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TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7914]

TITLE 1. GENERAL

100-7914

DIVISION 1. SOVEREIGNTY AND PEOPLE OF THE STATE

100-275.2

CHAPTER 1. Sovereignty of the State

100-204

ARTICLE 1. Residence of Sovereignty

ARTICLE 2. Territorial Jurisdiction

ARTICLE 3. State Boundaries

ARTICLE 3.5. Colorado River Boundary Compact

ARTICLE 3.6. Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact

ARTICLE 3.7. Emergency Management Assistance Compact

ARTICLE 4. Rights Over Property

ARTICLE 5. Rights Over Persons

CHAPTER 2. People of the State

240-275.2

ARTICLE 1. General

ARTICLE 2. Political Rights and Duties

DIVISION 2. STATE SEAL, FLAG, AND EMBLEMS

399-447

CHAPTER 1. Great Seal of the State

CHAPTER 2. State Flag and Emblems

CHAPTER 3. Display of Flags

CHAPTER 4. Seal of the Senate

CHAPTER 5. Seal of the Assembly

DIVISION 3. SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL DIVISIONS, AND LEGAL DISTANCES

450-559

CHAPTER 1. Seat of Government

CHAPTER 2. Counties

CHAPTER 6. Legal Distances

DIVISION 3.5. COSTS IN CIVIL ACTIONS RESULTING FROM ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS

DIVISION 3.6. CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

810-998.3

PART 1. DEFINITIONS

PART 2. LIABILITY OF PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

814-895.8

CHAPTER 1. General Provisions Relating to Liability

814-827

ARTICLE 1. Scope of Part

ARTICLE 2. Liability of Public Entities

ARTICLE 3. Liability of Public Employees

ARTICLE 4. Indemnification of Public Employees

ARTICLE 5. Indemnification of Certain State Agents

CHAPTER 2. Dangerous Conditions of Public Property

830-840.6

ARTICLE 1. General

ARTICLE 2. Liability of Public Entities

ARTICLE 3. Liability of Public Employees

CHAPTER 3. Police and Correctional Activities

CHAPTER 4. Fire Protection

CHAPTER 5. Medical, Hospital and Public Health Activities

CHAPTER 6. Administration of Tax Laws

CHAPTER 7. Use of Pesticides

CHAPTER 8. Activities to Abate an Impending Peril

CHAPTER 21. Tort Liability Under Agreements Between Public Entities

PART 3. CLAIMS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES

900-935.9

CHAPTER 1. General

900-907

ARTICLE 1. Definitions

ARTICLE 2. General Provisions

CHAPTER 2. Presentation and Consideration of Claims

910-915.4

ARTICLE 1. General

ARTICLE 2. Manner of Presentation and of Giving Notice

CHAPTER 3. Proceedings to Determine Constitutionali ty of Claims Against the State

