a) A claim, any amendment thereto, or an application to the public entity for leave to present a late claim shall be presented to a...
• California Government Code Section 915.2
  If a claim, amendment to a claim, or application to a public entity for leave to present a late claim is presented or sent by...
• California Government Code Section 915.4
  (a) The notices provided for in Sections 910.8, 911.8, and 913 shall be given by either of the following methods: (1) Personally delivering the notice...
• California Government Code Section 920
  As used in this chapter, "omnibus claim appropriation" means an act of appropriation, or an item of appropriation in a budget act, by which the...
• California Government Code Section 920.2
  Promptly following the effective date of an omnibus claim appropriation, the board or its secretary shall submit to the Controller a claim covering the full...
• California Government Code Section 920.4
  If the Controller believes or has reason to believe that the payment of any portion of the omnibus claim appropriation may violate the provisions of...
• California Government Code Section 920.6
  Unless the Joint Legislative Budget Committee within 60 days after receipt of such notice advises the board in writing that the Legislature desires to reconsider...
• California Government Code Section 920.8
  If the Joint Legislative Budget Committee advises the board that the Legislature desires to reconsider any part of the omnibus claim appropriation withheld by the...
• California Government Code Section 925
  As used in this chapter, "board" means the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board.
• California Government Code Section 925.2
  Claims for expenses of either house of the Legislature or members or committees thereof are exempt from Section 13920 and this chapter, except Section 925.6,...
• California Government Code Section 925.4
  Any person having a claim against the State for which appropriations have been made, or for which state funds are available, may present it to...
• California Government Code Section 925.6
  (a) The Controller shall not draw his or her warrant for any claim until it has been audited by him or her in conformity with...
• California Government Code Section 925.8
  If the Controller approves a claim he shall draw his warrant for the amount approved in favor of the claimant.
• California Government Code Section 926
  If he disapproves a claim, the Controller shall file it and a statement of his disapproval and his reasons with the board as prescribed in...
• California Government Code Section 926.2
  The Controller shall not entertain for a second time a claim against the State once rejected by him or by the Legislature unless such facts...
• California Government Code Section 926.4
  Any person who is aggrieved by the disapproval of a claim by the Controller, may appeal to the board. If the board finds that facts...
• California Government Code Section 926.6
  After final rejection of a claim by the Controller following reconsideration, any person interested may appeal to the Legislature by filing with the board a...
• California Government Code Section 926.8
  Whenever a governmental agency of the United States, in the collection of taxes or amounts owing to it, is authorized by federal law to levy...
• California Government Code Section 926.10
  Any public entity as defined by Section 811.2 having a liquidated claim against any other public entity based on contract or statute of the State...
• California Government Code Section 926.16
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no local assistance funds shall be used by any state agency to make penalty payments required under Section 926.15....
• California Government Code Section 926.19
  (a) Unless otherwise provided for by statute, any state agency that fails to pay a person any undisputed payment or refund due to that person...
• California Government Code Section 927
  (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Prompt Payment Act. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that...
• California Government Code Section 927.1
  (a) (1) A state agency that acquires property or services pursuant to a contract with a business, including any approved change order or contract amendment,...
• California Government Code Section 927.2
  The following definitions apply to this chapter: (a) "Claim schedule" means a schedule of invoices prepared and submitted by a state agency to the Controller...
• California Government Code Section 927.3
  Except where payment is made directly by a state agency pursuant to Section 927.6, any undisputed invoice received by a state agency shall be submitted...
• California Government Code Section 927.4
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, to avoid late payment penalties, the maximum time from state agency receipt of an undisputed invoice to issuance...
• California Government Code Section 927.5
  This chapter shall not apply to claims for reimbursement for health care services provided under the Medi-Cal program, unless the Medi-Cal health care services provider...
• California Government Code Section 927.6
  (a) State agencies shall pay applicable penalties, without requiring that the claimant submit an additional invoice for these amounts, whenever the state agency fails to...
• California Government Code Section 927.7
  The Controller shall pay claimants within 15 calendar days of receipt of a correct claim schedule from the state agency. If the Controller fails to...
• California Government Code Section 927.8
  State agencies shall avoid seeking any additional appropriation to pay penalties that accrue as a result of the agency' s failure to make timely payments...
• California Government Code Section 927.9
  (a) On an annual basis, within 90 calendar days following the end of each fiscal year, state agencies shall provide the Director of General Services...
• California Government Code Section 927.10
  State agencies shall encourage claimants to promptly pay their subcontractors and suppliers, especially those that are small businesses. In furtherance of this policy, state agencies...
