California Insurance Code CHAPTER 1 - Appointment, Qualification, and Offices

  • Section 12900.
    (a) The commissioner shall be elected by the people in the same time, place, and manner as the Governor not to exceed two four-year terms.(b)  Should...
  • Section 12901.
    The commissioner shall be a person competent and fully qualified to perform the duties of the office. Neither the commissioner nor any deputy or employee...
  • Section 12902.
    The annual salary of the commissioner is provided for by Chapter 6 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(Amended...
  • Section 12903.
    The commissioner may employ such actuarial, technical, and administrative assistants and clerks, as he may need to discharge in proper manner the duties imposed upon...
  • Section 12903.1.
    (a) The commissioner may not accept, use, or in any manner benefit from payments or reimbursements made to the department for travel from any of the...
  • Section 12903.5.
    On the recommendation of the commissioner the Personnel Board may establish rates of compensation for insurance examiners engaged in examinations out of this State which...
  • Section 12904.
    In the administration of the provisions of this code and other insurance laws, the commissioner may purchase reports of financial and character reporting services, and...
  • Section 12905.
    The commissioner shall keep his office in the cities of San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1236, Sec. 1.)
  • Section 12906.
    The governmental agency unit heretofore known as the Department of Insurance in the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency is hereby made an independent department. The...
  • Section 12907.
    The following existing positions in the Department of Insurance shall be appointed by the Governor and are exempt from the state civil service system:(a) Chief executive...

Last modified: October 22, 2018