CHAPTER 4. Presentation of Claims to State Controller

CHAPTER 4.5. Prompt Payment of Claims

CHAPTER 5. Claims Procedures Established by Agreement

CHAPTER 6. Claims Procedures Established by Public Entities

PART 4. ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

940-962

CHAPTER 1. General

940-944

ARTICLE 1. Definitions

ARTICLE 2. Construction

CHAPTER 2. Actions Against Public Entities

CHAPTER 3. Actions Against Public Employees

CHAPTER 4. Special Provisions Relating to Actions Against the State

CHAPTER 5. Special Provisions Relating to Actions Against Local Public Entities

CHAPTER 6. Postjudgment Settlement Conference

PART 5. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS

965-985

CHAPTER 1. Payment of Claims and Judgments Against the State

CHAPTER 2. Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities

970-978.8

ARTICLE 1. General

ARTICLE 2. Funding Judgments With Bonds

CHAPTER 3. Construction Claims and Contract Payments

CHAPTER 3.7. Procedures Applicable to State and Local Public Entities

CHAPTER 4. Procedures Applicable to State and Local Public Entities

CHAPTER 4. Procedures Applicable to State and Local Public Entities

PART 6. INSURANCE

PART 7. DEFENSE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

PART 8. SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE AND I-880 CYPRESS STRUCTURE DISASTER RELIEF

PART 9. LAKE DAVIS NORTHERN PIKE ERADICATION PROJECT RELIEF ACCOUNT

DIVISION 4. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

1000-3599

CHAPTER 1. General

1000-1243

ARTICLE 1. Classification of Officers

ARTICLE 2. Disqualifications for Office or Employment

ARTICLE 3. Residence Restrictions and Absence from State

ARTICLE 4. Prohibitions Applicable to Specified Officers

ARTICLE 4.5. Sales of Public Securities

ARTICLE 4.7. Incompatible Activities

ARTICLE 5. Withholding Salary on Contest of Title

ARTICLE 6. Salary and Wage Deductions

ARTICLE 6.5. Withholding Tax Deductions

ARTICLE 7. Deputies and Subordinates

ARTICLE 8. Miscellaneous

CHAPTER 2. Appointments, Nominations, Commissions, and Oaths

1300-1369

ARTICLE 1. General

ARTICLE 2. Nominations by Governor

ARTICLE 3. Commissions

ARTICLE 4. Oath of Office

CHAPTER 3. Official Bonds

1450-1653

ARTICLE 1. General

ARTICLE 2. Bonds Not Required by Statute

ARTICLE 3. Form and Conditions

ARTICLE 4. Qualifications of Sureties

ARTICLE 8. Payment of Premiums

CHAPTER 4. Resignations and Vacancies

1750-1782

ARTICLE 1. Resignations

ARTICLE 2. Vacancies

CHAPTER 5. Obtaining Possession of Office

CHAPTER 7. Removal from Office

3000-3075

ARTICLE 1. General

ARTICLE 2. Impeachment

ARTICLE 3. Removal Other Than by Impeachment

CHAPTER 8. Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance for Disaster Service Workers and Public Employees

CHAPTER 8.5. Volunteers

3110-3119.5

ARTICLE 1. General

ARTICLE 3. Volunteers

ARTICLE 4. Senior Volunteers

CHAPTER 9. Travel Insurance of Officers and Employees

CHAPTER 9.5. Political Activities of Public Employees

CHAPTER 9.6. Firefighters

CHAPTER 9.7. Public Safety Officers

CHAPTER 9.8. Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act

CHAPTER 9.9. California Golden Shield Act

CHAPTER 10. Local Public Employee Organizations

CHAPTER 10.1. Local Agency Executives

CHAPTER 10.3. State Employer-Employee Relations

CHAPTER 10.5. Excluded Employees Bill of Rights

CHAPTER 10.7. Meeting and Negotiating in Public Educational Employment

3540-3549.3

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Administration

ARTICLE 3. Judicial Review

ARTICLE 4. Rights, Obligations, Prohibitions, and Unfair Practices

ARTICLE 5. Employee Organizations: Representation, Recognition, Certification, and Decertification

ARTICLE 6. Unit Determinations

ARTICLE 7. Organizational Security

ARTICLE 8. Public Notice

ARTICLE 9. Impasse Procedures

ARTICLE 10. Miscellaneous

CHAPTER 12. Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations

3560-3599

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Administration

ARTICLE 3. Judicial Review

ARTICLE 4. Rights, Obligations, Prohibitions, and Unfair Labor Practices

ARTICLE 5. Employee Organizations: Representation, Recognition, Certification and Decertification

ARTICLE 6. Unit Determinations

ARTICLE 6.5. Supervisors

ARTICLE 7. Organizational Security

ARTICLE 8. Rights-Disputes Arbitration

ARTICLE 9. Impasse Procedure

ARTICLE 10. Public Notice

ARTICLE 11. Miscellaneous

DIVISION 5. PUBLIC WORK AND PUBLIC PURCHASES

4000-4563

CHAPTER 1. Cost Records to be Kept

CHAPTER 3. Backfilling Excavations With Native Spoil

CHAPTER 3.1. Protection of Underground Infrastructure

4215-4216.9

ARTICLE 1. Public Utility Protection in Public Contracts

ARTICLE 2. Regional Notification Center System

CHAPTER 3.2. Energy Conservation Contracts

4217.10-4217.18

CHAPTER 3.3. Regional Interoperable Communications System in Los Angeles County

CHAPTER 4. Preference for Materials

4300-4361

ARTICLE 1. American-Made Materials

ARTICLE 2. California-Made Materials

ARTICLE 3. Services and Supplies of Agricultural Aircraft Operators

CHAPTER 5. Emergency Termination of Public Contracts

4400-4412

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Voluntary Termination

CHAPTER 6. Unfair and Coercive Insurance Requirements

CHAPTER 7. Access to Public Buildings by Physically Handicapped Persons

CHAPTER 8. Purchases

CHAPTER 9. Rapid Transit

CHAPTER 10. Contracts with Private Architects, Engineering, Land Surveying, and Construction Project Management Firms

CHAPTER 10.1. [Architectural and Engineering Services]