• California Government Code Section 927.11
  (a) Except in the case of a contract with a certified small business, a nonprofit organization, or a nonprofit public benefit corporation, if an invoice...
• California Government Code Section 927.12
  Section 926.10 shall not apply to any contract covered by this chapter.
• California Government Code Section 930
  (a) Any state agency may include in any written agreement to which the agency is a party, provisions governing the following: (1) The presentation, by...
• California Government Code Section 930.2
  The governing body of a local public entity may include in any written agreement to which the entity, its governing body, or any board or...
• California Government Code Section 930.4
  A claims procedure established by agreement made pursuant to Section 930 or Section 930.2 exclusively governs the claims to which it relates, except that if...
• California Government Code Section 930.6
  A claims procedure established by agreement made pursuant to Section 930 or Section 930.2 may include a requirement that a claim be presented and acted...
• California Government Code Section 935
  (a) Claims against a local public entity for money or damages which are excepted by Section 905 from Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 900) and...
• California Government Code Section 935.2
  A charter provision, or a local public entity by ordinance or resolution, may establish a claims board or commission of not less than three members...
• California Government Code Section 935.4
  A charter provision, or a local public entity by ordinance or resolution, may authorize an employee of the local public entity to perform those functions...
• California Government Code Section 935.6
  (a) The Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board may authorize any state agency to settle and pay claims filed pursuant to Section 905.2 if the...
• California Government Code Section 935.7
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 935.6, the Department of Transportation may deny or adjust and pay any claim arising out of the activities of the department without...
• California Government Code Section 935.8
  The Judicial Council may adjust and pay any claim arising out of the activities of a judicial branch entity or judge thereof. The Judicial Council...
• California Government Code Section 940
  Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article govern the construction of this part.
• California Government Code Section 940.2
  "Board" means: (a) In the case of a local public entity, the governing body of the local public entity. (b) In the case of the...
• California Government Code Section 940.3
  A "judicial branch entity" is a public entity and means any superior court, court of appeals, the Supreme Court, the Judicial Council, or the Administrative...
• California Government Code Section 940.4
  "Local public entity" includes a county, city, district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public corporation in the State, but does...
• California Government Code Section 940.6
  "State" means the State and any office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, commission or agency of the State claims against which are paid by warrants...
• California Government Code Section 942
  Nothing in this division shall be construed to deprive a claimant of the right to resort to writ of mandate or other proceeding against the...
• California Government Code Section 943
  This part does not apply to claims or actions against the Regents of the University of California nor to claims or actions against an employee...
• California Government Code Section 944
  Nothing in this part imposes liability upon a public entity unless such liability otherwise exists.
• California Government Code Section 945
  A public entity may sue and be sued.
• California Government Code Section 945.2
  Except as otherwise provided by law, the rules of practice in civil actions apply to actions brought against public entities.
• California Government Code Section 945.3
  No person charged by indictment, information, complaint, or other accusatory pleading charging a criminal offense may bring a civil action for money or damages against...
• California Government Code Section 945.4
  Except as provided in Sections 946.4 and 946.6, no suit for money or damages may be brought against a public entity on a cause of...
• California Government Code Section 945.6
  (a) Except as provided in Sections 946.4 and 946.6 and subject to subdivision (b), any suit brought against a public entity on a cause of...
• California Government Code Section 945.8
  Except where a different statute of limitations is specifically applicable to the public entity, and except as provided in Sections 930.6 and 935, any action...
• California Government Code Section 946
  Where a claim that is required to be presented to a public entity in accordance with Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 900) and Chapter 2...
• California Government Code Section 946.4
  (a) Where provision is made by or pursuant to law that no suit may be brought against a public agency as defined in Section 53050...
• California Government Code Section 946.6
  (a) If an application for leave to present a claim is denied or deemed to be denied pursuant to Section 911.6, a petition may be...
• California Government Code Section 948
  (a) The head of the state agency concerned, upon recommendation of the Attorney General or other attorney authorized to represent the state, may settle, adjust,...
• California Government Code Section 948.1
  The Judicial Council may settle, adjust, or compromise any pending action arising out of the activities of a judicial branch entity or judge thereof. The...
• California Government Code Section 949
  The governing body of a local public entity may compromise, or may delegate the authority to its attorney or an employee to compromise, any pending
• California Government Code Section 950
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a claim need not be presented as a prerequisite to the maintenance of an action against a public...
• California Government Code Section 950.2
  Except as provided in Section 950.4, a cause of action against a public employee or former public employee for injury resulting from an act or...