4529.10-4529.20

CHAPTER 10.5. Target Area Contract Preference Act

CHAPTER 11. Antitrust Claims

CHAPTER 12. Child Care Facilities for State Employees

DIVISION 6. PUBLIC BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS

5000-5971

CHAPTER 1. Registration of Bonds

CHAPTER 1.5. Registered Public Obligations

CHAPTER 2. Protection of Bond Guarantors

CHAPTER 4. Signatures

CHAPTER 5. Tax or Assessment Levy for Unsold Bonds

CHAPTER 5.5. Collateral Security for Bonds

CHAPTER 6. Uniform Facsimile Signatures of Public Officials Act

CHAPTER 7. Denominations

CHAPTER 8. Contracts Concerning Public Securities

CHAPTER 9. Sale of State Bonds

CHAPTER 9.5. California Savings Bond Program

CHAPTER 10. Sale of Local Securities

CHAPTER 10.5. General Bond Provisions

CHAPTER 10.7. Conduit Financing Transparency and Accountability

CHAPTER 11. Public Financing

CHAPTER 12. Public Finance Contracts

CHAPTER 13. Fractional Interest in Local Agency Obligations

CHAPTER 14. Infrastructure Financing

CHAPTER 14. Awarding of Contracts

DIVISION 7. MISCELLANEOUS

6000-7598

CHAPTER 1. Publications and Official Advertising

6000-6078

ARTICLE 1. General

ARTICLE 2. Establishing Standing as Newspaper of General Circulation

ARTICLE 3. Publications

ARTICLE 4. Manner of Publication

ARTICLE 5. Foreign Language Newspapers

CHAPTER 1.5. News Coverage of Governmental Agencies

CHAPTER 2. Fees

CHAPTER 2.5. Medium of Payment

CHAPTER 2.6. State Payment Card Act

CHAPTER 3. Crimes Relating to Public Records, Documents, and Certificates

CHAPTER 3.01. Public Records Protection and Recovery

CHAPTER 3.1. Address Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking

CHAPTER 3.2. Address Confidentiality for Reproductive Health Care Service Providers, Employees, Volunteers, and Patients

CHAPTER 3.25. Online Privacy for Reproductive Health Services Providers, Employees, Volunteers, and Patients

CHAPTER 3.3. Governmental Linguistics

CHAPTER 3.4. Recording of Documents

CHAPTER 3.5. Inspection of Public Records

6250-6276.48

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions

ARTICLE 2. Other Exemptions from Disclosure

CHAPTER 4. Foreign Trade Zones

CHAPTER 4.1. International Genocide Memorial

CHAPTER 5. Joint Exercise of Powers

6500-6599.3

ARTICLE 1. Joint Powers Agreements

ARTICLE 2. Power to Issue Revenue Bonds

ARTICLE 3. Joint County Park Boards

ARTICLE 4. Local Bond Pooling

CHAPTER 5.5. Local Agency Self-Insurance Authority

6599.01-6599.41

ARTICLE 1. Organization and Powers

6599.01-6599.10

ARTICLE 2. Amounts of Insurance

6599.21-6599.23

ARTICLE 3. Reports and Statements

ARTICLE 4. Miscellaneous

CHAPTER 6. Benefit Funds

CHAPTER 6.5. State Supported Bands or Orchestras

CHAPTER 7. Holidays

CHAPTER 8. Computation of Time

CHAPTER 9. Money of Account

CHAPTER 10. Farm Loan Bonds

CHAPTER 11. Governmental Shareholders

CHAPTER 11.5. Governmental Investors

CHAPTER 12. Purchase of Interests and Rights in Real Property

CHAPTER 12.5. Scenic Conservation

CHAPTER 12.7. Dedication of Real Property for Public Purposes

CHAPTER 12.75. Residential Real Property

CHAPTER 12.8. Enterprise Zone Act

CHAPTER 12.93. Targeted Tax Areas

CHAPTER 12.97. Local Agency Military Base Recovery Area Act

CHAPTER 13. Dental Discrimination

CHAPTER 14. State Tax Liens

7150-7191

ARTICLE 1. Definitions

ARTICLE 2. State Tax Liens

ARTICLE 3. Transitional Provisions

CHAPTER 14.5. Registration of State Tax Liens

CHAPTER 15. Facilities for Handicapped Persons

CHAPTER 16. Relocation Assistance

CHAPTER 17. Employment of Veterans

CHAPTER 17.3. Enforcement Actions

CHAPTER 17.5. Use of a Foreign Language in Public Services

CHAPTER 17.7. Open-Space Land Dedication

CHAPTER 19. Retirement System Stock Proxy Voting

CHAPTER 20. Governmental Access to Financial Records

7460-7493

ARTICLE 1. Declaration of Policy

ARTICLE 2. Definitions

ARTICLE 3. Confidentiality of, and Access to, Financial Records

ARTICLE 4. Exceptions

ARTICLE 5. Penalties and Remedies

ARTICLE 6. Miscellaneous

CHAPTER 21. Public Pension and Retirement Plans

CHAPTER 21.4. Joint Retirement System Investment Information Sharing

CHAPTER 21.5. Deposits of Public Pension and Retirement Funds

CHAPTER 22. Letters and Correspondence

CHAPTER 23. Public Agency Name Reform

CHAPTER 24. Documents and Written Reports

CHAPTER 25. Commemorative “California Gold” Medallions

CHAPTER 26. Federal Funding

CHAPTER 26.5. Interagency Responsibilities for Providing Services to Children with Disabilities

CHAPTER 28. Olympic Training Center

CHAPTER 29. Selective Service Cooperation

CHAPTER 30. Youth Achievement

CHAPTER 30.5. Braille Week

CHAPTER 31. Public Offices Hours

CHAPTER 32. Smoking in Public Buildings

DIVISION 8. SECURITIES OWNED BY STATE AGENCIES

7600-7605

CHAPTER 1. Investment of Securities Owned by State Agencies

7600-7605

ARTICLE 1. General

ARTICLE 2. Security Loans

DIVISION 9. EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS

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