• California Government Code Section 950.4
  A cause of action against a public employee or former public employee is not barred by Section 950.2 if the plaintiff pleads and proves that...
• California Government Code Section 950.6
  When a written claim for money or damages for injury has been presented to the employing public entity: (a) A cause of action for such...
• California Government Code Section 950.8
  Any provision of a charter, ordinance or regulation heretofore or hereafter adopted by a local public entity which requires the presentation of a claim as...
• California Government Code Section 951
  Notwithstanding Section 425.10 of the Code of Civil Procedure, any complaint for damages in any civil action brought against a publicly elected or appointed state...
• California Government Code Section 955
  The proper court for trial of actions against the State for the taking or damaging of private property for public use is a court of...
• California Government Code Section 955.1
  (a) The science of earthquake prediction is developing rapidly and, although still largely in a research stage, such predictions are now being initiated and are...
• California Government Code Section 955.2
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where the State is named as a defendant in any action or proceeding for death or injury to person...
• California Government Code Section 955.3
  Notwithstanding any provision of law, when a city, county, or city and county, or local agency is a plaintiff in an action or proceeding against...
• California Government Code Section 955.4
  Except as provided in Sections 811.9, 955.6, 955.8, and 955.9: (a) Service of summons in all actions on claims against the state shall be made...
• California Government Code Section 955.6
  In actions for the taking or damaging of private property for public use within the meaning of Section 19 of Article I of the Constitution...
• California Government Code Section 955.8
  In actions for the taking or damaging of private property for public use within the meaning of Section 14 of Article I of the Constitution...
• California Government Code Section 955.9
  In actions on claims against a judicial branch entity, service of summons shall be made on: (a) The court executive officer, in actions on claims...
• California Government Code Section 956
  Whenever the State has acquired by gift, under the will of a decedent or through a decree of distribution in the estate of a decedent,...
• California Government Code Section 960
  As used in this chapter, "public agency" has the meaning given that term by Section 53050.
• California Government Code Section 960.2
  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, service of process in an action or proceeding against a public agency may be made in the...
• California Government Code Section 960.3
  (a) If it is shown by affidavit to the satisfaction of the court or judge that the circumstances required by Section 960.2 exist, the court...
• California Government Code Section 960.4
  Upon receipt of the copies of process pursuant to Section 960.3, the Secretary of State shall give notice of the service of the process to...
• California Government Code Section 960.5
  The Attorney General, until he is relieved of further responsibility in the manner provided in Section 960.4, or until the matter has been reduced to...
• California Government Code Section 960.8
  Service of process in an action or proceeding against a public agency may be made in conformity with the information contained in the statement in...
• California Government Code Section 962
  Upon entry of a verdict against a public entity in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in an action for personal injury or wrongful...
• California Government Code Section 965
  (a) Upon the allowance by the Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board of all or part of a claim for which the Director of Finance...
• California Government Code Section 965.1
  Pursuant to Section 13909, the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board may delegate to the executive officer the authority to allow a claim filed...
• California Government Code Section 965.2
  (a) The Controller shall draw a warrant for the payment of any final judgment or settlement against the state whenever the Director of Finance certifies...
• California Government Code Section 965.3
  (a) The Attorney General shall notify the Controller in writing when all claims for which an appropriation is made to the the Department of Justice...
• California Government Code Section 965.4
  The Governor shall report to the Legislature, at each session, all judgments or settlements against the State not theretofore reported.
• California Government Code Section 965.5
  (a) A judgment for the payment of money against the state or a state agency is enforceable until 10 years after the time the judgment...
• California Government Code Section 965.6
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the state nor a judicial branch entity, nor any officers or employees thereof, may be required by any...
• California Government Code Section 965.65
  (a) If a request is made for certification of availability of funds, approval of a settlement, or inclusion of a claim in a claims bill...
• California Government Code Section 965.7
  (a) A writ of mandate is an appropriate remedy to compel the state, or an officer or employee of the state, to perform any act...
• California Government Code Section 965.8
  Where any provision of this division requires a certificate of the Director of Finance or the Director of Transportation that a sufficient appropriation exists for...
• California Government Code Section 965.9
  This chapter does not apply to claims, settlements, and judgments against the Regents of the University of California.
• California Government Code Section 970
  As used in this article: (a) "Fiscal year" means a year beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30 unless the local public entity...
• California Government Code Section 970.1
  (a) A judgment is enforceable until 10 years after the time the judgment becomes final or, if the judgment is payable in installments, until 10...
• California Government Code Section 970.2
  A local public entity shall pay any judgment in the manner provided in this article. A writ of mandate is an appropriate remedy to compel...
• California Government Code Section 970.4
  Except as provided in Section 970.6, the governing body of a local public entity shall pay, to the extent funds are available in the fiscal...
• California Government Code Section 970.5
  Except as provided in Section 970.6, if a local public entity does not pay a judgment, with interest thereon, during the fiscal year in which...
• California Government Code Section 970.6
  (a) The court which enters the judgment shall order that the governing body pay the judgment, with interest thereon, in not exceeding 10 equal annual...
• California Government Code Section 970.8
  (a) Each local public entity shall in each fiscal year include in its budget a provision to provide funds in an amount sufficient to pay...
• California Government Code Section 971
  (a) As used in this section: (1) "Judgment resulting from a discretionary act" means a judgment arising from a liability which the local public entity...
• California Government Code Section 971.2
  (a) All judgments for which a local public entity is liable are legal investments for all trust funds, and for the funds of all insurance...
• California Government Code Section 975
  As used in this article: (a) "Board" means the governing body of a local taxing entity. (b) "Local taxing entity" means a local public entity...
• California Government Code Section 975.2
  Whenever the board deems it necessary for the local taxing entity to incur a bonded indebtedness to fund all or any portion of an outstanding...
• California Government Code Section 975.4
  Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication of a copy of the resolution pursuant to Section 6066 in a newspaper of general circulation...
• California Government Code Section 975.6
  The copy of the resolution published or posted shall be accompanied by a notice subscribed by the clerk or secretary of the local taxing entity...
• California Government Code Section 975.8
  At the time and place fixed for the hearing on the resolution or at any time and place to which the hearing is adjourned, the...
• California Government Code Section 976
  After the board has made its determination pursuant to Section 975.8, if it deems it necessary to incur the bonded indebtedness, it shall by resolution...
• California Government Code Section 976.2
  The resolution made pursuant to Section 976 shall constitute the notice of such election and such resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 in...
• California Government Code Section 976.4
  The board shall provide for holding the election in the same manner as provided by law in respect to general elections of the local taxing...
• California Government Code Section 976.6
  Every elector authorized to vote in general elections of the local taxing entity may vote on the proposition to authorize the bonds.
• California Government Code Section 976.8
  If two-thirds or more of the votes cast upon the proposition at the election are in favor of incurring the bonded indebtedness, the board may...
• California Government Code Section 977
  The board shall prescribe the form of the bonds. The bonds may be issued in denominations not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) and not...
• California Government Code Section 977.2
  The board may provide for the redemption of bonds issued under this article before maturity at prices determined by it. A bond shall not be...
• California Government Code Section 977.4
  The bonds shall be signed by the presiding officer of the board and countersigned by the clerk or secretary of the local taxing entity, and...
• California Government Code Section 977.6
  The local taxing entity may sell the bonds at the times or in the manner the board deems to be to the public interest. The...
• California Government Code Section 977.8
  An action to determine the validity of bonds may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2...
• California Government Code Section 978
  Any bonds issued by any local taxing entity under the provisions of this article have the same force, value and use as bonds issued by...
• California Government Code Section 978.2
  Bonds issued under this article constitute general obligations of the local taxing entity for the payment of both principal and interest of which all property...
• California Government Code Section 978.4
  The proceeds from the sale of bonds issued pursuant to this article shall not be used for any purpose other than the purpose stated in...
• California Government Code Section 978.6
  The board may by resolution adopted by two-thirds vote of all its members declare that no part of a described bond issue authorized under this...
• California Government Code Section 978.8
  The authority provided in this article is in addition and supplementary to any other law authorizing public entities to issue bonds to fund an outstanding
• California Government Code Section 984
  (a) As used in this section, "not insured" includes a public entity that has no liability insurance or is self-insured by itself, or through an...
• California Government Code Section 985
  (a) As used in this section: (1) "Collateral source payment" includes either of the following: (A) The direct provision of services prior to the commencement...
• California Government Code Section 985
  (a) As used in this section: (1) "Collateral source payment" includes either of the following: (A) The direct provision of services prior to the commencement...
• California Government Code Section 989
  As used in this part, "local public entity" means any public entity except a state agency covered by Section 11007.4 of the Government Code.
• California Government Code Section 990
  Except for a liability which may be insured against pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 3200) of the Labor Code, a local public entity...
• California Government Code Section 990.2
  A county may insure any officer or attache of its superior and municipal courts against all or any part of the officer or attache's liability...
• California Government Code Section 990.4
  The insurance authorized by this part may be provided by: (a) Self-insurance, which may be, but is not required to be, funded by appropriations to...
• California Government Code Section 990.6
  The cost of the insurance authorized by this part is a proper charge against the local public entity.
• California Government Code Section 990.8
  (a) Two or more local public entities, by a joint powers agreement made pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of...
• California Government Code Section 990.9
  Any city, county, city and county, or any other local public entity with authority to provide health care services may provide insurance or provide indemnity...
• California Government Code Section 991
  Where an enactment, other than this part, authorizes or requires a local public entity to insure against its liability or the liability of its employees:...
• California Government Code Section 991.2
  Neither the authority provided by this part to insure, nor the exercise of such authority, shall: (a) Impose any liability upon the local public entity...
• California Government Code Section 995
  Except as otherwise provided in Sections 995.2 and 995.4, upon request of an employee or former employee, a public entity shall provide for the defense...
• California Government Code Section 995.2
  (a) A public entity may refuse to provide for the defense of a civil action or proceeding brought against an employee or former employee if...
• California Government Code Section 995.3
  (a) If a state employee provides his or her own defense against an action brought for an alleged violation of Section 8547.3, and if it...
• California Government Code Section 995.4
  A public entity may, but is not required to, provide for the defense of: (a) An action or proceeding brought by the public entity to...
• California Government Code Section 995.6
  A public entity is not required to provide for the defense of an administrative proceeding brought against an employee or former employee, but a public...
• California Government Code Section 995.8
  A public entity is not required to provide for the defense of a criminal action or proceeding (including a proceeding to remove an officer under...
• California Government Code Section 995.9
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon a request made in writing to a public entity, the public entity may defend or indemnify or defend...
• California Government Code Section 996
  A public entity may provide for a defense pursuant to this part by its own attorney or by employing other counsel for this purpose or...
• California Government Code Section 996.4
  If after request a public entity fails or refuses to provide an employee or former employee with a defense against a civil action or proceeding...
• California Government Code Section 996.6
  The rights of an employee or former employee under this part are in addition to and not in lieu of any rights he may have...
• California Government Code Section 997
  The Legislature finds and declares that, in order to aid the victims of the collapse of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the I-880 Cypress...
• California Government Code Section 997.1
  (a) Any person may file an application with the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board for compensation based on personal property loss, personal injury,...
• California Government Code Section 997.2
  The application of any individual who was injured as a result of the collapse of the Bay Bridge or I-880 Cypress structure caused by the...
• California Government Code Section 997.3
  (a) If the board determines that an applicant pursuant to this part is eligible for compensation, and upon receipt of all information it deems necessary...
• California Government Code Section 997.4
  For the purpose of computing the time limits applicable to the date of the accrual of a cause of action against any party, other than...
• California Government Code Section 997.5
  There is hereby created within the State Treasury the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and I-880 Cypress Structure Disaster Fund for the purpose of paying, pursuant...
• California Government Code Section 997.6
  The board may adopt regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 to implement this...
• California Government Code Section 998
  The Legislature finds and declares that in order to alleviate the economic and social disruptions arising out of the Lake Davis Northern Pike Eradication Project,...
• California Government Code Section 998.1
  (a) The sum of two million eight hundred sixty-seven thousand six hundred sixty-seven dollars ($2,867,667) is hereby transferred from the Lake Davis Northern Pike Eradication...
• California Government Code Section 998.2
  (a) Any person or business may file an application with the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board for compensation based on personal injury, property...
• California Government Code Section 998.3
  (a) If the office of the Attorney General or its designee determines that an applicant pursuant to this part is eligible for compensation, upon receipt...
• California Government Code Section 1000
  Executive officers are either: (a) Civil. (b) Military.
• California Government Code Section 1001
  The civil executive officers are: a Governor; a private secretary and an executive secretary for the Governor; a Lieutenant Governor; a Secretary of State; a...
• California Government Code Section 1020
  A person is incapable of holding a civil office if at the time of his election or appointment he is not 18 years of age...
• California Government Code Section 1020.5
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 1020 or any other provision of law, no person shall be incapable of holding any office in a youth services bureau solely...
• California Government Code Section 1021
  A person is disqualified from holding any office upon conviction of designated crimes as specified in the Constitution and laws of the State.
• California Government Code Section 1022
  Other provisions respecting disqualification for particular offices are contained in the Constitution and in the laws concerning the various offices.
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